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06JAKARTA5772 | FORCED CHURCH CLOSINGS CONTINUE IN WEST JAVA [...] (SBU) Local Muslim communities, assisted by militant outfits, have forcibly closed 13 small unlicensed churches despite the government of Indonesia's newly promulgated revised decree on the establishment of houses of worship on March 23 (ref E). The new decree legally protects existing unlice [...] | 2006-05-08 09:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF KJUS KISL ID |
06JAKARTA5779 | IRAN: AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES INDONESIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador urged Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda to press Iran on its nuclear weapons development program during President Ahmadi-Nejad's state visit to Jakarta May 10-11 and during the D-8 Summit in Bali May 12-13, and to use extreme caution in making public statements on t [...] | 2006-05-08 10:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KUNR KNNP UNHRC IR ID |
06JAKARTA5789 | ASD RODMAN'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter Rodman met Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Imron Cotan on April 12. Both expressed strong interest in expanding military ties. Imron pressed for USG training for Indonesian Special Forces (Kopassus); [...] | 2006-05-09 06:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS MARR PHUM KDEM KAWC TT BM TW |
06JAKARTA5853 | UNHCR TO ADJUDICATE BURMESE CASES [...] (C) Shinji Kubo, Head of Protective Services at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees told us that UNHCR struck a confidential "gentlemen's agreement" on May 9 with the Immigration office in Jakarta and the head of Immigration in Aceh, to transfer the 77 Burmese refugees currently b [...] | 2006-05-09 10:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV KJUS CVIS EAD ID BM |
06JAKARTA5917 | Makassar Killing Sparks Fears of Race Riot [...] (SBU) Summary: Protests led by thousands of university students in Makassar, South Sulawesi against an alleged killing of a local maid by an ethnic Chinese man briefly escalated into a near-riot in the evening of May 9. Police ably negotiated with demonstrators to quickly and peacefully dispe [...] | 2006-05-11 00:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS CASC PGOV ID |
06JAKARTA5930 | INDONESIA AND BOYCOTT STATUTES [...] (SBU) Indonesia does not formally comply with the Arab League Boycott of Israel. Indonesians may travel to Israel with Indonesian passports but Indonesia does not have formal diplomatic relations with Israel. There is no official data at the Ministry of Trade for trade with Israel, though it [...] | 2006-05-11 07:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT ABLD ECON ETRD PHUM PIRF AL ID |
06JAKARTA6017 | THE DOWNSIDE OF DECENTRALIZATION: LOCALIZED [...] (C) Summary: Proponents of Islamic Shariah law enjoy growing success exploiting Indonesia's political decentralization to implement "Islamic morality" principles on a local basis. Promulgated by local governments through legislation or executive decrees, Shariah measures or more deceptively-p [...] | 2006-05-12 08:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA616 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO [...] (C) President Yudhoyono (SBY) told the Ambassador, January 16, of an increased need for regional counterterrorism cooperation, notably in the region of Sabah/East Kalimantan, and that he would welcome U.S. assistance to this end. He asked the Ambassador to work with the Defense Minister and [...] | 2006-01-17 13:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EPET PGOV PTER PHUM |
06JAKARTA6392 | POLICE KILL TWO IN CLASH WITH MOB IN WAMENA [...] (C) Summary. Police reportedly fired on an attacking mob of some 200 villagers in Wamena, Papua, killing two persons. The clash occurred on May 17 when police move to arrest David Hubi, a former district chief who faces corruption charges. Police briefly detained over 100 villagers, including [...] | 2006-05-19 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM ID |
06JAKARTA6497 | Aceh: GAM Reintegration Advances Despite Obstacles [...] (SBU) Summary. Successful reintegration of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) ex-combatants and others, essential to ensuring long term peace in Aceh, has advanced but still faces obstacles. Reintegration payments promised by GOI have arrived only slowly. Aceh's economy remains flat or worse, with a [...] | 2006-05-23 00:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ASEC SNAR SOCI ID |
06JAKARTA7207 | USAID Mission Director Meets GAM Leader 5/23 [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy USAID Mission Director William Frej met Free Aceh Movement (GAM) "Prime Minister" Malik Mahmoud May 23 in Banda Aceh. Mahmoud expressed optimism about the possibility of long lasting peace in Aceh, but noted a recent rise in crime as well as rumors of unauthorized incre [...] | 2006-06-07 07:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ASEC SNAR SOCI ID |
06JAKARTA7216 | INDONESIA RESPONDS CONSTRUCTIVELY TO TIP DEMARCHE, [...] (SBU) We delivered the Indonesia TIP report demarche (ref D) to relevant senior GOI officials. Based on the existing strong partnership with the U.S. Mission, the officials responded constructively with a litany of recent and near-term actions. The outlook for passage this year of the anti- [...] | 2006-06-07 11:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ELAB KJUS KCRM ID |
06JAKARTA7556 | TIMIKA TRIAL LIKELY IN MID-JULY [...] (C/NF) Summary. A senior official in the General Crimes division of the Attorney General's Office (AGO) assured us on June 14 that the prosecution of seven persons in connection with the August 31, 2002 killings of two Americans in Timika, Papua, is still on track. The prosecution's dossiers [...] | 2006-06-14 10:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA7716 | DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 09:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHRC KUNR IS ID |
06JAKARTA7719 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: NO END TO AHMADIYAH PLIGHT IN [...] (SBU) Ahmadiyah followers continue to face difficulties in Indonesia, where many mainstream Muslims consider their sect heretical. Most recently, in West and Central Lombok, mobs from local communities in February and March burned or otherwise destroyed dozens of Ahmadiyah homes in two separat [...] | 2006-06-19 10:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF KJUS KISL ID |
06JAKARTA7909 | TIMIKA CASE: PROSECUTION DOSSIERS COMPLETED, SENT [...] (U) Summary. Indonesian prosecutors June 21 turned over the dossiers of Anthonious Wamang and six co-conspirators in the August 31, 2002 murders of two Amcits and one Indonesian to the Central Jakarta District Court. We expect the court within ten days to set a trial date and appoint a panel [...] | 2006-06-23 05:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA8078 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH LAUNCHES REPORT ON TNI [...] (U) Summary: In a June 22 Jakarta event, Human Rights Watch (HRW) Asia launched its research paper on the human rights impact of the Indonesian military's (TNI) business practices. Journalists, human rights defenders, diplomats and several high-ranking military officials attended HRW's pres [...] | 2006-06-27 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS KISL ID |
06JAKARTA8117 | TRIAL OF TIMIKA SUSPECTS TO BEGIN JULY 4 [...] (SBU) Legatt, poloff, and conoff met June 28 with Abdul Hakim Ritonga, Acting Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes, who advised us that the trial of Anthonious Wamang and his co-conspirators would begin on July 4 in Central Jakarta District Court. Wamang faces charges including premedit [...] | 2006-06-28 10:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA8182 | West Nusa Tenggara: Migrant Labor Exodus Creates [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Indonesian province of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB)--comprising Lombok and neighboring Sumbawa-- is one of the leading sources of legal and illegal migrant workers leaving Indonesia, due to weak local economic conditions. The exodus of NTB workers overseas is creating economic [...] | 2006-06-30 03:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM ID |
06JAKARTA8249 | INDONESIA EXPELS TWO AMCITS FROM PAPUA [...] (C) Summary. The Indonesian government's detention and expulsion of two Amcits who had planned to attend a Papuan indigenous group's conference illustrates Jakarta's increasing sensitivity about alleged foreign support for separatism. This suspicion has increased markedly since the Australia [...] | 2006-06-30 11:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC AS ID |
06JAKARTA8383 | OPENING OF TIMIKA TRIAL DEFERRED UNTIL JULY 11 [...] (SBU) The trial of Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators in the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua did not begin in Central Jakarta District Court on July 4 as originally planned (reftel). The suspects accepted the advice of their legal counsel, a team [...] | 2006-07-05 08:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KJUS CASC ID |
06JAKARTA8389 | FORMER GAM MEMBER KILLED IN ACEH SHOOTING [...] (C) A former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebel was reportedly shot and killed by members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) during the course of an apparent dispute over a traffic violation in Northern Aceh. According to Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) head Peter Feith, AMM personnel were present at [...] | 2006-07-05 10:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ID |
06JAKARTA8687 | TIMIKA DEFENDANTS STILL REFUSE TO APPEAR [...] (SBU) The trial of Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators in the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua was delayed again when the defendants failed to appear for the second straight week (ref A). Defense lawyers from the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Right [...] | 2006-07-12 00:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA8688 | TIMIKA DEFENDANTS STILL REFUSE TO APPEAR [...] (SBU) The trial of Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators in the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua was delayed again when the defendants failed to appear for the second straight week (ref A). Defense lawyers from the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Right [...] | 2006-07-12 00:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA8732 | INDONESIA SECURITY FORCE REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED [...] ( SBU) Post proposes the following Indonesian security force member for Department clearance for participation in EAP sponsored seminar: Global Transshipment and Enforcement: Synergies of Strategic Trace Control and Enforcement to commence on July 18. Post did not find any credible evidence o [...] | 2006-07-12 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PREL KCRM MARR ID |
06JAKARTA8954 | MUNIR CASE: JUSTICE STILL ELUSIVE [...] (C) Police investigation into the larger conspiracy behind Indonesian human rights campaigner Munir's death remains at a standstill. Pollycarpus (PC),convicted for the murder of Munir, alleged the police are torturing him for information. Activists are strategizing how to use the upcoming Sup [...] | 2006-07-18 09:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA8958 | TIMIKA TRIAL OPENS [...] (SBU) Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators appeared in Jakarta Central Court on July 18 to face charges in connection with the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua. The three-hour July 18 session was administrative in nature, devoted to identifying the [...] | 2006-07-18 10:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA9161 | PAPUAN POLITICAL ROUND-UP, JULY 2006 [...] (C) Introduction and summary. This messages provides a survey of recent developments in Papuan politics. During a July 10 - 15 visit to Jayapura, poloff found the Papuan scene in a holding pattern. Barnabas "Bas" Suebu, the winner of the March 10 direct elections for governor, had still not [...] | 2006-07-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA9697 | TIMIKA TRIAL: DEFENDANTS UNCOOPERATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Defense lawyers appears for the first time at the August 1 session of the trial for the murder of two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002, but defendants continued their refusal to cooperate. Prosecutors say this will not alter the prosecution of the case, and expect to call Amcit w [...] | 2006-08-02 04:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA9861 | PAPUA: GOVERNORS SWORN IN, SBY VISITS [...] (SBU) Summary. The directly-elected governors of West Irian Jaya and Papua were sworn in without incident on July 24 and 25, respectively. The inaugurations mark the end of a long period of strife over the partition of Papua and the outcome of the March 10 direct elections. President Yudhoy [...] | 2006-08-04 10:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PP ID |
06JEDDAH237 | SAUDI ARABIA: GULF BUSINESSMAN SECRETLY MINISTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A prominent businessman working for a major Gulf corporation recently confided to the Consul General that he is an ordained minister, who secretly counsels fellow Christians within Saudi Arabia. During a dinner at another Western Consul General's residence, the gentleman detailed [...] | 2006-03-26 12:41:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI SA |
06JEDDAH274 | JEDDAH JOURNAL 10 - FEMALE MORAL POLICE, OIC-OSCE [...] (C) The Saudi Arabian Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Note: The employees of this department are the mutawaa'in, the moral police who patrol the Kingdom's cities and towns enforcing their idea of proper Islamic behavior on the population. End Note.) has announc [...] | 2006-04-09 07:17:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KISL KWMN PHUM PREL SA SCUL |
06JEDDAH285 | THE CG IN SOUTHERN SAUDI ARABIA, PART 1 - THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On a visit to the Nejran region, Consul General, Congenoff and A/RSO met with the provincial Governor, Prince Mishael bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, for a private formal meeting in his office on March 27. Interestingly, no other representatives from the Governor,s office, including secur [...] | 2006-04-11 09:24:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | BTIO ECON KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SA SOCI YM |
06JEDDAH286 | THE CG IN SOUTHERN SAUDI ARABIA, PART II - THE [...] (S) SUMMARY. At the conclusion of the formal meeting between the Consul General and Nejran Governor Prince Mishael bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, CG, Congenoff, and A/RSO were invited for drinks with the Governor at his home. Throughout the 2 hour-long informal meeting Prince Mishael spoke candidly [...] | 2006-04-11 10:40:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | EAID ECON IR KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
06JEDDAH308 | CHRISTIAN WORSHIP IN JEDDAH: FROM CONGREGATION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Consul General and ConGenOffs are conducting a long-term inquiry into Christian worship in Jeddah. So far, the investigation has revealed that the Christian population in the city is large and engages in regular, private, group worship. Despite the Kingdom's strict laws pro [...] | 2006-04-19 13:00:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF SA |
06JEDDAH328 | RECENT POLICE ROUND-UPS HEIGHTEN ANXIETY AMONG [...] (U) SUMMARY. Anxiety is growing in Jeddah's large Filipino population following the round-up, arrest, and interrogation this month of hundreds of Filipinos in Jeddah in connection with a serious of high-profile crimes, including the discovery of human remains in a dumpster in Jeddah and th [...] | 2006-04-30 11:27:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KCRM PHUM SA SOCI |
06JEDDAH333 | FACING DECLINE, ONCE LARGE GREEK ORTHODOX [...] (C) As part of the Consulate's ongoing efforts to conduct a long-term inquiry into Christian worship in Jeddah, the Consul General attended a Greek Orthodox Easter liturgy (the Orthodox mass) on April 23 held at the Greek Community Compound in Jeddah (see reftels). Hosted by the Greek Consul [...] | 2006-05-01 10:53:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM SA SOCI |
06JEDDAH346 | PAKISTANI CHRISTIAN WORSHIP IN JEDDAH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 6, as part of the Consulate's ongoing efforts to conduct a long-term inquiry into Christian worship in Jeddah, ConGenOff met with a Pakistani preacher who heads an all-Pakistani Evangelical church based in Jeddah. Their group has the support of the Consul General of Pakista [...] | 2006-05-10 06:53:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM SA SOCI |
06JEDDAH352 | PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT ARROYO'S VISIT TO KINGDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi government marked the state visit of Philippine President Arroyo by pardoning more than 500 Filipinos; many more than had been specifically requested by Arroyo. ConGen contacted a source in the Jeddawi Filipino community to determine if religious detainees had been i [...] | 2006-05-14 07:53:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM RP SA SOCI |
06JEDDAH378 | JEDDAH JOURNAL 12: BINLADEN GROUP ARRANGES HASTY [...] (C) The Saudi construction giant the Binladen Group recently dispatched three Dutch engineers, two Christians and an atheist, to Cairo for expeditious conversion to Islam. According to a Consulate contact who works for the Group, the engineers were urgently needed to work on the Jabal Omar [...] | 2006-05-22 13:16:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KISL KJUS KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SMIG SOCI |
06JEDDAH380 | COLLEGE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS RIFTS ON WOMEN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Consul General's May 6 speech and participation in an Arabic-language roundtable at one of Jeddah's most prominent women's colleges highlighted both the increased public attention paid to promoting women's employment and the lingering controversy over such moves. Though gene [...] | 2006-05-22 14:09:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SOCI |
06JEDDAH382 | RESOLUTION OF JEDDAH REFUGE CASE HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: Following the visit of A/S Harty to Saudi Arabia on May 13 and 14, high-level SAG attention to the refuge case of Rema Al Said, which had been languishing for over three months, resulted in a sudden flurry of negotiations between the Mission and representatives from the Interministeri [...] | 2006-05-23 10:06:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PHUM SA |
06JEDDAH401 | SAG PUNISHES POPULAR CONSERVATIVE CLERIC FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Jeddah sheikh Abdullah Fadaaq continues to hold a weekly Sufi majlis, despite SAG efforts last year to shut it down. In late April, the popular conservative Saudi cleric Salman al-Odah attended the majlis, after which the Ministry of Islamic Affairs barred him from participatin [...] | 2006-06-03 08:10:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PHUM SA |
06JEDDAH430 | CHRISTIAN WORSHIP IN SAUDI ARABIA: ETHIOPIAN & [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Consul General and ConGenOffs are conducting a long-term inquiry into Christian worship in Jeddah (reftel). Recently, AmConGen Jeddah learned that four Ethiopian and Eritrean Christians were arrested and detained on June 9 when they were worshipping at "Faith Rhema Church", a [...] | 2006-06-20 13:18:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF SA |
06JEDDAH496 | A GLIMPSE INTO JEDDAH'S FOREIGN WORKER POPULATIONS [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with the labor offices of Saudi Arabia's major labor source Consulates, EconOff discussed the issues facing foreign worker populations and what the representative Consulates General do to help their citizens. The labor officers all say salary payment and [...] | 2006-07-25 05:23:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PHUM PINR SA |
06JEDDAH531 | LABOR MINISTER DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, [...] (C) Summary: On August 7, Labor Minister Dr. Ghazi al-Qusaibi described the SAG's efforts against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) to the Ambassador. Minister al-Qusaibi agreed that this was a serious issue for the SAG, and he outlined the steps that it is taking, adding that Saudi Arabia must m [...] | 2006-08-09 11:14:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM SMIG ELAB ECON PGOV SA |
06JEDDAH559 | FM'S VIEWS ON THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter delivered Reftel points on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal on August 21. The Ambassador emphasized tha the HRC has not taken a balanced approach to theIsrael-Hizballah conflict and he questioned why he Council spoke out so strongly agai [...] | 2006-08-23 14:29:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PHUM PREL SA XF |
06JEDDAH586 | CG GFOELLER RECEIVES PETITION FROM SAUDI WOMEN TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 18th, CG Gfoeller received an e-mailed draft petition from prominent Saudi women calling for a cessation of Israeli attacks in both Lebanon and Palestine. The petition stated that Israeli interference in Lebanon and Palestine has created regional instability and has dep [...] | 2006-09-05 08:20:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KISL KPAO KWMN LE OPRC PHUM PREL SA SOCI |
06JEDDAH625 | YOUNG PRESIDENTS SPEAK THEIR MINDS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with several members of the Saudi chapter of the Young President's Organization (YPO) on August 20. The group said Israel,s actions in Lebanon were disproportionate, and claimed there is growing anti-US sentiment in the Kingdom and increasing fears of Iran. [...] | 2006-09-25 12:40:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SA ECON KISL |
06JERUSALEM1009 | AID AGENCIES CONSIDER ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: USAID partners, UN agencies, and NGOs agreed in a March 3 consultation that they would not be positioned to cover serious gaps in healthcare service delivery and increasing food insecurity in an environment of deteriorating security and political restrictions. USAID highlight [...] | 2006-03-13 05:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ECON EAID PGOV KWBG |
06JERUSALEM1145 | RAISING ISSUE OF 89 PALESTINIANS ON THE [...] (C) In connection with ref (a),Con Gen Pol specialist contacted Azzam Ahmad, head of the Fatah PLC faction and former PLO ambassador to Baghdad. Post stressed the need for the PA to do everything possible to keep other Palestinians from leaving Baghdad for Jordan and indicated that we are in [...] | 2006-03-21 14:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PHUM PINS KCRS MOPS IZ PA JO |
06JERUSALEM1319 | EVICTION FINALLY COMES FOR EAST JERUSALEM FAMILY [...] (C) Summary. An East Jerusalem Palestinian family, engaged in a protracted legal battle with the Government of Israel (GOI) to maintain ownership of their home in Silwan, was summarily evicted March 29. According to an attorney involved in the case, privately hired Israeli security guards [...] | 2006-03-30 16:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
06JERUSALEM1339 | LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION REQUESTS USG [...] (C) Summary. The Lutheran World Federation (LWF),owner and operator of Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem, is facing a May 22 final hearing in the Israeli High Court on the hospital's tax liability to the Government of Israel (GOI) -- specifically an employer tax based on a 1967 [...] | 2006-04-03 14:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
06JERUSALEM1508 | UN AGENCIES REVIEW CONTINGENCY PLANNING IN FACE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) head described on April 11 the likely humanitarian risks facing the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the coming months and the UN's contingency planning for what he described as a "predictable and inevitab [...] | 2006-04-12 14:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF EAID ECON KWBG |
06JERUSALEM1760 | UNRWA HEAD ABU ZAYD ON CURRENT SITUATION [...] (C) United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner General Karen Abu Zayd told Consul General on May 1, in advance of her upcoming trip to Washington, that the situation in Gaza is worsening due to the general deterioration of the Palestinian economy, exacerbated by the non-paymen [...] | 2006-05-02 12:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM1852 | AUGUSTA VICTORIA HOSPITAL TO DENY CARE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 4 meeting with EconOffs, CEO of Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) Tawfiq Nasser warned that AVH would be forced to deny "catastrophic care," such as pediatric dialysis and oncology treatment, to Palestinians due to a lack of funding. AVH, together with St. John Eye Hos [...] | 2006-05-09 15:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID EFIN KWBG IS |
06JERUSALEM1915 | PALESTINIAN HOSPITALS IN NEED OF DIALYSIS MEDICINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Government hospitals in the West Bank and Gaza have less than a two-week supply of dialysis products to meet the needs of 292 patients in Gaza and 400 in the West Bank, according to CARE International staff. In some [...] | 2006-05-12 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID KWBG KPAL |
06JERUSALEM1918 | SETTLER HARASSMENT OF PALESTINIAN SCHOOLCHILDREN [...] SUMMARY. Settlers from Ma'on and Hill 833 outpost in the southern Hebron Hills have waged an ongoing campaign of harassment against Palestinian schoolchildren traveling from Um Tuba to their school in al-Tuwani, according to Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT). CPT believes that settlers attack [...] | 2006-05-12 16:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS |
06JERUSALEM2068 | LIVELIHOOD OF GAZA FISHERMEN THREATENED [...] (SBU) According to an April World Food Programme (WFP) report, local demand for fish in Gaza has doubled and put pressure on Gaza fishing grounds, already restricted to 6 nautical miles from the shore. (Note: The Oslo Accords designated 20 miles of fishing grounds for Palestinians in Gaza. [...] | 2006-05-22 15:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PHUM EAID EFIS KWBG KPAL |
06JERUSALEM2140 | WFP ANTICIPATING 25 PERCENT INCREASE IN CASELOAD [...] (SBU) In a May 24 meeting, World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Country Director Jacques Higgins and West Bank Program Officer Claire Conan briefed USAID Health and Humanitarian Services Officer and EconOff on concerns about deteriorating food security in the West Bank and Gaza. Although WFP's [...] | 2006-05-26 12:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID KWBG KPAL |
06JERUSALEM2199 | PRM 2006 AMBASSADORS' FUND PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) Summary. Post requests that PRM consider funding a Gaza Strip refugee camp project under the Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees program (reftel). The proposal requests USD 21,740 to support a project by the Palestinian NGO, Palestine Save the Children Foundation, to educate Palestinian wome [...] | 2006-05-31 14:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM KWBG |
06JERUSALEM2201 | LIVING CONDITIONS DECLINE IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary: Anecdotal reports collected by ConGen FSN and USAID staff resident in Gaza indicate that Gazans have witnessed a decline in their living conditions in recent months. According to the World Food Programme (WFP),Gazans have generally pared down consumption of goods to essential [...] | 2006-05-31 15:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON ETRD PREL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM2224 | OCHA INCREASES EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR PALESTINIANS [...] (SBU) Citing deteriorating economic conditions, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revised its original appeal for the West Bank and Gaza upwards from USD 215 million to USD 385 million. OCHA head David Shearer said the new funding was predomina [...] | 2006-06-01 15:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF EAID ECON KWBG |
06JERUSALEM2309 | RISING TENSIONS AS PUBLIC HEALTHCARE WORKERS [...] (SBU) According to Palestinian daily Al-Ayyam, public healthcare workers took to the streets in separate, uncoordinated protests in Bethlehem, Nablus, and Ramallah June 6. Al-Ayyam reported that the protesters hailed from various health institutions and marched informally, carrying signs tha [...] | 2006-06-08 12:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EAID PGOV KWBG |
06JERUSALEM2486 | PALESTINIAN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES WANT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian pharmaceutical companies called on donors, in a June 14 briefing, to coordinate with them on relief efforts and consider procuring Palestinian-manufactured drugs. They also asked donors to intervene with Israeli authorities to facilitate the passage of their produ [...] | 2006-06-16 15:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EAID PGOV KWBG |
06JERUSALEM2672 | PA EMPLOYEES STRIKE IN PROTEST OF UNPAID SALARIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) workers in the West Bank and Gaza went on strike June 22 in protest of non-payment of salaries. Municipal workers in some localities also went on strike. The PA Employees Union called off a planned June 28-29 strike due to political/security develop [...] | 2006-06-27 14:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PHUM KLAB KWBG |
06JERUSALEM2748 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - DAMAGE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The electricity is out in 75 percent of Gaza, according to USAID Gaza-based field staff. The electricity distribution company began June 28 to rotate the available electricity to different areas in six hour shifts. The electricity shortage is also impacting hospitals, municipa [...] | 2006-06-29 13:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ENRG ECPS EPET KWBG |
06JERUSALEM2751 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JUNE [...] (C) The IAF conducted an airstrike against PIJ militants in Gaza City and IDF forces continued to shell Qassam launching areas; however, Qassam rockets continued to be launched. Press reports indicate that Hamas militants blew a hole in the border wall between Gaza and Egypt, and that both E [...] | 2006-06-29 14:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2754 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: According to USAID staff in Gaza, there are no reports of critical food shortages, but Gazans are stocking up on food supplies. Hospitals and clinics have emergency supplies for 14 days. All crossings remain closed. Diesel supplies are being quickly depleted, according to a [...] | 2006-06-29 15:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID KWBG KPAL |
06JERUSALEM2762 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JUNE [...] (C) Airstrikes in Gaza and shelling of open areas continue; IDF forces have conducted a number of raids in the West Bank. IDF ground forces have reportedly not entered northern Gaza. PA sources say that the breach blown in the Gaza/Egypt border wall has been repaired. There has been intens [...] | 2006-06-30 09:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2769 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JUNE [...] (C) Political developments led the news Friday afternoon: the GOI announced the revocation of Jerusalem residency permits for four detained Hamas officials and Prime Minister Hanniyyah delivered a sermon in which he sketched out the Hamas plan for continued governance, including a proposal for [...] | 2006-06-30 14:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2772 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 1 [...] (C) The last 24 hours have been relatively quiet in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. IDF airstrikes and shelling in the West Bank and Gaza and Palestinian mortar and rocket attacks into Israel continue, but there have been no reported injuries. The manager of the Gaza power plant told Econ Chief [...] | 2006-07-01 11:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2775 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 2 [...] (C) Israeli airstrikes over the last 24 hours damaged the Gaza office of Prime Minister Ismael Hanniyyah, among other targets. IDF forces continued their raids on Hamas-associated offices in the West Bank. Statements made by the office of President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) that blamed Hama [...] | 2006-07-02 09:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2804 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 3 [...] (C) A statement on July 3 by groups claiming responsibility for the kidnapping of IDF corporal Gilad Shalit threatened that the abduction would be a "closed case" if Palestinian prisoners are not released by 0600 on July 4; they did not elaborate on their statement. IDF forces entered nort [...] | 2006-07-03 10:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2813 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 4 [...] (C) A 0600 ultimatum regarding kidnapped IDF Corporal Galid Shalit passed without any significant developments. The IDF arrested three al-Aqsa Brigades' militants implicated in the June 25 killing of Israeli settler Eliyahu Ahsheri. The PLC held an emergency session on July 3, focused on the [...] | 2006-07-04 08:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2820 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 5 [...] (C) A Qassam rocket impacted in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on July 4; the extended range, target, and timing of the attack resulted in wide press coverage and statements from Israeli political leaders; the military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility. The IDF initiated a third inc [...] | 2006-07-05 11:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2825 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 6 [...] (C) IDF forces on July 6 expanded their incursion in the northern Gaza to the three dismantled settlements that had been the site of previous Qassam rocket launches. The Israeli move follows the launching of two additional Qassam rockets, one of which came near the southern city of Ashkelon. [...] | 2006-07-06 12:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2826 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - NO FISH IN GAZA [...] (SBU) World Food Programme (WFP) Information Officer Kirstie Campbell told EconOff July 4 that the IDF continues to prohibit fishing off the coastline of Gaza and that none of the 3,000 licensed fishermen have been allowed to fish since June 25. Head of the El-Tawafeek Fishermen Association [...] | 2006-07-06 12:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS PHUM EAID KWBG KPAL |
06JERUSALEM2835 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 7 [...] (C) The casualty rates associated with ongoing IDF operations spiked sharply on July 6 and 7, with at least 21 Palestinians reported killed and over 65 wounded; one Israeli soldier was reported killed and several more wounded. At least eight Qassam rockets were fired, with no reported injurie [...] | 2006-07-07 10:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2852 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - IDF INCURSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: USAID Gaza-based staff report that the IDF incursions in Gaza are directly impacting the treatment and handling of sewage in Gaza, portending negative environmental and health-related consequences. End Summary. 2. (SBU) IDF operations in northern Gaza continue to prevent [...] | 2006-07-07 14:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PHUM PREL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM2854 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 8 [...] (C) ConGenoffs assisted in the transfer of 68 American citizens from Erez Crossing to the Allenby Bridge for passage to Jordan on July 8. Another 34 Amcits originally scheduled to depart Gaza either failed to bring the proper documentation for transit or failed to show up at Erez. IDF mil [...] | 2006-07-08 12:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2855 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY 9 [...] (C) IDF forces appear to have withdrawn from parts of the northern Gaza strip, but remain present in the central and southern sections. An explosion near Gaza City on July 8 that killed a mother and two of her children has attracted wide media attention. Prime Minister Hanniyyah released a 5 [...] | 2006-07-09 10:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2867 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) The IDF continues its presence in central and southern Gaza. IDF raids continue, as do Qassam rocket launches. The factions claiming responsibility for the abduction of IDF corporal Gilad Shalit told the media on July 9 that they alone control Shalit's fate, and reiterated their demands [...] | 2006-07-10 10:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2886 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) IDF operations are continuing in central and southern Gaza. IAF air strikes on suspected Palestinian militants July 10-11 resulted in nine Palestinian deaths. One air strike near Beit Hanoun targeting gunmen instead struck Palestinian civilians, killing four. Israeli media reported t [...] | 2006-07-11 13:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM PTER |
06JERUSALEM2898 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) IDF forces reportedly moved through the central section of Gaza on July 12, dividing the Gaza Strip in two. An IDF airstrike on a house near Gaza City killed seven Palestinians and wounded several others, possibly including Hamas military wing leader Mohammed Deif. Initial reports regard [...] | 2006-07-12 14:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2902 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) IDF military action in Gaza continued on July 12-13, although news coverage was overshadowed by the developing situation on the Israeli-Lebanese border. PA sources list 26 Palestinians killed on July 12, including the family that died in the IDF attack that reportedly wounded Hamas milita [...] | 2006-07-13 12:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2919 | AMID PALESTINIAN JUBILATION, ABU MAZEN CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian public reaction to the July 12 Hezbollah attack and kidnapping of two IDF soldiers was immediate and overwhelmingly positive. Hamas praised the Hezbollah attack and called for a unification of efforts to attain the release of Palestinian and Arab prisoners. The P [...] | 2006-07-13 15:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2937 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) Violence declined in Gaza on July 13-14, in comparison to previous days. Palestinian gunmen and activists attempted to force open the Rafah border crossing on July 13, but were dispersed by the Palestinian Presidential Guard. President Abbas (Abu Mazen) told the press July 13 that the f [...] | 2006-07-14 14:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2940 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) Palestinian gunmen blew open a six-meter hole in the wall separating Gaza from Egypt near the Rafah crossing on the evening of July 14, enabling close to 3,000 Palestinians to cross from Egypt into Gaza. At least one Egyptian security officer was injured in the exchange of gunfire; Eg [...] | 2006-07-15 10:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM2941 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) The majority of IDF activities appear oriented to the Israel/Lebanon border area. 2. (SBU) In Gaza military developments, there was an IDF strike near Beit Hanoun on July 16 ; apparently an Israeli UAV opened fire on a group of Hamas gunmen firing at Israeli tanks across the fence line. [...] | 2006-07-16 08:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM3001 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) IDF forces reentered northern Gaza on July 17; at least two Palestinians have been reported killed in this latest incursion. IAF aircraft struck government buildings, and supported ongoing operations in northern Gaza. There were approximately 15 Qassam launches from Gaza, with damage but [...] | 2006-07-17 10:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM3022 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) The Rafah crossing opened July 18 to allow 2,000-3,000 Palestinians on the Egyptian side of the crossing to enter Gaza. Palestinian contacts report that more than 700 Palestinians transited into Gaza as of 1300 local. The IDF July 18 withdrew from parts of Beit Hanoun following its Ju [...] | 2006-07-18 11:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM3029 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (C) Approximately 100 American citizens left Gaza on July 19. Approximately 5,200 Palestinians passed through the Rafah crossing into Gaza on July 18. The IDF July 19 launched a large incursion into the al-Maghazi refugee camp, killing six Palestinians, including civilians, with at least 50 [...] | 2006-07-19 13:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM3080 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 20 SITREP [...] (C) One hundred and three American citizens were evacuated from Gaza to Amman on July 19. IDF operations in the central Gaza Strip continued on July 20, killing two and wounding four. In Nablus, the IDF continued an operation against the main PA security forces compound. Palestinian Presid [...] | 2006-07-20 15:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM3093 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 21 SITREP [...] (C) Israeli Defense Forces withdrew from the al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza on July 21 after a three-day operation that left 16 Palestinians dead and approximately 130 wounded. In Nablus, the IDF continued its operation against the PA headquarters complex. Two Qassams were fired from Gaza i [...] | 2006-07-21 13:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM3096 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 22 SITREP [...] (C) Events in Gaza and the West Bank have been quieter than in previous days. The IDF ended its multi-day operation in Nablus, after demolishing a number of PA security buildings. One of the wanted Palestinians was reportedly pulled alive from the wreckage following the IDF departure. Presid [...] | 2006-07-22 08:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM3100 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 23 SITREP [...] (C) The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) continued arrest operations in the West Bank and small incursions into the Gaza Strip on July 22-23, and Qassam rockets continued to be launched from Gaza into the western Negev and Sderot. Media reports that Palestinian factions in Gaza had reached agree [...] | 2006-07-23 11:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM3129 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 24 SITREP [...] (C) There continued to be isolated incidents of violence in Gaza July 23-24, with reports of three Palestinian fatalities. The IDF arrested 20 Palestinians in the West Bank on July 24. 11 Qassams were launched from Gaza into Israel on July 23, and an additional three were launched on July 2 [...] | 2006-07-24 12:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS |
06JERUSALEM3163 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 25 SITREP [...] (C) There continued to be incidents of violence in Gaza, July 24-25, with reports of six Palestinian fatalities. The IDF arrested 12 Palestinians in the West Bank July 24. At least four Qassam rockets were launched at the western Negev and Sderot July 24, and another three were launched, as [...] | 2006-07-25 14:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS |
06JERUSALEM3178 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 26 SITREP [...] (SBU) Heavy fighting between IDF forces and Palestinian factions in Gaza is ongoing, with reports of at least 14 Palestinian fatalities. At least nine Qassam rockets were launched into Israel, as of 1500 local July 26. Local media gave prominent coverage to Secretary Rice's meeting with PA [...] | 2006-07-26 12:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS |
06JERUSALEM3221 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (SBU) At least 28 Palestinians have died since July 26, including civilians, during an IDF incursion into the Shijaya and surrounding neighborhoods in Gaza City. According to medical sources, at least 80 Palestinians have sustained injuries during the operation, which is ongoing as of 1400 [...] | 2006-07-27 12:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC KPAL KWBG IS |
06JERUSALEM3241 | MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JULY [...] (SBU) IDF units withdrew from the Shijaya neighborhood of Gaza City on the morning of July 28. At least 30 Palestinians died during the three-day incursion, including one PRC gunmen, two HAMAS military-wing activists, and several civilians, including a 73-year old woman and 13-year old boy. [...] | 2006-07-28 14:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC KPAL KWBG IS |
06JERUSALEM3252 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM JULY 31 SITREP [...] (SBU) Post is working with Embassies Tel Aviv and Cairo to facilitate the departure of approximately 80 Americans from Gaza via the Rafah crossing on August 1. Palestinian Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat confirmed to the Consul General on July 31 that he was informed by Government of Israel [...] | 2006-07-31 13:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM3313 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 1 SITREP [...] (SBU) The Rafah crossing did not open as planned on August 1 in order to allow more time for coordination among the concerned parties. As a result, the planned departure from Gaza of approximately 77 Americans and 10 PD grantees was also delayed. Post is attempting to facilitate the trans [...] | 2006-08-01 13:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM3316 | ISRAELI HIGH COURT TO ALLOW TEMPLE MOUNT FAITHFUL [...] (C) Jerusalem attorney Danny Seidemann confirmed to ConGen Poloff an August 1 decision by the Israeli High Court to grant entry by the Temple Mount Faithful -- an extreme right-wing Israeli group dedicated to rebuilding the Jewish temple on the site of the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount in the [...] | 2006-08-01 15:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS |
06JERUSALEM3347 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 2 SITREP [...] (SBU) Post is coordinating with Embassies Tel Aviv and Amman to facilitate the departure from Gaza on August 3 of approximately 80 Americans and 10 PD grantees via the Erez crossing and onward to Jordan. 2. (SBU) IDF shelling and rocket fire into northern and southern Gaza on August 1 [...] | 2006-08-02 11:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM3357 | ISRAELI POLICE PREPARING FOR POSSIBLE CLASHES IN [...] (C) Israeli police in Jerusalem are preparing for possible confrontations with Jewish and Muslim protesters on August 3 in the wake of the August 2 Israeli High Court decision to allow members of the Temple Mount Faithful (TMF) to enter the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount (reftel). Visitation [...] | 2006-08-02 14:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS |
06JERUSALEM3358 | IMPENDING HOME DEMOLITION DRAWS APPEALS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli and international human rights activists have appealed to the Jerusalem municipality to prevent the scheduled demolition of an East Jerusalem home. The municipality has so far rejected the appeals to cancel the demolition order, arguing that the house was built illegall [...] | 2006-08-02 14:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IS |
06JERUSALEM3403 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 3 SITREP [...] (SBU) Post facilitated the departure of 49 Americans from Gaza on August 3 via the Erez crossing enroute to Jordan through the Allenby Bridge. The departure of 10 Public Diplomacy grantees has been deferred. 2. (SBU) Israeli police closed the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount to all non-Musl [...] | 2006-08-03 14:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM3415 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 4 SITREP [...] SUMMARY: Three Palestinians were killed and two wounded August 4 as a result of IDF operations in Gaza. In the West Bank, the IDF arrested 11 Palestinians. The Rafah crossing remains closed as of August 4, but the Karni/al-Mintar and Nahal Oz crossings are operational. Nine of ten electric [...] | 2006-08-04 14:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM3435 | EREKAT REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE TO SECURE RELEASE [...] (C) PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat August 6 faxed to the ConGen a letter addressed to NEA A/S Welch denouncing the August 5 IDF arrest in Ramallah of Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Speaker Aziz Dweik. Erekat called the Consul General on August 6 to ask if the USG would intervene w [...] | 2006-08-07 11:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS |
06JERUSALEM3439 | LIVING CONDITIONS IN GAZA CONTINUE TO DECLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Anecdotal reports collected by ConGen FSN and USAID staff resident in Gaza indicate that living conditions in Gaza continue to decline. Electricity and water are in short supply, in addition to food, fuel, credit and overall economic opportunity. Electricity imports from Isr [...] | 2006-08-07 13:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EAID PREL KWBG IS |
06JERUSALEM3440 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 7 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. The IDF concluded a three-day operation on August 6 in southern Gaza that resulted in 17 Palestinians killed, including seven civilians. Palestinian militants fired Qassam rockets the evening of August 5, resulting in no injuries or damage. Palestinian gunmen shot and kille [...] | 2006-08-07 14:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM3464 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 8 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Gaza was generally quiet overnight August 7-8. Five Qassam rockets were launched from Gaza into Israel, but there were no reported injuries or damage. In the West Bank, IDF forces arrested three wanted Palestinians. Several staff members at the PA Prime Minister's office in [...] | 2006-08-08 14:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM3519 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 9 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. Three Qassam rockets were fired from northern Gaza into Israel on August 8. The IDF responded with shelling, resulting in at least two injuries. In the West Bank, an Israeli air strike August 9 in the Jenin refugee camp killed two Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) activists, [...] | 2006-08-09 14:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM3540 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 10 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sporadic violence continued in the Gaza Strip on August 9-10. Three Palestinians, including a five-year old girl, were killed and two homes destroyed in separate Israeli Air Force strikes. In the West Bank, Israeli forces arrested 13 people on August 9-10. The Rafah, the Ka [...] | 2006-08-10 13:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM3560 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 11 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israeli military operations destroyed three homes in Gaza on August 10-11; there were no reports of fatalities. An Italian tourist was stabbed to death in Jerusalem on August 10 in what Israeli officials are describing as a "possible terror attack." In the West Bank, three P [...] | 2006-08-11 13:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CASC ASEC KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM3561 | FRUSTRATION GROWING WITH ABU MAZEN WITHIN [...] (C) Summary. Criticism is growing within Palestinian circles over President Abbas' (Abu Mazen) political strategy. ConGen contacts within Fatah and the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) have also expressed frustration with Abu Mazen's decision to conduct a multiple country tour in the [...] | 2006-08-11 13:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS |
06JERUSALEM3593 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1701 TO PALESTINIANS [...] (SBU) The Consul General delivered reftel points regarding UN Security Council Resolution 1701 calling for the full cessation of hostilities in Lebanon to PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat on August 12 in Jerusalem. Erekat said he would deliver a copy of the Security Council resolution to [...] | 2006-08-14 13:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG PHUM UN UNSC IS |
06JERUSALEM3596 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 14 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. Low level violence in Gaza continued over the weekend, August 11-13, with no reported Qassam rocket fire. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) claimed responsibility for the firing of two rockets on August 14 from northern Gaza toward Ashkelon. Israeli media reported some l [...] | 2006-08-14 14:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM3611 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 15 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli aircraft overnight August 14-15 fired rockets at a suspected Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) house in the Jabaliya refugee camp, injuring at least 10 Palestinians. The IDF continued operations in the vicinity of the Gaza airport, where clashes resulted in two Palest [...] | 2006-08-15 15:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM3625 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 16 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli aircraft overnight August 15-16 fired rockets into the home of a suspected al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades member in Khan Younis, killing two Palestinians and injuring at least three others. A Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) member was killed during clashes between PIJ gun [...] | 2006-08-16 14:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM3635 | SEPARATION BARRIER ROUTE REVISED, BUT PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a July 2006 report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA),Palestinian and NGO contacts have informed ConGen that despite revisions, the route of the separation barrier will cut off tens of thousands of Palestinians from Palestinian-o [...] | 2006-08-17 07:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS |
06JERUSALEM3652 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 17 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A 14-year old Palestinian was killed and four others were injured as a result of fighting between Fatah and Hamas militants in Gaza on August 16. A Hamas activist was killed in Gaza City when a bomb he was building exploded prematurely. Palestinian militants fired three rock [...] | 2006-08-17 13:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM3670 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 18 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The body of a Palestinian reportedly killed by Israeli gunfire was found in Gaza on August 17. Three Palestinians in Gaza City were wounded when an Israeli Air Force plane attacked a metal workshop. The military-wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for a rocket launched from [...] | 2006-08-18 12:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM3708 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 21 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) units arrested PA Deputy Prime Minister Nasir al-Din Ashair and Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Secretary General Mahmoud al-Ramahi. Two Palestinians were killed and several injured in clashes between Palestinian militants and the IDF in Gaz [...] | 2006-08-21 14:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM3752 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 22 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades gunmen threatened to open the Rafah crossing by force on August 21. Seven Palestinians were wounded in Gaza overnight August 21-22; three were injured in an IDF operation near the Karni crossing, and four were [...] | 2006-08-22 15:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CASC ASEC KWBG KPAL |
06JERUSALEM3800 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 23 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF shelling August 22 targeted Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) members, killing three near Khan Younis while injuring another seven Palestinians. One IDF soldier sustained injuries from an anti-tank rocket in the northern Gaza Strip. An Israeli operation into the Shijayah [...] | 2006-08-23 14:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM3804 | EREKAT OUTLINES NEXT STEPS TO CODEL SHAYS [...] (C) Summary. During an August 19 meeting in Jericho, PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat told Codel Shays that the conflict in Lebanon resulted in a defeat for political moderation. Erekat maintained that extremist forces such as Hamas and Hezbollah have gained as a result of the violence, [...] | 2006-08-23 15:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS |
06JERUSALEM3823 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 24 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian militants on August 24 detonated an explosive device near the wall at the Rafah crossing separating Gaza from Egypt. PA and Egyptian security successfully brought the situation under control. IDF units operating near Khan Younis overnight August 23-24 killed one [...] | 2006-08-24 15:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM3839 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 25 SITREP [...] (SBU) Summary. The Rafah crossing opened August 25 allowing thousands of Palestinians to transit from the Egypt and Gaza sides of the crossing. Israeli aircraft conducted air strikes in Gaza City and the Jabaliya overnight August 24-25, injuring eight Palestinians. The Palestinian Islamic [...] | 2006-08-25 15:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM3870 | MGGZ01 - JERUSALEM AUGUST 28 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nine Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in separate incidents throughout Gaza August 25-28. An Israeli Air Force (IAF) plane bombed and destroyed the home of a Hamas military wing member overnight August 25-26. Two journalists were wounded by an IAF airstrike [...] | 2006-08-28 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM3893 | FATAH CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING: FEW RESULTS, LOTS [...] (C) Summary. The August 23-25 meeting of the Fatah Central Committee (FCC) in Amman produced few if any results. Participants stated publicly that no firm date has been set for the Sixth Fatah Congress, but announced ongoing efforts to field representatives. Separately, FCC sources said t [...] | 2006-08-29 16:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM IS |
06JERUSALEM3932 | MGGZ01- JERUSALEM AUGUST 30 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nine Palestinians were killed in separate incidents throughout Gaza August 28-29. Palestinian militants fired several antitank shells against the IDF in Gaza, injuring one IDF soldier. One Qassam rocket landed near Sderot on August 29, causing no injuries. Israeli forces k [...] | 2006-08-30 14:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM3949 | ABBAS PROCLAIMS SUPPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2 GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told striking PA employees gathered outside his Ramallah office August 30 that they have a right to express their opinion by all appropriate means, thus signaling his support for a planned general strike set to start September 2. He urge [...] | 2006-08-31 14:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM ELAB |
06JERUSALEM3965 | MGGZ01- JERUSALEM SEPTEMBER 1 SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IDF troops withdrew from the Gaza City neighborhood of Shajayah on August 31, after a four-day incursion. Unknown gunmen kidnapped and later released a relative of HAMAS' Executive Force commander in Khan Younis on August 31. In a separate incident, Palestinian gunmen kille [...] | 2006-09-01 13:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM4029 | WIDE PARTICIPATION AS GENERAL STRIKE ENTERS FIFTH [...] Summary: A general strike by PA employees in protest of non-payment of salaries since March (see ref) entered its fifth day, September 6. Union leaders have estimated 80-90 percent PA employee participation. Although the strike is more comprehensive in the West Bank than in Gaza, it has br [...] | 2006-09-06 14:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM EFIN KWGB |
06JERUSALEM4238 | TRANSFER OF EGYPTIAN TRANSFORMERS TO GAZA POWER [...] (C) The executive managing director of the Gaza Power Gernerating Company (GPGC),Walid Salman, told ConGen EconChief September 19 that the first shipment from Egypt of temporary replacement transformers for the damaged Gaza Power Plant may arrive within a week. Salman advised that the GOI h [...] | 2006-09-20 14:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL ENRG KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM4272 | RAFAH CROSSING OPENS; WEST BANK AND GAZA CLOSED [...] (C) The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt opened September 22 for the first time since August 25. Thousands of would-be travelers had already gathered on the Gaza side of the crossing when it opened at 0830 hours, according to PalTrade Gaza-based staff. The crossing closed for about an [...] | 2006-09-22 14:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
06JERUSALEM4283 | RAFAH CROSSING OPENED FOR THREE DAYS THEN CLOSED; [...] (SBU) The Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt was open for passenger traffic in both directions September 22-24. Close to 10,000 travelers passed through Rafah during the three-day period, according to press reports. The crossing did not open September 25. Rafah had been comple [...] | 2006-09-25 13:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
06JERUSALEM4335 | JORDAN AND EGYPT PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO WEST [...] (SBU) Summary. With the recent opening of a second electricity feeder line to Gaza, Egypt is now supplying Rafah with a total of 17 MW. Power previously provided to Rafah via feeder lines from Israel is now being diverted to other areas of Gaza where electricity remains in short supply. Th [...] | 2006-09-28 15:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EAID EFIN PREL PHUM KWBG JO EG IS |
06JERUSALEM4631 | GAZA'S POWER PLANT TO RESTART SOON [...] (C) The executive managing director of the Gaza Power Generating Company (GPGC),Walid Salman, advised EconChief October 23 that the Gaza power plant may be ready to produce electricity again as early as the first week of November. He explained that the installation and commissioning of two [...] | 2006-10-27 15:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL EAID KWBG PHUM |
06JERUSALEM4760 | PALESTINIAN CEC DISCUSSES CURRENT SITUATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CONGEN REPS MET WITH HANA NASSER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PALESTINIAN CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION (CEC),AND ALSO Q-CHAIRED A MEETING OF THE CEC-ELECTION REFORM SUPPORT GROUP (ERSG) ON NOVEMBER 7 IN RAMALLAH. PRIVATELY, NASSER CRITICIZED FATAH'S LACK OF DISCIPLINE DURING THE PLC E [...] | 2006-11-08 16:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM4772 | HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN BEIT HANOUN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING THE IDF'S NOVEMBER 1-8 INCURSION INTO BEIT HANOUN (SEE REFTEL),THE AREA'S WATER AND ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE WAS DAMAGED AND AN IDF-IMPOSED CURFEW ON RESIDENTS PREVENTED THEM FROM OBTAINING ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES. DURING THE INCURSION, THE IDF GRANTED ACCESS TO BEIT HAN [...] | 2006-11-09 14:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID ECON KWBG |
06JERUSALEM4774 | PROBLEMS IN PALESTINIAN JUSTICE SYSTEM LEAD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE PALESTINIAN JUSTICE SYSTEM SUFFERS FROM A SEVERE SHORTAGE IN THE NUMBER OF JUDGES, WHICH HAS LED TO SIGNIFICANT DELAYS IN PROCESSING CRIMINAL CASES, ACCORDING TO ISSA ABU SHARAR, THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE PALESTINIAN HIGHER JUDICIARY COUNCIL. THE BACKUP OF CASES HAS IMPACT [...] | 2006-11-09 15:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG KDEM |
06JERUSALEM4905 | AL-MAGHAZI REFUGEE CAMP: WOMEN BENEFIT FROM USG [...] SUMMARY: ConGen PD Specialist traveled to the al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza on November 28 to visit a sewing factory run by the Palestinian NGO, Palestine Save the Children Foundation (PSCF),and to monitor the project funded by a USG grant. He met with Ali Mansour, the Director of PSCF, [...] | 2006-12-06 13:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM KWBG |
06JERUSALEM79 | OLIVE GROVE DESTROYED IN SOUTHERN WEST BANK VILLAGE [...] (SBU) Palestinian villagers from the southern West Bank village of Juwaya January 6 discovered 102 olive trees -- planted over 30 years ago -- deliberately cut down, presumably by settlers residing in nearby Ma'on settlement. According to contacts from the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT),[...] | 2006-01-06 17:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PHUM |
06JERUSALEM836 | RESPONSE TO SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) No evidence exists of trafficking in persons in the West Bank or Gaza Strip, according to the PA Ministry of Labor and local NGOs. The West Bank and Gaza Strip is neither a territory of origin nor a destination for international trafficking in men, women, or children. Traffickers who [...] | 2006-02-28 15:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL PREF PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG KWBG KPAL |
06JERUSALEM906 | KARNI CLOSURE CAUSING FOOD SHORTAGE IN GAZA [...] (SBU) The West Bank/Gaza Country Director for the World Food Program (WFP) Arnold Vercken told ECON and USAIDOffs March 3 that the continued closure of the Karni crossing was rapidly depleting food stocks in Gaza and leading to substantial price increases. He noted that, between January and [...] | 2006-03-03 17:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF EAID ECON KWBG |
06JERUSALEM954 | OCHA REPORTS ON DIFFICULTIES PALESTINIAN FARMERS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 1 briefing to diplomats, UN OCHA head David Shearer said Palestinian farmers continued to face difficulties reaching their land in the "seam-zone" -the West Bank area lying between the separation barrier and the Green Line. The difficulties centered on a restrictive [...] | 2006-03-07 13:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF EAID ECON KWBG |
06JERUSALEM994 | UN AGENCIES APPEAL FOR USD 1.25 MILLION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Three United Nations agencies -- the World Health Organization (WHO),the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) -- issued an appeal March 6 to local donors for USD 1.25 million for emergency medical supplies for the Palestinian A [...] | 2006-03-09 12:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EAID PGOV KWBG |
06JOHANNESBURG468 | SWAZILAND: RECLISA CHILD LABOR CONFERENCE URGES FREE AND [...] Representatives of the Swazi Ministries of Education and of Enterprise and Employment, academia, NGOs and media, as well as the International Labor Organization (ILO),attended a conference on Child Labor in Manzini, Swaziland, from November 7-8. The conference, held under the auspices of the [...] | 2006-11-17 14:31:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM SOCI ECON SW |
06KABUL1516 | CHRISTIANS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: After asylum was granted to Abdul Rahman in Italy, attention has shifted towards the greater Christian experience in Afghanistan. Afghan Christians, in large part remain hidden due to the risk of discrimination and violence. No new immediate threat to non-Afghan Christians appears [...] | 2006-04-04 16:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CASC KIRF AF |
06KABUL1554 | THE ROOTS OF CONFLICT: AFGHAN VS AMERICAN BELIEFS [...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan is in flux, fully exposed to a barrage of new concepts, economic and social change after decades of war, with a populace that both welcomes many changes and yet can react negatively and forcefully when new ideas and events seem to threaten the fragile social structur [...] | 2006-04-08 03:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER AF |
06KABUL1968 | AFGHANISTAN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-02 10:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR OPDC PHUM PREL UNGA AF |
06KABUL1969 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-02 10:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM PREL AF |
06KABUL205 | PRT/BAMYAN: Can Bamyan Law Enforcement Reform? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Zealand is providing a crucial lifeline to Bamyan law enforcement, but needs more U.S. support for their efforts to take hold. NZ commitments in expertise and infrastructure appear to be making progress, but could yield stronger results with targeted U.S. assistance, namel [...] | 2006-01-16 06:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI AF |
06KABUL2427 | PRT HERAT - ALLEGED ATTACK ON AMANULLAH KHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: An apparent grenade attack on Shindand/based Amanullah Khan (AK),allegedly launched by his rival Ismael Khan (IK),disrupted plans for his appearance at a May 20 DIAG (Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups) ceremony in Herat. Despite high-level GOA attendance, the ceremony itself [...] | 2006-05-29 12:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PGOV AF |
06KABUL2467 | PRT HERAT: NO EVIDENCE OF AFGHAN WOMEN'S BILL OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to "My War at Home", a recently published book by young Afghan-American Masuda Sultan, an "Afghan Women's Bill of Rights" (AWBR) was delivered to the GOA and widely disseminated throughout the country prior to the Constitutional Loya Jirga. Afghan sources and USG and [...] | 2006-05-30 12:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN AF |
06KABUL25 | PRT/BAMYAN: LARGE OPIUM SEIZURE HIGHLIGHT PLUSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bamyan police found a 1.9 ton opium cache stashed away in caves near Bamyan City, and arrested three suspects. Counter-narcotics officials from Kabul and a gaggle of press witnessed the PRT weigh, transport, and burn the opium on December 28. Behind the scenes, however, the go [...] | 2006-01-03 09:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI AF |
06KABUL257 | PRT/QALAH-E NAW: MP BIOS: BADGHIS PROVINCE [...] Summary: This cable provides biographic information on three members of the Afghan National Assembly from Badghis province. Azita Rafat is a young female activist focused on development for her province and with a particular concern about the Badghis custom of selling girls. Yaqub Khan is [...] | 2006-01-18 06:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR EAID PHUM KJUS AF KFEM |
06KABUL258 | PRT/BAMYAN: POOR FACILITIES, CORRUPTION PLAGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The law enforcement organs in Bamyan are on life support. Poorly paid, equipped, and trained police do little to counter lawlessness in the Central Highlands. Police and prosecution corruption exacerbates and undermines the people's already shaky faith in Central Government aut [...] | 2006-01-18 06:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI AF |
06KABUL2685 | PRT/FARAH - DIAG PHASE 1, MILESTONE OR MILLSTONE? [...] (C) Summary: Phase I Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) commenced May 21 in Farah, with great official fanfare. Although the televised event was high on GOA and ISAF voltage, a last minute change of IAG lists by the Herat DIAG Committee led to participation of only two of nineteen IA [...] | 2006-06-12 11:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PGOV AF |
06KABUL2765 | PRT FARAH FROM THREATENED CIVIL STRIFE TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Village elders from Gullistan District in northern Farah requested help from the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to resolve extortion, theft, and freedom of movement problems stemming from corrupt and abusive practices by Purchaman District Manager Salim Mobarez. The elde [...] | 2006-06-18 12:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV AF |
06KABUL2781 | GOA REPLY TO REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF FIVE [...] (SBU) Polmiloff contacted Afghan National Security Council officer for detainee affairs Jamil Bahramy regarding the five individuals listed reftel, to confirm whether the GOA would be willing to accept these individuals back from Guantanamo through the reconciliation program (PTS). Bahramy, a [...] | 2006-06-19 10:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWCR PHUM PINS AF |
06KABUL2787 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-20 11:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN AF |
06KABUL2802 | DRAFT AFGHAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR DETAINEE [...] (S) Summary: The Afghan National Security Council (ONSC),in consultation with relevant Ministries, the U.S. mission, and its own contracted legal expert, has developed a legal framework for Afghan detainee operations. The framework, as briefed to the polmiloff and representatives of CFC-A, a [...] | 2006-06-21 02:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KWCR AF |
06KABUL3001 | KHOWST DLEGATION PRESS FOR NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation of elders and a parliamentarian from Khowst Province told A/DCM and PRTOff June 19 that Governor Merajoddin Pathan's administration is overrepresented by former Communist government officials, leading to weakening of GOA legitimacy in Khowst. The group warned ant [...] | 2006-07-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AF |
06KABUL3251 | PRT/BAMYAN: DONORS NONCOMMITAL IN MEETING FOR [...] (U) Afghan Minister of Urban Development Pashtun and Provincial Governor Sarabi hosted a donors meeting on Bamyan reconstruction July 12. The government defined its preference for the way ahead in broad terms, and made a pitch for international assistance. Donors outlined their current assis [...] | 2006-07-23 10:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI AF |
06KABUL3297 | DETAINEE DELEGATION MEETINGS FOCUS ON BTIF, PTS [...] (C) Summary: In July 23 meetings, a Washington- based detainee affairs delegation from the Departments of Defense and State discussed the status of detainee operations with ICRC representatives, members of the Afghan interagency working group, and political-military officers from ISAF comman [...] | 2006-07-26 08:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWCR PHUM AF |
06KABUL3320 | HUNDREDS OF KOREAN CHRISTIANS PLAN RALLY IN KABUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy is tracking a potential rally of up to 2000 Christians flying in from Korea. The Korean Embassy has verified that Koreans involved with the group have already arrived in advance of the event slated for August 5-7. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In April Embassy Kabul received [...] | 2006-07-27 14:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF AF |
06KABUL3455 | KOREAN RALLY UPDATE - 08-02-2006 [...] (SBU) Post continues to track a group of approximately 1150 Koreans in country to participate in a peace rally and relief work. News reports characterize the groups as "Christian Evangelicals" and there has already been one Afghan demonstration in Mazar-e-Sharif to protest this event and the s [...] | 2006-08-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL PTER AF KS |
06KABUL3456 | INTERIOR MINISTER ZARAR ON KOREAN CHRISTIANS: [...] (C) DCM, accompanied by polmiloff, met Minister of Interior Zarar Moqbil today, August 2, to deliver reftel demarche regarding the planned August 5-7 "peace rally" organized by a South Korean NGO. DCM noted USG concern for the safety of U.S.citizens and expressed U.S. support for the GOA in [...] | 2006-08-02 16:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CASC AF |
06KABUL3470 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PUL-E-CHARKHI OFFICERS [...] (U) In accordance with Leahy requirements, Post requests the vet individuals that will be trained as the Officer corps at Block IV of Kabul. Post requests a response from the Department within ten worki 1.Name: Haji Safiullah Fathers Name: Haji Juma Khan Village: Bagh Ala [...] | 2006-08-03 12:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL PHUM PGOV PINR AF |
06KABUL3471 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PUL-E-CHARKHI GUARD FORCE [...] (U) In accordance with Leahy requirements, Post requests the vet individuals that will be trained as the guard force at Block IV of Pu These individuals comprise the lower-level enlisted personnel. Post commissioned officers septel. Post requests a response from the Depa working days. 1. [...] | 2006-08-03 12:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL PHUM PGOV PINR AF |
06KABUL3479 | KOREAN RALLY UPDATE, THURSDAY 08-03-2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Karzai has ordered the "protection" of the estimated 1,200 ethnic Koreans in Afghanistan as part of the Institution of Asian Culture and Development,s (IACD) and Millennium Pacific Icon (MPIG) groups' planned August 5-7 peace rallies (reftels). According to Gen. Akhbar [...] | 2006-08-03 16:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL PTER AF KS |
06KABUL3480 | Korean Rally Update, Friday 08-04-2006 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The situation in Kabul and the provinces with regard to the Korean groups remains calm. Hundreds of Koreans were deported today through Mazar-e-Sharif and Herat. Some groups of Americans have been identified, contacted, and offered assistance. We expect most will leave the coun [...] | 2006-08-04 17:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF KS |
06KABUL3481 | KOREAN RALLY: MOI/MOD CONTINGENCY PLANS [...] (C) CSTC-A Commander MG Durbin called a meeting on Aug 4 afternoon to brief Emboffs on MoI planning and MoI-MoD coordination (CSTC has embedded mentors in both Ministries) with regard any demonstration or rally held by the Koreans now in Afghanistan. MG Durbin emphasized that although Ministe [...] | 2006-08-04 17:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV ASEC PREL PHUM AF KS |
06KABUL3508 | Korean Rally Update, Sunday 08-06-2006 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There have been no incidents of violence in connection with the Korean rally participants so far. Hundreds of participants have left Kabul over the last two days, including many Americans. The situation appears to have largely been defused and the remaining Koreans are mostly [...] | 2006-08-06 16:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF KS |
06KABUL3597 | GOA VIEWS ON THE PROPOSED DEPT OF VICE AND VIRTUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Minister for Religious Affairs and the Hajj, in whose ministry the proposed Department for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue would be located, is a strong supporter for the reinstatement of the Department. Minister Shirani met with Ambassador Neumann on August 8 [...] | 2006-08-13 06:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM AF |
06KABUL4032 | AFGHANISTAN WILL WORK WITH INDIA ON POSITIONS AT [...] (C) Reftel points asking for support for U.S. position on issues to be discussed at the upcoming NAM Summit were delivered during the Ambassador's September 5 meeting with ForMin Spanta. Spanta confirmed that he and Afghanistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Jawad will represent the GOA at the Su [...] | 2006-09-08 07:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU AF |
06KABUL4033 | AFGHANISTAN WILL WORK WITH INDIA ON POSITIONS AT [...] (C) Reftel points asking for support for U.S. position on issues to be discussed at the upcoming NAM Summit were delivered during the Ambassador's September 5 meeting with ForMin Spanta. Spanta confirmed that he and Afghanistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Jawad will represent the GOA at the Su [...] | 2006-09-08 07:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU AF |
06KABUL4436 | PRT BAMYAN: GOVERNMENT CONTINUES JOURNEY TOWARDS [...] (SBU) The Governor,s office organized and hosted a NZAID funded two-day conference September 18-19 that outlined ongoing development activity in Bamyan. While all of the nine sector working groups of the Provincial Development Committee (PDC) provided substantive presentations, some of the se [...] | 2006-09-28 11:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PHUM SOCI AF |
06KABUL5082 | NOTIFICATION OF SIX AFGHAN DETAINEES CLEARED BY [...] (S) On October 6, Afghan PTS point-of-contact Khadigal Hamdard, Chief of Inquiry, Intelligence Directorate, Ministry of Interior, informed CSTC-A Director of Detainee Affairs Colonel William Hart that the GOA approves the transfer of the individuals listed in paragraph 2 to Afghanistan and the [...] | 2006-10-19 06:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PINS PTER KAWC AF PHUM |
06KABUL510 | SOLICITATION FOR ESF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post submits the following proposal from International Organization for Migration IOM) for Economic Support Funded (ESF) anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) project. This is a new project that will cover a ten-month period at a cost of USD 277,095. The target audience are journ [...] | 2006-02-06 09:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM IR RS BO AF UNGA SEP |
06KABUL5113 | PHASE III ANP COL - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART ONE OF [...] (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements per reftel, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 355 Afghan officers selected to serve as Colonels in Phase III of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. The United Nations Misson in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has vetted these in [...] | 2006-10-22 09:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF |
06KABUL5118 | PHASE III ANP COL - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART TWO OF [...] (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements per reftel, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 355 Afghan officers selected to serve as Colonels in Phase III of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. The United Nations Misson in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has vetted these in [...] | 2006-10-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF |
06KABUL5120 | PHASE III ANP COL - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART THREE [...] (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements per reftel, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 355 Afghan officers selected to serve as Colonels in Phase III of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. The United Nations Misson in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has vetted these in [...] | 2006-10-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF |
06KABUL5121 | PHASE III ANP COL - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART FOUR OF [...] (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements per reftel, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 355 Afghan officers selected to serve as Colonels in Phase III of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. The United Nations Misson in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has vetted these in [...] | 2006-10-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF |
06KABUL5123 | PHASE III ANP COL - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART FIVE OF [...] (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements per reftel, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 355 Afghan officers selected to serve as Colonels in Phase III of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. The United Nations Misson in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has vetted these in [...] | 2006-10-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF |
06KABUL5124 | PHASE III ANP COL - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART SIX OF [...] (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements per reftel, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 355 Afghan officers selected to serve as Colonels in Phase III of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. The United Nations Misson in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has vetted these in [...] | 2006-10-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF |
06KABUL5197 | ASSASSINATION OF TRIBAL WARLORD IN HERAT PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Regional Pashtun warlord Amunallah Khan, his son and many others in his convoy were killed in an armed attack which took place on the road between Shindand and Zir Kuh in southern Herat Province on October 22. Reprisal attacks by his followers took place in the general Zir Kuh area the sa [...] | 2006-10-25 10:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SNAR PINS AF |
06KABUL5249 | PRT PANJSHIR: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER QANOONI OPENS [...] (SBU) The grand opening of the Teachers, Training College (TTC) October 10 in Panjshir combined several unusual features for a public ceremony: a large Kabul delegation; a strong Afghan lead; some participation of women; and, for the first time, broad political themes dealing with regional i [...] | 2006-10-29 11:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV AF PREL |
06KABUL5250 | PRT/ASADABAD: MURDERS OF KORENGAL OUTPOST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-29 11:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PHUM SOCI AF |
06KABUL5393 | PRT GHAZNI - TALIBAN NIGHT LETTERS DISTRIBUTED IN GHAZNI [...] (U) SUMMARY: As seen in other provinces around Afghanistan, "night letters" issuing death threats to Afghan National Army (ANA) members, Afghan National Police (ANP),and Afghan women employed by U.S. PRT's and "any other foreigners", have surfaced around Ghazni City. Translations of two suc [...] | 2006-11-07 11:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL5398 | SON OF SLAIN AFGHAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST MAKES [...] (SBU) Naqibullah (No Last Name),the 18-year-old son of Safia Ama Jan, the Director of Women's Affairs in Kandahar province, who was gunned down outside her home in September (see reftel),contacted post to report threats against himself and violent acts against his father since the murder of [...] | 2006-11-07 12:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER PK AF |
06KABUL5526 | POST COMPLETION OF ANP PHASE III RANK AND REFORM [...] (U) Post has completed the in-country vetting of the 355 Afghan National Police (ANP) officers selected to serve as Colonels as part of Phase III of the ANP Rank and Reform Process. Post vetted all individuals through the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA). UNAMA's vettin [...] | 2006-11-19 03:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER PINR SNAR AF |
06KABUL5579 | PRT/PANJSHIR: ATTEMPTED SUICIDE ATTACK SPARKS ALERT [...] (C) Governor Bahlul of Panjshir credits alert civilians with foiling the November 15 attempt of a terrorist to launch a suicide attack in the valley. According to the Governor, the Pashtun terrorist could get no further than Golbahar, outside the valley, where he blew himself up. The Governo [...] | 2006-11-26 09:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PHUM AF |
06KABUL5584 | MUSA QALA AGREEMENT: OPPOSING INTERESTS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two delegations of Helmand Province elders and residents affected by the Musa Qala Agreement, each reflecting opposing forces fighting for control of the district, offered PolCounselor and Lashkar Gah PRTOFF very different assessments of the impact of the Agreement. The first [...] | 2006-11-27 01:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MARR EAID AF |
06KABUL5638 | PRT/LASHKAR GAH: MUSA QALA ? AN INSIDER VIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 21 PRTOff met with an Afghan from Helmand Province?s Musa Qala district, someone with some influence in the district and access to information about the current situation on the ground. The individual offered harsh criticism of the three factions vying for control [...] | 2006-11-30 07:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL5654 | PRT BAMYAN - GOVERNOR SARABI FACES CRITICISM FROM [...] (SBU) This fall there have been a number of complaints Bamyan about the lack of development activity as well as renewed allegations against Governor Habiba Sarabi. These complaints have spawned visits from two Presidential Advisors and a delegation from the Ministry of Interior (MoI). It ap [...] | 2006-12-03 07:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AF |
06KABUL5700 | NEW DRAFT OF AFGHAN MEDIA LAW SMACKS OF [...] (SBU) The Afghan Parliament's Committee on Religious and Cultural Affairs has circulated draft language amending the Afghan Mass Media Law (Media Law) - adopted by Presidential Decree in 2005 but never approved by Parliament - that troubles many in the Afghan media and international community [...] | 2006-12-06 09:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL573 | WARDAK PROVINCE JUSTICE INITIATIVE - AN EMERGING [...] (U) SUMMARY. On January 29, the Maidan Wardak province judicial sector coordinating committee, a joint U.S - U.N funded effort, highlighted major accomplishments towards its goal of reforming the provincial judicial system. Key accomplishments thus far include approval for renovation of th [...] | 2006-02-08 11:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM IR RS AF UNGA SEP |
06KABUL5733 | PRT JALALABAD - DIFFERING VIEWS ON THE CROSS [...] (SBU//RELS NATO/ISAF) Summary: While meeting with Provincial Council Chairman Fazlhadi Mslimyar, PRT officials were introduced to three Pakistani journalists visiting Jalalabad and Kabul to discuss the proposed cross border jirga. In a lively discussion, two of the Pakistanis and the Afghan [...] | 2006-12-07 10:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL5737 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: AFGHAN NARCOTICS INTERDICTION [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 15 Afghan National Police officers working in the Narcotics Interdiction Unit. This unit receives funding from the Department of State, Bureau of [...] | 2006-12-07 11:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
06KABUL5771 | PRT Jalalabad: NEWS FROM TANGI RESETTLEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: There was both good and bad news in the Tangi Returnee settlement this week. It began with the delivery of the signed letter of intent to grant the land to the Returnees. The excitement was dampened at the end of the week when two young members of the community were gravely inj [...] | 2006-12-11 01:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL5775 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ONE ADDITIONAL CANDIDATE FOR NESA [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of one Afghan National Police officer selected to attend the National East South Asia Center (NESA) Seminar January 13. The names of seven other candi [...] | 2006-12-11 04:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
06KABUL5776 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP PRIORITY DISTRICT/LOCAL CHIEFS [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 19 Afghan National Police officers who have been selected for appointments as chief of police in high-priority districts and locations. These appo [...] | 2006-12-11 04:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
06KABUL5825 | AN EMOTIONAL KARZAI LAUNCHES ACTION PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) President Karzai broke into tears during his December 10 speech launching Afghanistan,s Action Plan for Peace, Justice and Reconciliation. While recounting the atrocities suffered by the Afghan people over the past 30 years, he noted that Afghans had suffered at the hands of both terro [...] | 2006-12-12 16:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PHUM PREL PGOV PTER MOPS AF |
06KABUL5845 | PRT JALALABAD: POLICE TRAINING WITH MINIMAL RESOURCES [...] (U) Summary: Jalalabad PRT Officer accompanied a two-military member PRT police evaluation and assistance team to two ANP district headquarters on November 25. The team conducted a simple survey of equipment, personnel, and facilities, and led a short training session. Both visits were ext [...] | 2006-12-14 06:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL5850 | LEAHY VETTING: WITHDRAWAL OF NOMINATION [...] (C) Credible derogatory information has come to light regarding Raz Mohammad Oryakhil, who was nominated as the deputy commander of the guard force for the Afghan National Detention Facility at Pol-e-Charki (reftel: see bio data in paragraph two). CSTC-A has seen MOD documentation reporting t [...] | 2006-12-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PTER PINR SNAR AF |
06KABUL5871 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - GOA PARTICIPATION IN UAE [...] (U) On December 11, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche seeking GOA representation at the international conference on trafficking in persons hosted by the UAE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime. According to a contact at the MFA?s Office of UN Affairs, the MFA had received an invitation to the co [...] | 2006-12-17 04:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL5876 | PRT JALALABAD - CAMPAIGN AGAINST POPPIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a December 2 meeting with PRT Commander, PRT Officer, and Maj. Richard Schwaiger, Nangahar Governor Gul Agha Serzai pledged his continued commitment to make Nangarhar free of poppies and terrorism, but he lamented that some Nangahar officials still encourage poppy cultiva [...] | 2006-12-17 07:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL5877 | PRT ASADABAD - ATTORNEY GENERAL BRINGS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Attorney General Sabit visited Asadabad November 27 to December 1, investigating corruption and receiving petitions from the general populace. He said he would focus on administrative corruption, land disputes, and timber smuggling. While he ordered a few provincial officials to be arr [...] | 2006-12-17 07:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PHUM SOCI AF |
06KABUL589 | MINISTRY OF ECONOMY DISSOLVES 1,620 NGOS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Following a Feb 4 deadline, the Minister of Economy (MoE) Mir Mohammad Farhang announced that some 1,620 NGOs had been dissolved for not re-registering with the MoE as required by the Law on NGOs, which was enacted in June 2005. Current records indicate that there are 556 NGOs [...] | 2006-02-09 14:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM IR RS BO AF UNGA SEP |
06KABUL5908 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PHASE III ADDITIONAL COLONELS [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of 67 Afghan officers selected to serve as Colonels in Phase III of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank reform process. This list is in addition to the names [...] | 2006-12-20 09:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
06KABUL5925 | EMBASSY KABUL INTENTION TO ISSUE PROVISIONAL LEAHY [...] (C) Summary: There are clear indications that the Taliban will launch a well-coordinated offensive in the spring that will focus on gaining decisive control of districts with insufficient presence of Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and international forces. In order to increase the ANS [...] | 2006-12-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
06KABUL5930 | FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE AFGHAN PARLIAMENT [...] (U) On December 20, the Afghan Parliament marked its first anniversary with a briefing to the international community and the press in the Wolesi Jirga on the year's progress. The ceremony was attended by almost 100 members of the diplomatic corps, Coalition Force, UNAMA representatives, membe [...] | 2006-12-23 08:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL AF |
06KABUL5931 | GOA BITES BACK AGAINT HRW CALL FOR PROSECUTION OF [...] (U) President Karzai wasted no time in rebutting a December 12 statement from Human Rights Watch (HRW) calling for the immediate enforcement of the 2005 Action Plan on Truth, Justice and Reconciliation. The HRW statement named several prominent GOA officials as having committed gross human r [...] | 2006-12-23 11:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL5939 | SAYYAF UNDER SIEGE: LAND DEALS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (SBU) Begin summary: Member of Parliament and former warlord Abdulrab al-Rasul Sayyaf has come under serious attack in the media because of allegations of land-grabbing as well as for his role in the civil war that almost destroyed Kabul. Truth and facts in Afghanistan are always difficult to [...] | 2006-12-24 05:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PINS PREL SOCI AF |
06KABUL5958 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Charge, A/Polmilcouns, and Polmiloff met on 26 December with Deputy National Security Adviser (DSNA) Engineer Ibrahim Speenzada to follow up on his agreement (reftel A) to convene GOA representatives to identify which Afghan laws could provide the legal basis for detention and prosecuti [...] | 2006-12-27 08:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AF |
06KABUL5964 | THE AFGHAN PARLIAMENT AFTER ONE YEAR [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: Celebrating it's first anniversary on December 19, the Afghan Parliament has established a strong foothold as a powerful force in Afghan politics. With members representing the last many decades of diverse philosophies and all sides of the various conflicts and coups which t [...] | 2006-12-27 10:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL AF |
06KABUL5965 | MEETING WITH GENERAL DOSTUM [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Uzbek factional leader General Abdul Rashid Dostum is feeling increasingly frustrated over his lack of a significant role in Afghan decision making and his lack of contact with the Palace. Once a respected (even feared) force in national politics, he has been side-lined from [...] | 2006-12-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PINS PREL AF |
06KABUL5973 | PRT BAMYAN - GOVERNMENT TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bamyan Provincial Justice Conference (PJC),held in the provincial capital November 20-21, brought together Afghan leaders and experts to find the means to improve justice in Bamyan. Stakeholders discussed their concerns in break-out sessions on police, prosecutors, judges [...] | 2006-12-27 13:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AF |
06KABUL5974 | PHASE III, TIER I ANP LTC - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART [...] This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 91 Afghan officers selected to serve as Lieutenant Colonels in Phase III, Tier 1 of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. Post requests exp [...] | 2006-12-28 01:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF |
06KABUL5975 | PHASE III, TIER I ANP LTC - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART [...] This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 91 Afghan officers selected to serve as Lieutenant Colonels in Phase III, Tier 1 of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. Post requests e [...] | 2006-12-28 01:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF |
06KABUL5985 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: GENERAL OFFICER FOR ANP RANK AND [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. (U) In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of one general officer in the Afghan National Police (ANP). The Ministry of Interior wishes to assign to a top leadership position. UNAMA has [...] | 2006-12-28 11:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
06KABUL747 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRL/PHD OFFICERS [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes DRL/PHD Officers Saba Ghori and Jennifer King, and grants country clearance for their visit to Afghanistan on March 4-8, 2006, to monitor and evaluate DRL's Human Rights and Democracy Funds (HRDF) projects in Afghanistan. Control Officer is Chris Hensman, Political Offi [...] | 2006-02-21 07:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM OTRA PGOV PHUM AF |
06KABUL912 | AFGHANISTAN'S 2005-2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-03 09:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC |
06KAMPALA1488 | NORTHERN UGANDA: LOCAL VIEWS ON PEACE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Government officials, international organizations, human rights groups, and local residents in Gulu expressed cautious optimism about the prospects for resolution to the war in Northern Uganda. Most reservations are associated with the mental stability of Lord's Resistance A [...] | 2006-08-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV EAID UG SU |
06KAMPALA1514 | UGANDA: PROGRESS ON GSP/AGOA ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda, Textile Unions, and Textile Manufacturers Association have made significant progress toward resolving the outstanding issues in the AFL-CIO GSP case. The Government,s passage of the new labor laws in May has been followed up with the signing of the impl [...] | 2006-08-08 13:34:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG ETRD PGOV PHUM ELAB UG |
06KAMPALA1521 | UGANDA: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST [...] Post requests Department assistance in screening the following candidates, Ugandan nationals who have been nominated for U.S.-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. They will participate in a CENTCOM "Golden Spear" Conference from August 28-30, 2006. Post ha [...] | 2006-08-09 12:39:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MOPS UG |
06KAMPALA1531 | UGANDA: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR SATMO [...] Post requests Department assistance in screening the following candidates, Ugandan nationals who have been nominated for U.S.-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. All candidates have been nominated for a U.S. Army SATMO truck driving and maintenance traini [...] | 2006-08-11 11:35:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MOPS UG |
06KAMPALA1534 | MORE NORTHERN UGANDAN OFFICIALS GOING TO JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan officials view this week's back-and-forth by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) delegation as nervous "antics" rather than a threat to the peace process and continue to support confidence-building efforts by northern Ugandans. A group of five northern Ugandan parliame [...] | 2006-08-11 12:47:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV UG SU |
06KAMPALA1540 | NORTHERN UGANDA: GOU PRESENTS CEASE-FIRE PROPOSAL, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uganda formally presented its position paper on disarmament, amnesty, repatriation, demobilization, and re-integration of the Lord's Resistance Army on August 11 at the peace talks in Juba. Key provisions include the assembly of LRA forces within 14 days of [...] | 2006-08-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV UG SU |
06KAMPALA1573 | POSTCARD FROM MASAKA: MULTIPARTY OPPORTUNITIES AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Internal party conflict between national and local NRM officials is an important trend in Uganda's new multiparty system. On August 14, poloffs visited Masaka, a large rural district located southwest of Kampala notable for its diversity of political party representation at b [...] | 2006-08-18 11:54:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID UG |
06KAMPALA1601 | NORTHERN UGANDA: VERIFYING JOSEPH KONY'S LOCATION [...] (C) We are following up on information that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) chief Joseph Kony may be in Central African Republic or headed there. Ugandan press reports said that Kony had asked CAR for asylum and that President Bozize's "chief of staff" Dr. Jebbari had traveled to Kampala to di [...] | 2006-08-24 03:39:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV WCI UG SU |
06KAMPALA1613 | NORTHERN UGANDA: RETURNS OF DISPLACED PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In northern Uganda, humanitarian organizations are reporting increases in the numbers of internally displaced persons returning to their land. The process of "decongestion" of the camps has led to the spontaneous movement of IDPs from more crowded camps to areas where they can [...] | 2006-08-25 12:34:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID PREF UG SU |
06KAMPALA1615 | NORTHERN UGANDA: CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES NOT A [...] The Government of Uganda has agreed to a cessation of hostilities--not a cease-fire--to allow members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to assemble at two sites. Rebels in northern Uganda will move to a site in southern Sudan. Rebels in Garamba National Park will go to a designated site i [...] | 2006-08-28 03:47:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV WCI UG SU |
06KAMPALA1616 | NORTHERN UGANDA: GOVERNMENT MAXIMIZING PEACE [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda's efforts to expand its options regarding the Lord's Resistance Army and the Juba Peace Talks intensified over the past week. These include consulting with Sudanese Vice President Salva Kiir, opening direct discussions with LRA number two Vincent Otti [...] | 2006-08-28 03:47:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV WCI UG SU |
06KATHMANDU1042 | JUBILATION AS KING REINSTATES PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Seven-Party alliance leaders and people on the street declared victory for democracy following the King's April 24 late night message announcing the reinstatement of Parliament and meeting all the Parties' demands (ref A). The King called on the seven-party alliance to follow its road map [...] | 2006-04-25 12:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PINR NP |
06KATHMANDU1074 | OHCHR LOOKING AT TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE ISSUES IN [...] (C) On April 27, Ian Martin, Representative of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),told representatives of OHCHR donor Embassies that, following the King's April 24 announcement to hand power back to the Parties and the Maoists' April 27 announcement of [...] | 2006-04-28 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KPKO NP |
06KATHMANDU1087 | MAOISTS ASSERT THEIR PRESENCE [...] (C) Following their three month cease-fire announcement on April 27, the Maoists have been organizing mass meetings openly in Kathmandu (ref A) and the western terai, presumably to remind the seven-party alliance of their power and support in rural areas, and to pressure the Parties to meet th [...] | 2006-05-01 11:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU1184 | GREATER UN INVOLVEMENT IN NEPAL? [...] (C) Tamrat Samuel, visiting special advisor to the UN Undersecretary General for Political Affairs, joined by UN Resident Representative Matthew Kahane, and UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) head Ian Martin discussed with the Ambassador on May 8 the prospects for incr [...] | 2006-05-08 11:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KPKO NP |
06KATHMANDU1186 | CIVIL SOCIETY WARNS A/S BOUCHER OF MAOIST THREAT [...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with SCA A/S Boucher and NSC Senior Director Millard, Nepali civil society and human rights organization representatives voiced concern over the continuing Maoist threat as Nepal transitioned to a democratic government. A/S Boucher stressed the need for the political pa [...] | 2006-05-09 02:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU1199 | NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: NO IMMEDIATE PROGRESS LIKELY [...] (C) In a May 10 meeting with K.P. Oli, new Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, the Ambassador highlighted recent USG efforts to find a permanent solution for the Bhutanese refugees. The Ambassador urged the government to allow UNHCR to register and verify people in the camps, and aske [...] | 2006-05-11 06:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU1251 | MAOIST TEN POINT ROAD MAP [...] (C) The Maoists on May 13 laid out a ten-point road map and announced that Prachanda, CPN-Maoist Chairman, would lead the Maoist's dialogue team in the top-level negotiations with the government. Prachanda stressed the need to follow the 12-point understanding and cautioned the political parti [...] | 2006-05-15 11:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU1254 | WOMEN POLITICAL PARTY MEMBERS WANT INTRA-PARTY [...] (C) The Ambassador met with nine members of the newly formed Women's Caucus, a group of women politicians from the seven-party alliance and other major parties, on May 15 to discuss the role of women in Nepali politics. The women noted that there was now a higher understanding of the importan [...] | 2006-05-16 08:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
06KATHMANDU1284 | PRIME MINISTER APPROVES USG PROVIDING TRAINING TO [...] (C) On May 19, Dr. Suresh C. Chalise, the Prime Minister's External Affairs Advisor, told us that the Prime Minister had approved all the courses, seminars, and conferences we had planned as part of our FY 06 security assistance program. He indicated that we should take a quiet approach. He s [...] | 2006-05-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU1373 | GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS SIGN CODE OF CONDUCT [...] (C) The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists on May 26 announced a 25-point Code of Conduct governing the cease-fire. There is talk about the United Nations monitoring the cease-fire. In the House of Representatives on May 29, Parliamentarians questioned the Maoist commitment to the Cod [...] | 2006-05-30 12:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1374 | HOUSE ENDORSES WOMEN'S RIGHTS [...] (U) The Parliament on May 30 unanimously approved a broad proposal endorsing women's rights. The proposal included a provision to allow children to acquire citizenship through their mothers. "This is meant to ensure that all Nepalis get citizenship," Member of Parliament (MP) Jaganath Khatiwa [...] | 2006-05-31 07:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU1376 | OHCHR REPORTS 49 PEOPLE "LOST" IN NEPALESE ARMY [...] (U) The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal on May 26 recommended that the government "establish a credible, competent, impartial and fully independent investigation" into the arrest, detention, torture, and ultimate fate or whereabouts of people who [...] | 2006-05-31 08:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KPKO NP |
06KATHMANDU1405 | MAOISTS MOBILIZE NEARLY HALF A MILLION FOR MASS [...] (C) The Maoists mobilized an estimated four-to-five hundred thousand people to participate in a peaceful, well-organized rally in Kathmandu on June 2. Emboffs estimated that Maoists bused in most attendees from outlying districts to participate in their first public rally in the capital. The [...] | 2006-06-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU1426 | LEAHY VETTING OF NEPALI UNDERGOING TRAINING IN THE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para. 7. Summary ------- 2. (C) Post recently determined that a Nepalese Army officer, who had undergone Leahy vetting (refs B-D) and who is currently in the U.S. for training, served - and continues to serve - in a unit alleged to have been invo [...] | 2006-06-05 11:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU1428 | FORMER ROYAL MINISTERS RELEASED [...] (U) On June 4, the Supreme Court ordered the release of three former ministers of His Majesty's Government of Nepal from jail. The Government of Nepal (GON) had arrested them on May 12 under the Public Security Act (PSA) for suppressing the "People's Movement," but had not charged them with a [...] | 2006-06-05 11:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU1429 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR PROFESSOR RUTH WEDGWOOD'S [...] On June 5, 2006 A/DCM Larry Schwartz met with Acting Foreign Secretary Pradeep Kumar Khatiwada to seek Nepal's support for Professor Ruth Wedgwood's re-election to the U.N. Human Rights Committee. The A/DCM specifically highlighted Ms. Wedgwood's commitment to human rights and trafficking as [...] | 2006-06-05 11:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC PREL NP US |
06KATHMANDU1462 | UN CLARIFYING ITS POSSIBLE ROLE IN OBSERVING [...] (C) David Johnson, Senior Human Rights Officer at the United Nations Nepal Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),told members of the diplomatic corps on June 6 that OHCHR was examining the role it might play in monitoring the cease-fire between the Government of Nepal (GON) [...] | 2006-06-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KPKO NP |
06KATHMANDU1463 | 2006 TIP REPORT DELIVERED [...] On June 6 Post delivered the country narrative on Nepal from the 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report as well as the demarche information in reftel to Under Secretary Shankar Bairagi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Joint Secretary Shyam Sunder Sharma, Ministry of Women, Children and Soci [...] | 2006-06-07 11:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO IIP NP |
06KATHMANDU1471 | UNHCR FINDS MANY INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN [...] (C) The United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) briefed members of the international community on June 7 about a May 18-29 mission it led to nine districts in eastern Nepal, where it found that, using the international definition of internally displaced people (IDPs),there could be [...] | 2006-06-09 07:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1494 | PARLIAMENT'S NEW REGULATIONS FURTHER CURB KING'S [...] (C) The House of Representatives on June 10 passed "the House of Representatives Regulations 2006" further limiting the King's powers. While hailed by the seven-party alliance as a "landmark for democracy" and meant to move toward implementing the Parliament's May 18 Proclamation (reftel),c [...] | 2006-06-12 09:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU1504 | CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF ON HUMAN RIGHTS; MAOISTS [...] (C) On June 12, the Charge d'Affaires, accompanied by A/DCM and ODC Chief, met with Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa to inform him of the USG decision to return Captain Indiver Rana to Nepal from U.S-based training due to our concerns that he was serving in a unit currently facing s [...] | 2006-06-12 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU1505 | GOVERNMENT SCRAPS TERROR ORDINANCE [...] (C) According to media reports June 12, the Government of Nepal (GON) Council of Ministers decided to scrap the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Ordinance (TADO),effective immediately. TADO allowed security forces to detain suspected terrorists for up to 360 days without charging them wit [...] | 2006-06-12 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1529 | MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED PRIOR TO JUNE 20 CONFERENCE [...] On June 14, Emboff delivered reftel's talking points about the June 20-21 International Conference on the Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement to Narayan Pant, Under Secretary for the United Nations and International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Emboff stressed the impo [...] | 2006-06-14 10:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS NP |
06KATHMANDU1532 | MAOIST VIOLATIONS OF CODE OF CONDUCT OBSERVED [...] (C) RSO James Gayhart and USAID Director Donald Clark recently traveled separately in eastern and mid-western Nepal, respectively, where they observed widespread violations of the twenty-five point Code of Conduct entered into by the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists (Reftel). The Mao [...] | 2006-06-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU1575 | MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On June 19, Emboff delivered talking points (Ref A) to Nirmal Kafle in the office of the United Nations and International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) about preventing a conference disruption at the June 20-21 International Conference on the Red Cross and the Red Cres [...] | 2006-06-19 13:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IRCE SZ NP |
06KATHMANDU1578 | NEPAL ARMY SHARES ITS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL REPORT [...] (C) The Nepal Army (NA) will present its human rights report to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva during the upcoming session. The Army is aware that it has problems with human rights abuse and alternates between trying to explain the reasons for violations and trying to addr [...] | 2006-06-19 13:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU1625 | REQUEST FOR FUNDING FROM DRL FOR JULY 19-21 DRL [...] Post plans to send political/economic officer Rodney M. Hunter to attend the DRL conference from July 19-21. Per reftel, Post requests assistance for travel costs to the conference. Approximate return air cost from Kathmandu to Washington is USD 3878. MORIARTY [...] | 2006-06-21 11:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM OTRA NP |
06KATHMANDU1649 | HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CITES CONTINUING MAOIST [...] (U) On June 21, the Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC),a Nepali human rights group with representation throughout the country, issued a press release expressing serious concern over continuing Maoist human rights violations, despite the Code of Conduct signed between the Maoists and the G [...] | 2006-06-22 11:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU1692 | GOVERNMENT WILLING TO SUPPORT SOLUTION ACCEPTABLE [...] (C) On June 23, the Ambassador discussed with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy PM K.P. Oli the seven-nation core group's preparations for a July 14 meeting in New York on Bhutanese refugees (ref A). Oli conveyed the willingness of the Government of Nepal (GON) to accept repatriation, th [...] | 2006-06-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU1796 | PRC APPLYING UNPRECEDENTED PRESSURE ON UNHCR [...] (C) Douglas DiSalvo, Associate Protection Officer at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Nepal (UNHCR),told Emboff that on July 7, the PRC Embassy sent a diplomatic note to UNHCR requesting that UNHCR not provide assistance to a group of 16 Tibetans who had crossed the border [...] | 2006-07-10 12:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU1799 | RESIGNATION OF COMISSIONERS AFTER PRESSURE [...] (C) The Commissioners of the Election Commission (EC) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) tendered their resignations on July 9 after intense pressure from members of Parliament. Political party leaders conceded the Maoists had been pressing for the resignations of the Commissioner [...] | 2006-07-10 12:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1866 | PEACE SECRETARIAT STRAINING TO SUPPORT OPERATIONAL [...] (C) CDA and A/DCM met July 10 with Vidya Dhar Mallik, Secretary of the Peace Secretariat, to discuss the role the SIPDIS Secretariat was playing in the peace process and the SIPDIS Secretariat's plans for the future. The Secretariat is SIPDIS currently supporting four important commit [...] | 2006-07-13 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU199 | AMBASSADOR SUGGESTS HMGN POSTPONE MUNICIPAL [...] (C) In separate meetings on January 18 with Home Minister Kamal Thapa, Vice-Chairman Tulsi Giri, and Vice-Chairman Kirti Nidhi Bista, and in a January 19 meeting with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey, the Ambassador pushed for His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to postpone the munici [...] | 2006-01-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU200 | GOVERNMENT ARRESTS POLITICAL PARTY AND CIVIL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 11. Summary ------- 2. (C) Citing fears that the Maoists would infiltrate the January 20 mass protest program of the seven-party alliance and turn it violent, the government cut phone services and arrested political party and ci [...] | 2006-01-19 11:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2089 | NEPAL ARMY TORTURES NEPAL POLICE OFFICERS [...] (C) On July 29, dozens of soldiers from the Nepal Army's Bhairabnath Battalion in Kathmandu surrounded a local police station, abducted three police officers by force, and then allegedly beat and tortured the police officers in the battalion's barracks. The Bhairabnath Battalion is the same u [...] | 2006-08-01 11:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU212 | DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) On January 19, the Ambassador raised the issue of UN reform with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey drawing on ref A's points on management reform and the Human Rights Council. FM Pandey also asked about UN Security Council expansion. Pandey indicated that Nepal agreed with the U.S. in [...] | 2006-01-20 09:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PHUM UN ADCO NP |
06KATHMANDU213 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION FOR RNA COL. [...] Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by Colonel Sudhir Shrestha of the Royal Nepalese Army, as of this date. Post has notified requesting agency. MORIARTY [...] | 2006-01-20 09:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU214 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION FOR RNA COL. [...] Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by Colonel Pramod Kumar Lama of the Royal Nepalese Army, as of this date. Post has notified requesting agency. MORIARTY [...] | 2006-01-20 09:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU215 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION FOR LTC HIRA [...] Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by Lieutenant Colonel Hira Lal Joshi of the Royal Nepalese Army, or Senior Superintendent of Armed Police Lakshmi Prasad Bashyal, as of this date. Post has notified requesting a [...] | 2006-01-20 09:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU2165 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DERAILING PROPOSED UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 12:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PREL PTER IS LE NP |
06KATHMANDU2178 | PROPOSED UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 16:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PREL PTER IS LE NP |
06KATHMANDU2269 | OHCHR ACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE IN NEPAL [...] The work of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR) has been effective and useful for Post's reporting. The office in Kathmandu is the largest UN human rights presence anywhere (ref A). OHCHR has played an active role in monitoring various aspects [...] | 2006-08-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU228 | PARTY DEMONSTRATIONS THWARTED; MAOIST VIOLENCE [...] (U) The demonstrations rescheduled by the Parties on January 21 led to clashes between demonstrators and security forces, disrupting the Parties' hopes for a mass turnout. The armed police force (APF) and civil police used tear gas, baton charges, and arrests to control demonstrators, who cha [...] | 2006-01-23 12:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS NP |
06KATHMANDU232 | GOVERNMENT AND PARTIES NERVOUS, BUT UNBENDING [...] (C) During the evening of January 23, His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) withdrew the curfew in effect in Kathmandu and Lalitpur, which it had put in place on January 16 (ref A),restored cellphone service, and once again allowed political activity and demonstrations in much of Kathmandu [...] | 2006-01-24 09:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU2348 | NEW UN SPECIAL ENVOY UNDER NO ILLUSIONS [...] (C) On August 29, the UN Secretary General's newly appointed special envoy, Ian Martin, told the Ambassador he was under no illusions about the difficulty of bridging the differences between the Government and the Maoists on the key question of managing Maoist arms. Martin stated that he was [...] | 2006-08-30 11:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER UN NP |
06KATHMANDU2391 | NEPAL SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY TO THE UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-01 11:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV UNGA NP |
06KATHMANDU2405 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-05 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU NP |
06KATHMANDU2424 | NEPAL: PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON DETAINEES IN THE WAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU2425 | MAOIST LEADERSHIP RATCHETS UP THE PRESSURE; SAYS [...] (C) The leadership of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has decided after its recent Central Committee meeting to increase its pressure on the Government of Nepal. The most striking result of the August 27-31 meeting was the leaders' announcements September 2 and 3 that Maoist combatants w [...] | 2006-09-07 12:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MARR UN NP |
06KATHMANDU2458 | NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-11 12:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC IR NP |
06KATHMANDU2479 | NEPAL: OHCHR AND NHRC PRESS MAOISTS ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) On September 11, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal sent a document to the Maoists demanding that they stop human rights abuses and fulfill their commitments in the peace process. The document focused on Maoist killings, abductions, tortur [...] | 2006-09-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU2489 | NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-13 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU NP |
06KATHMANDU2495 | UN REP MARTIN WAITING FOR COALITION TO AGREE ON [...] (C) Ian Martin, UN Secretary General Annan's personal representative for the peace process, told the DCM September 11 that in spite of their rhetoric, the Maoists were prepared to move ahead. He remarked that they had recently hammered out a unified position and had taken steps to ensure their [...] | 2006-09-14 04:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM UN NP |
06KATHMANDU2538 | CALL FOR SEVEN-PARTY ALLIANCE UNITY RECEIVES WEAK [...] (C) The Ambassador met separately with President of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Party (NC-D) Sher Bahadur Deuba and Secretary General of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) Madhav Kumar Nepal on September 16 to deliver a message: unity among the seven politica [...] | 2006-09-19 01:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU254 | NEPAL-WIDE GENERAL STRIKE WIDELY OBSERVED; [...] (C) The January 26 general strike/closure (bandh) of all of Nepal called by the Parties to protest against the King and the upcoming February 8 municipal elections was widely observed. In Kathmandu and Patan, few vehicles were on the roads and most shops and businesses were closed (although s [...] | 2006-01-26 09:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU2557 | NEWLY APPOINTED ARMY CHIEF STILL FACING HUMAN [...] (C) PM Koirala swore in Rookmangud Katawal as the new Chief of Army Staff on September 18. Katawal, who has repeatedly affirmed his intention to loyally serve the democratic Government of Nepal (GON) received cabinet approval on September 5. The government's decision came in the face of com [...] | 2006-09-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MARR NP |
06KATHMANDU2589 | SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASSERTS MINISTRY'S CONTROL OF [...] (C) Ministry of Defense Secretary Upreti invited Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief to a meeting on September 18 to learn more about U.S.- Nepal security assistance and agreements. ODC Chief emphasized U.S. security assistance hinged on the promotion of human rights. He asked if the M [...] | 2006-09-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS NP |
06KATHMANDU2590 | FAR-WESTERN NEPAL: IN TROUBLE, BUT NOT HOPELESS [...] (SBU) During a trip to the far-western region of Nepal September 12-15, Ambassador Moriarty met with government and military officials, business and political leaders, human rights organizations, and USAID project partners to gauge the situation on the ground and the impact of U.S. assistance [...] | 2006-09-22 11:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON MARR MCAP PHUM SENV EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU2673 | LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION: BRIGADIER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-10 09:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU2688 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE REQUEST ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 10:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UNAUS NP |
06KATHMANDU2799 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: CRITICAL [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates, who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. These candidates are scheduled to participate in Diplomatic Security's Critical Incident Management Course f [...] | 2006-10-20 11:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU2800 | REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: CSTR [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates, who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. The candidates are scheduled to participate in Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism (CSTR) training [...] | 2006-10-20 11:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU2801 | LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: SSTR [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates, who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. The candidates are scheduled to participate in Stability Security, Transition and Reconstruction (SSTR) trai [...] | 2006-10-20 11:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU2807 | LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: NESA [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate, who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. The candidate is scheduled to participate in a Near East and South Asia (NESA) course from November 29 to Dece [...] | 2006-10-25 02:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU286 | 600 ELECTION CANDIDATES WITHDRAW; MORE MAOIST [...] (U) More than 600 people withdrew their candidacy between filing to participate in the municipal election on January 26 and the deadline to withdraw on January 28. Some people withdrew voluntary, others claim the government forced them, and still others wished to withdraw but security forces [...] | 2006-01-30 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS NP |
06KATHMANDU287 | AMBASSADOR URGES FOREIGN MINISTER TO RELEASE [...] (C) On January 30, the Ambassador urged Foreign Minister Pandey to release political leaders in custody, including those in jail and those under house arrest. The Foreign Minister noted ongoing security concerns, but promised to discuss the matter with Home Minister Thapa. The Ambassador stre [...] | 2006-01-30 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU2960 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING CUBA EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-03 10:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU NP |
06KATHMANDU2961 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-03 11:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM PREL PTER LE IS NP |
06KATHMANDU2971 | NEPAL ARMY PUNISHES SOLDIERS WHO ABUSED POLICE [...] (U) According to an October 29 press release from the Nepal Army (NA),the General Military Court had issued sentences against four NA officers and 12 non-commissioned officers involved in the July 29, 2006 attack on a Nepal Police post in central Kathmandu (reftel). The soldiers had surround [...] | 2006-11-06 11:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU2972 | CHALLENGES FACING THE NEPALI POLICE: SECURING LAW [...] (SBU) From September 20 to 29, 2006 TDYers Christa Skerry and Holly Benner from the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) met with officials from the USG, Nepal security forces, Nepal government officials, journalists, local and international NGOs, the United [...] | 2006-11-06 11:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MARR NP UN |
06KATHMANDU2974 | LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: COMBINED [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening Lieutenant Colonel Santosh Kumar Dhakal, who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. The candidate has been nominated for a one-year0 posting as the Combined Planning Group Strate [...] | 2006-11-07 01:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU2975 | LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: CSTR TRAINING [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Kishor Kumar Lama, who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. The candidate is scheduled to participate in Comprehensive Security Responses t [...] | 2006-11-07 01:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU2976 | LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: NESA [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates, who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. These candidates are scheduled to participate in the Near East and South Asia (NESA) course in Washing [...] | 2006-11-07 01:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU2994 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN |
06KATHMANDU2997 | MAOISTS RUNNING THE SHOW IN BIRATNAGAR AND [...] (C) Recent visits to two towns on Nepal's southern border with India revealed a sharp deterioration in law and order with Maoist extortion, opportunistic violence, and intimidation interrupting the local economies while government security forces stood idly by. The South and Central Asia Bure [...] | 2006-11-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PHUM PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU2999 | LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION: CRITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-07 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU3001 | LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION: CSTR, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU3011 | SUPPLEMENTAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 10:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NP |
06KATHMANDU3012 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 10:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA CU NP |
06KATHMANDU3022 | NEPAL ARMY: IMPROVING NEPAL'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD [...] (C) In a meeting on November 6 with Ramesh Jung Thapa, Defense Advisor to the Prime Minister, and Bishnu Uprety, Defense Secretary, the DCM delivered ref A talking points, strongly urging the Government of Nepal (GON) to take action on human rights abuses in the Nepal Army (NA). The DCM made [...] | 2006-11-09 11:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU3029 | SENIOR LEVEL DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC NP |
06KATHMANDU3032 | MAOISTS KIDNAP AND TORTURE MP'S BROTHER [...] (C) A Nepali Congress (NC) Member of Parliament representing Bajhang District told us recently about the kidnapping of Malla's younger brother October 29 by the Maoists. Suresh Malla, who leads a faction of 15-20 anti-Maoist MPs, told Emboff that his brother had been tortured for three days a [...] | 2006-11-13 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU3038 | WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN NEPAL [...] On November 2, Emboff delivered reftel "Summary Recommendations of the Women's Empowerment Working Session" to Nepal's Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Urmila Aryal. The Minister welcomed the fact sheet and provided Emboff with a list of recent legislative efforts on behalf of [...] | 2006-11-14 01:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PREL UNGA NP |
06KATHMANDU3050 | DEMARCHE ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-16 10:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN BO NP |
06KATHMANDU3055 | LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 01:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU3064 | NEW OHCHR HEAD NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PEACE [...] (C) On November 17, Lena Sundh, the new Swedish head of the Nepal Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),told the Ambassador that impunity remained a big problem on both sides of the conflict in Nepal -- for both the security forces and the Maoists. Sundh stated that she wa [...] | 2006-11-20 10:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER MARR PINR NP |
06KATHMANDU3076 | LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION: COMBINED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU3077 | LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION: CSTR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-21 09:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU3078 | LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CERTIFICATION: NESA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-21 09:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU3124 | ARMS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT: VAGUE WORDING, BUT [...] (C) On November 28, the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists signed an arms management agreement, in the presence of the UN, creating a concrete mechanism for the separation of Maoist combatants from their weapons. The agreement provides that all Maoist People's Liberation Army (PLA) mem [...] | 2006-11-29 12:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU315 | INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Per ref B, Post delivered Nepal's Interim Assessment report of progress made on anti-trafficking efforts (ref A) on January 31 to Shyam Sundar Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Yadav Kanal, Under Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Parbati T [...] | 2006-01-31 09:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KHUM SMIG NP |
06KATHMANDU317 | LABOR LAW REVISION TO ATTRACT FDI [...] (U) On January 31, the government promulgated a revision to the 1991 Labor Law intended to boost foreign direct investment (FDI). The revision opened the door for appointment of up to fifteen percent non-Nepali nationals as managers, executive directors and experts in firms. Existing laws di [...] | 2006-01-31 11:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV EINV PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU3176 | NEPAL GOVERNMENT SLOW TO ADDRESS IDP PROBLEM [...] (SBU) The Maoist insurgency in Nepal has created significant population displacement, although the scope of the problem and location of internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been difficult to assess due to social stigmatization, lack of material assistance and Nepal's open border with India [...] | 2006-12-07 08:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU3184 | NEPAL: TIBETANS VIEW RESETTLEMENT AS ZERO-SUM GAME [...] (C) In October 2006, Post's Tibetan-speaking staff conducted an informal survey of 18 Tibetans on the proposed resettlement of 60,000 Bhutanese refugees and about refugee resettlement generally. Generally, the reactions from the respondents indicated that some Tibetan refugees viewed U.S. res [...] | 2006-12-08 04:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL CH NP |
06KATHMANDU3193 | NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS SPECIAL SESSION ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-11 00:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL SU NP |
06KATHMANDU3209 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES JAPAN TO ASSIST WITH [...] (C) In a December 12 meeting with the Japanese Ambassador to Nepal, Tsutomu Hiraoka, Ambassador Moriarty expressed optimism that Nepal's transition could proceed if arms management were successful and monitors flooded the Nepali countryside. The Ambassador indicated U.S. support was likely [...] | 2006-12-13 07:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR PREF JA NP |
06KATHMANDU3224 | NEPAL: TIBETAN SETTLEMENT LEADERS DESCRIBE [...] (C) In a December 12 meeting with RefCoord, Tibetan settlement leaders described the lack of employment opportunities for Tibetan youths and the difficulties in obtaining and renewing identification and travel documents from the Government of Nepal (GON). Out of roughly 4,000 Tibetan resident [...] | 2006-12-15 06:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CH NP |
06KATHMANDU3225 | CENSUS OF FIRST BHUTANESE REFUGEE CAMP CONCLUDED [...] (C) Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Durable Solutions Officer Kim Roberson reported on December 13 that nearly all Beldangi I camp residents had appeared for the census, which was completed December 8. UNHCR has identified 120 vulnerable cases, of which only 20 had expr [...] | 2006-12-15 07:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF BH NP |
06KATHMANDU3238 | CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF COMMENTS ON ARMS MANAGEMENT, [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Katawal told the Ambassador December 13 that he had emphasized to Prime Minister Koirala earlier that day that the Maoists had to be completely separated from their weapons before they were included in the interim parliament and the interim government. K [...] | 2006-12-18 09:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU345 | ADMIRAL FALLON TELLS NEPAL ARMY U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] (C) On February 1, Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, stressed to the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) Chief of Army Staff (COAS),General Pyar Jung Thapa, that the U.S. military could not fully resume military assistance to Nepal absent movement toward representative g [...] | 2006-02-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU346 | RUN-UP TO ELECTION FILLED WITH MAOIST VIOLENCE [...] (C) Maoist violence, including bombings throughout the country and within the Kathmandu Valley, continued in the lead-up to the February 8 municipal election. Fear of Maoist violence kept many people indoors on the first two days of the Maoist's February 5-11 national general strike, and caus [...] | 2006-02-06 12:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU348 | PACOM ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES NEPAL WITH HUMAN [...] (C) During a meeting with PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon on February 2, human rights activists highlighted the distance between the King and the Parties and called for a consensus on a way forward, while noting the dangers of a Maoist takeover. They agreed that the King should reach out to th [...] | 2006-02-06 12:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU373 | MAOIST VIOLENCE AND ALL-NEPAL STRIKE CONTINUE ON [...] (U) This cable is an action request, see paragraph 12. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Maoist-called nationwide February 5-11 strike continues to envelop the country in a state of fear highlighted by the Maoist murder of a taxi driver near Kathmandu and continued Maoist violence and multipl [...] | 2006-02-07 13:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU376 | PROPOSALS FOR FY 2006 G/TIP INCL AND ESF FUNDING [...] Embassy Kathmandu is pleased to propose the following eight projects, in rank order, for consideration for FY 2006 International Narcotics, Crime and Law Enforcement (INCLE),and Economic Support Funds (ESF) funding. Post has pouched the full text of the proposals to the Office to Combat Tra [...] | 2006-02-08 01:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC NP |
06KATHMANDU390 | LOW ELECTION TURNOUT; GOVERNMENT, PARTIES AND [...] (C) The February 8 municipal elections saw an average 20 percent voter turnout across the country. The Government proclaimed the polls a success. However, the Maoists and political parties separately claimed victory for the low turnout, believing their actions (Maoists used a campaign of vio [...] | 2006-02-09 12:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU427 | VIOLENCE CONTINUES ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (SBU) February 13 marked the 10-year anniversary of the beginning of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal. Following a major Maoist ambush on Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) troops attempting to remove a blockade across a key highway in Sunwal-Butwal in Nawalparasi District on February 10, in which 17 se [...] | 2006-02-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU429 | SUPREME COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF FORMER PRIME [...] (U) This cable is an action request, see paragraph 6. SUPREME COURT DISSOLVES RCCC; THROWS OUT ALL DECISIONS --------------------------------------------- --------- 2. (C) In a major decision, Nepal's Supreme Court on February 13 declared the Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) [...] | 2006-02-13 13:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU448 | PANDEY PREVIEWS POSSIBILITY OF OUTREACH TO THE [...] (C) In a February 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Pandey suggested that the King could, in his scheduled February 19 address to the nation, make an outreach to the Parties calling for an alliance of political forces, if the King could be assured of a positive response from the [...] | 2006-02-15 07:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF NP |
06KATHMANDU455 | SUPREME COURT DECISIONS REINFORCE CONSTITUTION, [...] (C) The February 13 decision of the Supreme Court to dissolve the Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) (reftel) reinforced Nepal's constitution as a viable document and could limit the King's authority. Reactions from the Parties and the media were generally positive. The Court als [...] | 2006-02-15 11:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU474 | RELEASES CONTINUE AMID VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) The government has released more than 900 student leaders, political activists and others arrested in the days leading up to the February 1 anniversary of the King's takeover and the February 8 municipal elections, although 800 remain in detention. Maoist violence throughout the country, [...] | 2006-02-17 12:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS NP |
06KATHMANDU57 | NEPAL LOSES PATIENCE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) In a January 5 conversation with the Ambassador (other topics reported septel),FM Pandey reviewed his assessment of the Bhutanese refugee issue and how best to reach a solution. Noting that his main concern was the fate of the remaining ethnic Nepalese in Bhutan and his conviction that Bh [...] | 2006-01-06 06:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU628 | MDA: DEMARCHE ON SIGNING THE THIRD PROTOCOL [...] On March 6, Embassy delivered talking points, reftel, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Joint Secretary for United Nations, International Organizations, and International Law Dinesh Bhattarai and urged the Government of Nepal (GON) to sign the Third Additional Protocol. Bhattarai undertook to r [...] | 2006-03-07 07:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NP |
06KATHMANDU629 | NEPAL 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The following is Embassy Kathmandu's submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a country of origin for the trafficking of women and children, and to a lesser extent boys and men. The majority of persons are trafficked to India, while othe [...] | 2006-03-07 07:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC NP |
06KATHMANDU660 | FOREIGN MINISTER PANDEY DEFENDS KING [...] (C) Foreign Minister Pandey assured visiting SCA PDAS Camp on March 9 that the King was committed to multiparty democracy. Camp emphasized the importance of the King reaching out to the Parties, but Pandey asserted that the King had reached out and was waiting for the Parties to respond. Pan [...] | 2006-03-10 09:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF NP |
06KATHMANDU672 | HEAD OF CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION AGENCY [...] (U) In a March 12 front page story, the Kathmandu Post reported that the Chief of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA),Surya Nath Upadhyay, was responsible for assisting a man in gaining false citizenship in 1993. The Kathmandu District Administration Office was [...] | 2006-03-13 11:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU676 | NEPAL'S INTERNATIONAL DONORS INCREASINGLY [...] (SBU) Nepal's international donors, in a March 6 meeting with Finance Minister Jyoti, vented their frustration over poor conditions for development work in rural areas, the HMGN's inconsistent adherence to development operating guidelines and human rights violations. Several bilateral donor [...] | 2006-03-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV ECON PREL PGOV PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU690 | MAOIST BLOCKADE DISRUPTS DAILY LIFE IN NEPAL [...] (U) Transport came to a standstill on March 14, crippling routine activity in many areas of the country on the first day of the Maoists' indefinite blockade of district headquarters. Although only about ten percent of normal traffic entered or exited the Valley, there was little impact on dai [...] | 2006-03-15 11:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU723 | MDA: NEPAL SIGNS THIRD PROTOCOL [...] On March 16, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Joint Secretary for United Nations, International Organizations, and International Law Dinesh Bhattarai informed Emboff that the Government of Nepal (GON) had signed the Third Additional Protocol in Geneva on March 15. SCHLOSSER [...] | 2006-03-16 07:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NP |
06KATHMANDU741 | MAOIST BLOCKADE CONTINUES, DISRUPTING KATHMANDU [...] (U) Fear of Maoist retribution continued to affect daily life around the country on March 15, the second day of the Maoist-called blockade of district headquarters and the capital. Due to limited supply, commodity prices soared in Kathmandu, and thousands of local commuters were inconvenienc [...] | 2006-03-16 11:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU751 | HUMAN RIGHTS: DRL VISITORS FIND MIXED REVIEWS [...] (C) In a February 26 - March 3 visit to Nepal, DRL officers Saba Ghori and Jennifer King met with local human rights groups, politicians, and government officials in Kathmandu and Pokhara to discuss human rights, democracy, and labor issues in Nepal. Human rights groups explained that followi [...] | 2006-03-17 12:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU752 | NEW IDP POLICY [...] (U) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) announced a new policy for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on March 13. Home Minister Kamal Thapa, releasing the policy, explained that it was drafted in accordance with international humanitarian principles and designed to provide immediate h [...] | 2006-03-17 12:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU762 | MAOISTS, PARTIES STICK TO UNDERSTANDING; BLOCKADE [...] (U) On March 19, as a result of negotiations between the Parties and the Maoists in New Delhi (ref A),leaders of the seven-party alliance and the Maoists signed separate documents reiterating their commitment to the 12-point understanding (ref B). Both sides stated they would continue dialog [...] | 2006-03-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU767 | HOME MINISTER OFFERS PARTIES LITTLE SPACE [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting, the Charge urged Home Minister Thapa to release the ten remaining civil rights and political leaders in detention since January 19. The Charge also argued that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) should allow the political parties to conduct their planned peacef [...] | 2006-03-21 11:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREF PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU77 | FOREIGN MINISTER PANDEY ON RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (C) In a January 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Pandey repeatedly stressed that good relations with the U.S. was key for Nepal as it tried to balance relations with its two powerful neighbors. Strained relations with the U.S. and India in the wake of the King's February, 2005 [...] | 2006-01-09 07:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CH IN NP |
06KATHMANDU770 | MAOIST THROWS SOCKET BOMB OVER WALL OF NEPALI [...] (C) During the evening of March 21, a suspected Maoist riding a bicycle threw a socket bomb over the wall of the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation office in Jawalakhel (Patan, south of Kathmandu, within the Kathmandu Valley). The bomb injured two people, one seriously. The police d [...] | 2006-03-22 06:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU776 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH URGES MAOISTS AND GOVERNMENT TO [...] (C) Saman Zia-Zarif, Deputy Director Asia Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW),met with Emboffs on March 17 to outline the key human rights concerns related to the Maoist insurgency he encountered during his February 24-March 17 visit to Nepal. Major concerns included militarization of civil [...] | 2006-03-23 06:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU798 | RESIDENT TIBETANS APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) On March 23, A.G. Tashi, the Dalai Lama's Representative for Tashi Palkhiel and Dhorpatan Tibetan Settlements near Pokhara in western Nepal, visited the Embassy, with instructions from the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) to draw attention to key issues facing Tibetan residents in Nepa [...] | 2006-03-24 09:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU807 | GOVERNMENT JAILS UML LEADER [...] (U) On March 23, the government took Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary MK Nepal into police custody for "spreading false information" about the government. Nepal had been under house arrest of the previous two months. The government's actions foll [...] | 2006-03-24 12:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU819 | MAOIST BOMBS AND KIDNAPPING OF POLISH CITIZENS; [...] (C) A Central Committee Member of the United Marxist-Leninist (UML) publicly urged the Maoists to declare a cease-fire to "open a door" for dialogue between the "three political powers." A Maoist bomb inside Kathmandu's Ring Road on March 25, another at a college campus in western Nepal on Ma [...] | 2006-03-27 12:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CASC ASEC NP |
06KATHMANDU830 | RNA HUMAN RIGHTS CELL WORKING [...] (C) In a March 24 meeting, Col. Dharma Baniya, head of the Human Rights Cell of the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA),and Brig. Gen. B.A. Kumar Sharma, Judge Advocate General, told Emboffs that the RNA was working hard to improve its human rights record. Baniya gave a point by point reply to the U.S. [...] | 2006-03-28 11:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU831 | GOVERNMENT CONTEMPLATING APPOINTING A PRIME [...] (C) In separate March 27 meetings with the Ambassador, Vice Chairman Tulsi Giri and Home Minister Kamal Thapa each stated that the King was considering appointing a Prime Minister and relinquishing his Chairmanship of the Government. Giri mentioned that he was pushing former Prime Minister (a [...] | 2006-03-28 11:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU833 | PARTIES RESCHEDULE DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) According to Party contacts, the seven-party alliance canceled the mass demonstration set for April 8 in Kathmandu, and instead announced that the Parties would hold rallies in the districts April 6-9, in light of transportation difficulties associated with the general strike called during [...] | 2006-03-28 13:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU838 | UPBEAT CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF SEES POSSIBILITY FOR [...] (C) In a March 28 meeting, Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa told the Ambassador that he thought Nepal could successfully address the Maoist insurgency if enough military, diplomatic, political and economic pressure could be brought to bear on the Maoists. He cited a number of recen [...] | 2006-03-29 11:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MASS MOPS MARR NP |
06KATHMANDU863 | POLICE PUNISH HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS [...] (C) On March 27, the police announced that they had taken departmental action against 996 police personnel for behaving "against the ethics of the police department" between April 2005 and March 2006. The Police Human Rights cell told Emboff that internal police investigations found 109 police [...] | 2006-03-31 11:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM NP |
06KATHMANDU867 | POSITIVE SUPREME COURT DECISION ON GENDER EQUALITY [...] (U) On March 30, the Supreme Court ruled that the provision in the Civil Code allowing men to divorce women on the grounds of a woman's infertility was contrary to the constitutional guarantee to equality. Under the old law, a married man could seek divorce after ten years of marriage if a go [...] | 2006-03-31 12:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU896 | NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WORKING [...] (C) In a March 31 meeting, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Khatri and two other Commissioners thanked the Ambassador for USG support of the Commission, and detailed the NHRC's activities, especially its work to resolve old disappearance cases. While Nepalis had not reported a [...] | 2006-04-05 05:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU908 | GOVERNMENT PREEMPTIVELY ARRESTS PARTY LEADERS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 11. Summary ------- 2. (C) Citing fears that the Maoists would infiltrate the April 6-9 peaceful protest program of the seven-party alliance and turn it violent through targeted assassination, the government arrested over 100 po [...] | 2006-04-05 12:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU910 | SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 12-14 VISIT OF CODEL HASTERT [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Kathmandu. Your visit here should help further our two principle objectives in Nepal: restoring multi-party democracy and dealing with the Maoist insurgency. The King's takeover of February 1, 2005 was a step back for both of these goals. Since th [...] | 2006-04-05 15:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PREF MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU931 | DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST IN DEFIANCE OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) On April 10, pro-democracy protesters took to the streets nationwide for the fifth day, in defiance of the third day of a government-called curfew, and despite security forces killing at least four protesters in the last two days. The seven-party alliance announced an indefinite continuat [...] | 2006-04-10 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC NP |
06KATHMANDU935 | DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-11 05:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNGA NP |
06KATHMANDU950 | INDIANS THINKING OF PRESSURING BHUTAN ON REFUGEES [...] (C) On April 7, the Ambassador met separately with his Indian and Australian counterparts and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Resident Representative Abraham Abraham to discuss Bhutanese refugee issues. Cognizant of His Majesty's Government of Nepal's (HMGN) fear that Bhu [...] | 2006-04-12 05:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU958 | DAY-TIME CURFEW IN KATHMANDU LIFTED; CURFEW [...] (U) On April 12, day seven of the seven-party alliance nationwide general strike and demonstrations, Nepalis across the country again took to the street to participate in pro-democracy protests. Following April 8-11 day-time curfews, which protesters had increasingly disregarded, the governme [...] | 2006-04-12 13:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU993 | PARTIES TRYING TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON KING [...] (C) As pro-democracy demonstrations continued throughout the country and in Kathmandu on April 17, the twelfth day of the seven-party alliance general strike, media reported that the King had invited former Prime Ministers to the Palace to talk. Party leaders expected seven-party alliance memb [...] | 2006-04-17 13:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KHARTOUM1024 | SUDAN: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN/NGO ACT: NO PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: On April 26 the Sub-Joint Implementation Mechanism (SUB-JIM) met to discuss Sudan's progress on combating violence against women (VAW). Overall, the Government of National Unity (GNU) believes that it has almost fulfilled its legal obligation to combat violence against women. T [...] | 2006-05-01 07:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN SU |
06KHARTOUM1025 | SUDAN - AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK, SITREP 3, MAY 1 [...] (SBU) As previously reported, analysis of a human tissue sample conducted by U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Number 3 (NAMRU-3) in Khartoum on April 22 found no evidence of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza. Despite NAMRU-3's sustained efforts to support the Government of National Unity's ( [...] | 2006-05-01 10:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1026 | Sudan's GNU Extends GMO Waiver for Six Months [...] Background: Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) requires certification that U.S. food assistance to Sudan does not contain genetically modified organisms (GMO). The primary food commodities affected by this requirement are U.S. donations of wheat and corn-soy blend (CSB). Though U.S [...] | 2006-05-01 10:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1029 | A CONVERSATION WITH KHARTOUM MONITOR EDITOR ALFRED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-01 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO SCOM SU |
06KHARTOUM1055 | FIGHTING FLARES UP IN WESTERN EQUATORIA AND LAKES [...] (C) Summary: Jonglei State and the greater Upper Nile region remain the source of the greatest ethnic instability in Southern Sudan. Recent clashes in Western Equatoria and Lakes states, however, show that this fighting may spread if the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) cannot maintain se [...] | 2006-05-04 12:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM KWMN SU |
06KHARTOUM1060 | Sudan: Kosti Wharf Update [...] On April 17, 2006, a USAID IDP advisor visited Kosti, White Nile State, to monitor progress of IDP returns through the Kosti wharf with USAID implementing-partner Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA). At the time of the visit, ADRA estimated that the Kosti wharf was operating at ha [...] | 2006-05-04 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1061 | Sudan - Humanitarian Assessment of the Eastern [...] A USAID team visited the eastern part of the Nuba Mountains from April 11 to 17, 2006, to monitor USAID- funded projects and assess local conditions for IDP returns. The eastern Jebels host approximately 60 percent of the population of the Nuba Mountains. Save the Children-U.S. (SC/US) is U [...] | 2006-05-04 14:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1062 | Sudan's Strategic Commodity Reserve Authority [...] On April 19, 2006, a USAID food security representative met with Badawi El Khair, Director General of Sudan's Strategic Commodity Reserve Authority (SCRA),and Ahmed Mardas, head of the SCRA marketing section, to discuss the agency's ongoing efforts to maintain food security in Sudan. The SC [...] | 2006-05-04 14:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1063 | CONTINUOUS RIOTS CLOSE JUBA UNIVERSITY [...] SUMMARY: After a series of riots over the student's right to form a union, the government has again closed Juba University in Khartoum until further notice. As a university founded to support the advancement of the South, many southerners want the university to return to its home in Juba, b [...] | 2006-05-04 15:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1068 | Sudanese Armed Forces Addresses UNSCR 1672 [...] On April 30, Official Spokesman of the Sudanese Armed Forces General Osman Mohammed al-Aghbash issued a press release regarding the UN Security Council Resolution 1672 sanctions involving Major General Gaffer Mohammed al- Hassan. 2. The text of the press release reads as follow (unoffici [...] | 2006-05-05 09:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM AORC MCAP UN SU |
06KHARTOUM1072 | Sudan - Humanitarian Challenges in the East [...] A USAID team visited Kassala from April 20 to 23, 2006, to assess the humanitarian situation in eastern Sudan. A disagreement between the U.N. Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) concerning implementation of the U.N. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) is pr [...] | 2006-05-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1085 | SUDAN: UNHCHR ARBOUR SEES NO PROGRESS IN DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour declared there had been "no progress" on human rights in Darfur since 2004, and warned the situation actually had gotten worse. The new Humanitarian Work Law would severely impede NGO relief work, and the expansion o [...] | 2006-05-08 08:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPKO SU UN AU |
06KHARTOUM1088 | Eastern Sudan Poverty Alleviation and Peace [...] From April 30 to May 1, 2006, the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) convened an eastern Sudan poverty alleviation and peace-building conference in Port Sudan, Red Sea State. The conference was attended by donors, U.N. agencies, non-government organizations (NGOs),community based organizations [...] | 2006-05-08 13:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1089 | Sudan - Avian Flu Sitrep No. 4, May 8, 2006 [...] (SBU) On May 4, 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) office in Khartoum received positive test results from the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE) in Italy which confirm that the recent outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in Sudan is indeed the highly pathogenic H5N1 str [...] | 2006-05-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1105 | SUDAN: IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTE RESPONSE [...] Per reftel, Sudan does not require any firms to comply with Arab League or Organization of the Islamic Conference boycotts of Israel. Sudanese and foreign firms are not required to complete boycott compliance questionnaires or furnish boycott-clearance certificates as a prerequisite for lice [...] | 2006-05-10 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PIRF KBCT ABLD ETRD AL SU |
06KHARTOUM1110 | West Darfur - Assaults Targeting Aid Agencies [...] (U) Over the past several weeks, a spate of attacks targeting aid agencies in West Darfur has left a number of non-government organizations (NGOs) searching for options to counter the region's mounting security threats. Even before these recent attacks, humanitarian emergency relief programs [...] | 2006-05-11 10:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1116 | GOSS CONTACTS WITH THE LORD,S RESISTANCE ARMY (LRA) [...] (C) Summary: UNMIS, UNHCR, and Ugandan consulate officials, among others, have confirmed at least two meetings between GoSS Vice President Riek Machar and Vincent Otti of the LRA. In April, Machar reportedly offered to mediate peace talks with Kampala, an offer that Otti did not refuse. A fo [...] | 2006-05-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM UG SU CG |
06KHARTOUM1126 | Darfur Livelihoods Assessment [...] From April 12 - 27, 2006, USAID/OFDA Livelihoods Advisor Courtney Brown visited North and South Darfur to monitor and evaluate USAID-funded livelihood activities. The USAID livelihoods advisor met with partners and visited project sites near El Fasher, North Darfur, and Nyala, South Darfur, t [...] | 2006-05-14 13:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1127 | Sudan - Darfur Water and Sanitation Assessment [...] From April 29 to May 2, 2006, OFDA Water and Sanitation Specialist Peter Wallis traveled to North and South Darfur to evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing USAID-funded programs and make recommendations concerning future support of water and sanitation humanitarian interventions in Darfur. I [...] | 2006-05-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1133 | SUDAN - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #5 [...] (SBU) On May 10, 2006, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) informed donors attending the weekly meeting on Avian influenza (AI) that the results received from the laboratories in Rome confirmed an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza in Sudan. [...] | 2006-05-15 03:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1134 | Sudan - Cattle Rustling, Emerging Government, [...] From May 3 to 8, 2006, a USAID/DCHA program officer visited Eastern Equatoria State (EE) to assess humanitarian conditions in Southern Sudan. The greatest driver of conflict in EE is cattle rustling and retaliatory violence between tribes. Though all EE counties are absorbing returning inte [...] | 2006-05-15 05:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1149 | Sudan - Operational Constraints Related to [...] (SBU) Summary: Any U.S. government (USG) initiatives linked to the support of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) must take into account the operational realities of the region. The experience of USAID's humanitarian operation provides insight into the challenges that will face any new USG ope [...] | 2006-05-15 13:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1158 | VICE PRESIDENT MACHAR ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE [...] (U) The following is an action request - see para 3. 2. (C) Summary: CG met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar and Minster for Parliamentary Affairs Gabriel Changson on May 12 to discuss the security climate in Southern Sudan. Machar spoke at length on his [...] | 2006-05-16 07:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS PTER PEL SU |
06KHARTOUM1159 | UPON THIS ROCK: SUDAN'S CATHOLICS WEATHER THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Catholic Church in Sudan has fared relatively well during years of civil war and persecution, due largely to the strength -- and longevity -- of its leaders. With as many as six million followers, the Church accounts for over half of all Sudanese Christians; three-fourths ar [...] | 2006-05-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF SCUL SU |
06KHARTOUM1167 | UPDATE ON DDR [...] (SBU) There has been recent incremental movement toward disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) in Southern Sudan; the process of demobilizing child soldiers is underway in Malakal, and is scheduled to begin in Abyei later this month. To date, approximately 1,200 child soldiers h [...] | 2006-05-16 17:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MCAP SU |
06KHARTOUM1169 | ATTEMPTS TO HALT CONFLICT IN UPPER JONGLEI [...] (SBU) Summary: There have been clashes between the SPLA and Lou Nuer herders associated with the White Army, a continuation of conflict that first erupted during attempts at disarmament last January (reftels). Recent attempts by the SPLA to again forcibly disarm the White Army militia near T [...] | 2006-05-16 17:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS SU |
06KHARTOUM1171 | VICE PRESIDENT MACHAR SAYS UGANDA AGREES TO [...] (SBU) United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Operations Manager for South Sudan Bhairaja Panday told CG on May 16 that he had received a telephone call from GoSS Vice President Riek Machar informing him that the Government of Uganda (GOU) had declared itself open to a role for th [...] | 2006-05-17 11:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF PGOV MOPS SU |
06KHARTOUM1177 | EPISCOPAL PRIEST ARRESTED FOR "KIDNAPPING" MUSLIM [...] (C) The Rev. Elia Kumundan, a priest of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, was arrested in Khartoum on Sunday, May 14, in connection with the disappearance of a Muslim woman who wanted to convert to Christianity. According to the Episcopal Bishop of Khartoum, Rt. Rev. Ezekiel Kondo, the woman is [...] | 2006-05-17 15:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF KWMN SCUL SU |
06KHARTOUM1181 | Darfur Health Assessment [...] Since the escalation of the conflict in Darfur in 2004, coordinated efforts within the humanitarian community have resulted in substantial improvement in the overall health and nutrition situation of conflict- affected communities. These advances are evidenced by a declining trend in crude m [...] | 2006-05-18 07:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1183 | EASTERN SUDAN: OUTLOOK UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Summary. On May 16 representatives from the US, UN, Canada, Netherlands, Norway and Britain met to discuss the situation in East Sudan. The discussion centered on the next steps for peace talks between the Eastern Front and the GNU. The Dutch and Norwegian representatives reported that Yas [...] | 2006-05-18 12:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM ER SU |
06KHARTOUM1210 | D-DAY+6: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Getting Abdel Wahid to Sign -- AU Report Increased Arab Militia Activity -- MFA Pledges DPA Support -- Interview with Charge Makes Front Page -- Charge [...] | 2006-05-23 07:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO PHUM UN AU SU |
06KHARTOUM1215 | SUDAN: UPDATE ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, [...] (SBU) Draft legislation for the CPA mandated National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is, according to the European Commission, in the Presidency and should be forwarded to the Parliament soon. There have been multiple versions of the draft legislation and it is unclear which version was forwar [...] | 2006-05-23 11:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1226 | D-DAY+7: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The following outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Charge meets with State Minister Al-Waseela -- WFP Returns to Protest Sites, AU CIVPOL Waits -- IRC Staff Continues to be Held or Harassed ------------ [...] | 2006-05-23 14:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO PHUM UN AU SU |
06KHARTOUM1228 | Sudan - Avian Flu Sitrep No. 6, May 24, 2006 [...] On May 21, 2006, the U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) office in Khartoum convened the second Technical Task Force meeting on avian influenza (AI) in Sudan. Though the Government of National Unity (GNU) has acknowledged the presence of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of AI in S [...] | 2006-05-24 08:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1262 | Sudan/Darfur - Minni returns to Darfur; meets [...] In a meeting with Roger Winter, Kate Almquist, and Brian D'Silva on Friday, May 26, First Vice President Salva Kiir reported that he had invited Abdul Wahid to meet with him somewhere in southern Sudan before May 31 to reiterate and urge Wahid to sign the DPA. Kiir also extended a meeting in [...] | 2006-05-30 07:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1301 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR PROFESSOR RUTH WEDGWOOD'S [...] (U) On June 1, PolOff delivered reftel demarche points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the candidacy of Professor Ruth Wedgwood for re-election to a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The government had no comment. STEINFELD [...] | 2006-06-05 10:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC SU |
06KHARTOUM1322 | SOUTHERN SUDAN: LATEST INFORMATION ON THE LORD,S [...] (SBU) Summary. Ugandan officials have confirmed that the GOU has accepted the concept of contact with the Lord,s Resistance Army (LRA),but they were uncertain on the modalities. An initial meeting was postponed due to Vice President Machar,s travel to Khartoum but is expected to take place [...] | 2006-06-05 14:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM UG SU CG |
06KHARTOUM1324 | SOUTHERN SUDAN: A TENSE CALM RETURNS TO JONGLEI, [...] (SBU) Summary. Two security hotspots in Jonglei and Upper Nile have calmed, according to UNMIS security officers. Fighting between the SPLA and the Lou Nuer militia known as the White Army has abated, and GoSS-approved disarmament continues. In Fangak, a power struggle between the local SP [...] | 2006-06-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS SU |
06KHARTOUM1341 | SUDAN: TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-06 10:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM1344 | DARFUR - NRC RETURNS TO KALMA CAMP, SOUTH [...] On May 31, 2006, the South Darfur State Security Committee approved an agreement to permit the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) to resume camp coordination responsibilities at Kalma internally displaced persons (IDP) camp and food security programs in South Darfur for one year. NRC staff imme [...] | 2006-06-06 15:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1359 | SUDAN: Update on U.S. Government Support for [...] (SBU) As described in previous cable traffic, U.S. Government priorities for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation are three-fold: (1) quickly disseminate information about the content of the DPA to counter confusion and anger among Sudanese due to misinformation or lack of information; [...] | 2006-06-08 09:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI SU MOPS KPKO AU |
06KHARTOUM1361 | DARFUR - SLA HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR'S ARREST [...] On May 20, the Minni Minawi faction of the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) faction allegedly arrested former SLA humanitarian coordinator Sulayman Jamus for the second time since February 2006. Initial conflicting reports on his arrest and speculation on his current situation are a main topic [...] | 2006-06-08 10:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1368 | SOUTH SUDAN: VISIT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL TO JUBA [...] Summary. The UN Security Council paid a whirlwind visit to Juba on June 8. Led by UK Permanent Representative Emyr Jones Parry, the delegation spent much of its time in meeting with United Nations staff. The only other meetings were with GoSS President Kiir and Vice President Machar and sel [...] | 2006-06-09 12:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM EPET SU UN PREL |
06KHARTOUM1369 | SUDAN - USAID VISIT TO BLUE NILE STATE [...] USAID/Sudan representatives from the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA),Office of Food for Peace (FFP),and Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) visited Damazin, Kurmuk, and Bukori in Blue Nile State from April 19 to 24, 2006. Factors affecting stability in Blue Nile State [...] | 2006-06-11 09:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1394 | JUBA,S CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP ON PROBLEMS FACING THE [...] (C) Summary: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Juba, Paolino Lukudu Loro, discussed with CG on June 3 some of the major challenges facing the Equatoria region. Loro expressed his relief that the peace was holding but raised the ethnic hegemony of the Dinka, the situation in Yei, land tenure, and [...] | 2006-06-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR EAGR SU |
06KHARTOUM1395 | SUDAN - AVIAN FLU UPDATE 7 - June 12 [...] On May 29, 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened the third Technical Task Force meeting on avian influenza (AI) in Khartoum, but with poor attendance by key members. More than one week had passed with no new cases of AI reported in Sudan. Khartoum State has taken me [...] | 2006-06-12 15:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1396 | LRA NEGOTIATORS IN TOWN; UGANDANS YET TO COME [...] (C) Summary: On June 7, CG met with David Pulkol, Chairman of the Africa Leadership Institute in Kampala and the former GOU Director of External Intelligence. Pulkol explained that he had come to Juba on behalf of President Museveni for two reasons ) to encourage the GoSS to stick with CPA [...] | 2006-06-12 16:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1400 | Darfur - Emergency Food Security Program [...] Food security in Darfur remains critically fragile due to prevailing insecurity, and prospects for a return to relative food security are bleak. Despite the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement, internally displaced persons (IDPs) lack access to agricultural land, and non- governmental orga [...] | 2006-06-13 12:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1412 | Sudanese Bar Association Dean Calls for Release [...] On June 13, Fathi Khalil, Dean of the Sudanese Bar Association, renewed his call for the release of ASudanese national Sami al-Haj from Guantanamo, where he has apparently been held for over four years. In a symposium organized by the Al-Jazeera television channel office in Khartoum in coope [...] | 2006-06-14 13:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PTER US SU |
06KHARTOUM1418 | LITTLE PROGRESS WITH REMAINING OTHER ARMED [...] (SBU) Summary: GoSS Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Gabriel Changeson reported that there has been little progress in dealing with the remaining other armed groups (OAGs) in Southern Sudan, with no definitive breakthrough to date. Two of three warlords have visited Juba, and Vice Presiden [...] | 2006-06-15 11:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PHUM PINS SU |
06KHARTOUM1422 | DARFUR - POLICE OFFICIAL CONVICTED FOR RAPE [...] (SBU) On May 3, 2006, West Darfur's El Geneina General Court convicted a Central Reserve Police Officer for the rape of a 10-year-old girl. The judge sentenced the felon to three years imprisonment and 100 lashes. While the verdict and proceedings illustrate the ability of West Darfur's cou [...] | 2006-06-15 12:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1439 | SUDAN/DARFUR: FUR TRIBAL LEADERS READY FOR PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: SLA/W Leader Abdel Wahid Nur may yet sign the Darfur Peace Agreement, Fur tribal leaders told CDA Hume on June 14. Hume emphasized the USG,s encouragement and support for the peace process, pointing out President Bush,s personal letter to Nur. The leaders -- including some who [...] | 2006-06-19 07:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN |
06KHARTOUM1444 | SUDAN - AVIAN FLU UPDATE 8 - JUNE 20 [...] On June 18, 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened the forth Technical Task Force meeting on avian influenza (AI) in Khartoum. Following three weeks of no new reported cases, samples received from two different locations in Khartoum State tested positive for the H5N2 [...] | 2006-06-20 06:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1447 | Sudan - UNICEF Vaccinates One Millionth Child [...] On June 16, 2006, USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Disaster Operations Specialist Jennifer Mayer spoke at a U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) event in Bentiu, Unity State, celebrating the measles vaccination of the one millionth child in Southern Sudan. The Mass Meas [...] | 2006-06-20 09:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1457 | Sudan - USAID/OFDA and Partners Meet in Juba [...] On June 9 and 13, 2006, the USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) convened meetings in Juba and Khartoum, Sudan, to discuss the upcoming publication of an Annual Program Statement (APS) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007. USAID/OFDA shared information with interested parties r [...] | 2006-06-21 11:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1460 | CHARGE'S VISIT TO DARFUR: SIX WEEKS AFTER DPA, A [...] (C) Summary: A tentative peace has emerged in Darfur six weeks after the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement. However, more must be done to create security around IDP camps and build confidence in the peace process. Some attacks between rebel groups continue, and banditry remains rife. Go [...] | 2006-06-21 18:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN |
06KHARTOUM1480 | Darfur - Press Coverage and Health in Zam Zam [...] Recent media attention on gaps in the provision of health services in Zam Zam internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in North Darfur prompted USAID's Darfur Field Office (DFO) to verify the reports. Zam Zam camp had been adequately served by three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) provi [...] | 2006-06-25 08:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1481 | WEST DARFUR - INTERAGENCY COOPERATION TO [...] Strict enforcement of a new policy designed to curtail the illegal production, sale, and consumption of alcohol in Riyad camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs),near El Geneina, West Darfur, resulted in an 80 percent reduction in alcohol production and a decline in the number of protect [...] | 2006-06-25 09:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1484 | SOUTH SUDAN VP MACHAR OUTLINES TALKS WITH LORD'S [...] (C) Summary: Fifteen Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) negotiators in Juba are still awaiting the arrival of a Ugandan delegation for peace talks, Southern Sudan Vice President Riek Machar told the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on June 23. The group -- which does not include any of t [...] | 2006-06-25 14:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM1488 | DARFUR: JAMOUS OUT; UNMIS FLIGHT OPERATIONS DOWN [...] (C) SLA/M Leader Mini Minawi released former SLA/M humanitarian coordinator Suleiman Jamous to UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) officials in North Darfur on June 22, as promised (reftel). Jamous did not appear to have been mistreated while in custody, according to UNMIS, but does suffer from a bad [...] | 2006-06-26 11:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SU UN |
06KHARTOUM1491 | DARFUR: JAMOUS OUT; UNMIS FLIGHT OPERATIONS DOWN [...] (C) SLA/M Leader Mini Minawi released former SLA/M humanitarian coordinator Suleiman Jamous to UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) officials in North Darfur on June 22, as promised (reftel). Jamous did not appear to have been mistreated while in custody, according to UNMIS, but does suffer from a bad [...] | 2006-06-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SU UN |
06KHARTOUM1500 | SOUTH SUDAN: ASSESSMENT COMMISSION FINDS [...] (C) Summary: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) found much frustration but some hope during a three day visit to Juba, June 22-24. Eleven Commission members, including CDA Hume, met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir, [...] | 2006-06-27 05:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM1515 | SPLA SECRETARY-GENERAL SEES CRISIS BREWING IN [...] (C) Summary: The National Congress Party has lost the political will to implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, while the Sudan People's Liberation Movement lacks the capacity to deliver a peace dividend, SPLM/A S ecretary-General Pagan Amum told the Charge on June 23. Though a crisis in [...] | 2006-06-27 15:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SU |
06KHARTOUM1537 | SOUTH SUDAN: ASSESSMENT COMMISSION FINDS [...] (C) Summary: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) found much frustration but some hope during a three day visit to Juba, June 22-24. Eleven Commission members, including CDA Hume, met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir, [...] | 2006-06-29 10:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM1557 | Fight Continues Over Eviction of Islamic [...] SUMMARY: The dispute over the eviction of the branch of the Koran Al Karim Islamic University from the premises of former Juba Girl's Senior Secondary School in Juba continues as both the government of Central Equatorial State (CES) and the administration of the Koran Al Karim Islamic Univer [...] | 2006-07-03 06:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SCUL SU |
06KHARTOUM1562 | STILL A CHANCE TO NEGOTIATE ON PEACEKEEPING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is still a chance for negotiations with the UN on peacekeeping in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 3, though the objective should be peace, not the deployment of UN peackeepers. Conditions on the ground had improved since the signing of [...] | 2006-07-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO UN AU SU |
06KHARTOUM1565 | DARFUR: BASHIR WANTS DIALOGUE ON PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir wants to open a dialogue with the United States about peacekeeping in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 5. In a previously unscheduled meeting -- which Magzoub had urgently requested only hours before -- Magzoub said he [...] | 2006-07-05 09:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU US AU UN |
06KHARTOUM1567 | UN RADIO MIRROR BEGINS BROADCASTING IN THE SOUTH; NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. While UN Radio has now opened in the South, UNMIS reports that UN radio broadcasting is still blocked nation-wide, in non-compliance with the UNMIS SOFA. End Summary. 2. (U) UN Radio Mirror went on the air for the first time on June 30 with live coverage of the inauguratio [...] | 2006-07-05 12:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM ECPS SU |
06KHARTOUM1568 | UN RADIO MIRROR BEGINS BROADCASTING IN THE SOUTH; NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. While UN Radio has now opened in the South, UNMIS reports that UN radio broadcasting is still blocked nation-wide, in non-compliance with the UNMIS SOFA. End Summary. 2. (U) UN Radio Mirror went on the air for the first time on June 30 with live coverage of the inauguratio [...] | 2006-07-05 12:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM ECPS SU |
06KHARTOUM1590 | UPDATE ON SITUATION IN THE EAST AND CONCERNS OVER HAMESH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN and international partners are optimistic following the conclusion of the first round of talks in Asmara between the Eastern Front and Sudanese Government under Eritrean mediation. The signing of the Declaration of Principles and Cessation of Hostilities agreement were g [...] | 2006-07-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ER SU UN |
06KHARTOUM1591 | UPDATE ON SITUATION IN THE EAST AND CONCERNS OVER HAMESH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN and international partners are optimistic following the conclusion of the first round of talks in Asmara between the Eastern Front and Sudanese Government under Eritrean mediation. The signing of the Declaration of Principles and Cessation of Hostilities agreement were g [...] | 2006-07-08 14:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ER SU UN |
06KHARTOUM1608 | Sudan - Humanitarian Programs in Mundri County [...] From June 20 to 23, USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Disaster Operations Specialist Jennifer Mayer visited humanitarian programs in Mundri County, Western Equatoria State, Southern Sudan. In September 2005, conflict over grazing rights between Dinka and Moru group [...] | 2006-07-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1612 | UGANDAN CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES THE LRA [...] (C) Summary: On June 27, CG met with newly arrived Ugandan Consul General, Ambassador Busho Ndinyenka. The Ugandan CG complained Vice President Riek Machar continued to overplay his hand by allowing LRA fighters to move back onto Sudanese soil and by continuing to inflate the size of the LRA [...] | 2006-07-10 06:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS MOPS PINR PHUM UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1620 | SUSPENSION OF THE GOVERNOR OF WEST EQUATORIA [...] (C) Summary: A mid-June GoSS presidential decree suspended West Equatoria Governor Zamoi, who is blamed for Zande attacks in February on Dinka herders, which resulted in the deaths of 70 individuals. Zamoi is also linked to the embezzlement of stabilization funds. Ethnic balance remains a d [...] | 2006-07-10 09:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM1633 | SITUATION IN SUDAN DURING REAR ADMIRAL HUNT VISIT [...] (C) Summary: CJTF-HOA Commander, Rear Admiral Richard Hunt, visited Khartoum and El Fasher, Sudan, from 9-10 July 2006. During the visit, Charge d'Affaires Cameron Hume and Admiral Hunt met with UNMIS Force Commander Lieutenant General Jasbir Lidder and discussed the deteriorating situation [...] | 2006-07-11 17:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN |
06KHARTOUM1635 | SLM ADVANCE TEAM PROVIDES UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The SLM advance team, now in place in Khartoum, numbers around 112 individuals. Chairman Abdul Karim noted its efforts to propagate the Darfur Peace Agreement and welcomed U.S. Government efforts to advance its implementation. The SLM seeks African Union support for the process [...] | 2006-07-11 17:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV PINR PHUM US AU UN SU |
06KHARTOUM1643 | UGANDA-LRA MEDIATION INITIATIVE INCHES FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar will return from Maridi on July 12, where he traveled to meet with Lord's Resistance Army leaders. Ugandan Consulate officials say that the Ugandan delegation is prepared to travel as soon as Machar returns and conf [...] | 2006-07-12 11:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1646 | Darfur - Shelter and Settlements Assessment [...] The conflict in Darfur has significantly altered the region's settlement system. A majority of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has been settled for up to three years; however, small-scale returns are ongoing and new incidents of displacement continue. These factors necessitate that the hu [...] | 2006-07-12 12:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1652 | AMIS INTEL REPORT OUTLINES RISE OF NRF [...] (C) Summary and comment: An AMIS intelligence report details the evolution of the National Redemption Front (NRF),formed in May 2006 by elements of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),Sudanese Liberation Movement/Abdel Wahid faction (but not Abdel Wahid himself),and the Sudan Federal D [...] | 2006-07-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV PINR PHUM US AU UN SU |
06KHARTOUM1666 | WORKING WITH CHINA TO SECURE A UN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Post welcomes USUN's suggestion to work with China on securing a UNSC resolution for peacekeeping in Darfur. We believe such an approach is best made in New York, but we are ready to work with our Chinese colleagues in Khartoum, and encourage similar U.S.-PRC discussions in Washington and [...] | 2006-07-14 17:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO PHUM SU CH UN AU |
06KHARTOUM1667 | SUDAN ADMITS AU PEACKEEPING COLLAPSING, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: Sudan fully recognizes that the African Union is not meeting its responsibilities in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub Al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 15. The AU is not acting to implement the Darfur Peace Agreement, and the Government has pushed the AU to make basic decisi [...] | 2006-07-15 10:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO PHUM SU AU UN |
06KHARTOUM1674 | NO. DARFUR UNMIS OFFICE ON DDDC, SECURITY, & HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The North Darfur UNMIS office is moving cautiously in promoting the DDDC, acknowledging a lack of coordination between the UN and the AU. Local UNOCHA staff express concern that the international community's "preferential" treatment accorded to Minni Minawi is further undermini [...] | 2006-07-16 11:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO PREL PREF PHUM UN AU US SU |
06KHARTOUM1675 | UGANDA-LRA MEDIATION INITIATIVE OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir hosted the formal July 14 opening of the GoSS mediation initiative between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU). The head of the Ugandan delegation delivered brief, conciliatory remarks that [...] | 2006-07-16 11:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV PTER UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1684 | UPDATE ON UGANDA-LRA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) mediation initiative between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) has made limited progress to date. On July 16 the parties agreed to basic ground rules and exchanged opening position papers, which were rep [...] | 2006-07-17 13:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1709 | SUDAN ? AVIAN FLU UPDATE 9 ? JULY 17 [...] On July 2, 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened a meeting of the Technical Task Force on Avian Influenza (AI) in Khartoum. Following a three-week period during which no cases were reported, on July 12, FAO reported a new outbreak of AI in Khartoum State. Planning f [...] | 2006-07-18 08:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KFLU SU |
06KHARTOUM1723 | First Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation [...] The UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Civil Affairs unit held the first in a series of planned workshops to launch conflict resolution initiatives through the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC) process in Nyala, South Darfur, on July 5. The primary goal of the workshop was to review th [...] | 2006-07-19 09:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1755 | SUDAN - ROGER WINTER'S VISIT TO UPPER NILE AND [...] (SBU) Roger P. Winter, Special Representative of the Deputy Se Xcretary of State for Sudan, traveled to Upper Nile and Southern Blue Nile from June 26 to 30 to assess progress in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Winter met the governors of Upper Nile and Unity states; the [...] | 2006-07-23 09:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1775 | SANT'EGIDIO ANALYSIS OF LRA/GOU TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE) assisting with the mediation of talks between the Lord's Resistance Army/Movement (LRA/LRM) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) have provided a detailed readout on where the talks now stand. After long discussions, the groups [...] | 2006-07-24 12:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1778 | SANT'EGIDIO ANALYSIS OF LRA/GOU TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE) assisting with the mediation of talks between the Lord's Resistance Army/Movement (LRA/LRM) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) have provided a detailed readout on where the talks now stand. After long discussions, the groups [...] | 2006-07-24 12:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1780 | VICE PRESIDENT MACHAR COMMENTS ON LRA MEDIATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: CG Juba met with GoSS Vice President Machar on July 21 to review Machar's mediation between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU),the strained GoSS relationship with the World Bank, and the need for GoSS cooperation in completing due diligence req [...] | 2006-07-24 12:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ABLD EFIN IBRD UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1781 | PRESS/INFORMATION FREEDOM ISSUES AT THE FORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Authorities from two states in the South of Sudan have moved against press outlets and the representative of a NGO for disseminating information that the authorities judged inimical to their interests. The UN and the EU have engaged on two of these cases, and we stand ready to [...] | 2006-07-24 13:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SU |
06KHARTOUM1782 | CORRECTED: PRESS/INFORMATION FREEDOM ISSUES AT THE FORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Authorities from two states in the South of Sudan have moved against press outlets and the representative of a NGO for disseminating information that the authorities judged inimical to their interests. The UN and the EU have engaged on two of these cases, and we are prepared to [...] | 2006-07-24 13:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SU |
06KHARTOUM1789 | Darfur - Supplemental Provides Opportunity to [...] From July 5 to 19, a USAID/OFDA Sudan Disaster Operations Specialist (DOS) traveled to Darfur to meet with USAID/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) implementing partners and monitor existing programs. In addition to meeting the critical needs of newly displaced families, USAID [...] | 2006-07-25 13:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1795 | LRA'S KONY TO SEE HIS MOTHER [...] (SBU) CG spoke with two contacts involved in the GoSS mediation initiative between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU). They said that no session took place on July 24, but that local press reports stating the talks had broken down were overstated. There were t [...] | 2006-07-26 10:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UG CG SU |
06KHARTOUM1796 | VIEWS ON THE DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT FROM THE [...] From July 8 to 13, a USAID/Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) Field Advisor and a USAID Program Assistant traveled to Mukjar and Garsila towns in West Darfur to speak to displaced communities about the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC). A [...] | 2006-07-26 11:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1814 | SUDAN Q USAID MONITORING TRIP TO SOUTHERN [...] From July 5 to 9, three USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) officials traveled to the Nuba Mountains in Southern Kordofan, El Obeid in Northern Kordofan, and Kosti in White Nile to monitor four projects funded by USAID/OFDA. In Southern Kordofan, the team visited Lagawa a [...] | 2006-07-30 12:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1827 | SITUATION REPORT FROM NORTH DARFUR [...] From July 12 to July 22, the USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Humanitarian Protection and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Advisor provided field officer coverage in El Fasher, North Darfur. Intra-Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) fighting, an increase in numbers of new IDPs [...] | 2006-07-31 15:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1828 | STATUS OF ACUTE WATERY DIARRHEA IN SUDAN [...] According to the Department of Epidemiology in the Sudanese government's Federal Ministry of Health (MOH),the first case of acute watery diarrhea (AWD) was identified in the Southern Sudan earlier this year, and AWD has now spread to several northern states. There is danger of AWD spreading [...] | 2006-07-31 15:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1832 | KONY SEES HIS WIVES, AGREES TO MEET THE PRESS [...] (SBU) CG spoke with a journalist presently in Nbanga, a Sudanese village south of Maridi near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The journalist said that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony has been in Nbanga for several days. The journalist thought that Kony had se [...] | 2006-08-01 09:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1836 | KONY SEES HIS WIVES, AGREES TO MEET THE PRESS [...] (SBU) CG spoke with a journalist presently in Nbanga, a Sudanese village south of Maridi near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The journalist said that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony has been in Nbanga for several days. The journalist thought that Kony had se [...] | 2006-08-01 11:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1851 | SUDAN Q DARFUR NUTRITION ASSESSMENT [...] From July 17 to July 25, a USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Public Health and Nutrition Advisor traveled through North and South Darfur to assess the nutrition situation and monitor USAID/OFDA-funded nutrition programs. Factors that are contributing to the worsening nu [...] | 2006-08-03 12:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1875 | SLM/MM DENY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ACCUSATIONS OF ATTACKS [...] Summary: Amnesty International issued a statement July 31 accusing the Sudan Liberation Movement faction led by Minni Minawi (SLM/MM) of killing and raping civilians in attacks against Korma and surrounding villages in North Darfur on July 4-8, 2006. On August 3, the SLM denied the charges, [...] | 2006-08-08 07:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU |
06KHARTOUM1876 | AU Criticizes SLM for Torture Incident [...] On August 1, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) released a statement regarding a recent incident of alleged torture that occurred on the AMIS compound in El Fasher, Darfur. The statement calls on the SLM to cease such actions, investigate the incident, and to hold those accountable to [...] | 2006-08-08 07:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KPKO PGOV AU SU |
06KHARTOUM1881 | LRA Talks: UN Begins Technical Assistance [...] (SBU) Summary: UNICEF and UN OCHA have begun providing limited support to the talks between Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),currently being mediated by Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar. UNICEF has sent a protection officer to visit the LRA camps and [...] | 2006-08-09 04:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID UG UN SU |
06KHARTOUM1899 | DARFUR: CHARGE AND MFA MINISTER OF STATE DISCUSS [...] (C) On August 10 CDA Hume, at his request, met with MFA Minister of State Wasiila Samani to discuss UN rehatting of AU peacekeepers in Darfur and the state of bilateral relations. Hume noted that the morning newspapers reported an interview in which Samani expressed hope for an improvement in [...] | 2006-08-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KPKO SU AU UN |
06KHARTOUM1900 | SUDAN - STATUS OF THE BORDER COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Implementation Modalities call for the establishment of a Technical ad hoc Border Committee to demarcate the January 1, 1956 North-South Sudan border. This committee, which was established in November 2005, has met three times to deal with primaril [...] | 2006-08-10 15:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1912 | DARFUR: RAPE CASES AT KALMA SPIKED IN JULY [...] (SBU) Summary: Security around the Kalma internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in South Darfur deteriorated rapidly in July, following a sharp rise in rape, harassment, and looting by Arab militias in the area. Camp coordinators from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) report that 80 women [...] | 2006-08-13 05:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU |
06KHARTOUM1918 | KHARTOUM TALK ABOUT UN REHATTING [...] (C) On August 13 CDA Hume met at his request with SPLM parliamentary chief Yassir Arman to discuss Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation and transition from AU to UN forces in Darfur. Hume reiterated USG readiness to work with the SPLM to bring together Minni Minawi, Abdul Wahid, and SLM [...] | 2006-08-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU UN |
06KHARTOUM192 | USCIRF meetings in Khartoum: The Status of Sharia [...] (U) Summary: The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) arrived in Khartoum on January 10 and departed on January 21. The delegation met with various interlocutors about the status of religious freedom, especially for Christians living in Khartoum. Overall, there was much [...] | 2006-01-25 08:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KISL PGOV SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1925 | SUDAN - AVIAN FLU UPDATE 10 - AUGUST 14 [...] On August 2, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened a Technical Task Force (TTF) meeting on Avian Influenza (AI). At this time, there were no new cases of AI reported in humans in Sudan. The last AI outbreak in poultry was on July 6, and since then, there have been no case [...] | 2006-08-14 12:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KFLU SU |
06KHARTOUM1928 | DARFUR POLITICS IN FLUX SAYS MUDAWI; AU [...] (C) Summary: The Darfur peace process is approaching an inflection point, prominent Sudan human rights activist Mudawi Adam Ibrahim told Embassy officials on August 10. The DPA has become the predominant issue in the region's politics, as various factions begin to define themselves through t [...] | 2006-08-14 12:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM SU AU |
06KHARTOUM1941 | Darfur: Increased Dangers, Reduced Humanitarian Access, [...] USAID/DCHA Khartoum recently produced a report on the changing security environment in Darfur and its impact on the delivery of humanitarian goods and services, particularly in the event of increased displacements. Post hereby offers the report below, which it believes will be of interest to [...] | 2006-08-15 04:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PHUM ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL US SU |
06KHARTOUM1958 | UN WARNING THAT SECURITY IN NORTH DARFUR IS [...] (U) This is an action message - see para 5. 2. (C) After a briefing on Sudanese government-forced resettlement of IDPs from a camp south of Khartoum, UN Deputy Special Representative Manuel Da Silva described the dire situation that was developing in North Darfur. Da Silva said that increa [...] | 2006-08-16 16:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF EAID MOPS PREL PGOV PINS UN SU |
06KHARTOUM1961 | SUDAN - SQUATTER VILLAGE DEMOLISHED IN GEZIRA STATE [...] This is an action cable - see para 9. 2. Summary: Heavily armed police surrounded a squatter village in El Gezira State and demolished several hundred houses early morning on August 16. Villagers had been in negotiations with the Government of National Unity, but disagreed on the assigne [...] | 2006-08-17 04:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM1964 | HARDLINE MESSAGE STILL PUSHED BY BASHIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the past week the Government of Sudan appeared to continue to move to the right. President Bashir spoke in strident tones about the UN, and compared fighting an international peacekeeping force to Hezbollah's conflict with Israel, senior regime officials traveled to the [...] | 2006-08-17 15:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ER SU |
06KHARTOUM1980 | SOUTHERN SUDAN - IDP RETURNS UPDATE [...] The returns season, which has witnessed a fairly active spontaneous return movement to Southern Sudan and the Three Areas - Abyei, Southern Kordofan, and Blue Nile - has come to an end with the onset of the rainy season and will restart in October or November 2006. According to the Federal Mi [...] | 2006-08-20 06:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM1982 | SUDAN Q NORTH DARFUR UPDATE Q LAST [...] Organized banditry and clashes between various armed groups have forced the last two humanitarian agencies operating in Tawilah district, North Darfur to suspend activities and relocate staff. USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) staff estimate that as a result of this withdrawal, 110,000 interna [...] | 2006-08-20 09:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM2020 | MORE ON POSSIBLE MEETING OF SLM DISSIDENTS [...] (C) On August 24 CDA Hume met with Yassir Arman, SPLM parliamentary leader, to discuss efforts to secure support of SLM dissidents for the Darfur Peace Agreement. Arman said he had just returned from Asmara, where he had met separately with SLM leader Abdul Wahid and SLM dissident leader Abdul [...] | 2006-08-25 11:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM SU AU |
06KHARTOUM2022 | AU PREPARING TO END DARFUR PKO ON SEPTEMBER 30 [...] (C) Summary. The African Union,s Ambassador Kingibe has advised AU headquarters that the AU,s only viable option is to end the peacekeeping operation by September 30. At a meeting of AU and international partners on August 24, Kingibe asked the partners to assist the AU in finding a solution [...] | 2006-08-25 13:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM SU AU |
06KHARTOUM2023 | SLM/MINAWI ADVISORS WARN OF FIGHTING IN DARFUR [...] (C) On August 25 senior SLM/Minawi advisers told CDA Hume that fighting may escalate in Darfur within two weeks. Dr. Salah al-Haj Manna said that Presidential Adviser Majzoub Al Khalifa had told him that all funding for SLM/Minawi, including payments of subsistence bills for lodging in Kharto [...] | 2006-08-25 14:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM SU AU |
06KHARTOUM2044 | DARFUR: SLOVENIAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Slovenian/Australian human rights activist and presidential envoy Tomo Kriznar has faced "harsh treatment" since his July arrest in Darfur, Slovenian Consul from Cairo Andrej Dernovscek told Con/Poloff on August 28 in Khartoum. A court in El Fashir, North Darfur, convicted Kriznar on Augus [...] | 2006-08-29 15:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CASC SALOPEK PAUL SU SI AS |
06KHARTOUM2045 | A/S FRAZER MEETINGS IN KHARTOUM: DARFUR VERDICT [...] (C) Summary: After a hostile welcome at the airport, Assistant Secretary Frazer fought to advance the three overarching goals of her visit to Khartoum: the U.S. seeks to address the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, to support implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),and to foster an [...] | 2006-08-29 15:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM SU AU |
06KHARTOUM207 | EASTERN FRONT AGREES TO TALK IN LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Amna Dirar, Vice President of the Eastern Front confirmed that the Eastern Front has agreed to February 7 negotiations with the Sudanese government in Tripoli and confirmed that humanitarian access to Hamesh Koreib through Sudan would be discussed. Dirar added that the Suda [...] | 2006-01-26 14:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV SU |
06KHARTOUM2095 | SUDAN SEEKS DELAY IN UNSC VOTE [...] (C) Summary: On August 31 Foreign Minister Lam Akol summoned CDA Hume to ask for a delay in the Security Council vote until September 8. Hume pointed out that only a decision to reverse Sudan's plans for military action and work out consent to a UN operation could justify such delay. Akol sai [...] | 2006-08-31 11:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM SU AU |
06KHARTOUM2098 | BASHIR REITERATES OPPOSITION TO DARFUR UN PKO [...] Summary: Following the August 26-29 visit of A/S Frazer to Khartoum, President al Bashir and other NCP leaders have reiterated publicly the policy of rejection of UN peacekeeping forces for Darfur. The NCP organized an August 30 march in Khartoum to demonstrate opposition to the UN resolutio [...] | 2006-08-31 13:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PHUM MOPS UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2107 | Sudan - Nile River Flooding [...] Flooding that began in mid-August along the Nile River has affected more than 100,000 people in the northern, central, and eastern regions of Sudan. The most severely affected areas include the towns of Omdurman, Tokar, and Sinnar State. Humanitarian concerns for flood-affected areas include [...] | 2006-09-04 12:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM2112 | BASHIR: CONSISTENT CONDEMNATIONS OF UN FORCE [...] (SBU) In numerous statements over the last two months, President Bashir has opposed the introduction of UN forces into Darfur. 2. (U) His public comments included the following: -- June 30, 2006, Address on the Anniversary of the 1989 Coup: "We will not allow international troops under the [...] | 2006-09-04 14:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UN US SU |
06KHARTOUM212 | SUDAN: HASSAN AL-TURABI MEETS COMMISSION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom met with People's Congress Party (PCP) Secretary General Hassan al-Turabi at his home on January SIPDIS 18. Turabi said worship should be free of state control, but freedom of religion is shaped by society, not just th [...] | 2006-01-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PHUM PGOV PREL SU |
06KHARTOUM2120 | SUDAN - UPDATE ON THE NORTH-SOUTH TECHNICAL AD HOC BORDER [...] (U) In a meeting on August 16, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's (AEC) Power Sharing Working Group Coordinator reported to the group that, according to the National Congress Party (NCP) Chair of the Technical Ad hoc Border Committee, the committee has made significant progress on the b [...] | 2006-09-05 08:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM2139 | VP TAHA SENDS MESSAGE: DARFUR SOLUTION SOUGHT BY [...] (C) At the behest of Vice President Ali Osman Taha, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told the CDA on September 5 that a rump cabinet-level working group is now working to devise a strategy for gaining support among all non-signatories for the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) by October 1. Th [...] | 2006-09-05 16:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KPKO SU UN |
06KHARTOUM2142 | DPA STAKEHOLDER,S MEETING: PROGRESS NON-EXISTENT [...] (C) Summary: During a September 5 Darfur Peace Agreement stakeholder's meeting, Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader and Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi decried alleged breaches of the DPA in recent weeks, blaming both the National Redemption Front (NRF) and the Government. [...] | 2006-09-06 12:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU |
06KHARTOUM2143 | DARFUR: PATEY TO BE NAMED UK SPECIAL ENVOY, WILL [...] (C) UK Ambassador to Sudan Ian Cliff, at his request, received CDA Hume September 6. Cliff informed Hume that the UK Ministry of Foreign Affairs intends to appoint William Patey, former British Ambassador to Sudan, as its next Special Representative for Darfur. Patey will travel to Addis Aba [...] | 2006-09-06 12:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PREF PHUM SU UK AU |
06KHARTOUM2157 | KHARTOUM: PRO-NCP, PRO-IRANIAN JOURNALIST BEHEADED [...] (U) The body of "Al Wafaq" Editor-in-Chief Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed was found beheaded September 6 in the Kalakla area south of Khartoum, after he was abducted from his home in North Khartoum the previous night. Murders of this type are unknown in Sudan, and the shock was signaled by fro [...] | 2006-09-07 14:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KPAO PHUM PINR KCRM KISL SU IR |
06KHARTOUM2159 | SUDAN AND INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM [...] Because of U.S. sanctions, there are currently no USAID programs in Sudan specifically in support of the objectives of the Global Internet Task Force (GIFT). No funds have been allocated for programs to provide access to the Internet mentioned in para 6 of reftel for either 2005 or 2006. USA [...] | 2006-09-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM2165 | DARFUR - IRC REPORTS SEXUAL ASSAULTS [...] (SBU) On August 7, nearly 300 female internally displaced persons (IDP) convened a meeting in Kalma IDP camp to ask the international community to increase protection through the resumption of African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) firewood patrols. Following the meeting, the non-governmental o [...] | 2006-09-08 08:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU |
06KHARTOUM2167 | DARFUR - CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] In July and August, insecurity for humanitarian actors has increased causing USAID to engage non-governmental organization (NGO) and UN partners in discussions on their plans to continue to implement USAID-funded programs and evacuate staff under deteriorating security conditions. End summary [...] | 2006-09-10 07:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM2181 | RICHARDSON - BASHIR MEETING [...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 8. -------------------------------------------- President Bashir Agrees to Free Paul Salopek -------------------------------------------- 2. (C) At the outset of the 30 minute meeting between Gov. Bill Richardson and President Bashir, Bashir agreed [...] | 2006-09-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PHUM PGOV AU US UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2185 | DARFUR Q SECURITY ASSESSMENT OF USAIDQS DARFUR [...] From August 4 to 17, the USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Safety and Security Coordinator conducted a safety and security review of USAIDQs Darfur Field Office (USAID/DFO) operations in El Fasher, North Darfur and Nyala, South Darfur. U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, UN [...] | 2006-09-11 12:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM2191 | SUDAN: DEMARCHES ON NAM SUMMIT AND LIST OF [...] (SBU) On September 11, Pol/Econ Chief delivered subject demarches (see reftels) to MFA Acting Deputy Director for the Americas Magdi Al Mofadal and presented him with non-papers outlining USG positions. Mofadal promised to pass the information to the delegates attending the NAM conference in [...] | 2006-09-12 12:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC UNGA SU CU IR |
06KHARTOUM2192 | TRUCKING COMPANIES STOP SERVICE TO KHARTOUM [...] (C) Summary: Trucking between Port Sudan and Khartoum has been halted by a strike by trucking companies, purportedly because of a dispute over a new tax imposed by Red Sea State. The dispute has the potential to disrupt nearly all shipments, including food and humanitarian supplies. Truckers [...] | 2006-09-12 12:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ELTN PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
06KHARTOUM2223 | DARFUR - WEST DARFUR SITUATION REPORT [...] (U) USAID Darfur Field Office (USAID/DFO) staff traveled to El Geneina, West Darfur, from August 19 - 21, 2006. The field officers re-established contacts with partner agencies, assessed humanitarian needs for internally displaced persons (IDPs),and discussed anticipated funding with implemen [...] | 2006-09-14 12:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM2225 | DARFUR - SOUTH DARFUR SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) Though security in South Darfur remains relatively stable, humanitarian organizations are anxious about the potential for increased insecurity as the dry season approaches. Decreasing security and increased fighting in North Darfur may already be affecting South Darfur. Additionally, p [...] | 2006-09-14 13:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM2228 | LRA Talks: Ceasefire Progresses, Egeland Asks for Help [...] As the ceasefire between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government increasingly takes hold, UN Under Secretary General (UN/USG) for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland visited Juba to meet with the parties to the talks and assess ways that the UN could further support the peace [...] | 2006-09-14 14:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID MOPS UN UG SU |
06KHARTOUM2254 | DARFUR - NORTH DARFUR SITUATION REPORT [...] (U) Beginning in May 2006, inaccessibility sharply increased in much of North Darfur for humanitarian workers. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has estimated that fighting and insecurity have displaced approximately 25,000 individuals since June. USAID reports [...] | 2006-09-17 13:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF ASEC PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM2283 | SUDAN - AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE 11 [...] On September 3, Government of National Unity (GNU) officials announced that several backyard chicken flocks in Juba had been found to be infected by Avian Influenza (AI) H5N1. This is the first time Southern Sudan has confirmed cases of H5N1. At this time no new cases of AI have been reporte [...] | 2006-09-19 06:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KFLU SU |
06KHARTOUM2288 | VP TAHA UNYIELDING ON UN TROOPS, ANNOUNCES DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 18 press conference, Vice President Ali Osman Taha maintained the Sudanese government's complete rejection of UN intervention in Darfur, denied allegations of escalating violence, and announced the establishment of a Darfur interim authority. He also critic [...] | 2006-09-19 10:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KPAO KPKO UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2294 | SUDAN'S DARFUR CRISIS: MEETING WITH VICE [...] Summary. In a meeting with CDA Hume Vice President Taha insisted that he agreed with President Bashir's rejection of UN peace-keeping in Darfur. Although he is concerned that U.S./Sudanese relations may be about to worsen as a result, he did not offer any ideas for resolving the impasse. He [...] | 2006-09-19 17:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF SU AU |
06KHARTOUM230 | UPDATE ON MASSING OF ARAB MILITIA NEAR GEREIDA [...] (C) An AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Incident Report dated January 28 states that hostilities between "janjaweed and SLA" took place on January 27 in Donkey Abiad, 17 kilometers northeast of Gereida in South Darfur state, and continued to the afternoon of January 28. The report states that "janj [...] | 2006-01-30 09:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF PREL US SU |
06KHARTOUM2304 | DARFUR: SUDANESE SECURITY SERVICES INTEREST IN [...] (C) Recently arrived National Security Officer Major Adil Abdul Wahab met with ARC Officer on September 16 to discuss the purpose and structure of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) Implementation Office in El Fasher. Wahab noted that, as National Security Section Chief for International NGOs, [...] | 2006-09-20 12:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU |
06KHARTOUM2312 | DARFUR: MINAWI MILITARY DELEGATION TO MEET G-19 [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: Associates of Senior Assistant to the President and Sudanese Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) leader Minni Minawi believe they are close to an agreement with G-19/ National Redemption Front (NRF) commanders. However, this conc [...] | 2006-09-21 09:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU |
06KHARTOUM2317 | DARFUR: PARTNERS DISCUSS STATE OF PLAY, EFFORTS TO [...] (C) During a Sept. 20 meeting of the Darfur Partners (UK, Canada, France, Norway, Netherlands, and U.S.),participants emphasized the importance of involving, in some manner, Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories in the Cease Fire Commission (CFC). The African Union (AU) representative [...] | 2006-09-21 13:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU |
06KHARTOUM234 | DETAILS EMERGE ON ARMANKUL INCIDENT IN DARFUR [...] (U) According to Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) military spokesman General Abbas Abdelrahaman Khalifa, artillery shelling originating within Chad hit the area of Armankul for approximately one hour and one-half on the morning of January 28. The location, about 20 miles northwest of the West Dar [...] | 2006-01-30 15:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU |
06KHARTOUM2341 | EC'S BARROSO TO UNDERLINE SUPPORT FOR AU [...] EC contacts confirm that EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel will arrive in Sudan on September 30. Barroso and Michel will travel to El Fasher the same day to meet with AMIS commanders and the humanitarian assistance com [...] | 2006-09-25 12:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO PHUM AU EU SU |
06KHARTOUM2367 | DARFUR - PRECEDENT-SETTING CASES OF RAPE PROSECUTION [...] (SBU) In the last five months, USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) grantees assisted in prosecuting several potentially precedent-setting cases of rape in Darfur. The cases had positive outcomes; however, USAID cautions that these cases may represent anomalies, rather than a d [...] | 2006-09-26 10:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU |
06KHARTOUM2368 | DARFUR - KALMA CAMP COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE [...] Since the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),insecurity has increased in and around Darfur's internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. It seems that IDPs' confidence in the ability of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to fulfill its civilian protection mandate has decreased. [...] | 2006-09-26 10:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU |
06KHARTOUM2371 | SUDAN HAS MUTED REACTION TO POPE'S REMARKS, SAYS [...] (C) Sudan's reaction to Pope Benedict XVI's controversial remarks on Islam has been muted, Papal Nuncio to Sudan--and the Vatican's new Secretary for Relations with States--Dominique Mamberti told CDA Hume on September 26. Mamberti had returned from Rome on September 16, and promptly called on [...] | 2006-09-26 16:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL PHUM KIRF PREL SU VT |
06KHARTOUM2376 | DARFURQA DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT FOR FOOD AID [...] From August 29 - 31, USAID staff members visited El Fasher, North Darfur, to follow up on reports that food aid commodities were for sale in El Fasher markets and to discuss the food aid program with the UN World Food Program (WFP). WFP indicated that problems with ration sales, concern for [...] | 2006-09-27 10:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM240 | UPDATE ON SOUTH DARFUR IDP SECURITY SITUATION [...] (C) According to the USAID Darfur Field Office, conflict in Mershing, South Darfur, led to approximately 40,000 ) 60,000 local residents and internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing 10 miles southeast to Menawashi. The events, triggered by jinjaweed and police harassment, attacks, and loot [...] | 2006-01-31 12:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF PREL US SU |
06KHARTOUM2411 | SAUDI ARABIA EXTRADITES PROMINENT SLM LEADER TO [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader and ethnic Fur Abu Alghasim Ahmed was arrested in Saudi Arabia and returned to Sudan this past week. This comes shortly after his brother, Zakaria Ahmed Abu Alghasim, was arrested in connection with the recent beheading of Suda [...] | 2006-10-01 15:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KCRM SA SU |
06KHARTOUM2419 | EC'S BARROSO PUSHES FOR A UN FORCE IN BASHIR MEETING [...] (SBU) EC President Jose Manuel Barroso departed Sudan on the evening of October 1 after two days of visits in Khartoum and El Fasher. Barroso met with President Bashir for two hours on September 30, including a half hour one-on-one session; however, EC contacts reported Bashir did not budge on [...] | 2006-10-02 14:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO KPAO UN EU SU |
06KHARTOUM2420 | DARFUR - FIGHTING IN GEREIDA [...] (SBU) On September 29, unknown assailants attacked the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)/Minawi faction based in Gereida, South Darfur. Despite hosting the largest concentration of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur, the humanitarian impact of the attack in Gereida appears to be minimal a [...] | 2006-10-02 14:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM2422 | USG CONTRACTORS IN SOUTH SUDAN WITHOUT [...] (U) This is an action request--please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Six DynCorp International employees -- all U.S. citizens -- are currently working on USG funded projects in South Sudan. None has valid Sudanese visas, but instead used SPLM travel permits to enter the country. Given the recent [...] | 2006-10-02 15:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PREL PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM2423 | UNSR PRONK BRIEFS HEADS OF MISSION MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, UN Special Representative (UNSR) to Sudan Pronk provided the international community an overview of his recent UN discussions with key partners in Sudan and his briefings to the Security Council and senior UN officials in New York. He laid out his vision of how [...] | 2006-10-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PHUM EAID PGOV AU UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2443 | DARFUR - MASS DISPLACEMENT NOT ANTICIPATED [...] Despite the reported fighting and reduced access for humanitarian assistance, none of the sources available to USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) anticipate massive population movements within Darfur, towards other states in Sudan, or across the border to Chad, as [...] | 2006-10-04 06:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM2448 | SUDAN: UPDATE ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) Visiting Sudan Programs Group (SPG) Director Lauren Landis briefed a range of Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials on current and prospective U.S. security sector assistance during her September 28-30 visit to Juba. Landis' discussions with GoSS President Salva Kiir are reported [...] | 2006-10-04 12:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU |
06KHARTOUM2451 | DARFUR: CHAD AND SUDAN STILL PLAYING IN ONE [...] (C) Summary: Notwithstanding the August resumption of full diplomatic relations between Sudan and Chad, and promises to expel rebel groups from their respective territories, both countries appear to be continuing support for opposition movements as a means of maintaining political and militar [...] | 2006-10-04 13:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU CH AU |
06KHARTOUM248 | SOUTH AFRICAN ASSISTANCE TO SUDAN [...] (U) In a meeting January 30, Counselor of South African Embassy Ebrahim Edries provided Pol/Econ officer with an overview of South African assistance programs in Sudan. The main focus of the programs is on capacity building, especially on Southern Sudan. Edries said within the next few weeks [...] | 2006-02-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AU SU SA |
06KHARTOUM2486 | DARFUR - ASSESSMENT OF HUMANITARIAN PROTECTION [...] In September, USAID staff conducted an assessment of non-governmental organizations (NGO) partners' humanitarian protection activities in all three Darfur states. The assessment revealed that the majority of partners are successfully protecting conflict-affected populations through beneficiar [...] | 2006-10-11 13:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV KWMN PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM2493 | ABDULWAHID ALONE; FUR LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES TO [...] (C) Support for SLM/A leader Abdulwahid Nur has eroded so much in the five months since he refused to sign the Darfur Peace Agreement that his own family no longer backs his leadership, prominent Fur National Assembly member Abdulgassem Seif al-Din told Poloffs on October 11. "First he lost M [...] | 2006-10-12 16:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SU AU UN |
06KHARTOUM2507 | SUDAN - BLUE NILE STATE SITUATION REPORT [...] On July 20, USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) staff traveled through southern Blue Nile State. The team assessed the progress of the USAID-funded Farmer-Nomad Peace Conference, the status of local government capacity, transfer of authority to local levels, and potential area [...] | 2006-10-16 07:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM2512 | SUDAN - FY 2007 DISASTER DECLARATION [...] The humanitarian situation in Sudan continues to warrant U.S. Government (USG) assistance to meet the emergency requirements of conflict-affected civilian populations throughout the country. USG assistance in Sudan saves lives and mitigates the economic impact of conflict on livelihoods, foste [...] | 2006-10-16 13:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM253 | REVISED TIER 2 WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered the revised Tier 2 Watch List Interim Assessment narrative per reftels on February 1 to Department of the Americas Director Osman Dirdieri and Deputy Director Abd Elghani Elnaim Elkarim (Note: January 31 was a national holiday. End note.) 2. (C) After reviewin [...] | 2006-02-01 16:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN KCRM ELAB SMIG SU |
06KHARTOUM2588 | CORRECTED COPY - SUDAN - FY 2007 DISASTER DECLARATION [...] The humanitarian situation in Sudan continues to warrant U.S. Government (USG) assistance to meet the emergency requirements of conflict-affected civilian populations throughout the country. USG assistance in Sudan saves lives and mitigates the economic impact of conflict on livelihoods, foste [...] | 2006-10-31 12:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM2590 | DARFUR - EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION ASSESSMENT [...] Preliminary results of the third Darfur Emergency Food Security and Nutrition Assessment (EFSNA) conducted in September 2006 show child malnutrition rates holding steady and mortality rates decreasing for three consecutive years. Stability and improvement were attributed to a combined effort o [...] | 2006-10-31 14:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM2602 | DARFUR - PROTECTION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AN ENHANCED AFRICAN [...] (SBU) In anticipation of the transition in peacekeeping forces in Darfur either from the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a United Nations (UN) force or to an AMIS mission augmented by a package of assistance from the UN, USAID assessed AMIS's performance last year in the protection of [...] | 2006-11-02 13:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU |
06KHARTOUM2625 | Darfur: NRF Press Release Claims Gov't has Transferred [...] (SBU) On November 1, Sudan Tribune, an online news service, posted a press release dated October 1, purportedly from the National Redemption Front, a grouping of Darfurian rebels that have not signed the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),claiming that the Sudanese Government had transferred chemica [...] | 2006-11-06 15:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MCAP PGOV PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM2626 | Darfur: Text of Wali Kibir Interview [...] (SBU) On November 5, the Sudan Vision daily published an interview of North Darfur State Wali (governor) Sayed Osman Yousif Kibir. In the interview, Wali Kibir reiterated the importance of the Darfur Peace Agreement, which he states does not need to be re-opened but rather supplemented to brin [...] | 2006-11-06 15:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO PHUM PREF SU |
06KHARTOUM2643 | DARFUR: NRC TO CLOSE PROGRAM IN SOUTH [...] (C) The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) will publicly announce the closure of its operations in South Darfur on November 8. In a meeting with Embassy staff prior to the announcement, NRC Country Director Lotte Grauballe said that operations have been suspended five times in the last two years [...] | 2006-11-08 16:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SU UN NO |
06KHARTOUM2664 | MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER MUSTAFA ISMAIL [...] (C) On November 13, CDA Hume met at his request with Presidential Adviser Mustafa Ismail, who has recently been named to take the lead on Sudan,s contacts to resolve the issue of Darfur. At the outset of the meeting, Mustafa commented that this week he had reminded government colleagues that [...] | 2006-11-13 17:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV PHUM AU UN US SU |
06KHARTOUM2666 | SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: PREPARATIONS FOR UN U/S EGELAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs (USYG) Jan Egeland departed Juba November 12 for a meeting with Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) chief Joseph Kony on the Sudan-Congo border. Before the meeting, Egeland had expressed serious doubt about whether it would actually [...] | 2006-11-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI PGOV UN SU UG CG |
06KHARTOUM2667 | JUBA VIOLENCE AFTERMATH: RUMORS OF SAF PRISONER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Attacks attributed to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) around Juba have slowed within the last week, but still continue. The LRA has denied responsibility for these incidents of violence, and Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials still maintain that the Sudanese Armed f [...] | 2006-11-14 13:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI PGOV UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2681 | MEETING WITH STATE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: According to State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ali Karti, the Government of Sudan welcomes another visit by Special Envoy Natsios, to include a meeting with President Bashir, following his meetings in Addis Ababa. Sudan also appreciates continued U.S. support to the African Unio [...] | 2006-11-15 14:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU US AU |
06KHARTOUM2691 | Sudan: Demarche on UN Country Specific Human Rights [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche to MFA Director of the Americas Abdel Rahman Sharfi on November 7; Charge Powers and Pol/Econ Chief subsequently delivered Ref B demarche to MFA Under Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on November 9. SIPDIS 2. (SBU) U/S Mutriff responded that UN countr [...] | 2006-11-18 09:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2694 | Sudan/Uganda/DRC: UN Humanitarian Chief Meets Head of [...] (U) SUMMARY: Lord's Resistance Army LRA rebel chief Joseph Kony pressed for the withdrawal of Ugandan forces from Southern Sudan during a brief meeting with UN Under Secretary General (USYG) Jan Egeland on November 12 at the village of Nabanga on the Sudan-Congo border. Kony refused Egeland's [...] | 2006-11-19 08:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI PGOV UN SU UG CG |
06KHARTOUM2696 | SUDAN - AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE 12 [...] On November 5, 2006, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened a Technical Task Force (TTF) meeting on Avian Influenza (AI). FAO and the Government of National Unity's (GNU) Federal Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries (FMARF) are to finalize, in coordination with all stak [...] | 2006-11-19 10:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU KFLU |
06KHARTOUM2709 | Darfur - UN USYG Egeland Warns of Worsening Situation [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the strong efforts of the non-governmental organization (NGO) community and the commitment of the donor community, the humanitarian situation in Darfur is poised to deteriorate, according to Jan Egeland, UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Re [...] | 2006-11-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PHUM PREF SOCI PGOV KAWC UN SU |
06KHARTOUM272 | Darfur: 2005 Protection Year in Review - [...] In analyzing protection trends in 2005, it is striking to note how many issues remained similar when compared with 2004 (reftel A). The large-scale humanitarian needs in Darfur have been the result of widespread human rights violations, including the attacking and killing of civilians, rape [...] | 2006-02-06 11:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM2720 | MEDIA REACTION TO "PLAN B" FOR SUDAN [...] Several Sudanese newspapers carried stories about Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios' November 20 press briefing in which he referred to a "Plan B" for Sudan. Some included the entire briefing. There were only two editorials about Darfur and "Plan B," although we would expect there to be [...] | 2006-11-22 12:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM2721 | DARFUR - INCREASED TENSION IN ABU SHOUK CAMP [...] (SBU) During the last five months, Abu Shouk - a 54,000 internally displaced person (IDP) camp on the outskirts of El Fasher, North Darfur - has been the scene of ethnic tension and clashes. Between November 12 and 15, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) suspended humanitari [...] | 2006-11-22 12:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU |
06KHARTOUM273 | SUDAN SANCTIONS - MORE ON RAIL/BARGE SPARE PARTS [...] (U) This is an action request for EB/EPC - see para 4. 2. (U) In reply to the letter dated January 16, requesting assistance in securing imports of railway parts(reftel),the Charge replied to First Vice President Salva Kiir on January 29. Text of the letter follows. (Begin text) Tha [...] | 2006-02-06 11:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ELTN ETTC EAID PHUM OPDC US SU |
06KHARTOUM2739 | SUDAN - SOUTHERN KORDOFAN SITUATION REPORT [...] On September 2, USAID staff visited Kadugli and Abyei towns in Southern Kordofan State to track progress on the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and determine appropriate areas for USAID support. In the state capital, Kadugli, some administrative restructuring has occu [...] | 2006-11-26 14:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI SU KHDP |
06KHARTOUM2743 | MINAWI CALLED TO KHARTOUM TO BRIEF CABINET ON [...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to the President and Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi has been called to return to Khartoum from Darfur by Vice President Taha in order to brief the Government's High Commission on Peace and Security and the Cabinet. He intends to emphasize [...] | 2006-11-27 05:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU US AU |
06KHARTOUM2762 | DARFUR: "A CERTAIN KIND OF CHAOS" [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with tribal leaders, humanitarian workers, and United Nations staff during a recent visit to North and West Darfur, CDA Hume heard accounts of the disintegration of the territory's society, the rise in the Sudanese government's harassment and restriction of [...] | 2006-11-29 14:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR MOPS AU EAID PREF SOCI |
06KHARTOUM278 | EASTERN FRONT DELAYS PARTICIPATION IN TRIPOLI TALKS [...] (C) On February 5, we spoke with Dr. Amna Dirar, Vice President of the Eastern Front, who said the Eastern Front had decided to delay participation in the scheduled negotiations with the Sudanese Government in Tripoli because certain pre-conditions had not been met. Dirar said these were to a [...] | 2006-02-06 13:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM2788 | SUDAN - NEEDS ASSESSMENTS IN KASSALA STATE [...] (U) From November 5 to 9, the UN led a Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) to examine the food and non-food aid needs of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in Kassala State, eastern Sudan. For the first time, the JAM was carried out in conjunction with the UN World Food Program (WFP)-led Annual Needs [...] | 2006-12-04 07:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU |
06KHARTOUM2812 | CDA Addresses Darfur Crisis in Local Press [...] (U) In an interview with Arabic daily "Al-Sudani," the Charge d'Affaires addressed the Sudanese security apparatus' failure to stem the violence in Darfur, while also noting slight improvement in the humanitarian situation. The Charge noted that UN Security Council resolutions, such as Resolut [...] | 2006-12-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF KPAO PHUM SOCI UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2817 | DARFUR: SITUATION CALMER IN EL FASHER [...] The situation in El Fasher appears calmer as of December 7 despite sporadic gunfire between 1900 and 0030 hours on the night of December 6-7, according to UNDSS officials in El Fasher. Negotiations among the Sudanese Government, rebel groups, and Janjaweed appear to have resulted in a large-sc [...] | 2006-12-07 20:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF AU UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2818 | Sudan: Letter to Sec. Rice from FM Lam Akol on Guantanamo [...] (SBU) On December 6, Embassy Khartoum received a letter dated December 4 from Foreign Minister Lam Akol regarding the status of Guantanamo detainee Sami Mohy El din Mohammed Al Hajj, an Al-Jazeera cameraman. 2. (SBU) the text of the letter is as follows: (Begin text) I am writing to yo [...] | 2006-12-07 20:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER US SU |
06KHARTOUM282 | ACTION NEEDED TO STEM WORSENING SECURITY IN DARFUR [...] (C) A February 4-5 visit to Darfur confirmed that the security situation in Darfur is getting worse. A companion message will report on separate meetings with the local governor, the new AMIS commander, UN staff, U.S. military observers, and international NGOs. All are worried what will happ [...] | 2006-02-07 11:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS EAID US UN AU SU |
06KHARTOUM2826 | Darfur: Convoy Ambush and Helicopter Incident near Sirba [...] (U) On December 9 at approximately 1500, armed men ambushed a commercial truck near Sirba, 45 kilometers from El Geneina, capital of West Darfur State. UNDSS estimates cite 22 civilians killed, and 10 wounded by gunmen on horseback armed with RPGs and assault rifles. 2. (SBU) According to [...] | 2006-12-11 09:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF AU UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2827 | Darfur: Update on Violence in El Fasher [...] According to UNDSS and AMIS officials, at approximately 5:30 p.m. on December 9, Janjaweed shot and killed a shopkeeper in the El Fasher central market. Youssif Kibir, Wali of North Darfur State, and his cabinet attempted to visit the market to assess the situation; Janjaweed fired upon their [...] | 2006-12-11 09:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF AU UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2829 | DARFUR: SLA/M REACHES OUT TO ALL PARTIES [...] Summary: SLM/Minawi representatives hosted a widely attended general meeting in El Fasher November 28-29 to discuss the progress of DPA implementation, new initiatives to bring signatory and non-signatory groups back to the negotiating table, and ways to work productively with the African Uni [...] | 2006-12-11 13:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF AU SU |
06KHARTOUM2831 | PRESIDENT BASHIR ACCUSES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF [...] Sudanese President Omer Hasan Ahmed al-Bashir used the occasion of the two-day African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Summit hosted in Khartoum December 7-8 to criticize the UN and accuse the international community of supporting Darfur rebels. In both his opening and closing remarks, Bashir c [...] | 2006-12-11 15:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2835 | DARFUR: ABDUCTION OF AMIS STAFF IN EL FASHER [...] According to AMIS contacts, at 5:30 p.m. on December 10, unknown gunmen abducted Nigerian Major Adenyi Rak, Military Assistant to Deputy Head of Mission Ambassador Hassan Gibril, and a second AMIS staff member along with their vehicle approximately 300 meters from the residence of U.S. Militar [...] | 2006-12-12 16:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF AU UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2836 | DARFUR: CIVILIANS SHOT BY AMIS IN El GENEINA [...] AMIS contacts report that on the morning of December 10, mourners gathered at the burial of 15 people killed during the Sirba incident (reftel) assaulted members of an AMIS patrol observing the event. Shortly thereafter, the same mob burned down the El Geneina Civilian Police (CIVPOL) station [...] | 2006-12-12 16:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF AU UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2863 | DARFUR - VISIT OF THE USAID-OFDA DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] From November 30 to December 2, USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Deputy Director Greg Gottlieb and a team of USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) field staff visited Nyala, South Darfur, to assess humanitarian conditions an [...] | 2006-12-18 07:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU |
06KHARTOUM2864 | SUDAN - JOINT PLAN FOR IDP RETURNS IN 2007 [...] The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator (DSRSG/RC/HC) held a Donor Coordination Meeting on December 3 to introduce the joint UN, Government of National Unity (GNU),and Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) plan to return 150,000 intern [...] | 2006-12-18 12:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM2869 | DARFUR - NGO OUTLOOK BLEAK IN MEETING WITH SE [...] (SBU) On December 12, Special Envoy Natsios met with 11 members of the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) NGO Forum Steering Committee in Khartoum to solicit their perspectives on the humanitarian situation in Darfur. Oxfam, Help Age, Tearfund, the International Rescue Committee (IRC),Norweg [...] | 2006-12-19 12:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI SU KHDP |
06KHARTOUM2874 | SULEIMAN JAMOUS STILL UNDER UN PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department has requested information regarding the status of Suleiman Jamous, former Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator for the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) and an outspoken opponent of the Darfur Peace Agreement (Ref A). Jamous is currently living at a UN hospital [...] | 2006-12-19 13:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PHUM PGOV CVIS |
06KHARTOUM2876 | DARFUR: NGOS RELOCATE STAFF FROM GEREIDA IDP CAMP [...] (SBU) At approximately 2130 hours on December 18, armed men believed to be Sudan Liberation Army/Minni Minawi (SLA/Minawi) elements stole 14 vehicles from three compounds in Gereida, South Darfur. As a result, all humanitarian organizations except the International Committee of the Red Cross [...] | 2006-12-19 16:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PHUM KDEM SOCI SU KHDP PGOV |
06KHARTOUM2877 | SUDAN: HAC INTERROGATES USAID PARTNER [...] (C) The Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) is in the process of collecting information on all humanitarian organizations working in Sudan. The effort appears to be part of an annual exercise aimed at identifying humanitarian staff and assets. The process inc [...] | 2006-12-19 16:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI SU KHDP |
06KHARTOUM288 | DARFUR SITUATION UPDATE AND RECENT TRENDS [...] From April 2004 to November 2005, the number of people affected by the Darfur crisis has risen from 1.1 million to more than 3.5 million. While the response of the international humanitarian community has been successful in meeting critical humanitarian needs and saving lives in Darfur, the [...] | 2006-02-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM289 | Sudan: Source of Fragility - USAID visit to [...] From January 23 to 30, a USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) team visited Malakal town, capital of Upper Nile State, and the surrounding areas to discuss priority needs and plan immediate activities that will promote stability. The team traveled up [...] | 2006-02-07 14:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM2890 | DARFUR: UN ENVOY OULD-ABDALLAH MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: UN Envoy Ould-Abadallah had a "good meeting" with President Bashir on December 21, State Foreign Minister Karti told CDA Hume in late afternoon phone call. However, Karti gave no details on their discussions of the light and heavy packages envisioned in the Addis/Abuja framework. [...] | 2006-12-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU UN |
06KHARTOUM2891 | DARFUR: NGO PRESENCE UNDER THREAT [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Humanitarian conditions have declined markedly in the past few months, with several recent events, particularly in the Gereida area, representing a new threshold in what appears to be a concerted effort to chase NGOs out of Darfur. [...] | 2006-12-21 16:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KCRM ICRC UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2892 | DARFUR: UN STATES HUMANITARIAN STRUCTURE ON THE [...] (C) Summary: During a December 21 meeting with Charge Hume, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) for the United Nations (UN) in Sudan Manuel d,Silva and Deputy Director for Sudan of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) Michael McDonagh [...] | 2006-12-21 16:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL SU UN |
06KHARTOUM2894 | DARFUR: NGO PRESENCE UNDER THREAT - CORRECTED COPY [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Humanitarian conditions have declined markedly in the past few months, with several recent events, particularly in the Gereida area, representing a new threshold in what appears to be a concerted effort to chase NGOs out of Darfur. [...] | 2006-12-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | EAID PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KCRM ICRC UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2895 | SLA,S MINNAWI MAY BE EXPLORING HIS OPTIONS [...] (C) This week,s attack on OXFAM and ACF NGO operations in Gereida was carried out by Minni Minawi,s SLA forces, according to a UN investigation (reftels). UN Deputy SRSG Manuel Da Silva told CDA Hume that signs of cooperation between National Redemption Front (NRF) forces and forces loyal to [...] | 2006-12-22 13:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL ASEC PREF PHUM US UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2896 | DARFUR: UNSR OULD ABDULLAH BRIEFS P5 REPS [...] (C) Summary: During a Dec. 22 briefing of P5 ambassadors, UN Special Envoy Ould Abdallah said he delivered UNSYG Annan's letter to President Bashir on Sudan's commitment to phased peacekeeping in Darfur. Ould Abdallah noted Bashir was skeptical, feeling the Darfur situation had been exaggera [...] | 2006-12-22 14:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV PREF PHUM AU UN SU |
06KHARTOUM290 | SUDAN - World Bank Holds Preparatory Meeting for [...] On February 7, The World Bank convened a meeting to brief donors on the progress toward preparing the Sudan Consortium meeting in Paris on March 8 and 9, 2006. Charge and USAID rep attended. The meeting was co-chaired by the Norwegian Ambassador, the Joint National Transition Team (JNTT),a [...] | 2006-02-07 14:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM2904 | SUDANESE RESPONSE ON PEACE-KEEPING PACKAGE [...] (C) On December 26, UN Deputy Special Representative Manuel Da Silva called CDA Hume to inform him of the Sudanese response on UN support for peace-keeping. Da Silva characterized the response several times as &positive.8 At Hume,s urging, he will convene a meeting of P-5 ambassadors on Decem [...] | 2006-12-26 12:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PREF PHUM AU UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2908 | SUDAN: APPARENT GREEN LIGHT FOR PHASE I LIGHT [...] (C) On December 26, UN Chief Political Advisor told Pol/Econ Counselor that the just ended tripartite meeting (AU, UN, and Sudanese Government) in Khartoum had achieved consensus to send 35 ) 43 blue bereted UN military staff officers and police advisors to El Fasher, Darfur, within the week t [...] | 2006-12-26 13:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PREF PHUM PGOV AU UN SU |
06KHARTOUM291 | Sudan: Government-Imposed Impediments to [...] Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in Darfur are becoming increasingly frustrated by Sudanese government Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) procedures on reporting, hiring, permits, and visas. The Technical Coordination Committee, which was formed to monitor the implementation of t [...] | 2006-02-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM2911 | SUDAN: UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES 2007 WORK PLAN [...] On December 19, 2006, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (DSRSG) and UN Humanitarian Coordinator Manuel da SIPDIS Silva and representatives of the Government of National Unity (GNU) launched the 2007 Work Plan for Sudan, with a budget of USD 1.8 billion. The GNU and [...] | 2006-12-27 11:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2916 | SOUTHERN SUDAN: VIOLENCE FLARES BEFORE LRA TALKS [...] (C) Summary: The weeks prior to the December 15 resumption of peace talks between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) saw an upsurge in violence east and south of Juba that claimed the lives of about 40 civilians in a half-dozen incidents in late November/early [...] | 2006-12-27 16:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREF PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM2917 | UNMIS/AMIS Press Release Provides Peacekeeping Phase I [...] Summary: On December 26, the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) jointly issued a press release detailing implementation aspects of Phase I of Darfur peacekeeping operations. The statement indicates that up to 43 military staff officers and 2 [...] | 2006-12-28 07:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PREF PHUM AU UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2919 | SUDAN - INCREASING DISCONTENT AMONG THE MISSERIYA [...] (C) Summary: On November 16, a crowd of 700 demonstrated in the Misseriya town of Al Fula, Southern Kordofan State, to protest the Government of National Unity,s (GNU) failure to provide the Misseriya people with their share of oil revenues. In a subsequent meeting on November 18, the Misser [...] | 2006-12-28 10:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI SU KHDP |
06KHARTOUM2923 | Darfur: UN Advisors on the Ground [...] On the morning of December 28, UN Chief Political Advisor Bashua Abeyedun spoke to Pol/Econ Counselor fromEl Fasher, Darfur, and advised that 36 UN police advisors and military staff officers had arrived. This represents the first group of UN advisors to be dispatched toward the planned total [...] | 2006-12-31 06:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PREF PHUM AU UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2926 | Darfur: North Darfur Violence against Women Campaign [...] Summary: With the deteriorating security situation in Darfur, women and children are increasingly the victims of rape and abuse. Sudanese Government representatives admit the social and educational marginalization of women, especially internally displaced persons (IDPs),but deny the worsenin [...] | 2006-12-31 06:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KWMN SCUL SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM308 | Darfur: Overview of Protection Trends in 2005 - [...] This cable represents the second in a series of three to review the protection situation and humanitarian response in 2005. Over the course of the year, it became increasingly evident that the problems in Darfur could be characterized as a complex political and human rights crisis. The sit [...] | 2006-02-09 09:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM312 | UNHCR MEETING WITH SUDAN DONORS [...] (SBU) UNHCR Sudan Director Jean-Marie Fakhouri met with donors February 8 to express alarm over the deterioration of the situation along the Sudan-Chad border and to brief on arrangements for return of refugees to southern Sudan from neighboring countries. 2. (C) Fakhouri said that UNHCR op [...] | 2006-02-09 09:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL EAID SU |
06KHARTOUM316 | ROUND ABOUT IN EL FASHER: CDA HUME GETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CDA Hume traveled to El Fasher, Darfur, on February 4-5 to meet with the new AMIS Force Commander and his staff, and to gain their views on peacekeeping and humanitarian operations. The trip also sought to review resources in El Fasher available for hosting high-level delegati [...] | 2006-02-09 16:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL KPKO AU SU |
06KHARTOUM324 | Southern Sudan: Meeting with the Attorney [...] (SBU) On February 9, CG Juba met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Attorney General (AG) Majok Mading Majok for the three Equatoria states (Note: Bahr el Jebel is often called Central Equatoria and reportedly will be officially renamed in the near future. End note.). A holdover from [...] | 2006-02-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM350 | SUDAN/DARFUR: NO IMPLEMENTATION OF VAW PLAN OF [...] (SBU) A visit to the field reveals there is little real progress to date in the implementation on the ground of the Plan of Action to Combat Violence Against Women. Government officials had recently (reftel A) cited some human rights training for the police, the stationing of female police off [...] | 2006-02-13 13:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN PHUM PREL SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM395 | Southern Sudan: The Dinka Bor Come Home [...] Summary: Regional Refugee Coordinator Sam Healy and CG Juba accompanied a UNHCR delegation to Bor, Jonglei State, on February 13 for a first-hand look at the return of the second group vulnerable Dinka Bor transported from Juba to Bor on a Nile barge. Conversations with local officials and [...] | 2006-02-15 09:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI PREF PGOV EAID SU |
06KHARTOUM424 | Darfur: Overview of Protection Trends in 2005 [...] This cable represents the third and final in a series to review the issue of protection and the related humanitarian response in 2005. In the Darfur crisis, humanitarian protection - defined as efforts to mitigate the risks of violence, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of vulnerable groups [...] | 2006-02-18 11:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM452 | Sudan: USAID Visit to Twic County, Warab State [...] From February 13 to 16, a USAID/Sudan Field Office (USAID/SFO) team visited Wunrok, Turalei, Mayen Abun, and Abindau Payams in Twic County, Warab State, to explore how USAID-funded programs could reduce the potential for conflict and promote a stabilizing influence in support of the Comprehen [...] | 2006-02-22 10:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM454 | NRC EVACUATES FROM SOUTH DARFUR [...] On February 21, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) evacuated international staff members working in South Darfur. NRC international headquarters made the determination to remove staff in response to weeks of Sudanese government warnings that the safety of NRC staff could not be guaranteed. [...] | 2006-02-22 10:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM474 | DISPLACEMENT TRENDS IN DARFUR [...] After a relative lull in fighting and displacements for most of 2005, November and December marked an increase in the size and frequency of population movements within Darfur that has yet to subside. Many movements have resulted, in large part, from struggles for territory and influence betw [...] | 2006-02-23 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM482 | POST MORTEM ON CONFLICT IN JONGLEI, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 17, CG Juba met with Gatkuoth D. Kuich, Member of the Southern Legislative Assembly from the Waat Constituency in Jonglei State, where fighting broke out between the SPLA and Nuer militia two weeks past. Kuich had traveled to the area and interviewed civilians, SPL [...] | 2006-02-23 16:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PINS SOCI PINR PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM491 | Sudan/Unity State: Sources of Fragility [...] USAID staff visited Rubkona/Bentiu from February 19- 22, 2006. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) has significantly improved security as the militia groups that dominated the area during the war have integrated into the SPLA. However, a number of factors threaten the uneasy peace: a di [...] | 2006-02-27 06:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM546 | JUBA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS RIOT IN KHARTOUM [...] SUMMARY. On Feb 11, a serious student riot occurred at the University of Juba's Kadoro Campus in Khartoum following the refusal of university officials to establish as student union. Many observers, however, believe that the true purpose of the riot was to force the University to return to [...] | 2006-03-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP PREL SCUL PINR PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM547 | JUBA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS RIOT IN KHARTOUM [...] SUMMARY. On Feb 11, a serious student riot occurred at the University of Juba's Kadoro Campus in Khartoum following the refusal of university officials to establish as student union. Many observers, however, believe that the true purpose of the riot was to force the University to return to [...] | 2006-03-02 13:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP PREL SCUL PINR PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM579 | U.N. SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Sudan, Dr. Sima Samar, briefed diplomats yesterday in Khartoum at the end of her week-long visit to Sudan. Though Samar reported little progress on national security reform or the creation of national human rights institutions, [...] | 2006-03-07 06:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SU UN |
06KHARTOUM607 | SUDAN - IRC CEASES HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN [...] (SBU) The IRC has decided to end cross-border operations from Eritrea serving the eastern enclave of Hamesh Koreib following government and UN-OCHA pressure. Samaritan's Purse, however, continues to work in the area. The SPLM is scheduled to depart Hamesh Koreib over the next three months, po [...] | 2006-03-08 17:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM619 | WEST DARFUR - ZALINGEI UPDATE [...] In mid-February, a USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) protection officer visited Zalingei in West Darfur. Zalingei town has generally been calm throughout the Darfur crisis, although the Zalingei "corridor," which includes Garsila and Mukjar (septel),was the site of brutal janjaweed attacks in [...] | 2006-03-09 06:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM620 | WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL - SOURCES OF FRAGILITY [...] A team of USAID staff and key USAID partners visited Wau town in Western Bahr el Ghazal State and Aweil town in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State from February 22 to 26. The trip was part of a series of visits to areas of USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DC [...] | 2006-03-09 06:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM637 | NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL - SOURCES OF FRAGILITY [...] A team of USAID staff and key USAID partners visited Wau town in Western Bahr el Ghazal State (Ref a) and Aweil town in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State from February 22 to 26. The trip was part of a series of visits to areas of USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance [...] | 2006-03-11 06:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM639 | RETURNEES ARRIVING IN HUGE NUMBERS TO WESTERN [...] The USAID/Khartoum Senior Humanitarian Advisor and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Specialist visited Unity State from February 19 to 23 to review the IDP returns situation and examine sources of fragility. As reported reftels, the USAID Khartoum IDP Specialist also traveled with a USAID [...] | 2006-03-11 10:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM669 | GNU, UN, AND DONOR JOINT VISIT TO NYALA TO ASSESS [...] (C) Summary: From March 6-8, Poloff traveled to Nyala, Darfur, with the Government of National Unity (GNU) representative for Violence Against Women, Dr. Attiyat Mustafa, and UNMIS Human Rights Chair (UNMIS-HR) Ravindrian Daniel to assess the South Darfur State Committee to Combat Gender-Base [...] | 2006-03-16 08:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KWMN PGOV PREL SU |
06KHARTOUM670 | DARFUR: GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN USAID-FUNDED [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Authorities in West Darfur State have closed the offices of the Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO),a USAID-funded NGO, days after the organization's chairman published an op-ed in the Washington Times and me [...] | 2006-03-16 10:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO OPRC SU |
06KHARTOUM687 | SUDAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - STILL NO CASES [...] Despite the spread of the avian influenza virus to some African countries, including neighboring Egypt, no cases of avian influenza have been reported in birds or humans in Sudan. The Government of National Unity's (GNU) preparations to date have mainly consisted of the formation of committe [...] | 2006-03-18 06:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM688 | KOSTI WHARF - BURSTING AT THE SEAMS [...] On March 9, the USAID/Khartoum Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Officer conducted a one-day visit to Kosti to investigate reports of huge crowds of returnees to Southern Sudan stranded at Kosti wharf for weeks. The 1,400 returnees at the wharf exceed its capacity of 750. USAID partner Adve [...] | 2006-03-18 06:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM694 | WEST DARFUR - GARSILA AND MUKJAR UPDATE [...] This is the second in a series of three USAID cables giving an overview of the humanitarian situation in West Darfur State. In early March, two USAID Field Officers visited Beja, Deleig, Garsila, and Mukjar in the Zalingei - Mukjar corridor of West Darfur. The purpose of the trip was threef [...] | 2006-03-19 03:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM697 | Nuba Mountains - Where are the Peace Dividends? [...] This is the first of two cables prepared by a USAID team that visited South Kordofan State and Abyei from February 26 to March 8, 2006. The purpose of the mission was to a) monitor USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) programs, b) assess the returns [...] | 2006-03-19 08:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM700 | ACUTE WATERY DIARREHA AND OTHER POTENTIAL [...] From February 18 to March 3, 2006, a USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Public Health Advisor traveled to Juba, Southern Sudan, to meet with USAID/OFDA health partners and assess the response to the Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) outbreak in Juba and surrounding areas. [...] | 2006-03-20 07:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM701 | IDPs in Central and Eastern Equatoria: USAID [...] In February, two officials from the USAID Sudan Field Office (USAID/SFO) in Nairobi traveled to Juba, Kajo- Keji, Nimule, and Lobone in Central and Eastern Equatoria States of Southern Sudan. The USAID team met with government officials and internally displaced persons (IDPs) to discuss plan [...] | 2006-03-20 07:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM720 | KHARTOUM IDPS - CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE [...] On March 14, the Consultative Committee on Khartoum internally displaced persons (IDPs) met with Khartoum State authorities to discuss the status of IDP relocations in Khartoum. The committee wished to gain assurances from Khartoum State authorities that agreed- upon procedures for relocatin [...] | 2006-03-22 10:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM722 | WEST DARFUR: WALI AND CHARGE DISCUSS SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN intervention in Darfur would be a "disaster," West Darfur Governor Gaffar Abdel Hakam told Charge Steinfeld during a March 20-21 visit to El Geneina. The state was "very secure," despite recent drawdowns by many NGOs in the area, and Government efforts at tribal reconciliation [...] | 2006-03-22 14:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PHUM PREL AU UN SU |
06KHARTOUM724 | WEST DARFUR: SUDO LIKELY CLOSED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Social Development Organization, a USAID-supported Sudanese NGO, had not worked according to its mandate and had to be closed down, West Darfur Governor Gaffar Abdel Hakam told Charge Steinfeld during a March 20-21 visit to El Geneina. The Governor, however, refused to [...] | 2006-03-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KPAO OPSC SU |
06KHARTOUM728 | ABYEI REVISITED - POWER VACUUM REMAINS [...] This is the second of two cables prepared by a USAID team that visited South Kordofan State and Abyei from February 17 to March 8, 2006. The purpose of the mission was to a) monitor USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) programs, b) assess the returns [...] | 2006-03-23 07:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM741 | ACUTE WATERY DIARRHEA OUTBREAK - EARLY RAINS [...] The outbreak of acute watery diarrhea (AWD) continues in Southern Sudan. The U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the AWD outbreak derived from a single strain of cholera. WHO reported that between January 28 and March 22, 8,684 cases of AWD including 231 deaths had been [...] | 2006-03-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM745 | SUDAN: National Demining Authority Opens [...] (U) Sudan's Mine Action Authority opened with some fanfare in Khartoum on March 7. President Bashir, First VP Kiir, Defense Minister Hussein, and Humanitarian Affairs Minister Manibe all spoke to the crowd of 250 invited guests. The MNAA will oversee demining and ordnance disposal operations [...] | 2006-03-24 12:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MARR KHDP UN SU |
06KHARTOUM751 | RETURNEES ARRIVING IN HUGE NUMBERS TO WESTERN [...] The USAID/Khartoum Senior Humanitarian Advisor and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Specialist visited Unity State from February 19 to 23 to review the IDP returns situation and examine sources of fragility. As reported reftels, the USAID Khartoum IDP Specialist also traveled with a USAID [...] | 2006-03-26 05:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM755 | CHARGE TRAVELS TO SOUTH DARFUR TO DISCUSS VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: On March 19-20, Charge Steinfeld and Poloffs traveled to Nyala to urge the local government to implement the Plan of Action to combat violence against women. The government representatives recognized the importance of combating it, but lamented that a lack of resources hampered [...] | 2006-03-26 12:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM756 | SOUTH DARFUR VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: UN AND NGOS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 19, Charge Steinfeld traveled to Nyala to urge local government officials to implement the Plan of Action (reftel). While in Nyala, the UN and NGOs briefed the Charge on the status of violence against women (VAW),highlighting that the State Committee had done little [...] | 2006-03-26 12:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM757 | WEST DARFUR: SECURITY, HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Steinfeld traveled to El Geneina, capital of West Darfur, on March 20-21 to assess the local security and humanitarian situation. Several NGOs have scaled down operations in the state after a recent surge in banditry and armed robbery. Though much of the violence is dire [...] | 2006-03-26 13:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID KPKO AU UN SU |
06KHARTOUM764 | DARFUR/ARAB LEAGUE: DRAFT POINTS FOR COMMUNIQUE [...] (C) On March 27 UNSRSG Jan Pronk gave Charge Steinfeld a copy of an Arab League communique as drafted by Foreign Ministers to be considered later this week by Arab League Heads of State. 2. (C) Key points of the communique regarding Darfur are as follows (as translated by the UN): -- Suppo [...] | 2006-03-27 11:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU AL |
06KHARTOUM768 | DARFUR: PRONK URGES P5 TO PRESS KHARTOUM, AU ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNSRSG Jan Pronk urged P5 governments on March 27 to press Sudan to accept a UN PKO assessment team for a UN-led mission in Darfur. Resolution 1663 requires the Secretary-General to report back to the Security Council by SIPDIS April 24, and the team needs at least two weeks i [...] | 2006-03-27 13:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU UN |
06KHARTOUM775 | USAID MEETING WITH FOOD SECURITY AND [...] On March 9 and 10, USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) and USAID Sudan Field Office (USAID SFO) staff met with USAID/DCHA food security and agriculture partners and USAID SFO livelihoods partners in Rumbek to discuss the current status of the sectors [...] | 2006-03-28 06:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM791 | DARFUR/ARAB LEAGUE: RESOLUTION PASSED TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: In the Arab League resolution adopted on Sudan and Darfur at the Khartoum Summit on March 29, the AL decided to increase support for AMIS, and "to bear the AU forces' expenditures in Darfur from six months starting from 10/01/06." Preambular language includes referen [...] | 2006-03-29 14:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AU UN |
06KHARTOUM797 | KALMA CAMP - UPCOMING EXPIRATION OF NRC [...] On March 30, Charge, an Embassy Political Officer, and two USAID Darfur Field Office representatives met with the Sudan country director of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). NRC serves as coordinator for Kalma camp in South Darfur. NRC sought a meeting with Embassy and USAID officials to [...] | 2006-03-30 14:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM822 | Press Summary March 27 - April 3 [...] SUMMARY: This cable covers miscellaneous items that have appeared in the press over the past week but are not covered elsewhere. This includes renewed violence at the University of Juba over the student union issue (reftel),the forming of a new political party by southern NCP member-- and f [...] | 2006-04-04 09:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO OIIP PGOV PINR PHUM ECON MOPS |
06KHARTOUM824 | DARFUR: NRC WITHDRAWING FROM KALMA CAMP [...] The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is in the process of pulling out of Kalma camp in South Darfur. Despite UN and humanitarian community efforts, the GNU has not renewed NRC's camp coordination agreement, which expires today. As of this writing, Norway is delivering a message of inquiry/pr [...] | 2006-04-04 10:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM828 | USAID RESPONSE TO GEREIDA DISPLACEMENTS [...] On April 2, a USAID Darfur Field Office representative participated in an interagency visit to Gereida, South Darfur. USAID is playing a key role in supporting expanded humanitarian assistance to the area, where interethnic fighting has caused the internally displaced person (IDP) population [...] | 2006-04-04 12:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV MOPS PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM852 | Sudan: The NGO Act Passed [...] (SBU) On March 16, the President signed the Organization of Humanitarian and Voluntary Work Act. The NGO Consortium has indicated that it plans to challenge the law in the Constitutional Court. The UN also plans to offer technical assistance in implementing the law to help minimize the negati [...] | 2006-04-07 10:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM853 | SUDANESE GOVERNMENT INCREASINGLY OBSTRUCTING [...] In recent months, the Government of National Unity (GNU) has increasingly sought to obstruct humanitarian work, slowing the delivery of aid to millions of displaced people within Sudan. A host of events illustrate the escalation of harassment and restrictions directed toward humanitarian org [...] | 2006-04-08 04:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV MOPS PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM881 | A RETURN TO YEI, ONE YEAR LATER [...] (SBU) Summary: CG Juba traveled to Yei on April 1 for a brief visit, almost exactly one year after his three-day visit to Yei as part of a Joint Assessment Mission team. The report from the prior trip described in detail the dilapidated condition of the town, located just north of the Ugand [...] | 2006-04-11 15:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM MARR PINS ASEC SU |
06KHARTOUM884 | SUDAN'S ANGLICANS STRUGGLE WITH A CHANGING CHURCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS),a province of the Anglican Communion, has gone from being the church of the colonial establishment to a church of the poor and displaced. The Church estimates it has 5 million adherents, mostly in the South, though many of its struggles occur [...] | 2006-04-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF SCUL SU |
06KHARTOUM908 | SUDAN: RESOURCE-HUNGRY WFP TO HALVE RATIONS [...] On April 11, 2006, the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) hosted a meeting for donors and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to provide details on plans for addressing funding and pipeline shortfalls for the next three to four months. Beginning in April, in order extend stocks through the hung [...] | 2006-04-16 09:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV MOPS PHUM SOCI SU |
06KHARTOUM923 | GNU RELATIONS WITH ERITREA AND UNMIS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 13 meeting, Deputy National Congress Party External Relations Officer, Dr. Hassan Haj Ali, told Poloff that the Sudanese government had &no official8 objection to Asmara hosting GNU-Eastern Front negotiations, provided that the bilateral relationship with Eritrea is n [...] | 2006-04-17 08:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UN ER SU |
06KHARTOUM925 | CHAD-SUDAN BORDER QUIET, TENSE [...] (C) The situation along the Chad-Sudan border was reported quiet on April 16 and 17. Chadian opposition forces are reported on both sides of the border, with those inside Sudan reportedly receiving ammunition and vehicle re-supply from the Government of Sudan. From all appearances, Government [...] | 2006-04-17 10:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS MASS PHUM PINR CD AU SU |
06KHARTOUM935 | SUDAN - SUSPECTED AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK, Sitrep 1 [...] (SBU) WHO contacted USAID on April 18 to alert us to possible outbreak of avian flu in Sudan. Today a rapid test by the Government of Sudan on nasal secretions and serum from affected birds revealed Strain A flu. 2. (SBU) A WHO outbreak investigation team is scheduled to arrive in Khartoum [...] | 2006-04-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM937 | Sudan - Visit to Port Sudan [...] Humanitarian conditions in Red Sea State have not changed much since 2005, when USAID last made an extensive visit to this northern state to visit programs in Mohammed Qol and areas north of Port Sudan. The GNU continues to limit humanitarian staff visits to the area, and now requires all hu [...] | 2006-04-18 15:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PINS EAID KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM939 | DARFUR: GEREIDA - AN UNEASY PEACE [...] On April 12, a USAID representative and colleagues from the European Commission Humanitarian Office (ECHO) and U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) Emergency Office visited Gereida, South Darfur, to determine what additional resources and partners are required to assist the Ge [...] | 2006-04-19 05:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM945 | SUDAN - AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK, Sitrep 2, April 19 [...] (SBU) Sudanese and international press were full of articles in the last day regarding the possibility of H5N1 Avian flu virus in Sudan. Some press articles claimed that the virus had been confirmed. As of today, however, only the existence of H5 had been confirmed by special test kits brought [...] | 2006-04-20 09:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM949 | SUDAN/Humanitarian obstruction: Charge's call [...] (SBU) In a heated meeting with Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Hassibo, Charge and USAID Farnsworth raised the new NGO law, Egeland, NRC, fuel and the SOFA. Charge noted the contrast between the constructive work being accomplished in Abuja (with the energetic help of the USG),and Sudan's [...] | 2006-04-20 11:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID PREF PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM951 | DARFUR FOOD ASSISTANCE UPDATE [...] From April 11 to 13, 2006, a USAID team visited Nyala, Gereida, and El Fasher to evaluate food assistance programming in South and North Darfur. Ref A provides details on the humanitarian situation in Gereida, including updated information on food assistance activities. 2. Inadequate i [...] | 2006-04-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM952 | NO ASMARA-MEDIATED TALKS WITHOUT ERITREAN [...] (C) In an April 20 conversation with Dr. Hassan Al Haj, National Congress Party (NCP) Deputy to Kamal Obied, Chair of the East Committee, he confirmed that the government had agreed initially to Asmara hosting talks between the GNU and the Eastern Front. However, he added that the GNU had req [...] | 2006-04-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UN ER SU |
06KHARTOUM954 | SUDAN: IDP RETURNS IN NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL [...] From April 10 to 12, a USAID representative visited Aweil town and Malualkon, located in Aweil East County in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, to assess the status of IDP returns. Overall, the U.N. is doing a good job coordinating the humanitarian response, monitoring sector coverage, and iden [...] | 2006-04-20 14:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM996 | SUDAN/CHINA: UNSC VOTE ON DARFUR SHOWS LIMITS OF [...] (C) China decided to abstain from the April 25 vote on UNSC Resolution 1672, imposing a travel ban and financial sanctions on four Sudanese individuals for war crimes in Darfur, because going against a majority of the Council's members would have been "unthinkable," Chinese Defense Attache Li [...] | 2006-04-26 13:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO SU CH UN |
06KIEV1015 | UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO'S MARCH 14 remarks ON FREE AND [...] (U) Summary: On March 14, shortly after the Rada (parliament) had passed a series of amendments designed to address technical problems regarding the administration of the March 26 elections (reftel),President Yushchenko held a press-conference devoted to the election campaign and the domesti [...] | 2006-03-15 14:43:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM UP |
06KIEV1039 | UKRAINE: CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Yaroslav Davydovych told Charge March 16 that Ukrainian authorities were working hard to address the organizational concerns that have arisen regarding the administration of March 26 elections, specifically staffing of polling station [...] | 2006-03-16 15:51:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM |
06KIEV1051 | Ukraine's TIP Prosecution Numbers Up, But Most [...] (SBU) Summary: From 2003 to 2005, convictions for trafficking in persons (TIP) have increased from 29 to 85 a year, but only a third of the convicted traffickers were given jail time. The structure of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) and its reluctance to specialize suggests that convic [...] | 2006-03-17 12:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM SMIG PREF |
06KIEV1055 | UKRAINE: ZAPORIZHZHYA PRE-ELECTION SNAPSHOT -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2004, the abuse of administrative resources by a coordinated "Blue" power "vertikal" and an extra 100,000 dead souls voting in the city of Melitopol delivered 70 percent of Zaporizhzhya oblast to Viktor Yanukovych. In 2006, the absence of administrative pressure from an "Or [...] | 2006-03-17 14:28:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM |
06KIEV1061 | UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) At a February 27 lunch hosted by Ambassador (that included prominent clergymen, M.P.s, think- tankers and journalists),participants in a recent International Visitors Leadership Program on interfaith dialogue praised the quality of their program. They had been impressed, in particular, [...] | 2006-03-17 15:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI |
06KIEV1062 | UKRAINE/BELARUS/RUSSIA: GOU VIEWS ON RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: During EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 meetings in Kiev, Deputy Defense Minister Polyakov said that while security issues in the Ukraine-Russia relationship were secondary to political and military aspects, his Ministry (MoD) tried to play a "good cop" role by reinforcing a produ [...] | 2006-03-17 15:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KDEM PHUM PINR RS BO UP |
06KIEV1073 | UKRAINE: SIXTH ELECTION ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, Charge hosted a roundtable discussion with NGOs on the March 26 Rada (parliament) and local government elections. One NGO representative predicted long lines at polling stations, and attributed the poor organization of the elections to a lack of government meddlin [...] | 2006-03-20 13:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE |
06KIEV1081 | UKRAINE: MOROZ AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY: ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary: Most of the attention on the failure of the "Maidan" coalition to form a coherent, effective government team in office in 2005 justifiably focused on the bitter falling out of the two main Orange parties, President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine and Yuliya Tymoshenko's eponymous bloc ( [...] | 2006-03-20 15:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ETRD PARM NATO |
06KIEV1083 | UKRAINE: PRE-ELECTION SNAPSHOT: LVIV AT SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary: A return visit to the western city of Lviv March 17-18 indicated that campaigning in city and surrounding areas has moved into a higher gear the final week before the March 26 parliamentary and local elections, as politicians scramble to maintain their base and win over the dwi [...] | 2006-03-21 09:57:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM |
06KIEV1088 | UKRAINE: KAZAKHSTAN AND THE 2009 OSCE [...] (C) Summary: During a March 2 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Julie Finley, DFM Volodymyr Khandohiy said Ukraine would not actively lobby for the 2009 OSCE Chairmanship in Office, but might consider advancing its candidacy if Kazakhstan were to voluntarily withdraw its bid. End summ [...] | 2006-03-22 05:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM OSCE UP KZ |
06KIEV1109 | UKRAINE: REGIONS PARTY CONSULTANT ON ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 17, AmCit Catherine Barnes (please protect),a member of the consulting team from U.S. political consulting firm Davis-Manafort working for the opposition Party of Regions, told USAIDOff that Regions officials had expressed concern over the potential for "substantial f [...] | 2006-03-22 16:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE |
06KIEV1110 | UKRAINE: INTERIOR MINISTER ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a March 20 meeting, Minister of Interior (MVS) Yuri Lutsenko told DCM and former Ambassador to Ukraine Miller that the March 26 elections would go smoothly and election day would likely be calm, despite technical problems with election administration. His Ministry would not [...] | 2006-03-23 04:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM |
06KIEV1111 | UKRAINE: IN FAR WESTERN ZAKARPATTYA, LOCAL LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary. In March 9 meetings in the far western oblast capital Uzhhorod, local government, party and NGO representatives noted the relative peace between political factions in the oblast and attributed it to Zakarpattya's long history of political, cultural, and ethnic diversity. All se [...] | 2006-03-23 04:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL |
06KIEV1128 | UKRAINE: IN THIS CORNER! EX-CHAMPION KLYCHKO RUNS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 22 meeting with TDY PolOff, Volodymyr Bondarenko, head of Kiev mayoral candidate (and recent world boxing champion) Vitaliy Klychko's campaign, described campaign impediments including incumbent Mayor Omelchenko's use of administrative resources and biased media cove [...] | 2006-03-23 15:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI |
06KIEV1135 | UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: YUSHCHENKO ON [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting, President Yushchenko told Ambassador that the Ukrainian government had learned March 21 that Russia planned to ship humanitarian assistance to the Transnistrians. He had spoken to Russian Ambassador Chernomyrdin and said the Russian shipment was an unfriendly act be [...] | 2006-03-24 07:27:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM PINR OSCE |
06KIEV1136 | UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO ON ELECTIONS, COALITIONS [...] (S) Summary: In a March 23 meeting with Ambassador, President Yushchenko expressed confidence that problems in staffing polling stations would be fixed in time for the March 26 elections, but said that he would not sign a Rada-passed bill allowing citizens to be added to the voter list on ele [...] | 2006-03-24 07:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM RU |
06KIEV1157 | MANAFORT ON ELECTION PROBLEMS [...] (SBU)Summary: Party of Regions (PoR) political consultant Paul Manafort (AmCit, please protect) called on the Ambassador March 21 to express his continuing concern about the possible disenfranchisement of "hundreds of thousands" of Ukrainian voters unless President Yushchenko signed into law [...] | 2006-03-24 15:20:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PHUM |
06KIEV1158 | UKRAINE: TARASYUK AND TYMOSHENKO REP REPORT NO [...] (C) Tymoshenko adviser Hryhoriy Nemyrya denied to Ambassador and DCM March 24 that any agreement had been reached among Our Ukraine, Tymoshenko,s eponymous bloc BYuT, and Socialists, although he acknowledged that talks were taking place between Tymoshenko,s Deputy Oleksandr Turchynov and Our U [...] | 2006-03-24 15:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM |
06KIEV1159 | UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO RALLIES FAITHFUL ON THE MAIDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a rally March 23 on Kiev's Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti),the geographical and spiritual center of the late 2004 Orange Revolution, former PM Yuliya Tymoshenko strived to recreate the spirit of the November-December 2004 protests that broke the Kuchma regime [...] | 2006-03-24 15:37:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM UP |
06KIEV1162 | UKRAINE/BELARUS: GOU STATEMENTS ON BELARUSAN [...] (SBU) On March 24 DCM relayed concerns (ref A) regarding a March 21 MFA statement calling the international isolation of Belarus ineffective (ref B) to MFA Second Territorial Department Deputy Director Ihor Prokopchuk. DCM characterized the March 21 statement by GOU spokesman Filipchuk as unh [...] | 2006-03-24 16:34:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM |
06KIEV1163 | UKRAINE: ELECTION DAY REPORT -- ORANGE MAJORITY [...] (C) Summary: Election day has proceeded without problems on a national scale that should affect the outcome of the vote, despite a variety of adminstrative deficiencies in many polling stations and allegations by all sides of wrongdoing by their opponents. Main concerns going in to election d [...] | 2006-03-26 20:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM |
06KIEV1186 | UKRAINE: ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Yuliya Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT) and Party of Regions ran the best-organized campaigns and received the top vote shares March 26 in the central Ukrainian oblast of Poltava, where in recent years the Socialist Party had held sway. BYuT's success in the more recent campaign was bu [...] | 2006-03-28 12:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM |
06KIEV1192 | UKRAINE: IN ORANGE RIVNE OBLAST, TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) The March 26 elections in western Ukraine's Rivne Oblast were the cleanest in the region's post-independence history, according to NGO representatives, OSCE election monitors and local media reports. There were administrative glitches that lengthened both the voting and counting. The OSC [...] | 2006-03-28 15:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI |
06KIEV1243 | UKRAINE: ELECTION RESULTS OVER 97 PERCENT; PARTIES [...] (C) Summary: With over 97 percent of the national parliamentary vote tallied by 6 pm March 29, opposition Party of Regions continued to lead with 31.8 percent of the vote, followed by Yuliya Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT) at 22.4 percent, and President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine at 14.1 percent. Five [...] | 2006-03-29 15:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM RU |
06KIEV1245 | UKRAINE: DEMOCRACY TAKES ROOT IN BREZHNEV'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In a check of 12 polling stations and while observing opening and closing procedures at two others in Dniprodzerzhynsk (Dnipropetrovsk oblast),an Embassy election monitoring team participating with the OSCE/ODIHR election mission found few irregularities March 26-27. The vast [...] | 2006-03-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE |
06KIEV1247 | UKRAINE: ELECTION SNAPSHOT OF SEVERODONETSK, HOST [...] (SBU) Summary: We observed Ukraine's March 26 Rada and local elections in the city of Severodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast, site of the infamous November 28, 2004 separatist rally held at the height of the late 2004 Orange Revolution, at which then-PM Yanukovych, many Party of Regions backers from e [...] | 2006-03-29 16:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE |
06KIEV1313 | UKRAINE ELECTION SNAPSHOT: IN TERNOPIL, TYMOSHENKO [...] (SBU) Summary: We observed Ukraine's March 26 Rada and local elections in Ternopil city, capitol of the eponymous western oblast that voted 96% for Viktor Yushchenko in Ukraine's 2004 presidential election and 69% for Our Ukraine in the 2002 parliamentary elections. In 2006 voting for the pa [...] | 2006-04-03 16:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE |
06KIEV1314 | UKRAINE: LOOKING TOWARD A RENEWED ORANGE COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Amid increasing signs that Ukraine might see a renewed Orange "Maidan" coalition in the wake of March 26 elections, there have been calls by some for a recount of the election results. Most of the pressure comes from a handful of parties that failed to reach the three-percent thr [...] | 2006-04-03 17:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM |
06KIEV1480 | UKRAINE: CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH YULIYA TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) In an April 13 meeting with CODEL Frist, former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko averred that Ukraine's March 26 elections showed the desire of the Ukrainian people for a renewed Orange coalition government. Thanking Senator Frist for encouraging Team Orange reconciliation, Tymoshenko str [...] | 2006-04-13 17:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI PREL ECON ETRD ENRG OREP |
06KIEV1531 | UKRAINE: INTERIOR MINISTER ORDERED TO ARREST [...] (C) Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko told Ambassador on April 14 that he had been ordered by the Prosecutor General (PG) to arrest senior Tymoshenko Bloc politicians Oleksandr Turchynov and Andriy Kozhemyakin for illegally destroying Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) files on the January gas deal w [...] | 2006-04-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI UP |
06KIEV1663 | UKRAINE: BAPTISTS CAUGHT IN MIDDLE OF RADA [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting with Ambassador, the longtime head of the All-Ukraine Baptist Union, Gregoriy Komendant, asked for help in stopping the Prosecutor General's Office from seizing the Union's downtown Kiev headquarters building. Beginning in November 2005, the PGO has accused the Union [...] | 2006-04-27 16:14:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP |
06KIEV1698 | UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE'S ZVARYCH ON AGREEMENTS, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 28 meeting with Ambassador, Our Ukraine legal department chief Roman Zvarych confirmed that, in ongoing Rada majority coalition negotiations between Our Ukraine (OU),Yuliya Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT) and the Socialists, two documents had been signed April 25, one on co [...] | 2006-04-28 13:51:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM UP |
06KIEV1706 | UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE INSIDER POROSHENKO ON RADA [...] (C) During an April 28 meeting with Ambassador, Our Ukraine (OU) insider Petro Poroshenko emphatically denied he was using his influence with the Prosecutor General to put pressure on Tymoshenko lieutenant Oleksandr Turchynov (refs A and B). Coalition talks with the Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) were [...] | 2006-04-28 14:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI UP |
06KIEV1995 | UKRAINE: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT DEMARCHE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) to Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk during a May 17 farewell call. Tarasyuk promised to review the issue carefully and to pay personal attention to it. He observed that the current Ukrainian government had been [...] | 2006-05-24 15:15:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM SOCI SU UP |
06KIEV2039 | UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER GETS AHEAD OF FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said a meeting of the presidents of Ukraine and Belarus might be possible if Belarus were to make favorable decisions on issues of importance to Ukraine. Tarasyuk added that the Ukrainian government was preparing t [...] | 2006-05-26 08:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM EAID NATO MARR PINR BO UP |
06KIEV2065 | UKRAINE/TRANSNISTRIA: FM TARASYUK'S FRUSTRATION [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said Russia was reinforcing Transnistrian leader Smirnov's resistance to procedures required under the Ukraine-Moldova customs agreement. Furthermore, the Russians were refusing to agree to join a five-plus-two me [...] | 2006-05-26 16:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE PINR RS MD UP |
06KIEV2123 | UKRAINE: GOVERNMENT'S POINT MAN ON RELIGION OFFERS [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian government's point man on religious issues, the State Department for Religious Issues (SDRI) chief Ihor Bondarchuk, told us June 1 that, for a variety of reasons, he had tendered his resignation. Bondarchuk criticized the Yushchenko administration's "unprofessional" handli [...] | 2006-06-01 14:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KIRF UP |
06KIEV2166 | UKRAINE: CODEL BLUNT'S 5/29 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) During a May 29 meeting with CODEL Blunt, President Yushchenko characterized Ukraine's economic growth as "strong" and predicted that a new Orange coalition government would be formed "in a couple of days." Negotiations over top leadership positions had begun May 29 and should be complet [...] | 2006-06-05 09:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI PREL ECON CASC KOCI |
06KIEV2208 | UKRAINE: RADA CONVENES, COALITION FORMATION GETS [...] (C) Nearly 11 weeks after national parliamentary and local elections, Ukraine remains without a Rada majority coalition. A June 7 Rada session opened and closed quickly, with 227 Orange MPs voting to adjourn until June 14. Deputies from the Party of Regions and the Communist Party stayed on t [...] | 2006-06-07 17:44:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL MARR UP |
06KIEV2281 | UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO SAYS COALITION TALKS ARE [...] (C) Yuliya Tymoshenko told DCM on June 12 that talks on forming an Orange coalition were deadlocked over Socialist Party leader Oleksander Moroz' insistence on being made Rada Speaker. Tymoshenko had tried to reason with Moroz, but he was dug in, knowing that this would be his "political swan [...] | 2006-06-12 20:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREL RS UP |
06KIEV2500 | UKRAINE: REGIONS LEADER YANUKOVYCH ON NEW [...] (SBU) In a lengthy June 23 meeting with an American Jewish Committee (AJC) delegation, Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych claimed that anti-Semitic violence was infrequent in Ukraine and repeated the Soviet-era canard that such violence primarily occurred in "radical" western oblasts. Y [...] | 2006-06-26 14:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KIRF UP |
06KIEV2526 | UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK ON COALITION AGREEMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 23 meeting with the American Jewish Committee (AJC),Acting Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said Ukraine would not join moves against Israel in the new UN Council for Human Rights and undertook to examine the possibility of withdrawing Ukrainian membership in the UN Committ [...] | 2006-06-29 13:37:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AORC KCRM PINR IZ UP |
06KIEV3129 | UKRAINE: FIRST DEPUTY PM AZAROV COMMITTED TO WTO [...] (C) Summary: First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Azarov told the Ambassador that by the end of 2006, Ukraine would join the WTO. He pledged that the government would have a careful and well-balanced policy in place to deal with Ukraine's large negative trade balance. On the energy situati [...] | 2006-08-11 13:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON EFIN MCC UP |
06KIEV3256 | (C) UKRAINE: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-21 14:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC UP |
06KIEV3332 | UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH [...] (C) Summary. During subdued Independence Day celebrations August 24, President Yushchenko stressed that the western-focussed policies adopted after the Orange Revolution (i.e., pursuing EU and NATO membership) would be continued by Ukraine's new government led by Viktor Yanukovych that he des [...] | 2006-08-29 10:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM MARR UP |
06KIEV340 | Ukraine: Bilateral Coordination Group Talks: [...] (U) In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24 (see septels for other issues discussed),the U.S. side pointed out that progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) was important not only because it protected Ukrainian citizens, but also because Ukraine was currently on the Tier Tw [...] | 2006-01-26 09:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KCRM SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB KWMN UP |
06KIEV3489 | UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FOCUSED ON A NATO [...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko told the Ambassador that NATO membership was an internal question for the country, but that he was working with PM Yanukovych to make a good case for a MAP during his September 14 visit to Brussels. On energy, if Ukraine could liberalize and diversify the s [...] | 2006-09-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON ENRG UP |
06KIEV367 | UKRAINE: WHO ARE THE PEACEMAKERS? BUILDING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The public political posturing about potential post-election coalitions kicked off in earnest January 24 with President Yushchenko's party Our Ukraine releasing a letter calling for the forces of the Maidan -- Our Ukraine, Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT),Moroz' Socialists [...] | 2006-01-27 17:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UP |
06KIEV3674 | UKRAINE: NEW PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF READY TO [...] (C) Summary: Newly-appointed head of the Presidential Administration Viktor Baloha told the Ambassador September 19 that he was ready to engage with the U.S. to ensure that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Anti-Corruption Project was a success and was eager to get started [...] | 2006-09-22 14:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UP |
06KIEV398 | Ukraine: Prosecutors Weak Link in Combating TIP [...] Summary. In trafficking in persons (TIP) criminal cases, prosecutors are the weak link in the law enforcement chain due to the negative stereotypes many prosecutors hold of TIP victims, a lack of aggressive prosecution for fear of losing a case, and the difficulty in obtaining evidence in tim [...] | 2006-01-31 15:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KCRM SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB KWMN UP |
06KIEV406 | UKRAINE: INL-Funded TIP Training Seminar [...] Summary: On January 23-25, Embassy Kiev and the Prosecutors' Academy of Ukraine co-sponsored a first ever training seminar on trafficking in persons (TIP) that brought more than 70 members of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO),both prosecutors and investigators, as well as local [...] | 2006-02-01 11:38:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KCRM SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB KWMN UP |
06KIEV408 | UKRAINE: SHIFTING SANDS AND POST-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Conversations with Media watchdog-turned-PORA politician Serhiy Taran, website editor-turned-Tymoshenko Bloc PR director Oleh Medvedev, and independent-minded Regions MP Volodymyr Makeyenko January 25-27 provided three views on the shifting ground in Ukrainian politic [...] | 2006-02-01 12:20:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UP |
06KIEV461 | UKRAINE: GONGADZE CASE AND ELECTION POLITICS [...] (C) Politicians and the judge associated with the Gongadze case, wielding both implied carrots and sticks, have sought the public silence of Myroslava Gongadze -- widow of slain journalist Heorhiy Gongadze -- in the run-up to parliamentary elections in March, according to Myroslava's lawyer Val [...] | 2006-02-02 13:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM |
06KIEV578 | UKRAINE: ODESA CATHOLICS CONTEMPLATING HUNGER [...] (C) The Roman Catholic Bishop of the Odesa-Simferopol diocese, Bronislav Bernatsky, told us February 8 that "hundreds" of his parishioners will begin a hunger strike March 1 to protest what he described as "the strangulation of the Catholic Church" by the Odesa city government. The bishop cla [...] | 2006-02-13 15:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM |
06KIEV583 | UKRAINE: IN THE MIDDLE OF ODESA, A PRESBYTERIAN [...] (C) Two leaders of Odesa's small Presbyterian community asserted to us February 8 that the local actors guild had enlisted political help in an effort to seize the city's historic Presbyterian church. The actors wanted to turn the church, which has just gone through a 1.2 million USD renovati [...] | 2006-02-14 07:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM |
06KIEV656 | UKRAINE: FOURTH ELECTION ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: At an Ambassador-hosted roundtable on the March 26 Rada (Parliament) and local government elections February 14, NGO representatives felt that while most voters were aware of the shift to elections based on party lists, this awareness dropped off significantly in rural areas. N [...] | 2006-02-17 14:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM |
06KIEV659 | UKRAINE: UPDATE ON REFOULEMENT OF UZBEKS [...] (C) On February 17, Ambassador passed Foreign Minister Tarasyuk a non-paper on Ukraine's February 14 refoulement of a group of Uzbek asylum seekers. Tarasyuk said that he became aware of incident through media reports and had asked for an explanation from the Ukrainian law enforcement communi [...] | 2006-02-17 16:39:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV |
06KIEV738 | UKRAINE: TALES OF SEVASTOPOL, A HERO CITY [...] (C) Summary: The presence of the Russian Black Sea Fleet pervades the historic Crimean city of Sevastopol, which is one of two municipalities in Ukraine directly administered by the central government. Relations between President Yushchenko-appointed city administrator Serhiy Ivanov and the [...] | 2006-02-23 13:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RS UP |
06KIEV743 | UKRAINE: MFA DEFENDS DEPORTATION OF UZBEKS, LABELS [...] (S) In a written response to our February 17 non-paper about Ukraine's refoulement of a group of Uzbek asylum seekers (refs A and B),MFA asserted that the Uzbeks had been deported in accordance with domestic and international law, dismissed the Uzbeks' asylum claims as "manifestly unfounded," [...] | 2006-02-23 17:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREF PREL PTER UP UZ |
06KIEV869 | Ukraine: Submission for the 2006 TIP Report [...] (U) Embassy Kiev's responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire are presented below. Answers are keyed to questions in ref A. Overview (Ref A Para 21) ------------------------ 2. (SBU) (21A) Ukraine is a country of origin for internationally trafficked men, women and children. The p [...] | 2006-03-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN |
06KIEV936 | UKRAINE: REGIONS' CONSULTANTS WARN DEFICIENCIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Party of Regions' U.S. campaign consultants Paul Manafort, Phil Griffin, and Catherine Barnes called on DCM and poloff March 10 to share Regions' concerns about election organizational problems that they feared could call the legitimacy of the March 26 election into question. M [...] | 2006-03-10 17:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM |
06KIEV957 | UKRAINE: USOSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Julie Finley visited Kiev February 28-March 2 and met with OSCE, Central Election Commission (CEC),and political party representatives to get a better sense of how the run-up to the March 26 elections was proceeding. She noted repeatedly that the U [...] | 2006-03-13 18:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE |
06KIEV986 | UKRAINE: MFA ON MAUP-RELATED VISA CASE [...] (C) MFA Director General Borys Bazylevsky told Consul General March 14 that the Ukrainian Government was considering banning the entry into Ukraine of AMCIT David Duke. The move would be part of a broader GOU effort to rein in the activities of the anti-Semitic Inter-Regional Academy of Perso [...] | 2006-03-14 15:30:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI |
06KIEV987 | UKRAINE: RADA ADDRESSES ELECTION-RELATED CONCERNS, [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, the Rada (parliament) addressed election-related concerns about deficiencies in Polling Station Commission (PSC) staffing and in the voters' lists voiced by Central Election Commission Chair Davydovych, NGOs, and political parties in recent days (refs A-B) by passi [...] | 2006-03-14 17:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM |
06KIGALI1026 | LEBANON DEMARCHE AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FACTS [...] On 25 October poloff delivered women's empowerment fact sheet (ref A) and demarche and talking points (ref B) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amercia Division Officer Augustin Rutikara. Rutikara had no comment on the fact sheet or talking points but agreed that the GOR and Israel have a posit [...] | 2006-10-27 06:01:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PTER UNGA KWMN IS LE RW |
06KIGALI1073 | CUBA EMBARGO AND UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-09 06:16:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC KTIA UN CU RW |
06KIGALI1074 | ICTR PROSECUTOR ADDRESSES COMPLETION STRATEGY AND [...] (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow addressed the Kigali diplomatic corps November 9, following a two-day conference organized jointly by the ICTR and the University of Rwanda entitled "Challenging Impunity." Jallow outlined next steps fo [...] | 2006-11-09 14:57:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PHUM RW |
06KIGALI1090 | GACACA: SOME JUSTICE, LITTLE RECONCILIATION, IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 7, former energy minister Bonaventure Niyibizi traveled to his birthplace in western Rwanda to attend the gacaca trial of four men accused of the murder of his mother in the 1994 genocide. Some measure of justice occurred -- four men offered partial confessions and [...] | 2006-11-13 14:20:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM RW |
06KIGALI1110 | PAUL RUSESABAGINA LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 12:54:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM RW |
06KIGALI1111 | NO IMMEDIATE ANSWER FROM GOR MFA ON BELARUS AND [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affaris Americas Desk Officer Augustin Rutikara did not have an immediate response to talking points (reftels). When pressed on how the USG can ensure its positions are thoroughly communicated to the Rwandan UN delegation, Rutikara said direct lobbying by USUN official [...] | 2006-11-17 12:58:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNGA IS BO RW |
06KIGALI1119 | UK ASSISTS GOR IN GENOCIDAIRE EXTRADITION REQUEST [...] (C) Summary. There are two British investigators in Rwanda working with the Rwandan Justice Ministry and Prosecutor's Office to build extradition requests of four suspected genocidaires living in the UK that will withstand the scrutiny of the British legal system. Because the UK does not hav [...] | 2006-11-21 12:22:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC UK RW |
06KIGALI1176 | GOR DEMARCHED ON HRC SUDAN SPECIAL SESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 11:01:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN SU RW |
06KIGALI1198 | RWANDA UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary. There are few updates to post's August submission of Worst Forms of Child Labor information for mandatory reporting requirements as requested (ref A). GOR continues to take the issue seriously; however, progress is gradual due to the lack of capacity in the Ministries charged with [...] | 2006-12-14 16:17:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI USAID RW |
06KIGALI1219 | LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements (reftel),please screen the following Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) officer and report any derogatory information to post. Major Gatete Karuranga, Rwandan citizen, DOB 19650616, is scheduled to attend trainin [...] | 2006-12-22 09:20:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PHUM PREL RW |
06KIGALI1223 | PRESS FREEDOM: END OF YEAR WRAP-UP [...] Issues of press freedom in 2006 remained the subject of much debate and action in Rwanda. A year which began with public criticism of Rwanda's media by President Kagame and of individual reporters by other officials later saw clear signs that senior GOR officials recognize the importance of a [...] | 2006-12-22 11:16:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW |
06KIGALI180 | MEDIA COVERAGE OF BIZIMUMGU TRIAL REFLECTS [...] (U) Summary: Local and international media provided mixed commentary on the Bizimungu verdict announced February 17 (reftel). While some lauded the long-awaited decision of the Rwandan Supreme Court as a positive development in Rwanda's judicial reform process and an example of the judiciary [...] | 2006-02-23 15:39:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM RW |
06KIGALI181 | RWANDA SENATE ASSERTS AUTONOMY, SUMMONS MINISTERS [...] (U) Summary: On February 2 and 9, Internal Affairs Minister Christophe Bazivamo and Justice Minister Edda Mukabagwiza were summoned by the Senate to two public hearings to address questions on national security and judicial issues. Senators expressed concerns over serious human rights violat [...] | 2006-02-23 15:59:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM RW |
06KIGALI183 | 2006 SECTOR-LEVEL ELECTIONS: ORDERLY, HIGH VOTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The second phase of 2006 Rwanda local elections, conducted February 20 at the sector level, proceeded smoothly. Polling sites were easy to find and easy to access, and local National Electoral Commission staff appeared to follow established guidelines and procedures. Voters w [...] | 2006-02-24 07:44:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM RW |
06KIGALI192 | RWANDA COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING CHILD LABOR BUT [...] Summary: In a meeting February 24, UNICEF indicated that while child labor is a problem in Rwanda, child trafficking and prostitution do not appear to be prevalent. UNICEF-Rwanda Head of Child Protection attributed the incidence of child labor to the large number of vulnerable orphans, parti [...] | 2006-02-27 17:09:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ELAB RW |
06KIGALI199 | JUSTICE MINISTRY WELCOMES RULE OF LAW DIALOGUE, [...] Summary: In a meeting February 27 with the Ministry of Justice, Ambassador expressed his desire to engage the Rwandan government on a range of important issues, including rule of law, democracy and governance. Secretary General Johnston Busingye welcomed the opportunity for further dialogue [...] | 2006-02-28 17:59:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ELAB RW |
06KIGALI220 | KIGALI CITY ELECTS WOMAN MAYOR [...] Summary: In the final phase of 2006 local elections March 4, a woman parliamentarian was elected mayor of Kigali by an overwhelming majority. As in the earlier phases of the electoral process (reftels),voter turnout was high. An estimated 94 percent of the electoral college, comprised of [...] | 2006-03-06 15:26:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM RW |
06KIGALI228 | HOTEL RWANDA MANAGER NO HERO TO GOR [...] (C) Summary. There has been an ongoing public campaign to discredit Paul Rusesabagina, the former manager of Hotel des Mille Collines during the 1994 genocide and current hero in the US and Europe due to the film 'Hotel Rwanda', in Rwanda. The efforts to damage the reputation of Mr. Rusesabagin [...] | 2006-03-08 06:45:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR RW BG |
06KIGALI236 | CONTINUED GOR INTEREST IN PEACE CORPS [...] On 9 March Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Murigande in response to a request by the Minister to discuss the return of the US Peace Corps to Rwanda. Minister Murigande explained that he had met with a Peace Corps delegation led by Mr. Henry McCoy in 2004 and he asked if there was any prog [...] | 2006-03-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL RW |
06KIGALI242 | RWANDA REPORT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON [...] Per reftel, information below provides a summary of each of the requested areas. Market Economy/Economic Reform/Trade Barriers --------------------------------------------- 2. Economic Situation: Rwanda's economy remains largely dependent upon foreign aid, while its population remains [...] | 2006-03-13 19:26:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PHUM XA RW |
06KIGALI267 | STATUS OF RWANDAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary. On 13 March, Ambassador met with Sylvie Zainabo Kayitesi, the Chairperson of the National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR),to present the 2005 Human Rights Report (HRR) and discuss the work of the NCHR. Ambassador Arietti discussed the importance the USG places on the respect [...] | 2006-03-20 08:45:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM RW |
06KIGALI269 | RWANDA IMPLEMENTS MEASURES TO COMBAT THREAT OF [...] With the recent outbreaks of Avian Influenza (AI) in Africa, Rwanda is moving forward in its preparedness to address the threat to both human and animal populations. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) has revitalized an inter- ministerial steering committee, originally formed in November 2005. Th [...] | 2006-03-20 11:49:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI TBIO WHO RW |
06KIGALI277 | AMIS RE-HAT AND 3RD PROTOCOL DEMARCHES TO GOR [...] (SBU) On 21 March, poloff delivered demarche and talking points (ref A) to Augustin Rutikara, America's desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rutikara was noncommittal when asked if the GOR would remain in Darfur if and when it becomes a UN mission. He acknowledged the questionable [...] | 2006-03-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI AORC ICRC PHUM PREF SZ SU RW |
06KIGALI291 | GOR Discusses Human Rights Report, Promises [...] (SBU) Summary: During a candid meeting March 22 with Ambassador and Embassy poloffs and PD officer on the 2005 Human Rights Report, senior GOR officials raised several issues, including what they characterized as the report's accusatory tone and lack of context. Officials also voiced concern [...] | 2006-03-29 10:12:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS RW |
06KIGALI354 | GOR RECEIVES USG POSITION ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] In a 10 April meeting with Ambassador Amri-Sued Ismael, Advisor to the President on Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Ambassador Arietti discussed the USG position on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) per ref B. On 17 April, poloff delivered talking points and the Secretary's message from ref B [...] | 2006-04-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PHUM PREL UNGA KUNR RW |
06KIGALI365 | VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER TO RWANDA [...] (C) In a successful, productive visit to Rwanda April 4-8, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer engaged in candid discussion on a broad range of issues from regional security, bilateral relations, and Darfur to democracy and human rights. In her meetings with senior [...] | 2006-04-18 18:24:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAGR KDEM PHUM KPKO MOPS RW CG |
06KIGALI381 | RWANDA: FY 2006 ESF PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Per reftel post submits the following summaries of two proposed projects for FY 2006 Africa regional ESF funding, including the total amount requested for each project and an explanation of how the projects would advance our MPP objectives and U.S. national interests. The projects focus on s [...] | 2006-04-24 14:27:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL RW |
06KIGALI382 | National Reconciliation a Top Priority for Rwanda [...] Summary: During an April 20 meeting with Ambassador, National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) Executive Secretary Fatuma Ndangiza described NURC's primary role as promoting national reconciliation through civic education. Since 1999, NURC has conducted surveys, including a nation [...] | 2006-04-24 17:07:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS RW |
06KIGALI393 | Catholic Church of Rwanda Supports Gacaca, [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 11 meeting with the Papal Nuncio, Ambassador brought up a recent note verbale from the Vatican that criticized gacaca (ref A). Ambassador noted that he is aware of concerns that gacaca is not serving the purpose for which it was created and that the GOR, itself, [...] | 2006-04-26 18:04:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS RW |
06KIGALI405 | Embassy Comments on Vatican Note on Gacaca [...] Summary: Ref (A) Vatican note criticizes the gacaca tribunals in Rwanda for not serving the purposes for which they were created. It characterizes the gacaca process as politically manipulated and procedurally flawed, citing specific concerns. While Embassy recognizes, as does the GOR, tha [...] | 2006-04-28 11:29:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS VT RW |
06KIGALI407 | FORMER PRESIDENT ASKS KAGAME FOR A PARDON [...] (U) Summary. Ex-President Pasteur Bizimungu recently submitted a handwritten letter to President Kagame requesting a pardon for his 2004 conviction for incitement of civil disobedience, formation of a criminal association and embezzlement of public funds. In the letter, Bizimungu maintains th [...] | 2006-04-28 12:24:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | AFSN KDEM KJUS PHUM PREL RW |
06KIGALI408 | Embassy Commemorates 28 Local Staff Killed During [...] Summary: On April 20 Embassy held a memorial service in honor of 28 locally engaged staff killed during the 1994 genocide. The fifth annual commemoration brought together American and local staff with the widows and orphans of the victims. In his remarks, Ambassador acknowledged that the i [...] | 2006-04-28 12:25:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AFSN KDEM RW |
06KIGALI410 | GOR DEMARCHED ON UN HRC AND AU MISSION IN SUDAN [...] (U) On 28 April, DCM delivered the talking points from refs to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Secretary General Amandin Rugira. 2. (SBU) Rugira said he was aware of the reported lack of response by African Union forces in close proximity to attacks on civilians in Darfur. He s [...] | 2006-05-02 10:34:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PARM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SOCI EUN |
06KIGALI411 | Ambassador Urges GOR to Publicly Respond to [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met April 21 with the recently appointed Minister of Internal Security to discuss bilateral cooperation on security, human rights, and democracy. He urged the Ministry to investigate and publish its findings in response to each reported incident of alleged police hara [...] | 2006-05-02 14:56:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM KJUS RW |
06KIGALI456 | MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT ELIGIBILITY [...] (C) In its recent indicator analysis of Rwanda, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) noted that Rwanda failed four of the six Ruling Justly indicators. Based on consolidated evaluations of third-party institutions, MCC provided Embassy Kigali a summary of Rwanda,s strengths and weakness [...] | 2006-05-12 06:02:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW |
06KIGALI464 | Rwandan Government Action on Child Protection and [...] Summary: During a May 8 courtesy call on the Minister in Charge of Family and Gender Promotion in the Prime Minister's Office, Ambassador underscored USG interest in gender issues, in particular trafficking in persons, and Embassy's desire to provide assistance to the GOR to combat child pros [...] | 2006-05-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ELAB SOCI RW |
06KIGALI480 | THE STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA [...] (U) Press freedom in Rwanda--despite the legacy of a media tainted by complicity in the genocide and lingering mistrust between the government and journalists--has in recent years taken root. Several independent radio stations and newspapers currently are operating. While reports of self-cen [...] | 2006-05-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW |
06KIGALI482 | Catholic Archbishop Notes Improved Church-State [...] Summary: During a May 17 discussion with polchief on religious freedom in Rwanda, the Catholic Archbishop of Kigali noted that relations between the GOR and the Catholic Church have improved, with greater collaboration on social services and other services, such as security. He noted, howev [...] | 2006-05-18 16:33:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI RW |
06KIGALI496 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S ROUNDTABLE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. During a roundtable discussion April 5 with Rwandan parliamentarians and a separate call on the president of the Rwandan Senate, Assistant Secretary Frazer addressed recent developments in the Great Lakes region, human rights issues, the role of parliament in Rwandan society, [...] | 2006-05-25 06:24:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM KMCA RW CG |
06KIGALI517 | U.S. TRIPARTITE DELEGATION MEMBERS DISCUSS HUMAN [...] Summary: During a May 24 meeting with Ambassador Arietti and visiting U.S. Tripartite Plus delegation members, Rwandan parliamentarians discussed the gap between perception and reality on Rwanda's performance on human rights. They asserted that outsiders criticize Rwanda without fully under [...] | 2006-05-31 15:59:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KMCA RW |
06KIGALI540 | RWANDAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS MEET WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 24 meeting with prominent local civil society leaders, Ambassador expressed U.S. support of the role of civil society in Rwanda, stressing the critical balance it brings to government decision- making. Civil society leaders discussed their goals, successes, and in [...] | 2006-06-06 09:22:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM RW |
06KIGALI578 | KIGALI DELIVERS MDA DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel, post delivered on June 19 a demarche on the June 20-21 International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, which will take place in Geneva. 2. The Government of Rwanda has confirmed that a member of its delegation in Geneva will attend the conference and will vote in f [...] | 2006-06-19 16:27:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS RW |
06KIGALI595 | FRENCH REPORTER ORDERED TO LEAVE RWANDA [...] (U) Summary. Radio France International (RFI) correspondent, French citizen Sonia Rolley, left Kigali on June 10 after the GOR refused to renew her visa. Rolley had worked on and off in Rwanda since October 2004 but the visa renewal request was rejected by Rwandan Immigration and she was di [...] | 2006-06-22 14:30:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL RW |
06KIGALI687 | FORMER INTEL CHIEF KAREGEYA SENTENCED FOR [...] (U) Summary. On 13 July a Rwandan Military Tribunal ruled that Col. Patrick Karegeya was guilty of insubordination and desertion and sentenced him to a prison term of one year and eight months. Both the prosecution and defense intend to appeal the verdict at the Military High Court. End summ [...] | 2006-07-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM RW UG |
06KIGALI726 | GOR ON RELATIONS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) Summary. On July 5 Emboffs met with GOR officials to discuss the relationship between civil society and the GOR. The meeting provided an opportunity for the GOR to clarify its relationship with NGOs, religious organizations, and political parties operating in the country, and to address a [...] | 2006-07-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM RW |
06KIGALI727 | NEW HIGH COUNCIL OF THE PRESS APPOINTMENTS [...] (C) Summary. In June the GOR confirmed new appointments for the country,s nine-person High Council of the Press (HCP),which is charged with both regulation of the media and promotion of press freedom in the country. It is hoped that this iteration of the Council (this is the second Council t [...] | 2006-07-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM UNESCO RW |
06KIGALI784 | JOURNALIST FREED BY GACACA AUTHORITIES [...] (U) Summary. On July 28, Jean Leonard Rugambage, a journalist for the Kinyarwanda fortnightly newspaper Umuco,, who was charged with murdering a bank official in his home district during the genocide, was freed after 11 months in detention. Rugambage had been formally charged with murder one [...] | 2006-08-11 09:40:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM RW |
06KIGALI790 | 'UMUCO' EDITOR BONAVENTURE BIZUMUREMYI REFUSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. More than one week after being served with a summons to be questioned by the criminal investigation division of the Rwandan National Police, Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, editor of the Kinyarwanda language fortnightly 'Umuco,' remains unwilling to appear for questioning and is on the r [...] | 2006-08-14 11:41:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM RW |
06KIGALI836 | KIGALI'S NEW MAYOR BANS MOTORCYCLE TAXIS [...] (U) Kigali city residents awoke on Monday, August 21 to an odd sight in central areas of the city: the complete absence of motorcycle taxis plying their trade on busy thoroughfares. The Kigali City Council, led by its new Mayor, Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, banned commercial motorcycles (termed "bod [...] | 2006-08-29 16:25:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM RW |
06KIGALI842 | PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA: CHARGES OF HARASSMENT AND [...] (U) During August, there have been several incidents of alleged threats, and one physical attack, against Rwandan journalists by unknown perpetrators. Two journalists have left the country, although one may return soon. GOR officials vehemently deny any official GOR involvement in negative [...] | 2006-08-30 15:45:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM RW |
06KIGALI847 | NEW JUSTICE MINISTER ON PLANS FOR REFORM [...] New Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama outlined his plans for a reformed Justice Ministry in a meeting with the Ambassador on August 28. A revamped administrative structure, strenuous efforts to reduce lagging caseloads, and a pledge to ensure "even-handed investigations" formed the co [...] | 2006-08-31 14:38:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL RW |
06KIGALI883 | RWANDA AT LOGGERHEADS WITH ICTR OVER ACCUSED LEAD [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR has demanded the termination of the employment contract of an ICTR lead counsel, Callixte Gakwaya, whom the GOR has indicted on genocide charges, to remove his immunity from prosecution by Rwanda. The ICTR has not responded formally, beyond an announced need to study t [...] | 2006-09-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PHUM RW |
06KIGALI887 | EMBASSY - GOR ROUNDTABLE: RULE OF LAW IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a continuing dialogue on human rights, the Mission met with senior Rwandan officials to discuss the Rule of Law in Rwanda. Discussions focused chiefly on the role of the judiciary, procedures for redressing police abuses, and the role of the Ministry of Justice in [...] | 2006-09-14 09:47:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM RW |
06KIGALI946 | BAR PRESIDENT ON JUSTICE SYSTEM IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) Emboffs met September 27 with President of the Rwanda Bar Association Gatera Gashabana to discuss the state of the judicial system. Gashabana began by emphasizing the importance of the "text" of the 2003 Constitution. "Now we have a document which firmly establishes the independence o [...] | 2006-10-02 05:48:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM RW |
06KINGSTON1051 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 13 - May 30, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- BOJ Reduces Interest Rates -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Visits -- Jamaican Company to Expand to the Caribbean -- Major Investment Project on the Horizon -- Cement Troubles Continue -- Public Sector Memorandum of Understanding (Finally) -------------- [...] | 2006-05-30 14:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
06KINGSTON1103 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMBASSADORS MEETING IN GENEVA [...] (U) On May 4, Poloff faxed Ref A talking points to Angella Brown, Assistant Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),and asked that the GOJ vote yes to amend the statutes of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Geneva on Jun [...] | 2006-06-05 19:16:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ JM |
06KINGSTON1199 | CONTROVERSIAL POLICE OFFICER BACK ON THE FORCE [...] (U) Senior Superintendent Renato Adams, the controversial former head of the disbanded Crime Management Unit (CMU),has been reinstated to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Adams was taken off active duty in 2004 pending the outcome of the trial in which he and five other members of the CMU [...] | 2006-06-16 20:44:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PHUM CVIS JM |
06KINGSTON1209 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED REGARDING MDA AND THE ANNUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 19:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ JM |
06KINGSTON1256 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 31 - June 23, 2006 [...] This month's topics: -- Chilean President Visits -- GOJ Concerns with Increasing Food Imports -- Diaspora Conference Held in Kingston -- Bank Executive Highlights Benefits of Migration -- Businesses Hurting From Anti-Drug Efforts -- Huge Demand for Scrap -- Inflation Moderates -- IMF Says [...] | 2006-06-26 11:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
06KINGSTON1412 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING: [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Names of proposed cand [...] | 2006-07-19 14:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
06KINGSTON1437 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING COMMISSION FOR FREE CUBA [...] (U) On July 11, 2006, Political Section delivered reftel points and Compact Report to the Director of Caribbean and Americas Department, Joy Wheeler, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Wheeler had no immediate comment. 2. (U) On July 20, Political Officer spoke with Shere [...] | 2006-07-24 16:41:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CU PHUM PREL JM |
06KINGSTON1441 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: June 24 - July 24, 2006 [...] This month's topics: -- Chavez Visit Postponed -- West Indies Alumina Company Cutting Jobs -- More Competition in Mobile Market -- Finance Minister Heads Team to the UK -- Cement Imports Increase -- Airline Starts Service to Jamaica -- Prices Jump in June -- Opposition Spokesman Predicts [...] | 2006-07-25 11:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
06KINGSTON1465 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) Post urgently requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Post regrets t [...] | 2006-07-26 20:14:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
06KINGSTON1485 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) Names of proposed candi [...] | 2006-07-28 20:24:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
06KINGSTON1637 | US CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE [...] On August 18, Poloff delivered reftel Diplomatic Note to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Ms. Brown stated that she would recommend supporting Wedgwood's candidacy and she expected that Jamaica would be able [...] | 2006-08-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHCR JM |
06KINGSTON1645 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: July 25 - August 21, 2006 [...] This month's topics: -- Chavez Visit -- Jamaican Delegation in Venezuela -- National Elections in 2006 Unlikely -- Telecom Company Cuts Staff -- Prices Inching Up -- Bankers Submit Credit Bureau Proposal -- Several Apply for Commercial Bank Licenses -- Jamaica Files Debt Shelf with US Sec [...] | 2006-08-22 11:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
06KINGSTON1737 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: August 22 - September 1, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-01 20:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB IDB KIPR JM |
06KINGSTON1751 | JAMAICAN PM WILL NOT ATTEND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT [...] On September 6th, the Front Office verbally delivered reftel invitation to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's office. Unfortunately, the date of the Women's Empowerment Working Group conflicts with the People's National Party Annual Conference in Kingston and, therefore, the Prime Ministe [...] | 2006-09-07 18:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM UNGA PREL JM |
06KINGSTON1769 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-08 18:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU JA |
06KINGSTON1789 | SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM: JAMAICA [...] This cable responds to reftel request. Responses are keyed to template provided. ------- Context ------- 2. USAID/Jamaica Economic Growth Strategic Objective Program for FY2005 through FY2009: Under USAID/Jamaica's FY2005 to FY2009 strategy of "Increased Trade Competitiveness in Targe [...] | 2006-09-11 19:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM JM |
06KINGSTON1826 | JAMAICA: POINTS DELIVERED OUTLINING KEY ELEMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 17:02:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER KPAO JA |
06KINGSTON1859 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET 3 OCT [...] (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (U) The names of the propos [...] | 2006-09-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
06KINGSTON2075 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET 15 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...] | 2006-10-19 15:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
06KINGSTON2083 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET 18 [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name(s) of the proposed c [...] | 2006-10-20 18:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
06KINGSTON2145 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 14:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER JM |
06KINGSTON2147 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT: [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 14:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL UNGA JM |
06KINGSTON2213 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requets the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candida [...] | 2006-11-13 12:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
06KINGSTON2303 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 18:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
06KINGSTON2320 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistane in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candida [...] | 2006-11-30 15:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
06KINGSTON240 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JANUARY 20, 2006 - [...] This week's topics: -- Formal Inauguration of CARICOM Single Market -- Fiscal Deficit Worsens -- Fiscal Situation Worries International Investors -- GOJ Exploring Fuel Tax Increase -- Bauxite/Alumina Expansion Project On Track -- Crime Rates Down --------------------------- [...] | 2006-02-03 20:47:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
06KINGSTON2426 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...] | 2006-12-22 13:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
06KINGSTON2428 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...] | 2006-12-27 14:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
06KINGSTON2437 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...] | 2006-12-28 13:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
06KINGSTON2438 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...] | 2006-12-28 13:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JM |
06KINGSTON294 | RECENT ALLEGED HOMOPHOBIC VIOLENCE DEFIES EASY [...] (C) In November and December 2005, two murders in Jamaica were labeled by some gay activists as homophobic hate crimes, although senior police contacts described the killings as resulting from common robberies. On November 30, 2005, a leading HIV/AIDS activist, Lenford "Steve" Harvey, was fou [...] | 2006-02-10 20:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM SOCI JM PHUM |
06KINGSTON317 | JAMAICAN AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF [...] SUMMARY: On January 19, 2006, the Jamaican National Security Ministry initiated an inquiry into allegations of daily acts of rape committed against inmates at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre, where American prisoners are regularly incarcerated. The inquiry followed published comp [...] | 2006-02-15 19:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PHUM JM |
06KINGSTON330 | WHA- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR ESF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-16 20:54:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM |
06KINGSTON336 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY 4, 2006 - [...] This week's topics: -- New Governor General -- Economic Prospects Favorable -- First Supplementary Estimates to Be Tabled -- Tourism Back In Earnest -- Jamaica's Hunt for Oil -- Sugar Industry Developments -- Jamaica-Cuba: Light Bulbs and Cement -- International Arrest [...] | 2006-02-17 15:17:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
06KINGSTON396 | DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM [...] This message is also an Action Request. Please see Paragraph 5. 2. On February 23, P/ECouns called on Ambassador Vilma McNish, Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),to convey reftel points on the way forward on [...] | 2006-02-27 18:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR PHUM UN ADCO JM |
06KINGSTON415 | THE SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-28 18:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM |
06KINGSTON45 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: DECEMBER 23, 2005 - [...] This week's topics: -- Chinese "Aid" Pipeline Deepens -- Venezuelan "Aid" Also Deepens -- Fiscal Deficit Widens -- Remittances Remain Buoyant -- Income Tax Threshold to Increase -- International Arrests -- Jamaica - The World's Murder Capital ------------------------------ Chin [...] | 2006-01-09 19:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
06KINGSTON475 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY 18, 2006 - [...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister Chosen -- Rating Agency Maintains Jamaica's Rating -- Expansion of Oil Refinery Underway -- GOJ Seeking Consultation on Explosive Tax Proposal -- Crime Rates Down -------------------------- New Prime Minister Chosen ----------------- [...] | 2006-03-08 20:56:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
06KINGSTON553 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MARCH 7 - MARCH 17, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister on March 30 -- Delta Call Center Contract -- Tax Debate Heats Up -- New Player in Telecom Industry -- Tough Cement Problem -- Crime Rates Down ------------------------------ New Prime Minister on March 30 --------------- [...] | 2006-03-20 18:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
06KINGSTON647 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MARCH 18 - MARCH 31, [...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister Sworn In -- Economic Policy Stability -- Cement Industry Developments -- Labor Relations -- Revised Sugar Production Target for `05/`06 ------------------------------ New Prime Minister Sworn In ------------------------------ 2. [...] | 2006-04-03 18:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
06KINGSTON745 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: April 1 - April 18, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- "Zeeks" Found Guilty of Murder -- Buoyant Tourism Season -- Sluggish Economic Growth in 2005 -- Inflation Slows During First Quarter -- Estimates of Expenditure Tabled ---------------------------- "Zeeks" Found Guilty of Murder ---------------------- [...] | 2006-04-18 18:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
06KINGSTON854 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: April 19 - May 2, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- "Zeeks" Sentencing Postponed -- MOU on Slippery Slope -- Electricity Bill to Increase -- Public Debt Jumps ---------------------------- "Zeeks" Sentencing Postponed ---------------------------- 2. The sentencing of PNP linked inner-city Kingston "a [...] | 2006-05-03 11:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
06KINGSTON890 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] (C) On May 8, DCM faxed Ref C points to Ambassador Velma McNish, Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and asked McNish to urge Ambassador Raymond Wolfe, Jamaica's new Permanent Representative to the United Nations, to oppose the candi [...] | 2006-05-08 19:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHCR PREL |
06KINGSTON939 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 3 - May 12, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- Venezuelan Navy Ship Visits Kingston -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Visits -- Budget Debate Closes -- Motorola Deal Moving Forward -- Delta to Offer Atlanta-Kingston Route -- Cement Investigation Extended -- Bananas and Sugar: Help on the Way? -- Se [...] | 2006-05-15 11:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
06KINSHASA1058 | ARS AND VOA SPEAKERS EMPOWER 200 MORE JOURNALISTS IN DRC [...] (U) Summary: Crisscrossing the Congo in April and June, ahead of historic elections July 30, VOA Chief Editor (Central Africa French service) Ferdinand Ferella, and ARS Speaker Eduardo Cue held seven workshops in five cities, for a total of 200 radio and television journalists. PAO accompanied [...] | 2006-07-03 10:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CG KDEM KPAO |
06KINSHASA1076 | RCD/N PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROGER LUMBALA, A [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, Pol intern met with Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie - National (RCD/N) Presidential candidate Roger Lumbala to discuss the candidate's presidential vision in the run-up to the elections. The meeting took place at Lumbala's house in Kinshasa, against the bac [...] | 2006-07-06 10:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL |
06KINSHASA1093 | UN PROTECTION CLUSTER WORKS TO STABILIZE NORTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 17-18 visit to Kalemie, Katanga, Poloff held meetings with humanitarian groups represented in the UN protection cluster, a newly formed channel for addressing violence against populations. The protection cluster in Kalemie faces particular challenges dealing wi [...] | 2006-07-07 10:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV KPKO CG |
06KINSHASA1095 | KATANGA CHILD SOLDIER DEMOBILIZATION HARDER THAN [...] (SBU) Two thousand and six children associated with armed groups in Tanganyika district, Katanga have gone through the disarmament, demobilization, and reinsertion (DDR) program since February 2003. According to the International Foundation for Education and Self-Help (IFESH) Kalemie office [...] | 2006-07-07 10:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPKO CG |
06KINSHASA1098 | LANDMARK SEXUAL VIOLENCE LAW ADOPTED BY NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly of the DRC passed landmark sexual and gender-based violence legislation on June 22. The legislation, which was drafted by a coalition of human rights groups, women's rights groups, and lawyers with USG assistance, contains unprecedented measures against [...] | 2006-07-07 15:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KCRM KWMN CG |
06KINSHASA1155 | SHOOTOUT AT NORTH KIVU ELECTIONS RALLY [...] (C) Violence erupted at an elections rally for Independent National Assembly candidate Jean-Luc Mutokambali in Rugarama, North Kivu on June 17. Mutokambali, a Hutu from a prominent area family, had attracted a crowd of 100-200 supporters in the town (bordering Uganda) in North Kivu's volati [...] | 2006-07-19 10:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELECTIONS CG |
06KINSHASA126 | DRC ON UN REFORM [...] (SBU) In a January 23 meeting with Foreign Minister Raymond Ramazani, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarches on UN reform. Ramazani agreed in principle that the UN should be reformed to make it a more efficient organization. 2. (SBU) Ramazani asked about the USG position on the expansion [...] | 2006-01-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR PHUM ADCO CG UN |
06KINSHASA1270 | OPPOSITION FIGURE LEAVES SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Pastor Theodore Ngoy, a minor opposition figure who was jailed December 31 for "offending the president" (reftel A) and later "escaped" to the South African Embassy in Kinshasa where he took up residence March 2 (reftel B),finally left the embassy on July 30. Ngoy said the South Afri [...] | 2006-08-11 14:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CG |
06KINSHASA129 | SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY REPORT [...] Per reftel, post submitted the Supporting Human Rights and Democracy (SHRD) report by unclassified email on January 26. Point of contact for the report is poloff Tracy Naber. MEECE NNNN [...] | 2006-01-26 10:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CG |
06KINSHASA1307 | DRC HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP ISSUES REPORT ON [...] (U) Summary: The National Observatory for Human Rights (ONDH),one of the five "citizen institutions" of the DRC's transitional government, issued August 12 a report detailing its findings concerning campaign-related violence in the month leading up to the country's July 30 presidential and le [...] | 2006-08-18 12:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS |
06KINSHASA1556 | UN DECLARATION ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE [...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa delivered non-papers and talking points regarding proposed UNGA endorsement of a declaration on the rights of indigenous people. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director for International Organizations at the DRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said he agreed with [...] | 2006-10-11 11:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN CG |
06KINSHASA1557 | POLITICAL FIGURE NGOY RUNS AFOUL OF MEDIA AUTHORITY [...] (U) Pastor Theodore Ngoy, a minor opposition figure arrested in 2005 for offending the president, has made headlines again by violating the Code of Good Conduct for Political Parties and the Media. During an October 3 political broadcast on Canal Congo Television (CCTV),which is owned by V [...] | 2006-10-11 11:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM ELECTIONS CG |
06KINSHASA1617 | BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: PASTOR NTUMI JOINS THE PARTY [...] (C) Papal Nuncio Msgr. Andres Carrascoso-Coso contacted Charge d'affaires on October 15 with an urgent request to meet for an update on developments in the Pool region. Msgr. Carrascoso has been a key contact point with former Ninja rebel leader Pastor Ntumi for western group members of the [...] | 2006-10-19 15:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ASEC AU CF PHUM |
06KINSHASA1682 | UNGA LEBANON RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa delivered non-paper and talking points regarding proposed UNGA resolution on the situation of human rights and children in Lebanon. 2. (SBU) Minister Plenipotentiary Alice Bamba Kipembe, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the DRC Ministry of Foreig [...] | 2006-10-31 14:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER CG |
06KINSHASA1753 | GOVERNMENT TARGETS STREET GANGS FOR "NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Government authorities plan to transport several hundred allegedly criminal homeless adults and children to rural areas for agricultural work or schooling following their detention in the aftermath of November 11 violence in Kinshasa (reftel). The Minister of the Interior outl [...] | 2006-11-15 15:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM CG |
06KINSHASA1754 | CARTER CENTER ISSUES SECOND POST-ELECTION STATEMENT [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of the incendiary claims in a November 13 statement from Cardinal Etsou attacking the integrity of the DRC elections (reftel),several international election observer groups are issuing statements of their own reasserting the positive assessments of the electoral proces [...] | 2006-11-15 16:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CG ELECTIONS |
06KINSHASA1786 | POLL ON MEDIA USAGE IN KINSHASA SHOWS PUBLIC SOMEWHAT [...] (U) Summary: According to a recent poll, television ranks first in terms of overall audience in Kinshasa, radio second and newspapers third. Newscasts are the programs most watched and listened to overall in broadcast media. Politically-affiliated media, particularly pro-Kabila outlets, lost au [...] | 2006-11-27 08:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM CG |
06KINSHASA1797 | MILITARY JUSTICE REACTS QUICKLY TO DISCOVERY OF [...] (U) DRC military prosecutors have moved quickly in response to widely-publicized reports of three mass graves found near Bunia in Ituri District. The Military Prosecutor for Ituri, John Penza, arrested two senior officers of the Congolese national army's (FARDC) First Integrated Brigade (1s [...] | 2006-11-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG |
06KINSHASA1799 | GOVERNMENT SENDS SHEGUES TO WORK CAMP, RELEASES [...] (U) MONUC's human rights division reported on November 15 that the number of apparently homeless persons rounded up by police following politically-inspired violence November 11 had grown to 505 from the original total of 337. The three hours of violence between supporters of presidential c [...] | 2006-11-29 08:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM CG |
06KINSHASA1806 | REFUGEES FROM BANDUNDU CONFLICT RELUCTANT TO RETURN TO DRC [...] (SBU) Attempts by UNHCR and DRC officials to persuade some 2-3000 people to return to the DRC territory of Bolobo from camps across the Congo River near Bouanga, Republic of the Congo have proven largely unsuccessful, Jens Hesemann of UNHCR told us November 28. The refugees are primarily ethnic [...] | 2006-11-29 15:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
06KINSHASA1839 | Humanitarian Situation in Sake, North Kivu Province [...] Summary. Fighting between dissident FARDC troops and FARDC integrated brigades in the Sake area of North Kivu, 27 kilometers east of Goma, forced an estimated 30,000-40,000 residents of that town and neighboring villages to flee towards Goma and Minova beginning Friday, November 24. Five days [...] | 2006-12-08 11:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
06KINSHASA1841 | RESIDENTS FLEE FIGHTING NEAR DRC-UGANDA BORDER [...] (U) Initial press reports indicating up to 12,000 people fleeing fighting between DRC government and renegade forces near the border town of Bunagana (septel) appear to be somewhat inflated. Jens Hesemann of UNHCR Kinshasa told us December 7 that the UNHCR office in Kampala reports that 7000 C [...] | 2006-12-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV CG |
06KINSHASA1862 | 2006 UPDATED CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC has made little progress in combating the worst forms of child labor in this final year of the transitional government. However, with the installation of a new government, 2007 may see some increased efforts to ameliorate this serious problem, as the elected government can [...] | 2006-12-15 13:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIN ETRD EAID PHUM SOCI CG |
06KINSHASA1882 | OPPOSITION LAWYER CHARGED WITH INSURRECTION, ARMS [...] (C) Summary: Marie-Therese Nlandu Mpolo-Mene, a senior official during the Mobutu regime and an ally of Jean-Pierre Bemba, was charged by a military court December 11 with incitement to overthrow the government and with possession of illegal firearms. Kinshasa Special Police had arrested Nl [...] | 2006-12-20 14:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM CG |
06KINSHASA1932 | WAR CRIMES TRIAL AGAINST FARDC TROOPS BEGINS IN [...] (U) The trial of 14 FARDC soldiers implicated in the deaths of civilians found in mass graves began December 27 in Bunia, Ituri. The mass graves, containing the remains of 32 men, women, and children missing since August, were discovered at a FARDC camp in Bavi November 22 (reftel). The ac [...] | 2006-12-28 13:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG |
06KINSHASA1933 | 2006 REPORT SHOWS MORE OBSTACLES TO PRESS FREEEDOM IN DR [...] (SBU) Summary: The raw statistics of JED's annual report for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) show a quantitative increase in violations of press freedom in 2006. Bitterly fought elections, the DRC's first in two generations, and corrupt practices by underpaid journalists could well acc [...] | 2006-12-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CG KDEM KPAO |
06KINSHASA1935 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRC - DANA FRANCIS [...] Post grants country clearance and welcomes the arrival of Population, Refugees, and Migration Officer Dana Francis to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from January 13 - 25, 2007 to participate in a joint assessment mission with ECHO. 2. POINT OF CONTACT Bill Damour and Jay Nash will [...] | 2006-12-29 08:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT APER ASEC PREF PHUM CG |
06KINSHASA206 | CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: Proposal for ESF [...] In response to G/TIP's requests for proposals, post would like to put forward the project below for ESF funding. Although Republic of Congo has not been identified in the several most recent TIP reports, there is reason to be concerned that trafficking may exist in the country. For this reaso [...] | 2006-02-07 14:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG CF |
06KINSHASA208 | FY06 ESF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Kinshasa is submitting the following proposed project and requests funding from FY2006 ESF Anti-Trafficking in Persons funds: A. TITLE OF PROJECT Support to the Reintegration of Abductees and other Victims of Sexual Violence and Trafficking. B. NAME OF RECIPI [...] | 2006-02-07 17:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ASEC ELAB SMIG CG |
06KINSHASA225 | ARS SPEAKER EDUARDO CUE: CORRUPTION OR [...] Summary: In a high-quality, versatile performance, ARS Speaker Eduardo Cue, the Paris-based U.S. News and World Report Correspondent, led two full-day workshops for 60 journalists and lectured to another 50 students of journalism in Kinshasa, February 1-3. With a studied mix of ethical, theor [...] | 2006-02-09 18:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CG KPAO KDEM |
06KINSHASA239 | DRC MEDIA TROUBLES IN JANUARY [...] (U) Summary: Some Congolese media were exposed to harassment during the second half of January. Adding together: 1) defamation as a criminal offense, 2) some irresponsible journalism, 3) lawlessness in some areas, and 4) coming elections, the free press will certainly face some added challeng [...] | 2006-02-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CG KPAO |
06KINSHASA240 | CIAT COMMUNIQUE SUPPORTS MEDIA AUTHORITY [...] (U) Summary: State-owned television and radio (RTNC) devoted more than four hours to the PPRD party on February 6, when the PPRD nominated Joseph Kabila to be its presidential candidate. The following day, the High Media Authority (HAM) suspended for 48 hours political reporting on RTNC for v [...] | 2006-02-13 16:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CG KDEM KPAO CIAT |
06KINSHASA270 | JED GOES PUBLIC WITH REPORT ABOUT KILLING OF [...] (SBU) Summary: A report by Congolese NGO Journaliste en Danger (JED) purports to tie the murder last November of journalist/political adviser Franck Ngyke Kangundu to PPRD party politics. JED's President and General Secretary have gone underground, following threats supposedly linked to JED's [...] | 2006-02-17 12:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PHUM CG |
06KINSHASA339 | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 2006 TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) American Embassy Kinshasa provides the following information in accordance with reftel instructions. Responses are keyed to reftel,s numbered paragraphs (21-24). Begin responses: (21) Overview of country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. The DRC is not a majo [...] | 2006-03-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CG |
06KINSHASA37 | DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMIS REHAT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and talking points January 6 to Jacques Djoli, the new chief of staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djoli said the crisis in Darfur required continued attention and security assistance from the African Union and other interested parties. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2006-01-09 10:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO SU CG |
06KINSHASA371 | DRC: DEMARCHE ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (U) PolOff delivered March 3 reftel demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djoli said the GDRC was pleased to see the Third Additional Protocol had passed, and it would work to ensure that MDA could join the ICRC Movement. Djoli added t [...] | 2006-03-06 10:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ CG |
06KINSHASA381 | "ESCAPED" OPPOSITION LEADER TAKES REFUGE AT SOUTH [...] (SBU) Following a March 2 Supreme Court hearing regarding the legality of his detention, Pastor Ngoy, a minor but vocal opposition leader, managed to elude his police guard to take refuge at the South African embassy. He had been jailed at Kinshasa Central Prison since December 31 for "offendi [...] | 2006-03-07 12:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CG |
06KINSHASA393 | DRC: THE WORLD IS WATCHING [...] (SBU) The extraordinary visit of three United Nations (UN) agency heads to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) the week of February 28 underscored the urgent need for support for the nation as it prepares for its first democratic elections in 40 years, and for the post-transition government [...] | 2006-03-08 16:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KPKO CG |
06KINSHASA44 | GOVERNMENT ARRESTS MINOR OPPOSITION FIGURE [...] (SBU) Pastor Theodore Ngoy, an opposition gadfly and self-proclaimed presidential candidate, was arrested December 29. His arrest came one day after he filed a motion with the Supreme Court to cancel the results of the December 18 referendum due to his (comment: unsubstantiated) claim that P [...] | 2006-01-09 15:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CG |
06KINSHASA443 | USAID/OFDA FEBRUARY VISIT TO NORTH KIVU AND [...] (U) This is the 2nd of two communications reporting observations from the trip of the OFDA team in eastern DRC in February 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to North Kivu and Ituri. In the Beni-Eringeti area of North Kivu, USAID/OFDA partner Solidarites is implementing an innovative pr [...] | 2006-03-15 14:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PHUM PREF CG |
06KINSHASA444 | OFDA VISIT TO SOUTH KIVU [...] (U) This is the first of two communications reporting observations made by the USAID/OFDA DRC team during a three-week visit tourneeto in eastern DRC in February of 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to South Kivu province in early February. 2. (U) Traveling to first to Kitutu, in [...] | 2006-03-15 14:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
06KINSHASA446 | OFDA VISIT TO MITWABA, CENTRAL KATANGA, [...] (U) An estimated 29,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have appearedare present in several towns in Mitwaba Territory, located in the center of Katanga Province province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These IDPs are fleeing conflict between government troops and Mai -Mai milit [...] | 2006-03-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF CG |
06KINSHASA450 | OFDA VISIT TO MITWABA, CENTRAL KATANGA, [...] (U) An estimated 29,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are present in several towns in Mitwaba Territory, located in the center of Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These IDPs are fleeing conflict between government troops and Mai Mai militia, and have to date re [...] | 2006-03-16 12:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF CG |
06KINSHASA451 | USAID/OFDA FEBRUARY VISIT TO NORTH KIVU AND [...] (U) This is the 2nd of two communications reporting observations from the trip of the OFDA team in eastern DRC in February 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to North Kivu and Ituri. In the Beni-Eringeti area of North Kivu, USAID/OFDA partner Solidarites is implementing an innovative pr [...] | 2006-03-16 12:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PHUM PREF CG |
06KINSHASA452 | OFDA VISIT TO SOUTH KIVU [...] (U) This is the first of two communications reporting observations made by the USAID/OFDA DRC team during a three-week visit to eastern DRC in February 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to South Kivu province in early February. Traveling first to Kitutu, in southern South Kivu, the USA [...] | 2006-03-16 12:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
06KINSHASA509 | IDPS INSECURE AND HUNGRY IN NORTH AND CENTRAL [...] Summary: As part of UNHCR's Country Operations 2007 planning session for donors, a field mission to Katanga province was conducted March 14-16. This trip gave donors an opportunity to view firsthand the current state of affairs, infrastructure, political climate and security concerns. The [...] | 2006-03-30 16:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PGOV CG |
06KINSHASA56 | FARDC-MAI MAI FIGHTING FORCES 30,000 TO FLEE [...] (SBU) Despite recent media reports of up to 125,000 new internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Katanga province, the number of people who have fled their homes since mid-November is actually about 30,000. According to Anne Edgerton, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affa [...] | 2006-01-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM KPKO CG |
06KINSHASA562 | NEW IDPS IN ITURI [...] (U) Summary. A group of approximately 13,000 new IDPs fleeing fighting between FARDC forces and a local militia in southern Ituri have arrived in Cantonnier, 18 kilometers southeast of Bunia. Emergency humanitarian needs have largely been addressed, though more IDPs continue to arrive every d [...] | 2006-04-10 17:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
06KINSHASA572 | TWO PEACEKEEPING BATTALIONS IDENTIFIED FOR KATANGA [...] (SBU) In order to address the security situation in the northern and central Katanga province (reftels),MONUC has identified two battalions for near-term deployment. The first, a contingent of Pakistani peacekeepers, Jordanian medical officers, and 50 military observers currently assigned t [...] | 2006-04-12 17:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPKO MOPS CG BU |
06KINSHASA576 | NEW IDPS IN ITURI [...] (U) Summary. Approximately 13,000 new IDPs fleeing fighting between FARDC forces and local militia in southern Ituri have arrived in Cantonnier, 18 kilometers southeast of Bunia. Emergency humanitarian needs have largely been addressed, though more IDPs continue to arrive every day. Prospects [...] | 2006-04-13 15:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
06KINSHASA583 | DRC: DEMARCHES ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DELIVERED [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered April 13 talking points and letter from Secretary Rice (reftel A) to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, director of the Office of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Matondo said he welcomed the clarification of the USG vote against the creation of the [...] | 2006-04-14 11:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC PHUM KUNR CG |
06KINSHASA584 | WFP ACTS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER IN NORTH AND CENTRAL [...] Summary: Although severely underfunded and facing huge logistical challenges, the World Food Program (WFP) is racing to feed internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Katanga province. The first WFP airdrops of food outside of Sudan in eight years began April 5, with more Katanga-focu [...] | 2006-04-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PGOV EAID CG |
06KINSHASA589 | CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: MOUNZEO-MACKOSSO (PWYP) [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of PWYP (Publish What You Pay) Coalition charges of political intimidation and procedural irregularities in the arrest of transparency campaigners Christian Mounzeo and Brice Mackosso, embassy officers contacted key host-government authorities, NGO liaison officers [...] | 2006-04-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR AU CF |
06KINSHASA623 | SECURITY AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SHABUNDA [...] (U) In general, security and humanitarian access have significantly improved in Shabunda and Mwenga territories over the past few years. Long-term security issues in these territories are caused by the activities of dissident Mai Mai groups rather than the actions of the FDLR. Particularly si [...] | 2006-04-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV KPKO CG |
06KINSHASA638 | UNHCR WILL DEPLOY STAFF TO NORTH AND CENTRAL [...] The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) plans to begin deploying staff for long- term assignment to the North and Central Katanga villages of Mitwaba and Dubie on April 22. UNHCR, in cooperation with Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF),will begin registration of in [...] | 2006-04-24 11:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PGOV CG |
06KINSHASA657 | DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC delegation would vote again in support of the Third Additional Protocol and the inclusion of Magem David Adom into the International Red Cross and [...] | 2006-04-27 11:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC CG SZ |
06KINSHASA722 | SUPREME DEFENSE COUNCIL MAKES KEY DECISIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a series of marathon meetings beginning May 6 and running through late evening May 8, the Supreme Defense Council, chaired by President Kabila and attended by senior GDRC officials, addressed serious shortcomings plaguing the FARDC, including human rights violations, and failur [...] | 2006-05-09 11:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MARR KPKO CG |
06KINSHASA730 | UNHCR BEGINS REGISTERING IDPS IN KATANGA [...] The UNHCR team that arrived in Mitwaba on April 25 (reftel A) began registering internally displaced persons (IDPs) on May 2. For the first time in the DRC, UNHCR is conducting individual registration -- long used in its work with refugees -- as a starting point for providing relief to IDPs. [...] | 2006-05-09 15:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID CG |
06KINSHASA747 | MEMBERS OF MAI MAI LEADER GEDEON'S GROUP SURRENDER [...] (SBU) In a move which should reduce much of the tension in northern Katanga province, approximately 200 members of Mai Mai leader Gedeon's group surrendered to MONUC forces on May 6 and were taken to Lubumbashi. Of these, slightly more than half are reported to be militia troops, including chi [...] | 2006-05-11 13:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPKO MOPS CG |
06KINSHASA859 | FARDC IN EASTERN DRC OFTEN UNDERMINING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) constitute one of the more problematic elements of the overall security situation in eastern DRC. Underpaid, underequipped, poorly disciplined, and poorly led, elements of the FARDC continue to harass, extort and menace local populations, thereb [...] | 2006-05-31 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPKO KDEM MARR CG UG |
06KINSHASA910 | REFUGEES RETURN TO SUDAN FROM DRC [...] (U) The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) began the assisted return of Sudanese refugees from the DRC on June 7. Two hundred and twenty six Sudanese refugees left the Ingboko area of Orientale province, DRC by UNHCR convoy for home in the Yei and Juba areas of southern Sud [...] | 2006-06-08 07:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV CG SU |
06KINSHASA987 | CONTROVERSIAL SPIRITUAL LEADER SENTENCED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuthino Fernando, the spiritual leader of the Church of the Army of Victory, was sentenced June 16 to twenty years in prison on charges of masterminding a failed December 2002 assassination attempt on a fellow pastor. Kuthino was arrested at his church in Kinshasa where police r [...] | 2006-06-23 14:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CG |
06KIRKUK100 | SADRISTS SEEK TO BLOCK KURDISH DESIGNS FOR KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Sadr group is searching for ways to impede progress on the Kurdification of Kirkuk. A Sadr representative in Kirkuk said the Sadrists, who represented about 75 percent of the Shia Arab population in Kirkuk, were at odds ideologically with the Badr Organization on Kirkuk iss [...] | 2006-04-25 13:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU |
06KIRKUK101 | IRANIAN KURDS ORGANIZING AGAINST TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an Iranian journalist in hiding in Northern Iraq, Iranian President Ahmadinejad has been cracking down on the Kurds in Iran and has caused souring relations between the Iranian Government and minorities. The Iranian Government under Ahmadinejad has become more reli [...] | 2006-04-28 15:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR |
06KIRKUK102 | HALABJAH DETAINEES SPEAK ABOUT KRG ABUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. A young teacher and student each describe their detention following the Halabjah protests on March 16. Neither of them participated in the demonstrations. The PUK thwarted more student demonstrations in Kalar through beefed-up security and intimidation. PRT finds these disturb [...] | 2006-04-28 15:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PHUM IZ IR |
06KIRKUK106 | KIRKUK NGO PROMOTES WOMEN'S RIGHTS, CITY PROJECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 18, Fathal Uthman Rasul, founder and director of the Rozh Foundation for Women's Rights, discussed the organization's work with IPAO. The Rozh Foundation is an NGO in Kirkuk that promotes women's liberties, civil society projects and educational opportunities. The Dir [...] | 2006-04-30 18:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM PINR IZ |
06KIRKUK120 | DISPLACED ARAB FARMERS IN KIRKUK UNHAPPY OVER DISPLACEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A farmers' union in Kirkuk province - claiming to represent 5,000 displaced families - said that one of the United States' key mistakes in Iraq was not taking more initiative to help solve the internally displaced persons (IDP) problem. The farmers claimed that following Oper [...] | 2006-06-20 14:53:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM KIDE IZ |
06KIRKUK121 | ASSYRIAN LEADERS ON ARTICLE 140, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: PRT team leader met with Assyrian Democratic Movement Kirkuk Chairman Sargon Lazar on June 20 and Assyrian Archbishop Louis Sako on June 21 to discuss implementation of Article 140. Lazar said there were rumors of a falling out between President Talabani and PM Maliki over Artic [...] | 2006-06-29 16:21:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF |
06KIRKUK123 | (U) NEW KIRKUK KURDISH POLITICAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ARTICLE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on June 26 met with leaders representing local Kurdish parties who recently set aside differences to push implementation of Article 140. Kurdish representatives universally agreed that Baghdad must implement Article 140 immediately or risk discredit amo [...] | 2006-07-15 14:22:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL KDEM ECON EINV IZ |
06KIRKUK124 | (U) KURDISTAN REFERENDUM MOVEMENT LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on July 3 met with leaders of the Kurdistan Referendum Movement (KRM) to discuss the structure of the organization, its current political goals, and future plans for a referendum on Kurdistan independence. (Note: the KRM was responsible for an unofficia [...] | 2006-07-15 14:28:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL PBTS KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK125 | (C) PUK CHANGES; KIRKUK MUST JOIN KDP; IRAN NO ALLY [...] (C) Summary. PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO on July 1 in Sulaymaniyah that the PUK had undertaken major reforms, including the re-election of all PUK leaders, beginning with the villages, districts, and sub-districts. Also, he said the Article 140 referendum was necessary [...] | 2006-07-15 14:33:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK126 | (C) KDP-PUK UNITED FRONT AFTER DOKAN MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani and PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO in separate meetings on July 2 and 1 respectively that the KDP and PUK politburos had agreed to end direct party interference in government affairs; delay appointment of deputy ministers; [...] | 2006-07-15 14:38:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK127 | (C) PM BARZANI: INVESTMENT LAW PASSES; KRG EDUCATION IN [...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani said in July 2 meetings with IPAO that the new Investment Promotion Law had been held up in Parliament over the provision for 100% foreign ownership of property. He said the KRG had a window of opportunity for attracting foreign investment t [...] | 2006-07-15 14:42:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK128 | (U) KRG VP KOSRAT RASUL: KRG CHALLENGES, REFORMS, [...] (C) Summary: KRG Vice President Kosrat Rasul told IPAO in a July 1 meeting in Sulaymaniyah that the biggest challenge facing the newly unified KRG was public dissatisfaction over government services and the subsequent appeal of the Islamic movement. In his first address to the KNA as KRG V [...] | 2006-07-15 14:45:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK129 | (U) KIRKUK IECI HEAD ON NORMALIZATION, UPCOMING CENSUS AND [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk head of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI),Ferhad Talabani, is threatening to close the office due to poor security, government corruption, and lack of funding. Talabani detailed the ethnic breakdown of the office personnel and perceiv [...] | 2006-07-19 16:12:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK131 | (C) ASSYRIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT LEADER ON CHRISTIANS' [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) General Secretary, Salim Kako, stated on July 9 that poor security and ethnic discrimination were causing Christians and Kurds to resettle to northern areas of Iraq, which was straining the relations between Kurdish and Assy [...] | 2006-07-25 09:11:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PINS ECON KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK133 | (SBU) NEW KURDISH BLOC ON POLITICAL GOALS, OPPOSITION TO [...] (C/NF) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Leaders of the recently formed 5-party Kurdish political opposition bloc said they would focus on local issues and push to reduce the domination of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). They asserted that their bloc [...] | 2006-07-25 11:36:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM PTER IZ |
06KIRKUK134 | (C/NF) KDSP LEADERS ON KRG'S CLOSURE OF KDSP OFFICES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-25 12:16:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PTER PNAT PREF KDEM IZ TU |
06KIRKUK135 | (C) PUK ASAYISH HEAD - KIRKUK SECURITY WORSENING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Asayish head, Hallkawt Abdullah Aziz, said on July 24 that the security situation in Kirkuk was getting worse. He said terrorists had sympathizers among the Iraqi Police (IP) officers and checkpoint guards who facilitated t [...] | 2006-07-31 10:23:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK136 | (C) KDP KIRKUK ASAYISH HEAD ON SECURITY, MERGER WITH PUK, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: KDP Kirkuk Asayish head, Hallo Najat Hamza, told IPAOs on July 25 that the terrorists were getting stronger and were targeting security forces in Kirkuk. Hamza said the open borders of Kirkuk and guards cooperating with the terrorists at checkpoints were pri [...] | 2006-08-02 17:27:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK137 | (C) KIRKUK TURKOMAN DIVIDED ON ARTICLE 140, FUTURE STATUS OF [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Turkoman political leaders from different blocs said on July 26 they do not agree on the issues of implementation of Article 140 and the future status of Kirkuk. In separate meetings bloc leaders from the Iraqi Turkoman Front (ITF) and the Iraqi Turkoman Nat [...] | 2006-08-02 17:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ TU |
06KIRKUK138 | (C) KIRKUK ROAD CONSTRUCTION HEADING NORTH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk Provincial Council (KPC) member and Director of Roads and Bridges, Qasim Hamza, said on August 1 that poor security in southern Kirkuk was diverting road reconstruction projects to safer areas north of the city. He said that badly needed road and brid [...] | 2006-08-15 11:17:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF ECON EIND ELTN |
06KIRKUK139 | KIRKUK POLICE SAY SECURITY SITUATION DETERIORATING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: According to police, the security situation in Kirkuk province has reached new lows. IP forces were taking major casualties and the Sadr group was encouraging movement from the south to areas in southern Kirkuk in an attempt to ignite tensions between Sunni and [...] | 2006-08-15 11:31:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM |
06KIRKUK140 | KIKRUK POLICE CHIEF ON KIRKUK SECURITY AND HIS IMPENDING [...] (C) Kirkuk police chief General Sherko Shirku told IPAO on July 25, 2006, that security is better in Kirkuk than most other places in Iraq. When informed that most sources thought security was deteriorating in recent months, he said he believed that was because two months ago Sadr said that th [...] | 2006-08-15 11:35:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM |
06KIRKUK141 | READOUT OF RECENT PROTESTS IN KURDISTAN SULAYMANIYAH REGION [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Several participants and organizers of the recent protests in the Chamchamal sub-districts of Sulaymaniyah Province said on August 17 poor services in the water, electricity, and fuel sectors had prompted growing calls for government reform in the Kurdistan [...] | 2006-08-20 17:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT IZ KDEM |
06KIRKUK142 | (C) KRG PROVIDING WATER TO 450-PLUS VILLAGES IN KIRKUK; POOR [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk Provincial Council (KPC) Minister of Water, Abdul Qadir, told IPAO on July 31 the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has been supplying well water to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),mostly Kurds, in more than 450 villages on the periphery of Kirk [...] | 2006-08-22 06:47:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ IR |
06KIRKUK143 | (C) KRG MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON MONITORING MOSQUES, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs (MARA) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Mohammad Ahamd Saeed Shakaly, said on August 8 that his ministry monitored more than 3000 mosques in the Kurdistan region and that checking sermons was a matter of "pu [...] | 2006-08-22 07:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK144 | (C) KRG MINISTER OF EDUCATION ON CHALLENGES, RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Education (MOE) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Dilshad Abdul Rahman Osman Younis, said on August 8 that his ministry had limited relations with the MOE in Baghdad, which was divided into separate Sunni and Shia departments, and that t [...] | 2006-08-22 07:19:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK145 | (C) KRG MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON REGIONAL AUTHORITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-22 07:50:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK146 | (C) KRG CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE CHAIR DISCUSSES KURDISH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Chair of the Constitution Committee for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Farset Ahmad Abdallah, said on August 10 that resource control, Article 140, and regional defense were the key redlines defining federalism for the Kurdistan region. He said that [...] | 2006-08-22 08:04:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK147 | (C) KRG MINISTER FOR PESHMERGA AFFAIRS ON MERGER, SECURITY, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister for Peshmerga Affairs, Omar Osman Ibrahim, said on August 7 the KDP and PUK were ready to merge their Peshmerga forces within six months (Septel.). Ibrahim said Peshmerga were located below the 'Green Line' anywhe [...] | 2006-08-22 09:00:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER IZ TU KDEM |
06KIRKUK148 | (C) KRG INTERIOR MINISTER ON SECURITY CONCERNS, RELATIONS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Interior (MOI) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Karim Sinjari, said on August 10 that nearly non-existent liaison relations with the MOI in Baghdad would have an impact on security in the Kurdistan region and throughout Iraq. He said [...] | 2006-08-22 09:09:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER IZ TU |
06KIRKUK20 | (U) KIRKUK CHURCHES BOMBED [...] (S) According to Coalition military and local Iraqi security service information, on January 29 two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) detonated near two churches in northern Kirkuk city. The first VBIED detonated at 1435 hours near the Mar-Afram church in the Quriyah neighbo [...] | 2006-01-31 06:37:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PTER PINS PHUM KIRF PGOV ASEC IZ |
06KIRKUK22 | (SBU) KAMAL SAYID QADIR KARIM: CONVICTION OVERTURNED, LOWER [...] (SBU) On January 19, the Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil (KRG-E) Court of Cassation struck down the lower court's December 19 conviction of Austrian citizen and native Iraqi Kurd journalist and political activist Kamal Qadir Karim, aka Kamal Sayid Qadir (KSQ). The lower court had senten [...] | 2006-01-31 19:53:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK25 | (SBU) KRG DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) Interior Ministry says it has information only on 15 of the 200 or so names on the U.S. list of individuals allegedly detained in Kirkuk and taken to the KRG. The Minister says 3 have been released and the remaining 12 had [...] | 2006-02-04 17:16:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK26 | KRG CONSTITUTION: KURDS HOPE TO ENTICE MINORITIES [...] (C) The KNA's Constitutional Committee continues to work on a KRG Constitution. Members expect further changes. In the next few weeks, the committee is supposed to send the draft to party leaders. Once they have blessed it, the committee will issue it for public comment. KNA Deputy Speake [...] | 2006-02-04 17:19:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PHUM KDEM KISL IZ TU |
06KIRKUK32 | (U) SENIOR PUK LDR ON UNIFICATION, BAGHDAD TALKS [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On February 7, RC(A) met with Kosrat Rasul, the Executive Secretary of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's (PUK's) politburo. Rasul discussed the unification of the two Kurdistan Regional Governments (KRGs) and national political developments in Baghdad. He sa [...] | 2006-02-09 19:06:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IZ |
06KIRKUK33 | (U) KURD TOILERS PARTY SEEKS USG INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On February 7, RC(A) met with Qadr Aziz, the General Secretary of the Kurdistan Toilers Party, a secular, left-leaning Kurdish party that participated in the December legislative elections as a member of the Kurdish Alliance with the dominant Kurdistan Democra [...] | 2006-02-11 17:28:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV IZ |
06KIRKUK36 | MEDIA CONSTRAINTS IN KURDISTAN: AN EDITOR'S VIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. The current editors of Hawlati, Kurdistan's most independent newspaper, (strictly protect) charge that Kurdish parties' dominance make press freedoms worse there than in the rest of Iraq. They said the government routinely monitored who met with foreign officials. They said th [...] | 2006-02-13 16:19:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR IZ |
06KIRKUK39 | KRG-E JUSTICE MINISTRY FACES POLITICAL PRESSURE AND LEGAL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The RC(A) met February 16 with Hadi Ali, the Justice Minister in the Erbil Kurdistan Regional Government, and the ministry's Director General, Judge 'Abdulbassit 'Abdullah Farhad. Ali is from the Kurdistan Islamic Union and has been the KRG-E Justice Minister f [...] | 2006-02-19 18:43:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL PINR KWMN IZ |
06KIRKUK40 | (U) BA'QUBAH CARTOON DEMONSTRATION LARGEST IN OVER A YEAR [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. A February 19 demonstration in Ba'qubah protesting Danish cartoons and the alleged 2004 British beating of students in al-Amarah amassed one of the largest crowds Ba'qubah has seen in a demonstration to date. The numbers may imply a cons [...] | 2006-02-22 09:50:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM KDEM PINS IZ |
06KIRKUK47 | (C) TOZKHURMATO TO JOIN KIRKUK PROVINCE? [...] (U) This is a joint Kirkuk and SET Tikrit cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Governor Hamad of Salah ad Din Province says he would not object to Tozkhurmato's rejoining Kirkuk province, were residents to favor that in a referendum. By contrast, a Tozkhurmato Turcoman strongly oppose [...] | 2006-02-27 14:35:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS EAID PHUM IZ |
06KIRKUK49 | (C) MEASURED RESPONSE IN DIYALA TO SAMARRA BOMBING; ISF [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The reaction in Diyala to the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra has been restrained and generally focused on positive messages of shared determination to fight against takfirism, due in no small part to the responsible rhetori [...] | 2006-03-01 19:13:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS KISL IZ IR |
06KIRKUK50 | (C) MEASURED RESPONSE IN DIYALA TO SAMARRA BOMBING; ISF [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The reaction in Diyala to the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra has been restrained and generally focused on positive messages of shared determination to fight against takfirism, due in no small part to the responsible rhetori [...] | 2006-03-02 05:41:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS KISL IZ IR |
06KIRKUK55 | KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION MAINTAINS A MODERATE, INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kurdistan Islamic Party (KIU) hopes to be a viable option for Kurdish voters that are not satisfied with what they perceive to be the corrupt, self-serving policies of the KDP and PUK. KIU officials reputedly reject violence in the name of Islam and argued that the Iraqi Go [...] | 2006-03-07 19:12:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU |
06KIRKUK56 | KURDS' PUSH ON TAL ARTICLE 58 SPARKS TEMPORARY PROVINCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kurds sprung a surprise proposal at the March 1 Kirkuk Provincial Council meeting to implement TAL article 58 at the provincial level. Turcoman and Arab PC members staged a walkout to show their displeasure, but both sides sidestepped a long-term boycott. END SUMMARY. (SBU) [...] | 2006-03-09 11:54:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK58 | KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT PUK PRIME MINISTER PUSHES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings, leaders of the Patriotic United Kurdistan (PUK) demanded that the next Baghdad government tackle TAL 58 issues: "Kirkuk is a part of Kurdistan." The leaders reaffirmed the PUK's support for the U.S. presence in Iraq and their desire for continuing long-term [...] | 2006-03-09 17:02:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU |
06KIRKUK61 | TRIBAL LEADER WARNS OF FUNDAMENTALISM, CORRUPTION IN KURDISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The leader of the second largest Kurdish tribe in Iraq, the Harki, identified corruption, nepotism and the growth of Islamic fundamentalism fueled by economic instability as the major threats to democracy in the Kurdish region of Iraq. Shaykh Mahmud Asad Fattah Harki said that th [...] | 2006-03-14 12:21:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM APER IR SY TU IZ PREL |
06KIRKUK65 | KURDISH TRIBAL OPINION OF COALITION WORSENING OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The leader of the influential Baradusti tribe in the Kurdish region of Iraq described the Iraqi security situation as worse today than during Saddam Hussayn's era. The continued violence throughout Iraq is denting Kurdish popular opinion of the Coalition. The U.S. presence, how [...] | 2006-03-18 19:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR PTER KWMN IZ IR |
06KIRKUK70 | (C) KAMAL QADR KARIM: CONVICTED FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL, PARDON [...] (SBU) Media reports say a Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil court convicted Austrian citizen and Kurdish political activist Kamal Qadr Karim on March 26 of criminal defamation and sentenced him to 18 months in jail. As reported reftels, on December 19 a court had sentenced him to 30 years [...] | 2006-03-27 18:43:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IZ |
06KIRKUK73 | KRG UNIFICATION: PLOTTING A PATH [...] (C) SUMMARY. KRG PM Barzani told RC(A) March 29 that that each of the dual Erbil and Sulaymaniyah KRG ministries would form a committee to consider who should get the top jobs in the unified ministry and to find new jobs for redundant incumbents. No one would suffer a pay cut. The PUK has [...] | 2006-03-31 07:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS PHUM MCAP KCOR IZ |
06KIRKUK74 | (C) PM BARZANI TO PARDON KAMAL QADR KARIM IN NEXT FEW DAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. KRG PM Barzani told RC(A) March 29 that he would pardon Kurdish political activist Kamal Qadr Karim "in the next three to four days." We suspect they will deport him. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) While discussing human rights with RC(A) March 29 in relation to the riot in Halabja [...] | 2006-03-31 10:42:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IZ |
06KIRKUK75 | KURDISH TRIBAL LEADER DOWNS KDP AND PUK, URGES U.S. TO STAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A leader from the influential Kurdish tribe of Surchi said tribes were forced to work with the KDP and PUK because the parties controlled all the region's revenue. He thought the two Kurdish parties were incapable of working together. Shaykh Surchi urged the U.S. to remain in [...] | 2006-03-31 15:29:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR |
06KIRKUK83 | ZEBARI SHAYKH SAYS TRIBES CONTROL SOCIAL AFFAIRS IN NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Zebari tribe said he supported the Coalition presence in Iraq, but requested that the U.S. pay more attention to the tribes. He explained that while the Sunni Arabs of Iraq are demanding a U.S. withdrawal, the Kurds fear it. Zebari said Kurds blamed the U.S. fo [...] | 2006-04-10 13:50:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR |
06KIRKUK85 | DRL VISIT TO NORTHERN IRAQ: CIVIL SOCIETY STRUGGLES FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a visit by DRL to Northern Iraq, civil society funding recipients said they struggled to maintain independence against strong opposition, and in some cases persecution, from political parties. Media sources said they faced detainment and abuse from government authorities f [...] | 2006-04-12 10:12:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KWMN IZ |
06KIRKUK86 | DRL VISIT TO NORTHERN IRAQ: TREATMENT AT LAST FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: A DRL site visit to Northern Iraq revealed that implementing partners are providing Iraqis for the first time with treatment for the mentally ill, legal services for women in jail, and a major effort to record the stories of victims of torture, imprisonment, and the genocide campa [...] | 2006-04-12 10:41:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KWMN IZ |
06KIRKUK93 | BANNED IN TURKEY, POLITICAL PARTY OPENS ERBIL OFFICE ON [...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: The Socialist Party of Kurdistan recently opened a party office in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil, Iraq. Its representative Nureddin Agiri said Erbil's Kurdistan Regional Government was subsidizing the SPK's Erbil office. Agiri admitted his under-financed party was b [...] | 2006-04-16 08:48:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PTER PHUM IZ TU |
06KIRKUK96 | KURDISTAN ISLAMIC GROUP SEEKS U.S. RELATIONS [...] SUMMARY. (C) The Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) supported U.S. invasions in Afghanistan and Iraq, but has been disappointed with some U.S. actions toward it. The party seeks to uphold the holiness of Islam and advocates Sharia law as the main source of guidance on Iraqi law. The KIG and the [...] | 2006-04-21 13:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM APER IR SY TU IZ PREL |
06KIRKUK97 | IRANIAN FORCES ATTACK IRAQI KURDISH VILLAGES [...] (C) On April 21, Iranian military forces bombed Iraqi villages near the tri-border area of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. Deputy speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly, Kamal Kirkuki, confirmed that the attacks occurred around 5:00 A.M. in the northern Iraqi villages of Haji Umran and Kherena. [...] | 2006-04-22 17:22:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PINR PINS PREF PNAT PREL PTER PHUM IZ |
06KIRKUK98 | BADR ORGANIZATION IN KIRKUK COOPERATING ON SECURITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Badr Organization claims to be a multiethnic group in northern Iraq. Badr representatives claim most Shia Arabs in Kirkuk are Ba'ath loyalists. The Badr representatives claimed to defer security responsibilities to the Iraqi Army and police. The Badr Organization is postp [...] | 2006-04-25 13:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU |
06KIRKUK99 | KURDISH REFUGEE SPEAKS ABOUT IRANIAN TORTURE; REQUESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. An Iranian Kurd contacted Kirkuk Regional Embassy Office requesting asylum. He maintained that Iranian authorities detained him in June 2005 for writing negatively about the government. He claimed that he was tortured by Iranian intelligence and sent to Mariwan prison for thre [...] | 2006-04-25 13:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR |
06KUALALUMPUR1516 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DEBATE LEADS TO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Pressure from non-Muslims to examine religious freedom in Malaysia has generated passionate debate here in recent months, leading to PM Abdullah's July 25 warning, repeated on August 11, for the media and public to refrain from openly debating contentious religious and racial issues. For t [...] | 2006-08-11 08:13:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KISL KIRF KDEM KPAO MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1636 | PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER FACES DEATH THREAT [...] (C) Prominent Muslim lawyer and human rights activist Malik Imtiaz has become the target of a death threat printed on a leaflet and distributed via email beginning in mid-August. On August 24 Imtiaz privately told us he believes the death threat was orchestrated by several newly established Muslim [...] | 2006-08-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KISL MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1660 | A/S SAUERBREY URGES MALAYSIA TO EDUCATE REFUGEE [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey used her August 24-26 mission to Malaysia to stress our support for the UNHCR's activities, commend the GOM for providing temporary residency to Acehnese and Rohingya refugees from Burma, and urge the GOM to [...] | 2006-09-06 00:18:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG PREF KISL MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1661 | MALAYSIA ANNOUNCES NEW ANTI-TIP MEASURES DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey used her August 24-26 mission in Kuala Lumpur to press Malaysia to take action on trafficking in persons (TIP) and she received new information concerning the GOM's current approach. A senior Internal Se [...] | 2006-09-06 00:18:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN PREF SMIG MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1804 | MALAYSIA'S NEW POLICE CHIEF CALLS FOR ANTI-TIP LAW [...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's new Inspector General of Police (IGP) Musa Hassan, during a September 21 conference hosted by the police and the NGO Tenaganita, called for the creation of comprehensive legislation to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and for the establishment of government run shel [...] | 2006-09-26 09:58:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1908 | MALAYSIAN YOUTH POLL REVEALS RELIGIOUS DIVISIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-12 08:00:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR SOCI KISL MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1913 | MALAYSIAN YOUTH POLL REVEALS SHARP ETHNIC DIVIDE [...] (SBU) A recent opinion poll, funded by The Asia Foundation, of over 1,500 young Malaysian adults aged 18-32 showed sharp differences of views on religion and national identity and the relation between state and religion among the country's three largest ethnic groups - the Malays, Chinese and [...] | 2006-10-13 02:49:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR SOCI KISL MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1932 | MALAYSIA SUPPORTS DRAFT UN DECLARATION ON RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On October 13, New Zealand Deputy High Commissioner Felicity Bloor, joined by New Zealand emboff, the human rights officer from the Australian High Commission, and poloff, delivered ref A demarche and accompanying documents to Astanah Banu, Principal Assistant Secretary in the MFA's mul [...] | 2006-10-13 09:17:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1935 | SARAWAK: OPPOSITION ADRIFT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LACK SERVICES; POLICE REJECT CRITICISM [...] (C) We met with political opposition leaders, human rights advocates and police during an October 2 visit to Sarawak's state capitol of Kuching. While the nationally active ethnic Chinese opposition party DAP performed well in the May 20 state assembly election, we found the party has not yet [...] | 2006-10-13 09:35:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1942 | FOLLOW THE MONEY: THE POLITICS OF SHARE OWNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: A report by a respected local think tank has sparked a political uproar by claiming that ethnic Malays already control more than the government's target of 30% of the shares on the KL Stock Exchange (KLSE). As the 30% goal provides the underlying rationale for the bumiputera [...] | 2006-10-16 07:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EXIM PHUM PREL MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1948 | SABAH: POROUS BORDERS; PROBLEMS WITH FOREIGNERS; UNHAPPY UMNO COALITION PARTNER [...] (C) The police, political leaders, a human rights official in the East Malaysia state of Sabah recently expressed their concerns to us about rising crime and the security impact from the high number of foreigners - both legal and illegal - residing in the state. Sabah's Acting Police Commissio [...] | 2006-10-17 05:11:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SMIG ASEC MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2035 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR JOHN MILLER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador Miller, we welcome your visit to Kuala Lumpur and hope that your presence in Malaysia will assist us in encouraging the GOM to take substantive and positive measures as outlined in the Malaysia TIP Action Plan (ref A). Your schedule will allow you to engage with a range of g [...] | 2006-11-01 07:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2055 | DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-03 06:57:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU |
06KUALALUMPUR2087 | DEMARCHE ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] (U) We delivered reftel A talking points on November 6 to Bala Chandran Tharman, Pricipal Assistant Secretary in the MFA's mulilateral political affairs division. We have thus far received no substantive comment from the MFA. 2. (C) In our recent discussion with Tharman about the Cuba emba [...] | 2006-11-08 06:34:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2100 | DEMARCHE ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT [...] We delivered reftel's fact sheet on November 6 to Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary in the MFA's multilateral political affairs division. We have thus far received no substantive response from the MFA. 2. As per reftel's request to identify government ministers that are [...] | 2006-11-14 00:39:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL UNGA MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2111 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 07:07:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2112 | DEMARCHES ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 07:09:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN UNHRC MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2137 | CHIN REFUGEES STRUGGLE WHILE AWAITING UNHCR REGISTRATION AND RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) In their primitive jungle camps and at a medical clinic they established in Kuala Lumpur, Burmese Chin refugees recently described to us their harassment by police and their perceptions of UNHCR indifference regarding their plight. Up to 1,000 Chins live in jungle camps abutting palm oil plan [...] | 2006-11-20 05:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SMIG PREL PGOV UNHCR MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2140 | MALAYSIA: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy Kuala Lumpur provides the following submission as an interim assessment of targeted actions by Malaysia on trafficking in persons since the June release of the 2006 TIP report, as requested ref A. Shelter for Trafficking Victims ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The [...] | 2006-11-20 09:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2160 | G/TIP DIRECTOR MILLER URGES MALAYSIA TO PROTECT [...] (SBU) G/TIP Director John Miller's November 8-11 visit to Malaysia focused on urging the GOM to pass comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation, fund and establish victims' shelters, and properly identify trafficking victims. While the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP),Ministry of Women, Family [...] | 2006-11-22 09:25:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2296 | MALAYSIA AGREES WITH CONTENT OF DRAFT BURMA [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the draft UNSC resolution on Burma with Malaysian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Rastam Mohamad Isa on December 15, following our delivery of reftel points and the draft UNSCR to several Ministry offices on December 12. The Ambassador emphasized that while Malay [...] | 2006-12-15 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC XC BM MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2297 | MALAYSIA ATTORNEY GENERAL COMMITS TO DRAFTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's Attorney General told the Ambassador and visiting U.S. Assistant Attorney General Wan Kim on December 12 that he had directed his staff to begin drafting comprehensive legislation to combat trafficking in persons, a move which represents a key component of the TIP a [...] | 2006-12-15 09:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN KJUS MY |
06KUALALUMPUR313 | CARTOON CONTROVERSY ENVELOPS MALAYSIA'S PREMIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new cartoon controversy erupted in Malaysia on February 20 when the country,s second-largest English-language newspaper, the New Straits Times (NST),published a syndicated cartoon poking fun at the global Prophet Muhammad cartoon controversy. Muslim NGOs and the Islamic opposi [...] | 2006-02-23 11:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV KISL KPAO MY |
06KUALALUMPUR365 | CARTOON CONTROVERSY ENVELOPS MORE MEDIA SOURCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the third time in a month, the Malaysian government has suspended publication of a daily newspaper that printed an image of a Prophet Muhammad cartoon. The government-controlled New Straits Times (NST) managed to avoid punishment, however, after it issued an "unreserved apolo [...] | 2006-03-03 06:47:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM ASEC PREL PGOV KISL KPAO MY |
06KUALALUMPUR372 | MALAYSIA SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Malaysia is a destination and, to a lesser extent, a transit country for men and women trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor. Women from the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam are trafficked to [...] | 2006-03-03 08:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MY |
06KUWAIT1013 | KUWAIT CRACKS DOWN ON LABOR DOCUMENT FORGERS [...] (SBU) Dr. Salih Al-Shaykh, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Labor Affairs at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),confirmed in a March 19 meeting with EmbOffs news reports that the GOK has uncovered a scheme to allow companies to hire foreign workers illegally. MOSAL limits [...] | 2006-03-22 08:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
06KUWAIT1041 | KUWAIT'S DOMESTIC LABOR ADMINISTRATION TAKES [...] (U) Summary and Comment. PolOff and PolAssistant visited the Domestic Worker Administration (DWA) on March 18, and PolOff followed up with an unannounced visit to the DWA on March 22 to see how the GOK deals with domestic workers who have complaints. The DWA's role, as reported to Emboffs [...] | 2006-03-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB RP KU TIP |
06KUWAIT107 | CAMELS JOCKEYED EXCLUSIVELY BY ROBOTS AT KUWAIT [...] On January 12, Poloff visited the Kuwait Camel Racing club in the Kabid area of Kuwait, located about 30km southwest of the capital city. During the November - April racing season, races take place for two to three hours most Thursdays. Poloff observed during his unscheduled two-hour visit that [...] | 2006-01-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KU |
06KUWAIT1084 | LABOR MINISTRY REQUESTS TIP TRAINING IN CONTEXT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In a March 19 meeting, Amina Jowhar, Director of the International Relations Department at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),told EmbOffs that the GOK is reviewing plans to host a UN-sponsored conference on migran [...] | 2006-03-28 12:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
06KUWAIT1095 | 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT UPDATE: [...] (C) Summary and comment: While much work remains to be done, Post believes that the GOK is making significant efforts to combat human trafficking and to improve the working conditions and status of the large expatriate labor community. In the 2006 TIP report, we recommend that Kuwait be li [...] | 2006-03-29 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
06KUWAIT1096 | KUWAIT REQUESTS U.S. PARTICIPATION IN EXPATRIATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Amina Jowhar Ghazi (aka Amina Jowhar),Director of the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),faxed Post a copy of a letter from the Undersecretary's office announcing MOSAL's inten [...] | 2006-03-30 08:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
06KUWAIT1135 | FREEDOM AGENDA: MUNICIPAL COUNCIL DECISION SPARKS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Kuwait Municipal Council denied on March 20 a Catholic group's request for land to build a new church. The denial caused a vigorous public debate over the limits of religious freedom for non-Muslims in Kuwait. All agreed on freedom of conscience, but some argu [...] | 2006-04-02 12:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
06KUWAIT1176 | FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI WOMEN "JUBILANT" AS THEY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: For the first time since being given full political rights in May 2005, Kuwaiti women exercised their right to vote on April 4 in a Municipal Council by-election. Female campaign workers and voters were "jubilant" about exercising their political rights. "Today we [...] | 2006-04-04 14:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
06KUWAIT1345 | KUWAIT PASSES ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW [...] (U) Kuwait's National Assembly passed, and Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah signed, a law giving the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime the full force of law in Kuwait. Kuwait signed the Convention on December 12, 2000 but this action now gives it th [...] | 2006-04-18 12:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB ZP TIP |
06KUWAIT1452 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered April 26 reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah. Al-Jarallah said he knew of China's and Saudi Arabia's interest in one of the Asian seats and agreed that members of the new Human Rights Council needed to have strong hum [...] | 2006-04-27 08:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KU UN |
06KUWAIT1529 | FREEDOM AGENDA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REVOKES [...] On May 1, the Constitutional Court, one of Kuwait's top judicial bodies, unexpectedly revoked a 1979 law prohibiting public gatherings without prior Government approval. In a verdict in a case against two Kuwaiti lawyers who faced up to two years in prison for holding a public meeting to crit [...] | 2006-05-02 14:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KU |
06KUWAIT1549 | KUWAIT EXECUTES CITIZENS WHO MURDERED DOMESTIC [...] Kuwait executed two Kuwaiti citizens on May 2 for crimes committed against domestic workers. Kuwaiti citizen Mohammad Al-Shimmari abducted an Asian domestic worker, who died when she threw herself out of his car as he sped away. He then returned to where she lay, drove her to another area, a [...] | 2006-05-03 07:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KU TIP |
06KUWAIT1594 | APPEAL OF PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT: JUDGE REFERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the remaining 36 Peninsula Lions defendants took a new turn on May 3 when the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals referred the original 37 cases to the Constitutional Court for a decision on the constitutionality of the charges relating to collaboration to commit [...] | 2006-05-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT1622 | ARAB IRANIAN COMMUNITY IN KUWAIT CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) On May 6, Poloff met with five activists from the Arab Iranian (Ahwazi) expatriate community in Kuwait at their request: Adulkhaligh Delavi, Sabah Haidary, Atiya Savari, Naji Sawaeidy, and Hosain Ahwazy, who currently lives in London. (Comment: Poloff was in a listening mode and did not [...] | 2006-05-08 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
06KUWAIT1623 | FREEDOM AGENDA: BUREAUCRACY AND RELIGION COLLIDE [...] (C) Summary and comment: A committee of Kuwait's Municipal Council has engineered the refusal of a request from the National Evangelical Church (NEC) for a school license. (Note: The NEC serves as an umbrella organization for a loose grouping of Protestant groups. The legal sponsor of NEC i [...] | 2006-05-08 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KU |
06KUWAIT1639 | IRAN'S UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY: KUWAIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KUNR KU |
06KUWAIT1642 | FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITIS RALLY ON CONSTITUENCY [...] (U) Approximately 150 Kuwaitis staged a rally on May 5 in support of electoral constituency reform (ref b). Wearing orange and white, carrying signs that read "five for the sake of Kuwait," and exchanging "high five's," they protested for over two hours across the street from Seif Palace whe [...] | 2006-05-09 13:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
06KUWAIT1664 | FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR RESIDENCE PERMIT TRADER [...] The Arabic-language daily Al-Watan reported on May 10 that the Criminal Court sentenced an Iraqi man to five years in prison and subsequent deportation for fraudulently obtaining residence permits. The convicted man was using a Bahraini identification card to sponsor workers. He aroused sus [...] | 2006-05-10 09:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB KU IZ BA TIP |