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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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08TASHKENT641 | FRENCH AMBASSADOR PURSUES KOUCHNER/RICE PULL-ASIDE [...] (C) Summary. Praising Uzbek Foreign Minister Norov in Paris for releasing political prisoner Mutabar Tojiboeva could encourage the Uzbeks to do more of the same in coming weeks. This in turn would facilitate efforts to cooperate with Uzbekistan on ground transit of supplies to U.S. forces [...] | 2008-06-10 10:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR FR UZ |
08TASHKENT660 | UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EXTRADITION OF [...] (C) Per reftel request, on June 11 poloff voiced serious concern to MFA America's Chief Ismat Fayzullaev over the May 14 extradition of Erkin Halikov, an Uzbek asylum seeker who was in prison in Kyrgyzstan. Poloff observed that Halikov's case was being followed as an example of the government' [...] | 2008-06-12 11:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ICRC PGOV PREF PREL KG UZ |
08TASHKENT670 | UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON SENIOR ROUNDTABLE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 10:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO KWMN PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT671 | UZBEKISTAN: EMBASSY INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw (scheduled for September 29 - October 10),we are providing the following input for the pre-HDIM demarche to the Uzbek government. We wou [...] | 2008-06-13 10:14:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KIRF OSCE PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT677 | UZBEK GOVERNMENT TO RE-REGISTER JEWISH-AMERICAN NGO [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, regional coordinators of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC),a Jewish-American humanitarian organization, reported being told by a Ministry of Justice official that their organization will soon be re-registered, pending the resolution of a minor legal issue. The r [...] | 2008-06-16 07:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT7 | NURMUHAMMEDOV SISTERS DESCRIBE BROTHER'S TORTURE [...] (C) Summary: On December 24, poloff met with Ranoh and Danoh Nurmuhammedov, the sisters of Takhir Nurmuhammedov, one of three inmates at Andijon prison T-1 who were allegedly tortured to death in November (ref A). The sisters described the abuse their brother suffered in prison and probable [...] | 2008-01-03 13:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT700 | RUMORS CONTINUE TO SWIRL AROUND YUSUF JUMAEV CASE [...] (C) Family members of dissident poet Yusuf Jumaev, who in April was sentenced to five years' imprisonment at a minimum-security labor camp for resisting arrest and harming a police officer (ref A),continue to report contradictory and unsubstantiated information about Jumaev's condition and th [...] | 2008-06-19 12:00:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT701 | ACTIVIST REPORTS ON DEATH PENALTY COMMUTATIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, Mothers Against the Death Penalty and Torture Chairwoman Tamara Chikunova reported that Uzbekistan's Supreme Court had completed its review of more than forty death penalty cases following the abolishment of the death penalty on January 1, 2008. The Supreme Court com [...] | 2008-06-19 12:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT702 | SANJAR UMAROV'S CONDITION REPORTEDLY IMPROVES IN [...] (C) On June 16, Sunshine Coalition leader Nigara Khidoyatova reported to poloff that the health of Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov, who was imprisoned in March 2006 on politically-motivated charges of tax evasion and illegal commodities trading, has noticeably improved in the past few [...] | 2008-06-19 12:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT704 | UZBEKISTAN ICRC STAFFER ON PRISON VISITS [...] (S) Summary. As she prepares to depart Uzbekistan after several months working on ICRC prison visits, an ICRC Delegate (strictly protect) shared observations with the Ambassador regarding pressures which lead law enforcement officials to engage in torture and judicial officials to tolerate [...] | 2008-06-20 08:52:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM UZ |
08TASHKENT706 | SUBJECT: UZBEK JOURNALIST DETAINED ON DRUG CHARGES [...] (C) On June 17, Information Officer met with Bahram Abdurahmanov, the brother and lawyer of detained journalist Salijon Abdurahmanov, in the western city of Nukus, Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan. Abdurahmanov formerly worked for Voice of America, Radio Liberty, and Institute for War an [...] | 2008-06-20 10:12:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO PHUM PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT708 | UZBEKS TO RESPOND TO AMBASSADOR HANFORD'S LETTER [...] (C) Summary: During a May 28-31 visit to Uzbekistan, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met with government officials to discuss Uzbekistan's Country of Particular Concern (CPC) designation under the International Religious Freedom Act and the contents of a dr [...] | 2008-06-23 05:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT720 | UZBEKISTAN: EU DIPLOMATS NOT KEEN ON THIRD [...] (C) Summary: On June 16, poloff hosted another session of a periodic roundtable on human rights issues with Human Rights Watch director Igor Vorontsov and counterparts from the British, French, German, and Czech Embassies. During the meeting, the EU diplomats expressed skepticism about attemp [...] | 2008-06-24 06:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT722 | SURKHANDARYA PROVINCE ACTIVIST REPORTS [...] (C) Summary: On June 20, human rights activist Fakhriddin Tilloev reported to poloffs the torture and imprisonment of four alleged Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) members in Surkhandarya province. According to Tilloev, all four were allegedly linked to a Tajik HT leader named "Norillov," who invited the [...] | 2008-06-24 09:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL TI UZ |
08TASHKENT730 | UZBEK INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONFERENCE A BIG SHOW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan organized a "Media Freedom in a Modern Democratic Society" conference on June 9-10 in Tashkent which provided little debate on press freedom in Uzbekistan. The event was originally to be co-sponsored by the EU, but EU Embassies pulled out of the con [...] | 2008-06-24 13:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT741 | UZBEKISTAN BAR ASSOCIATION PUSHES FOR A MEANINGFUL [...] (C) On June 24 poloff met with Gulnora Ishankhanova, Chairperson of the Tashkent City Branch of the Uzbekistan Bar Association and Guljakhon Amanova, the organization's Projects and International Law Issues Consultant, to discuss the May 1 Presidential Decree on strengthening the bar associati [...] | 2008-06-27 08:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR UZ |
08TASHKENT748 | TRANSPORTATION AID PROVIDES CRITICAL LIFELINE TO [...] (C) Summary: Humanitarian supplies delivered through transportation programs funded by the Office of the Coordinator for U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia (EUR/ACE) continue to fulfill critical needs of NGOs and other institutions in Uzbekistan that serve many of the country's most vulnera [...] | 2008-06-27 12:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT749 | UZBEK TV DOCUMENTARY BASHES JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES [...] (C) Summary: A recent hour-long broadcast on Uzbek state television highlighted the "illegal missionary activity" of Jehovah's Witnesses and Pentecostal churches, and appeared to be designed to discredit those groups and inspire fear of and disdain for their activities. In 2006, the airing of [...] | 2008-06-30 01:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT765 | UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MARSHALL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for two Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to attend a Marshall Center-sponsored event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany September 10-17. P [...] | 2008-07-01 13:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR UZ |
08TASHKENT767 | UZBEKISTAN: HEALTH CONDITION OF RELEASED HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day visit to the Ferghana Valley on June 25 - 27, poloff visited human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva at a private clinic in Margilan, where she has been receiving treatment since being released from prison on medical grounds on June 2. Tojiboyeva explained that [...] | 2008-07-02 06:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ICRC KWMN PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT768 | UZBEKISTAN: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO TERMEZ [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Norland made his first trip to Surkhandarya Province June 25-27, visiting a number of strategic sites in and around Termez and meeting with local government officials, representatives of a USAID-supported NGO, and regional human rights activists. The visit highlighted T [...] | 2008-07-02 06:52:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV ELTN ETRD KHIV MOPS PHUM PINS |
08TASHKENT769 | UZBEK PARLIAMENT RATIFIES UNITED NATIONS TIP [...] (U) On June 23 the lower house of the Uzbek Parliament (Oliy Majlis) adopted a draft law on ratification of the November 2000 United Nations Protocol on Trafficking in Persons (TIP). The Senate followed suit just four days later, on June 27, thereby completing the Parliamentary steps and pavi [...] | 2008-07-02 11:52:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM UNCRIME KWMN KCRM UZ |
08TASHKENT777 | FERGHANA VALLEY ACTIVISTS AND IMAMS REPORT LESS [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day visit to the Ferghana Valley on June 25 - 27, poloff met with several human rights activists and religious leaders who reported that religious extremist organizations like Hizb ut-Tahrir have become less active (or at least less visible) in recent years. While [...] | 2008-07-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT786 | UZBEKISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR NEW DEMOCRACIES FINALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Justice chose the symbolic date of July 4 to announce the formal registration of the USAID-supported Institute for New Democracies (IND) in Uzbekistan. Although IND has successfully functioned in a difficult environment for the past two years without registrati [...] | 2008-07-08 11:02:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID PINR UZ |
08TASHKENT787 | UZBEK GOVERNMENT REPORTS CONVICTION IN TRAFFICKING [...] (U) A major state-run newspaper, Xalq Sozi (People's Word),ran a prominent 800-word article on July 1 reporting that a ring of Uzbek nationals was arrested for trafficking at least two Uzbek women to China with false employment offers. An Uzbek national, Aleksandr Rudenko, who worked in Chin [...] | 2008-07-08 11:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM UZ |
08TASHKENT79 | OPEN DIALOGUE PROJECT TO CO-SPONSOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: On January 16, poloff met with the directors of the Open Dialogue Project (ODP) and National Democratic Institute (NDI),who talked about their recent activities and plans. ODP Director Mjusa Sever described her organization's plans to co-sponsor a March conference on law enforcem [...] | 2008-01-22 12:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT792 | UZBEKISTAN: AUTHORITIES MOVING TO DEPORT [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day visit to the Ferghana Valley on June 25 - 27, poloff visited Birlik opposition political party Deputy Chairman Pulat Akhunov, who returned to Uzbekistan from exile in Sweden in March 2007 to renew his passport, at his family's estate in Andijon province. Akhunov [...] | 2008-07-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT793 | UZBEK AUTHORITIES DEVELOP PLAN TO IMPLEMENT CHILD [...] (C) On July 8, International Labor Organization (ILO) representative Svetlana Rakhimova (protect) provided poloff with a copy of the government's draft national action plan on implementing ILO child labor Conventions 182 (Worst Forms of Child Labor) and 138 (Minimum Age of Employment),which th [...] | 2008-07-09 13:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT794 | UZBEKISTAN: LARGE EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN TOWN NEAR [...] (SBU) Several Embassy contacts reported a series of explosions occurring in or near the town of Kagan, about 15 kilometers away from Bukhara, during the early morning of July 10. Preliminary reports are sketchy, but it appears that some type of accident occurred at an army depot used to store [...] | 2008-07-10 05:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT797 | ACTIVIST REPORTS MISTREATMENT AT NAVOI PSYCHIATRIC [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 12. 2. (C) Summary: On July 2, Bukhara-based human rights activist Shukhrat Ganiev reported visiting a psychiatric hospital in Navoi province and discovering that 12 teenagers, approximately between the ages of 13 and 16 years, were at the hospi [...] | 2008-07-10 08:30:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB OEXC PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT80 | AMBASSADOR RECEIVES WARM WELCOME IN CHILLY BUKHARA [...] (C) Summary: Despite frigid temperatures outside, the Ambassador was warmly received by the hokim (governor) of Bukhara province during a trip to the province on January 10 and 11. The Ambassador also visited the Naqshbandi Sufi Shrine and met with Bukharan Jewish community leaders at a local [...] | 2008-01-22 12:58:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB KIRF PHUM PINR SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT818 | OSCE NOTES ON KARIMOV MEETING OFFER INSIGHTS INTO [...] (C) Summary: On July 3 Bernard Rouault, Senior Project Officer at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Project Coordination Office in Tashkent, provided poloff with notes from the June 4 meeting between Alexander Stubb, visiting Chairman in Office of the OSCE and Fin [...] | 2008-07-14 12:21:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE PHUM PINR AF KZ UZ |
08TASHKENT819 | UZBEKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST CHARGED IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, the Voice of Freedom website reported that human rights activist and opposition party member Azam Turgunov was detained by police in the town of Mangit in the Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic on July 11. According to Human Rights Watch director Igor Vorontsov, Turgu [...] | 2008-07-14 13:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT821 | UZBEK AUTHORITIES REJECT CHRISTIAN LITERATURE [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, the Ambassador and DCM met with Bible Society Director Sergei Mitin, who reported that Uzbek authorities ordered the return of a large shipment of Christian literature that the Bible Society attempted to import into Uzbekistan in May. The authorities did not provide a [...] | 2008-07-15 08:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT835 | UZBEKISTAN: SIX MONTH SCORECARD ON HABEAS CORPUS [...] (SBU) Summary: The USAID-funded Institute for New Democracies (IND) co-sponsored a workshop in Tashkent on July 9-10 to examine efforts to implement a law with habeas corpus elements that took effect in January 2008. There was high-level participation by the Government of Uzbekistan, includi [...] | 2008-07-16 11:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM EAID UZ |
08TASHKENT843 | YUSUF JUMAEV MOVED TO HIGH-SECURITY PRISON IN [...] (C) During a two-day trip to Bukhara on July 15-16, poloff met with the daughter of Yusuf Jumaev, a dissident poet who was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in April for resisting arrest and harming a police officer (ref A). The daughter, Feruza, explained that Jumaev was recently moved f [...] | 2008-07-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT845 | UZBEKISTAN: BUREAUCRATIC WRANGLING STALLS [...] (C) Summary: On July 10, Poloff met with the Chairman of the Disabled People's Society of Uzbekistan to discuss Uzbekistan's efforts to ratify the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Despite most ministries' endorsement of the Convention, the Ministries o [...] | 2008-07-18 12:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT846 | UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OSCE HUMAN [...] (U) On July 18 the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Norov and, per request in reftel, delivered the demarche on the agenda for the upcoming OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. The Ambassador noted that the balanced points illustrate how we can have a productive dialogue on human [...] | 2008-07-21 09:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UZ |
08TASHKENT854 | HEALTH OF IMPRISONED OPPOSITIONIST REPORTEDLY [...] (C) On July 22, Free Farmers opposition party leader and Sunshine Coalition member Nigara Khidoyatova reported that the health of imprisoned Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov has deteriorated again. She reported that Umarov's son Arslan has traveled to Uzbekistan from the United States [...] | 2008-07-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT865 | AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS, [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Uzbekistan on May 29 - 30, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met with a variety of religious leaders, scholars, and human rights activists. On May 30, Hanford met a local Jehovah's Witnesses community representative, historian a [...] | 2008-07-25 07:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT866 | AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH ICRC REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Uzbekistan, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met on May 30 with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Deputy Director Raffaello Muller, who reported on prison conditions for individuals convicted of religious [...] | 2008-07-25 07:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ICRC KIRF PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT876 | UZBEK DOCUMENTARY ATTACKS UZBEK RFE/RL JOURNALISTS [...] (U) This cable provides background information useful for understanding reftels. 2. (SBU) Summary: In mid June a state-produced documentary bashing RFE/RL's Radio Ozodlik service aired on state TV in two regions and nationwide on nominally independent TV stations. The documentary challenged [...] | 2008-07-29 08:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KPAO UZ |
08TASHKENT878 | BUKHARA ACTIVIST: BETTER-TRAINED IMAMS FENDING OFF [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Bukhara on July 15 - 16, poloff discussed the current state of the region's Muslim community with a prominent local human rights activist and imams at Sunni and Shiite mosques. The activist, Shukhrat Ganiev, observed that that Muslim religiosity, especia [...] | 2008-07-29 12:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI EG SA RS UZ |
08TASHKENT879 | DAS KROL MEETS UZBEK FOREIGN MINISTER NOROV IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 25 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia George Krol met with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov in Tashkent. The atmosphere was warm and cordial, and Norov framed his remarks in the context of President Karimov's positive July 22 meeting with the A [...] | 2008-07-30 03:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM KCOR PINR KTER ENRG UZ |
08TASHKENT88 | HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CLAIMS VICTORY OVER KHALILOV [...] (C) Summary: According to government sources, Parliament Speaker Erkin Khalilov has been replaced by Dilorom Toshmuhammadova, the leader of the pro-government Adolat Social-Democratic party and one of the four officially-recognized presidential candidates who participated in the December 2007 [...] | 2008-01-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN PHUM PINR UZ |
08TASHKENT890 | UZBEKISTAN: DAS KROL MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Uzbekistan on July 24 - 25, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia George Krol participated in an Embassy roundtable with human rights activists and the Director of the Bible Society of Uzbekistan, and had separate meetings with two human r [...] | 2008-08-01 05:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON ELAB KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT891 | DAS KROL'S MEETING WITH UZBEK NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On July 25 visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia George Krol met with National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Murod Ataev in Tashkent. Ataev spoke at length about the recent munitions depot explosion in Kagan, thanking the U.S. government for [...] | 2008-08-01 05:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM KCOR MARR PINR UZ |
08TASHKENT893 | UZBEKISTAN: TWO MORE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IMPRISONED [...] (C) Summary: On July 29, the Forum 18 website reported that two Jehovah's Witnesses in Margilan were convicted of teaching religion illegally on July 23 and imprisoned. On August 1, two Jehovah's Witness representatives confirmed the Forum 18 article with poloff and noted observing several ir [...] | 2008-08-01 13:00:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT898 | UZBEKISTAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EXTRADITION OF [...] (C) In a diplomatic note dated July 14 (but handed to poloff in late July),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) responded to a diplomatic note the Embassy sent to the MFA over Erkin Halikov, an Uzbek asylum seeker who was imprisoned in Kyrgyzstan and extradited to Uzbekistan in May (reftels). [...] | 2008-08-04 12:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ICRC KIRF PGOV PREF PREL KG UZ |
08TASHKENT900 | UZBEKISTAN ADOPTS TIP NATIONAL ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Summary: On July 8 President Karimov issued a resolution adopting an anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) National Action Plan, thereby fulfilling a key requirement of the comprehensive anti-TIP law passed in March. The National Action Plan officially establishes a National Inter-agency Com [...] | 2008-08-04 14:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM UZ |
08TASHKENT901 | UZBEKISTAN WANTS TECHNICAL, NOT PERSONNEL HELP [...] (C) Summary: On August 4 Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) experts, and representatives from the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs met with Deputy Minister of Defense Rustam Niyazov and other officers from the Uzbek Ministries of Defense and Emergency Situation [...] | 2008-08-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR EAID PHUM UZ |
08TASHKENT91 | PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER REPLACED BY FEMALE [...] (C) Summary: According to government sources, Parliament Speaker Erkin Khalilov has been replaced by Dilorom Toshmuhammadova, the leader of the pro-government Adolat Social-Democratic party and one of the four officially-recognized presidential candidates who participated in the December 2007 [...] | 2008-01-23 14:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN PHUM PINR UZ |
08TASHKENT913 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR EXBS-SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for three Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to attend an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS)-funded export control training ev [...] | 2008-08-06 11:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR UZ |
08TASHKENT917 | UZBEK DEFENSE MINISTER LEADS TOUR OF KAGAN [...] (C) Summary: On August 5 emboffs, visiting U.S. Army experts, and representatives of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs met with Uzbek Minister of Defense Ruslan Mirzayev in Bukhara Province to tour the disaster site and discuss details of a U.S. military assistance package. Mirzayev ex [...] | 2008-08-07 12:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR EAID PHUM PINR UZ |
08TASHKENT920 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR EXBS-SPONSORED TRAINING, [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for two additional Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to attend an Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS)-funded export control t [...] | 2008-08-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR UZ |
08TASHKENT923 | UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MARSHALL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for a Government of Uzbekistan official nominated to participate in the Executive-level Program on Advanced Security Studies (EPASS 08-7). The traini [...] | 2008-08-11 12:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR UZ |
08TASHKENT924 | FREEDOM HOUSE TRIES TO UNITE LAWYERS AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: On July 26-29, poloff observed an offshore Freedom House training conference for Uzbek human rights activists and state-licensed defense lawyers in Istanbul, the first to be conducted under Freedom House's new USAID grant. The conference sought to encourage greater cooperation bet [...] | 2008-08-11 12:55:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI TU UZ |
08TASHKENT926 | UZBEKISTAN: PUBLIC DEFENDER CENTERS IN NEED OF [...] (C) Summary: During a July 26-29 Freedom House conference in Istanbul for Uzbek human rights activists and state-licensed defense lawyers (septel),poloff had the opportunity to meet with several lawyers who work at Public Defender Centers supported by the American Bar Association Rule of Law [...] | 2008-08-12 08:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID KJUS PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT927 | EMBASSY TASHKENT HOSTS ROUNDTABLE ON IMPRISONED [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 6, poloff hosted an informal roundtable at the Embassy with Arslan Umarov, the son of imprisoned Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov. The roundtable was attended by the Charge, the Swiss Ambassador, the French and Italian DCMs, and officers from the German and Bri [...] | 2008-08-12 08:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KPAO ICRC PGOV PINR PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT928 | UZBEKISTAN: OPPOSITION LEADER FORCIBLY DEPORTED TO [...] (C) On August 12, Birlik opposition party General Secretary Vasila Inoyatova (who is also head of the Ezgulik human rights group) reported to poloff that Birlik Deputy Chairman Pulat Akhunov, who returned to Uzbekistan from exile in Sweden in March 2007 to renew his passport (reftel),was forc [...] | 2008-08-12 12:21:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL KG UZ |
08TASHKENT938 | UZBEKISTAN: PRESIDENTIAL RESOLUTION ESTABLISHES [...] (U) Summary: On June 23 President Karimov issued the latest in a series of decrees on legal reform initiatives, this one establishing a research center in the Supreme Court and promoting the "independence of the judicial system." The resolution envisions the new judicial research center will [...] | 2008-08-13 05:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM UZ |
08TASHKENT947 | JOURNALIST, ACTIVIST, AND PROTESTANT FACE TRIAL IN [...] (C) Summary: During a one-day visit to Uzbekistan's Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan on August 7, poloff met with acquaintances of journalist Salidjahon Abdurakhmanov (ref A),human rights activist Akzam Turgunov (ref B),and Protestant Aimurat Khayburahmanov (ref C),all of whom remain i [...] | 2008-08-14 10:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT949 | EMBASSY TASHKENT HOSTS CHILD LABOR ROUNDTABLE [...] (U) Summary: On August 11, poloff hosted an informal roundtable at the Embassy on child labor in Uzbekistan in conjunction with representatives from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). The roundtable was also attended by the Charge, the [...] | 2008-08-15 09:00:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON ELAB KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TASHKENT964 | UZBEKISTAN: PRESIDENT KARIMOV SIGNS LAW RATIFYING [...] (U) On June 27 the Senate followed the lower chamber (Oliy Majlis) in adopting a law to ratify the UN Convention Against Corruption. President Karimov then signed the law on July 7, completing the Government of Uzbekistan's ratification steps. The Head of the International Organizations Depar [...] | 2008-08-20 10:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCOR PHUM KCRM UZ |
08TASHKENT972 | UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR MARSHALL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for one Government of Uzbekistan official nominated to participate in the Program for Advanced Security Studies (PTSS) 08-7 at the Marshall Center in [...] | 2008-08-22 08:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR UZ |
08TASHKENT985 | UZBEKISTAN: TWELVE CONVICTED OF ALLEGED HIZB [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met on August 22 with Akhmadjon Madmarov, a Margilan-based human rights activist whose two sons and two nephews are incarcerated for alleged membership in extremist organizations. He reported that his son Habibullah was convicted on August 15 along with 11 fellow inmates [...] | 2008-08-26 06:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KTER UZ |
08TASHKENT987 | UZBEKISTAN: HUMAN TRAFFICKING A HOT TOPIC IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan is off to a fast start in implementing its new anti-trafficking national action plan as five of 12 provinces plus Tashkent City have already formed and convened mandated local inter-agency committees to discuss prevention and protection measures. Th [...] | 2008-08-26 08:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN UZ |
08TASHKENT993 | UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests that Department conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for three Government of Uzbekistan officials scheduled to attend a State Department-sponsored biosafety/biosecurity legislative seminar on September 8- [...] | 2008-08-27 10:38:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR UZ |
08TASHKENT994 | KARAKALPAKSTAN CASES AGAINST ACTIVISTS MOVING [...] (C) Summary: On August 25 the trial against prominent human rights activist Akzam Turgunov started in Mangit but was immediately postponed after the judge decided that the attorneys required interpreters, a move described as "very surprising" by Dilorom Ishakova of the opposition Erk Party. I [...] | 2008-08-27 12:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM UZ |
08TBILISI1021 | CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS, RULING PARTY NEGOTIATE; JOINT [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, Giorgi Targamadze's Christian Democratic Movement (CDM) reached tentative agreement with Parliamentary Speaker Davit Bakradze and the ruling United National Movement (UNM) on many of the terms whereby the CDM would enter Parliament. These terms include changes to the [...] | 2008-06-13 14:50:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1026 | IMEDI TELEVISION RECOGNIZES THE CHANGED [...] (C) Summary. Imedi television - once the voice of the opposition in Georgia - has resumed broadcasting, but currently only broadcasts entertainment programming. Emboff met with station general manager and director of programming on June 10, 2008 to discuss when the station would restart news [...] | 2008-06-16 13:54:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO GG |
08TBILISI1028 | ACTION CABLE RESPONSE REGARDING PRESS STATEMENT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 14:11:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PHUM PREL |
08TBILISI1072 | AFTER ELECTIONS: BURJANADZE ANNOUNCES FOUNDATION, [...] Summary: On June 17, former Parliamentary Speaker Burjanadze announced she is establishing a think-tank called the "Foundation for Democratic Development." Burjanadze said she sees her foundation not as a purely analytical, apolitical think-tank, but rather as a "new way for her to participate [...] | 2008-06-23 04:59:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI109 | GEORGIA'S LEGAL EAGLES PROSECUTE ELECTION CRIMES [...] Summary: For the first time in its history, Georgia's Office of Public Prosecution Service (OPP) charged individuals with committing election crimes. U.S.-trained OPP prosecutors charged that two individuals, during the January 5, 2008, election, cast fraudulent ballots. To prepare the OPP fo [...] | 2008-01-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS GG |
08TBILISI1123 | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES GETTING ATTENTION IN [...] (U) Summary and Comment: On June 9, 2006, President Saakashvili signed Georgia's first legislation on domestic violence. Although the law institutionalized a system designed to shield victims from their abusers, other provisions in the Domestic Violence Law Action Plan have languished due [...] | 2008-06-27 14:00:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1141 | ABKHAZIA CLOSES BORDER AFTER BLASTS, GEORGIANS [...] (SBU) As a result of several blasts in Abkhazia on June 29 and 30, Abkhaz de facto President Sergey Bagapsh closed all border crossings with Georgia, including the Inguri River crossing, on July 1. UNOMIG confirmed on June 30 that around noon two blasts went off the same day in Sokhumi. One o [...] | 2008-07-01 14:44:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1152 | ANOTHER BLAST ON BORDER, ABHKAZIA DECLARES STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: An additional explosion occurred in Georgian-controlled territory near the administrative boundary with Abkhazia on July 2. No injuries were reported. Abkhaz separatist leaders declared a state of emergency on July 1, following earlier blasts (reftel). Georgian leaders blamed [...] | 2008-07-02 14:44:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1161 | POLICE CHIEF KILLED, SANAKOYEV TARGETED IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) OSCE told Poloff July 3 that separatist South Ossetian police chief Nodar Bibilov was killed in an explosion outside his home around 0600 in the South Ossetian village of Dmenisi on July 3. The OSCE told Post that a monitoring team had visited the site. They said an explosive device wa [...] | 2008-07-04 08:03:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1163 | A/S KRAMER MEETINGS WITH OPPOSITION, PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 25, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) David J. Kramer and the Ambassador met with the Public Defender, Georgian opposition leaders, civil society and those involved in judicial reforms to discuss the state of human rights [...] | 2008-07-04 08:07:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1170 | FOUR KILLED IN ABKHAZIA BLAST [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On the evening of July 6, a powerful explosion ripped through a cafe in the city of Gali, killing four, including the de-facto chief of state security for Gali, Major Muratia, and an off-duty UN interpreter. Ten others, including another UN interpreter, were wounded. [...] | 2008-07-07 14:01:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI1204 | GEORGIA RECALLS AMBASSADOR, ASKS FOR HELP IN [...] (C) Georgia Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Vashadze called in the Ambassadors representing the Western Friends of the Secretary General to the MFA on July 11 to ask for Western support in the UNSC and OSCE regarding July 8 overflights by Russian fighter planes over South Ossetia. The Russian [...] | 2008-07-11 12:58:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI1205 | ACTION REQUEST RESPONSE--PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-11 13:30:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PHUM PREL KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1216 | LEGAL PROFESSION REFORM INDEX SHOWS GEORGIA'S [...] (U) Summary and Comment: On July 10, the American Bar Association released the second volume of its Legal Profession Reform Index (LPRI) which assesses the performance of the legal profession in Georgia. Overall, there have been significant improvements since the first LPRI in 2005: out o [...] | 2008-07-15 13:22:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1217 | FREEDOM HOUSE NATIONS IN TRANSIT REPORT: GEORGIAN [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Freedom House's 2007 Nations in Transit report released on June 24 covering the period of January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007, gives Georgia a "Democracy Score" of 4.79, down from the previous year's score of 4.68. The study describes Georgia's hybrid system of dem [...] | 2008-07-15 13:22:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1229 | GEORGIA: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] In response to ref A, post provides information on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) in relation to the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). This report combines input solicited from Georgian law enforcement officials, international organizat [...] | 2008-07-16 13:45:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPKO GG |
08TBILISI123 | PM GURGENIDZE SUBMITS NEW CABINET TO PARLIAMENT [...] (U) On January 24, Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze held a press conference and announced President Saakashvili's nominations for his new cabinet of ministers. Gurgenidze submitted the list of nominees to the Georgian Parliament on January 25. Gurgenidze said that the new nominees are inclusiv [...] | 2008-01-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR GG RU |
08TBILISI1239 | POLOFF DISCUSSES TROOP LEVEL AND DEFENSE SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Desk Officer for the United States, Irakli Machitidze, Director of Department of International Organizations, Alexander Nalbandov and Head of NATO Division, Tornike Parulava regarding press reports that Georgia is planning to [...] | 2008-07-17 12:28:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV GG |
08TBILISI1241 | IDP RETURNEES TO GALI FACE CHALLENGES BEYOND [...] Summary and Comment: Poloff traveled to the largely ethnic-Georgian Gali district of the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia June 23-25 to learn more about the lives of Georgian internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had returned to their homes. Many of the estimated 40,000 IDPs who have returned [...] | 2008-07-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI1245 | RECENT DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The parliamentary minority faction has nominated one of three vice-speaker positions in Parliament reserved for opposition lawmakers and has filled deputy chairmen positions on parliamentary committees. The Parliamentary Committee for Procedural Issues rejected the Labor Party' [...] | 2008-07-18 13:24:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI125 | PUBLIC DEMANDS, INTERNAL RIFTS IN GEORGIA'S [...] (C) Summary: On January 28, opposition leaders laid out the United Council of Opposition's (UNC) demands for electoral and political reforms to the international diplomatic corps. The joint memorandum, to be signed by three opposition presidential candidates and the leaders of 12 opposition p [...] | 2008-01-28 13:45:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI1265 | LISTS OF SANCTIONED ENTITIES DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs visited the new headquarters of the Financial Monitoring Service (FMS) and the Financial Supervisory Agency (FSA) and delivered reftel lists of sanctioned organizations to Giorgi Kadagidze of FSA. Poloffs learned little about money laundering in Abkhazia because neither [...] | 2008-07-23 12:21:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GG KDEM |
08TBILISI1268 | SUMMARY OF RUSSIAN MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador attended a July 22 meeting at the MFA for NATO Ambassadors. A paper prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was distributed, summarizing Russian military activities in Abkhazia this spring. The paper is not classified, but the MFA asked that it be treated [...] | 2008-07-25 04:36:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1273 | EKA BESELIA CLAIMS SON'S ARREST IS POLITICALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Eka Beselia, member of the Joint Opposition, activist and well-known defense lawyer, alleged her son's recent arrest is politically motivated and is the latest step by the GOG to repress members of the opposition. Beselia's son, Rati Milorava (age 15 or 16) is facing two to fiv [...] | 2008-07-25 07:30:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1286 | LABOR PARTY ACTIVIST ARRESTED, NATELASHVILI CLAIMS [...] (U) On July 25, Georgian police arrested Labor Party activist Archil Benidze on charges of money laundering. Chairman of the Labor Party Shalva Natelashvili held a press brief where he denounced the arrest as "political persecution by the government." Natelashvili alleged the arrest was engin [...] | 2008-07-29 11:43:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1313 | GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE AUGUST 1 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic and social interest concerning Georgia for the weeks of July 14-August  [...] | 2008-08-01 10:42:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM EPET KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1343 | GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA--SITREP 3: RUSSIAN BOMBS [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: Multiple bases, airports, and Georgia's port of Poti were all bombed overnight by Russian aircraft, with bombing continuing in the daylight hours of August 9, with bombs hitting civilian targets in the Georgian city of Gori. Reports of casualties continue to come [...] | 2008-08-09 07:56:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1349 | GEORGIA: SITREP 5: GEORGIANS NEARLY EXHAUSTED; [...] (C) Begin Summary: FM Tkeshelashvili briefed the diplomatic corps August 10 that Georgia has suffered huge casualties. The FM described the situation as no longer about South Ossetia but rather was Russia aggression against an independent country. She said Russian planes have bombed hospitals in Go [...] | 2008-08-10 09:29:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1351 | GEORGIA: IDP UPDATE [...] Embassy officers attended a disaster response management meeting August 10 led by the UN Resident Country Director Robert Watkins. Representatives of the major UN agencies, NGO's and donor organizations discussed the GOG's stated humanitarian response requirements and how best to coordinate eff [...] | 2008-08-10 15:21:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI136 | DAS BRYZA'S JANUARY 19 MEETING WITH ACTING [...] (C) Summary: Acting President Nino Burjanadze told DAS Matthew Bryza at a January 19 meeting that she planned to continue talks with representatives of the opposition and also pledged to take steps to improve election procedures prior to the spring 2008 parliamentary elections. Burjanadze was [...] | 2008-01-29 13:25:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1362 | GEORGIA: SITREP 8: RUSSIANS PULL BACK, BUT BOMBING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 10:11:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1367 | GEORGIA: GOG REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze presented a proposed stabilization and reconstruction package to us on August 12 on behalf of the Georgian government. The PM urged the USG to consider a quick, positive response to the request for a standby facility to bolster their efforts to ensure liquidity i [...] | 2008-08-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI1372 | GEORGIA: SITREP 9: RUSSIAN TROOPS REMAIN IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-13 11:18:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | GG RS PGOV PHUM PREL |
08TBILISI1379 | GEORGIA: SITREP 10: RUSSIANS ON MOVE, IN GEORGIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-16 15:43:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1380 | GEORGIA: SITREP 11: RUSSIANS HOLD IN PLACE, [...] (SBU) Summary: There were few reports of Russian troops movements on August 17, following a day of conflicting reports on the status, location, and direction of Russian forces in Georgia. It is clear that Russian troops control the east-west corridor through Georgia from Poti north and eas [...] | 2008-08-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1385 | GEORGIA: SITREP 12: WAITING FOR A RUSSIAN PULLOUT [...] (SBU) Summary. As of mid-day August 18, there is no evidence that Russian troops have begun to withdraw from Georgia. The road from Tbilisi to Gori remains closed and travelers are subject to Russian roadblocks. Next international visitor to Tbilisi will be UK Foreign Secretary Miliband o [...] | 2008-08-18 10:21:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1386 | GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Begin Summary: On August 14, Minister of Defense David Kezerashvili spoke with DAS Bryza, the Ambassador, and DATT about the MOD's current situation following Russia's invasion. Kezerashvili said Georgia's army troops are now at Vaziani and other bases around Tbilisi, trying to regroup. [...] | 2008-08-18 13:42:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1387 | GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH MOIA VANO [...] (C) Begin Summary: On August 14, Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) Vano Merabishvili spoke with DAS Bryza and the Ambassador Tefft about the current situation following Russia's invasion, the status of Georgian troops, and how the attacks unfolded. Shota Utiashvili, nominally head of the [...] | 2008-08-18 14:36:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GG RU |
08TBILISI1391 | GEORGIA: SITREP 13 [...] (C) Summary: As of 1600 August 19, there is still no evidence of Russian troops withdrawing from Georgia. Russian checkpoints remain along the main East-West highway on both sides of Gori. Embassy officers who attempted to drive up the road from Tbilisi to Gori were turned back after the [...] | 2008-08-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1403 | GEORGIA: SITREP 14 - THE WAITING GAME CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Faint and uncertain signs of a Russian withdrawal are reported, but there is as yet no unmistakable sign of a pullback. Russian troops attempted August 19 to oust Georgian soldiers from a base in Western Georgia, to which the Georgians had retreated in conformity with the six-p [...] | 2008-08-20 12:25:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON GG RU |
08TBILISI1405 | USAID/DART GEORGIA COMPLEX EMERGENCY SITUATION REPORT #1 [...] In early August, heightened tension led to armed conflict involving Georgian and Russian armed forces and a South Ossetian separatist group, affecting populations along the Georgia-Russia border and areas within Georgia, including South Ossetia, parts of Abkhazia, and the town of Gori. While [...] | 2008-08-21 04:21:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF SOCI GG |
08TBILISI1409 | GEORGIA: SITREP 15: LITTLE OR NO CHANGE ON THE [...] (U) Summary. Observers are not reporting any real movement to withdraw by Russian troops in Georgia. According to the Georgian press, the Russians say they intend to set up a double line of checkpoints around South Ossetia with a buffer zone in between; however, Gori will not be in that zo [...] | 2008-08-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI141 | IRAKLI BATIASHVILI-BACK IN POLITICS? [...] (C) In a January 29 meeting with Poloffs, Irakli Batiashvili, recently amnestied from Georgian prison on January 11, said that he sees his role as a coordinating force for the opposition prior to the Parliamentary elections, although he has not decided where in the spectrum of the opposition [...] | 2008-01-30 13:56:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1412 | GEORGIA: SITREP 16: LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF A RUSSIAN [...] (U) Summary. As of mid-day, there were no definite sign of a Russian withdrawal from Georgia, but OSCE reported columns of Russian vehicles lining up in Gori and Kashuri on August 21. On the other hand, there also continue to be reports of erecting fortifications and the continued demoliti [...] | 2008-08-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1418 | GEORGIA: SITREP 17: IT'S ABOUT TIME - BULK OF [...] (U) Summary. Multiple sources confirm Russian troops have withdrawn most troops from undisputed Georgian territory, although some remain near key positions such as Poti, Senaki and Sachkere. The eastern part of the east-west highway is reportedly open, with light civilian traffic underway, [...] | 2008-08-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI143 | DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: On January 19, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Ambassador Tefft met with key leaders of the United National Council of Opposition (UNC). The UNC's main contention was that Mikheil Saakashvili did not receive 50 percent of the vote in the January 5 election. Consequently, they said they a [...] | 2008-01-30 14:29:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU |
08TBILISI1437 | GEORGIA: SITREP 18: ALL EYES ON AKHALGORI [...] (C) Summary. The situation remains tense in Akhalgori, with South Ossetian militia in an apparent standoff with Georgian police and interior forces; the Georgian government considers the location a potential flashpoint. The Russian presence in the west continues, maintaining a level of ten [...] | 2008-08-25 12:56:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1470 | GEORGIA: SITREP 19: RESPONDING TO MEDVEDEV'S [...] (C) Summary. Tbilisi is formulating its official response to Russian President Medvedev's announcement that Russia would recognize the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and per DFM Vashadze, is looking for a strong reaction from the West (more details to be provided septel). [...] | 2008-08-26 14:21:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1474 | GEORGIA: SITREP 20: RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION SOBERS [...] (C) Summary. President Saakashvili sought to reassure the nation in an upbeat televised speech, but Russia's recognition of the breakaway regions has increased the pressure on the president and the nation. The situation in Akhalgori seems to have been resolved for the moment with Georgian t [...] | 2008-08-27 12:34:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1481 | CONGRESSMAN SMITH DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS/IDPS [...] (C) Summary. Congressman Chris Smith (NJ - 4) had separate meetings with Patriarch Ilia II, Human Rights Watch (HRW),and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to discuss human rights issues and the IDP situation in Georgia the week of August 18. The Patriarch, HRW, and the I [...] | 2008-08-29 05:32:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU |
08TBILISI1482 | GEORGIA: SITREP 21: PARLIAMENT SAYS ALL RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 28, the Georgian Parliament adopted a resolution that declared Abkhazia and South Ossetia "territories occupied by the Russian Federation"; appeared to nullify the legal basis for any Russian forces, including peacekeepers, to be on Georgian territory; and urged the g [...] | 2008-08-29 11:54:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1496 | GEORGIA: SITREP 22: HUMAN CHAIN SHOWS GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary. On September 1 as many as 1.5 million Georgians rallied across the country to express national unity and opposition to Russia's actions. The OSCE did not observe any confrontations or movements, but did see the presence of heavy vehicles in an ethnically Georgian village southw [...] | 2008-09-02 13:34:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1506 | GEORGIA: SITREP 23: DOMESTIC POLITICIANS BEGIN [...] (C) Summary. On September 2 ruling party and opposition politicians met to find a way forward on the domestic political front that will maintain national unity while ensuring the opposition's concerns are not lost. The government sees next steps on the conflicts as the withdrawal of Russian [...] | 2008-09-03 11:14:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1513 | GEORGIA: SITREP 24: GEORGIANS WELCOME VICE [...] (C) Summary. President Saakashvili warmly welcomed Vice President Cheney to Georgia, with the visit receiving extensive local coverage. The September 3 announcement of a one-billion-dollar U.S. aid package was also well received, with some calling it a Marshall Plan for Georgia. The OSCE w [...] | 2008-09-04 13:14:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1514 | SENATOR CORKER SURVEYS DAMAGE IN GORI [...] (SBU) Senator Robert Corker (R-TN) traveled to Gori August 30, visiting an IDP center and meeting with various GOG officials to survey damage and assess the impact of the Russian invasion and occupation of Georgia. Governor Lado Vardzelashvili explained that the resettlement of Gori is on s [...] | 2008-09-05 05:45:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU |
08TBILISI152 | REPUBLICANS VOTE FOR SEPARATE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: On January 30, opposition leader and Republican Party Chairman David Usupashvili told the Ambassador that the Republican party will not join the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) on a joint party list for the coming parliamentary elections. Former presidential candidat [...] | 2008-01-31 14:47:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI1522 | CLAIMS OF ATROCITIES IN GEORGIA MERIT SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In advance of S/WCI Ambassador Williamson's September 8-11 visit to Georgia, the Embassy has compiled a preliminary list of the many reports we have received of "ethnic cleansing" and accusations of "war crimes" that have taken place in the conflict zones and areas [...] | 2008-09-05 14:57:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC RU GG |
08TBILISI1523 | GEORGIA: SITREP 25: NO CONFIRMATION OF AN ABKHAZ [...] (C) Summary. UNOMIG has been unable to confirm press reports of a wall planned by Abkhaz "authorities" along the administrative border. The OSCE was finally allowed to patrol north of Russian checkpoints and came within four km of Tskhinvali, but was again refused access to Akhalgori. Polit [...] | 2008-09-05 15:04:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1527 | GEORGIA: SITREP 26: STORIES ABOUND IN ABKHAZIA, [...] (SBU) Summary. Stories persist of Abkhaz plans to construct a wall along the border, but UNOMIG observers have discovered only limited evidence. Villagers are also reporting rumors of Abkhaz plans for Russian passports, conscription, and compulsory use of the Abkhaz language in schools. Th [...] | 2008-09-08 13:17:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1530 | GEORGIA: SITREP 27: SARKOZY IN TBILISI, OSCE MAKES [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian General Kulakhmetov canceled a September 8 meeting with OSCE to discuss access beyond Russian checkpoints. Opposition leader Shalva Natelashvili called for the resignation of the current Georgian leadership. The two Polish television news crew members detained on Sep [...] | 2008-09-09 12:29:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1550 | GEORGIA: SITREP 28: GEORGIAN POLICEMAN KILLED AT [...] (C) Summary. A Georgian police officer was shot while manning his regular post in Karaleti, reportedly by an Ossetian irregular according to the Interior Ministry. Russian vehicles and South Ossetian militias seem to have begun withdrawing from positions inside Georgia proper on a limited ba [...] | 2008-09-10 14:57:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1554 | GEORGIA: SITREP 29: UN ASSISTANCE CONVOY GAINS [...] (C) Summary. The UN announced that a humanitarian assistance convoy was allowed to pass the Georgian checkpoint at Karaleti September 11, delivering four tons of assistance to the Georgian village of Patara Garadjivari. Georgia's Reintegration Minister formally announced a freeze on develop [...] | 2008-09-11 14:50:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1571 | GEORGIA: SITREP 30: OSSETIANS REFUSE ACCESS TO OSCE [...] (C) Summary. Russian forces allowed OSCE monitors past checkpoints outside Akhalgori, but an Ossetian checkpoint did not allow the OSCE into Akhalgori. This raises questions about the prospects for South Ossetian cooperation with OSCE and EU monitors in the future. A special letter has been [...] | 2008-09-12 15:44:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1572 | UNGA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GEORGIAN MFA [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on September 9, 2008. Present at the meeting were MFA Head of International Organizations Office Alexander Nalbandov and MFA Head of the Americas Division Levan Nizharadze. 2. (C) After Poloff outlined th [...] | 2008-09-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1595 | INSIDE GEORGIA'S MINISTRY FOR REINTEGRATION - NO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a September 9 meeting with poloffs, Deputy Minister for Reintegration David Rakviashvili provided both the Ministry's and his own personal insights on Georgia's strategy on South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Rakviashvili's comments suggested the government does not yet h [...] | 2008-09-16 14:55:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1596 | GEORGIA: SITREP 32: RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS [...] (C) Summary. UNOMIG observers reported a Russian propaganda campaign in Abkhazia. OSCE observers said that they have access to the Russian "buffer zone," but still have no access beyond the former administrative border into South Ossetia (with the exception of Mission Head Hakala's Septembe [...] | 2008-09-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1602 | GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI'S STATE OF THE COUNTRY ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. President Saakashvili's September 16 state of the nation included concessions to the opposition, proposals to check executive power, and measures to increase judicial freedom and open media. Parliamentary opposition members said that most of the proposals were not n [...] | 2008-09-17 14:52:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL RU GG |
08TBILISI1608 | GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT OF PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] (C) Introduction and Comment: Tbilisi Mayor and Saakashvili insider Gigi Ugulava told the Ambassador that polling data indicates that Saakashvili and his Government enjoy broad public support, but noted that the Government needed to use the next 12-18 months to focus on rehabilitation and reco [...] | 2008-09-19 07:03:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1751 | GEORGIA: WAR CRIMES ISSUES AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador-at-Large Clint Williamson visited Georgia September 10-11 to highlight USG concerns over war crimes and ethnic cleansing allegations from the August conflict and to stress the need to hold perpetrators accountable. Williamson frankly told GOG officials t [...] | 2008-09-25 14:26:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC RU GG |
08TBILISI183 | DAS BRYZA MEETS ELECTION TASK FORCE MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary: On January 18, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Ambassador met with Elections Task Force Members MP Nino Nakashidze, and D/MOIA Eka Zguladze, as well as with key Saakashvili insider MP Giga Bokeria and UNM Spokesman David Bakradze on leave from his position as Minister of Conflict Resolu [...] | 2008-02-05 09:26:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG |
08TBILISI1834 | ARMENIANS IN SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI EXPRESS SOLIDARITY [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: During the Ambassador's September 10-11 trip to the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, the president's representative to the region and local officials in Akhalkalaki expressed their solidarity with the federal government against Russian aggression. They said there we [...] | 2008-10-03 05:23:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL RU GG |
08TBILISI1888 | GEORGIA: EU OBSERVER MISSION DISCUSSES POST [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: European Monitoring Mission Head (EUMM) Hansjoerg Haber briefed Ambassadors on October 9 that Russian forces had withdrawn to positions outsid of Georgia proper. Several controversial observation posts remain, with competing claims regarding in which territor [...] | 2008-10-10 14:37:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1890 | GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT REVIEWS MAESTRO LICENSE, [...] (C) Summary. Speaker of Parliament Bakradze announced October 10 that the Parliament would modify the nature of the license for the radio station Maestro to enable it to broadcast political talk shows. Maestro, whose request to expand its entertainment broadcasting to include political pro [...] | 2008-10-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM GG |
08TBILISI19 | TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/04/2008 [...] (U) On January 4, DCM, the diplomatic community, and ODIHR's Ambassador Boden, met with opposition members Levan Gachechiladze, United Opposition Candidate, Tina Khidasheli, Republican Party, Salome Zourabichvili, Georgia's Way, and Kakha Kukava, Conservative Party. The tone of the candidat [...] | 2008-01-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI195 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Kosovo and the upcoming parliamentary elections will likely dominate your meeting with President Saakashvili at the Wehrkunde conference. Kosovo is nearly certain to be the first issue on Saakashvili's agenda, as he seeks more information about the timing of an independence decl [...] | 2008-02-06 13:31:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1982 | GEORGIA: A/S FRIED VISITS GORI, CHECKPOINTS [...] (C) Begin Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and the Ambassador visited the Gori Field Office of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM),which conducts patrols to the south and southwest of South Ossetia, October 19. So far, the EUMM has been denied access into South Ossetia [...] | 2008-10-24 10:40:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1985 | GEORGIA: A/S FRIED MEETS OPPOSITION, BOTH INSIDE [...] (C) Begin Summary: On October 20, Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and Ambassador Tefft met with Georgian opposition parliamentarians. The MPs told Fried they were working to help the country through its post-invasion recovery and were pursuing democratic reforms. The group spoke about the A [...] | 2008-10-24 12:14:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI1987 | GEORGIA: IRI NATIONAL VOTER SURVEY: GEORGIANS [...] (C) Summary: The latest USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, based on 1,500 surveys conducted from September 23 to October 1, showed that the August war with Russia dominated the national mood. IRI said the poll showed that Georgians believed that Russian aggression wa [...] | 2008-10-24 13:16:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI20 | SAAKASHVILI LIKELY TO WIN (BUT NOT OVERWHELMINGLY) [...] (C) Summary: As the country gears up for presidential elections on January 5, the polls are unreliable and all over the map. Those commissioned by the opposition show former president Saakashvili not gaining enough votes to obtain a first round victory; those commissioned by the ruling Unite [...] | 2008-01-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI2016 | GEORGIA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION INVESTIGATES [...] (SBU) Summary: An Ad-hoc Parliamentary Commission investigating the Georgian-Russian war of August 2008 began its hearings on October 25. The Commission was designed to obtain evidence from government officials, who "were directly or indirectly involved in decision-making during the August e [...] | 2008-10-30 13:21:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI2017 | GEORGIA: RED CROSS STAFF MEMBER SHARES [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: A Tbilisi-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff member shared her observations about IDPs and GoG efforts to address their situation with Poloff during an October 22 meeting. ICRC is currently the only international organizations that has [...] | 2008-10-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI2018 | GEORGIA: LOW TURNOUT EXPECTED FOR NOVEMBER 3 ELECTIONS IN [...] Summary and comment: On November 3 elections will be held for the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, which is institutionally an important component of Adjara's autonomy but a plays a minimal national role. By-elections for the national Parliament will also take place in two [...] | 2008-10-30 17:15:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI2022 | GEORGIA: BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Sumary: Business Executives for National Security (BENS),a nonpartisan organization of senior private-sector representatives, visited Tbilisi October 19-21, accompanied by the Deputy European Commander (EUCOM) Vice Admiral Gallagher and EUCOM POLAD Ambassador Katherine Canavan. The v [...] | 2008-10-31 09:12:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV GG |
08TBILISI204 | DAS BRYZA MEETS CIVIL SOCIETY MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with DAS Bryza and Ambassador, representatives of civil society discussed the problems of the Presidential election and what impact it would have on Saakashvili's second term. The group was divided on whether Saakashvili won in the first round. Many thought that a [...] | 2008-02-07 10:28:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG KDEM PHUM |
08TBILISI207 | SCENESETTER FOR GEO MINDEF DAVIT KEZERASHVILI [...] (C//NF) Summary: Continued U.S. support for Georgia's NATO aspirations and mil-mil cooperation will likely dominate your meeting with Minister of Defense Kezerashvili. The development and reform of the Georgian Armed Forces into a NATO interoperable force is part of the foundation for a Geo [...] | 2008-02-08 04:40:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL RU GG |
08TBILISI2072 | GEORGIA: POLITICIZATION OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER [...] (C) Begin Summary: Since November 2007, Public Defender Sozar Subari's statements have steadily become more politically charged, leading both the international community and his own staff to question his objectivity. As Georgia's Public Defender and Human Rights Ombudsman, Subari was appoi [...] | 2008-11-06 13:47:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI2073 | GEORGIA: UNM STRONG IN ADJARA ELECTIONS, DESPITE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Extremely low turnout marked by-elections in two Tbilisi districts held on November 3 to fill two vacant seats that opposition parties refused to fill after the May elections. The Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM) candidate won the Vake seat. In Didube, the National D [...] | 2008-11-06 14:16:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI2117 | GEORGIA: EFFECTS OF WAR CHALLENGE PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Begin Summary: Following November 3 elections for the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara in southwestern Georgia (ref A),Poloff met local officials and the Turkish Consul. The region was recovering from lost tourism revenues as a result of the August war with Russia. L [...] | 2008-11-13 13:43:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU GG |
08TBILISI2118 | GEORGIA: EUMM SEEKS CHANGES TO PROPOSED INFO [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: In a November 12 meeting, European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) Head Hansjoerg Haber told the Ambassador he is seeking additional modifications to the proposed Exchange of Information Agreement which is pending signature between the EUMM and the Georgian De [...] | 2008-11-13 14:09:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL RU GG |
08TBILISI2192 | GEORGIA QUIETLY MARKS ROSE REVOLUTION'S FIFTH [...] (U) On November 23, the fifth anniversary of Georgia's Rose Revolution, the Government held a party and concert to commemorate the occasion. The Ambassador attended both events Only a small number of foreign dignitaries attended the events, including Polish President Lech Kaczynski, UK Speci [...] | 2008-11-24 14:16:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI2213 | GEORGIA: DEPUTY FM SAYS OSSETIANS FIRED AT [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Giga Bokeria told the diplomatic corps November 26 that South Ossetian de facto spokesperson Irina Gagloyeva noted on the record that Ossetian forces had fired upon the Georgian and Polish Presidents on November 23 (reftel). The interview with Gagloyeva appeared [...] | 2008-11-26 14:24:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI2219 | GEORGIA: FORMER SAAKASHVILI ALLY ACCUSES TBILISI [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a November 25 appearance before the Parliamentary Commission Investigating the August Conflict, former Georgian Ambassador to Russia Erosi Kitsmarishvili publicly stated his views that Georgia's leaders wanted conflict with Russia and that the United States gave [...] | 2008-11-28 14:10:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU |
08TBILISI2224 | GEORGIA: NEW JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: In a November 29 meeting, Ambassador raised two ongoing commercial cases involving U.S. companies with newly-appointed Justice Minister Zurab Adeishvili. Regarding the Basel case, Adeishvili acknowledged that he had heard of allegations of corruption and bribe-taking by the jud [...] | 2008-12-01 14:26:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL EINV GG |
08TBILISI2225 | GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI TAKES HIS CASE PUBLIC, MAKES [...] (U) Begin Summary: In an unprecedented development in modern Georgian history, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili voluntarily testified on November 28 in front of Parliament's "Ad Hoc Commission Investigating the August events and Russia's invasion." The country watched on live TV as t [...] | 2008-12-01 14:49:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI2269 | GEORGIA: IMPOSSIBLE TO GOVERN WITHOUT GOD AND BIBLE [...] (C) Summary: The Georgian Orthodox Church is a inherent part of Georgian society and for many, defines what it is to be Georgian. For those who are not ethnic Georgian, this close association threatens disenfranchisement. Most Georgians, even if not fervent parishioners, would not openly [...] | 2008-12-08 13:27:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV RU GG |
08TBILISI227 | GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE February 8 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of January 26-February 8. New Governors Appointed ----------------------- 2. On February 4, President Saakashvili replaced three regional governors. Ramaz Nikoleishvili, the f [...] | 2008-02-08 14:14:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG |
08TBILISI229 | OPPOSITION SUSPENDS TALKS WITH GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: Koba Davitashvili, United National Council (UNC) announced the decision to suspend talks with the ruling party United National Movement (UNM) representatives on the afternoon of February 8 following an impasse on resolution of two of the 17 demands made by the opposition. In a follow [...] | 2008-02-08 15:05:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV GG |
08TBILISI230 | GEORGIA TO ATTEND UN.GIFT VIENNA FORUM [...] (U) This is Post's response to action request (reftel). 2. (U) Poloff confirmed with Keti Khutsishvili, A-TIP Coordinator, Prosecutor General's Office, on February 5, that Lali Papiashvili, Judge at the Constitutional Court of Georgia, and former Member of Parliament, will attend the above [...] | 2008-02-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN GG |
08TBILISI2302 | GEORGIA: MOIA UPDATES IDP HOUSING STATUS [...] (C) Begin Summary: On December 9, Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) Vano Merabishvili briefed members of the diplomatic community that internally displaced ersons (IDP) from South Ossetia and the Upper Kodori in Abkhazia would have homes or will receive compensation to repair existing home [...] | 2008-12-09 14:03:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV GG |
08TBILISI2336 | A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR - - A YEAR OF REGIONAL MOCK JURY [...] Summary: In preparation for the new, Western style Criminal Procedure Code (CPC),the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ/OPDAT) and the Government of Georgia (GOG) built upon their 2007 "train the trainers" program and conduct [...] | 2008-12-12 10:22:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS GG |
08TBILISI2378 | GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE TBILISI VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Georgia comes in the aftermath of the August conflict, which resulted in Russia's occupation and recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Tension along the de facto boundaries remains high, and international monitors do not have access to So [...] | 2008-12-15 11:44:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI2399 | GEORGIA: OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIANS PROPOSE NEW [...] (U) Summary: Members of the Parliamentary minority faction Christian-Democrats (CDM) have presented a plan for a new national security initiative, including a new structure for the national security council. The initiative is intended to address the problems identified in the aftermath of Geor [...] | 2008-12-15 14:41:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI2411 | GEORGIA: ARMENIAN NORASHEN CHURCH - CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: The latest in a series of disputes between the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) and the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) ignited November 18 when a construction crew using a bulldozer, hired by a Georgian Orthodox priest, moved the headstones of several Armenian graves at Norashen C [...] | 2008-12-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV AR GG |
08TBILISI2417 | GEORGIA: ELECTION CODE REFORM BACK AGAIN [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Speaker Bakradze announced December 15 the formation of a special group of lawmakers from the Parliamentary majority and minority, NGO representatives, and non-Parliamentary opposition to improve the election code. It is generally agreed that the current code is flawed [...] | 2008-12-18 09:40:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI2438 | GEORGIAN PATRIARCH ON CHURCH DISPUTE WITH ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Ambassador raised the ongoing dispute over Norashen church in Tbilisi with Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II on December 22. The Georgian Patriarch seemed open and willing to resolve contentious issues and noted the Georgian priest who was involved in moving graveston [...] | 2008-12-22 13:11:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR GG |
08TBILISI2439 | GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT ENDORSES INVESTIGATORY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a unanimous vote of 88 to none on December 19, Georgia's Parliament formally endorsed the report and conclusion presented by the ad-hoc Committee to Investigate August Events (ref A). Parliamentary Speaker David Bakradze spoke highly of the Committee's work. Opposition Vice- [...] | 2008-12-22 14:35:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG |
08TBILISI2459 | TBILISI: PATRIARCH'S TAKE ON MOSCOW MEETINGS, [...] (C) Summary: During a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Georgian Patriarch Ilia II discussed his recent meeting in Moscow with Russian President Medvedev the current situation in Abkhazia, and the likely successor of Patriarch Alexei II. Ilia II expressed his desire to serve a positi [...] | 2008-12-23 12:18:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GG |
08TBILISI246 | REINTEGRATION MINISTER YAKOBASHVILI EAGER TO TRY [...] (C) New State Minister for Reintegration Temuri Yakobashvili has thus far managed to retain the penchant for provocative thinking and creative ideas that he exhibited in his years as an NGO leader. In a February 8 meeting with DCM, Yakobashvili detailed some of the ideas he has been discussin [...] | 2008-02-12 13:53:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI249 | OPPOSITION OLIGARCH PATARKATSISHVILI DEAD OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 13 news broke in Georgia that Georgian oligarch and opposition figure Arkadi "Badri" Patarkatsishvili died in London. He was 52 years of age. Patarkatsishvili's Tbilisi-based lawyer, Shalva Khachapuridze, confirmed the news. The reported cause of death is a heart [...] | 2008-02-13 09:48:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI2492 | IMPACT OF CLOSING THE OSCE MISSION TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary and comment. The OSCE Mission to Georgia offers the international community several unique tools in monitoring and facilitating Georgia's democratic, secure and prosperous development. As a monitoring mission, it provides information on the situation on the ground, with a special [...] | 2008-12-30 14:28:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS EAID ECON SNAR KBTS RU GG |
08TBILISI2494 | GEORGIA: AND JUSTICE FOR ALL--THE NEW POWER [...] (U) Summary: In October, amendments to the Constitution of Georgia officially authorized the merger of the Prosecution Service of Georgia with the Ministry of Justice. The Probation and Penitentiary Department, National Forensics Bureau and Legal Aid services, which formerly were subordinate [...] | 2008-12-30 14:33:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI27 | SAAKASHVILI TO WIN GEORGIA'S PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Summary: In what has been the most competitive presidential race in Georgia's history, former president Saakashvili appears set to win the January 5 presidential elections with 52 percent of the vote. His biggest challenger, United Opposition's Levan Gachechiladze, is set to achieve 25 [...] | 2008-01-08 16:18:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI271 | OPPOSITION PROTESTS GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT MEMORANDUM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 14:43:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | GG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL |
08TBILISI277 | GEORGIA RESPONDS TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence on February 17, most Georgian leaders, from President Saakashvili to the Patriarch, stated publicly that Kosovo does not constitute a precedent that can be followed by other breakaway regions, including Abkhazia and South [...] | 2008-02-19 10:28:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG RU |
08TBILISI296 | GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE FEBRUARY 22 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of February 9-22. Prime Minister Unveils Anti-Poverty Plan ---------------------------------------- 2. The Georgian government has presented its long-term plan for realization [...] | 2008-02-22 12:39:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG |
08TBILISI304 | OPPOSITION POSTPONES HUNGER STRIKE, RESUMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Early on February 22, the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) voted to postpone a hunger strike and street protest scheduled to begin that afternoon (reftel). Following the vote, UNC leader MP Levan Gachechiladze wrote and delivered an address explaining the opposition [...] | 2008-02-25 14:01:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI318 | GOG AND OPPOSITION POINTS OF AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Georgian government took concrete steps on February 26 in addressing the opposition's concerns (Reftel A,B,C) by releasing three more "political prisoners," replacing the board of the Georgian Public Broadcasting Station, and officially stating that Parliamentary elections [...] | 2008-02-27 14:19:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI346 | CODEL PRICE MEETS GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS, [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 23-24 members of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) visited Tbilisi to support democratic reform and fair elections. CODEL Price met with ruling National Movement MPs and Parliament staff over dinner and, on February 24, met with opposition leaders fr [...] | 2008-02-29 14:16:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP KDEM GG |
08TBILISI36 | TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/10/2008 [...] (C) Summary: On January 10 Ambassador Dieter Boden, OSCE/ODIHR Observation Team Chief briefed the OSCE Ambassadorial Working group, stressing that no systemic fraud occurred during the January 5 Presidential Elections. On the same day, Chairman of the Central Elections Commission (CEC) Lev [...] | 2008-01-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI362 | NEW DIRECTION FOR PRISON REFORM? [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Penitentiary Service (PS) and Ministry Of Justice (MOJ) announced March 4 that Tbilisi Prison Number 5 pre-trial detainment facility is now officially closed. All prisoners have been transferred to other facilities and MOJ plans to demolish the building [...] | 2008-03-05 13:36:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG |
08TBILISI364 | ELECTION NEGOTIATIONS END (FOR NOW) IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 4 Georgia's Parliament approved the first reading of an amendment to the Constitution on elections. The proposed amendment changes the composition of Parliament to 75 party list seats, and 75 "majoritarian" single mandate seats. This move was in opposition to the poli [...] | 2008-03-05 14:29:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI384 | GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MARCH 7 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of February 23-March 7. New Board for Public Broadcaster -------------------------------- 2. On February 26, the Georgian Parliament approved the new composition of the Supervi [...] | 2008-03-07 11:58:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG |
08TBILISI402 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador used his first official meeting with Nick Gvaramia, Minister of Justice to underscore the importance of rectifying problems identified previously to permit Parliamentary elections to take place in a transparent and positive environment. Ambassador stressed the need t [...] | 2008-03-11 14:55:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM GG |
08TBILISI403 | RULING PARTY AGAINST CHANGING ELECTORAL SYSTEM, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and other Embassy officials raised the issue of the newly proposed Parliamentary electoral system with key MPs on March 11. Speaker Burjanadze told Ambassador Tefft that some in the opposition are now calling for a return to the "winner-take-all" system, although [...] | 2008-03-11 14:55:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM GG |
08TBILISI42 | TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/11/2008 [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced preliminary results of Georgia's Presidential election. Mikheil Saakashvili won 52.21 percent. The nearest challenger, Levan Gachechiladze had 25.26 percent. On January 11, Irina Sarishvili, presidential candidate [...] | 2008-01-11 17:24:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI43 | TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/11/2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 17:24:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI437 | IRI NATIONAL VOTER SURVEY: NEW PUBLIC OPTIMISM [...] (C) Summary: The latest USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, based on 1,500 surveys conducted from February 19-27, shows more optimism about the future than was seen in September 2007 (reftel). More people said the country is going in the right direction than in Septem [...] | 2008-03-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI444 | RULING PARTY AMENDS GEORGIAN CONSTITUTION AGAIN, [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 12, the ruling National Movement (UNM) amended the Georgian Constitution to maintain 75 single-mandate Parliamentary seats for the upcoming election (reftel) and establish 75 party list seats. In response to the proposed amendment, the Labor Party called on all the op [...] | 2008-03-17 13:56:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI473 | USUPASHVILI: UNITED OPPOSITION BROKEN, NO EASY END [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, Republican Party Chairman David Usupashvili told Charge that the leadership of the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) and the New Rightists (NR) parties, weakened by their ongoing hunger strike (reftel),is nearly broken. According to Usupashvili, both the U [...] | 2008-03-19 14:44:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI496 | PATRIARCH CALLS FOR DIALOGUE, BURJANADZE REJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, Georgian Patriarch Ilia II called on the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) and the New Rightists (NR) to end their hunger strike (reftel) and return to dialogue with the ruling National Movement (UNM). At the same time, Ilia II called on the UNM to "take [...] | 2008-03-21 13:23:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI497 | GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MARCH 21 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 8-21. Okruashvili Asserts Control of Shrinking Party --------------------------------------------- - 2. On March 15, the political party United Georgia elected its most [...] | 2008-03-21 13:45:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG |
08TBILISI503 | THE TROUBLE WITH GEORGIA'S OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Recent protests and a hunger strike (ref A) by opposition MPs demonstrate the continuing radicalization of Georgia's opposition. The opposition's confrontational style and inability to negotiate effectively with the government beg the more important question: Why is Georgia's op [...] | 2008-03-24 11:45:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI509 | ELECTION CODE AMENDED FOR MAY 21 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: On March 21, the Parliament of Georgia amended Georgia's election code (reftel) by a vote of 134-2. All but one opposition member of Parliament boycotted the proceeding. The deadline for registering political parties is March 26. This cable summarizes the main points of the amen [...] | 2008-03-26 05:20:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI51 | TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/14/2008 [...] (C) Summary: Early January 13, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced final results of Georgia's Presidential election. Mikheil Saakashvili won 53.4 percent of the votes. Levan Gachechiladze had 25.67 percent. The CEC denied nearly all of the election complaints filed by the oppos [...] | 2008-01-14 15:08:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI516 | MEETING WITH UNION OF KURDS OF GEORGIA [...] (SBU) On 25 March 2008, Poloff met with Vitali Nabiev (Anqosi),chairman of the NGO Union of Kurds of Georgia. Nabiev's organization represents the Georgian Kurdish Diaspora in Tbilisi (about 30,000 people mainly in the capital whom he described as Yesids) and Iraqi Kurds in Kurdistan. His pu [...] | 2008-03-26 14:08:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI52 | SAAKASHVILI WINS A SECOND TERM IN GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the Central Election Commission announced the final results of the January 5 presidential elections. Former president Saakashvili received 53.47% of the vote, giving him a narrow win on the first round. Leader of the 9-party opposition coalition Levan Gechachila [...] | 2008-01-14 15:19:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI528 | GEORGIAN OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE ENDS, CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: On March 25, after 16 days, the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) and the New Rightists (NR) party ended their hunger strike. They said they could not ignore a second appeal to stop by the Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II, after he visited them at Parl [...] | 2008-03-28 12:57:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI545 | GEORGIANS LOOK TO MAY 21 ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: A Presidential decree on March 21 set the date for upcoming parliamentary elections on May 21. Against the backdrop of campaign preparations, events are unfolding quickly. The ruling National Movement (UNM) party replaced its Secretary General, effectively sidelining a leading r [...] | 2008-04-02 13:37:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI546 | OPCAT--GEORGIA WORKS ON IMPROVING PRISON CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) In June 2007 The Government of Georgia created an Inter-agency Coordination Council to address the issue of torture in prisons and other closed facilities. On March 31, this council met for the first time since September 2007 to discuss the action plan to implement the Optional Protoco [...] | 2008-04-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL GG |
08TBILISI556 | PRELIMINARY LOOK--JUDICIAL REFORM INDICATORS [...] (C) Summary: A independent judicial reform expert recently visited Georgia to evaluate progress since 2005. Preliminary results indicate much has been done to improve the professionalism, accountability and salaries of judges, but questions remain as to the independence of the judiciary. E [...] | 2008-04-04 13:16:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI567 | GEORGIA REACTS POSITIVELY TO NATO SUMMIT OUTCOME [...] Although Georgia did not receive a Membership Action (MAP) at the NATO summit in Bucharest, top Georgian officials have lauded the results as a major success, pointing to language in the April 3 summit communique that Georgia and Ukraine "will become members of NATO." In a broadcast from Bucha [...] | 2008-04-04 13:48:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI568 | GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE APRIL 4 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 22-April 4. Transport Links with Russia Re-Opening -------------------------------------- 2. Russia's closure of air and sea links with Georgia -- in effect since Octo [...] | 2008-04-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG |
08TBILISI57 | TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/15/2008 [...] (C) Summary: United National Council of Opposition (UNC) presidential candidate Levan Gachechiladze told the Ambassador on January 15 that the UNC is indeed in serious negotiation with President-Elect Mikheil Saakashvili on 11 key issues. The first concession, announced as a "first victory" [...] | 2008-01-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI589 | INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY--RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST [...] SUMMARY: On April 8 the National Minorities Council of the Public Defender's Office hosted a roundtable in honor of International Roma Day. Representatives from government ministries and NGOs discussed information contained in the 2008 European Center for Minority Issue (ECMI) report which [...] | 2008-04-10 14:24:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | APER PHUM KPAO GG |
08TBILISI658 | GEORGIANS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER EXPULSION OF PRIEST [...] (SBU) The Ambassador received the following letter, dated April 11, from Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze, drawing attention to the apprehension of an ethnic Georgian priest by "Abkhazian military intelligence" and his expulsion from Abkhazia. Vashadze describes this case as a violation [...] | 2008-04-17 14:14:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF GG |
08TBILISI665 | GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE APRIL 18 [...] (U) This cable contains current items of Political, Economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 4-18. New Director of Public TV ------------------------- 2. (U) Levan Kubaneishvili, the new Director of Public Television, is the former head of TBC Studios, a [...] | 2008-04-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG |
08TBILISI666 | GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (C) On April 8, the Central Election Commission (CEC) kicked off Georgia's parliamentary elections and presented their election strategy to the international community. OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights' (ODIHR) election observation mission (EOM) began operations on Ap [...] | 2008-04-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI674 | PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE 04-21-2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-21 13:47:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI676 | PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE 04-21-2008 [...] Summary: Twelve registered parties/election blocs must submit their full party lists and majoritarian MP candidates by the evening of April 21. Once these lists are submitted, Georgia's May 21 parliamentary elections will be much clearer. In addition, the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) a [...] | 2008-04-21 13:53:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI682 | SOFT POWER RULES: A CASE STUDY FROM TBILISI IN COUNTERING [...] SUMMARY: Polls on U.S. policies, society, and values show support in the high 90%s in Georgia. But after Opposition politicians opportunistically introduced anti-American elements into public discourse this past winter, AmEmbassy Tbilisi re-calibrated its public diplomacy approach, including [...] | 2008-04-22 12:25:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KPAO GG |
08TBILISI707 | GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE APRIL 24 [...] (U) Summary: On the evening of April 21, Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze surprised most of Georgia and announced that she would not seek re-election May 21. Foreign Minister Davit Bakradze took her place atop the ruling United National Movement's (UNM) party list. Her announcement was [...] | 2008-04-24 15:17:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI712 | SEEKING INDEPENDENCE, ABKHAZ GET CLOSER TO RUSSIA [...] (C) During an April 18-20 visit to Abkhazia, we found Abkhaz de facto officials in an uncompromising mood, reiterating that they will never agree to be reintegrated into the Georgian state nor permit return of Georgian internally displaced persons (IDPs) under current conditions. They were pl [...] | 2008-04-29 13:56:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI726 | GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 1 [...] (C) Summary: On April 30, the United National Movement's (UNM) pollster told the Ambassador that the UNM is polling around 57 percent among likely voters in the May 21 election. This will likely result in another UNM constitutional majority. He expects at least three other opposition parties [...] | 2008-05-01 14:42:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI743 | REPUBLICANS COOL BUT RESIGNED TO NATIONAL MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: David Usupashvili, Chairman of the Republican Party of Georgia, spoke on April 23 with EUR/CARC Director Paul Wohlers. Usupashvili regretted the decision of Nino Burjanadze not to run for a parliamentary seat because it sets up a confrontation between the radical wing of the Unit [...] | 2008-05-02 14:42:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI749 | GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MAY 2 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 19-May 2. Two New Ministers, One New Deputy for Reintegration --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. Even before voters go to the polls, the May 21 par [...] | 2008-05-05 13:53:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG |
08TBILISI751 | PARTIES FOCUS ON MAJORITARIAN RACES IN GEORGIA'S [...] Summary: On April 28, the Central Election Commission (CEC) approved the lists of candidates for the May 21 parliamentary elections that were submitted by political parties on April 21. Most of the party leaders, except Republicans, are both leading the party lists and running as majoritarian [...] | 2008-05-05 14:51:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR GG |
08TBILISI752 | RESPONSE TO ACTION CABLE 44903, ACTIVISTS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-06 06:25:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL |
08TBILISI755 | PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the towns of Borjomi, Akhaltsikhe, Ninotsminda and Akhalkalaki in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti May 1-2 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, NGOS, press, local government officials and general populace in the lead-up to the May 21 Parliam [...] | 2008-05-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI756 | GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 6 [...] (SBU) Summary: The environment surrounding Georgia's parliamentary election campaign degraded during the week. The Joint Opposition scuffled outside the Central Election Commission (CEC),while their youth wing did the same near the CEC Chairman's home. The Joint Opposition called for rallie [...] | 2008-05-06 14:13:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI757 | STATUS OF TOPURIA, OKRUASHVILI, AND BATIASHVILI [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 29 the Tbilisi Appellate court announced that it upholds the guilty verdicts for the thirteen defendants tried in the Giorgadze treason cases. The announcement generated little public or media attention. On April 23, Georgian media announced that France granted asylu [...] | 2008-05-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI76 | TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/17/2008 [...] (C) Summary: An OSCE Technical Working Group on Elections (TWG) met on January 17 and considered post-election processes by the Central Election Commission and courts. The CEC's and courts quick denial of observers' complaints regarding election-day violations and post-election counting proc [...] | 2008-01-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI765 | ELECTIONS UPDATE MAY 7 [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6 President Saakashvili stated publicly that United National Movement (UNM) intimidation of local officials will not be tolerated. The Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) publicly made a similar statement the same day telling police their role is to provide a safe envir [...] | 2008-05-07 13:59:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI775 | ODIHR TELLS AMBASSADORS: SO FAR, SO GOOD ON [...] (SBU) Summary: ODIHR's Election Observation Mission (EOM) monitoring Georgia's parliamentary elections briefed the Diplomatic Corps on May 8. The EOM said neither the government nor opposition was pleased with its first interim report, suggesting its balance was accurate. Overall, ODIHR Hea [...] | 2008-05-08 16:47:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI791 | EMBASSY TBILISI'S 2008 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] Summary: For the FY08 Taft Fund for Refugees for Georgia, Post proposes supporting two projects, one in support of refugees living in the Pankisi Gorge and the other in support of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living in western Georgia. The first project will renovate and equip a compu [...] | 2008-05-14 08:15:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PHUM GG |
08TBILISI828 | GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 20 [...] (SBU) Summary: As the election campaign entered its last week, ODIHR released its Second Interim Report on May 15. The report highlights active GOG election preparations, an extended deadline to check voter lists, increased campaign activity by opposition parties, and the broadly-equal TV cov [...] | 2008-05-20 15:16:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI829 | WEST GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES READY, OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the city of Zugdidi in Georgia's Western Samegrelo region for a pre-election visit May 6-7. Poloff met with regional government, the District Election Commission (DEC),four political parties, NGOs and journalists, and conducted an interview on free and fair elec [...] | 2008-05-20 15:30:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI830 | RULING PARTY SET TO WIN MAJORITY IN GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: As the election campaign wraps up its final day, Post predicts that President Saakashvili's ruling United National Movement (UNM) party will easily win a majority of the 150 seats in Georgia's May 21 parliamentary elections. The UNM may even win the 100 seats needed to obtain a c [...] | 2008-05-20 15:43:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI831 | DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH JOINT OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: On May 9, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Ambassador Tefft, and EU Special Representative Peter Semneby met three leaders of the Joint Opposition, MP David Gamkrelidze, Salome Zourabichvili, and MP Levan Gachechiladze. Gamkrelidze focused on current problems with the election process and [...] | 2008-05-20 16:15:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI832 | COMPETITIVE PARLIAMENTARY RACES SHAPE UP IN ADJARA [...] (SBU) Summary: The autonomous region of Adjara will elect five majoritarian members of parliament on May 21, in addition to party list candidates that will be chosen according to the nationwide vote. Although the United National Movement (UNM) is strong in Adjara and is likely to win all but [...] | 2008-05-20 17:08:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI833 | PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO KUTAISI [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 1 and 2 Emboff visited Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city to gauge the pre-election mood in the lead-up to the May 21 Parliamentary elections. Kutaisi is the capitol of Imereti, and remains a pocket of persistent unemployment, with shuttered automobile factories that [...] | 2008-05-20 17:14:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG |
08TBILISI86 | SAAKASHVILI'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS: HITTING THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 20, President Saakashvili was sworn into his second term as President. After a close presidential election, Saakashvili's inaugural speech was infused with the theme of reconciliation -- with the opposition, among the various ethnic groups in Georgia, and with Russ [...] | 2008-01-22 14:18:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM GG |
08TBILISI867 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WEXLER VISIT MAY 28-30, 2008 [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tbilisi comes just on the heels of the May 21 Parliamentary elections, with Saakashvili's United National Movement easily obtaining a strong majority in the new Parliament. These elections are the culmination of domestic tensions which peaked last fall between the dominant [...] | 2008-05-23 14:02:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM OVIP GG |
08TBILISI87 | TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/22/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in as President of Georgia for a second, 5-year term on January 20. A military parade and gala concert by Jose Carreras marked the occasion, attended by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez and other foreign dignitaries. True to their word, the U [...] | 2008-01-22 15:22:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI88 | TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/22/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in as President of Georgia for a second, 5-year term on January 20. A military parade and gala concert by Jose Carreras marked the occasion, attended by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez and other foreign dignitaries. True to their word, the U [...] | 2008-01-22 16:06:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI881 | GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 27 [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 27, with 3604 precincts reporting, the ruling United National Movement has 59.22 percent of the vote in Georgia's parliamentary elections. This will likely give them a total of 120 out of 150 seats in Parliament. The opposition parties held a protest on May 26 against w [...] | 2008-05-27 15:42:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI907 | DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH REPUBLICAN USUPASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On May 9, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, the Ambassador, and EU Special Representative Peter Semneby met with Republican Party Chairman David Usupashvili. Usupashvili said that democratic development is currently stalled. His prediction that Parliamentary Speaker Burjanadze would lose po [...] | 2008-05-30 13:55:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI909 | DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH CEC CHAIRMAN TARKHNISHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On May 12, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador met with the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC),Levan Tarkhnishvili. Noting recent threats of violence around the elections, Tarkhnishvili said he considers violent protests at district (DEC) and precinct (PEC) e [...] | 2008-05-30 14:03:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI910 | DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH TARGAMADZE [...] (C) Summary: On May 12, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador met with Chairman of the new opposition Christian Democratic Movement (CDM) party, Giorgi Targamadze. Before the meeting, Targamadze briefed the Ambassador on Imedi TV's current status, saying that a dispute regarding government [...] | 2008-05-30 14:27:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
08TBILISI923 | DAS BRYZA VISIT WITH DEFENSE MINISTER KEZERASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On May 9, Georgian Defense Minister Kezerashvili and First Deputy Defense Minister Kutelia told DAS Bryza that they were very concerned by the build-up of Russian forces in Abkhazia, claiming that at least 600 of the forces that purported to be peacekeepers are actually paratroo [...] | 2008-06-02 13:20:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KGOV RS GG |
08TBILISI925 | OPPOSITION LEADERS: ANGRY, CONFUSED, UNDER [...] (C) Summary: From May 27 through May 30, opposition leaders of the Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM),Republicans, and the New Rightists met the Ambassador to explain their positions and distance themselves from Joint Opposition leader Levan Gachechiladze's anti-U.S. comments at the May 26 o [...] | 2008-06-02 13:39:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI926 | WHAT THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS MEAN FOR [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Initial results from the May 21 Parliamentary elections indicate that President Saakashvili's ruling United National Movement (UNM) will receive an overwhelming majority in the new Parliament, taking some 120 out of 150 seats. Three factors appear to have contr [...] | 2008-06-02 13:44:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI935 | DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Ambassador Tefft and EU Representative Peter Semneby met with leading members of Georgian civil society. During a wide ranging lunch discussion, they discussed the upcoming May 21 Parliamentary elections and the current tension in Abkhazia. Much of t [...] | 2008-06-04 07:00:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI957 | PUBLIC BROADCASTING AGAIN SERVES AS OPPOSITION BATTLEGROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 27 leaders of the United Opposition (UNC) accompanied by a large contingent of reporters stormed the board of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) and the office of the Director. They presented conflicting sets of demands to the Board, the Director, and in a following pr [...] | 2008-06-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO GG |
08TBILISI963 | GEORGIAN OPPOSITION, BURJANADZE REPORTEDLY [...] (C) Summary: As the first meeting of Georgia's next Parliament nears on June 10, the Joint Opposition and the Labor Party continue to talk about boycotting the new Parliament and even blocking access to the building, to reinforce their position that the May 21 election was invalidated by fraud [...] | 2008-06-09 14:03:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI968 | GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 5, the Central Election Commission (CEC) released the final vote count from Georgia's May 21 parliamentary elections. The ruling United National Movement (UNM) won 119 seats in the 150-seat Parliament with 59.18 percent of the vote. A joint U.S.-UK election monitoring [...] | 2008-06-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TBILISI969 | PARLIAMENT MEETS, OPPOSITION UNITY DISSOLVES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise move, President Saakashvili called the new Parliament into its first session on the morning of Saturday, June 7. Caught off-guard, the Joint Opposition was unable to force the mass protests they had planned for June 8, in anticipation of Parliament meeting on June [...] | 2008-06-10 14:14:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG |
08TEGUCIGALPA107 | NEW HONDURAN FM EDMUNDO ORELLANA: WE CAN WORK WITH [...] (C) Summary: On his first day in office, Foreign Minister Edmundo "Mundo" Orellana received the Ambassador for a courtesy call. They discussed moving the bilateral agenda forward, especially in the areas of security and migration issues. Orellana lamented the chaos the Foreign Ministry was [...] | 2008-02-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SMIG CVIS VE HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA123 | ARRESTS IN CASE OF MURDERED HONDURAN LAWYER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran police arrested two suspects on January 31, 2008, for the killing of human rights lawyer Dionisio Diaz Garcia on December 4, 2006. The two are accused of shooting the lawyer from a motorcycle while the victim was driving a vehicle on his way to prepare a case against th [...] | 2008-02-08 17:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA243 | INCUMBENT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER REAPPOINTED [...] (U) The incumbent head of the Honduran Human Rights Commission, Ramon Custodio, was reappointed by the Honduran National Congress to another six-year term on Wednesday. Custodio has been active in Human Rights since the 1980's and has been Human Rights Commissioner since 2002. The reappointm [...] | 2008-03-14 14:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA297 | HONDURAS CONSIDERING OUR POINTS ON RETAINING THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 22:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM |
08TEGUCIGALPA391 | HONDURAS CONSIDERING OUR DEMARCHE ON THE US-EU [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 21:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL |
08TEGUCIGALPA395 | HONDURAN LABOR LEADER GUNNED DOWN IN APPARENT HIT [...] (C) Summary: Honduran Labor Leader Rosa Altagracia Fuentes was gunned down in an apparent assassination in the early hours of April 24. Several thousand dollars' worth of cash and jewelry were left in the vehicle. Also murdered in the car were Yolanda Sanchez, director of the governmental I [...] | 2008-04-24 20:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ASEC ALOW PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KJUS HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA429 | TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE FOR THE DEMOCRACY AND DISSIDENTS [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Tegucigalpa utilizes several strategies to advance the President's Freedom Agenda. Post officials at all levels meet routinely with HR and democracy activists. U.S. Government participation in bilateral and multilateral efforts strengthens nongovernmental and civil socie [...] | 2008-05-06 21:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA438 | PROSECUTORS, STRIKE REACHES 33 DAYS: CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. The prosecutors' strike has now reached day 33 (ref a). It has become clear that the strikers (with the support of President Manuel Zelaya) are not negotiating in good faith, as they reject every proposal and make new demands. Even Zelaya has been publicly accused of this after [...] | 2008-05-09 15:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MARR PHUM PREL SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA442 | TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE FOR DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 21:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL EUN HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA458 | NOT JUST ANOTHER DAY OF NATIONAL STRIKES: [...] (C) Summary. Hondurans gathered around the country yesterday in the fifth day of national strikes since the occasionally violent demonstrations on April 17th. Unlike the incidents on the 17th and the disorganized efforts since, the events yesterday had positive results: the prosecutors end [...] | 2008-05-15 20:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MARR PHUM PREL SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA566 | CIVIL SOCIETY REPS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a lunch with Deputy Secretary Negroponte and WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon, Honduran civil society representatives expressed concern over the country's growing security problems, rampant corruption, and weak democratic institutions. Discussion remained general, howeve [...] | 2008-06-16 22:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM PHUM HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA581 | HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON PRESS STATEMENT ON US-EU [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 21:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PHUM PREL HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA646 | HONDURAS CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR PRISONERS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 19:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PHUM PREL KDEM HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA662 | HONDURAS' CHORTI INDIANS TAKE OVER COPAN [...] (U) Summary: June 22 at 2:00 a.m., 3,000 Indians from the Maya Chorti tribe took over the archeological ruins of Copan demanding that promises made to the tribe by previous governments, including lands and bilingual education, be fulfilled. After two days of negotiations with both local and n [...] | 2008-07-15 19:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA682 | POSSIBLE UNDERGROUND TORTURE CELL DISCOVERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local media reported on July 12 that an underground cell had been discovered in the police station of Villa Vieja, outside of Tegucigalpa. The Public Ministry continues to investigate a claim that torture was committed here on at least one occasion; however, little progress has [...] | 2008-07-23 17:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA684 | POSSIBLE UNDERGROUND TORTURE CELL DISCOVERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local media reported on July 12 that an underground cell had been discovered in the police station of Villa Vieja, outside of Tegucigalpa. The Public Ministry continues to investigate a claim that torture was committed here on at least one occasion; however, little progress has [...] | 2008-07-23 21:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA686 | HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 12:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA872 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES [...] On Monday, September 22, Emboff delivered demarche per Reftel to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Lilian Juarez and Director for Multilateral Affairs Jose Lorenzana. LLORENS [...] | 2008-09-23 00:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN |
08TEGUCIGALPA873 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE [...] On Monday, September 22 Emboff delivered the requested demarche per reftel to MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Lilian Juarez and Director of Multilateral Affairs Jose Lorenzana. LLORENS [...] | 2008-09-23 00:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL HO UNGA |
08TEGUCIGALPA998 | HONDURAN HUMAN RIGHTS GAINS ABETTED-BY STRONG [...] Over 20 non-governmental organizations (NGO) met with the Ambassador on October 28 to discuss the challenges and opportunities they currently face in Honduras. The meeting offered a chance for the most well known organizations that deal with issues related to Human Rights to meet the new Amba [...] | 2008-11-05 21:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI PGOV HO |
08TELAVIV1002 | REQUEST HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ISRAELI DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Embassy Tel Aviv's Defense Attache Office (DAO) has nominated the following individuals for participation in events during International Special Operations Forces week, scheduled to run during the last week of May in Tampa, Florida. Embassy Tel Aviv has no derogatory information in its [...] | 2008-05-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PHUM IS |
08TELAVIV1003 | REQUEST HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ISRAEL DEFENSE [...] (SBU) The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have nominated the following individual for participation in a National Defense University Near East/South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies' Executive Seminar, scheduled to run in the U.S. June 4-26, 2008. Embassy Tel Aviv has no derogatory inform [...] | 2008-05-06 13:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PHUM IS |
08TELAVIV1081 | MOUNTING TENSIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL'S ARAB AND JEWISH CITIZENS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Over the past few years, Israel has witnessed a slow but steady worsening of relations between its Jewish and Arab citizens. Populist and in some cases extremist rhetoric from leaders in both communities has inflamed passions and become an increasingly acceptable d [...] | 2008-05-22 08:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI IS |
08TELAVIV1274 | TEL AVIV OUTREACH ON DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Israel's status as a well-established democracy means that most of our public and media outreach on the Freedom Agenda is focused on promoting the functional integration of Israeli minorities -- particularly the Israeli-Arab community -- into the political system. As part of these efforts, th [...] | 2008-06-16 07:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL |
08TELAVIV1488 | ISRAEL: NO KNOWN ISSUES OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND [...] Post is unaware of any sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) or trafficking in persons (TIP) issues with UNDOF peacekeepers, and we have seen no press reports of any issues. Post contacted three NGOs that are concerned with SEA and TIP in Northern Israel: Hotline for Migrant Workers, Isha L'Is [...] | 2008-07-10 12:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PHUM UN KCRM KWMN IS |
08TELAVIV1595 | MOD AND MFA RESPONSE TO WEST BANK DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Charge raised reftel demarche points with MOD Political Military Director res. MG Amos Gilad and newly appointed MFA Deputy Director General for North American Affairs, Barukh Binah, on July 23. Gilad provided details of GOI efforts to improve coordination with the PA in the West [...] | 2008-07-24 11:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV1982 | ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN ISRAEL FACE DEPORTATION AND [...] (C) Summary. On August 28, African Refugee Development Center Director Yohannes Lemma reported to RefCoord that, in the past few days, Israeli authorities had returned at least 15 African asylum-seekers to Egypt. UNHCR Senior Liaison Officer Mike Alford separately told RefCoord that an IDF s [...] | 2008-08-29 13:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV IS EG |
08TELAVIV219 | MOD COMMENTS ON RAFAH SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham briefed PolCouns January 24 on the Israeli reaction to the January 23 breaching of the border fence between Egypt and Gaza. Hacham, who is a regular MOD interlocutor with the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS),said he had deliver [...] | 2008-01-25 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM EG KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV2219 | ISRAEL DISPUTES "COORDINATED RETURNS" OF AFRICANS [...] (C) SUMMARY Post delivered demarche (Reftel A) on September 17 as a non-paper to Eviatar Manor, MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for International Organizations and the United Nations. Manor and Simona Halperin, MFA Director of the International Organizations and Human Rights Department, res [...] | 2008-09-26 11:51:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EG IS ER SU AF |
08TELAVIV2349 | ACTION REQUEST: LEAHY VETTING FOR MG BENNY GANTZ [...] (SBU) DOD has invited the individual named in para 2 to attend the 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference, scheduled for November 17-20, 2008. Participation costs will be covered by DOD Counterterrorism Fellowship Funds. Post has no derogatory information on this individual. Post request [...] | 2008-10-17 15:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM IS |
08TELAVIV2694 | ISRAELI-EGYPTIAN CONTACTS ON LIBYAN HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham briefed PolCouns December 3 on ongoing Israeli-Egyptian contacts regarding the Libyan ship bearing humanitarian relief supplies for Gaza. Hacham said the Israeli Navy closely tracked the course of the Libyan ship on its way to Gaza. He noted that Li [...] | 2008-12-03 10:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID UNSC KWBG IS LY EG |
08TELAVIV2794 | LIVNI PUSHES EU RELATIONS UPGRADE AS SIGNIFICANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8th, the European Union Council of Ministers announced an upgrade in its diplomatic relationship with Israel. The announcement received prominent coverage in both the Jerusalem Post and Ha'aretz, with Foreign Minister Livni calling it a "significant achievement." Dir [...] | 2008-12-12 18:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC UN EU IS KPAL PHUM |
08TELAVIV2798 | UN Rapporteur Falk Denied Entry Into Israel [...] (U) On the night of December 14, Israel denied entry at Ben Gurion airport to AmCit Richard Falk. Falk, who was attempting to enter on his U.S. tourist passport, is the UN Human Rights CommitteeQs Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since [...] | 2008-12-15 11:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG UN IS |
08TELAVIV2799 | UN Rapporteur Falk Denied Entry Into Israel [...] (U) On the night of December 14, Israel denied entry at Ben Gurion airport to AmCit Richard Falk. Falk, who was attempting to enter on his U.S. tourist passport, is the UN Human Rights CommitteeQs Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since [...] | 2008-12-15 11:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG UN IS |
08TELAVIV2864 | PREPARING FOR AN ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION IN GAZA [...] (S) Summary. Since Hamas announced the end of the "tahdiya" truce agreement December 19, pressure has been building in Israel for the IDF to respond more aggressively to daily barrages of rockets and mortars from Gaza. The Israeli cabinet meeting December 21 was largely devoted to a lively [...] | 2008-12-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM MOPS KWBG IS |
08TELAVIV347 | EMBASSY TEL AVIV SUBMISSION FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] Embassy Tel Aviv submits the following four anti-trafficking in persons project proposals for consideration of funding from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. 2. High priority. NAME OF APPLICANT Center for International Migration and Integration REQUESTED FUNDING AMOUNT $126,88 [...] | 2008-02-12 15:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG |
08TELAVIV447 | ACTION REQUEST: LEAHY VETTING FOR BG NITZAN ALON [...] (SBU) The Israeli MOD has selected the individual named in para 2 to participate in the Near East South Asia Center (NESA)Executive Seminar scheduled for March 4-14. Post has no derogatory information on this individual. Post requests that Department vet this individual per Leahy Amendment r [...] | 2008-02-25 14:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PHUM IS |
08TELAVIV462 | ISRAELI NGOS WELCOME OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel points with a range of Israeli human rights NGOs. Several indicated that they would supply information to the UNHRC for Israel's review, and thanked the Department for its support of the process. NGOs expected to supply reports -- either directly or jointly with [...] | 2008-02-28 12:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV IS |
08TELAVIV463 | RAIDS OUTRAGE HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY AS GOI CRACKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 24, following extensive Israeli media coverage of the African refugee issue, Prime Minister Olmert ordered relevant government authorities to remove illegal infiltrators who entered Israel via the Egyptian border, if the infiltrators had no legal restrictions on depo [...] | 2008-02-28 13:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV IS EG SU ER IV |
08TELAVIV548 | EMBASSY TEL AVIV RESPONSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 13:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
08TELAVIV786 | ADDRESSING ISSUE OF AFRICAN MIGRANTS/REFUGEES AND [...] (C) On April 1, Embassy Refugee Reporting Office Alan Holst delivered suggested points from Reftel A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Simona Halperin. Halperin reiterated GOI willingness to participate in tripartite talks (Reftels [...] | 2008-04-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF EG IS SU ER |
08TELAVIV837 | COORDINATOR FOR GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coordinator for Government Activity in the Territories (COGAT) Major General Yossef Mishlev heard the Ambassador's concerns about stalled U.S. commercial imports into the West Bank, continued demolitions of Palestinian homes, and ground clearing in Area E-1. Mishlev was not able [...] | 2008-04-11 12:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PHUM KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV891 | ISRAEL ACCEPTS NEED FOR HOMEGROWN ASYLUM SYSTEM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-17 12:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EG IS SU AF |
08TELAVIV909 | ISRAELI NGOS FRUSTRATED WITH CURRENT ASYLUM SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary. At an April 6-7 Tel Aviv University Conference on "Designing an Asylum System in Israel," Israeli human rights advocacy NGOs expressed dissatisfaction with the existing asylum system, describing it as biased and lacking transparency. The NGOs also are disappointed with the abs [...] | 2008-04-18 15:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM IS AF SU EG |
08THEHAGUE123 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: DUTCH FM PUSHES SYRIA TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 8, 2008, poloff discussed Dutch FM Verhagen's January 23-24 trip to Syria with Gert Kampman, MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East. Kampman, who accompanied Verhagen during the trip, said that the FM reviewed the Middle East peace process, Lebanon, Iran, and human r [...] | 2008-02-11 13:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL SY IS TU LE |
08THEHAGUE216 | DUTCH SHARE CONCERN OVER MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Econoff shared on February 28 reftel points concerning USG concerns with the Maldives' draft resolution on climate change and human rights with appropriate Dutch officials at the ministries of Foreign (MFA),Economic, and Environmental Affairs. Joris Geeven, Policy Officer in the MFA' [...] | 2008-03-04 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC MV NL |
08THEHAGUE243 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH WONDER ABOUT BEST TIME FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 17:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM NL IR |
08THEHAGUE250 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: ELECTIONS ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 12, 2008, POLOFF raised reftel A questions with Loek ten Hagen, MFA Senior Policy Officer in the North Africa and Middle East Department of the Dutch MFA. Ten Hagen commented on factional infighting and the mechanics of the upcoming Iranian election. Responses below fo [...] | 2008-03-13 17:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM PINR NL IR |
08THEHAGUE285 | WALKING THE BEAT IN THE HAGUE'S RED LIGHT DISTRICT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a March 5 briefing and tour of the red light district in The Hague, Henry Koper, the coordinator of The Hague regional police prostitution and child pornography unit, provided an overview of Dutch police efforts to combat TIP in the regulated prostitution sector. Koper s [...] | 2008-03-26 12:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL |
08THEHAGUE296 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH FIRM ON SERBIA ICTY [...] (C) On March 26 and 27, 2008 POLOFF delivered reftel points to Dutch MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Rochus Pronk as well MFA contacts on the Balkans, Middle East, Russia, and China. FM Verhagen gave Dutch views on the GAERC agenda in a letter to parliament (ref B). In a conversation on March 27 [...] | 2008-03-28 07:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NL SR |
08THEHAGUE300 | DUTCH GOVERNMENT INCREASING ASSISTANCE TO IRAQI [...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Ministry officials Dirk Jan Wierenga (Iraq desk) and Nelly Blokker (Humanitarian Aid Division). Wierenga stated that the Dutch government and parliament share U.S. concerns for the humanitarian situation of Iraqi refugees and internally displ [...] | 2008-03-28 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PHUM PREL NL IZ |
08THEHAGUE301 | NETHERLANDS/BELARUS: DUTCH SUPPORT EU STATEMENT, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 14:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NL BO |
08THEHAGUE307 | NETHERLANDS/BURMA: DUTCH PREDICT EU TO EXTEND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-02 12:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NL BM |
08THEHAGUE385 | NETHERLANDS/BURMA: SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 14:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PHUM BM NL |
08THEHAGUE388 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: EMBASSY & GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR [...] (SBU) Concerning reftel A request, Embassy The Hague plans to host a meeting with Charge d'Affaires and local NGOs that are active in promoting human rights in Cuba. Post will approach Washington officials with a proposed DVC or telephone interview with a leading Dutch paper ahead of May 21. [...] | 2008-05-08 15:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PHUM NL CU |
08THEHAGUE41 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH SUPPORT JOINT INTEGRATED [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 10, 2008 Poloff delivered reftel points to Mr. Huub Buise, Head of the Dutch MFA's Sudan Task Force and Horn of Africa section. Buise was accompanied by Lisette den Breems, senior policy officer for Sudan, Erwin van Veen, policy advisor in the Unit for Peacebuilding and [...] | 2008-01-15 12:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL NL SU |
08THEHAGUE441 | NETHERLANDS:PLANS FOR MAY 25 BURMA CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarches May 22 and May 23 to Karin Jager, Humanitarian Aid Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Jager said the Netherlands shares U.S. concerns about the Burmese regime's limitations on humanitarian relief efforts and supports the same priorities for the May [...] | 2008-05-23 13:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM NL BM |
08THEHAGUE450 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: SOLIDARITY DAY OUTREACH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following up on reftels A and B, post placed an op-ed piece with a major Dutch paper (para 2) and hosted a coffee with a Dutch NGO (para 3) to draw attention to the human rights situation in Cuba. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) PLACEMENT OF OP-ED: On May 21, the Dutch dailQDe Volkskrant, [...] | 2008-05-28 11:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM NL CU |
08THEHAGUE460 | NETHERLANDS: SPECIAL ENVOY RICKMAN FINDS LITTLE [...] SUMMARY: During a May 22-25 visit to Amsterdam, Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman and Karen Paikin met with Jewish community leaders, local government officials, scholars, and NGOs. Rickman found relatively little anti-Semitism in the Netherlands during [...] | 2008-05-30 08:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO NL |
08THEHAGUE471 | NETHERLANDS/HR: WORKING WITH DISSIDENTS [...] BACKGROUND: Following up on reftel A, Embassy The Hague notes that the Netherlands is a staunch advocate for and defender of human rights, a generous contributor to human rights initiatives, as well as a refuge for asylum seekers fleeing persecution in their home countries. In addition, the Du [...] | 2008-06-03 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM NL |
08THEHAGUE492 | NETHERLANDS/BURMA: CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR [...] Summary: On June 3, PolOff shared reftel A points to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As reported in ref B, on May 22, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen strongly spoke against the actions of the Burmese regime and the continued delay of aid in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. [...] | 2008-06-09 07:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PHUM NL BM |
08THEHAGUE510 | NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: AIMING TO BOOST DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, Poloff discussed Venezuelan affairs with Dutch MFA Director for the Western Hemisphere Department Laurent Stokvis and Venezuela desk officer Wendy Engelberts. Stokvis discussed the May 27 meeting between Dutch DG for Political Affairs Pieter De Gooijer and Alberto Muel [...] | 2008-06-12 16:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NL PHUM PREL VE |
08THEHAGUE514 | NETHERLANDS: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (HRC) DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 11:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM NL |
08THEHAGUE516 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: DUTCH EXPECT EU TO DROP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch MFA officials expect the EU to drop (the currently suspended) sanctions against Cuba. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On June 13, Charge spoke with MFA Deputy Director for the Western Hemisphere Department, Jos Schellaars, who indicated that the EU is likely to lift the Cuba sancti [...] | 2008-06-13 15:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM CU NL |
08THEHAGUE530 | NETHERLANDS: ATTENDANCE AND DONATION AT VIENNA [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel points June 5 to Nelly Blokker, Policy Officer, Humanitarian Aid Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Blokker informed EconOff June 16 that the Dutch Embassy in Vienna would represent the Netherlands at the June 23 conference on reconstruction of the Nahr al-B [...] | 2008-06-17 15:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA NL |
08THEHAGUE531 | NETHERLANDS: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel on June 16 to the Dutch MFA. Renko Elema, in the human rights department, responded that the Dutch do not expect to issue a separate press release, but they do expect a press statement from the EU. Gallagher [...] | 2008-06-17 15:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU NL PHUM PREL |
08THEHAGUE550 | NETHERLANDS: IRAQI CHRISTIANS ASK FOR SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 24, poloff met with six Iraqi Christians, who lobbied for U.S. support to improve the security and legal situation in Iraq. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Background: Dutch NGO IKV Pax Christi sponsored a visit to the Netherlands by six Iraqi Christians, from June 20 to July 6. [...] | 2008-06-26 16:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IZ NL |
08THEHAGUE559 | NETHERLANDS/ZIMBABWE: DUTCH PM, FM CALLS TO MBEKI, [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, Dutch MFA Zimbabwe desk officer Melle Leemstra gave poloff a summary of June 25 calls between FM Verhagen and Mr. Tsvangirai, and between PM Balkenende and President Thabo Mbeki. Tsvangirai wants greater AU engagement in resolving the situation and proposes a ceremoni [...] | 2008-06-30 07:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU AU ZI NL |
08THEHAGUE563 | NETHERLANDS: NO RECORD OF FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 14:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NL |
08THEHAGUE586 | NETHERLANDS: EU WANTS GENEVA VENUE FOR PRISONERS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-11 09:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL NL EU |
08THEHAGUE587 | NETHERLANDS/ZIMBABWE: DUTCH VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 1 letter to parliament, FM Verhagen described Dutch efforts to promote democracy in Zimbabwe. In a July 8 telcon with poloff, Dutch MFA Zimbabwe desk officer Melle Leemstra expressed support for further sanctions and U.S. action at the UN, and critiqued the French appro [...] | 2008-07-11 09:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID EU NL ZI |
08THEHAGUE605 | NETHERLANDS/ECOSOC: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 12:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN AORC PHUM NL |
08THEHAGUE623 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: SANCTIONS AND ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect an insufficient Iranian response to the P5 1 proposal and the international community will need to move forward with additional multilateral sanctions. The Dutch continue to engage Iran on human rights despite strong differences of opinion within the Dutch gover [...] | 2008-07-23 10:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU UN NL IR |
08THEHAGUE634 | NETHERLANDS/SERBIA: NO SAA WITHOUT FULL ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch MFA staff indicate FM Verhagen intends to hold firm on requiring from Serbia "full cooperation" with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) before moving ahead with a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA). The Dutch are not happy with EU [...] | 2008-07-25 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL EU SR |
08THEHAGUE69 | NETHERLANDS/BURMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 07:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD PHUM NL BM |
08THEHAGUE72 | NETHERLANDS/UN: HRC GAZA RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 13:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL NL |
08THEHAGUE757 | NETHERLANDS/UNGA: DUTCH HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch generally support USG priorities for human rights initiatives at the 2008 UNGA. Dutch priorities include resolutions on religious intolerance and violence against women, and an initiative on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In a Sept [...] | 2008-09-15 13:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN PHUM NL |
08THEHAGUE789 | NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: STEP ONE, DEPLOY OBSERVERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch want to keep the deployment of observers to Georgia on track. S/WCI Ambassador Williamson urged the Dutch to press within the EU for access to affected areas and an open investigation into war crimes, but the Dutch responded cautiously. Post assesses that the Dutch are [...] | 2008-09-23 09:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV NL GG EU |
08THEHAGUE832 | (S/NF) NETHERLANDS FM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT AFGHAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: FM Verhagen has serious concerns over the status of Afghan detainee, Mulla Bari Gul, who is reportedly in U.S. custody in Iraq. On November 5 the Foreign Minister must report to Parliament on detainees in Afghanistan and will be questioned as to the status of each detainee the Dutch [...] | 2008-10-03 14:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM AF IZ NL |
08THEHAGUE855 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: PUSHING HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch will push human rights during the October 13-14 GAERC discussions on Uzbekistan, Belarus, and Zimbabwe, and a deliberate approach to reviewing Moldova's relations with the EU. The Dutch are blocking consensus on Uzbekistan. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Poloff shared reft [...] | 2008-10-10 12:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV NL UZ MD ZI BO |
08THEHAGUE868 | NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: RESTRICTIONS ON ARMS EXPORTS [...] (SBU) The Dutch are looking "very critically" at new requests for arms from Venezuela. 2. (C) On October 15, MFA Western Hemisphere Affairs Director Stokvis, Venezuela Desk Officer Engelberts, and Security Affairs policy officer Wolters briefed poloff on current Dutch policy toward arms shi [...] | 2008-10-16 16:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM ETTC NL VE |
08THEHAGUE920 | NETHERLANDS/GUANTANAMO: UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are not likely to accept a Guantanamo detainee without an overall solution to close the prison, but they are considering ways to assist the United States when that time comes. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Asked about accepting reftel A detainee, Peter Potman, MFA Deputy Direc [...] | 2008-10-31 16:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO NL |
08THEHAGUE924 | HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE [...] The following individuals have been selected to attend the 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference 17-20 November, 2008. Consistent with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, there is no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by these individuals. a. NAME - Commodore A.A [...] | 2008-11-03 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS ASEC NL |
08THEHAGUE932 | NETHERLANDS/UN: HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 16:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EU UN NL IR |
08THEHAGUE934 | NETHERLANDS: HR VETTING FOR CENTCOM SENIOR [...] The following individual has been selected to attend the 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference 17-20 November, 2008. Consistent with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, there is no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by these individuals. NAME - Major General E.H. [...] | 2008-11-07 14:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS ASEC NL |
08THEHAGUE971 | NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: SUPPORT GEORGIA, ENGAGE RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch MFA staff believe Russia/Georgia multilateral negotiations will be long and tedious. They do not see Russian aggression against Georgia as "first in a pattern," but more of a one-of-a-kind occurrence. They believe we need to engage Russia, but Russia doesn't "share our va [...] | 2008-11-20 14:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EU GG NL PREL RS |
08THESSALONIKI1 | NORTHERN NOTES DECEMBER 2007 [...] Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan visited Komotini in Thrace on December 6, following a two-day official visit to Athens (Reftel.) The government of Greece tried to downplay the visit and present it as private, but local media reported extensively and negatively on Babacan's activities in [...] | 2008-01-02 09:36:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG ECON TU BU GR |
08THESSALONIKI11 | NORTHERN NOTES JANUARY 2008 [...] Things heated up in January with regard to the long-discussed privatization of the cargo facility at the Port of Thessaloniki. In early January, Minister of Merchant Marine George Voulgarakas provided a detailed description of the plans for the port's privatization and stressed the significan [...] | 2008-02-06 16:17:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SMIG ECON GR |
08THESSALONIKI12 | NORTHERN GREECE MUSLIMS, FAR RIGHT AND LEFT PARTIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 6, the Greek Parliament adopted a law that strengthens the rights of Thrace's Muslim minority by (1) transferring government control over Muslim charitable foundations (wakfs) to local Muslims, and (2) establishing a 0.5 percent employment quota for Muslims in Greec [...] | 2008-02-21 11:11:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM GR TU |
08THESSALONIKI22 | NORTHERN GREEK FORMER MAYOR SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ROLE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 11, the Thrace Appeals Court imposed prison sentences on the former mayor of Sapes (northeastern Greek Municipality of Rodopi) and three other people for their roles in the issuing of fraudulent documents to foreigners, some of whom were females involved in prostitut [...] | 2008-03-07 20:53:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SMIG GR |
08THESSALONIKI23 | NORTHERN GREEK FORMER MAYOR SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ROLE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 11, the Thrace Appeals Court imposed prison sentences on the former mayor of Sapes (northeastern Greek Municipality of Rodopi) and three other people for their roles in the issuing of fraudulent documents to foreigners, some of whom were females involved in prostitut [...] | 2008-03-11 13:43:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SMIG GR |
08THESSALONIKI26 | NORTHERN NOTES - MARCH 2008 [...] At the beginning of the month, a poll published in the Sunday edition of local Makedonia, suggested that 92.7% of Thessaloniki residents would support the use of a veto by the Greek government vis-`-vis the Republic of Macedonia's accession to the EU and NATO, in the absence of a mutually acce [...] | 2008-03-31 15:33:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG ECON MK GR |
08THESSALONIKI32 | INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY EVENT AT CONGEN THESSALONIKI [...] SUMMARY: On April 8 the U.S. Consulate General in Thessaloniki hosted an event to celebrate International Roma Day (Reftel). The event included a round table discussion, the showing of a short film on Roma culture and a photography exhibit. Attendees included local government representatives, [...] | 2008-04-10 13:31:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM GR |
08THESSALONIKI42 | NORTHERN NOTES - APRIL 2008 [...] After an April 1 meeting with the Thessaloniki Port Authority, Minister of Merchant Marine Giorgos Voulgarakis stated that the continuing strikes, which are about to enter their fifth month, will not affect the government's plans to proceed with the leasing of the city's port. Voulgarakis rei [...] | 2008-05-05 07:10:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SMIG MK GR |
08THESSALONIKI44 | THE OTHER MACEDONIAN NAME ISSUE: GREECE STUBBORNLY DENIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The name dispute between the Republic of Macedonia and Greece has revived a related controversy about the existence of a Macedonian minority and language in northern Greece. The GoG denies the existence of such a minority, arguing that northern Greece's few "Slavophones" are e [...] | 2008-05-29 14:26:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MK GR |
08THESSALONIKI46 | NORTHERN NOTES - MAY 2008 [...] Three companies submitted bids for leasing the Thessaloniki Port Cargo Station, by the deadline of May 15. The three companies bidding were Cosco Pacific Limited (China),Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (subsidiary of Dubai Ports World) and Hutchison Port Holding Limited (Hong [...] | 2008-06-03 15:18:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SMIG CH GR |
08THESSALONIKI53 | NORTHERN NOTES - JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) On June 23, the chairman of the Federation of Northern Greek Industries and CEO of Alumil S.A. Giorgos Milonas was released after being held hostage for 13 days (Reftel A). The industrialist appeared before the national media shortly afterward, looking remarkably relaxed, stating that h [...] | 2008-07-09 12:21:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI SMIG CH HK |
08THESSALONIKI58 | NORTHERN NOTES JULY 2008 [...] On July 23, the Port of Thessaloniki announced that the Hutchison-Alapis consortium (Hong Kong-based) submitted the highest bid for the management of Thessaloniki port's cargo station and was therefore declared tentative winner of the competition, pending parliamentary approval (Ref A). Hutch [...] | 2008-08-04 13:12:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SMIG CH MK TU HK |
08THESSALONIKI60 | NORTHERN NOTES [...] On August 26, the Board of Directors of OLTH (Thessaloniki Port Authority) approved the transfer of the management of port's cargo station from the state to the partnership of Hutchison Port Holdings, Hutchison Port Investments, Alapis and LYD. Ioannis Tsaras, Managing Director of OLTH, stated [...] | 2008-09-04 14:41:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI SMIG GG GR |
08THESSALONIKI67 | NORTHERN NOTES [...] A scandal over trading of large plots of land between the GoG and the Vatopedi Monastery of Mt. Athos (a semi-autonomous peninsula in N. Greece, administered by Orthodox monks) dominated northern Greek news (ref A). Media and post contacts have characterized the scandal, in which Vatoped [...] | 2008-10-08 03:57:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SMIG GR |
08THESSALONIKI71 | GREEK MFA DIRECTOR OF THRACE AFFAIRS AND CG INSTANBUL SWAP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Greek MFA's Director for Thrace Affairs has switched positions with Greece's Consul General in Istanbul, in what both men describe as a small but sincere effort to improve Greek-Turkish relations. Both intend to continue the work of the other, while bringing their differen [...] | 2008-10-14 11:21:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU |
08THESSALONIKI72 | ECHR REJECTS GREECE'S ARGUMENTS FOR BANNING ASSOCIATIONS [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Greece's challenge of a decision by the European Court of Human Rights, to allow the operation of associations that include the term "Turkish" in their names has proven unsuccessful. Minority circles said they were "satisfied with the outcome," and Greek diplomatic r [...] | 2008-10-14 14:04:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM GR |
08THESSALONIKI84 | NORTHERN NOTES - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (U) On November 7, a Rodopi First Instance Court issued a decision that was originally rendered, but immediately suppressed, in 2003, which ruled that Vistonida Lake and its surrounding area do not belong to Vatopedi Monastery but rather, to the Greek state. Vatopedi reportedly made a profit [...] | 2008-12-04 14:39:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EINV PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SNAR GR |
08THESSALONIKI86 | THESSALONIKI: DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE WITH DIMINISHING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anti-police, anti-government demonstrations continued in Thessaloniki the weekend beginning on Friday evening, December 12 and including the following Saturday and Sunday, but with only minor violence and damage. Aristotle University, which was seriously damaged by last week's [...] | 2008-12-15 18:43:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GR |
08THESSALONIKI87 | THESSALONIKI JEWISH COMMUNITY RESTITUTION CLAIM STALLED BY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jewish community of Thessaloniki remains frustrated by the lack of progress made by the Greek Government on its 2006 promise to compensate the community for Jewish cemetery land confiscated by the GoG during WWII. The government has repeatedly reassured the Jewish communit [...] | 2008-12-16 15:55:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GR |
08THESSALONIKI90 | DEMONSTRATIONS DIMINISH IN THESSALONIKI [...] SUMMARY: Demonstrations continued to diminish during the weekend of December 20 and 21 in Thessaloniki with only minor incidents and no violence. No additional demonstrations are scheduled until January 7, 2009 when a general demonstration of teachers and students is planned. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2008-12-23 14:54:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GR |
08TIJUANA698 | HUDDLED MASSES ON THE BORDER: TIJUANA'S MIGRANT COMMUNITY [...] SUMMARY: Tijuana is a magnet for migrants and is dotted with shelters serving those who have either tried, and failed, to cross illegally into the United States or, more commonly, those that have been recently deported or repatriated. NGOs that work with migrants report an increase in deportati [...] | 2008-06-27 18:16:00 | Consulate Tijuana | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MX |
08TIRANA101 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 2-8, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...] | 2008-02-11 06:29:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
08TIRANA116 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE SPECIAL (FEBRUARY [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. This special edition focuses on the average Albanian's impressions and expectations of an expectecd declaration of independence by [...] | 2008-02-15 15:31:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KV AL |
08TIRANA119 | HONORING ALBANIA'S RECORD OF RESCUING JEWS DURING THE [...] SUMMARY: Warren Miller, Chairman of the U.S Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, visited Tirana January 27-29 to take part in the country's first official ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day. Miller's visit included addressing a plenary session of Parliament, p [...] | 2008-02-16 10:09:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PHUM PGOV AL |
08TIRANA136 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 16-22, 2008) [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) Love is in the Air: After weeks of bipartisan del [...] | 2008-02-22 17:12:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KV AL |
08TIRANA152 | ALBANIA: 2007 TRFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-28 11:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AL KCRM KWMN SMIG KRD ASEC PREF |
08TIRANA161 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 23-29, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) The Honeymoon is Over: It was to be expected, bu [...] | 2008-02-29 16:59:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KV AL |
08TIRANA172 | IMPROVING THE ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the conclusion of the department's annual process of updating and editing the Human Rights Report, embassies Tirana and Chisnau would like to make the following observations regarding the substance of the reports, the process of updating them from the field, and the process o [...] | 2008-03-04 11:15:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL |
08TIRANA179 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 1-7, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) BUSINESS AS USUAL? NOT ANYMORE: This week in Al [...] | 2008-03-10 06:21:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
08TIRANA180 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 1-7, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) BUSINESS AS USUAL? NOT ANYMORE: This week in Al [...] | 2008-03-10 07:29:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
08TIRANA195 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 8-14, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS - MUSLIM GIRLS AND THE [...] | 2008-03-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
08TIRANA196 | ALBANIAN GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS PARLIAMENTARIANS' ATTACK ON [...] In response to a public assault on a reporter by two Members of Parliament, senior Albanian government officials, led by Prime Minister Sali Berisha and Speaker of Parliament Jozefina Topalli, issued tough statements March 13 condemning violence against the media. In his statement, Berisha te [...] | 2008-03-14 16:17:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV AL |
08TIRANA218 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 15-21, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. This week's report is dedicated to the victims and survivors of the disastrous explosions at Gerdec on March 15, and focuses on the [...] | 2008-03-21 16:13:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PARM MASS AL |
08TIRANA251 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 22-28, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ----------------------------------- POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ----------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Choreogr [...] | 2008-03-28 17:32:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PARM AL |
08TIRANA292 | SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS TWO MAJOR CRIMINAL CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief Justice of the Albanian Supreme Court, Thimio Kondi, issued two suspension decisions in December 2007 that froze the application of criminal sentences on two trafficking-related cases pending the final decision of the Supreme Court. Kondi's decision froze the enforc [...] | 2008-04-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM PGOV PREL AL IT |
08TIRANA35 | VLORE: CENTER OF CIVIC ACTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Citizen's Alliance for the Protection of the Vlore Bay, the "Vlore Alliance," an environmentally-focused civil society organization that works to protect Albania's central coast, has recently intensified efforts to push for reconsideration of large-scale oil storage and therma [...] | 2008-01-15 11:28:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG SENV AL |
08TIRANA353 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, APRIL 26-MAY 2, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) ANNUAL FREEDOM HOUSE RESULTS: Albania scored a [...] | 2008-05-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON AL |
08TIRANA369 | REPORT OF SUSPECTED ASYLUM FRAUD: NDOJ, GJIN (A# [...] SUMMARY. Evidence revealed during a Visas 92 interview at embassy Tirana indicates that the I-589 asylee statement of Gjin NDOJ (DPOB 17 SEP 1960),ALBANIA, (A# 99-432-645) contains falsified material information. END SUMMARY. 2. Gjin Ndoj was granted asylum in New York, New York on May [...] | 2008-05-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREF PHUM KFRD AL |
08TIRANA370 | FRAUD IN DOCUMENTS FROM ALBANIAN CIVIL REGISTRIES [...] SUMMARY. Post has witnessed a high incidence of civil documents issued by Albanian civil registries containing fraudulent vital information. In some of these cases the blame rests with the Albanian court system which is often too willing to issue a decision changing vital information without [...] | 2008-05-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREF PHUM KFRD AL |
08TIRANA372 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 3-9, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) TAKE A STAND AGAINST CORRUPTION: USAID released [...] | 2008-05-09 16:02:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL AL |
08TIRANA403 | ALBANIA: USE OF CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 14:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AL |
08TIRANA411 | UIGHURS (AND OTHERS) IN ALBANIA [...] (SBU) The Government of Albania accepted eight former Guantanamo detainees as refugees -- five Uighurs, and one each Algerian, Egyptian, and Uzbek. All the refugees now live outside Albania's Babrru Refugee Center in apartments rented for them by the GOA. The GOA is providing language and [...] | 2008-06-02 08:59:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL AL |
08TIRANA469 | GOA REACTION TO 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (C) Ambassador Withers demarched Foreign Minister Basha on the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report findings (Ref A) and DCM and Poloff delivered the same to Minister of Interior Nishani, Deputy Minister Zajmi, and Director of Police Prenci on June 3. Foreign Minister Basha was the first to rec [...] | 2008-06-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AL |
08TIRANA564 | GOA STILL UNDECIDED ON NAM PARTICIPATION [...] (U) DCM and PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations Director Islam Lauka on July 25. 2. (SBU) Lauka said that the GOA had not yet decided officially on whether or not to attend the NAM conference, but said that a decision would be made by the end of the day on Ju [...] | 2008-07-25 15:40:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL PHUM PTER IR AL |
08TIRANA579 | PARLIAMENT APPROVES HIGH COURT NOMINEES, ADJOURNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament ended its session on July 28 on a much-needed quiet note, approving all six of President Topi's nominees for the High Court, along with Prime Minister Berisha's proposed cabinet changes. Parliament's approval of the High Court nominees marked a welcome detente betwee [...] | 2008-07-30 11:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS PHUM AL |
08TIRANA585 | BERISHA OUTBURST STILL THE TALK OF TIRANA [...] (SBU) One week on, Prime Minister Berisha's July 23 outburst in Parliament - in which he insulted and then threatened to kill opposition MP Taulant Balla in unprintably profane terms - continues to be a major focus of the press, as well as a source of speculation, head scratching and embarras [...] | 2008-08-01 05:41:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
08TIRANA611 | ALBANIA AGREES TO DISCUSS RESETTLEMENT OF GITMO [...] (C) Summary: On 17 June 2008, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Clint Williamson met with Albanian government officials to encourage them to talk about their experiences in accepting detainees from the U.S. military base at Guantanamo. The GOA was very open to discussing their experience wi [...] | 2008-08-08 07:37:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CH AL |
08TIRANA617 | VLORE ANTI-TRAFFICKING NGO TO STAY OPEN AFTER FUNDING PULLS [...] SUMMARY: On July 11 PolOff and the USAID Anti-Trafficking Advisor met with staff from the Vatra Shelter, one of the oldest anti-trafficking NGOs in Albania. Vatra is one of four non-governmental reintegration shelters which provides a package of social services to repatriated victims of traff [...] | 2008-08-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
08TIRANA675 | PM BERISHA'S DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the Bucharest Summit in April, Prime Minister Berisha has embarkedon eries of attempts to consolidate his powerat the expense of key independent institutions, ncluding efforts to undermine and interfere in te work of the Prosecutor General, obstruct the onging investigatio [...] | 2008-09-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PINR AL |
08TIRANA686 | PM PLAYS NICE, PRESIDENT EXPRESSES CONCERN IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on September 4 and 5, a conciliatory Prime Minister Berisha and a frustrated President Topi discussed NATO ratification and the draft media, intelligence agency and Prosecutor General laws with Ambassador Withers. In response to the Ambassador's concerns tha [...] | 2008-09-11 05:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PINR ECPS AL |
08TIRANA7 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 28, 2007- [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ----------------------------------- ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL [...] | 2008-01-04 15:25:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI PHUM AL |
08TIRANA752 | BERISHA LAUNCHES RENEWED ASSAULT ON PROSECUTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning on October 10 and continuing over the weekend, Prime Minister Berisha and the Ministry of Justice began a new campaign to intimidate and obstruct the work of the Office of the Prosecutor General. Alleging that the PG's Office had broken the law while trying last week to [...] | 2008-10-14 15:15:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM KCOR KCRM PREL AL |
08TIRANA770 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS STUART JONES' VISIT TO [...] (U) Embassy Tirana warmly welcomes your visit to Tirana, a city you will find unrecognizable since your last visit to Albania 14 years ago. 2. (C) Your visit comes at a time of growing uncertainty for the Albanian public and especially for Albania's political class. Although the past yea [...] | 2008-10-24 09:30:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ECON MARR AL |
08TIRANA786 | Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] As Albania enters the rainy season, common citizens are waiting for the rain to provide some security in the supply of electricity over the winter season. The government is looking forward to a rain of money, which is expected to hit Albania due to large projects currently in the planning sta [...] | 2008-10-31 15:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM AL |
08TIRANA793 | MEDIA ATTACKS CONTINUE ON PG'S Office [...] (U) Over the weekend, two pro-PM Berisha media outlets unleashed another wave of attacks on Prosecutor General (PG) Ina Rama. TV Klan, one of the main pro-GOA TV outlets, aired an editorial which claimed Rama has smeared GOA officials during the course of her investigation of the Gerdec traged [...] | 2008-11-04 15:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AL |
08TIRANA796 | EUR DAS JONES' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TOPI [...] (C) Summary: On October 30, President Bamir Topi told DAS Jones that Albania is moving forward with governmental reforms, although at times the debate is "harsh." He specifically cited Ambassador Withers, public statements as playing a helpful role in promoting independent institutions, thank [...] | 2008-11-05 13:33:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
08TIRANA797 | DAS JONES MEETING WITH PM BERISHA [...] (C) Summary: In an October 29 meeting with DAS Jones, a tired and unhealthy-looking PM Sali Berisha offered both effusive praise for the U.S., as well as a rambling but spirited denial that he or the GOA were trying to undermine independent institutions, especially the judiciary. Berisha outl [...] | 2008-11-05 13:34:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
08TIRANA805 | Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] Throughout the several months preceding the U.S. Presidential Election, major dailies carried local experts' comments on the U.S. electoral campaign and potential policy changes for the Balkans and Albania. Most concluded that whoever would emerge president-elect, U.S. policy toward Albania w [...] | 2008-11-10 15:24:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM AL |
08TIRANA806 | GOA: WE UNDERSTAND THE CHAMS' COMPLAINTS, BUT. . . [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chams, ethnic Albanians expelled from Greece after World War II, are preparing to file a legal case in an undecided venue seeking Greek citizenship and/or compensation from the Greek government for the mistreatment they received during their forced expulsion. Little has been [...] | 2008-11-10 15:48:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GR AL |
08TIRANA812 | ALBANIA'S SMALL PARTIES STAGE HUNGER STRIKE [...] (U) On November 10, Ilir Meta, head of small opposition party LSI, gathered ten other small party leaders and disgruntled members of the DP and SP to protest the proposed electoral code by staging a hunger strike in the Parliament's plenary meeting room. They are protesting provisions in the [...] | 2008-11-13 17:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AL |
08TIRANA823 | HUNGER STRIKE ENDS, ELECTORAL CODE PASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After an nine-day hunger strike on the floor of Parliament, eleven disheveled and defiant MPs left the chamber on the evening of November 18, shortly before the remaining MPs overwhelmingly voted in favor of the new electoral code by the lopsided score of 113-1. The ringleader [...] | 2008-11-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AL |
08TIRANA825 | GOA STRUGGLING TO CONTROL SOUTHERN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: On a November 14 visit to Gjirokaster and the Kakavije border point, GOA officials, while generally positive, bemoaned a lack of resources to effectively patrol the border for traffickers of humans, arms, narcotics and contraband. Working level cooperation with the Greek police s [...] | 2008-11-20 11:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | SMIG PREL KWMN KTIP PHUM SNAR PGOV AL GR |
08TIRANA826 | HUNGER STRIKE ENDS, ELECTORAL CODE PASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After an nine-day hunger strike on the floor of Parliament, eleven disheveled and defiant MPs left the chamber on the evening of November 18, shortly before the remaining MPs overwhelmingly voted in favor of te new electoral code by the lopsided score of 1131. The ringleader o [...] | 2008-11-20 11:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AL |
08TIRANA836 | Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] The Ruling Democratic Party and the opposition Socialists were in a state of jubilation last week as Parliament passed with an over 90 per cent majority the new Electoral Code that will regulate the conduct of the upcoming general elections in Albania. With 113 votes in favor and only one agai [...] | 2008-11-25 12:04:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM AL |
08TIRANA858 | GOA LAMBASTES "POLITICALLY MOTIVATED" INDICTMENT [...] SUMMARY: (C) In recent days the GOA has intensified pressure on the Prosecutor General's (PG) office with two statements, one from the PM and a longer one from the MFA, which harshly criticized both the opposition and the PG for the "politically" motivated indictment of FM Lulzim Basha on Nov [...] | 2008-12-03 16:16:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM PREL KCOR KJUS AL |
08TIRANA863 | G99 DESCRIBES STRATEGY FOR 2009 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 5 meeting with the political section head, Erion Veliaj, leader of the G99 politacal movemend, told the section head that he belieted hir G99 party would pick up three parliae$nt seatsiN thE up coming election. G99 will berUhning aQ c!ePa(g. Qocused on "public safet [...] | 2008-12-05 15:48:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AL |
08TIRANA867 | OSCE PROGRESS REPORT ON PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION PREPARTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, the Deputy Minister of the Interior said the GOA was making satisfactory progress on registering addresses in the country (the first step toward issuing voter ID cards),although he admitted they are behind schedule. The Deputy Minister expressed confidence that a [...] | 2008-12-09 12:14:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL AL |
08TIRANA870 | Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] (SBU) The legal defense team of Foreign Minister Basha (and former Minister of Transportation) appears determined this week to use any procedural trick possible to keep Basha from facing trial on crimes allegedly committed during the tendering process of the construction of the Durres-Kukes ro [...] | 2008-12-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM KJUS AL |
08TIRANA919 | Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] The visit of the Italian PM Berlusconi earlier this month attracted a lot of attention for good and for bad. During the short visit both Berlusconi and Prime Minister Berisha hailed the current bilateral relationship. They agreed on further intensifying economic ties, particularly energy and [...] | 2008-12-31 15:31:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM KJUS AL |
08TIRANA99 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 2-8, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...] | 2008-02-08 18:13:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
08TOKYO1022 | JAPAN'S FY 2008 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION RESPONSE [...] Embassy Tokyo was unable to find any evidence that United Nations University (UNU),or any of its affiliates, grant official status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization which promotes and condones or seeks the legalization of pedophilia or has subsidiaries or member organization [...] | 2008-04-14 11:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AORC SOCI JA |
08TOKYO1075 | PRC EMBASSY ON HU MAY VISIT TO JAPAN, TIBET, AND [...] (C) Summary: Despite failure to make progress on the East China Sea energy dispute during Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka's April 14-15 visit to Beijing, Beijing and Tokyo are working hard to reach a compromise before President Hu Jintao's visit to Japan on May 6, Chinese Embassy Politica [...] | 2008-04-18 10:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PHUM PREL BM CH JA |
08TOKYO1093 | CRITICISM ON CHINA,S RESPONSE TO TIBET ESCALATING [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Koumura raised Tibet with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang on April 17, and senior ruling party and opposition politicians have stepped up public criticism on China's handling of the demonstrations in Tibet in the past several days. Increased concern about protests [...] | 2008-04-21 07:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA |
08TOKYO1123 | JAPAN LIKELY TO SUPPORT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 09:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EUN JA |
08TOKYO1138 | NO JOY IN ARRANGING HU VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao's May visit to Japan was intended to be a foreign policy success showcasing Japan's improved ties with China, but instead has become riddled with problems, including Tibet and the incident of contaminated Chinese dumplings imported to Japan, MOFA China [...] | 2008-04-24 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA |
08TOKYO1207 | BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING IN [...] SUMMARY. At the Forum for the Future planning meeting in Tokyo on April 24-25, participants discussed political reform and sustainable development as the two thematic pillars for the 2008 Forum. The Forum subministerial will be held on June 9 in Dubai, followed by a senior officials planning [...] | 2008-05-02 05:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM KMPI PHUM XF JA |
08TOKYO1210 | JAPAN SHARES BURMA CONSTITUTION CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-02 05:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM JA |
08TOKYO1258 | JAPAN WOULD LIKE ITEMIZED BUDGET FOR APDP ELECTION [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered Ref A demarche May 7 to Asian and Oceanian Affairs Regional Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Keiichi Hara. Hara said Japan would need to see an itemized budget [...] | 2008-05-09 05:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PHUM JA MG |
08TOKYO1263 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE VFM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka, at dinner with Deputy Secretary May 8, said Chinese President Hu's visit to Japan was focused on the future of the relationship and that the Chinese had avoided comments about difficult historical issues. Yabunaka expressed strong dissatis [...] | 2008-05-09 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CASC EAID KDEM KOCI KNNP XA AF BM |
08TOKYO1267 | NO SURPRISES DURING HU JINTAO,S JAPAN VISIT [...] (C) Summary: There have been no surprises during the first three days of Chinese President Hu Jintao's May 6-10 visit to Japan. Hu's visit is being characterized in the press as successful, is viewed as in important step forward, and signals a new chapter in Japan-China ties. As reported sep [...] | 2008-05-09 09:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA |
08TOKYO1306 | JAPAN WILL RUN FOR HRC, EXPECTS U.S. SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC JA |
08TOKYO1307 | JAPAN WILL CO-SPONSOR PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL JA |
08TOKYO1322 | JAPAN OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO CHINA [...] Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda sent a message to Chinese President Hu Jintao offering disaster assistance following the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan. Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura sent a similar message to State Councilor Dai Bingguo and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. Chief Cabinet Secretary [...] | 2008-05-14 10:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PHUM CH JA |
08TOKYO1344 | CHINESE PRESIDENT HU'S JAPAN VISIT SIGNALS EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: Both MOFA and the PRC Embassy in Tokyo told Embassy Tokyo Prime Minister Fukuda's summit meeting with President Hu Jintao was a success and important step forward in advancing bilateral ties. Both sides regarded the Fukuda-Hu summit, fourth joint communique, and joint press state [...] | 2008-05-16 05:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA |
08TOKYO1350 | DEPUTY VICE MINISTER OBJECTS TO TIP REPORT RANKING [...] (C) Deputy Vice Minister Chikao Kawai called the Charge d'Affairs May 16 to sharply object to Japan's Tier 2 ranking in the 2008 TIP Report. Saying that Japanese officials had "learned from Washington" about the ranking, Kawai told the Charge that Japan is "very unhappy with this result." Ac [...] | 2008-05-16 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN JA |
08TOKYO1380 | TOKYO'S RESPONSE TO DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Public Affairs and Political Officers met May 20 with MOFA Mexico and Central America Division Director Takahiro Nakamae to follow up on the Deputy Secretary's May 9 request to FM Koumura that Japan make a public statement in support of Cuban democracy. Japan shares the U.S [...] | 2008-05-20 08:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU JA |
08TOKYO1381 | MOFA CONFIRMS MUGABE NOT COMING TO TICAD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL ZI JA |
08TOKYO143 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BANNING BURMESE IMPORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-18 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PHUM PREL BM JA |
08TOKYO1465 | JAPAN WILL SEND REPRESENTIVES TO MONGOLIAN EOM [...] (C) Japan will designate two officials to participate in the election observation mission (EOM) in Mongolia, according to MOFA Mongolian Desk Officer Sayaka Minamikawa. MOFA currently plans to choose the two officials from within the Embassy Of Japan in Ulaanbaataar (Candidates listed in para [...] | 2008-05-28 09:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV KDEM PHUM JA |
08TOKYO1511 | DIET MEMBERS TO THE AMBASSADOR: CHILD PORNOGRAPHY [...] (C) Summary: Legislation criminalizing child pornography possession will not pass this Diet session, the ruling coalition's project team told the Ambassador May 28. However, it will be on top of the agenda for the fall Diet session, the Diet members promised. Although debate continues over [...] | 2008-06-02 22:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KOCI PHUM JA |
08TOKYO1528 | JAPAN REACTS NEGATIVELY TO TIP REPORT TIER RANKING [...] (C) Summary: Japan is very disappointed with being ranked Tier 2 in the 2008 TIP Report, DVM Kawai told the DCM June 4. The result will make it harder for Japan to cooperate with the United States in preparing the next report. In addition, Japan is being held to a different standard than Tie [...] | 2008-06-04 22:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KWMN JA |
08TOKYO1637 | ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (C) Attorney General Mukasey and Justice Minister Hatoyama discussed in a June 12 meeting the prospects for Japanese ratification of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Council of Europe Cyber Crime Convention. Hatoyama briefed on the status of Japan's child porno [...] | 2008-06-16 07:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KOCI PHUM JA |
08TOKYO1654 | JAPAN-CHINA: FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS EAST CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura and Chinese Foreign Yang Jiechi met June 14 and discussed the East China Sea resource development issue, human rights and Tibet. Progress on joint development in the East China Sea will be announced "quite soon," but press reports suggesting an [...] | 2008-06-17 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL PHUM CH JA |
08TOKYO1729 | D/SENK DISCUSSES BROADCASTING INTO THE DPRK [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings June 19, Deputy Special Envoy for North Korea Christian Whiton urged Diet, Prime Minister's Office and MOFA interlocutors to expand U.S.-Japan cooperation in broadcasting medium-wave from Japan to the DPRK or helping to financially support independent groups [...] | 2008-06-24 04:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KN JA |
08TOKYO174 | FM KOUMURA PUSHES BURMA TO ACCEPT EARLY GAMBARI [...] (C) Summary: During bilateral talks with the Burmese Foreign Minister on January 17, FM Koumura emphasized that Burma needs to develop a stable and democratic country, bring about "concrete results" from talks with Aung San Suu Kyi, and allow UN Special Envoy Gambari to return to Burma "as so [...] | 2008-01-23 08:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM JA |
08TOKYO1741 | ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES SEEK CONTINUED ATTENTION TO [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the abductees' families passed a letter to Embassy Tokyo June 25 urging the G8 to take up the cause of abductions during the upcoming Foreign Ministerial and Summit meetings. The representatives also expressed "shock" and "disappointment" about the possible U. [...] | 2008-06-25 06:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KN JA |
08TOKYO1755 | ABE, YAMASAKI SPAR OVER DPRK POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The war of words between rival Diet groups on both sides of the DPRK issue is heating up again. Former LDP Vice President Taku Yamasaki is pitted against former Prime Minister Abe; both are joined by several dozen like-minded Diet members. Days after the June 13 announcement that [...] | 2008-06-26 04:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KN JA |
08TOKYO1778 | FUKUDA ATTEMPTS DAMAGE CONTROL AS PRESS CRITICIZE [...] (C) Summary: Public statements from senior Japanese officials to the decision to delist the DPRK as a state sponsor of terrorism have been largely positive, tempering negative media editorial opinion. Prime Minister Fukuda and other senior officials have assured the public that Japan and the [...] | 2008-06-27 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO178 | AMB. WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. The international community will need to convince the Cambodian government that it must take immediate action with regard to the corruption issue at the ECCC, visiting Ambassador at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson told Japanese officials on December 3. Amb. William [...] | 2008-01-23 09:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PHUM JA TH BM CB |
08TOKYO1843 | ABDUCTEE PARENTS MEET WITH THE AMBASSADOR AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador July 2 invited to his residence Shigeru and Sakie Yokota, parents of 13-year old abductee Megumi Yokota to discuss the recent decision to being the delisting process to remove North Korea from the Department's States Sponsors of Terrorism list. The Yokotas were acc [...] | 2008-07-06 22:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PHUM PTER NK JA |
08TOKYO1877 | CUBA LOBBYING JAPAN TO REJECT HRF APPLICATION TO [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche July 7 to MOFA Global Issues Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Masatoshi Sugiura. Sugiura said that Japan is still in the "information gathering stage" of making a decision on the Human Rights Foundation's (HRF) appli [...] | 2008-07-08 07:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UN NGO PHUM JA |
08TOKYO1888 | JAPAN UNDECIDED ABOUT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 08:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM JA |
08TOKYO2044 | JAPAN PRESSES BURMA BUT EXTENDS ADDITIONAL AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura pressed Burmese Foreign Minister Nyan Win for progress on democratization and human rights when the two met July 22 in Singapore. He also advised Burma to cooperate fully with and not discriminate against humanitarian assistance workers engaged [...] | 2008-07-24 08:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID KDEM BM JA |
08TOKYO2161 | JAPANESE PM FUKUDA HEADING TO BEIJING; TALKS ON [...] Summary: Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda will arrive in Beijing on August 8 to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao and will make a brief appearance at the Olympics Opening Ceremony before departing for Japan that same evening, MOFA told Embassy Tokyo on August 4. Japan [...] | 2008-08-06 10:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG PHUM CH JA |
08TOKYO2186 | REES-CAMPONOVO JAPAN MEETINGS ON APDP AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Strengthening and expanding the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative will help achieve the shared goals of the United States and Japan of promoting universal values, human rights, and democracy in Asia, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees and DRL Senior Advisor Christoph [...] | 2008-08-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MG IR KN BM JA |
08TOKYO2227 | JAPAN-DPRK REACH AGREEMENT ON ABDUCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Japanese and North Korean negotiators have agreed to the basic outlines of a plan to move forward on resolution of the abduction issue and possible normalization of diplomatic ties. The agreement spells out the DPRK's commitment to conduct a full investigation into the fate of J [...] | 2008-08-13 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO2281 | RIGHT-WING VISIT TO DPRK CITED AS SIGN OF WARMING [...] (C) Summary: Just prior to Japan's talks with the DPRK in June, North Korea granted permission for representatives of a Japanese right-wing group to make an unusual - perhaps unprecedented - visit to the DPRK for discussions on collecting and repatriating the remains of Japanese veterans from [...] | 2008-08-19 05:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO2367 | MOFA EUROPEAN AFFAIRS DDG ON JAPAN-RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) European Affairs Bureau Deputy Director General (DDG) Kanehara assured visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD)/East Asia David Sedney that Japan would continue to join the United States and the international communi [...] | 2008-08-28 13:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR RS GG JA |
08TOKYO2435 | UNGA THIRD ASSEMBLY: JAPANESE SUPPORT LIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan anticipates it will be able to support U.S. priority human rights resolutions at the UNGA 3rd Assembly at levels "probably no lower than its level of support in the past." Regarding the DPRK, the Japan's focus on bilateral talks to reinvestigate abduction cases, may effect [...] | 2008-09-05 06:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA PHUM UNGA |
08TOKYO2533 | BROADCASTING TO NORTH KOREA FOLLOW-UP [...] (C) Post delivered reftel BBG paper on September 16 to MOFA Northeast Asia Director Shigeo Yamada. Acknowledging that the paper included new technical and other information, Yamada pledged to pass it on to the appropriate authorities and respond as soon as possible. On the subject of a possi [...] | 2008-09-16 09:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | BBG PHUM PGOV KN JA |
08TOKYO2550 | JAPAN ON THE CD [...] (C) In response to reftel, MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division official Seitoku Kawakami told Embassy Tokyo that Japan is supportive of the CD's (Community of Democracies) accomplishments, particularly the Bamako Consensus on Freedom of Expression and Internet Freedom. However, [...] | 2008-09-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA JA |
08TOKYO2598 | UPPER HOUSE PRESIDENT,S MEETING WITH MOJ ABOUT [...] (SBU) As a follow-up to his meeting with the DCM on September 12, Upper House President Satsuki Eda notified the Embassy that Ministry of Justice (MOJ) officials had told him during a meeting on September 18 that their ministry is at the beginning stage of considering accession to the Hague C [...] | 2008-09-22 00:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KOCI CASC JP |
08TOKYO2808 | ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES DISCUSS CURRENT POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of abductee family groups described their high expectations for how Prime Minister Aso will address the abduction issue and contrasted PM Aso's likely approach with that of former PM Fukuda, during a meeting with Embassy Tokyo October 3. In addition, they welcomed [...] | 2008-10-08 06:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KN JA |
08TOKYO2862 | JAPAN DECLINES TO MAKE FUTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNRWA'S [...] (SBU) EmbOffs delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Humanitarian Assistance Deputy Director Hisanobu Mochizuki October 10. Mochizuki, while not ruling out additional contributions to UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the future, said the GOJ would [...] | 2008-10-14 22:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID LE PGOV PHUM PREL UNRWA JA |
08TOKYO2882 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met October 16 with two prominent representatives of the abductees' family association -- Chairman Shigeo Iizuka and Shigeru Yokota (the father of Megumi Yokota, the best known abductee) -- to discuss the recent delisting of the DPRK as a state sponsor of terror. [...] | 2008-10-16 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KN JA |
08TOKYO2883 | DPRK: PM'S ABDUCTIONS ADVISOR TAKES HEART FROM [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Embassy Tokyo October 14, Prime Minister Aso's Special Advisor on the Abductions Issue Kyoko Nakayama expressed relief that, although the United States lifted the DPRK's terror designation, ongoing sanctions will continue to require the United States to vote against IM [...] | 2008-10-16 09:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KN JA |
08TOKYO2940 | JAPAN'S IMPERFECT TRAINEE VISA PROBLEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Surveys show that most of the participants in Japan,s Trainee Visa Program are satisfied with their situations. However, the high debt burdens these trainees owe to brokers, and the fact that for the first "trainee" year they actually work full-time for room and board and a small [...] | 2008-10-22 02:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AADP KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG SOCI GTIP JP |
08TOKYO3004 | NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE AWARD [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo nominates Nami Takenaka, Chairperson of Prop Station, a non-profit welfare organization for people with disabilities, to receive the Secretary of State's 2009 Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). 2. (SBU) Nami Takenaka was born in 1948 in Kobe, Japan. Blessed [...] | 2008-10-28 05:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO PHUM JA |
08TOKYO3045 | HOW MANY LEGIONS DOES THE DALAI LAMA HAVE? JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. There is broad pro-Tibetan sentiment in Japan, but most keep expressions of support low-key to avoid alienating China. The Diet,s Tibet Support League has 50-60 members, 140 leading Japanese cultural figures support meaningful direct talks between the Dalai Lama and PRC, and Tib [...] | 2008-10-31 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF PNAT JP |
08TOKYO3068 | POVERTY, INEQUALITY TRENDS TAP ECONOMIC ANXIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan has the fourth-highest poverty rate among the 30 OECD members, with poverty among the elderly roughly 50 percent above the OECD average, according to a report issued by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). However, according to a Japanese ex [...] | 2008-11-04 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI JA |
08TOKYO307 | ROCK AND A HARD PLACE - JAPAN'S TICAD DILEMMA [...] (C) Summary. South African diplomats here report Japan would have "serious diplomatic problems" had Japan not invited Zimbabwe President Mugabe to attend the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV). According to them, the U.S. can do little to prevent him from [...] | 2008-02-05 23:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL JA ZI |
08TOKYO3100 | JAPAN ON RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, BURMA, AND THE DPRK [...] (C) Japan sees "eye to eye" with the United States on UNGA Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK, and will vote with us on them, Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho told DCM Jim Zumwalt November 7. He assured DCM that Japan opposes "no action" motions on pri [...] | 2008-11-07 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA IR BM KN JA |
08TOKYO3103 | INCSR: JAPAN 2008 [...] (SBU) Japan's efforts to fight drug trafficking comply with international standards; Japan is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention. Japan cooperates with other countries in intelligence sharing and law enforcement. Methamphetamine abuse remains the biggest challenge to Japanese antinarcotics [...] | 2008-11-09 22:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SNAR JP |
08TOKYO3135 | DPRK BROADCASTING FROM JAPAN "VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-11 07:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | BBG PGOV PHUM KN JA |
08TOKYO3157 | IQBAL MASIH AWARD NOMINATION: ACE [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo nominates ACE (Action against Child Exploitation),a Japan-based NPO devoted to reducing the worst forms of child labor worldwide, to receive the "United States Department of Labor's Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor." 2. (SBU) In 1995 Yuka Iwatsuki, f [...] | 2008-11-15 23:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ILAB PHUM JP |
08TOKYO3171 | JAPAN'S VIEWS ON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE [...] (C) Japan's delegation to the November 19 International Conference on the Return and Reintegration of Afghan Refugees will be led by Ambassador in Charge of Afghanistan Assistance Coordination Masaki Okada, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Afghanistan desk officer Shizuka Morita. [...] | 2008-11-17 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF AF IR PK JA |
08TOKYO3360 | JAPANESE VIEWS: ASEAN, BURMA, THAILAND, CAMBODIA, [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with DAS Scot Marciel, senior MOFA officials reaffirmed that ASEAN remains an important focus for Japan in terms of development assistance, business expansion, and political engagement. In regards to other issues Japan believes that: despite recent events engagement w [...] | 2008-12-10 22:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECIN EAID AORC XC BM TH CB RP VM |
08TOKYO3485 | JAPAN INTRODUCES PILOT THIRD COUNTRY REFUGEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREF PHUM PREL SMIG JA |
08TOKYO365 | JAPAN UNABLE TO PROVIDE MUCH ASSISTANCE ON LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Other than public statements in support of the Lebanese government, Japan is unable or unwilling to take further steps at this time to support Lebanon. Funds are not available for the Special Tribunal, Lebanon does not qualify for Japanese official development assistance (ODA),t [...] | 2008-02-12 09:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY JA |
08TOKYO407 | CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN JAPAN: FEBRUARY 6 ROUNDTABLE WITH THE [...] Summary: The Japanese Diet may soon consider criminalizing the simple possession of child pornography, U.S. delegates to the G8 Lyon-Roma meeting in Tokyo learned during a meeting with six Diet members arranged by Embassy Tokyo. Although most of the Diet participants in the meeting support re [...] | 2008-02-14 17:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KOCI PREL JA |
08TOKYO447 | JAPAN ALLOCATES FUNDS FOR PKO TRAINING [...] (C) Summary. As part of its strategy of becoming a "peacebuilding nation," for the first time Japan will disperse USD 17 million to peacekeeping training centers in Africa. Japan will also examine bolstering this monetary assistance with the dispatch of Japanese Self-Defense Forces trainers. [...] | 2008-02-20 08:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JA |
08TOKYO449 | IRANIAN VISITORS TO JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The secretary of Iran's Human Rights Commission, Mohammad Javad Larijani, visited Japan February 11-18, 2008. He met with a number of officials, including the Foreign and Justice ministers. Although the purpose of his visit ostensibly was to discuss human rights issues and a po [...] | 2008-02-20 08:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KNPP UNSC IR IZ AF JA |
08TOKYO515 | SPECIAL ADVISOR GAMBARI TO BURMA ON MARCH 6 [...] (C) UN Special Advisor for Burma Ibrahim Gambari, in Tokyo for consultations with Japanese officials, telephoned Deputy Chief of Mission February 27 to thank Embassy for conveying to him the previous evening ref points regarding the Treasury Department's designation under U.S. sanctions law of [...] | 2008-02-27 05:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM BM JA |
08TOKYO529 | UPDATE ON SITUATION IN BURMA PROVIDED TO UN [...] (C) Following up on UN Special Advisor for Burma Ibrahim Gambari's request (ref) for an update on the situation in Burma, Embassy Tokyo February 28 provided to him the following non-paper, which was prepared for him by Embassy Rangoon. Gambari was very grateful to receive the information, but [...] | 2008-02-28 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM BM JA |
08TOKYO565 | JAPAN,S BURMA AID POLICY UNCHANGED FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Koumura told UN Special Envoy Gambari on February 28 that Japan will support UN efforts to alleviate poverty and promote democracy in Burma. Japan's bilateral aid policy to Burma remains unchanged, and Tokyo has no plans to introduce non-humanitarian aid until Bur [...] | 2008-03-03 23:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA |
08TOKYO566 | JAPAN'S BURMA AID POLICY UNCHANGED FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Koumura told UN Special Envoy Gambari on February 28 that Japan will support UN efforts to alleviate poverty and promote democracy in Burma. Japan's bilateral aid policy to Burma remains unchanged, and Tokyo has no plans to introduce non-humanitarian aid until Bur [...] | 2008-03-03 23:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA |
08TOKYO609 | CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post sent reftel points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) February 29 and followed-up with MOFA Human Rights Division Principal Deputy Director Takako Ito March 7. Ito said since the Maldives has held only one informal meeting on its proposal and climate change could have an imp [...] | 2008-03-07 07:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KGHG UNHRC JA |
08TOKYO680 | JAPAN WILL NOT ISSUE STATEMENT ON IRANIAN ELECTION [...] (C) Japan has no plans to issue any statements concerning the upcoming Iranian parliamentary elections, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. Although Tokyo may share our concerns about the conduct and outcome of the elections, Matano told Emb [...] | 2008-03-13 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL IR JA |
08TOKYO694 | AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE DISCUSS BANNING [...] (C) Summary: Child pornography is a rapidly growing and serious problem, the Ambassador told the Japanese Minister of Justice Kunio Hatoyama on March 11. Japan could have a dramatic impact on the child pornography market by criminalizing simple possession. Hatoyama agreed, saying that the su [...] | 2008-03-14 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KOCI PREL JA |
08TOKYO708 | JAPAN UNAMBIGUOUSLY SUPPORTS COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-17 08:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL |
08TOKYO710 | NEW IRANIAN AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO DISCUSSES NUCLEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Speaking on the record March 13 at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan, newly accredited Iranian Ambassador to Japan Seyed Abbas Araghchi presented Iran's views of the standoff regarding its nuclear program. He asserted that Iran began its program at the behest of the United [...] | 2008-03-17 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM PINR EPET SNAR KNNP UNSC IZ |
08TOKYO712 | EMBASSY TOKYO CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY [...] (U) Ambassador Schieffer hosted on March 4 Embassy Tokyo's first-ever event in honor of International Women's Day. More than 180 women, including Japanese Diet members, government officials, academics, members of the press and female diplomats from 25 nations, attended the inaugural event. Gu [...] | 2008-03-17 08:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL JA CH RU |
08TOKYO750 | JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO REFERENDUM IN BURMA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 09:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM JA |
08TOKYO782 | JAPAN SUBMISSION FOR TIP REPORT [...] Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 608 hours researching trafficking issues, conducting awareness-raising campaigns, drafting [...] | 2008-03-21 08:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM KFRD PREF SMIG JA |
08TOKYO820 | CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN JAPAN: THE AMBASSADOR,S MARCH [...] Summary: Something must be done to save children who are being abused everyday for child pornography, the Ambassador told Komeito Chief Representative Akihiro Ota on March 19. Questions about possible human rights abuses if simple possession is criminalized are not as important as preventing [...] | 2008-03-25 07:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KOCI PREL JA |
08TOKYO833 | JAPAN REGULAR DONOR TO IRAQI REFUGEES AND IDPS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 08:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL JA |
08TOKYO834 | WOMEN'S JUSTICE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PREL KWMN JA |
08TOKYO856 | OPPOSITION DPJ PARLIAMENTARIAN EDANO ON TIBET [...] (C) Summary: The Fukuda cabinet's response to the situation in Tibet has been unsatisfactory and their public statements on Tibet have been too weak, opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) parliamentarian Yukio Edano told Embassy Tokyo on March 24. China needs to grant diplomats and forei [...] | 2008-03-28 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CH JA |
08TOKYO93 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GOJ INVITATION TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) EMIN delivered demarche points (ref) to MOFA Director General for African Affairs and the Prime Minister's Personal Representative for Africa Shuichiro Megata Jan. 9. Charge also discussed USG concerns over the invitation the GOJ issued to Mugabe to participate in the Fourth Tokyo Interna [...] | 2008-01-11 04:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID JA PHUM PREL ZI |
08TOKYO947 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LAWMAKERS TO DISCUSS CHILD [...] Summary: Our consciences demand that we do something about child pornography, the Ambassador told nine Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet members during an April 2 meeting. Although some people raise questions about possible abuses of police power, the experience of the other six G8 countr [...] | 2008-04-07 22:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KOCI PREL JA |
08TORONTO114 | Toronto Terror Trials: More Charges Dismissed, 11 Remain in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 15 Canadian government prosecutors stayed terrorism-related charges against four more suspects in the 2006 "Toronto 18" terror plots. The move reduces the number of suspects facing charges to 11 (charges against three minors were stayed earlier). Consulate law enforce [...] | 2008-04-16 19:23:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PHUM CA |
08TORONTO152 | Guilty Plea in Ontario Human Trafficking Case [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 13, 2008, a Niagara Falls, Ontario resident, Imrani Nakpamgi, pled guilty to two counts of human trafficking. The guilty plea represents the first successful prosecution under a 2005 law criminalizing certain prostitution-related human trafficking offenses in Canada. Na [...] | 2008-05-15 19:52:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM PGOV CA |
08TORONTO165 | ONTARIO AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING: A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) has been working more effectively to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in the Greater Toronto Area. Law enforcement contacts within the TPS Sex Crimes Unit tell us initiatives to increase awareness of TIP related issues hav [...] | 2008-05-28 19:32:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KCRM PHUM CA |
08TORONTO24 | Toronto Police File First Human Trafficking Charges [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Toronto Police have filed multiple human trafficking and prostitution-related charges against six Toronto residents of Ukrainian and Russian descent. The charges are the first time Toronto Police have laid charges under 2005 laws specifically criminalizing human-trafficking rel [...] | 2008-01-28 20:01:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SMIG KCRM KWMN PHUM CVIS KFRD CA |
08TORONTO286 | TORONTO MAN FOUND GUILTY ON TERROR CHARGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 25, an Ontario Superior Court justice found a Toronto-area man guilty of terrorism charges in Canada's first conviction under its Anti-Terrorism Act. The man was part of a group that planned a series of bombings and a raid on Parliament Hill. Ten other men, allege [...] | 2008-09-26 19:56:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER CA |
08TORONTO44 | Toronto's Iranian Diaspora [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At over 60,000 residents, Toronto's Iranian Community is a small but visible group in a city where over half of its 4 million people are foreign-born. Concentrated in the northern neighborhoods and suburbs of Canada's largest city, Toronto's Iranian community is constantly grow [...] | 2008-02-15 13:08:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR CVIS CA IR |
08TORONTO85 | First Toronto Terrorism Trial Starts [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 25 the trial of one of the 18 persons originally arrested for participating in a Toronto-based terrorist group began in a provincial courtroom in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). On the first day of the first trial, an Ontario Superior Court judge unsealed some prosecut [...] | 2008-03-26 18:54:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER CA |
08TRIPOLI104 | NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON FATHI EL-JAHMI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 11:05:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LY |
08TRIPOLI137 | LIBYA: REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO REPATRIATED GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 12:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PHUM PINS KDDG LY |
08TRIPOLI14 | QADHAFI TELLS MUBARAK HE "MAY" SEEK TO ATTEND UNSC IN NEW YORK TRIPOLI 00000014 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: John T. Godfrey, A/DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP UN PHUM AU SU EG LY |
08TRIPOLI142 | EMBASSY VISITS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 18:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI167 | LIBYA: NOTIFICATION OF ARB-IV PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 08:19:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PHUM PTER PREL PINR KDRG LY |
08TRIPOLI183 | FOLLOW-UP ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 08:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI220 | DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI "RELEASED" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI223 | DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI "RELEASED" [...] (C) Summary: Reports by the Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) that detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi was "released" to the custody of his family appear to be premature. Security officials continue to effectively control access to el-Jahmi at the Tripoli Medical Center. His famil [...] | 2008-03-13 16:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI229 | HRW/PHR VISIT FATHI EL-JAHMI, EXPECT HIM TO RETURN HOME SOON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-17 16:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI266 | GOL DELAYS RELEASING DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI REF: A) TRIPOLI 223, B) TRIPOLI 229 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 09:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI275 | MFA WEIGHS IN ON EL-JAHMI CASE REF: TRIPOLI 266 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI280 | FATHI EL-JAHMI'S MEDICAL CONDITION DETERIORATES; ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL TIME MAY BE NEEDED REF: A) TRIPOLI 275, B) HOPKINS-GODFREY EMAIL 4/01/08, TRIPOLI 275, B) TRIPOLI 266 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 18:09:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI340 | DEBT, NUCLEAR ENERGY, AND GOLF CARTS: PUTIN VISITS LIBYA REF: (A) MOSCOW 1133, (B) TRIPOLI 321, (C) TRIPOLI 297 [...] (C) Summary. After years of preparation, Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by 400 assistants, journalists and business executives in six planes, visited Libya on April 16-17 primarily to secure an agreement on Libya's sizeable Soviet-era debt. Libya and Russia agreed to swap the $4.5 bi [...] | 2008-04-24 16:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PHUM LY RU |
08TRIPOLI375 | QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: FATHI EL-JAHMI HAS RETURNED TO HIS HOME [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 14:23:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI381 | LIBYA URGED TO SUPPORT FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (C) P/E Chief conveyed reftel points and the draft resolution text on May 12 to Tajouri al-Sheradi, Senior Political Adviser in the MFA-equivalant's International Organizations Department, urging that Libya support a French resolution calling on Burma to facilitate the expeditious delivery of h [...] | 2008-05-12 12:15:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM LY |
08TRIPOLI4 | LIBYA: FAMILY VISIT FOR RETURNED GTMO DETAINEE CONFIRMED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-03 09:17:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | KDRG PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS LY |
08TRIPOLI401 | FATHI EL-JAHMI REMAINS IN HOSPITAL, DESPITE REPORTS OF HIS RELEASE REF: A) JOHNSON-STEVENS EMAIL 05/12/2008, B) TRIPOLI 375, C) TRIPOLI 229, D) TRIPOLI 280 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 14:57:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI411 | EMBASSY DENIED ACCESS TO DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI430 | DIE HARD IN DERNA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 16:59:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KISL PTER PHUM LY IZ |
08TRIPOLI455 | LIBYA: MEETING WITH RETURNED GTMO DETAINEES UNDER USG-GOL TRANSFER FRAMEWORK MOU [...] (S/NF) Summary: Post visited two returned Guantanamo detainees to confirm their welfare and whereabouts, and the legal basis on which they are being detained in Libya. One detainee's trial has been completed and he is awaiting a verdict on the four charges he faces; the case of the second detainee [...] | 2008-06-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | KBTR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS LY |
08TRIPOLI458 | CONDITIONS IN SECURITY DETENTION FACILITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 14:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KBTS LY |
08TRIPOLI467 | DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE OF IDRISS BOUFAYED AND FELLOW REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Eleven members of a group of self-described dissidents were convicted on June 10 of planning to foment a rebellion against the "people's authority system" and of meeting with an official from a foreign government; sentences ranged from 6 to 25 years imprisonment. They were not/not [...] | 2008-06-16 08:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM LY |
08TRIPOLI472 | DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE OF IDRISS BOUFAYED AND FELLOW REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Eleven members of a group of self-described dissidents were convicted on June 10 of planning to foment a rebellion against the "people's authority system" and of meeting with an official from a foreign government; sentences ranged from 6 to 25 years imprisonment. They were not/not [...] | 2008-06-16 16:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM LY |
08TRIPOLI494 | JOURNALIST JAILED FOR CRITICIZING GOVERNMENT'S [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-22 08:52:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI506 | FATHI EL-JAHMI'S SON ASKS EMBASSY TO STOP VISITING HIM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 12:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI515 | LIBYAN LEADER AUTHOR OF HARD LINE ON DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI527 | LIBYAN RESPONSE ON ARB-4 REVIEW PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 13:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PINR KDRG KBTR LY |
08TRIPOLI530 | LIBYA'S BERBER MINORITY STILL OUT IN THE COLD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 13:54:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ODIP LY |
08TRIPOLI541 | EUROPEANS ENGAGE GOL ON BOUFAYED HUMAN RIGHTS CASE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 16:05:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL FR LY SZ DA |
08TRIPOLI588 | LIBYA ENFORCES TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AGAINST U.S. OFFICIALS REF: A) TRIPOLI 530, B) TRIPOLI 412, C) STATE 55839, D) TRIPOLI 478 (NOTAL),E) 07 TRIPOLI 165, F) TRIPOLI 515 [...] (C) Summary: Four years after re-establishing diplomatic relations, the Government of Libya (GOL) remains deeply concerned about efforts to cover internal political issues and actively seeks to prevent Emboffs from traveling in-country and engaging with Libyans. The GOL has actively enforced new s [...] | 2008-07-21 16:35:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ODIP OFDP LY |
08TRIPOLI666 | LIBYAN REACTION TO CLAIMS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT POSITIVE, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-25 16:40:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KPAO LY |
08TRIPOLI679 | SAIF AL-ISLAM AL-QADHAFI CALLS FOR FURTHER REFORM, THREATENS TO WITHDRAW FROM POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: In a lengthy, much-anticipated speech at an annual youth forum gathering, Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi, son of Muammar al-Qadhafi, implicitly criticized past decisions of his father's regime, called for dramatic changes to Libya's system of governance, claimed that much of his program of s [...] | 2008-08-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KPRV LY |
08TRIPOLI680 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE’S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 18:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | OVIP PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KDEM PTER KISL AU SU |
08TRIPOLI685 | LIBYA: MEETING WITH RETURNED GTMO DETAINEES UNDER USG-GOL TRANSFER FRAMEWORK MOU [...] (S/NF) Summary: Post visited two returned Guantanamo detainees to confirm their welfare and whereabouts and clarify the status of any pending legal action against them. One detainee's trial has reportedly been completed and he understands he has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. The trial [...] | 2008-09-02 15:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | KBTR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS LY |
08TRIPOLI819 | SELF-DESCRIBED REGIME CRITIC IDRISS BOUFAYED RELEASED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-14 17:19:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL FR LY SZ DA |
08TRIPOLI851 | LIBYAN-SWISS CONTRETEMPS DRAGS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAIR ECON SZ LY |
08TRIPOLI882 | UPDATE ON RELEASED REGIME CRITIC DR. IDRISS BOUFAYED AND PLANNED MEDICAL TRAVEL REF: A) NARDI-GODFREY EMAIL 10/27/2008, B) TRIPOLI 472, C) TRIPOLI 819, D) TRIPOLI 851 [...] (C) Summary: The Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) has reportedly obtained a passport and is finalizing travel permission for self-described regime critic Dr. Idriss Boufayed, who was recently released on humanitarian grounds from a 25 year prison term in light of his advanced lung cancer. The [...] | 2008-11-13 12:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV LY |
08TRIPOLI889 | TRIBAL VIOLENCE IN KUFRA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-16 16:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CASC ASEC PHUM PREF SOCI LY SU |
08TRIPOLI895 | LIBYA: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Libya has no legal or regulatory framework to separate victims of trafficking from the general migrant population and undocumented presence in Libya is generally considered a crime. In practice, however, the GOL has drawn on other elements of its existing criminal code to prosecute traffick [...] | 2008-11-17 12:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV SMIG LY |
08TRIPOLI919 | NEA/MAG DIRECTOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIFG NEGOTIATIONS WITH QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION REF: A) TRIPOLI 819, B) TRIPOLI 472, C) TRIPOLI 280, D) TRIPOLI 577 [...] (C) In a meeting with Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) Executive Director Yusuf Sawani, visiting NEA/MAG Director Stephanie Williams urged the GOL to release detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi without conditions and facilitate his travel abroad for medical care if he chose to pursue [...] | 2008-11-26 16:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI920 | NEA/MAG DIRECTOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIFG [...] (C) In a meeting with Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) Executive Director Yusuf Sawani, visiting NEA/MAG Director a Stephanie Williams urged the GOL to release detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi without conditions and facilitate his travel abroad for medical care if he chose to pu [...] | 2008-11-26 16:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR LY |
08TRIPOLI921 | LIBYA SEEKS TO DOWNPLAY TRIBAL VIOLENCE IN KUFRA [...] (C) Summary: In an apparent response to persistent reports by opposition and international media about tribal violence in Kufra, an oasis town located in southeastern Libya, the Government of Libya (GOL) recently staged a meeting in which tribal leaders pledged loyalty to Muammar al-Qadhafi and or [...] | 2008-11-30 14:52:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CASC ASEC PHUM PREF SOCI KPAO LY |
08TRIPOLI923 | GOL SEEKS TO TURN THE PAGE ON LINGERING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: A group of older political prisoners, many of whom are in ill health, may be released soon in connection with talks that have taken place under the auspices of the quasi-governmental Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF). Separately, the GOL and QDF may soon significantly raise the amou [...] | 2008-12-01 10:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM LY |
08TRIPOLI925 | RELEASED REGIME CRITIC IDRISS BOUFAYED TO TRAVEL TO SWITZERLAND FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT REF: A) TRIPOLI 472, B) TRIPOLI 819, C) NEA/MAG OI 12/01/2008 [...] (C) Summary: Self-described regime critic Dr. Idriss Boufayed has decided to travel to Switzerland for specialized medical treatment for his lung cancer, a trip he had not undertaken sooner after his release in October because he was weak from chemotherapy. Boufayed has obtained his passport and [...] | 2008-12-02 17:00:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO LY |
08TRIPOLI926 | SWISS FOREIGN MINISTER MAY VISIT TRIPOLI IN "LAST GASP" \ [...] (C) Swiss Consul Francois Schmidt told P/E Chief on December \ 2 that Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey intends to \ travel to Tripoli on December 5 for talks with as-yet \ undetermined Government of Libya interlocutors in what he \ described as "a last gasp" effort to resolve the lingerin [...] | 2008-12-02 17:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON EAIR SZ LY |
08TRIPOLI936 | MUAMMAR AL-QADHAFI QUIETLY INVOLVED IN PROCESS TO ADOPT A LIBYAN CONSTITUTION REF: A) 07 TRIPOLI 759, B) TRIPOLI 679 TRIPOLI 00000936 001.2 OF 003 [...] (C) Summary: A new draft was circulated in mid-November to members of a 20-person committee tasked with formulating a Libyan constitution, with the idea that it could be adopted before the September 1, 2009 anniversary of the military coup that brought Muammar al-Qadhafi to power. A well-connected [...] | 2008-12-05 13:15:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM LY |
08TRIPOLI943 | DEVELOPMENTS IN EL-JAHMI AND BOUFAYED HUMAN RIGHTS CASES [...] (C) Summary: An official of the Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) invited CDA to meet for an update on the Fathi el-Jahmi and Boufayed group human rights cases. He said el-Jahmi remained hospitalized with a heart condition, and the QDF was in contact with his family to arrange for his treatment [...] | 2008-12-12 16:30:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV LY |
08TRIPOLI960 | QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION FACILITATES VISIT TO DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI [...] (C) Summary: The Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) facilitated a visit to detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi, our first since April. El-Jahmi's medical condition was visibly better than during our last visit and his doctor said his heart condition had improved and stabilized. Severa [...] | 2008-12-15 19:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV LY |
08TRIPOLI969 | REGIME CRITIC IDRISS BOUFAYED IN SWITZERLAND FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT REF: A) TRIPOLI 960, B) TRIPOLI 472, C) TRIPOLI 819 [...] (C) Geneva-based opposition website Libya al-Youm reported on December 12 that recently released regime critic Dr. Idriss Boufayed had arrived in Geneva for medical treatment. Saleh Abdulsalam Saleh, Director of the Qadhafi Development Foundation's (QDF) Human Rights Committee, told the CDA on Dec [...] | 2008-12-18 17:52:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO LY |
08TRIPOLI982 | LIBYA: SECTION 565 WAIVER OF PROHIBITION AGAINST CONTRACTING WITH FIRMS COMPLYING WITH AL BOYCOTT [...] (U) The Government of Libya (GOL) does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel. Local firms are required by national law to comply with the Arab League (AL) boycott, and would therefore not be able to sign the required U.S. certification without exposing themselves to civil and/or criminal [...] | 2008-12-29 13:14:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT ABLD PHUM AL ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN LY |
08TRIPOLI988 | LIBYA'S VIEWS ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL MEETING ON GAZA [...] (SBU) A/DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA Americas Desk Director Ahmed Aoun on December 30. Aoun took our points on board, but stressed that while HAMAS' decision to break the ceasefire had precipitated Israel's military strikes in Gaza, the decision to execute rocket attacks had come against [...] | 2008-12-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM UN IS LY |
08TRIPOLI991 | READOUT OF U.S.-UK-LIBYA TSCC BIO SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, NOVEMBER 24-26 REF: 06 TRIPOLI 498 CLASSIFIED BY: John T. Godfrey, Acting DCM, U.S. Embassy - Tripoli, U.S. Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] (C) Summary: The Libyan Permanent National Committee on Bioethics and Biosafety (LPNCBB) hosted the Trilateral Steering and Coordination Committee (TSCC) Biological Subcommittee in Tripoli November 24-26 for their first meeting since November 2007. After several years of productive meetings, UK an [...] | 2008-12-31 12:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV PHUM TBIO LY UK |
08TRIPOLI993 | QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION RESUMES DIALOGUE ON RELEASE [...] (C) Saleh Abdulsalam Saleh, Human Rights Committee Director of the quasi-governmental Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF),told P/E Chief on December 27 that the latest round of talks between the QDF and imprisoned members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) had begun on/about December 21. [...] | 2008-12-31 14:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL PINR PHUM LY |
08TUNIS1007 | DETAINEE LUFTI BIN SWEI LAGHA HAS NOT COMPLAINED [...] (C) Summary: Mabruk Lagha, the older brother of former Guantanamo detainee Lufti Ben Swei reported that he sees his brother about 3-4 times per month and gives him food and clothing. He did not report any mistreatment. Lutfi says his health is fine but Mabruk personally worries about his br [...] | 2008-09-09 11:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM KDRG TS |
08TUNIS1076 | TUNISIA:NEW REPORTS OF HARRASSMENT OF JOURNALISTS [...] (C) Despite GOT claims that it permits freedom of expression, the Embassy has received three new reports of harassment and mistreatment of journalists and activists. The reports are from: -- journalist Slim Boukhdhir, who reports he was forcibly driven to an isolated area and threatened by th [...] | 2008-10-05 18:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS1092 | CITIZENS NOT SUBJECTS: OPPOSITION PARTY TIRED OF [...] (C) Leaders from the opposition at-Tajdid party opined that Tunisia is ready for, and needs, more freedom of expression during an October 6 meeting with the Ambassador. The party opposed the ruling party's presidential candidacy requirements proposal, and has not yet decided whether to conte [...] | 2008-10-14 15:47:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS1108 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 13:43:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN TS |
08TUNIS1109 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FM ABDALLAH ON DEMOCRACY [...] (S/NF) In a one-on-one meeting on October 18, the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Abdallah the importance of further progress on democracy in Tunisia. The Ambassador noted the Secretary's remarks on the subject to President Ben Ali in early September (ref. A) and his request for spec [...] | 2008-10-20 13:48:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL TS |
08TUNIS1110 | FM SAYS ACCESS TO FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEES NOT [...] (S) During an October 18 call on Foreign Minister Abdallah, the Ambassador asked the Minister whether the GOT would provide the Embassy access to the two Guantanamo detainees returned last year. Abdallah replied that he had explained honestly the GOT point of view to NEA A/S Welch (ref. a),[...] | 2008-10-20 13:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM KDRG TS |
08TUNIS1111 | THE AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON FM ABDALLAH: BILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 18, FM Abdulwaheb Abdallah said he was making his first trip to Russia in the coming days, accompanied by 23 businessmen. An economic agreement is to be signed. The Ambassador asked for an explanation on the withdrawal of police [...] | 2008-10-20 13:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR PINS PHUM IZ RS TS YM |
08TUNIS1124 | OPPOSITION PARTIES TOSSES THEIR HATS INTO [...] (C) Two Tunisian opposition parties represented in parliament will present candidates during the 2009 presidential elections, bringing the total number of eligible candidates to four. Of the candidates, Popular Unity Party (PUP) head Mohamed Bouchiha and Democratic Unionist Union (UDU) Secr [...] | 2008-10-29 16:38:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS1132 | TUNISIA DEFENDS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, BUT CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C/NF) During the mid-October visit of Warren Cofsky, from DRL's Office of International Religious Freedom, Embassy officials met with a series of government officials and religious leaders involved in religious freedom issues. Though those affiliated with the government stuck closely to GOT [...] | 2008-11-03 12:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KPAO TS |
08TUNIS1137 | (S) TUNISIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: WHAT NEXT? [...] (S/NF) Over the last two years, GOT officials have said Guantanamo detainees transferred to Tunisia will not be tortured or mistreated. President Ben Ali reiterated this "promise" to the Secretary in September. They have denied reports that one of the detainees transferred in 2007 was mistr [...] | 2008-11-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM KDRG TS |
08TUNIS1145 | JOURNALIST, LAWYER POSSIBLE TARGETS OF GOT [...] (C) Journalist Neziha Rejiba, better known by her pen name Om Zied, and her husband attorney Mokhtar Jallali have both had recent legal difficulties, giving rise to speculation that they are the targets of GOT harassment. As is common in Tunisia, Jallali remains in prison following a car ac [...] | 2008-11-06 17:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS1149 | GOT RELEASES PRISONERS AHEAD OF NATIONAL HOLIDAY [...] (C) In the two weeks preceding November 7, the anniversary of the day President Ben Ali took power, the GOT released two large groups of prisoners. The government frequently releases prisoners before major national holidays; such was the case with journalist Slim Boukhdhir, who was released [...] | 2008-11-10 14:41:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS1153 | BEN ALI'S "YOUTH PACT" MORE ABOUT BEN ALI THAN [...] (C) The GOT's youth initiative (reftel) culminated with the November 7th signing of a "Pact with Tunisian Youth." The agreement is the result of a year long "Dialogue with Youth" sponsored by the government. Though members of government and civil society have at other times dwelt on the iss [...] | 2008-11-12 17:34:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS1154 | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DIFFICULTIES WORKING IN [...] (C) Summary: In the course of delivering petitions requesting the closure of Guantanamo Bay, the President of Amnesty International Tunisia (AIT) reported continuing difficulties operating in Tunisia because of GOT intimidation. Tactics include intervention by the Ministry of Social Affairs [...] | 2008-11-14 09:33:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TS |
08TUNIS1166 | PRESIDENT BEN ALI'S ANNIVERSARY SPEECH - GIVING [...] (C) Summary: Ben Ali's annual November 7 speech, given on the occasion of his coming to power in 1987, highlighted the upcoming elections, announced several new development initiatives, and emphasized the government's cautious go-slow attitude toward currency liberalization. In foreign affair [...] | 2008-11-19 16:43:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TS |
08TUNIS1192 | INDEPENDENT OPPOSITION PARTY'S PROBLEMS WORSEN [...] (C) On November 12 the opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) learned that a legal decision could result in all of the furniture and equipment in its national headquarters being auctioned off without warning. In addition, lawsuits brought by five vegetable-oil companies against PDP l [...] | 2008-12-02 17:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS1196 | EUROPEAN DELEGATION VISITS TUNISIA, FOCUSES ON [...] (C) The trials stemming from the January to June unemployment protests in Gafsa and Redeyef have begun to attract high level international attention. A European delegation visited Tunisia November 26-28. While in-country, they met with civil society representatives to discuss human rights, [...] | 2008-12-03 17:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS1199 | GOT SEEKS TO "STRANGLE" PRIVATE TV STATION [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, the owner and director general of Tunisia's only private TV channel recounted several examples of GOT efforts to "strangle" his business. He sought to strengthen his ties to the Embassy and Ambassador to try to shield the station from further GO [...] | 2008-12-04 11:34:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS KPAO PGOV PREL PHUM PREF TS |
08TUNIS1238 | STORM CLOUDS GATHER: GAFSA TRIAL EMBODIES [...] (C) Thirty-eight protestors, arrested in coQunction with the January to June unemployment protests in the southwestern mining towns of Redeyef and Gafsa, were given sentences ranging from six to ten years on December 11. According to one defense attorney, the verdict was not unanimous. The [...] | 2008-12-22 11:43:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS125 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT LEBANON NOW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 14:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE TS |
08TUNIS126 | TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS UNION - PUPPET THEATER? [...] (C) The January 14, 2008 evolution of the Tunisian Journalists Association in favor of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists was viewed by some observers, including the General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, as "historic reform." To other observers, the new [...] | 2008-02-08 14:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS |
08TUNIS139 | PROTAGONIST WHO BLOCKED PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) As his legal dispute with the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) stretches into its eighth year, Chedli Ben Younes seems both disillusioned with the GOT, on whose behest he is purported to have filed the suit, and regretful that his former colleagues on the left see him as a "sellout" fo [...] | 2008-02-13 12:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS144 | OPPOSITION LEADER DECLARES CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) In a February 13 press conference, the opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) announced its former Secretary General Nejib Chebbi would be the party's candidate SIPDIS for president for the 2009 presidential elections. Chebbi's candidacy was supported by a number of prominent [...] | 2008-02-14 17:41:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS168 | APPEALS COURT REDUCES SENTENCES OF SOME "SOLIMAN" [...] (C) Summary. On February 21, a Tunis Court of Appeals reduced the December 2007 sentences of eight individuals convicted of involvement in the December 2006/January 2007 terrorist incidents. One of those sentenced to death received a life sentence, two sentenced to life were reduced to 20 an [...] | 2008-02-22 15:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR TS |
08TUNIS169 | ACTIVISTS SAY TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR [...] (C) Tunisian activists and international NGOs are denouncing the recent convictions of a journalist and a comedian, saying that they are being prosecuted for criticizing the government. On January 18, a Sfax court of appeal upheld journalist Slim Boukhdhir's sentence of one year in prison f [...] | 2008-02-22 15:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS193 | PRESIDENT BEN ALI MEETS WITH A/S WELCH: PROGRESS [...] (S/NF) President Ben Ali and NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch discussed regional and bilateral issues in a wide-ranging, warm and open meeting on Thursday, February 28. In response to A/S Welch's remarks and requests, President Ben Ali: -- promised counter-terrorism cooperation "without r [...] | 2008-03-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM PGOV KPAL KDRG KDEM TS |
08TUNIS195 | A/S WELCH DISCUSSES BILATERAL AND REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (S/NF) In exchanges with the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Development and International Cooperation on February 28, A/S Welch underscored US commitment to advancing mutual interests in the respective areas of defense and counter-terrorism cooperation, and increasing bilateral trade [...] | 2008-03-03 17:12:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PMIL PTER PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV TS |
08TUNIS206 | TUNISIA -- 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The information below is provided in response to reftel. Post POC for TIP related issues is Susannah Cooper, (Tel.) 216-71-107-306, (Fax) 216-71-107-090. Number of hours spent by rank: 2 hrs FE-MC, 2 hrs FE-OC, 2 hrs FS-01, 50 hrs FS-02. ----------------- THE LOCAL CONTEXT ----------- [...] | 2008-03-06 10:59:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC TU |
08TUNIS210 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ASSAULTED BY SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) On March 3, human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine was assaulted by security forces upon her arrival in Tunisia at the port of La Goulette. Bensedrine, a longstanding critic of Tunisia's human rights situation, had just returned from Denmark where she received the 2008 Danish Peace Foun [...] | 2008-03-06 15:59:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS258 | TUNISIA/DEMOCRATIC REFORM I: PROMOTING A MORE [...] (C) Tunisia's 2009 presidential and legislative elections represent an important opportunity to promote the President's Freedom Agenda and to press for tangible political reform. We have long focused on promoting greater freedom and expression and association in Tunisia. In the months lead [...] | 2008-03-13 15:54:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS273 | TUNISIA/DEMOCRATIC REFORM II: VOTER APATHY [...] (C) Despite official voter registration and presidential election participation rates of almost 90 percent, most Tunisians say they prefer not to vote. Lack of transparency, allegations of fraud, and the sense that election results are a foregone conclusion are all major causes of voter apat [...] | 2008-03-17 10:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS278 | TUNISIA/DEMOCRATIC REFORM III: AN UPHILL STRUGGLE [...] (C) Tunisian opposition parties face an uphill battle in their fight for free and fair elections. Despite a multi-party system, civil society activists credibly alleged that the outcomes of the 2004 presidential and legislative elections were predetermined, highlighting a number of procedu [...] | 2008-03-18 10:15:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS298 | BEN ALI EASES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In a March 21 speech, President Ben Ali announced a constitutional amendment that will allow more opposition party candidates to run in the 2009 presidential elections. Ben Ali proposed that the head of each political party can run for president provided he/she had been elected [...] | 2008-03-24 14:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM TS |
08TUNIS312 | PRESIDENT BEN ALI TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] (S) On March 27, Tunis Africa Press (TAP) agency carried an official announcement that President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali will attend the Arab League Summit in Syria on March 29 - 30. The announcement represents a turnaround from earlier statements by President Ben Ali and Foreign Minister Ab [...] | 2008-03-27 17:33:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAL LE TS |
08TUNIS337 | OPPOSITION REJECTS PROPOSED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY [...] (C) Leaders of Tunisia's two most credible independent opposition parties told the Ambassador on March 28 that President Ben Ali's March 21 announcement regarding candidacy requirements (Ref A) was specifically designed to exclude his strongest opponents from running for president in 2009. N [...] | 2008-04-04 07:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS345 | JAILED TUNISIAN COMEDIAN PARDONED ON INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) On March 20 (Tunisian Independence Day),Tunisian President Ben Ali pardoned comedian Hedi Oula Baballah, after he served six weeks of his one-year prison term. Baballah was sentenced to prison and fined 1,000 TD (833 USD) on February 4 for possession of narcotics (Ref A),after police [...] | 2008-04-04 15:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS349 | CALL ON CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES [...] (C) Salah Tabarki, President of the Commission of Political Affairs and External Relations in the Chamber of Deputies, told the DCM April 2 that there were strong debates in the Chamber of Deputies, notably within the commissions. In plenary sessions, party discipline is the rule. Although a [...] | 2008-04-07 15:38:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS |
08TUNIS356 | FM ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, AUSTRIAN KIDNAPPING, [...] (C) During an April 8 meeting, Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah told the Ambassador that little of note had occurred at the March Arab League Summit in Damascus. While President Ben Ali had ultimately decided to attend, nothing could be accomplished in the absence of Saudi King Abdallah an [...] | 2008-04-09 12:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KPAL PHUM TS |
08TUNIS362 | GOT CRACKS DOWN ON MINING REGION PROTESTS [...] (SBU) After several months, and the March replacement of the regional governor, the GOT took police action to disrupt economic protests in south-central Tunisia. Demonstrators, including labor activists and the unemployed, organized in January to protest high unemployment, inflation and a lack [...] | 2008-04-11 11:41:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV KDEM TS |
08TUNIS369 | NEW TRIAL DATES SET FOR SENIOR POLITICAL FSN [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) A possibly politically motivated criminal case against the Embassy's senior political LES Jamil Halfaoui is set to be reviewed by the Tunisian Supreme Court on April 18. Halfaoui was sentenced in absentia to four months in [...] | 2008-04-15 17:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS |
08TUNIS381 | 19 CONVICTED OF SUPPORT FOR "SOLIMAN" TERRORISTS, [...] (SBU) On April 11, the Tunis Court of First Instance convicted 18 individuals of being members of a terrorist cell from the central Tunisian town of Sidi Bou Zid, which allegedly supported those involved in the December 2006/January 2007 terrorist incidents (reftel). The defendants, who are m [...] | 2008-04-17 15:04:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM PGOV TS |
08TUNIS39 | SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR AWAY: TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) President Mokhtar Trifi on January 8 told PolOffs that while discussions with GOT officials had initially left him optimistic about prospects for resolving the almost eight year-long standoff between the GOT and the LTDH, the GOT has failed to deliver [...] | 2008-01-11 16:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS394 | MINING REGION CALM BUT SURROUNDED [...] (C) Summary. Following months of protests, which erupted into violent confrontations between residents and security forces in early April, the southwestern mining town of Redeyef appeared calm during EmbOffs' April 18 visit. Residents reported that while large scale protests are unlikely to c [...] | 2008-04-22 06:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM ELAB PGOV KDEM TS |
08TUNIS408 | PART II: BAD NEWS FOR TUNISIAN PRESS: OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Since March, the distribution of five editions of al-Mowqif has been blocked, putting the paper in a financially precarious situation. Opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) leaders held a press conference on April 16 to announce that the editors of its Arabic-weekly al-Mowqif [...] | 2008-04-24 08:47:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS420 | TUNISIA: NO FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-29 08:37:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI |
08TUNIS434 | TUNISIA SHINES, SARKOZY STUMBLES DURING APRIL [...] (C) French President Nicolas Sarkozy concluded a 48-hour visit to Tunisia on April 30, which was dominated by big business deals and strong criticism from Tunisia's human rights community. The visit paved the way for Sarkozy's planned July summit to launch the Mediterranean Union and economic [...] | 2008-05-02 12:02:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS440 | HIGHER COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: INDEPENDENT, [...] (C) During a May 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Higher Commission for Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties (HCHR) President Moncer Rouissi outlined the progress of new legislation giving the HCHR greater independence. The changes, however, look good on paper but may end up being mostly co [...] | 2008-05-02 16:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS443 | REPLY TO "MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] (U) We plan to distribute an IIP-prepared package of appropriate written materials on the topic to the local press and other key contacts. 2. (SBU) Tunisia has no known exiled Cuban community and the topic of Cuba in general has no resonance with the Tunisian public, except in the context o [...] | 2008-05-05 16:17:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL |
08TUNIS444 | FOREIGN MINISTER "REVOLTED" BY "UNJUST" WHITE [...] (C) The Foreign Minister summoned the Ambassador on May 5 to complain that the White House Statement commemorating World Press Freedom day had been "revolting" and "unfair" in likening the press freedom situation in Tunisia to that in countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, China, and North Korea. [...] | 2008-05-05 16:42:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TS |
08TUNIS514 | PRESS FREEDOM CASE DRAGS ON, BUT HUNGER STRIKE ENDS [...] (C) At a May 10 hearing, libel cases filed by five Tunisian companies against Rachid Khachana and Mongi Ellouz, editor-in-chief and staff-writer for the opposition Arabic-weekly al-Mowqif respectively, were postponed for May 31. Tunisian civil society has deemed the cases politically motiva [...] | 2008-05-12 16:50:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS516 | OUTREACH TO DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Promoting democratic reform and respect for human rights is our first Mission Strategic Plan goal. Our approach to promoting human rights involves a broad range of mission offices using a variety of means and methods to promote the Freedom Agenda. Over the last year, Embassy officials [...] | 2008-05-13 15:50:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS |
08TUNIS54 | FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES: TUNISIAN OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) Secretary General of the opposition Popular Unity Party (PUP) Mohamed Bouchicha acknowledged to the Ambassador Jan. 15 the need to improve freedom of expression and association, but said progress should be made "without interference" by foreigners. Bouchicha added that solutions would b [...] | 2008-01-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS569 | ANNUAL JEWISH PILGRIMAGE PROCEEDS PEACEFULLY [...] (C) Summary: From May 22-23, between five and six thousand Jewish pilgrims visited the island of Djerba as part of an annual pilgrimage. The center of the pilgrimage is the El-Ghriba synagogue, the oldest synagogue in North Africa. The event was characterized by a visible police presence a [...] | 2008-05-28 15:46:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KPAO IS TS |
08TUNIS580 | TUNISIA CONTINUES TO EXPAND INTERNET CENSORSHIP [...] (C) While publicly promoting the internet as an economic tool, the Government of Tunisia is privately blocking an increasing portion of the web. Officially, only sites that promote violence or pornography are blocked in Tunisia, but in practice, sites with content critical of the GOT, such a [...] | 2008-05-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS595 | PRESS FREEDOM TRIAL DRAGS ON, OPPOSITION CANDIDATE [...] (C) In the ongoing libel cases against the editors of opposition newspaper al-Mowqif, the defense presented its argument at a May 31 hearing; no trial date has been set for the plaintiffs to present their rebuttal. In a separate court case, al-Mowqif Editor-in-Chief Nejib Chebbi is also bei [...] | 2008-06-03 16:09:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS596 | UNEMPLOYMENT PROTESTS SPREAD TO NEW TOWN [...] (C) Following several weeks of relative calm, demonstrations have again broken out near the Tunisian border with Algeria, this time in Feriana. There have been periodic demonstrations in the region since January, stemming from poverty, high levels of unemployment, and claims of governmental [...] | 2008-06-03 16:50:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS599 | HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS FUND: MAKING THE BEST USE [...] (S) We understand that DRL made the decision to approve two Human Rights Defenders Fund (HRDF) cases involving activists in Tunisia. Post previously expressed our concerns about these cases. In this cable we set out formally our concerns about the merits of the two cases, lay out possible ne [...] | 2008-06-05 08:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PREL PHUM TS |
08TUNIS615 | VIOLENT PROTESTS IN SOUTHERN MINING REGION LEAVE [...] (C) One person was shot and killed and several others were injured in violent protests in Redeyef on June 6. Two quite different narratives have emerged about the events: the official version, put out by GOT sources in a communique, stipulates that protesters instigated the violence by throwi [...] | 2008-06-09 18:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS TS |
08TUNIS650 | AMBASSADOR PROVIDES FM WITH NON-PAPER ON IMPROVING [...] (C) In a tete-a-tete meeting with the Foreign Minister on June 16, the Ambassador delivered a non-paper on steps the GOT could take to improve freedom of expression in Tunisia. Noting the White House statement on World Press Freedom Day that referenced Tunisia's problems with freedom of expres [...] | 2008-06-17 05:50:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS759 | CODEL MCCOLLUM TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) Over the course of a four day visit, Congresswoman Betty McCollum and Congressional Staff Member Brooke Bennett met with an impressive number of Tunisian government and civil society representatives, carrying a message of US engagement and interest in pursuing shared objectives. The gov [...] | 2008-07-09 15:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS761 | TUNIS: MAKING POLITICAL HAY FROM UNREST IN REDEYEF [...] (C) A month after the latest demonstrations in the phosphate mining town of Redeyef in Gafsa province near the Algerian border, the government continues to maintain a high police and security presence in the area. The police have been rounding up suspected agitators and several people have be [...] | 2008-07-10 12:44:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PGOV ELAB PHUM PINS TS |
08TUNIS789 | MIXED TUNISIAN REACTION TO SARKOZY'S "CLUB MED" [...] (C) Even while Tunisia harbors aspirations to host the headquarters of the Sarkozy-backed Union for the Mediterranean (UPM),the domestic reaction to the July 13 launch of this new entity has been mixed. From the beginning, the GOT has been supportive of the initiative, but among the busine [...] | 2008-07-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU TS |
08TUNIS825 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS [...] (C) In a meeting Friday, July 18, Ambassador pressed Tunisian External Communications Agency Director General Oussama Romdhani on the release of imprisoned journalist Slim Boukhdhir. Romdhani acknowledged that the continued imprisonment of Boukhdhir is a problem for Tunisia internationally, [...] | 2008-07-22 14:04:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO TS |
08TUNIS827 | STEADY STREAM OF CASES UNDER 2003 ANTI-TERROR [...] (C) Five Tunisians were convicted on July 12 of various terrorism-related charges, with sentences ranging from four to nine years in prison. This case represents the latest in a series of terrorism cases, of which there have been approximately 1,000 since Tunisia adopted comprehensive anti-te [...] | 2008-07-23 09:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PHUM TS |
08TUNIS835 | TUNISIAN LABOR NEGOTIATIONS: TOUGH SLOG AHEAD [...] (C) In a July 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Secretary General of the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) Abdessalem Jerad said: -- there is no end in sight to the ongoing "social negotiations"; -- the UGTT is prepared to use strikes and all other legal levers to secure its goals, mos [...] | 2008-07-24 06:15:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PINS TS |
08TUNIS841 | BEN ALI ACKNOWLEDGES GAFSA UNREST -- FROM AFAR [...] (C) For the first time, President Ben Ali has publicly acknowledged the unrest that has been troubling the southwestern mining region of Gafsa since January 2008 (reftels). In July 16 remarks to members of the Gafsa governing council, the President blamed the difficulties on improper recrui [...] | 2008-07-24 16:14:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS |
08TUNIS851 | PROMULGATION OF LAW RESTRICTING ELIGIBILITY OF [...] (C) President Ben Ali on July 28 approved a law changing the criteria for presidential candidates. Among those potential candidates who will now be excluded by the new eligibility requirements are Nejib Chebbi, the announced candidate of the opposition Progressive Democratic Party. Politici [...] | 2008-07-29 15:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS864 | PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY: GOT SEEKS COVER WHEN [...] (C) The Government of Tunisia has a deserved reputation for silencing its perceived opponents. At the same time, the GOT has perfected the art of plausible deniability, allowing it to deflect allegations of harassment. Often, the GOT works through intermediaries, using a broad range of tool [...] | 2008-07-31 16:12:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS868 | CIVIL SOCIETY STRIKES BACK, OR AT LEAST IT TRIES [...] (C) Despite the harassment and intimidation of Tunisian opposition and civil society groups (Ref A),many groups persist in their activism. In spite of limits on their freedom of maneuver, several have managed to overcome government-imposed restrictions to attract attention to their causes, [...] | 2008-08-01 12:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS879 | WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE RCD?: RULING PARTY WRAPS UP [...] (C) The ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) held its congress, which takes place once every five years, from July 30 - August 2. The most notable development came on July 30, when President Ben Ali announced he would seek re-election for a fifth five year term in 2009. The RCD also [...] | 2008-08-05 11:20:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
08TUNIS926 | FUN WHILE IT LASTED - FACEBOOK BLOCKED FROM TUNISIA [...] (SBU) Summary. As of August 18, access to popular social networking web site Facebook has been blocked from Tunisia. Facebook joins the long list of political, human rights and social networking web sites blocked by the Tunisian authorities. End summary. 2. (SBU) Beginning on the evenin [...] | 2008-08-19 14:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO OEXC PHUM SCUL TS |
08TUNIS962 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO TUNISIA [...] (C) Madame Secretary, my team and I look forward to your visit to Tunis. President Ben Ali and Foreign Minister Abdallah are delighted you are coming and will provide a warm welcome. They will want to hear your thoughts on regional issues and to reaffirm strong US-Tunisian relations. For us, [...] | 2008-08-29 16:02:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PMIL PHUM TS |
08TUNIS992 | TUNIS: BEN OMAR'S FAMILY REPORTS PSYCHOLOGICAL [...] (S) Summary: Family members of transferred Guantanamo detainee Abdallah Ben Omar report he is physically fine, but weak. He faces threats, however, about his family from Ministry of Interior officials who have shown him doctored photos in which security personnel appear to be beating his so [...] | 2008-09-04 15:48:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM KDRG TS |
08ULAANBAATAR125 | MONGOLIA ON TIBET AND TAIWAN: WE SUPPORT THE ONE-CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mongolian Government on March 20 issued a statement reiterating its adherence to the "one China" policy and expressed regret over the "chaotic situation" in Tibet. In recent days, some Mongolians have expressed solidarity with the people of Tibet, but no formal gatherings fo [...] | 2008-03-21 08:56:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KOLY MG |
08ULAANBAATAR128 | TB Rates Climbing in Mongolia [...] SUMMARY: Mongolia's tuberculosis rate has steadily risen since the early 1990s, in spite of government efforts to contain its spread. Statistics show an increase of 177% since 1991. Health officials concede that a steady climb in case numbers make meeting Millennium Development Goals to revers [...] | 2008-03-24 08:14:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID SOCI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL MG |
08ULAANBAATAR159 | (C) MFA, GIA REPS SAY MONGOLIA WON'T DEPORT DPRK [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Senior officials of Mongolia's General Intelligence Agency (GIA) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),in separate early-April meetings, offered somewhat divergent views on a number of DPRK refugee-related issues, but both denied that the Mongolian Government has cha [...] | 2008-04-11 08:48:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | SECRET | PREF SMIG PREL KMCA PHUM PINR MG |
08ULAANBAATAR170 | PREPARATIONS PROCEEDING FOR MONGOLIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) Mongolia's General Election Commission (GEC) indicated on April 21 that its preparations for the June 29 Parliamentary elections are coming along smoothly, and announced that registered voters can now look up their registration information at the Commission's website. Post confirmed that [...] | 2008-04-21 08:29:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR174 | MONGOLIA'S KHENTII PROVINCE: ONE FOR THE ROAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's eastern Khentii province, proud birthplace of Chinggis Khan, is developing rapidly, with new hotels and restaurants, plans to become a tourist destination, and a soon-to-be-completed road linking the provincial capital, Undurhkaan, with Ulaanbaatar. Electrification ha [...] | 2008-04-23 08:34:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM ENRG KWMN MG |
08ULAANBAATAR177 | IN MONGOLIA, THOUSANDS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST HIGH FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sharply rising prices for staple foods prompted approximately 4,000 demonstrators to take to the streets April 18 in the heart of Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar. Led by the National Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions, protestors demanded 40-50% price cuts for bread and flo [...] | 2008-04-24 08:19:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM EAGR MG |
08ULAANBAATAR182 | UNHCR REP: MONGOLIA WILL NOT/NOT FORCE REFUGEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR's Regional Rep for China and Mongolia, Veerapong Vongvarotai, visited the Embassy on April 24 and said UNHCR has appealed to the South Korean Government to reconsider its refusal to admit three North Korean refugees currently in Mongolia. Veerapong said it is "not possible" [...] | 2008-04-25 08:11:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SMIG PHUM PREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR204 | MONGOLIA UNLIKELY TO SEEK SEAT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-02 06:42:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR EAID MG |
08ULAANBAATAR206 | APDP MONGOLIAN ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post visited Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on May 2 to discuss the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) and its proposal to send an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Mongolia for its Parliamentary elections, tentatively scheduled for June 29. MF [...] | 2008-05-02 09:19:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL EAID MG JA AS KS CA |
08ULAANBAATAR219 | MONGOLIA'S ACTIVE CAMPAIGN SEASON OPENS "OFFICIALLY"; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The campaign season formally opened on May 14 for Mongolia's Parliamentary elections, and the independent General Election Commission (GEC) confirmed that the elections would be held on June 29. Up for grabs are all 76 seats in Parliament; a close contest is expected between the [...] | 2008-05-14 10:32:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR263 | NO EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD FORCED LABOR OR CHILD LABOR IN [...] SUMMARY: There is no evidence of significant or widespread forced labor or child labor in the production of goods in Mongolia, although anecdotal evidence suggests the practice may exist to a limited extent within artisanal mining communities. Out of economic necessity, children and adults o [...] | 2008-06-03 07:37:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM EIND ETRD SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR285 | OUT OF STEPPE: DISABLED MONGOLIANS STRUGGLE TO INTEGRATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Disabled Mongolians face serious obstacles to full participation in society, despite advances in special education and societal awareness. Many of these obstacles are infrastructure-related. The elation that many disabled Mongolians felt in August 2007, when Parliament passed n [...] | 2008-06-13 01:47:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID SOCI PGOV KOCI KGLB AMED SCUL ECON MG |
08ULAANBAATAR322 | VOTING GOES SMOOTHLY IN MONGOLIAQS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Voting in MongoliaQs Parliamentary elections went smoothly and ended on schedule at 10 pm on Sunday, June 29; election authorities then started the lengthy process of vote-counting. Preliminary returns were not expected to be available until well into June 30, at the earliest. [...] | 2008-06-30 00:54:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO MG |
08ULAANBAATAR33 | UNHCR PLANS TWO NEW DPRK SHELTERS IN MONGOLIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the request of Mongolia's Border Force, UNHCR is planning to establish two new shelters in eastern Mongolia for DPRK refugees, UNHCR Senior Regional Protection Officer Nai Jit Lam told us on January 23. Lam said the two shelters will each cost around $35,000, contain 25 to 30 [...] | 2008-01-24 03:30:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KREF EAID PHUM MG |
08ULAANBAATAR332 | Flavor of Mongolian Democracy: Impressions of Distant [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable describes conditions at far-flung polling stations in Khovd province some 1,500 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar. The Embassy's election observation team was impressed with the highly organized, efficient and transparent processes of the local election committees as well [...] | 2008-07-08 00:22:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO MG |
08ULAANBAATAR355 | Candidate Profile: On the Campaign Trail--The Mongol Way [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Advisor to the Minister of Industry and Trade, S.Otgonbat (strictly protect) shared his experience as a campaign manager for J. Enkbayar, an upstart Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) businessman in his 30's and a candidate in Mongolia's remote southwestern [...] | 2008-07-21 00:17:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PHUM KCOR PGOV KMCA SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR361 | MONGOLIA'S OPPOSITION MPS WALK OUT OF FIRST PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolians elected to Parliament in the contested June 29 elections gathered at Government House on July 23 for Parliament's opening session. But after energetically criticizing the head of the General Election Commission (GEC),members of the opposition Democratic Party left th [...] | 2008-07-24 00:17:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM ENRG SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR418 | MONGOLIA ENGAGED ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] (C) On September 11, PolOff delivered to MFA Department of Multilateral Cooperation Deputy Director Gunaajav BATJARGAL reftel points urging Mongolia not to support "no-action" motions on country-specific resolutions in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee; to support anticipated resolutio [...] | 2008-09-11 09:00:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN MN UNGA |
08ULAANBAATAR499 | MONGOLIA RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON UN RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (C) On November 6, the Charge d'Affairs and PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Multilateral Cooperation Department Acting Director Batjargal at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The Charge requested that Mongolia continue to oppose no-action motions in the Third Committee of the UN [...] | 2008-11-07 07:43:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MG |
08ULAANBAATAR64 | MONGOLIAN WOMEN SEETHING OVER QUOTA ELIMINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women's activists have filed a complaint with Mongolia's Constitutional Court following Parliament's scrapping of a requirement that at least 30 percent of any party's candidates for national elections be women. The complaint, filed on January 31, argues that in eliminating the [...] | 2008-02-05 00:28:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI MG |
08ULAANBAATAR97 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REFUSES TO HEAR COMPLAINT OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Constitutional Court has declined to hear a complaint over Parliament's controversial elimination of a requirement that at least 30 percent of any party's candidates for national elections be women. A court official communicated this decision on February 19 to J.Zanna, [...] | 2008-02-27 08:45:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI MG |
08USEUBRUSSELS1475 | DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES AND IO ACTING DAS REES EU [...] (C) Summary: DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and IO Acting DAS Grover Joseph Rees met September 1 in Brussels with the EU Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) Troika as part of ongoing consultations. The EU-hosted meetings were led by Jacques Pellet, French MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights [...] | 2008-09-23 15:49:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EU |
08USEUBRUSSELS1765 | DRL PDAS STEWART URGES PROGRESS ON IRAN, HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting on November 19 with Karel Kovanda, Deputy Director-General for External Relations at the European Commission (EC),DRL PDAS Karen Stewart asked for EU support against no-action resolutions at UNGA and an early review of the Human Rights Council (HRC). Kovanda u [...] | 2008-11-21 16:43:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA PTER EUN SR IR |
08USOSCE180 | HATE CRIME MEETING HIGHLIGHTS REMAINING CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The June 16-17 Meeting of the National Points of Contact on Hate Crime organized by the OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Helsinki highlighted the significant challenges that remain in the effort to combat hate crimes. Participation i [...] | 2008-07-16 13:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KDEM OCSE |
08USOSCE196 | OSCE DISCUSSES ROMA/SINTI INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On July 10-11, the OSCE and civil society representatives discussed Roma and Sinti Integration, highlighting the need for increased Roma/Sinti participation, taking an integrated approach to addressing the root causes of discrimination, and more comprehensive data c [...] | 2008-07-29 14:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM IT CZ BU RO OSCE |
08USOSCE290 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY: HELSINKI OSCE [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, we look forward to seeing you at the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Helsinki. FM Stubb has succeeded in attracting a record number of ministers to this OSCE meeting, and hopes to rally the Organization in a renewal of the Q&Spirit of Helsinki.Q8 Following closely [...] | 2008-11-28 08:53:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM OSCE OVIP PHUM PREL PROG |
08USUNNEWYORK1001 | UN DEMOCRACY FUND (UNDEF): OCT. 23 ADVISORY BOARD [...] Summary: The UNDEF Advisory Board met Oct. 23 and as expected decided to proceed with a third round of projects. Applications will be accepted Nov. 10-Dec. 30. Regarding procedures, UN officials told the Board the Secretary-General wants the Permanent Missions of countries where UNDEF is fun [...] | 2008-11-01 00:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM |
08USUNNEWYORK1004 | MONUC REQUESTS 2,785 MORE TROOPS, AIR ASSETS FOR [...] (SBU) See ACTION REQUEST, paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon wrote to the Security Council on October 31 (text forwarded to IO),asking for expeditious consideration of MONUC's request for additional security assets. The request, drafted by the UN's Department of Peac [...] | 2008-11-03 22:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW |
08USUNNEWYORK1005 | UN DEMOCRACY CAUCUS [...] Action requested: please see paragraph 6. 2. The Permanent Representatives of 14 UN Member States met over lunch Oct. 27 at the Mission of India "to discuss issues of mutual interest relating to Democracy," as Indian Ambassador Nirupam Sen wrote in his invitation. Although not calling th [...] | 2008-11-03 22:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM |
08USUNNEWYORK1024 | UNRWA REPORT AND GENERAL DEBATE: SITUATION IN [...] Summary: The UN General Assembly's Special Political and Decolonization Committee (the Fourth Committee) held its general debate on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on October 29-30. Two UNRWA officials opened the session with reports [...] | 2008-11-05 14:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG |
08USUNNEWYORK1027 | UNGA: IRAN REBUTS UNITED STATES ON HOLOCAUST [...] Summary: Iran was recalcitrant in the November 3 UN General Assembly (UNGA) debate in reaction to U.S. remarks on Iran's denial of the Holocaust, and complained generally of a UN conspiracy. End summary. 2. Citing the lessons of the Holocaust, U.S. Public Delegate Cheryl Halpern commend [...] | 2008-11-05 22:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC PHUM UNGA IR IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1033 | UN/AU PANEL PUSHES ASSESSED FUNDS ENVELOPE [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Although UNSCR 1809 expressly recognizes "the challenges in accessing United Nations assessed contributions for funding regional organizations," Romano Prodi and his colleagues on the UN/AU "Panel of Distingui [...] | 2008-11-06 22:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK1036 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON VIOLENCE [...] On October 23, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee took action on the following draft resolutions: A/C.3/63/L.2, entitled "Preparations for the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice;" A/C.3/63/L.4, entitled "Follow-up to the Second World Assembly o [...] | 2008-11-07 21:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1047 | FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES NINE RESOLUTIONS ON [...] SUMMARY: The UNGA Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) approved nine resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian situation on November 7: four under agenda item 29 "The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East" (UNRWA) and five under agenda i [...] | 2008-11-10 13:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG UNGA IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1054 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] On November 11, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee took action on the following draft resolutions: A/C.3/63/L.56, entitled "Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;" A/C.3/63/L.17/Revision 1, entitled "Indigenous issues;" A/C.3/63/L.21, entitled "Regional arrang [...] | 2008-11-12 16:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KCRM AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK106 | SYG BRIEFS UNSC ON KENYA, SUDAN, CHAD [...] (C) Summary. Secretary-General Ban briefed the Security Council on February 5 on his recent trip to Africa. Ban reported on the critical nature of the situations in Kenya, Sudan, and Chad, highlighting recent progress in mediations in Kenya and in SOFA discussions with the Government of Sudan, [...] | 2008-02-06 15:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UNSC CD KE SO SU XA XW ZF |
08USUNNEWYORK1062 | UN ON DRC: GIVE TROOPS, PRESSURE KAGAME; 85 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General Le Roy on November 11 called on the Security Council to approve rapidly the UN request for more MONUC troops. He warned MONUC was "all alone" in the east and reinforcements were desperately needed to defend Goma and protect civilians. Le Roy said Co [...] | 2008-11-13 00:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW |
08USUNNEWYORK1066 | UNGA CONSIDERS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COORDINATION [...] On November 10-11, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) considered the following agenda items: strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the UN, including special economic assistance; cooperation between the UN and the League of Arab States (LAS); the situa [...] | 2008-11-13 23:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM XF GT UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1074 | UN FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES IN [...] Summary: The UN General Assembly's Fourth Committee met November 4 - 6 to debate the annual "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories" (the Special Committee). The debate inclu [...] | 2008-11-17 15:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAL IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1096 | MORE TROOPS, POLICE FOR MONUC APPROVED BY UN [...] (U) The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1843 on November 20, authorizing a temporary increase of MONUC's military strength by up to 2,785 military personnel and the strength of its formed police unit by up to 300 personnel. The vote was 15-0. France, Costa Rica, Belgium, the United Kin [...] | 2008-11-20 18:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW |
08USUNNEWYORK1099 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, [...] SUMMARY: From October 6-21, the UN General Assembly Third Committee formally discussed social development, advancement of women, rights of children, and indigenous issues. The broader themes discussed under these topics reflected those raised during the UN General Assembly General Debate, nam [...] | 2008-11-20 23:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KOCI UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1100 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES RACISM, [...] SUMMARY: From November 3-5, the UN General Assembly Third Committee formally discussed the elimination of racism and racial discrimination, the right of peoples to self-determination, and the report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Speakers from several Islamic nations noted a trend [...] | 2008-11-20 23:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF SMIG PNAT PBTS KPAL KWBG |
08USUNNEWYORK1105 | ZIMBABWE AT THE UN: POWER SHARING STALLED, COUNTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN A/SYG Menkerios told the Security Council on November 20 Zimbabwe's power sharing negotiations were stalled. He warned of dire humanitarian and economic crises, and said the control of the police was the most pressing issue. South Africa, Russia, China, and Viet Nam suppor [...] | 2008-11-21 23:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZU |
08USUNNEWYORK1111 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON THE ICESCR [...] SUMMARY: On November 18, the UN General Assembly Third Committee took action on five draft resolutions, adopting four by consensus, including a draft resolution on the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Russia's draft resolution on racism [...] | 2008-11-25 16:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1120 | UNGA: 63RD UNGA ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON ISRAEL AND [...] The 63rd UNGA held its debate on agenda item 16, "The Question of Palestine," and agenda item 15, "The Situation in the Middle East," from November 24-25. Over 50 countries spoke; paragraph 8 gives a complete list. The President of the General Assembly (PGA),Miguel D'Escoto opened the debat [...] | 2008-12-01 13:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG UNGA IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1121 | UNGA TAKES ACTION ON GLOBAL HEALTH; AND UN [...] On November 26, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted by consensus the following draft resolutions: A/63/L.28, entitled "Global health and foreign policy;" A/63/L.38, entitled "Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community" (CARICOM); and A/63/L.40, entitled, "Cooperation [...] | 2008-12-01 13:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1123 | UNIFEM EVENT HIGHLIGHTS WIDESPREAD COMMITMENT TO [...] On November 25, UNIFEM hosted a high-level event at the U.N. headquarters entitled "United Voices Say NO To Violence Against Women." The event featured seven distinguished speakers, including SYG Ban Ki-moon and UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman. The event was held as part of UNIFEM's [...] | 2008-12-01 21:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM UN UNIFEM |
08USUNNEWYORK1126 | UN INTERFAITH DIALOGUE: MEMBER STATES REJECT [...] Summary: President Bush and approximately 80 heads of state, senior government officials, and other representatives gathered November 12 - 13 for an "Interfaith Dialogue" as part of the United Nations General Assembly (GA) plenary session. Saudi King Abdullah bin AbdulAziz al-Saud, the drivin [...] | 2008-12-02 20:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1130 | ICC’S OCAMPO: BASHIR ARREST WARRANT IN JANUARY OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ICC Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo on December 2 spoke with Ambassador Wolff at the UN on the situation in Sudan. Ocampo said the arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir would be issued in January or February. He said Arab leaders were frustrated with Bashir, and French President Sarkoz [...] | 2008-12-03 21:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AX CG UG |
08USUNNEWYORK1132 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROMOTION AND [...] SUMMARY: From October 21-30, the UN General Assembly Third Committee formally discussed the promotion and protection of human rights, and on October 31, the Committee heard the report of the Human Rights Council. Key themes from the two-week discussion included freedom of expression, freedom [...] | 2008-12-04 15:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1133 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON PALESTINIAN [...] In the afternoon meeting on November 20, the UN General Assembly Third Committee took action on 12 draft resolutions. The following draft resolutions were adopted by consensus: A/C.3/63/L.23, entitled "National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights;" A/C.3/63/L.25, ent [...] | 2008-12-04 15:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KPAL AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1138 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: On November 21, the UN General Assembly Third Committee passed by vote draft resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Delegations opposing the draft resolutions argued that the Human Rights Council, rather than the Gen [...] | 2008-12-05 14:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL AORC UNGA IR BM KN |
08USUNNEWYORK1139 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON DEFAMATION OF [...] On November 24, the UN General Assembly Third Committee adopted two draft resolutions by consensus and adopted six others by vote, including three resolutions on which the United States was the sole opponent. The draft resolutions adopted by consensus were A/C.3/63/L.58/Revision 1, entitled " [...] | 2008-12-05 14:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1140 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON RELIGIOUS [...] On November 25, the UN General Assembly Third Committee passed the following draft resolutions by consensus: A/C.3/63/L.34/Revision 1, entitled "Elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief;" A/C.3/63/L.39/Revision 1, entitled "Protection of human r [...] | 2008-12-05 14:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1141 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON PROGRAMME 19, [...] On November 26, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee passed draft decision A/C.3/63/L.79, entitled "Programme planning," in a vote of 167 in favor, two against (U.S.),and two abstentions. The Committee Chair was the initial sponsor of the draft, but withdrew it after the Israeli de [...] | 2008-12-05 14:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1145 | U/SYG HOLMES ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN [...] Summary: On December 3, UN Under Secretary General for the Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) John Holmes briefed the Security Council on his recent trip to Chad and Sudan (November 21 - 30). Holmes said that he left Chad with more optimism than expected, but claimed that [...] | 2008-12-06 00:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREF PREL PHUM UNSC CD CT SU |
08USUNNEWYORK1146 | SOMALIA: PKO POSSIBLE; MORE WORK NEEDED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C/NF) Summary: In response to reftel A instructions, USUN consulted with the UK and other interested delegations on December 4 and 5 on the possibility of quickly rehatting the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) as a UN pea [...] | 2008-12-06 00:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC SO |
08USUNNEWYORK1151 | BAN PROPOSES "PAUSE" IN GOOD OFFICES MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened a meeting of the Group of Friends of Burma and revealed that he received "no productive response" to proposals, which included his own visit, from the Burmese regime. He proposed a "pause" to recalibrate the overall framewo [...] | 2008-12-08 22:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK1152 | UNGA ADOPTS ALL FOURTH COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS; FOUR [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted 22 resolutions and four draft decisions included in the reports of the UNGA Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee) on December 6. Resolutions and plenary votes are in paragraph two (most passed with significant margins [...] | 2008-12-09 15:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF SENV UNGA IS |
08USUNNEWYORK116 | USUN STRATEGY ON BURMA [...] (C) In response to a request in the February 7 Deputies Committee meeting, USUN provides the following plan of action on Burma over the next few weeks. USUN will continue to engage the Secretary General, the P-3 and other Council members to build support for stronger steps. 2. (C) In a dis [...] | 2008-02-08 20:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK1165 | USUN: COUNCIL RESPONSE TO SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to reftel instructions, USUN circulated our draft resolution on Somalia piracy to the P3 on the evening of December 9 and to the broader Council on December 10. Initial expert-level consultations wer [...] | 2008-12-12 00:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XA XW |
08USUNNEWYORK1167 | GUINEA-BISSAU AT THE UN-DEBATE EXPECTED ON 6 VS. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) Head Omoregie briefed the Security Council on December 11. He asked for a panel of experts to identify those involved in drug trafficking, since the rise of trafficking and attendant corruption were major destabilizing [...] | 2008-12-12 14:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PU XY |
08USUNNEWYORK1175 | ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS A MIXED BAG, WITH DIFFERENTIATED VOTING ON SOME KEY ISSUES. EGYPT MAINTAINED ITS USUAL ACTIVISM IN SHAPING AND DEFENDING UNHELPFUL G-77, OIC, AND NON-ALIGNED POSITIONS. SYRIA ENGAGED IN ITS USUAL RHETORIC AND POLARIZING TACTICS, AND ALGE [...] | 2008-12-16 19:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PHUM XF EG |
08USUNNEWYORK1177 | UNGA COMMEMORATES UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in New York on December 10. Despite some initial uncertainty about which states would be permitted to speak, the commemoration, which included two panel discussions and [...] | 2008-12-17 10:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AG MO IS NU UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK118 | SE ELIASSON AND USYG GUEHENNO BRIEF THE SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy for the Sudan Jan Eliasson and UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno briefed the Security Council February 8 on the latest developments on the Darfur peace process and UNAMID deployment. Eliasson reported that while he has ma [...] | 2008-02-08 23:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM UNSC SU MOPS PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK1180 | BURUNDI AT THE UN: CONSENSUS TO RENEW BINUB; SOUTH [...] (SBU) The United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB) was before the Security Council on December 11. The Burundian PermRep told the Council the names of an independent electoral commission will be announced "in the coming days," a critical step for the organization of 2010 elections. [...] | 2008-12-17 19:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO BY ZF |
08USUNNEWYORK1191 | UNGA TAKES ACTION ON CONFLICT DIAMONDS, SPORT FOR [...] The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted by consensus 10 resolutions and a text on December 11. The resolutions and report were as follows: U.S. co-sponsored "The Role of Diamonds in Fueling Conflict" (A/63/L.52),"Sport as a Means to Promote Education, Health, Development and Peace" (A/63/L.51 [...] | 2008-12-19 21:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF KPAL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1192 | UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 63RD [...] (U) Gerald Scott is again serving as Senior Advisor for Africa at USUN during the regular session of the General Assembly. These are his personal reflections on African participation as the regular session draws to a close. (Note that while in the UN context the African Group includes the st [...] | 2008-12-19 21:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU |
08USUNNEWYORK1194 | BURMA STATE OF PLAY AT THE UN [...] (C) During a P-3 meeting with Ambassador DiCarlo on December 18, UK and French Permanent Representatives voiced strong concern about pressing for an arms embargo resolution in the Security Council. UK PR Sawers said an embargo would likely result in a double veto by Russia and China, which wo [...] | 2008-12-19 23:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK1197 | UNGA: WESTERN HEMISPHERE DELEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable reviews the activities of Western Hemisphere delegations at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly. At the opening of the Session, twenty-five heads of state from the Western Hemisphere participated in the General Debate. Incoming President of the General Assembly [...] | 2008-12-22 18:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM |
08USUNNEWYORK1198 | UNGA 63: DEALING WITH WESTERN EUROPE [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Robert J. Smolik who served as Senior Area Advisor for Western European Affairs to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (C) During the fall session of the 63rd UNGA, EU and European Free Trade Association states generally aligned with U.S. objectiv [...] | 2008-12-23 19:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA US XG XH XT ZB |
08USUNNEWYORK1203 | CHISSANO TO UN: KONY WON'T GO TO ICC; TO U.S.: TRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council issued a Presidential Statement on December 22 condemning the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacks and LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony's failure to sign the Final Peace Agreement. Special Envoy Chissano told the Council on December 17 that Kony would "rathe [...] | 2008-12-23 21:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG UG SU XA |
08USUNNEWYORK1207 | UNGA TAKES ACTION ON THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] SUMMARY: On December 18, the UN General Assembly took action on Third Committee resolutions, adopting 39 draft resolutions by consensus and 17 by vote. Five remaining resolutions, which had budget implications and needed review by the Assembly's Fifth Committee, were adopted on December 24. [...] | 2008-12-24 18:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM KSOCI KDEM |
08USUNNEWYORK122 | SUDAN CONTACT GROUP AGREES TO FOCUS ON SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 15:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK139 | U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS IRAN, EAST TIMOR, BURMA, [...] (C) Summary. During a regular U.S.-Japan bilateral meeting on February 8, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Takasu discussed Iran, Burma, Afghanistan, DPRK, and a range of other issues (UN Reform discussion covered septel). On Iran, Takasu reiterated Japanese support for the draft UNSCR, bu [...] | 2008-02-14 13:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KUNR IR BM AF KS SU |
08USUNNEWYORK140 | UNSC CALLS FOR INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) Radhika Coomaraswamy on February 12 urged the Council to implement targeted measures against persistent violators against children. She also called for the Council to add rape/sexual violence as a trigger to list a country in the ann [...] | 2008-02-14 14:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PHUM PREF UNSC BM FR |
08USUNNEWYORK150 | SYG BAN CONVENES SECOND GROUP OF FRIENDS MEETING [...] (SBU) UN Secretary-General Ban convened a second meeting of the Group of Friends on Burma February 13 attended by Under-Secretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe, UN Special Advisor on Burma Ibrahim Gambari, and all 14 members of the Group of Friends. Ban said that he had received "positive [...] | 2008-02-15 18:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK16 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR HUMANITARIAN ADVISOR FIONA [...] (U) In response to reftel request, USUN grants clearance for Fiona Shanks to travel to New York beginning January 13 to assist in Mission's coverage of humanitarian affairs. 2. (U) USUN POC is Ted Maly (ECOSOC) at 212-415-4398 (cell 917-385-8472). Wolcott [...] | 2008-01-07 20:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK165 | GAMBARI UPDATES AMB WOLFF ON SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) UN Special Adviser Gambari suggested to Ambassador Wolff in a conversation on February 21 that if the Security Council discusses Burma before he visits Burma, the United States could underscore that Burma's referendum is not credible unless it is inclusive and transparent. Given the regim [...] | 2008-02-21 18:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK17 | P3 AGREE TO PRESSURE CHINA ON UNAMID COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Wolcott and USUN poloffs convened a P3 meeting on January 4 to discuss next steps on Darfur. AMB Wolcott delivered the U.S. message on the need to persuade China to intervene with Khartoum regarding cooperation with UNAMID deployment. UKUN AMB John Sawers said that the P3 s [...] | 2008-01-07 23:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK182 | U.N. U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] SUMMARY. On February 25 Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council on his recent mission to Kenya and cautioned that the current situation is evolving into a protracted humanitarian crisis. Holmes stressed the need to address the root causes of [...] | 2008-02-27 21:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNSC KE |
08USUNNEWYORK190 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UNAMID SUPPORT FOR U.S. FIELD [...] (SBU) USUN Poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 20 to UN DPKO officials, Max Kerley and Fouzia Abass, requesting UNAMID formalize arrangements for medical assistance and emergency evacuation assistance to the American field officers deployed to Darfur. 2. (SBU) On February 28, USUN [...] | 2008-02-29 00:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK212 | SYG BAN AND U/SYG GUEHENNO DISCUSS SUDAN WITH SE [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy Williamson met with Secretary-General Ban and U/SYG Guehenno at the United SIPDIS Nations on March 5. SE Williamson underscored President Bush's commitment to help to alleviate the suffering in Sudan, and emphasized the importance of more rapid UNAMID deployme [...] | 2008-03-07 16:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
08USUNNEWYORK227 | UN DPKO A/SYG MULET: UNAMID NOT MAKING PROGRESS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary General Edmond Mulet told the Security Council in a March 11 briefing that the UN has not been able to make significant progress on any of the three tracks of the Darfur peace process. Mulet reported that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) had launched a large-sc [...] | 2008-03-12 22:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK244 | SYG BAN MAKES FURTHER CONCESSIONS TO BASHIR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the March 17 monthly luncheon of Security Council PermReps, SYG Ban Ki-Moon reported on his meeting with Sudanese President Hassan al-Bashir on the margins of the Organization of the Islamic Conference meeting hosted in Dakar. According to Ban, Bashir continues to push bac [...] | 2008-03-18 17:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS UNSC SO |
08USUNNEWYORK250 | GAMBARI BRIEFS USUN ON RECENT TRAVEL TO BURMA [...] (C) In a meeting on March 17 to discuss his recent trip to Burma, UN Special Adviser Gambari told Ambassador Wolff that he met with eight ministers, including the Minister of Information, the Minister of Planning and the Foreign Minister. He also met with the Referendum Convening Committee an [...] | 2008-03-19 01:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK268 | GAMBARI ADMITS NO PROGRESS IN BURMA BUT CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In both the Group of Friends meeting and during his briefing to the Security Council on March 18, UN Special Adviser Gambari admitted that his recent visit to Burma did not result in "an immediate, tangible outcome" but reported that the Burmese regime, Aung Sun Suu Kyi (ASSK),[...] | 2008-03-25 14:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK27 | DPKO LIST OF SUDANESE IMPEDIMENTS TO UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 23:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
08USUNNEWYORK271 | P-3 AMBASSADORS DISCUSS SUDAN, KOSOVO, BURMA AND [...] (C) Summary. P-3 PermReps met on March 20 to discuss Sudan, Kosovo, Burma, and Tibet. On Sudan, the three agreed that specific benchmarks are essential to UNAMID deployment progress and tasked mission experts with drafting them. On Kosovo, AMB Khalilzad suggested a P-3 strategy review. The [...] | 2008-03-26 18:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNMIK KV YI BM SU |
08USUNNEWYORK279 | UNSC DIVIDED AND CONFUSED ON SOMALIA [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20 SRSG Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah and A/SYG Edmond Mulet briefed the Security Council on the recently published UN reports on Somalia, the Integrated UN Task Force Strategic Assessment and the Department of Peace [...] | 2008-03-28 00:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS UNSC SO |
08USUNNEWYORK297 | UNAMID: PRESSURE BUILDING AT UN FOR KARAKE DECISION [...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations senior leadership reportedly believes they must decide soon whether to remove Rwandan General Karake as UNAMID deputy force commander in the aftermath of his indictment by a Spanish court and the issuance of a related Interpol notice. Our contacts with the UN Depar [...] | 2008-04-02 23:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW |
08USUNNEWYORK302 | UN WESTERN SAHARAH REPORT WILL INCLUDE ENVOY'S [...] (C) Summary: The UN has confirmed that the Secretary-General's upcoming report on the Western Sahara SIPDIS will include a realistic assessment of the state of play by Personal Envoy Peter Van Walsum, including his determination that neither a referendum with independence as an option nor [...] | 2008-04-04 20:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PBTS UNSC MO WI |
08USUNNEWYORK304 | LETTER FROM UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON [...] Action requested: On April 3, 2008, Ambassador Khalilzad received the following letter dated March 24, 2008 from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Please provide guidance in SIPDIS responding no later than April 14, 2008. Begin Text: 2. Excellency, As you know, the post of United Na [...] | 2008-04-04 21:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL AORC |
08USUNNEWYORK31 | GUEHENNO ON DARFUR: UNAMID SO FAR IS REHATTED AMIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN U/SYG Guehenno presented a previously scheduled briefing on Darfur to the Security Council on January 9 and used the occasion to strongly criticize Sudanese military forces for the ambush of a UNAMID convoy on January 7 that left one driver seriously injured and damaged several [...] | 2008-01-12 00:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
08USUNNEWYORK328 | SWITCHING TACTICS ON BURMA PRST [...] (C) During a one on one meeting with UN Special Advisor Gambari on April 9, Ambassador Khalilzad conveyed reftel points and reminded Gambari that his mission will be judged by how consistently he pushes for change and how honestly and realistically he assesses its efforts and results. Gambari [...] | 2008-04-10 00:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK353 | GAMBARI UPDATES P-3 ON BURMA [...] (C) The P-3 sought an update April 14 from Special Advisor Gambari on his effort to return to Burma to press for a free and fair referendum (reftel). In a meeting with P-3 Deputy PermReps, Gambari said that as of April 14, the Burmese had not responded to his proposal to travel to Burma or to [...] | 2008-04-16 19:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK372 | SUDAN ENVOY INSISTS KHARTOUM READY TO MAKE DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sudanese Special Envoy Ismail told Ambassador Khalilzad on April 18 that Sudanese President Bashir is interested in reaching a package settlement of outstanding issues with the USG and international community that would include a roadmap for resolving Darfur-related issues, mediat [...] | 2008-04-23 23:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR SU |
08USUNNEWYORK389 | SUPPORT FOR U.S. SPONSORED SOMALIA PIRACY SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraphs 3,4 and 5. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (C) USUN presented a draft resolution on acts of piracy off the Somali coast to the Security Council on April 28. France, UK, and Panama have already agreed to co-sponsor the text. In p [...] | 2008-05-01 22:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM SO |
08USUNNEWYORK397 | SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS BURMA PRST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) May 2, in advance of Burma's upcoming constitutional referendum, calling on the regime to permit the participation of all political actors and demonstrate respect for fundamental political freedoms. This action follo [...] | 2008-05-02 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK414 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON WOMEN, PEACE AND [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 13 and 14 below. SUMMARY 2. (C) During the U.S. presidency of the Security Council in June 2008, USUN will focus attention on the role of women in conflict, with an emphasis on the escalating problem of sexual and gender-based violence [...] | 2008-05-09 00:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR KWMN UNSC CG |
08USUNNEWYORK431 | HANDICAPPING UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Action requested: please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In our view, Japan, South Korea and Pakistan are likely to prevail in the May 21 General Assembly elections to the Human Rights Council. All have the benefit of incumbency. Pakistan's UN Mission tells us the OIC (56 or 57 votes) has e [...] | 2008-05-13 19:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | FR SP UK PHUM UNGA AORC |
08USUNNEWYORK436 | DEMARCHE TO UNFPA ON 6TH CHINA COUNTRY PROGRAM [...] ECON Minister-Counselor Hagen met May 14 with UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid, her deputy Mari Simonen, and Asia-Pacific Deputy Director Neelakanthi Jayaratnam. In response to the demarche in reftel, Obaid said UNFPA's Executive Board would discuss the issue of access to audits at its [...] | 2008-05-14 23:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN KUNR PREF SOCI PHUM |
08USUNNEWYORK442 | P-3 DISCUSSION ON NEXT STEPS IN BURMA [...] (C) UK DPR Pierce convened the P-3 on May 16 on instructions from London to discuss informally possible contingencies for Burma, including the prospects for a regionally led air and sea operation combined with Western assistance. She also proposed arranging some type of meeting on the Burma e [...] | 2008-05-16 22:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK447 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH UN SYG ON BURMA [...] (S) On May 19, Ambassador Khalilzad met with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the latest developments concerning international assistance to Burma. The Secretary General is scheduled to depart for Burma on May 20. He will be accompanied by UN staffers and journalists from seve [...] | 2008-05-20 00:11:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | BM PHUM PREL UNSC UN |
08USUNNEWYORK45 | UNDEF ADVISORY BOARD MEETING [...] (U) On December 14, 2007, the Advisory Board of the United Nations Democracy Fund held its sixth meeting. The Advisory Board heard a briefing on the response to and modalities for the second round, discussed the proposed evaluation strategy, the preliminary calendar for 2007-2008, the administ [...] | 2008-01-17 20:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK477 | U/SYG HOLMES ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED [...] (SBU) Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council May 27 on the subject of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. In addition to members of the Security Council, 21 other member states participated in the public discussion. Most voiced sup [...] | 2008-05-29 23:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL SOCI UNSC XA UN PGOV |
08USUNNEWYORK500 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON REQUEST TO FACILITATE GOS AND [...] (C) USUN Poloffs delivered reftel points to Spanish First Secretary Ana Maria Mora and Rwandan First Secretary Alfred Ndabarasa on June 3. 2. (C) The Spanish Permanent Mission indicated that they were willing to do the meeting and promised to follow up with the Rwandan Mission independently [...] | 2008-06-06 00:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK516 | UN ECOSOC COMMITTEE ON NGOS: THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary and action request: On June 6 ECOSOC's NGO Committee, acting at the behest of the Cuban delegation, rejected an application for consultative status from a New York-based NGO called the Human Rights Foundation. The Cuban delegate called one of the Foundation's board members, former Cu [...] | 2008-06-11 16:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CU PHUM |
08USUNNEWYORK528 | GAMBARI PLANS JULY TRIP TO BURMA [...] (C) Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari asked to meet P-3 Deputy PermReps June 13 to report that he is currently in discussions with the Burmese, Indians and Chinese on the timing and substance of his next trip to Burma, although he does not yet have a concrete date. Gambari speculated the earlie [...] | 2008-06-16 19:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK536 | BURKINABE PRESIDENT COMPAORE ON CURRENT UNSC ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Khalilzed met Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore June 10 to discuss current issues facing the UN Security Council. Khalilzad asked Burkina Faso to support the U.S. initiative on sexual violence in situations of armed conflict. Khalilzad told Compaore that Burkina Faso could [...] | 2008-06-18 00:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI SU KDEM UNSC IV |
08USUNNEWYORK555 | SAUDI KING ABDULLAH PROPOSES UNGA SPECIAL SESSION [...] (C) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) In a June 20 meeting with Amb Khalilzad, UN SYG Ban raised his recent visit to Saudi Arabia (June 14-15). Ban said Saudi King Abdullah asked for the SYG's help in arranging a special session of the upcoming UN General Assembly (fall 200 [...] | 2008-06-24 21:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL SA |
08USUNNEWYORK557 | AU COMMISSIONER PROPOSES INTERIM MNF FOR SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Khalilzad met African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ramtane Lamamra, June 18 to discuss AU/UN cooperation in Sudan and Somalia. Khalilzad asked Lamamra to use AU influence with Sudan to expedite the deployment of UNAMID forces and increase the effectivenes [...] | 2008-06-24 21:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU KDEM UNSC SO |
08USUNNEWYORK559 | SYG BAN AND UNSC MEMBERS DISCUSS SOMALIA, SUDAN, [...] (SBU) Summary. As President of the UN Security Council for June, Amb Khalilzad hosted SYG Ban Ki-Moon for the monthly lunch with UNSC Ambassadors on June 23, for a discussion that focused mostly on Zimbabwe, Somalia, Sudan, and Burma. Based on his conversations with African leaders, Ban said [...] | 2008-06-24 23:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV PTER KPKO KHUM SU BM AF |
08USUNNEWYORK565 | UN HIGH LEVEL COORDINATOR ON IRAQ-KUWAIT ISSUES [...] (SBU) Gennady Tarasov, the recently appointed UN High Level Coordinator (replacing deceased Russian diplomat Vorontsov) for the repatriation or return of Kuwaiti and third-country nationals or their remains and the return of all Kuwaiti property seized by Iraq, met privately with the Security [...] | 2008-06-25 22:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC KU IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK58 | COUNCIL ADOPTS STATEMENT REGRETTING LITTLE [...] (SBU) After a heated Security Council debate January 17 on the question of whether Burma had responded to the demands of the international community, Council members adopted a press statement reiterating support for UN Special Advisor Gambari, including a call for his early return to Burma, [...] | 2008-01-18 23:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK593 | USUN INTRODUCES ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS RESOLUTION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN presented the draft resolution on Zimbabwe sanctions during Security Council consultations on July 3. The UK, France, Belgium, Italy, and Croatia voiced strong support for the draft resolution. Burkina Faso voiced support for the idea of a sanctions resolution but said they [...] | 2008-07-03 21:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK602 | UNSC: D/SYG MIGIRO BRIEFS COUNCIL ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 23:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC ZI |
08USUNNEWYORK603 | SOUTH AFRICA OPPOSED TO TIMING AND CONTENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: South African PermRep Dumisani Kumalo met with AMB Khalilzad July 7 to request that the U.S. consider an "intermediate option" before moving forward with sanctions on Zimbabwe. Kumalo said the content and timing of the U.S. draft resolution will not meet its intended objective o [...] | 2008-07-08 23:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ZI UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK612 | UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL: COMMITTEE ON NGOS [...] Summary: At its resumed session May 29 - June 6 and June 25, ECOSOC,s Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (CNGO) recommended ECOSOC consultative status for a number of U.S. NGOs, including the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and the Hudson Institute. Action on the Democracy Coali [...] | 2008-07-09 23:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PHUM USUN |
08USUNNEWYORK619 | UNSC-ZIMBABWE: RUSSIA PROMISES VETO, CHINA CLAIMS [...] (C) In a meeting convened by the UK on July 11, Russian PermRep Churkin announced to the P5 that Russia had finally received instructions on the U.S.-backed Zimbabwe sanctions resolution. Russia was prepared to engage in negotiations on the basis of the "former South African text" reported in [...] | 2008-07-11 18:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC ZI |
08USUNNEWYORK621 | UN: RUSSIA, CHINA VETO ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS [...] (U) On July 11 Russia and China vetoed the adoption of the U.S.-authored draft Security Council resolution that would have imposed a comprehensive arms embargo on Zimbabwe and subjected fourteen senior members of the Zimbabwean government most responsible for the campaign of violence against t [...] | 2008-07-12 02:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ETTC UNSC ZI |
08USUNNEWYORK634 | UN SECRETARIAT ON DARFUR: VERY BAD, GETTING WORSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYG Guehenno told the Security Council on July 16 that the security situation in Darfur is dire. He described widespread and generalized violence, disregard of the Darfur Peace Agreement, 200,000 additional civilians displaced this year, fragmentation and proliferation of rebe [...] | 2008-07-17 00:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC SU |
08USUNNEWYORK653 | UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Ambassador Khalilzad July 22 he had spoken to Judge Pillay, his candidate for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, after Secretary Rice's phone call. Regarding Pillay's reported problematic statement claiming "an international right to abortion," B [...] | 2008-07-22 22:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK662 | FRIENDS GROUP EXPRESSES BROAD SUPPORT FOR UN'S [...] (C) Summary: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosted a meeting of the Friends of Burma on July 23, in advance of a July 24 briefing on Burma in the Security Council, and in advance of Special Envoy Gambari's planned mid-August visit to Burma. The SYG urged broad support for Gambari's mission as [...] | 2008-07-24 18:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK666 | GAMBARI BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON BURMA; [...] (C) Summary: On July 24, Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari briefed the Security Council in advance of his mid-August trip to Burma. Gambari reviewed the same message and themes as during his July 23 meeting with the Friends of Burma (reftel). Among P5 members, the U.S., UK and France said Gambar [...] | 2008-07-25 20:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK667 | LAUNCH OF UN EARLY RECOVERY APPEAL FOR SICHUAN [...] (U) On July 25, 2008, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched the UN China Appeal for Early Recovery Support to Assist Wenchuan Earthquake Victims. The appeal was announced July 16 in Beijing (see reftel.) In an historic move, the Chinese government requested the support of [...] | 2008-07-25 22:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CH ECON EFIN EIND PHUM UNDP |
08USUNNEWYORK696 | DEMARCHE ON UN DEMOCRACY FUND NICARAGUA PROJECT [...] (C) Ambassador Wolff made reftel demarche to the SG's deputy chief of staff, Kim Won-soo, on July 30. Kim said he had given no instructions to UNDEF to cancel the MpN project in Nicaragua. He agreed the Nicaraguan complaint needs to be resolved in a way that preserves UNDEF's ability to fund [...] | 2008-08-01 22:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK7 | UN - GA ADOPTS STRATEGY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO [...] A working group of the General Assembly concluded its week-long session on December 7, 2007 by adopting the UN Comprehensive Strategy on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) by UN Staff and Related Personnel (including members of peacekeeping contingents) ( [...] | 2008-01-03 20:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PHUM PREL UNGA KPKO |
08USUNNEWYORK700 | UN: ENGAGE MOZAMBIQUE, ANGOLA ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-04 22:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC ZI |
08USUNNEWYORK701 | UN OFFICIAL SUGGESTS U.S. ENGAGE ANGOLA, [...] (C) Joao Honwana, Director of the Africa Division in the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) told poloffs on August 4 that Zimbabwe talks had restarted on August 3 but lamented that resident DPA representative Vladimir Zhagora was not being allowed to interact closely with the meetings' S [...] | 2008-08-05 16:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC ZI |
08USUNNEWYORK718 | DARFUR: NEW JOINT MEDIATOR BASSOLE BRIEFS USUN [...] (U) This is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) On August 8, UN-AU Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur Djibril Bassole briefed Amb. Wolff on his strategy to revitalize the political process in Darfur. Bassole said that ICC prosecutor Ocampo's move against President Bashir had " [...] | 2008-08-09 00:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC SU |
08USUNNEWYORK728 | SPECIAL ENVOY GAMBARI ON UPCOMING VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad met with United Nations Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari one-on-one August 12 to discuss Gambari's upcoming visit to Burma and Singapore. Gambari hopes to jump-start the political process in Burma and assist in the development of the country's election commission. Th [...] | 2008-08-13 21:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK733 | UN DEMOCRACY FUND PROJECT IN NICARAGUA [...] (C) Ambassador McMahan delivered ref A demarche to UNDEF director Roland Rich on August 8, and UN Office of Partnerships (UNOP) head Amir Dossal and Indian DPR Ajai Malhotra on August 12. All agreed with US position that host countries should not have the power to veto proposed UNDEF project [...] | 2008-08-14 22:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM |
08USUNNEWYORK734 | HOW GAMBARI SEES HIS UPCOMING TRIP TO BURMA [...] (C) During a meeting on August 13, UN Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari (protect) provided Ambassador Wolff with a copy of the confidential letter from Secretary-General Ban to Indian Prime Minister Singh. In the letter, SYG Ban expressed his intention to return to Burma later in the year "prov [...] | 2008-08-14 23:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK736 | MAXIMIZING U.S. LEVERAGE IN THE 63RD UNGA [...] (C) Summary. The 63rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) offers an opportunity to maximize U.S. influence within the UN by promoting targeted initiatives and reducing, without compromising U.S. policies or principles, the number of resolutions where we vote in or nearly in isolation. This [...] | 2008-08-15 18:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON UN |
08USUNNEWYORK74 | P5 DISCUSSION SHOWS CONTINUED DIVISIONS ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: P5 Permanent Representatives met on January 22 to discuss next steps on UNAMID deployment. The P5 PermReps agreed to request a briefing from SYG Ban upon his return from the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa and to begin discussion in the Sanctions Committee on responses to th [...] | 2008-01-23 22:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS UNSC IR |
08USUNNEWYORK745 | SUDAN: UNMIS SRSG DEFLECTS CRITICISM ON ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 18 Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi briefed the Security Council on the situation in Sudan. He maintained that CPA implementation remained on track and that cooperation between the parties "shows signs of improvement" despite recent f [...] | 2008-08-19 23:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC SU |
08USUNNEWYORK753 | UN DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS SAYS SAUDIS [...] (SBU) UN Department of Political Affairs Asia and Pacific Division Director Lisa Buttenheim told Poloff August 18 that Saudi Arabia has not formally requested an UNGA Special Session on the political and religious components of interfaith dialogue. Poloff delivered the points contained in r [...] | 2008-08-20 18:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA USUN KIRF KISL SP SA |
08USUNNEWYORK77 | SECURITY COUNCIL CONTINUES DISCUSSIONS ON GAZA [...] (SBU) Following a U.S. decision to engage, the Security Council continued consulations January 24 on a draft Presidential Statement (PRST) on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The meetings concluded without agreement on a text. All delegations requested the United States to convey its bo [...] | 2008-01-25 01:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWBG KPAL UNSC IS |
08USUNNEWYORK781 | UN ON KALMA VIOLENCE: "WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Assistant Secretary-General Mulet told the Security Council on August 26 that early reports from Kalma IDP camp in Darfur confirm that dozens of civilians were killed or wounded in a cross-fire on August 25 between Sudanese security forces and some well-armed camp elements. [...] | 2008-08-28 16:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC SU |
08USUNNEWYORK791 | SOMALIA: DPKO BRIEFING NARROWS OPTIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In Security Council consultations on Somalia on August 26, the U.S. push for accelerated planning for a UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) by rehatting AMISOM units was supported by Italy and African members but explici [...] | 2008-09-02 22:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO |
08USUNNEWYORK795 | GAMBARI REPORTS "SOME PROGRESS" IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari told Ambassador Khalilzad on September 3 that despite negative press reports, his recent visit to Burma delivered some progress on process. Though he was unable to explain Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) unwillingness to meet with him, Gambari pointe [...] | 2008-09-04 20:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK813 | LIBERIA: UNMIL DRAWDOWN - GETTING THE PACE RIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In consultations on September 9, a majority of Security Council members favored the Secretary-General's recommendation for a modestly accelerated drawdown of the military component of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the additional deployment of two formed police units (FPUs [...] | 2008-09-10 22:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC LI |
08USUNNEWYORK814 | 9/24 ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS MINISTERIAL MEETING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (U) Ambassador Khalilzad has been invited to attend the ministerial level meeting on September 24 of the Alliance of Civilizations Group of Friends. Details about the September 24 meeting, its agenda and objections, can be fo [...] | 2008-09-10 22:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU |
08USUNNEWYORK822 | UN TO RATIONALIZE ITS WOMEN'S AFFAIRS MECHANISMS [...] (SBU) Summary. The high-level panel on UN System-Wide Coherence underlined, in its 2004 report, the need for reform in the gender sector, and the Member States have agreed that the UN's approach to gender/women needs to be rationalized and strengthened. Deputy Secretary-General Migiro present [...] | 2008-09-15 20:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI EAID KWMN UN |
08USUNNEWYORK841 | SOMALIA: URGENT UN REQUEST FOR FORCE GENERATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In a hastily called September 18 meeting with UNSC Milads and Political officers, DPKO Military Chief of Staff Col. Ian Sinclair (UK) requested recommendations from capitals concerning which miltarily capable nations the Sec [...] | 2008-09-18 23:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PHUM PREL SO UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK858 | ZIMBABWE AGREEMENT: DIVIDED UNSC REACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 19 briefing to the Security Council, A/SYG Menkerios called the Zimbabwe power-sharing agreement a "delicate compromise." He hoped that an ongoing dispute about division of portfolios between the Mugabe and Tsvangirai camps would prove a short-lived "snag." He r [...] | 2008-09-22 23:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM UNSC ZI |
08USUNNEWYORK859 | SHARP DEBATE ON UKRAINE MARKS UN GENERAL COMMITTEE [...] (U) Summary: The UN General Committee (GC) met September 17 to inscribe items on the agenda of the 63rd UNGA, which opened September 16, and to allocate them to the Main Committees or Plenary. There were no votes in the General Committee, but several controversial items were deferred for fut [...] | 2008-09-22 23:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA PHUM CH TW |
08USUNNEWYORK860 | SECRETARY GENERAL ON SAUDI SESSION ON INTER-FAITH [...] (C) The Secretary General told Ambassador Khalilzad September 15 that the Saudi government continues to seek a UN session on interfaith dialogue. He said that he had sent Terje Larsen with the Saudi Foreign Minister to a meeting at the Vatican to discuss next steps, given Vatican concerns ab [...] | 2008-09-24 15:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA USUN KIRF KISL SA |
08USUNNEWYORK872 | CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS DOMINATE KHMER ROUGE TRIALS [...] (C) Summary. On September 24, USUN attended a meeting of the steering committee of the UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT). While all participants praised the progress made by the UN special expert David Tolbert and the recently appointed Deputy Director (UNAKRT Administration [...] | 2008-09-29 14:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL PHUM CB |
08USUNNEWYORK874 | UN GENERAL DEBATE: PAKISTAN, ZIMBABWE, SUDAN AND [...] SUMMARY: During the afternoon of September 25, the UN General Assembly General Debate continued with its tenth plenary meeting. In an afternoon featuring Pakistan and Zimbabwe's Heads of State and Sudan's Vice-President, security issues were a primary focus. Participants called for peace in [...] | 2008-09-29 16:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM UNGA PK ZI SU AS JA KS |
08USUNNEWYORK876 | EXTENSION OF TERM OF OFFICE OF YUGOSLAV TRIBUNAL [...] Security Council on September 29 adopted resolution 1837 which extended the terms of office of judges and ad litem of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The extensions will facilitate the effective implementation of the completion strategy for the Tribunal. 2. As instr [...] | 2008-09-29 20:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTY PHUM PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK892 | BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Secretary-General Ban convened a high-level meeting of the Burma Group of Friends on September 27 attended by Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda, Japanese Foreign Minister Nakasone, EU High Representative Solana, Vietnamese DPM and Foreign Minister Khiem, UK Foreign Secretary Miliband, [...] | 2008-09-30 22:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
08USUNNEWYORK898 | HIGH-LEVEL MEETING PLANNED WITH PGA ON INTER-FAITH [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel Al-Jubeir told Ambassador Khalilzad in a September 30 phone conversation that the Saudis have agreed with General Assembly President (PGA) Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann to hold a high level session on inter-faith dialogue November 12 or 13, which the Secretary [...] | 2008-10-02 17:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA USUN KIRF KISL SA |
08USUNNEWYORK902 | KOREAN VIEWS ON 63RD UNGA PRIORITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad and Korean Permanent Representative Ambassador Park In-kook led first-time bilateral consultations between the U.S. and Korean missions on October 1. The consultations, which focused on priority issues in the 63rd UNGA, are a part of a Mission initiative to [...] | 2008-10-03 16:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNGA ECON BM KN |
08USUNNEWYORK911 | 63RD UNGA GENERAL DEBATE MARKED BY CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) General Debate took place September 23-29, with 111 Member States addressing the Assembly. The overarching theme was a call for collective action to address the global financial, food, environment and energy crises and reinvigorate efforts to [...] | 2008-10-06 23:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS ECON AORC UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK920 | INCOMING AUSTRIAN UN PERMREP ON PLANS FOR A [...] (C) Summary: Incoming Austrian PermRep Mayr-Harting made his case to Ambassador Wolff for Austria to win one of the Security Council seats up for vote October 17. Mayr-Harting's arguments ranged from Austria's recent successful EU Presidency to being perceived as "harmless" by the internatio [...] | 2008-10-09 22:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA USUN UNSC UNMIK SR KV AU |
08USUNNEWYORK966 | SAUDI KING ABDULLAH TO ATTEND UN INTERFAITH [...] (C) Summary: Saudi ambassador Al-Jubeir told Ambassador Khalilzad that King Abdullah will attend the Saudi-backed UNGA high-level meeting scheduled for November 12 and 13 in New York, and requested US support for the interfaith meeting. Al-Jubeir noted that misunderstandings in the "draft" [...] | 2008-10-22 22:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA KISL KIRF SA VT |
08USUNNEWYORK976 | UKRAINE: GENERAL COMMITTEE CONSULTATIONS POSTPONED [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. (See paras 1 and 10). Per Reftel instructions, Ambassador Wolff encouraged the Ukrainian Mission to defer a request to inscribe an agenda item for the 63rd General Assembly commemorating the Great Famine of 1932-1933 ("Holodomor"),when it became clear that Ukra [...] | 2008-10-27 21:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA RS UP |
08USUNNEWYORK992 | UN SAYS SITUATION IN DRC IS DIRE, ASKS FOR HELP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacekeeping U/SYG Le Roy said in two recent meetings an immediate political solution was needed to end hostilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),and that MONUC required additional resources to protect civilians. Le Roy believed if Goma fell MONUC would be at ri [...] | 2008-10-31 14:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW |
08VALLETTA129 | MALTA: SUMMARY INFORMATION FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] Embassy Valletta received one proposal for funding from FY 2008 INCLE and ESC appropriation. Per reftel instructions the full proposal was forwarded via separate email. Post believes the submitted proposal will help Malta move towards Tier One status by addressing key components of Malta's TI [...] | 2008-03-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG MT |
08VALLETTA177 | MALTA: NO KNOWN CHILD OR FORCED LABOR ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-28 15:28:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MT |
08VALLETTA213 | EMBASSY VALLETTA MARKS DAY OF SOLIDATIRY WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO MT CU |
08VALLETTA215 | MALTA'S RESPONSE TO BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 12:15:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PGOV MT |
08VALLETTA236 | MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 14:42:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM MT |
08VALLETTA245 | MALTA: REGRETS USG WITHDRAWAL FROM UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 14:14:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MT |
08VALLETTA254 | MALTA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO REQUEST FOR [...] On May 23, Embassy Valletta delivered reftel demarche requesting that Malta pledge financial aid during the UN-ASEAN Burma Donors Conference. Malta responded favorably, pledging 45,000 euros in financial aid for the relief effort. 2. On June 19, MFA Desk Officer for Asian Affairs Paul Sant [...] | 2008-06-20 13:35:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PGOV MT |
08VALLETTA303 | MALTA INVESTIGATES TRAFFICKING CLAIMS AMONG [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 25, DCM and PolOff met with a GOM interagency group on trafficking to discuss reports from representatives of NGOs based in Malta that four Nigerian women being trafficked to Italy had ended up in a Maltese detention centers after being rescued at sea. After an animated [...] | 2008-07-21 13:19:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF MT |
08VALLETTA350 | MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED DEMANDING RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) On the afternoon of August 13, Ambassador Bordonaro raised reftel points with Maltese FM Tonio Borg, urging Malta to engage the Russian government about continued reports of Russian military activity around Gori, and to urge Russia to investigate and end any possible ongoing atrocities in [...] | 2008-08-18 05:31:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GG MOPS NATO OSCE PHUM PREL RS UN MT |
08VALLETTA530 | MALTA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Bordonaro met with Minister for Justice and Home Affairs, Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici, on December 9, to discuss Malta,s progress on implementing the Trafficking in Persons Action Plan in the hopes of attaining Tier 1 status in 2009. Malta has recently taken a number of p [...] | 2008-12-19 09:59:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN MT PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP |
08VATICAN1 | HOLY SEE-ISRAEL: NO PROGRESS ON FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Holy See officials report that the December 12-13 talks with Israel did not result in any further progress towards the conclusion of agreements on taxation of Church property in Israel and other outstanding bilateral issues. Some Church officials characterized the meeting as a [...] | 2008-01-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF IS VT |
08VATICAN10 | HOLY SEE: SECRETARY OF STATE BERTONE DISCUSSES CUBA, [...] (C) Summary. Holy See Secretary of State Bertone previewed his February trip to Cuba with Ambassador, and also discussed Israel and the Pope's spring visit to the United States. Bertone hopes to see Fidel and Raul Castro, to deliver a speech at a Cuban university, to inaugurate a monument to Po [...] | 2008-01-10 13:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI OVIP CU IS VT |
08VATICAN14 | POST ANALYSIS OF PAPAL ADDRESS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: In his annual address on January 7 to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI provided an overview of the Vatican's concerns on a broad range of issues and hot spots. As revealing as his actual words are the Pope's omissions and nuances. Among the cou [...] | 2008-01-14 16:41:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM CU CH VE LE IS IR IZ VT |
08VATICAN15 | HOLY SEE: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with a visiting White House official, Holy See Deputy FM Parolin called for dialogue to resolve the Lebanese political impasse and address concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Parolin confirmed that negotiations with Israel on taxation of Church proper [...] | 2008-01-18 19:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF LE IS SY IR VT |
08VATICAN18 | CHINA: CARDINAL ZEN ON HOLY SEE'S CHINA DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: According to Cardinal Zen, the Holy See's lack of China expertise within its top ranks has resulted in an ineffective relation with the Government of China (GoC) that fails to take advantage of the window of opportunity afforded by Beijing's preoccupation with its international im [...] | 2008-01-31 07:08:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT |
08VATICAN19 | HOLY SEE/CUBA: FREEING OSCAR BISCET [...] (C) Charge d'affaires called on Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations With States (i.e., deputy foreign minister) January 31 to urge (per reftel) that Elsa Morejon be granted an audience with Pope Benedict XVI regarding her appeal for her husband, Dr. Oscar Elias [...] | 2008-01-31 13:17:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU VT |
08VATICAN20 | HOLY SEE/VIETNAM: CHURCH LAND DISPUTE [...] (SBU) During a January 31 meeting on another subject, Holy See deputy FM Parolin raised Vietnam land dispute (reftel) with charge d'affaires. Parolin expressed great interest in the situation and asked us to keep him informed of any news we might receive about it. He confirmed that the Holy Se [...] | 2008-01-31 17:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM VT |
08VATICAN26 | UNDERSTANDING THE HOLY SEE: ECCLESIAL (LAY) MOVEMENTS, PART [...] (U) This is the second in a series intended to facilitate cooperation with Holy See and Catholic Church entities to promote U.S. goals through a greater understanding of the Holy See's institutions, agencies and structures (reftel A). In this cable, we provide an overview of ecclesial movemen [...] | 2008-02-21 17:31:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT |
08VATICAN28 | LAY MOVEMENTS, PART II: SANT'EGIDIO, COMUNION AND LIBERATION, AND OPUS DEI [...] (U) This is the third in a series intended to facilitate cooperation with Holy See and Catholic Church entities to promote U.S. goals through a greater understanding of the Holy See's institutions, agencies and structures (reftel B). In this cable, we continue our discussion of ecclesial movements [...] | 2008-02-25 13:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT |
08VATICAN3 | MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE: ITALIAN IMAM COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: A meeting with Imam Yahya Pallavicini offered fresh perspectives on the nascent dialogue between 138 Muslim scholars and Christian leaders, including the Pope (reftels). The Pope, according to Pallavicini, was a key "target" of "A Common Word." The Holy See's recent response (ref [...] | 2008-01-04 11:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PREL PHUM VT |
08VATICAN33 | SCENESETTER FOR POPE BENEDICT XVI'S APRIL 15-20 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. The Pope is likely to highlight faith and reason, natural law, human rights, and inter-religious dialogue during his upcoming trip to the US. He is also likely to address environmental issues and express concern for the plight of Christians in the Middle East. The Pope appreciat [...] | 2008-03-31 17:48:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF OVIP VT |
08VATICAN34 | CUBA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador Glendon delivered reftel demarche -- regarding the recent trip to Cuba of the Holy See's Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarciso Bertone, and his reference to Raul Castro's comments on the five Cuban spies imprisoned in the US -- to Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecr [...] | 2008-04-03 14:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KJUS CU VT |
08VATICAN40 | CUBA SOLIDARITY - EMBASSY VATICAN ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Vatican reports that Ambassador Glendon hosted an important and well-attended conference this month commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the crucial role of Latin American countries in creating that document. W [...] | 2008-05-16 16:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU VT |
08VATICAN43 | VATICAN: NO TO AHMADINEJAD PAPAL AUDIENCE [...] (C) Summary: Holy See Undersecretary for Relations with States Monsignor Pietro Parolin told Ambassador that Pope Benedict would not receive Iranian President Ahmadinejad during his visit to Rome. The reason given for denying Ahmadinejad's request were related to the large number of visiting he [...] | 2008-06-06 15:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM IR VT |
08VATICAN44 | CATHOLIC-MUSLIM FORUM TO MEET IN NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Holy See will host in November the first meeting of the Catholic-Muslim Forum established in response to the dialogue proposal included in the October 13, 2007 "A Common Word" letter from Muslim scholars to the Pope and other Christian leaders. An original signatory of the [...] | 2008-06-18 14:05:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT |
08VATICAN47 | EMBASSY CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS LATIN AMERICAN AND CATHOLIC [...] Summary. Ambassador Glendon recently hosted a substantive and well-attended conference commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the critical contributions of Latin American countries and Catholic social teachings to the creation of that documen [...] | 2008-07-02 12:16:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO KIRF SOCI XM XL CU VT |
08VATICAN52 | HOLY SEE VIEWS ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See is cautiously optimistic about the possibilities for opening new spaces for the Catholic Church in Belarus, following the June 18 to 22 visit to the country by Cardinal Bertone, the Holy See's Secretary of State. The Holy See values the recognition of Catholicism in [...] | 2008-07-18 13:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF BO VT |
08VATICAN55 | HOLY SEE ON TARIQ AZIZ [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See has expressed verbally and in writing its wishes that Tariq Aziz, who as Saddam Hussein's Deputy Prime Minister was the highest ranking Christian in the Iraqi government, be tried fairly. The Holy See opposes the death penalty in Iraq, and would appreciate Aziz be giv [...] | 2008-07-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF IZ VT |
08VATICAN57 | SANT'EGIDIO ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) The Community of Sant'Egidio point person on mediation and international relations, Dr. Claudio Betti, confirmed that --if asked-- Sant'Egidio is available to promote peaceful change in Zimbabwe. End summary. 2. (SBU) During a meeting with poloff on July 25, Betti reiterated an offer [...] | 2008-07-30 14:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF ZI VT |
08VATICAN58 | LEVINSON CASE UPDATE [...] (SBU) As reported in ref. A, Monsignor Franco Coppola, Director for the Middle East at the Holy See Secretariat of State, informed A/DCM on July 4 that the Holy See Nuncio in Teheran, Archbishop Jean Paul Gobel, has sent a diplomatic note to the Government of Iran requesting a meeting to discus [...] | 2008-07-30 14:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC KJUS PREL PHUM PTER KIRF IR VT |
08VATICAN60 | IRAQI AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON MALIKI'S MEETING WITH THE POPE [...] (C) Summary: During his recent meeting with the Pope and with Holy See Secretary of State Bertone, Maliki both recognized the need and committed to protect and assist Christians in Iraq. The Pope also asked Maliki to assist Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons. In a separate meeting [...] | 2008-08-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KIRF IZ VT |
08VATICAN61 | HOLY SEE ON MADRID INTER-RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the Holy See, the most important aspect of the July 16 to 18 Madrid inter-religious conference (reftel A) is the fact that the Saudi King was firmly behind it. The Madrid conference was disappointing in its failure to address religious freedom and, to a lesser extent, to set u [...] | 2008-08-04 13:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SA SP VT |
08VATICAN62 | THE POPE'S MEGAPHONE: A SURVEY OF HOLY SEE MEDIA [...] (U) Media coverage of the Holy See is as global as the Catholic Church itself. The international dimension of the Holy See's own communication efforts, as well as that of the media covering it, provides Embassy Vatican with a unique platform to reach linguistically and geographically diverse [...] | 2008-08-13 18:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO KIRF VT |
08VATICAN63 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT: HOLY SEE FOCUSED ON CIVILIANS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Holy See is very concerned about the conflict in Georgia, and in particular about the needs of civilians affected by the fighting. The Pope has publicly addressed these concerns in recent statements. The Holy See has not been asked to mediate in the conflict. End summary [...] | 2008-08-22 16:24:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF RU GG VT |
08VATICAN65 | CATHOLIC MOVEMENT WARY OF EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSE [...] Summary: A panel discussion on justice and human rights -- which included a presentation by Ambassador Glendon -- and conversations with members of the Catholic lay movement indicate that an important segment of European Catholics are wary of some of the continent's institutions' and governme [...] | 2008-09-05 14:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VT |
08VATICAN66 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED, UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] DCM delivered reftel demarche on US human rights priorities for the Third Committee meetings of the 2008 UN General Assembly to Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's deputy foreign minister, on September 9. 2. Additionally, Pol Chief discussed reftel points with Monsignor Christophe El [...] | 2008-09-12 14:50:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF UN VT |
08VATICAN67 | BELIEVERS, NOT RELIGIONS, HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Believers, not religions, have human rights, according to the Holy See's point person on human rights. The Holy See opposes the Defamation of Religions resolution and is skeptical about a UN special session on religion. End summary. 2. (U) Pol Chief met on September 11 with [...] | 2008-09-17 08:02:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT |
08VATICAN68 | VATICAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS GEORGIA CRISIS, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, Vice Presidential Advisor Joseph Wood, accompanied by the DCM , held separate meetings with two senior Vatican officials to seek views from the Holy See on the situation between Russia and Georgia. Vatican officials raised humanitarian issues as the primary conc [...] | 2008-09-19 13:56:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF GG RS UP IR KZ VT |
08VATICAN72 | (SBU) IRANIANS CHASTISE HOLY SEE ON LEVINSON [...] (SBU) According to Monsignor Franco Coppola, Director for the Middle East at the Holy See Secretariat of State, the Government of Iran recently informed the Holy See Nuncio in Teheran that it does not have any information about the whereabouts of U.S. citizen Robert Levinson. The GOI informed [...] | 2008-10-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KJUS PREL PHUM PTER KIRF IR VT |
08VATICAN73 | HOLY SEE ON IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS LAW [...] (C) Summary: At a Holy See-requested urgent meeting, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Monsignor Pietro Parolin, asked USG assistance in ensuring minority quotas for Iraqi provincial councils. Parolin said that the Article 50 deletion from the Provincial Elections Law (PEL) sends a "most n [...] | 2008-10-06 15:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF IZ VT |
08VATICAN77 | HOLY SEE ON SAUDI PROPOSAL FOR UNGA INTERFAITH HIGH LEVEL [...] (S) Summary: The Vatican and the Saudi government apparently have reached agreement on revisions to the Madrid Declaration, the ostensible outcome document for the first round of their inter-religious dialogue. This could pave the way for Vatican concurrence to a high-level discussion at the [...] | 2008-10-15 14:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA KISL KIRF SA VT |
08VATICAN84 | VATICAN TO HOST MUSLIM SCHOLARS [...] (U) The Holy See will host the first formal meeting of the Catholic-Muslim Forum November 4 to 6. The forum is the result of the dialogue appeal letter that 138 Muslim scholars sent to Pope Benedict XVI following his controversial September 2006 Regensburg address. That letter, entitled "A Co [...] | 2008-11-03 16:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SA JO VT |
08VATICAN87 | FIRST CATHOLIC-MUSLIM FORUM MEETING SUCCESFUL [...] (C) Participants of the first substantial meeting of the Catholic-Muslim Forum held in Rome November 4 to 6 (ref. A) were satisfied with the event and their audience with the Pope. The Forum agreed to meet again in two years, possibly in a Muslim-majority country. The meeting's final declara [...] | 2008-11-10 17:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SA JO VT |
08VATICAN90 | SPECIAL ENVOY SADA CUMBER ASKS VATICAN TO BROADEN [...] (C) Summary: During a November 19 visit to Rome, US Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber urged the Holy See to broaden Catholic-Muslim dialogue to include all schools of Islam, in order to reduce Saudi Arabia's and Iran's ability to claim they speak for [...] | 2008-12-05 18:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI SA IR VT |
08VIENNA1058 | U/S BURNS DISCUSSES INDIAN NUCLEAR DEAL AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Austrian FM Plassnik and State Secretary Winkler told U/S Burns in Vienna July 18 that they were encouraged that Burns would attend the July 19 meeting in Geneva with Javier Solana, other members of the P-5 1, and Iran. They also said they were pleased by press reports indicating [...] | 2008-07-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN ETTC PARM PINR KNNP PHUM IR AU |
08VIENNA1229 | FM PLASSNIK'S ATTENDANCE AT SECRETARY'S WOMEN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 09:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMM UNGA AU |
08VIENNA1264 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-03 14:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU AU |
08VIENNA1337 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THEGAERC [...] (SBU) Polchief disussed reftel points September 10 with Klaus Famia, MFA European correspondent. Famira offered the following views on the agenda items for the September 15-16 GAERC: -- Georgia: EU members hope to approve the deployment of an ESDP mission to Georgia at the GAERC. The missi [...] | 2008-09-11 15:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV SO ZI GG |
08VIENNA1361 | AUSTRIAN POSITION ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 07:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UN AU |
08VIENNA1508 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER 13 GAERC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 14:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PGOV PHUM PREL BO GG RS UZ ZI AU |
08VIENNA1545 | AUSTRIA: PALESTINIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE DISCUSSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-17 10:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO AU |
08VIENNA1614 | IRANIAN EX-PRESIDENT KHATAMI DISCUSSES NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: Former Iranian President Khatami discussed Iran's nuclear program, the upcoming Iranian elections, and human rights in Iran with GOA leaders during an October 25-27 visit to Vienna. Khatami told President Fischer that Iran has the right to develop nuclear technology for civilian [...] | 2008-11-03 13:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM IAEA ENRG MNUC PARM IR AU |
08VIENNA1620 | GOA UNWILLING TO ACCEPT PALESTINIAN GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO AU |
08VIENNA1658 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIA [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD names for HR vetting. They have been selected to participate in the "Fourth Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference" on November 17-20 [...] | 2008-11-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AU MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08VIENNA170 | SUPPORT LEBANON: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A demarche to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting on the margins of a previously-scheduled February 4 luncheon at the DCM Residence. Mayr-Harting had no immediate response on most elements of the USG approach. In the context of FonMin Plassnik's ongoi [...] | 2008-02-04 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM LE SY AU |
08VIENNA1749 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR AUSTRIAN TO ATTEND ILE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Embassy Vienna forwards the following MOD name for HR vetting. He has been selected to participate in the Intermediate Level Education (ILE) training given in Leavenworth [...] | 2008-12-01 11:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AU MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08VIENNA1752 | AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: INTERIOR MINISTER FEKTER [...] (U) The following is a profile of Maria Fekter, of the conservative People's Party (OVP),who has been named Interior Minister in the new GOA cabinet. Experience 2. (U) Fekter is a hold-over from the previous SPO-OVP cabinet, which she joined only a few months before its demise. She was bo [...] | 2008-12-01 15:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AU |
08VIENNA1781 | AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: CHANCELLOR FAYMANN [...] (U) The following is a profile of Werner Faymann, leader of Austria's Social Democratic Party (SPO),who has been named Chancellor in the new GOA government. Experience ---------- 2. (U) Faymann, who served as Minister for Transportation and Technology in the short-lived Gusenbauer cabin [...] | 2008-12-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AU |
08VIENNA1784 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Polchief discussed reftel points December 3 with Ulrike Butschek, Counselor at the Austrian mission to the OSCE. Butschek said the GOA shares the USG's goals concerning a ministerial declaration, and agrees that a weak declaration would be worse than none. She said she is not optimistic [...] | 2008-12-03 15:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU AU |
08VIENNA1788 | AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET: JUSTICE MINISTER BANDION-ORTNER [...] (U) The following is a profile of Claudia Bandion-Ortner, who has been named Justice Minister in the new GOA cabinet. Experience ---------- 2. (U) Bandion-Ortner was born November 30, 1966 in Graz/Styria. She grew up in the town of Tamsweg in Salzburg Province, where she was an honors st [...] | 2008-12-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AU |
08VIENNA1835 | AUSTRIAN INTERIOR MINISTER OUTLINES IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] (U) Summary: Austrian Interior Minister Maria Fekter outlined her views on immigration and integration in a December 4 speech in which she proposed that Austria develop a balanced policy avoiding the extremes of assimilation and multiculturalism. She said Austria would participate in an EU-wid [...] | 2008-12-15 07:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AU |
08VIENNA1845 | AUSTRIA: EU "BLUE CARD" FACES HURDLES [...] (U) Summary: The EU in October passed the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum, which would establish a "Blue Card" allowing skilled workers to fill jobs in the EU states, while also requiring EU members to provide development assistance to source countries of illegal migration to Europe. T [...] | 2008-12-16 08:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AU |
08VIENNA383 | Austria Confronts its Nazi Past [...] The Austrian government, media, and cultural institutions, as well as the general public, commemorated the 70th anniversary of Austria's "Anschluss" with Nazi Germany on March 12, 1938 with various events, ranging from a special session of parliament to a "night of silence" on Vienna's Heldenp [...] | 2008-03-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM AU |
08VIENNA463 | AUSTRIA NOT INCLINED TO BE HELPFUL ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. In a disappointing meeting, MFA Director for the East and Southeast Europe indicated that Austria was not inclined to engage directly or through Brussels in active diplomacy in support of the U.S. in Belarus. Noting that Austria had no Embassy in Minsk and arguing that U.S. polic [...] | 2008-04-04 07:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BO AU |
08VIENNA612 | AUSTRIA: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AND DISSIDENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-06 10:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL AU |
08VIENNA879 | AUSTRIA SEEKS U.S. SPEAKER FOR CONFERENCE ON [...] Summary: The Austrian Red Cross (OeRK) and the Austrian MFA (BMeiA) are presenting a conference about human rights issues called "A legal black hole? The War on Terror, human rights, and international humanitarian law." This one-day conference will take place on Sept. 15th, 2008, and includes [...] | 2008-06-20 16:08:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL AU |
08VIENNA926 | Austria: Interior Minister-Designate Maria Fekter [...] The conservative OVP Executive Board decided June 27 to replace outgoing Interior Minister Guenter Platter with Federal Ombudswoman Maria Fekter. Platter will become governor of Tyrol province. Fekter will be sworn in July 8. Fekter Bio ---------- 2. Maria Fekter was born in February 1956 [...] | 2008-06-27 15:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM AU |
08VIENTIANE145 | EIGHTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT FOR LAOS [...] (SBU) Laos is overwhelmingly a sending country for trafficking, although on a small scale it is also a receiving country, with some domestic trafficking victims in the commercial sex trade. The vast majority of Lao who seek work abroad, including those who are victims of trafficking, go to Thai [...] | 2008-02-29 05:44:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF KFRD PREL LA |
08VIENTIANE168 | ATTENDANCE AT TRAINING ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-17 06:16:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ELAB LA OTRA PHUM |
08VIENTIANE183 | BURMA REFERENDUM: DEMARCHE TO LAO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Charge delivered Reftel demarche to Deputy Director General for Asia and the Pacific Viroth Soundara on March 19. Mr. Viroth said that the GOL supports the roadmap process and will assess its success in creating a more representative system once it concludes. The Charge urged [...] | 2008-03-21 09:06:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM LA BM |
08VIENTIANE225 | HMONG PROTECTION ISSUES: CONVERSATION WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with MFA DG Yong Chanthalangsy (strictly protect) to raise the case of three missing Hmong Americans and to discuss the first group of 11 Hmong returned from Thailand at the end of February -- ten of whom are now resettled within Laos. The Ambassador pressed Yo [...] | 2008-04-10 10:34:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC FR LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
08VIENTIANE227 | REPATRIATION OF 67 HMONG FROM THAILAND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 06:12:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LA PHUM PREF PREL TH |
08VIENTIANE228 | MFA'S YONG DISCUSSES GOL EFFORTS TO END HMONG [...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 conversation with Poloff, MFA spokesman Yong Chanthalangsy, who oversees Hmong returnee issues within the GOL, discussed the remaining Hmong insurgent groups within Laos. He predicted that situation of the final two groups would be resolved within months, noting [...] | 2008-04-11 07:00:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV LA TH |
08VIENTIANE246 | Education in Laos, Part I: The Primary Years [...] Summary. This cable is the first in a series examining the education system in Laos, from elementary through university and technical/vocational schools. Future cables will examine the problems faced by secondary schools, the limits of tertiary education, and the growing role of private scho [...] | 2008-04-25 09:34:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI LA |
08VIENTIANE266 | FOLLOWING UP ON THE ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-06 01:16:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL LA |
08VIENTIANE297 | BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE: LAO FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials view the Burmese government as having changed its attitude toward outside assistance as a result of the recent ASEAN meeting in Singapore. They expressed high hopes the May 25 Pledging Meeting in Rangoon will be effective in [...] | 2008-05-23 07:23:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM BM LA |
08VIENTIANE320 | UPDATE ON HMONG RETURNEES AND PHA LAK RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Spokesman Yong told Emboffs June 4 the 56 recent Hmong voluntary returnees from Thailand should finish processing and be sent to their home provinces soon. He said his video showing earlier returnees living peacefully in Laos was helping convince Huay Nam Khao camp residents [...] | 2008-06-05 09:02:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LA PHUM PREF PREL TH |
08VIENTIANE355 | 837 HMONG RETURN FROM THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 22, Thai authorities repatriated to Laos 837 ethnic Hmong who had been residing at the Petchaboun camp. According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, they are currently in a temporary processing facility and most will soon be resettled in their home villages. [...] | 2008-06-23 11:17:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM LA TH |
08VIENTIANE360 | LAO OFFICIAL ANTICIPATES RAPID RESETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: The senior Lao official responsible for Hmong resettlement told the Ambassador that the 837 Hmong returned from Thailand on June 22 had proper shelter and food available at their temporary processing site and would begin returning to their villages next week. He claimed that the [...] | 2008-06-25 10:21:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC FR LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL TH |
08VIENTIANE365 | LAOS: REVIEW FINDS NO GOODS PRODUCED WITH FORCED [...] SUMMARY: According to Lao government and industry as well as international organization and NGO sources, there is no evidence of forced or exploitative child labor in the production of goods in Laos. END SUMMARY 2. In response to reftel, the Embassy contacted Government of Laos (GOL) off [...] | 2008-06-27 09:50:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD ECON PHUM SOCI LA |
08VIENTIANE435 | MONITORING REPORT FOR G/TIP FY06 PROGRAM: WORLD VISION'S [...] SUMMARY: In response to G/TIP's request (ref A) post conducted a review of the G/TIP-funded World Vision "Voices of Victims: Youth-to-Youth Advisory System on Safe Migration" grant project. The project period is currently September 2007 to September 2009, though the project draws on FY06 funds [...] | 2008-08-06 09:21:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM LA |
08VIENTIANE461 | LAO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES NEW MEDIA LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lao National Assembly (NA) approved a new law on the roles and responsibilities of the media during its July session by a vote of 101 to 2. The new media law codifies the powers of the Ministry of Information and Culture's Mass Media Department. It remains to be seen whethe [...] | 2008-08-21 10:09:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO LA SOCI SCUL |
08VIENTIANE465 | LAO OFFICIALS PREPARE TO ISSUE DECREE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lao Public Administration and Civil Service Authority (PACSA) is currently drafting a new decree on non-profit association (NPA) registration. The decree is expected to be submitted to the Prime Minister,s Office by the end of August. The creation of a standardized legal [...] | 2008-08-26 03:30:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL LA SOCI SCUL |
08VIENTIANE579 | LAOS TO HOST REGIONAL RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE; NGO, DRL VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parallel visits by the Department's first Ambassador for Religious Freedom and a key DRL staff member helped promote the issue of religious freedom in Laos this past week. AMB (ret.) Robert Seiple brought an invitation from an NGO now headed by his son for Laos to host an intern [...] | 2008-10-27 10:30:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI LA VM |
08VIENTIANE611 | LAO MINIMALIST RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director General Kham-Inh Khitchadeth. He acknowledged the longstanding problems presented by Burma but pointed out that the "ASEAN approach" to dealing with problems -- including the principle of non-interference -- [...] | 2008-11-21 00:45:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | BM LA PGOV PHUM PREL |
08VIENTIANE612 | THE LAO SAPPHIRE INDUSTRY IN A NUTSHELL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Laos has significant gem resources, its sapphire industry remains paralyzed by a lack of capital and the technological expertise needed to develop it. A cumbersome bureaucracy and worries about corruption cause many foreign companies to avoid investing in long-term pr [...] | 2008-11-21 09:58:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ETRD PHUM PREL BM LA |
08VIENTIANE658 | FIRST DIPLOMATIC ACCESS TO HMONG RECENTLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pressure from the U.S. and like-minded members of the international community on the GOL to allow independent access to Hmong repatriated from Thailand has finally resulted in a significant step forward. On December 10, the MFA arranged for the Ambassador and other diplomats and [...] | 2008-12-18 10:36:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | LA PHUM PREF PREL SOCI TH |
08VIENTIANE83 | SECOND U.S.-LAO COMPREHENSIVE BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: The second U.S.-Lao Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue (CBD),led by Department of State East Asia and Pacific Bureau (EAP) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Scot Marciel on January 25, highlighted the slowly maturing relationship between Laos and the United States. Unlike the pr [...] | 2008-02-06 06:48:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KHDP MARR MASS MOPS OTRA PGOV PHUM |
08VIENTIANE97 | LAOS: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS GRANT PROPOSALS FOR FY2008 [...] Embassy Vientiane recommends funding of the four proposals (two ESF and two INCLE) summarized in paragraph three, all of which address deficiencies identified in the Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Laos and the Interim Assessment. Only four proposals were submitted for this gran [...] | 2008-02-12 07:46:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG LA |
08VILNIUS100 | GAERC: LITHUANIA WILL PUSH ON OPENINGS TO GEORGIA, [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Head of Common Foreign and Security Policy Division (EU Department) Egidijus Navikas February 15. Navikas re-confirmed GOL's intent to issue a statement in support of Kosovo independence immediately after the EU and the United States. Navikas said he th [...] | 2008-02-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL KVIR IS IR CD BM LH |
08VILNIUS1030 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 5, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Youth Leader Denied Readmission (para. 2) - United Civic Party Members Briefly Detained (para. 3) - Opposition Rallies Banned (para. 4) - Brest Opposition Activists Fi [...] | 2008-12-08 05:26:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS1040 | LITHUANIAN ACTIVITY TOWARD CUBA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-11 06:00:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU LH |
08VILNIUS173 | LITHUANIA HAS SAME CONCERNS AS USG ON REFERENDUM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 08:43:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM LH BM |
08VILNIUS193 | JUDGE ORDERS CONTINUANCE IN KIM CASE, TRIAL TO BE [...] (C) After opening formalities, Andrey Kim's trial for an alleged assault against a police officer during a January entrepreneurs' demonstration was halted April 1. The presiding judge ordered both a continuance in the case and the joining of this trial with another trial of Kim and numerous [...] | 2008-04-03 10:42:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR BO LH |
08VILNIUS198 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - April 04, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Vitebsk Opposition Activists Jailed and Fined (para. 2) - Vandals Attack Opposition Party Headquarters (para. 3) - Milinkevich Holds Meetings in Gomel Region (para. 4) [...] | 2008-04-05 08:50:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS220 | ONE MORE BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION LIST FOR PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Charge and A/DCM met April 9 with opposition politician Sergey Skrebets. Skrebets, who formerly served as counsel to political prisoner and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, thanked the Charge for the Embassy's work to gain Kozulin's freedom. He told Charge of a draft le [...] | 2008-04-10 09:40:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS222 | OPPOSITION YOUTH ACTIVIST RECEIVES FINE [...] (SBU) Polotsk City Court fined 19-year-old Malady Front activist Yekaterina Solovyova BYR 1,750,000 (USD 814) April 8 for violating Article 193 of the Criminal Code of Belarus -- Activity on Behalf of an Unregistered Organization. Her sentence was significantly less than the BYR 7,000,000 (US [...] | 2008-04-10 11:49:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR OFDP BO |
08VILNIUS226 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - April 11, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Official: Opposition Recommendations Constructive (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Banned From Traveling to Poland (para. 3) - Former Prisoner to Found Radiation Safety Cen [...] | 2008-04-11 10:38:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON MCAP ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS227 | KOZULINAS DESCRIBE PRESSURE ON PRISONER FATHER [...] (SBU) Charge and A/DCM met April 10 with Olga and Yuliya Kozulina, the daughters of former presidential candidate and political prisoner Aleksandr Kozulin. The Charge briefly informed the Kozulinas that the Embassy was under increasing pressure from the Belarusian authorities but that both Be [...] | 2008-04-11 10:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS236 | FORMER POLITICAL PRISONER KLIMOV TO VISIT U.S. [...] (SBU) Charge, A/DCM and A/Pol/Econ Chief met April 14 with former political prisoner Andrey Klimov. Klimov -- released from his third long-term sentence as a prisoner of conscience in February, and known for being somewhat eccentric -- described for Charge and Emboffs how the stress of his de [...] | 2008-04-15 11:03:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS247 | SECURITY TIGHT AT MASS TRIAL OF DEMONSTRATORS [...] (U) A/Pol/Econ Chief attended the April 16 opening of the trial of ten youth activists accused of participating in the unsanctioned January 21 demonstration for entrepreneurs' rights. Among the defendants is Andrey Kim, who has been in custody since January 31 and is facing additional charges [...] | 2008-04-17 07:30:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS259 | NO ROOM IN MINSK FOR UCP CONGRESS? [...] (SBU) After receiving refusals from 22 sites as well as from the Minsk Municipal Executive Committee, the United Civic Party (UCP) held an emergency session of its Political Council April 17 and voted to hold its 11th Party Congress at the Minsk headquarters of the Belarusian Popular Front (BP [...] | 2008-04-18 14:53:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS261 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - April 18, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Vitebsk Opposition Activists Fined and Detained (para. 2) - Independent Journalist Jailed (para. 3) - Internet Child Porn Ring Members Arrested (para. 4) - Activists P [...] | 2008-04-21 07:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG KCRM BO |
08VILNIUS267 | REMAINS FROM JEWISH CEMETERY TO BE RELOCATED [...] (SBU) Charge visited Gomel April 22 to view the site of a former Jewish cemetery which has been excavated as part of a construction project and has received extensive coverage in the international media. In a step which post believes does not conform with traditional religious requirements, t [...] | 2008-04-23 09:04:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM PGOV BO |
08VILNIUS279 | SERGEY PARSYUKEVICH: THIRD POLITICAL PRISONER [...] (SBU) Minsk's Moskovskiy District Court sentenced entrepreneur activist Sergey Parsyukevich to two and a half years' imprisonment and about USD 500 in damages for allegedly striking a prison guard while incarcerated for participation in a peaceful demonstration. The harsh sentence -- which som [...] | 2008-04-24 10:24:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS281 | SEVERINETS CONCERNED FOR BELARUSIAN SOVEREIGNTY [...] (SBU) Charge and A/POL/ECON Chief met with Belarusian Christian Democracy Co-Chair and former political prisoner Pavel Severinets April 23 to discuss U.S. policy and plans for the future. Severinets expressed concern that the sovereignty of Belarus is under growing threat from Russia, and wish [...] | 2008-04-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS293 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - April 25, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Gomel Opposition Activists Jailed and Fined (para. 2) - Ag Minister, Chief Ideology Officer Appointed (para. 3) - Civil Society Leader Jailed for Ceremony (para. 4) - [...] | 2008-04-25 13:52:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG EAGR PINR BO |
08VILNIUS309 | 1,200 MARCH TO MARK CHERNOBYL DISASTER [...] (SBU) About twelve hundred peaceful demonstrators attended the opposition's annual Chernobyl March April 28, which followed a state-approved route from the Academy of Sciences past Minsk's Bangalore Square to a small church dedicated to victims of the Chernobyl tragedy 22 years ago. In spite [...] | 2008-04-30 08:00:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS318 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - May 02, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Prominent Protestant Pastor Fined (para. 2) - Police Confiscate Independent Newspaper Print Run (para. 3) - BKGB Drops Case against Opposition Youth (para. 4) - Opposi [...] | 2008-05-05 04:40:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS325 | EMBASSY VILNIUS ON DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 14:17:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM LH BO CU |
08VILNIUS330 | LITHUANIA: STRONG SUPPORTER OF EU SANCTIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-06 14:04:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM LH BM |
08VILNIUS339 | LITHUANIA: NO REPORTS OF FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] There are no reports of child labor or forced labor for the production of goods in Lithuania, according to NGOs and the relevant GOL agency that post consulted. There were reports of violations of the labor law that affected children in service industries, but most violations were not severe. [...] | 2008-05-08 14:41:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI LH |
08VILNIUS341 | U.S. EMBASSY MINSK -- THE POWER OF ONE [...] (SBU) On April 30, together with nine colleagues, I was declared "persona non grata" and given seventy-two hours to depart Belarus (reftel). The days since my departure have afforded me an opportunity to reflect on my tour and on some policy and management decisions that proved critical to o [...] | 2008-05-09 09:04:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
08VILNIUS358 | BELARUS: REGIME BLOCKING FREEDOM OF TRAVEL [...] (SBU) As reported previously, the GOB introduced a new database at the beginning of 2008 to track its citizens as they travel abroad. Entered into the database are an estimated 100,000 names (over one percent of the population) of persons who are not allowed to leave Belarus, ostensibly due t [...] | 2008-05-14 11:21:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL BO |
08VILNIUS365 | BELARUS: POLL POINTS OPPOSITION TOWARD BREAD AND [...] (C) An April 2008 poll commissioned by the USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) demonstrated that the Belarusian public remains concerned about socio-economic issues like cuts in state benefits. Following a presentation on these data, the Presidium of the United Democratic [...] | 2008-05-16 07:48:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PHUM BO |
08VILNIUS373 | EMBASSY MINSK BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - May 16, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Belarusian Helsinki Committee Elects New Chairman (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Banned From Traveling Abroad (para. 3) - Outlawed Small Business Association Registered i [...] | 2008-05-16 16:24:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS388 | BELARUS: BLOGGERS REACT TO DIPLOMATIC CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Post has been monitoring the Belarusian public's reaction to the recent escalation in diplomatic tensions between the U.S. and the GOB. As the series of threatening public statements by the GOB culminated in the May 3 departure of eleven U.S. diplomats declared personae non gratae, ther [...] | 2008-05-20 12:45:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR PHUM SOCI BO |
08VILNIUS398 | BELARUS: EU MEETS POLITICAL PRISONER'S DAUGHTER [...] (SBU) Charge hosted a meeting May 20 to introduce Olga Kozulina, daughter and lead representative of political prisoner Aleksandr Kozulin, to French Ambassador Mireille Musso -- currently representing the EU Presidency -- and recently-arrived European Commission Delegation Charge Jean-Eric Hol [...] | 2008-05-22 14:49:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS401 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - May 23, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Malady Front Activists Fined And Sentenced To Jail Terms (para. 2) - Minsk Authorities Ban Three Russian Channels (para. 3) - Police Disperse Opposition Rally (para. [...] | 2008-05-23 08:45:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS408 | BELARUS: OFFICIALS DOWNPLAY SANCTIONS IMPACT [...] (U) A number of GOB officials commented in the media on the May 15 designation of three Belarusian firms by the U.S. Treasury Department, dismissing any significant impact. They claimed that subsidiaries of the Belarusian energy conglomerate "Belneftekhim" had already converted financial tran [...] | 2008-05-28 14:13:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BO |
08VILNIUS418 | BELARUS: WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - May 30, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Grodno Opposition Leader Warned Over A Concert (para. 2) - Radio Racyja Journalist Denied Accreditation (para. 3) - Human Rights Activist Fined and Jailed (para. 4) - [...] | 2008-05-30 11:06:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS425 | EMBASSY VISITS AILING IMPRISONED AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Conoff met June 2 with ailing American citizen Emanuel Zeltser who has been held in Belarusian KGB pretrial confinement since March 12. Since the last visit on April 25 Zeltser's health had significantly worsened; he had lost even more weight, had trouble standing and walking, supportin [...] | 2008-06-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CACS PREL PHUM BO |
08VILNIUS435 | LITHUANIA STILL CONCERNED ABOUT CYCLONE NARGIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 13:30:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM BM LH |
08VILNIUS438 | 2008 TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO LITHUANIAN OFFICIALS [...] Darius Staniulis, head of the MFA's Human Rights and NGO division, was pleased to learn that Lithuania remained in Tier 1 when we shared the 2008 TIP report with him on June 4. He noted that both police and NGOs noticed a considerable decrease in identified victims over the last two years and [...] | 2008-06-06 05:36:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KPAO OSCE LH |
08VILNIUS444 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 6, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Gomel Opposition Activist Obliged to Pay Income Tax (para. 2) - Prominent Opposition Activist Jailed (para. 3) - Opposition Leader Denied Travel Ban Appeal (para. 4) - [...] | 2008-06-06 13:34:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS459 | LITHUANIA WILL NOT PLEDGE AT LEBANON CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 11:42:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PHUM XG LE LH |
08VILNIUS469 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 13, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Union Of Poles' Leader Fined (para. 2) - Opposition Concerned by Low Nuclear Energy Awareness (para. 3) - Nesvizh Malady Front Leader Fined (para. 4) - Five Malady Fro [...] | 2008-06-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS472 | EMBASSY VILNIUS: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] Summary: Anti-Semitism and general intolerance are areas of concern in Lithuania. There are three specific issues that could warrant an expression of concern at the HDIM meetings: (1) lack of consistent condemnation by GOL officials of intolerant acts; (2) lack of protection of an old Jewi [...] | 2008-06-16 14:04:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM OSCE PREL KDEM LH |
08VILNIUS476 | LITHUANIA PLEASED WITH U.S.-EU COOPERATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 13:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL LH |
08VILNIUS477 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WASHINGTON MEETINGS WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Cloud met June 18 with Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas to discuss his July 2 meetings with the Vice President and other senior officials in Washington. Kirkilas said there is no decision yet on extending Lithuanian troops in Iraq past July; said Lithuan [...] | 2008-06-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR ENRG SCUL PHUM XH IZ AF LH |
08VILNIUS479 | JEWISH ISSUES UPDATE: RESTITUTION STALLED, SLOW [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania continues to struggle with the legacy of the Holocaust and how to honor its once vibrant Jewish heritage. More than four years after joining NATO, Lithuania has yet to restitute Jewish communal property in any meaningful way and there are no signs of moving forward. A [...] | 2008-06-18 14:26:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SCUL PREL LH |
08VILNIUS486 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 20, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Slonim Civil Society Activist Fined (para. 2) - Opposition Leader Warned Over Inquiry (para. 3) - Police Raid Opposition Activist's Residence (para. 4) - Autocephalous [...] | 2008-06-20 11:57:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS491 | BELARUS: GOB TIGHTENS SCREWS ON MEDIA [...] (SBU) The Parliament's lower chamber approved a controversial media bill which, if passed in the Upper Chamber and signed by the President, will subject online news sources to the same requirements as printed press, require re-registration of most existing media and accreditation of journalist [...] | 2008-06-25 13:43:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS492 | SCENESETTER FOR PM KIRKILAS'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas comes to Washington at a time of change for Lithuania. In less than a generation, the country has gone from the yoke of Soviet authoritarianism to being an EU and NATO member, punching above its weight in out of area missions. However, having achieved it [...] | 2008-06-25 13:52:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PHUM LH |
08VILNIUS501 | VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY CHRISTIAN KENNEDY: GOL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, visited Lithuania June 19-20 and met with members of the Jewish community and GOL officials. He found that, despite the upcoming visit of PM Kirkilas to Washington and resolutions pending in the U.S. Congress cri [...] | 2008-06-27 10:32:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SCUL PREL LH |
08VILNIUS502 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 27, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Christian Democratic Activist Expelled (para. 2) - Christian Democracy Party Denied Registration (para. 3) - National Bolshevist Party Activist Fined (para. 4) - BKGB [...] | 2008-06-27 11:18:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS503 | BELARUS' DECREED TIMELINE FOR 2008 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) In a June 24 decree, President Lukashenko confirmed the date of September 28, 2008, for parliamentary elections and set a timeline of related events. This timeline mirrors those previewed in press statements by Central Election Commission Chair Lidiya Yermoshina (reftel). While Lukashe [...] | 2008-06-27 12:31:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM BO |
08VILNIUS536 | CONVICTED NAZI COLLABORATOR DAILIDE ESCAPES PRISON [...] On July 4, the Lithuanian Court of Appeals upheld the Vilnius District Court ruling of March 2006 that convicted but did not punish Algimantas Mykolas Dailide. Dailide had been found guilty of unlawful treatment of civilians during wartime but the judge ruled that he did not have to serve ti [...] | 2008-07-10 11:04:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KAWC LH |
08VILNIUS542 | LITHUANIA WISHES US LUCK FOR PRISONERS OF [...] (U) Irena Skardziuviene, Head of the MFA's UN and Council of Europe Division, told us on July 2 that the GOL was pleased with the EU-U.S. cooperation on the prisoners of conscience declaration. She said that, although she was not clear on the details, she thought it was unfortunate that ther [...] | 2008-07-11 13:24:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM LH |
08VILNIUS556 | BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 11, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Expelled from Schools (para. 2) - Minsk Authorities Ban Opposition Demonstrations (para. 3) - Independent Newspaper Evicted (para. 4) - Parliamentary [...] | 2008-07-16 11:57:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS564 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 18, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Expelled (para. 2) - Demonstration Dispersed and Opposition Leader Beaten (para. 3) - United Civic Party Youths Jailed (para. 4) - Human Rights Adv [...] | 2008-07-18 07:25:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS570 | GAERC: LITHUANIA WANTS TO BRING UKRAINE INTO [...] (C) On July 17, MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Head Egidijus Navikas discussed July GAERC points with Post, stressing that Ukraine is front and center on the agenda for the Lithuanians. They will lobby for consensus on a title to a future EU-Ukraine agreement (the Lithuanians want 'Enh [...] | 2008-07-18 12:57:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV XG LH |
08VILNIUS594 | LITHUANIA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN NAM MEETINGS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 11:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER NATO LH |
08VILNIUS603 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 25, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Denied Appeal (para. 2) - United Civic Party Members Detained and Warned (para. 3) - Prisoners' Rights Advocates Detained, Searched (para. 4) - Christian De [...] | 2008-07-28 03:53:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS622 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 1, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Militia Disbands Youth Tent Camp (para. 2) - Nomination of Representatives to Precinct Election Commissions Continues (para. 3) - Opposition Parliamentary Hopeful Take [...] | 2008-08-01 05:26:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS627 | BELARUS: OPPOSITION PARTY DROPS KOZULIN AS LEADER [...] (SBU) As expected, rivalry between two factions in the Belarusian Social Democratic Party-Gramada (BSDP-G) -- a key element of the opposition's United Democratic Forces (UDF) -- emerged at the BSDP-G congress August 3. Acting chair Anatoliy Levkovich received the support of a majority of the [...] | 2008-08-04 12:13:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS655 | PRESIDENT AND PM CONDEMN VANDALISM AT JEWISH [...] In the early morning of August 10, the Jewish Community Center in Vilnius and the Jewish Community Center in the city of Panevezys were vandalized with spray painted anti-Semitic symbols and other crude graffiti. The President and Prime Minister condemned the vandalism with strong statements [...] | 2008-08-11 15:06:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM OSCE KDEM LH |
08VILNIUS663 | BELARUS: REGIME NEUTRAL ON GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Utterly dependent on Russia for energy supplies and with close societal and military links, Belarusian relations with Moscow range from obeisant to defiant. At the same time, the GOB has maintained cordial relations with Georgia throughout that country's difficulties with Russia. Conta [...] | 2008-08-12 12:41:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINR BO GG |
08VILNIUS668 | BELARUS: SPAT WITH RUSSIA OVER GEORGIA [...] (SBU) The neutrality of the Belarusian regime with regard to the conflict in Georgia (reftel) has now become the topic of a public bilateral dispute between Minsk and Moscow. Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Surikov, in remarks to the media August 12, decried the GOB's "timid silence" and complai [...] | 2008-08-13 10:30:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINR BO GG |
08VILNIUS678 | BELARUS: POLITICAL PRISONER KOZULIN RELEASED, MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) As reported ref A, political prisoner and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin was released August 16. Meeting with Charge and CONS/PAO briefly August 18, Kozulin said that without the United States he would be either dead or in jail. He thanked Charge for condolences on the d [...] | 2008-08-18 16:48:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS681 | BELARUS: OSCE ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION GETTING SETTLED, [...] (U) Charge met August 18 with Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission for the Belarusian parliamentary elections at the end of September. Ahrens was joined by his deputy, Dr. Beata Martin-Rozumilowicz, and Election Adviser Mats Lindberg. As of Aug [...] | 2008-08-19 08:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS682 | BELARUS: OSCE ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION GETTING SETTLED, [...] (U) Charge met August 18 with Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission for the Belarusian parliamentary elections at the end of September. Ahrens was joined by his deputy, Dr. Beata Martin-Rozumilowicz, and Election Adviser Mats Lindberg. As of Aug [...] | 2008-08-19 09:43:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS696 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 22, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Fewer Parliamentary Hopefuls Apply For Registration (para. 2) - Opposition Hopefuls Banned From Registration (para. 3) - Solidarity Demonstration Participants Detained [...] | 2008-08-22 15:46:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS697 | LITHUANIAN CITIES REJECT EC'S TOLERANCE TRUCK [...] Summary. The mayors of Lithuania's two largest cities, Vilnius and Kaunas, denied permission for the European Commission's "For Diversity, Against Discrimination" truck to set up its event in public squares. Instead, the pro-diversity campaign was relegated to a supermarket parking lot in V [...] | 2008-08-22 15:48:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI LH |
08VILNIUS719 | BELARUS: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION CONDITIONS ONE MONTH OUT [...] (SBU) With the release of the last three Belarusian political prisoners earlier this month, attention has turned to the conduct of Belarus' parliamentary elections September 28. The need to make significant progress in improving electoral conditions has been stressed by both the U.S. and EU - [...] | 2008-08-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS724 | GYMNICH: LITHUANIA FAVORS ESDP MISSION FOR [...] (C) MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Head Egidijus Navikas told Post September 4 that GOL Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas will speak at the September 5 Gymnich (refs a and b) in favor of sending an ESDP Mission to Georgia (and contributing Lithuanian personnel),making a political de [...] | 2008-09-04 15:22:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN RU GG LH |
08VILNIUS732 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS STRONG U.S. ACTIONS ON HUMAN [...] Rita Kazragiene, head of the MFA's UN Division, told us on September 4 that the GOL was glad to see the USG take an active role on human rights at UNGA, particularly since the USG limited its involvement with the HRC. She said that the GOL is likely to support all the USG's human rights init [...] | 2008-09-05 13:19:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN LH |
08VILNIUS734 | BELARUS ELECTION CONDITIONS: MUCH ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT [...] (SBU) Although interest in Belarusian parliamentary elections later this month -- early voting begins September 23 -- is getting more intense every day, the GOB has still not taken any clear steps that would significantly improve conditions in comparison to previous elections. The regime fail [...] | 2008-09-05 14:20:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS760 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 12, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Expelled From University (para. 2) - Central Election Commission Challenges Eight Registration Denials (para. 3) - Supreme Court Overturns Two Registr [...] | 2008-09-12 12:11:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS777 | FM VAITIEKUNAS WILL ADDRESS RUSSIAN THREATS IN [...] Post discussed reftel points with Deputy Director of the MFA Global Policy Department Arvydas Daurnoravicius who will be the point person for the Community of Democracies when the Lithuanians assume the chairmanship next year. Daurnoravicius confirmed Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas will give the [...] | 2008-09-18 15:17:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PGOV UNGA LH |
08VILNIUS784 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 19, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Brest Opposition Activists Arrested (para. 2) - Police Violently Disperse Solidarity Demonstration (para. 3) - Soligorsk Malady Front Activist Detained (para. 4) - Cen [...] | 2008-09-19 14:23:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS804 | BELARUS ELECTION CONDITIONS: AT POLLING PLACES, SOME [...] (SBU) The early voting stage of Belarusian parliamentary elections began Tuesday September 23 and will continue through Saturday September 27, with the majority of voters expected to cast their ballots on the full voting day (Sunday September 28). As reported reftel, the GOB missed a number o [...] | 2008-09-26 14:22:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS807 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 26, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Belarusian Christian Democrat Detained at Border (para. 2) - Opposition Activist Banned from Foreign Travel (para. 3) - Opposition Hopeful Assaulted (para. 4) - Malady [...] | 2008-09-29 05:36:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS824 | BELARUS: DEMOCRATIC FORCES ON PRACTICAL TRACK AFTER FLAWED [...] (SBU) The GOB did its critics and the opposition a huge favor by failing to deliver on promises of improved conditions for the September parliamentary elections. It is entirely possible that the flawed conduct of the elections and exclusion of all opposition members from the next parliament w [...] | 2008-10-03 15:07:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BO |
08VILNIUS828 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 3, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activist Dismissed from Workplace (para. 2) - Embattled Protestant Community Offered Land (para. 3) - Opposition Protests Election Results (para. 4) - No Op [...] | 2008-10-07 05:51:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS841 | BELARUS: LOOKING FORWARD [...] (S) Belarus' failed parliamentary elections are behind us and the democratic forces are working to consolidate and strengthen themselves. We are following their efforts closely, and advocate continued support and engagement with them by U.S. and other NGOs, focused primarily on the existing [...] | 2008-10-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM ETRD BO |
08VILNIUS843 | GAERC: LITHUANIA WORRIED DRAFT LANGUAGE NOT STRONG [...] (C) MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Head Egidijus Navikas told Post October 8 that Lithuania is concerned that current GAERC draft language "welcoming the progress of withdrawal" by the Russians in Georgia implies Russia is close to completing the commitments it made August 12 and Septe [...] | 2008-10-09 09:33:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PHUM GG BO UZ ZI LH |
08VILNIUS854 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 10, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Convictions for Assault against Opposition Activist (para. 2) - Foreign Students Protest Racist Attacks (para. 3) - Malady Front Splits (para. 4) - Independent Weekly [...] | 2008-10-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS880 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 17, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Central Election Commission Dismisses Appeals (para. 2) - Lukashenka Places Restrictions on Respite Programs for Children (para. 3) - EU Suspends Travel Ban for Six Mo [...] | 2008-10-21 05:46:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS905 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 24, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Popular Front Celebrates 20th Anniversary (para. 2) - Democratic Seniors Denied Registration (para. 3) - Independent Election Observer Fined (para. 4) - Opposition You [...] | 2008-10-24 09:12:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS931 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 31, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Arrested (para. 2) - Election Authorities Deny Final Appeals (para. 3) - Opposition Hopeful's Supporters Heavily Fined (para. 4) - Pro-Regime NGO Hold [...] | 2008-11-04 06:41:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS932 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 31, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Arrested (para. 2) - Election Authorities Deny Final Appeals (para. 3) - Opposition Hopeful's Supporters Heavily Fined (para. 4) - Pro-Regime NGO Hold [...] | 2008-11-04 06:42:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS960 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 7, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Protests Travel Ban (para. 2) - Opposition Activist Fined (para. 3) - Opposition Commemorates Ancestors, Stalin Terror Victims (para. 4) - Kurapaty Vandals [...] | 2008-11-07 10:51:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS968 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 14, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Kurapaty Vandals Face Criminal Charges (para. 2) - Malady Front Members Sentenced to Jail (para. 3) - Catholics Continue Fasting to Return Former Monastery (para. 4) - [...] | 2008-11-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS981 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 21, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - MFA Says Lukashenka's Comment on Iskander Missiles Misinterpreted (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Lawyer Unable to See Hunger-Striking [...] | 2008-11-21 15:57:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VILNIUS997 | BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 28, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - Lukashenka Notes Positive Changes in EU-Belarus Relations (para. 2) - Lukashenko Signed Two Edicts in Support of Cooperation with the European Comm [...] | 2008-11-28 12:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
08VLADIVOSTOK136 | TAIGA NATIVE VILLAGE KRASNIY YAR: EVERY DAY IS A CRISIS [...] (U) Summary. In the 1930's Stalin relocated many indigenous minorities of Primorye and Khabarovskiy Krai to remote northern areas. One such town is Krasniy Yar. The remote town is an eleven hour drive from Vladivostok, the last four hours over a rough snow road (zimniki) cut through the woo [...] | 2008-12-15 07:16:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PHUM RS |
08WARSAW101 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DRAFT RESOLUTION ON GAZA [...] POLOFF delivered reftel talking points on the proposed Human Rights Council draft resolution on Gaza to Ambassador Maciej Kozlowski at the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division on January 24. He had no immediate reaction. ASHE [...] | 2008-01-24 16:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PL |
08WARSAW1037 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: POLAND STILL SUPPORTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 14:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA PL |
08WARSAW1053 | BELARUS/POLAND - FM SIKORSKI TO ANNOUNCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials told AmEmbassy Minsk Charge Moore that Belarusian authorities are "terrified" about the implications that Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has for Belarus. FM Sikorski reportedly sees recent developments in Belarus, including the release of politic [...] | 2008-09-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL |
08WARSAW1055 | POLISH VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA EU Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski told us the GoP has avoided responding "emotionally" on Georgia, notwithstanding the severity of the crisis. The GoP will not press for strong EU measures against Russia, preferring to give Russia time to reflect on developments. Although i [...] | 2008-09-11 09:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV EUN ZL ZI SO YI TU GG RS PL |
08WARSAW1073 | GEORGIA - POLAND TO TAKE "BALANCED APPROACH" TO [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche September 15 to MFA Georgia Desk Officer Tomasz Orlowski. Orlowski said Poland agrees with U.S. views that Russia appears to be pushing harder in international fora on allegations that Georgia committed acts of genocide in South Ossetia during the conflic [...] | 2008-09-16 11:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CG RS XG XH PL |
08WARSAW1074 | BELARUS/POLAND - MFA CONTINUES TO LOBBY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Polish MFA officials told us that Belarusian FM Martynov took a "soft, friendly" tone in his September 12 meeting with FM Sikorski. They attributed the meeting's success -- and Belarus' apparent warming to the West -- as a reaction to Russian actions in Georgia and a growing Bel [...] | 2008-09-16 12:32:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL |
08WARSAW1104 | POLAND/DPRK - GROWING INTEREST IN PROMOTING HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish Government is very interested in the humanitarian and human rights situation in North Korea (DPRK). MFA officials told Deputy Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea Christian Whiton that they are exploring ways to take effective action. The Poles expressed inte [...] | 2008-09-23 05:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PHUM PREL KN PL |
08WARSAW1128 | POLAND ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AND ESC VOTE [...] (C) Embassy Warsaw delivered ref A points to the Polish MFA. Miroslaw Luczka, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of UN and Human Rights, informed us on September 24 that Poland would most likely abstain if the ESC were brought to vote because of external political factors. Luczka expla [...] | 2008-09-25 16:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA PL |
08WARSAW1138 | GOP TO PUT FORWARD DRAFT PRIVATE PROPERTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish Treasury Vice Minister Krzysztof Laszkiewicz told visiting Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy September 12 that draft legislation on compensation for WWII and Communist-era confiscations is ready to be introduced to the Sejm (the lower house [...] | 2008-09-29 11:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PL |
08WARSAW1144 | POLISH MFA: CONTINUE DIALOGUE WITH BELARUS AFTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 13:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL |
08WARSAW1147 | POLISH MFA: CONTINUE DIALOGUE WITH BELARUS AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A Polish MFA official told us that the GoP agrees with the U.S. and OSCE assessment that the September 28 parliamentary elections in Belarus were neither free nor fair. The MFA saw some "minor improvements" in the election process and will seek to continue a dialogue with Bel [...] | 2008-09-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL |
08WARSAW1188 | GAERC - POLISH VIEWS ON OCTOBER 13 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski told us October 9 that while Belarusian elections were flawed and there has been no significant improvement in terms of democracy and human rights, Poland will support a temporary suspension of the travel ban. The ban should be lifted, [...] | 2008-10-10 06:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN BO GC RS UZ ZI PL |
08WARSAW1205 | POLAND NON-COMMITTAL ON ACCEPTANCE OF PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 12:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO PL |
08WARSAW1225 | MISSION POLAND'S NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S WOMEN [...] U.S. Embassy Warsaw nominates Stana Buchowska, the Co-Founder and National Coordinator for La Strada Poland (Foundation Against Trafficking in Human Beings and Slavery) for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Stana Buchowska was notified by U.S. Embassy Warsaw of he [...] | 2008-10-20 12:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM POL |
08WARSAW1250 | AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 28 MEETING WITH SEJM SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of the Sejm (lower house of parliament) Bronislaw Komorowski expressed satisfaction with lessons learned by the Polish military in Iraq. Discussing the November 1 Polish takeover of responsibilities in Afghanistan's Ghazn [...] | 2008-10-29 07:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM AF IZ PL |
08WARSAW1280 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER WELCOMES OBAMA'S ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Grzegorz Schetyna told the Ambassador the November 4 elections in the U.S. recalled the excitement of Poland's own November 2007 general elections, and said Poles are counting on President-elect Obama to bring about a more open U.S. foreign policy. Schetyn [...] | 2008-11-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR PTER PL |
08WARSAW1285 | POLISH VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski, Poland will oppose the unconditional resumption of negotiations on a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Russia, but will take a "careful" approach at the November 10-11 EU Foreign Ministers Meeting (GAERC). B [...] | 2008-11-07 06:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN GA RS BK AF SY IZ PL |
08WARSAW1295 | POLAND SUPPORTS RESTARTING OF EU-RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. An MFA official told us November 12 that the GoP had shifted policy and now supported the November 10 EU decision to re-initiate negotiations with Russia on a new partnership agreement, despite Russia's failure to meet its commitments in Georgia. The official denied press reports [...] | 2008-11-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV GG RS PL |
08WARSAW1312 | FORMER POLISH PRESIDENT WALESA STILL INTENDS TO [...] (C) Post appreciates and concurs with Embassy Caracas' reporting (reftel) on the aborted visit of former Polish President Lech Walesa to Venezuela. Although they were not responsible for arranging Walesa's visit, MFA officials downplayed "exaggerated" Polish press coverage of the visit cance [...] | 2008-11-17 14:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PL VE |
08WARSAW1346 | USEU AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG DISCUSSES RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish officials told USEU Ambassador Kristen Silverberg that Poland reluctantly agreed to support resumption of negotiations on the EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement after the French Presidency made clear no consensus was needed to move forward. The decision not to [...] | 2008-11-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG SENV KGHG ECON EAGR EUN |
08WARSAW1350 | POLAND: PRESIDENT'S SECURITY ADVISOR HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 26 meeting with DCM, Wladyslaw Stasiak, the Head of the Polish President's National Security Bureau, highlighted the Presidential Administration's policy towards Poland's Eastern neighbors, emphasizing President Kaczynski's desire to revive Europe's waning inter [...] | 2008-11-26 15:12:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV AJ BO GG UP PL |
08WARSAW1374 | POLAND SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) The U.S. can rely on Polish support on the major issues of concern at the December 4-5 Helsinki ministerial meeting -- the Russian European security treaty initiative, Georgia, and the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). Jacek Emmel in the MFA Security Policy Department told us th [...] | 2008-12-03 17:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL KDEM GG RS PL PHUM |
08WARSAW1378 | GAERC - POLISH VIEWS ON DECEMBER 8-9 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland is "90 percent satisfied" with the EU Commission's report on the Eastern Partnership, despite the fact that the Commission failed to appoint a Special Coordinator for the project and had committed only 400 million euros, 200 million less than the sum originally proposed by [...] | 2008-12-04 14:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN ZL IS PK CG TU PL |
08WARSAW1409 | POLAND: A NATURAL U.S. ALLY ON EASTERN POLICY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Like us, Poland seeks to draw key countries on the eastern boundary of Europe, like Ukraine and Georgia, towards Western institutions. An increasingly active regional player, Poland has evolved since 1989 from aid-recipient to donor, helping us to spur reforms in the region. Warsaw [...] | 2008-12-12 06:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV BO GG UP RS PL |
08WARSAW1425 | Poland - 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence [...] (U) Summary. Mission Poland actively participated in the 2008 international campaign "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence" by raising awareness of the problem through a series of profiles posted on Embassy Warsaw's website of individuals and institutions actively working against g [...] | 2008-12-16 13:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM SCUL PL OIIP |
08WARSAW1437 | CODEL SCHWARTZ/POLAND - NATO, EU MUST DO MORE ON [...] (C) Polish National Security Advisor Wladyslaw Stasiak and prominent Polish MPs, including Sejm Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Krzysztof Lisek, told CODEL Schwartz that NATO must do more to address Georgia's security problems. If NATO does not offer MAP, it must offer something tangible to r [...] | 2008-12-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CG PL |
08WARSAW160 | POLAND TO ATTEND UN.GIFT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG PL |
08WARSAW243 | PM TUSK AND ADVISERS CONFIRM PUBLICLY THAT POLAND [...] (C) Per Refs B and C, during the week of February 18 Charge demarched MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski and Presidential Chief of Staff Anna Fotyga urging prompt Polish recognition of Kosovo. Following a February 20 meeting with President Lech Kaczynki, PM Donald Tusk told the media February 21 th [...] | 2008-02-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS SR KV PL |
08WARSAW285 | POLAND: EIGHTH ANNUAL (2008) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 27-31 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Andrea Gorog (telephone: 48-22-504-2621, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail GorogA@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-04) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one political [...] | 2008-03-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PL |
08WARSAW370 | POLAND'S RESPONSE TO BURMA REFERENDUM DEMARCHE [...] (C) On March 19, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA,s Burma desk officer Sebastian Domzalski. Domzalski stated that the GOP shares the U.S. concerns regarding the planned May referendum on the Burmese constitution. He noted that although Poland is unlikely to make a bilateral statement [...] | 2008-03-21 15:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PL BM |
08WARSAW391 | FM SIKORSKI ON PROPOSAL FROM CUBA ON PRISONER [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting to pass a non-paper on Polish cooperation with the United States on the Missile Defense initiative, Polish FM Radek Sikorski raised a proposal for releasing political prisoners passed by Cuban authorities to the United States through Poland. The substance of t [...] | 2008-03-28 11:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PL CU |
08WARSAW603 | MAY 21 -- CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY [...] Embassy Warsaw is working with the Government and local NGO's on outreach efforts related to Cuba Solidarity Day, described in reftels. Poland has an excellent track record with respect to supporting freedom and democracy in Cuba, and believes that its experience in the Solidarity trade movem [...] | 2008-05-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL CU PL |
08WARSAW604 | MAY 21 -- CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY [...] Embassy Warsaw is working with the Government and local NGO's on outreach efforts related to Cuba Solidarity Day, described in reftels. Poland has an excellent track record with respect to supporting freedom and democracy in Cuba, and believes that its experience in the Solidarity trade movem [...] | 2008-05-16 12:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL CU PL |
08WARSAW870 | POLES SKEPTICAL ABOUT CUBAN INTEREST IN EU DIALOGUE [...] (C) PolCouns told the MFA's Deputy Director for American Affairs Daniel Gromann (who served as Polish Charge D'affaires in Havana from 2005-2007) that the U.S. welcomes the US-EU Summit declaration's call for the unconditional release of all political prisoners in Cuba. He urged the GoP to [...] | 2008-07-22 10:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN CU PGOV PREL PHUM |
08WELLINGTON105 | POLITICAL OBJECTIVITY OF NZ MEDIA QUESTIONED [...] (SBU) Summary. The Labour Government's relationship with the New Zealand media has become increasingly tense and prompted Prime Minister Clark to call into question its behaviour and political objectivity. At the same time, opposition National Party leader John Key has received lighter press [...] | 2008-03-19 23:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ |
08WELLINGTON140 | DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETINGS WITH GNZ ON THE [...] (C) Summary. During EAP DAS Christensen's April 7 visit to New Zealand, MFAT officials explained that the China-NZ free trade agreement (FTA) derived from New Zealand's concern over becoming marginalized in emerging East Asian trade relationships, coupled with China's willingness to enter int [...] | 2008-04-23 23:47:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PHUM PREL NZ |
08WELLINGTON141 | PETERS REVEALS MAJOR EFFORT TO EXPAND NZ DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 16, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced an ambitious funding and staffing boost for MFAT which will pave the way for a significant expansion of New Zealand's presence around the world. The new funding come after decades of under-resourcing of New Zea [...] | 2008-04-24 05:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NEW ZEALAND |
08WELLINGTON154 | FM PETERS TO ADJUST BEHAVIOR AS ELECTION NEARS [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 8, Foreign Minister Winston Peters repudiated the China-New Zealand FTA, widely hailed as the premier foreign policy accomplishment of Prime Minister Helen Clark's Labour Government. Clark was widely criticized when she appointed Winston Peters as New Zealand's Foreig [...] | 2008-05-07 19:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NEW ZEALAND |
08WELLINGTON174 | NO POLLING DIVIDEND FOR LABOUR FROM 2008 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent polling showed that the Labour Government's 2008 budget failed to provide any boost to its flagging popularity. In fact, Labour lost ground in all three post-budget polls as the opposition National Party gained support. PM Helen Clark also lost ground to National Party [...] | 2008-06-05 01:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NEW ZEALAND |