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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09TOKYO2866 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OUTREACH FOR ASSISTANCE TO WFP [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-15 08:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD IO PGOV PHUM PK PREF |
| 09TOKYO2904 |
MANAGING THE VISIT OF IRAN SUPREME COUNCIL FOR [...] (S) DCM met December 17 with Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae to deliver reftel demarche urging that the GOJ make clear to Iranian Supreme Council for National Security Secretary General Saeed Jalili during his December 20-24 Japan visit that Iran must comply with its UN Security Counci [...] |
2009-12-18 09:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM ETRD JA IR |
| 09TOKYO2920 |
WHY JAPAN ABSTAINS ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGION [...] (C) Following its normal practice, Japan once again abstained on the Defamation of Religion resolution. According to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Deputy Director Makoto Tanabe, Japan thinks that the Defamation of Religion resolution is "not a good resolution, but it is no [...] |
2009-12-22 07:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC JA |
| 09TOKYO305 |
JAPANESE POLICE SHOWCASE TIP EFFORTS, (BUT BEHIND [...] (C) Summary: Eager to showcase its anti-TIP efforts, the NPA (National Police Agency) recently hosted two TIP-related symposia, including the "5th Contact Point Meeting for Trafficking in Persons in Japan." Significantly, for the first time, Embassy Tokyo was invited to elaborate on U.S. anti [...] |
2009-02-09 08:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP PHUM JP |
| 09TOKYO343 |
FM NAKASONE DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, DPRK, PIRACY IN [...] (C) Summary: Bilateral cooperation on Afghanistan reconstruction and better coordination on DPRK issues dominated the discussion during FM Nakasone's meetings with ROK President Lee and FM Yu in Seoul February 10-11. Other key issues included efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa, [...] |
2009-02-13 07:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON ETRD JA KA |
| 09TOKYO418 |
INTEREST IN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT GROWS IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Japan's recent decision to accept some 90 Burmese refugees, makes it the first Asian nation to provide third country resettlement. This cable summarizes two recent symposia held in Japan on resettlement and the experiences of other countries in dealing with refugees. Although Jap [...] |
2009-02-24 06:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREF PHUM PREL SMIG JA |
| 09TOKYO50 |
ABDUCTEE GROUPS CALL FOR CONTINUED U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: The abductee families look forward to continuing support from the United States "in whatever way it sees as right," Sakie Yokota and three other representatives of the two major abductee support groups told Ambassador Schieffer in a farewell call on January 8. The families expre [...] |
2009-01-08 09:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN |
| 09TOKYO537 |
MOFA PROVIDES MIXED ASSESSMENT OF JAPAN-CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone's trip to China, February 28-March 1, continued the overall goodwill generated by recent high-level bilateral exchanges but did not make progress on key disagreements. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi did not raise Taiwan and gener [...] |
2009-03-11 02:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM KN KS TW CH JA |
| 09TOKYO602 |
GREENPEACE RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS IN CASE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Greenpeace International representatives met EMIN and EST Chief March 18 to express concern about the case of two Greenpeace Japan activists arrested in 2008. The Greenpeace representatives said the case raises human rights concerns regarding freedom of expression and claimed [...] |
2009-03-18 08:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS IWC PHUM JA |
| 09TOKYO640 |
JAPAN ON PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-23 07:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PK JA |
| 09TOKYO656 |
JAPAN: DEFAMATION OF RELIGION REFERENDUM DEMARCHE [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Director Toshimune Saigusa of MOFA's Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division. Saigusa said, "Japan is carefully considering this resolution. We will either vote no or abstain." But, added Saigusa, Japan has not y [...] |
2009-03-24 04:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL UNGA JA |
| 09TOKYO700 |
JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON TRIPARTITE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-29 22:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM BM JA |
| 09TOKYO745 |
BURMA WATCHERS STRESSING PRAGMATISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Tokyo interlocutors are looking for a pragmatic way forward on Burma, particularly as Rangoon plans for next year's national elections. MOFA First Southeast Asia Division Director Keichi Ono offered Embassy Tokyo general impressions on the political climate in Burma, Japa [...] |
2009-04-02 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM JA BM |
| 09TOKYO802 |
JAPAN ANNOUNCES USD 5 MILLION FOR PAKISTANI [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-08 06:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM EAID PK JA |
| 09TOKYO885 |
DIET GROUP CALLS FOR SIX-PARTY RESUMPTION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of Diet members that supports Japan-DPRK normalization has called for an early resumption of the Six-Party Talks and, during a meeting with Embassy Tokyo Political Minister-Counselor, urged the United States to pursue bilateral discussions with the DPRK. The leader of th [...] |
2009-04-17 06:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KN JA |
| 09TORONTO106 |
FIRST SENTENCE FROM "TORONTO 18"-- 2.5 YEARS, TIME SERVED [...] (U) On May 22, an Ontario Superior Court sentenced the first man convicted in the "Toronto 18" terror plot to two and a half years in prison and 3 years probation. The Toronto-area man, who has already been in police custody for three years, was credited for time served and is expected to be r [...] |
2009-05-22 20:51:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER CA |
| 09TORONTO12 |
Ontario and the Fight Against TIP: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A review of trafficking in persons (TIP) issues in Ontario shows that the anti-TIP effort here has shown real improvement from previously and is better than many abroad that our officers have observed. Still, the anti-TIP effort here still faces three problems that limit the eff [...] |
2009-01-09 18:58:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF |
| 09TORONTO149 |
Measuring Anti-Semitism in the GTA [...] (U) Summary: Law enforcement statistics on hate crimes in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in 2008 are becoming publicly available, with the Toronto Police Service (TPS) statistics already released, and York Regional Police statistics soon to follow. The statistics show that the Jewish communit [...] |
2009-07-02 19:15:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV CA |
| 09TORONTO47 |
Toronto Tamil Community Presents Letter of Concern [...] (U) During a March 3 Tamil protest in front of U.S. Consulate General Toronto, a representative of the Tamil community asked to meet the Consul General to present a letter of concern about Tamils in Sri Lanka. Due to the ongoing protest (which remained peaceful), and the fact that some members [...] |
2009-03-06 20:40:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM CE CA |
| 09TORONTO52 |
Toronto Tamils Turning Tiger? [...] (U) Summary: Canada is home to the largest Tamil population outside Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's domestic issues recently have been taking a more public stage in Canada, particularly in Toronto. Post has seen four large pro-Tamil demonstrations in downtown Toronto and in front of the Sri Lankan and [...] |
2009-03-13 19:17:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM CE CA |
| 09TORONTO80 |
RECENT CONVICTION ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HEIGHTENED COMMITMENT [...] (U) On April 16, a Toronto-area man was convicted of human trafficking, of gaining material benefit from human trafficking, and of other charges, making it the third such conviction in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The case also sets a precedent as the first conviction in Canada under a sect [...] |
2009-04-21 17:33:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF |
| 09TORONTO84 |
Toronto Tamil Demo: WTM-organized? [...] On April 23, 50-75 demonstrators gathered outside of the U.S. Consulate to call on the U.S. government to intervene on behalf of Tamils in Sri Lanka. Although it was a small gathering, it was the fifth held in front of the Consulate since January. 2. Just as the demonstration began, Sri La [...] |
2009-04-23 20:45:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM CE CA |
| 09TORONTO86 |
Pro-Tamil Protestors Stage Sit-In in front of U.S. [...] (U) A pro-Tamil Tiger demonstration that began Sunday April 26 carried over into Monday, with 500-1,000 plus protestors in front of the U.S. Consulate General. After spending the night outside on Sunday, protestors began a sit-in on the street early Monday morning, forcing police to cordon of [...] |
2009-04-27 20:40:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM CE CASC CVIS CA |
| 09TORONTO90 |
Police Arrest 15 in On-Going Pro-Tamil Tiger Rally [...] (U) On April 29, Police arrested 15 demonstrators at the Pro-Tamil Tiger rally that began on April 26 in front of the U.S. Consulate General. The arrests took place during two separate scuffles between police and groups of young men, occurring when the demonstrators began to spill over police [...] |
2009-04-30 17:52:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM CE CASC CVIS CA |
| 09TRIPOLI1021 |
HRW RELEASES REPORT FROM TRIPOLI AT LIVELY MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-20 14:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL LY |
| 09TRIPOLI1024 |
HINTS OF MINOR PROGRESS IN THE SWISS-LIBYA STANDOFF REF: TRIPOLI 942 TRIPOLI 00001024 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-21 15:04:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM SZ LY |
| 09TRIPOLI110 |
SENIOR MFA ADVISER OBEIDI ON BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 courtesy call on MFA Secretary for European Affairs Abdelati al-Obeidi, the Ambassador stressed that the U.S. remained committed to expanding the U.S.-Libya relationship and encouraged the GOL to make concrete progress on the bilateral agenda in the early months of the [...] |
2009-02-09 09:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ABLD LY |
| 09TRIPOLI133 |
THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY: GOL REACHES OUT TO THE NEW [...] (C) Summary: The GOL, anxious that the new U.S. administration could adopt markedly different policies towards Libya, has in the past several weeks taken a number of steps - a direct video conference (DVC) by Muammar al-Qadhafi with Georgetown University students, a New York Times editorial and a l [...] |
2009-02-11 10:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EPET KPAO LY |
| 09TRIPOLI14 |
AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] (U)The Ambassador presented his credentials on January 11 to the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, becoming the first U.S. ambassador to Tripoli since 1972. In a brief, simple ceremony at the offices of the General People's Congress, Secretary of the General People's Congress Mu [...] |
2009-01-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ODIP OPDC LY |
| 09TRIPOLI154 |
LIBYA 2009 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Below is Embassy Tripoli's submission for the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Responses are keyed to reftel questions: LIBYA'S TIP SITUATION --23A. International Organizations, such as the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN High Commission for Refu [...] |
2009-02-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC PREF PHUM PGOV SMIG |
| 09TRIPOLI156 |
LIBYA'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: LOOKING FOR SIGNALS OF [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-18 10:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM MASS MARR PTER KPAO KPAL LY |
| 09TRIPOLI17 |
AL-QADHAFI SUGGESTS LIBYAN ELECTIONS MAY BE IN THE OFFING [...] (C) At the end of a televised meeting on December 28 to discuss Libya's reaction to the commencement of Israeli military strikes against Gaza, Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi instructed that television and recording equipment be switched off and announced to the assembled group of political, military and [...] |
2009-01-12 14:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM LY |
| 09TRIPOLI188 |
LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR 24 LIBYANS FOR ATA TRAINING [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and the Foreign Assistance Act, the following 24 Libyan candidates for a DS/ATA-sponsored Border Enforcement Training to be held in Tripoli, Libya March 9-20 (details reftel). POL/ECON, RSO, CONS and DA [...] |
2009-02-26 15:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ASEC PTER LY |
| 09TRIPOLI189 |
LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR 24 LIBYANS FOR ATA TRAINING [...] (U) This cable supercedes ref A, providing additional data for the subject of paragraph 26. 2. (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and the Foreign Assistance Act, the following 24 Libyan candidates for a DS/ATA-sponsored Border Enforce [...] |
2009-02-26 16:07:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ASEC PTER LY |
| 09TRIPOLI19 |
"CRISIS" ON CHAD-LIBYA BORDER OVER WAYWARD UN CONVOY [...] (C) UN Resident Representative Brian Gleeson told the Ambassador on January 12 that a three-day "crisis" on the Chad-Libyan border had just been resolved. Five World Food Program (WFP) workers, accompanied by a group of 23 Chadian soldiers, got lost while en route to rendezvous at the border [...] |
2009-01-12 15:28:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CASC ASEC PHUM PREF SOCIA LY CD |
| 09TRIPOLI192 |
FOR ORDINARY LIBYANS, IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID REF: A) TRIPOLI 133, B) TRIPOLI 0001, C) TRIPOLI 0068, D) 08 TRIPOLI 699, E) TRIPOLI 186 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy - Tripoli, U.S. Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SOCI KCOR KDEM ELAB PGOV PHUM LY |
| 09TRIPOLI196 |
TWEAKING THE TIGERS' TAIL: SAIF AL-ISLAM OPENS NEW HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IN LIBYA REF: A) 08 TRIPOLI 960, B) TRIPOLI 0022 TRIPOLI 00000196 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy - Tripoli, U.S. Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-01 16:43:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM LY |
| 09TRIPOLI208 |
LIBYA'S SUCCESSION MUDDLED AS THE AL-QADHAFI CHILDREN CONDUCT INTERNECINE WARFARE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-09 16:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR ECON MARR MASS PHUM PINR LY |
| 09TRIPOLI21 |
LIBYA ON ARAB LEAGUE EMERGENCY MINISTERIAL ON GAZA AND ARAB [...] (C) The Ambassador conveyed reftel points to MFA Secretary for Arab Affairs (A/S-equivalent) Muhammad Taher Siala on January 13, underscoring the importance of supporting the Egyptian-Israeli dialogue, avoiding any diplomatic activity that undermines Egypt's efforts and calling for a responsibl [...] |
2009-01-13 14:30:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM PREL AL LY TS |
| 09TRIPOLI22 |
REGIME-ORCHESTRATED ATTACKS AGAINST BERBERS IN YEFREN [...] (C) Summary. On December 24, individuals from the Revolutionary Committees (RevComm) and Libya al-Ghad (Libya of Tomorrow) descended on the predominately Amazigh (Berber) town of Yefren, attacking the homes of Berber leaders. The attacks - parts of which were filmed and posted on YouTube and oppos [...] |
2009-01-13 14:57:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PROP LY |
| 09TRIPOLI227 |
LIBYA RELEASES POLITICAL AND ISLAMIST PRISONERS BUT STILL [...] (C) The head of the Human Rights Society of Libya (HRSL), Muhammed Tarnesh, confirmed to the UK Embassy on March 13 that Jamal al-Haji and Faraj Humaid have been released from detention and are with their families. He did not provide information on the terms of their release or whether legal p [...] |
2009-03-17 11:13:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER KIRF LY |
| 09TRIPOLI251 |
EL-JAHMI'S HEALTH DETERIORATING, POSSIBLE TRANSFER ABROAD [...] (C) Summary: Detained regime critic Fathi el-Jahmi remains in Tripoli Medical Center, where his health has deteriorated. The Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) is coordinating with el-Jahmi's family on his transfer to Switzerland for medical treatment as soon as he is stable enough to travel [...] |
2009-03-26 11:45:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL LY |
| 09TRIPOLI254 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-26 13:18:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL KPKO KWBG MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AL SU XF LY |
| 09TRIPOLI260 |
UPDATE ON FATHI EL-JAHMI [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-30 15:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL LY |
| 09TRIPOLI273 |
NEARLY 400 RESCUED BUT 200 MISSING AT SEA IN MIGRANT SMUGGLING TRAGEDY REF: A. ROME 205 B. TRIPOLI 212 C. VALLETTA 143 TRIPOLI 00000273 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-02 16:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR SMIG KTIP EWWT LY |
| 09TRIPOLI297 |
LEAHY VETTING: TWO FOR REGIONAL SECURITY SEMINAR RABAT [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and the Foreign Assistance Act, the following 2 Libyan candidates for an ISN/CATR-sponsored Conventional Arms and Regional Security Seminar to be held in Rabat, Morocco April 14-15 (ref A). POL/ECON, RS [...] |
2009-04-09 07:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ASEC PTER LY |
| 09TRIPOLI31 |
SENIOR REGIME FIGURES AMBIVALENT ABOUT U.S.-LIBYA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for the Americas Ahmed Fituri recently expressed concern that Libya would miss a key window of opportunity for expanded cooperation and engagement with the U.S. because of limited human capacity and decision-making ability within the government and regime elites' lin [...] |
2009-01-15 07:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MASS MARR LY |
| 09TRIPOLI310 |
MUATASSIM'S WASHINGTON DEBUT: BURNISHING HIS IMAGE AND TESTING U.S. WATERS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-17 12:23:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP MQADHAFI PREL PGOV MARR MASS PARM PHUM |
| 09TRIPOLI34 |
UN ORGANIZES HUMAN RIGHTS CONTACT GROUP WITH KEY LIBYAN [...] (C) Summary: UN officials have quietly begun a human rights contact group that consists of quasi-governmental organizations with strong ties to the al-Qadhafi regime (two of groups are chaired by children of al-Qadhafi). The goals are to build awareness of basic human/civil rights and expand the c [...] |
2009-01-19 12:58:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI LY |
| 09TRIPOLI359 |
STATE MEDIA PULLS THE PLUG ON SAIF AL-ISLAM'S SATELLITE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-29 16:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KMDR SOCI LY |
| 09TRIPOLI362 |
MUSA KUSA SEEKS COOPERATION ON AFRICA, AL-QAEDA -- AND POTUS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-03 06:43:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER LY SU CD |
| 09TRIPOLI363 |
SLA/U CAN NEGOTIATE ONLY WITH ASSURANCES THAT JEM AND KHARTOUM WILL ALSO LAY DOWN ARMS REF: A. TRIPOLI 249 B. KHARTOUM 583 C. DOHA 283 D. TRIPOLI 362 TRIPOLI 00000363 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-03 15:58:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO SU CD LY |
| 09TRIPOLI391 |
LIBYA TAKES BACK 500 ITALY-BOUND MIGRANTS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-14 16:38:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | SMIG PHUM PREL MARR PREF KTIP IT LY |
| 09TRIPOLI40 |
LIBYA POSTPONES GENERAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, WALKS BACK FROM WEALTH DISTRIBUTION AND PRIVATIZATION PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SESSION OF THE GENERAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (GPC), LIBYA'S SUPREME LEGISLATIVE BODY, THAT WAS TO HAVE CONVENED IN EARLY JANUARY TO REVEAL PLANS FOR PRIVATIZATION AND GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING, HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FEBRUARY/MARCH, OSTENSIBLY BECAUSE OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND [...] |
2009-01-22 12:41:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SCUL EPET PHUM KDEM LY |
| 09TRIPOLI47 |
FATHI EL-JAHMI AND FAMILY DECIDE HE SHOULD TRAVEL TO SWITZERLAND FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT [...] (C) Summary: Detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi and his family have decided that they would like him to travel to Switzerland for medical treatment. The Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) would pay for el-Jahmi's travel and medical expenses. The family needs to orchestrate several de [...] |
2009-01-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV LY |
| 09TRIPOLI48 |
LATEST ROUND OF TALKS WITH IMPRISONED LIFG MEMBERS CONCLUDES, NEXT ROUND SCHEDULED FOR LATE FEBRUARY [...] (C) Saleh Abdulsalam Saleh, Human Rights Committee Director of the quasi-governmental Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF), told P/E Chief on January 22 that the latest round of talks with imprisoned members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), which began in late December (ref A), had conc [...] |
2009-01-22 15:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL PINR PHUM LY |
| 09TRIPOLI483 |
QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION CONFIRMS RELEASE OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Saleh Abdulsalam Saleh, Chairman of the Qadhafi Development Foundation's (QDF) Human Rights Committee, confirmed to us that longtime political prisoner Dr. Muhammad Bousidra was released on June 14 and had returned to his family home in Benghazi. Opposition website Libya al-Youm reported o [...] |
2009-06-17 12:59:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL LY |
| 09TRIPOLI485 |
HERE COMES THE JUDGE: LIBYAN JUDGES RESPOND POSITIVELY TO AMERICAN JUDGE'S WORKSHOP ON ARBITRATION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-17 13:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PGOV MEPI PREL EAID LY |
| 09TRIPOLI487 |
THE KNIVES COME OUT? NATIONALIZATION OF SAIF AL-ISLAM'S MEDIA GROUP A BLOW TO WOULD-BE REFORMERS REF: A) TRIPOLI 359, B) 08 TRIPOLI 494, C) TRIPOLI 374, D) TRIPOLI 414 (NOTAL) CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy - Tripoli, U.S. Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-18 06:22:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO PHUM KDEM LY |
| 09TRIPOLI49 |
GOL PROTESTS AMBASSADOR'S PUBLIC MENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: A senior official with the MFA Americas Department demarched us to protest the Ambassador's remarks on human rights in a recently published interview in which he addressed the state of U.S.-Libya relations and the issues on which he intends to focus. The Ambassador's mention of the ca [...] |
2009-01-23 15:15:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM LY |
| 09TRIPOLI494 |
FM KUSA NONCHALANT ON RETURN OF LIBYAN GTMO DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) During a June 21 meeting, Ambassador pressed FM Musa Kusa to establish a more direct mechanism to provide regular U.S. Embassy access to returned GTMO detainees and information on their legal status, saying the GOL's cooperation could improve prospects for the return of other Libyan detainee [...] |
2009-06-22 06:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | KBTR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS LY |
| 09TRIPOLI57 |
LIBYA REITERATES REQUEST FOR RETURN OF LIBYAN DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO BAY REF: A) TRIPOLI 47, B) STATE 6516 [...] (C) This message contains a guidance request - please see para 3. In a meeting on January 22 to discuss the case of detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi (ref A), Saleh Abdulsalam Saleh, Director of the Qadhafi Development Foundation's (QDF) Human Rights Committee passed P/E Chief a copy o [...] |
2009-01-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | KBTR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS LY |
| 09TRIPOLI579 |
EU FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT HANGS ON ICC, TRADE, MIGRATION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-19 15:43:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM ETRD EFIS EUN LY |
| 09TRIPOLI583 |
BEYOND LOCKERBIE: WRITING THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THE US-LIBYA RELATIONSHIP TRIPOLI 00000583 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-20 10:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PHUM ETRD ABLD CVIS LY UN |
| 09TRIPOLI584 |
BEYOND LOCKERBIE: WRITING THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THE US-LIBYA RELATIONSHIP TRIPOLI 00000584 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Joan Polaschik, Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) 1.(S/NF) Summary. Your visit to Libya will set the tone and agenda for the bilateral relationship over the next several months. Libyan officials seek clarification of the Administration's policy toward Libya, especially after their mishandling of the Fathi al-Jahmi case, and are unsure of the degree of engagement they can expect. They continue to complain that Libya has not been adequately "rewarded" for previous policy decisions to give up its WMD programs and support for terrorism, yet they are remiss in meeting key WMD deadlines. You can lay out the path toward increased engagement in the wake of the new Washington consensus and press for real progress. Potential deliverables from the visit include: a statement announcing the intention to engage in a Human Rights Dialogue and a Political-Military Dialogue with high-level State officials; Libya's signing of the HEU-LEU transfer agreement; formation of a visas working group to discuss bilateral visa problems; and setting a date to sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). You can also privately raise the notion of establishing a Civil-Nuclear Dialogue, incumbent upon GOL signing of the HEU-LEU transfer agreement. The Libyans will be looking for a concept of how we envision conducting the human rights dialogue and assurances regarding the possibility of a meeting between POTUS and Qadhafi on the margins of UNGA. They will also continue to press for security assurances. End Summary. [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-20 15:04:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PHUM ETRD ABLD CVIS LY UN |
| 09TRIPOLI590 |
THE CAST OF THE JAMAHIRIYA: BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR NEA AA/S FELTMAN'S VISIT TO TRIPOLI REF: A) 08 TRIPOLI 960; B) O8 TRIPOLI 993 TRIPOLI 00000590 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Joan Polaschik, Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-21 17:26:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR UNGA MARR LY ABLD |
| 09TRIPOLI599 |
MOVING FORWARD ON THE BILATERAL AGENDA WITH LIBYA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM CVIS ABLD ETRD MASS PARM UNGA LY |
| 09TRIPOLI602 |
UN WRAPS UP HUMAN RIGHTS CONTACT GROUP WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT GAINS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-28 09:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL LY |
| 09TRIPOLI637 |
UN OFFICIAL SAYS LIBYA, ITALY SHIRKING HUMAN RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES REF: A. TRIPOLI 579 B. 08 STATE 112873 C. TRIPOLI 273 TRIPOLI 00000637 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, US Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PHUM PREL IT LY |
| 09TRIPOLI638 |
PRODDING LIBYA TO ACTION ON TIME SENSITIVE ISSUES REF: A) TRIPOLI 599; B) TRIPOLI 632 TRIPOLI 00000638 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-05 15:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA ABLD CVIS ETRD MASS PARM LY |
| 09TRIPOLI639 |
PRODDING LIBYA TO ACTION ON TIME SENSITIVE ISSUES -- CORRECTED COPY REF: A) TRIPOLI 599; B) TRIPOLI 632; C) TRIPOLI 638 TRIPOLI 00000639 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-05 16:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA ABLD CVIS ETRD MASS PARM LY |
| 09TRIPOLI648 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN'S TRIP TO LIBYA [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Embassy Tripoli warmly welcomes your visit and believes it will be an important occasion to advance the bilateral relationship in several key areas. Following the signature of the U.S.-Libya Comprehensive Claims Settlement Agreement in October 2008, the United States and Lib [...] |
2009-08-10 17:39:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP PHUM LY |
| 09TRIPOLI657 |
MFA REACTION TO PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE AGENDA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-12 13:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV LY |
| 09TRIPOLI661 |
CODEL MCCAIN RAISES MEGRAHI WITH LIBYAN LEADER [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-14 12:37:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UK LY |
| 09TRIPOLI662 |
CORRECTED COPY: CODEL MCCAIN RAISES MEGRAHI WITH LIBYAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-14 12:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UK LY |
| 09TRIPOLI678 |
QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LAYS OUT GOALS, BUT SAIF TO REMAIN OFFICIALLY OUTSIDE OF POLITICS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-20 10:22:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER LY |
| 09TRIPOLI694 |
BILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE HAS DIFFICULT START [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-26 15:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | LY PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 09TRIPOLI748 |
HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE REBOUNDS AFTER DIFFICULT START REF: TRIPOLI 677 TRIPOLI 00000748 001.2 OF 005 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-17 10:49:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LY |
| 09TRIPOLI754 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1820 FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation on September 16. We will report any substantive response septel. CRETZ [...] |
2009-09-17 17:24:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PHUM PREL UNSC LY KWMN |
| 09TRIPOLI76 |
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. Trials against both detainees have, according to their understanding, been completed. One said he was found guilty of terrorism- [...] |
2009-02-02 08:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | KBTR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS LY |
| 09TRIPOLI763 |
UPDATE ON LIBYAN-SWISS CRISIS: SWISS CITIZENS BACK IN \ [...] (S/NF) Summary: Swiss Charge Stefano Lazarotto confirmed \ that the two Swiss citizens - held in Libya for more than a year \ - had been detained by GOL authorities on September 19 when they \ reported for medical tests, ostensibly in preparation for their \ departure. Lazarotto welcomed U.S. int [...] |
2009-09-24 16:23:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM CASC LY SZ |
| 09TRIPOLI817 |
LIBYAN MFA SEEKS PROGRESS ON POLITICAL-MILITARY ISSUES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-12 16:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PREL PARM PHUM LY |
| 09TRIPOLI832 |
SWISS PONDERING TOUGH NEW MEASURES IN LIGHT OF LIBYAN INTRANSIGENCE REF: TRIPOLI 763 TRIPOLI 00000832 001.2 OF 002 [...] (C) Summary: Swiss State Secretary Michael Ambuhl, in Tripoli for talks on the detained Swiss citizens, met the Ambassador October 19 to brief him on current state-of-play and seek U.S. views on the way forward. Ambuhl, clearly frustrated by the Libyans' unwillingness or inability to articulate a s [...] |
2009-10-19 16:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CVIS SZ LY |
| 09TRIPOLI872 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UN LY |
| 09TRIPOLI898 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: LIBYA WILL FOLLOW ARAB GROUP ON GOLDSTONE REPORT RESOLUTION REF: STATE 112828 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-09 16:19:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL LY UNGA |
| 09TRIPOLI900 |
GOL RELEASES SWISS - BUT ONLY AS FAR AS THE SWISS EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-09 16:39:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CASC LY SZ |
| 09TRIPOLI901 |
SWISS THANK USG FOR INTERVENTION WITH LIBYA, REQUEST ADDITIONAL SUPPORT REF: A) TRIPOLI 763; B) TRIPOLI 900; C) TRIPOLI 832 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM SZ LY |
| 09TRIPOLI910 |
SWISS IN LIBYA: CHARGE REQUESTS EU, US PRESENCE AT COURT HEARING REF: A) TRIPOLI 901; B) STATE 117546; C) TRIPOLI 832 TRIPOLI 00000910 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-16 09:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM SZ LY |
| 09TRIPOLI911 |
LIBYA: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) According to international organizations working in Libya on TIP-related programs, Libya is primarily a transit country for TIP victims. Libya currently has no legal or regulatory framework to separate victims of trafficking from the general migrant population. However, the GOL has take [...] |
2009-11-16 15:52:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG LY |
| 09TRIPOLI934 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: LIGHT ARMS TRANSFERS INTO GUINEA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS AU GV LY |
| 09TRIPOLI942 |
LIBYAN IMMIGRATION COURT SENTENCES SWISS TO 16 MONTHS IN PRISON REF: A) TRIPOLI 900, B) TRIPOLI 901, C) TRIPOLI 910, D) BERN 504 TRIPOLI 00000942 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Joan A. Polaschik, Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-01 17:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM SZ LY |
| 09TRIPOLI953 |
LIBYA REQUESTS US SUPPORT FOR POSITION ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note from the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (GPCFLIC; MFA-equivalent) on December 2 informing the Embassy of Libya's intention to seek membership on the UN Human Rights Council for the 2010-2013 term. Attached to t [...] |
2009-12-09 08:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL PHUM UNHRC LY |
| 09TRIPOLI955 |
LIBYAN ISLAMIC FIGHTING GROUP REVISES JIHADIST IDEOLOGY REF: A) Tripoli 359; B) Tripoli 678 TRIPOLI 00000955 001.2 OF 003 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-09 15:56:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KISL PHUM LY |
| 09TRIPOLI961 |
LIBYAN CHANGE OF EID AL ADHA HOLIDAY PROMPTS RARE PUBLIC GRUMBLING TRIPOLI 00000961 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-14 09:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL SOCI LY |
| 09TUNIS126 |
MOHAMED ABBOU PREVENTED FROM TRAVELING FOR THE 6TH [...] (C) On March 3, security forces prevented human rights activist Mohamed Abbou from traveling to the United Kingdom (UK) and Holland. This marks the sixth time since Abbou's release from prison in 2007 that authorities have prevented him from leaving the country. Abbou was to have met offi [...] |
2009-03-05 15:52:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
| 09TUNIS140 |
TUNISIAN MFA, OPPOSITION GROUPS CONDEMN ICC [...] (C) Following the International Criminal Court's (ICC's)decision to issue an arrest warrant for the President of Sudan for war crimes, the GOT, opposition parties, and the press have mostly denounced the ICC's decision. The reactions incorporate some anti-American rhetoric and call for simi [...] |
2009-03-10 16:43:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS |
| 09TUNIS174 |
TUNISIA ANGRY OVER FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER'S [...] (C) An interview of French Foreign Minister Kouchner in the French-language magazine Jeune Afrique has provoked an angry response from the GOT, which took offense at his assessment of Tunisia's record on democracy and human rights. Kouchner critiqued the human rights situation before praisi [...] |
2009-03-26 16:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO TS |
| 09TUNIS188 |
INTERNAL DISSENT COULD IMPEDE OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) The efforts of the independent opposition Democratic Forum for Labor and Freedom (FDTL) to prepare for presidential and legislative elections in fall 2009 may be derailed by internal dissent. FDTL political bureau member and Editor-in-Chief of FDTL's Arabic weekly Mouatinoun Jelal Lahbi [...] |
2009-03-31 13:32:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
| 09TUNIS214 |
STUDENT UNION UNDER PRESSURE AS STUDENTS ENTER [...] (C) Since February 9, several students have engaged in a prolonged hunger strike in front of the national headquarters of the General Union of Tunisian Students (UGET) in Tunis. They are protesting their expulsion from their universities claiming the expulsions were politically motivated becau [...] |
2009-04-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB TS |
| 09TUNIS236 |
HUNGER STRIKE ENDS AND STUDENT UNION IS FORCED TO [...] (SBU) Doctors convinced the five university students on a hunger strike in front of the national student union (UGET) headquarters since February 11 to end their strike April 9. The press reported the students' health had deteriorated to the point that they could no longer stand or see. In th [...] |
2009-04-16 17:06:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV TS |
| 09TUNIS24 |
SCREWS TIGHTEN ON PRIVATE TUNISIAN TV STATION [...] (C) Summary: At a December 17 dinner with the Ambassador and again at at January 9 private meeting, the director general of Tunisia's first and only private broadcast and satellite TV station detailed ongoing government interference and a surprise tax judgement against the station of almost U [...] |
2009-01-14 15:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | TS KPAO ECPS PGOV PREL PHUM PREF |
| 09TUNIS256 |
CZECH PRESIDENT VISITS TUNISIA [...] (C/NF) During his April 15-17 visit to Tunis, Czech President Klaus met with the President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, Minister of Culture and Heritage, Minister of Tourism, and members of parliament among others. The visit was used to finalize a commercial agreement and sign contr [...] |
2009-04-23 15:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EZ TS |
| 09TUNIS268 |
THEN AND NOW: HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM IN TUNISIA [...] (C) The GOT frequently tells US Government representatives that it plans to expand freedom and human rights, but that progress must be made "step by step." The question is: just how many steps has the GOT taken over the last decade? In an effort to evaluate the situation then and now, this [...] |
2009-04-28 16:12:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
| 09TUNIS270 |
FRENCH PM FILLON SIGNS EIGHT ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) French Prime Minister Francois Fillon wrapped up a 36-hour official visit to Tunisia on April 24, and then stayed on for a few days of personal travel. He brought with him an entourage of 100 people, including four ministers, 60 businessmen, and 10 university chancellors. He met with [...] |
2009-04-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KNNP KPAO FR TS |
| 09TUNIS287 |
JOURNALIST UNION LEADER COMES UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) The leadership of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT), the only legal journalists union, came under GOT pressure shortly after releasing the union's annual report on press freedom in Tunisia. SNJT President Neji Bghouri reportedly tried for over an hour to present the [...] |
2009-05-13 10:15:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
| 09TUNIS289 |
TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE RECEPTION BANNED [...] (C) On May 15, security forces prevented the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) from holding its annual reception commemorating its anniversary. Several Embassies, including the US, French, Belgian, and Italian Embassies received phone calls from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noting that [...] |
2009-05-13 17:38:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
| 09TUNIS306 |
AMBASSADOR VISITS JEWISH COMMUNITY IN DJERBA [...] (C) Leaders of the Jewish community on the southern island of Djerba were effusive about the support they received from the GOT when giving the Ambassador a tour of El Griba Synagogue, a local Jewish school, and a community center on May 13. The leadership of a school for disabled children [...] |
2009-05-20 09:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO KIRF TS |
| 09TUNIS372 |
TUNISIAN CRITICIZES REGIME IN FORTHCOMING BOOK; [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX approached Ambassador and Pol/EconCouns XXXXXXXXXXXX to share with us XXXXXXXXXXXX the Ambassador gave him assurances that we would. XXXXXXXXXXXX shared a rare first-hand account of corruption from several years ago in which Ben Ali himself was described as asking for a 50 perc [...] |
2009-06-16 18:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KCOR SOCI PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS388 |
OPPOSITION PARTY GRANTED PUBLIC SPACE TO HOLD [...] (C) In an unprecedented political move, President Ben Ali granted access to a public hall for the Democratic Forum for Labor and Freedom (FDTL) opposition party to hold its first official national congress on May 28-30. FDTL founding member Dr. Mustapha Ben Jaafar was elected party Secretary [...] |
2009-06-17 12:21:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
| 09TUNIS399 |
ICRC: TREATMENT OF PRISONERS IN MOI FACILITIES A [...] (S/NF) The International Red Cross Committee Regional (ICRC) Delegate Yves Arnoldy told the Ambassador ICRC priorities in Tunisia are overcrowding in general and treatment of prisoners in MOI facilities. The ICRC has a good working relationship with the Ministry of Justice, but the Ministry of [...] |
2009-06-18 17:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PTER KDRG TS |
| 09TUNIS407 |
GOT SEEKS RETURN OF TUNISIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) Summary: Saying he was acting at the request of President Ben Ali, Foreign Minister Abdallah told the Ambassador late June 18 that the GOT would like the United States to return all Tunisian Guantanamo detainees to Tunisia. Sending Tunisians to third countries (Italy, Germany and most r [...] |
2009-06-19 17:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PHUM PREL KDRG PTER TS |
| 09TUNIS41 |
TUNISIANS ANGRY BUT ORDERLY OVER GAZA [...] (C) Tunisian protests about the situation in Gaza continue daily, including one in front of the US Embassy on January 16. The protests, which have varied in size and scale, have not generally been anti-American in focus. One opposition party has met with the Ambassador to discuss its conce [...] |
2009-01-16 17:52:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
| 09TUNIS415 |
GOT ASKS EUROPEANS NOT TO TAKE TUNISIAN GUANTANAMO [...] (S/NF) A senior MFA official convoked the German, Italian and Spanish Chiefs of Mission June 19 to inform them the GOT wants the Tunisian detainees in Guantanamo Camp returned home. According to the European COMs, the implicit message was that their governments should not accept the US request [...] |
2009-06-23 15:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PREL KDRG PTER TS |
| 09TUNIS464 |
ARMED GROUP ATTACKS HIGH-RANKING PDP DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: A Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) delegation led by Secretary General Maya Jribi attending a celebration of the release of a PDP member in Sidi Bouzid July 6 was attacked by a group armed with sticks, stones and knives. Two PDP members sustained minor injuries and the windows [...] |
2009-07-13 17:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KPAO TS |
| 09TUNIS469 |
MOD MORJANE: NO SECURITY THREAT TO US MILITARY, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Kamel Morjane stressed the excellent bilateral military relations in the Ambassador's farewell call July 10 and said there was no threat to the US military from the reported plot involving two arrested Air Force officers (Reftels A and B). Specifically he: [...] |
2009-07-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TS |
| 09TUNIS472 |
ICRC SAYS A FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE NEEDS [...] (S/NF) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Tunisian Coordinator for Regional Protection Francesco Bruscoli (strictly protect) informed acting P/E Counselor July 14 on the margins of a reception that the ICRC had recently visited the two former Guantanamo detainees imprisoned i [...] |
2009-07-15 16:20:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PTER KDRG TS |
| 09TUNIS49 |
TUNISIAN PROTESTS CONTINUE DESPITE CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Even after Israel declared a ceasefire on January 17, independent opposition groups and the labor federation staged three separate protests on January 17 and 19 with GOT permission. The demonstrations were characterized by a heavy police presence, and security forces did not allow obser [...] |
2009-01-21 16:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
| 09TUNIS492 |
TROUBLED TUNISIA: WHAT SHOULD WE DO? [...] (S/NF) By many measures, Tunisia should be a close US ally. But it is not. While we share some key values and the country has a strong record on development, Tunisia has big problems. President Ben Ali is aging, his regime is sclerotic and there is no clear successor. Many Tunisians are frustrated [...] |
2009-07-17 16:19:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON KPAO MASS PHUM TS |
| 09TUNIS494 |
TUNISIAN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR GETS JAIL TIME FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a case that attracted international media attention, university professor Khedija Arfaoui was sentenced to eight months in prison for posting a message about child abduction on her Facebook page. Subsequent to the sentencing, through a family member, the Tunisian Minister of J [...] |
2009-07-17 17:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS |
| 09TUNIS525 |
CANADA DELIVERS AIDE-MEMOIRE ON 2009 TUNISIAN [...] (C) In a conversation with the DCM July 24, Canadian Ambassador Bruno Picard said that the Government of Canada (GOC) presented Tunisian Ambassador to Canada Mouldi Sakri July 23 with an Aide-Memoire detailing GOC concerns about "acts of violence, intimidation, harassment of people identified [...] |
2009-07-28 16:53:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS |
| 09TUNIS547 |
FOREIGN MINISTER REPRIMANDS CANADIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Canadian Ambassador Bruno Picard told the Charge late July 30 that he was recently convoked by Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah to be reprimanded for the aide-memoire that Ottawa delivered on the upcoming Tunisian elections the previous week (reftel). Picard said that the conversation [...] |
2009-08-03 16:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM TS CA |
| 09TUNIS557 |
TUNISIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THREE MONTH COUNTDOWN [...] (C) Tunisian Presidential and Legislative elections (Chamber of Deputies) are scheduled for October 25. The outcome of the Presidential election is a foregone conclusion, and issimply a question of how large a win the GOT will declare for President Ben Ali. The President was been collecting [...] |
2009-08-07 18:14:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TS |
| 09TUNIS569 |
PDP TO BOYCOTT CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL [...] (C) In an internal meeting August 2, the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) decided to boycott the presentation of its candidate for the October presidential elections to the Constitutional Council as required by the electoral calendar. The PDP still intends to have party president Nejib Cheb [...] |
2009-08-14 10:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS61 |
GOT IMPEDES TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE MEETING [...] (C) On January 23, the GOT prevented Abdelhamid Amine, Secretary General of the newly formed Organization for Coordination between Human Rights Leagues in the Maghreb from entering Tunisia. The following day, security forces blocked the meeting Amine had been invited to attend with the Tuni [...] |
2009-01-27 16:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
| 09TUNIS626 |
TUNISIA: RULING PARTY HIJACKS PRESS SYNDICATE [...] (C) A pro-government faction within the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) held an alternate special congress and elected a "new leadership" August 15 which immediately issued a statement supporting President Ben Ali's candidacy in the upcoming October elections. Independent un [...] |
2009-08-27 15:01:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PHUM PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS64 |
TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS FACE CHOICE BETWEEN [...] (C) Since the beginning of the year, several journalists have reported that they are under increased pressure to toe the party line because 2009 is a presidential election year in Tunisia. Despite being faced with threats of physical violence, incarceration or unemployment many journalists h [...] |
2009-01-30 17:38:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
| 09TUNIS643 |
PDP WITHDRAWS FROM OCTOBER 2009 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) At an August 25 press conference, the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) announced its withdrawal from the October 25 Presidential elections. PDP president Nejib Chebbi stated that he will not run for president in the October elections, nor will the party field any other candidate for pre [...] |
2009-09-01 16:13:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TS |
| 09TUNIS644 |
CODEL MEEKS DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] (C) During their August 27-30 visit to Tunisia, CODEL Meeks (led by Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY), including Representatives Mel Watt (D-NC), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Marcia Fudge (D-OH)) discussed Tunisia's record on human rights and democracy with senior Tun [...] |
2009-09-01 16:23:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PREL PHUM TS |
| 09TUNIS671 |
STAFFDEL HOGREFE DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH [...] (C) A Congressional staff delegation (Staffdel) led by Hans Hogrefe of the House International Relations Committee met with leaders of several prominent Tunisian human rights advocacy groups during an August 31-September 1 visit. The Tunisian civil society groups asserted that torture remains [...] |
2009-09-09 16:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV OREP TS |
| 09TUNIS677 |
PRESS SYNDICATE LEADER BEATEN BY POLICE AND [...] (C) Summary: Tunisian Police beat Neji B'ghouri, President of the National Journalists' Syndicate (SNTJ), as he attempted to access the union's headquarters on September 8. That same day, a court ruled in favor of a pro-government faction claiming leadership of the union, and ordered the evict [...] |
2009-09-11 09:06:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV TS |
| 09TUNIS694 |
BEN ALI'S DOWNHILL BATTLE FOR REELECTION [...] (C) As the October 25 elections approach, posters lauding President (and candidate) Ben Ali are becoming increasingly ubiquitous across Tunisia. Ben Ali's key election themes are security, stability, and economic prosperity. Ben Ali technically faces three opponents, and a fourth might still [...] |
2009-09-18 16:54:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB TS |
| 09TUNIS725 |
TUNISIA ELECTIONS UPDATE: REGIME TIGHTENS THE NOOSE [...] (C) The ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) continued to solidify its political lock on elected offices with just over three weeks left before the October 25 presidential and legislative elections. The ruling party's list of legislative candidates released September 26 revealed a str [...] |
2009-10-01 15:54:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS74 |
GAFSA APPEALS COURT REDUCES UNEMPLOYMENT [...] (C) On February 4, the Court of Appeals in Gafsa reduced the sentences of most of the 38 people involved in the Redeyef unemployment protests who were convicted on December 11 on charges ranging from destroying public property to leading an armed rebellion. Witness testimony yielded several [...] |
2009-02-05 16:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KPAO TS |
| 09TUNIS741 |
TUNISIA PRE-ELECTION SNAPSHOT: SFAX AND SOUSSE [...] (C) Meetings with opposition leaders and ordinary Tunisians in Sfax and Sousse, Tunisia's second and third largest cities, indicate a high degree of apathy with respect to the October 25 presidential and legislative elections. Opposition figures from the Tajdid ("Renewal") party complained of [...] |
2009-10-05 13:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS746 |
PREELECTION APATHY, ALIENATION, AND TALES OF [...] (C) On a visit to Tunisia's southeast, Poloff found citizens generally apathetic about the upcoming elections. Most expressed resignation and said they would vote for Ben Ali - "he has been there forever and will stay until we have all gone." Most Tunisian voters we encountered could name nei [...] |
2009-10-06 17:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM ELAB TS |
| 09TUNIS758 |
TUNISIAN JUSTICE MINISTER ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-13 06:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG TS |
| 09TUNIS76 |
TUNISIA: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] (SBU) The information on Tunisia in the Department of Labor's 2007 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor remains accurate, to the best of Post's knowledge. The Government of Tunisia (GOT) did not respond to Post's requests for information about its activities in this area during 2008. [...] |
2009-02-10 09:32:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TS |
| 09TUNIS775 |
TUNISIAN MFA PIQUED AT SOURCING OF TIP REPORT, BUT [...] (C) During an otherwise cordial courtesy call on October 13, Saida Chtoui, Secretary of State for Asia and the Americas (one of two deputies to Foreign Minister Abdallah ) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, complained to the Ambassador about Tunisia's placement on the Trafficking in Persons R [...] |
2009-10-19 17:17:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KTIP KWMN AORC TS |
| 09TUNIS780 |
ELECTIONS 2009: DOWN AND OUT IN CENTRAL TUNISIA [...] (C) As in recent pre-election visits to Tunisia's second and third largest cities, and a trip to Tunisia's south, poloff's mid-October visit to the central Tunisian interior revealed overall public indifference and resignation toward the presidential and legislative elections set for October [...] |
2009-10-20 17:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TS |
| 09TUNIS788 |
U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-23 16:23:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN |
| 09TUNIS789 |
REACTING TO THE OCTOBER 25 TUNISIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Tunisia will hold presidential and legislative elections on October 25. In this carefully engineered, non-competitive process, President Ben Ali and the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally will win by large margins. No credible independent observers, foreign or domestic, have been in [...] |
2009-10-23 17:14:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC TS |
| 09TUNIS791 |
TUNISIAN ELECTIONS: SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1900 [...] (C) On October 25, during Tunisia's first national elections in five years, polling stations opened at 0800 and closed at 1800 local time. Ten (unaccredited) Embassy observation teams dispatched to various parts of the country reported a generally orderly process and an apparently light turn [...] |
2009-10-25 17:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TS |
| 09TUNIS792 |
BEN ALI, RULING PARTY CLAIM CRUSHING [...] (C) Official election results were announced in the early morning of October 26. As widely expected, President Ben Ali crushed his opponents, with 89 percent of the vote, and the ruling party received the maximum number of seats allowed by this year's voting rules (75 percent). Elections offi [...] |
2009-10-26 11:35:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TS |
| 09TUNIS796 |
TUNISIA ELECTIONS: FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Abdallah convoked the Ambassador on October 28 to express Tunisia's surprise and disappointment at the Department spokesman's October 26 remarks on Tunisia's elections. Abdallah specifically rejected as "false" the notion that international observers had not been [...] |
2009-10-29 16:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TS |
| 09TUNIS800 |
BISHOP OF TUNIS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Underlining the October 26 release of the Department's 2009 International Religious Freedom Report, the Ambassador used the occasion of an October 27 meeting with Monsignor Maroun Lahham, (Roman Catholic) Bishop of Tunis, to seek the prelate's views on religious freedom in Tunisia. Lahha [...] |
2009-10-30 16:37:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF TS |
| 09TUNIS801 |
UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: TUNISIA PRESSING HARD TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph ten. 2. (SBU) Summary: A senior Foreign Ministry official convoked the Ambassador on October 30 to press for U.S. support for a Tunisian proposal before the UNGA Third Committee to designate 2010 "The Year of Youth" and organize an inter [...] |
2009-10-30 16:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SCUL TS UN |
| 09TUNIS803 |
TUNISIAN GOV'T STEPPING UP ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Following a series of assaults at Tunis Airport in early October (reftel), the last two weeks have seen, according to civil society sources, further government action against independent journalists. A journalist related to poloff how he was briefly abducted, bound, and beaten [...] |
2009-11-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TS |
| 09TUNIS807 |
DEMARCHE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS TS |
| 09TUNIS830 |
TUNISIA AND UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] (C) The Ambassador explained U.S. opposition to no-vote actions, and requested Tunisian support (or at least abstention) on pending human rights resolutions concerning Iran, Burma, and North Korea in a November 12 meeting with Mokhtar Chaouachi, the MFA's Director-General for UN and Internatio [...] |
2009-11-13 16:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TS UN |
| 09TUNIS831 |
TUNISIA: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) During the year, no reports of instances of trafficking have come to the attention of the Embassy, UNHCR, or the IOM. As of mid-November, the Tunisian Government has not taken any action this year on modifying its laws covering prostitution or child labor to specifically criminalize t [...] |
2009-11-13 16:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM TS |
| 09TUNIS834 |
TUNISIA: BEN ALI, SWORN IN, HOLDING GRUDGES AND [...] (C) President Ben Ali was sworn in for a fifth five year term on November 12. In a speech following the ceremony, Ben Ali pledged to redouble efforts to generate employment, economic opportunity, and development, and insisted his government welcomed constructive criticism. His upbeat message [...] |
2009-11-13 17:26:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TS |
| 09TUNIS850 |
AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTRY ON TIP [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN TS |
| 09TUNIS851 |
PRESSING FOR TUNISIAN VOTES AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) Following up on our November 18 demarche (ref a), in three separate one-on-one discussions on November 19 the Ambassador urged Tunisia to abstain from voting for anti-Israel resolutions currently circulating in the UNGA Third Committee. The Ambassador spoke with Elyes Kasri, MFA Director- [...] |
2009-11-19 16:36:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TS |
| 09TUNIS855 |
TUNISIA: JOURNALIST TRIED, INDEPENDENT PAPERS PUT [...] (C) The trial of Tunisian independent journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, charged with assaulting a woman in a late October incident his supporters insist was manufactured by a government seeking revenge for writings scathingly critical of Ben Ali and his government (ref C), was held in Tunis on Nove [...] |
2009-11-20 16:41:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TS |
| 09TUNIS886 |
TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is in response to the Department's request for Post to organize activities and initiatives in honor of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) on November 25 and the "16-day Campaign." To commemorate this day, Embassy Tunis has h [...] |
2009-12-02 06:42:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM TS |
| 09TUNIS889 |
PLACEMENT OF OP-ED ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE [...] (U) Per paragraph four of Ref. A, post adapted S/GWI's suggested op-ed for relevance to Tunisia, condensing it and noting that "Tunisia has a long tradition of protecting women's rights for which it can be justifiably proud, but violence is a global problem and it requires international solutio [...] |
2009-12-03 06:39:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM TS |
| 09TUNIS930 |
TUNISIAN POLITICAL PARTIES: THE "LOYALS" AND THE [...] (C) In recent calls on leaders of most of Tunisia's "opposition" parties, the Ambassador heard widely varying views and assessments of national political life. Several leaders of parties loyal to the government heaped slavish praise on President Ben Ali for his purported wisdom, prudence, and [...] |
2009-12-24 11:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TS |
| 09TUNIS95 |
TUNISIA - 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] This cable responds to taskers in Refs B and C. Post POC for TIP related issues is Laura Byergo, (Tel) 216-71-107-306, (Fax) 216-71-107-053. Number of hours spent by rank: 1 hr FE-MC, 2 hrs FE-OC, 2 hrs FS-01, 25 hrs FS-02. 2. Begin TIP responses. Paragraphs below are keyed to the quest [...] |
2009-02-20 08:21:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 09TUNIS99 |
GOT FRIENDS?: FACEBOOK POPULAR, DESPITE DOMESTIC [...] (S) As one of the few social networking sites where Tunisians, especially Tunisian youth, can publicly gather and discuss issues ranging from sports to politics, Facebook has become extremely popular. Tunisian users grew by about 70,000 to 294,242 in the past month. Some people use the sit [...] |
2009-02-20 17:52:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS |
| 09ULAANBAATAR132 |
RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER VISITS MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in Ulaanbaatar on the afternoon of May 13 for a half-day of meetings with Mongolian government officials. In addition to Putin's hour-long private meeting with Mongolian Prime Minister S. Bayar, Mongolian and Russian officials held [...] |
2009-05-15 08:58:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM KCOR KMCA SOCI MG |
| 09ULAANBAATAR309 |
UNGA Demarche Delivered to Mongolian Government [...] (SBU) Ambassador Baatar, Director of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), stated that countries should not be singled out in the UNGA for Human Rights abuses. Rather, he argued, the Third Committee session is a forum for discussing the [...] |
2009-10-26 09:53:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN |
| 09ULAANBAATAR319 |
MONGOLIA RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche as requested in reftel to Ms. Gerelmaa, Second Secretary with the International Organizations Department (IOD) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Gerelmaa noted the political sensitivity to the GOM of certain international human rights issues and pro [...] |
2009-11-04 04:57:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS MG |
| 09UNROME29 |
ONE BILLION NOT SERVED: HOW THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...] According to separate studies published in 2008 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), there are approximately one billion hungry, or "food insecure," people in the world. Both organizations have since predicted that this number wil [...] |
2009-04-22 16:28:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SOCI PHUM FAO UN |
| 09UNROME40 |
FAO COUNCIL APPROVES NOVEMBER FOOD SECURITY SUMMIT, REVIEWS [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution or distribution outside the USG. Summary: ------- 2. (SBU) During the 136th session of FAO Council, from June 15-19, members debated the merits of a proposal from Director General Diouf to host a Heads-of-State [...] |
2009-06-24 11:46:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PHUM FAO UN |
| 09UNROME55 |
COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY REFORM PROCESS GENERALLY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified for USG only. Please handle accordingly. -------- Summary -------- 2. (SBU) The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Bureau convened on September 4 the final negotiating session of its "Contact Group" - a group comprising F [...] |
2009-09-09 10:13:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PHUM EAID PREL FAO UN |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA146 |
Human Trafficking Back on UNODC's Agenda [...] (SBU) Following a busy and difficult year for anti-human trafficking issues in Vienna in 2008, the UN Office on Drugs and Crme (UNODC) is taking measures to improve and focus its activities. UNODC has formulated a draft thematic program to fight human trafficking and consolidated the UN.GIFT [...] |
2009-04-06 15:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM UN KTIP |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA187 |
Anti-Human Trafficking Working Group Prepares [...] On April 15-16 Vienna-based delegates and anti-human trafficking government experts from several countries gathered in Vienna to participate in a working group designed to assist the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) [...] |
2009-04-27 15:30:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM KTIP UN |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA205 |
UNODC Briefs on TIP Report for Secretary General [...] UNODC Executive Director Costa and John Sandage, Deputy Director of UNODC's Division of Treaty Affairs, briefed member states on UNODC's report to the UN General Assembly, in advance of the May 13th thematic debate on trafficking in persons. The paper, entitled "Improving the coordination of e [...] |
2009-05-07 06:52:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM KTIP UN |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA33 |
UNODC:Costa Welcomes Renewed Focus on Multilateral [...] (SBU) In a candid January 27 review of upcoming priorities, UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa described for Ambassador his interest in finding ways to better address the "transmission belt" of organized crime and smuggling that moves illegal drugs from producers to the markets. Costa expl [...] |
2009-01-29 11:52:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM UN PGOV PREL AF KWMN PHUM SMIG |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA38 |
FY 2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] Per Reftel instructions, Mission sent inquiries to the following UN bodies in Vienna and has received their responses. ------ UNIDO ------ 2. The United Nations International Development Organization (UNIDO) provided UNVIE with a 2008 list of NGOs with consultative or observer status. [...] |
2009-01-30 15:43:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI UN |
| 09USEUBRUSSELS414 |
EU/CHINA: FERRERO-WALDNER WILLING TO RAISE GAO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner plans to visit China during the week of March 30, and may be willing to raise the case of political prisoner Gao Zhisheng if asked by the United States to do so, acc [...] |
2009-03-23 18:02:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH EUN |
| 09USEUBRUSSELS590 |
FERRERO-WALDNER RAISED GAO ZHISHENG WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-23 12:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV |
| 09USEUBRUSSELS628 |
EU ON SRI LANKA IMF LOAN [...] (C) On April 29, Poloff shared reftel points with EU presidency, Council Secretariat, and Commission officials responsible for relations with Sri Lanka. While IMF representation is a member state competency, the EU Council Secretariat has asked member states to communicate their position on S [...] |
2009-04-30 16:28:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON KDEM PHUM CE EUN |
| 09USEUBRUSSELS814 |
EU/BURMA SANCTIONS: HOW U.S. CAN HELP [...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraphs 6 and 12. 2. (C//NF) SUMMARY: EU ministers will discuss options for the EU Burma sanctions policy at the June 15 GAERC. No final decision is expected before a verdict is issued in the current Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) trial. Bank designations are [...] |
2009-06-12 11:26:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PGOV ETRD EMIN PHUM KDEM BM EUN FR |
| 09USNATO114 |
RFG: NATO-BELARUS SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 3. The Issue --------- 2. (C/NF) Although Belarus signed a security of information agreement with NATO many years ago as a member of the Alliance's Partnership for Peace (PfP), the U.S. has blocked the certification of the agreement. [...] |
2009-03-20 15:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
| 09USNATO359 |
SECGEN WRITES KARZAI ABOUT SHIA LAW CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-20 15:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NATO MOPS MCAP AF |
| 09USNATO427 |
BOSNIA APPLIES FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) During an October 2 visit to NATO Headquarters, Zeljko Komsic, the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), delivered a letter to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen formally applying for BiH's entry into NATO's Membership Action Plan. Rasmussen distributed the letter to [...] |
2009-10-05 12:09:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO PGOV MCAP PHUM PINS PNAT BK |
| 09USNATO446 |
NATO SYG CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT OBAMA ON NOBEL [...] (U) On October 9, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement congratulating President Obama on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. 2. (U) The text of the Secretary General's statement (which can be found on the NATO website) has been reproduced below: BEGIN TEXT 09 Oct. 2009 Pre [...] |
2009-10-09 14:05:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO OPRC PHUM |
| 09USOSCE187 |
CHARGE FULLER MEETS KAZAKHSTAN DFM ZHIGALOV [...] (C) In an August 20 meeting with Charge d'Affaires Fuller, Kazakhstani Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov reiterated his country's priorities in anticipation of its 2010 role as OSCE Chair-in-Office (CIO), including focusing on frozen conflicts, the Corfu process, energy, transportati [...] |
2009-08-20 15:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | AF KZ OSCE PHUM PREL |
| 09USOSCE292 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 9 - 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) Staff in the OSCE Secretariat's Conflict Prevention Center (CPC) told PolOff December 8 that Special Representative Christopoulos and Special Representative-designate Nurgaliev intend to visit Tbilisi and Tskhinvali December 14 and 15 to revisit the idea of establishing a small team to s [...] |
2009-12-24 11:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM RU MD HR AF KZ |
| 09USOSCE59 |
OSCE SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: USOSCE has encouraged the OSCE's Office of Democratic and Human Rights (ODIHR) to respond positively to Afghanistan's request for OSCE assistance to its August 20 presidential and provincial counc [...] |
2009-03-23 15:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER AF OSCE |
| 09USOSCE89 |
U.S.-EU SPRING CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE: DETERMINING [...] (U) The EU hosted on March 6 a U.S. delegation, headed by USOSCE Charge Kyle Scott and EUR/RPM Office Director Bruce Turner, for the semi-annual U.S.-EU "COSCE" consultations on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The discussions ranged over a variety of topics con [...] |
2009-04-08 13:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM OSCE EUN |
| 09USOSCE95 |
THE OSCE'S ROLE IN ADVANCING U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As efforts to press the reset button in our relations with Russia proceed, the OSCE can be a valuable forum to channel Russia's desire for a larger role in discussion of broad European security themes. With the London summit commitment to start a dialogue on security and stabilit [...] |
2009-04-14 10:46:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PHUM PREL RS XG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1008 |
UNGA PASSES CONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION SUPPORTING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly met in plenary on November 4th and 5th to discuss the Report of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on the report on the UN fact-finding mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone Report). A draft resolution endorsing the report passed with 118 for, 18 against [...] |
2009-11-09 21:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UN UNGA IS |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1016 |
CORRECTED COPY: GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In various UN and USUN meetings recently on Guinea-Bissau, UN officials have discussed the challenges facing both the country and the follow-on UN mission there. In the Security Council on November 5, UN Peacebuilding Su [...] |
2009-11-12 15:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SNAR XY PU ZA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1032 |
UNMIN BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-13 20:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NP |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1038 |
PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS: SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC [...] SUMMARY. The Security Council adopted a thematic resolution on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict at a high-level open debate on November 11, with the participation of 60 member states, the Secretary-General, U/SYG Holmes and Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kang. The debat [...] |
2009-11-16 20:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1042 |
MISSION CLEARANCE FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA NUTRITION ADVISOR [...] Mission clearance is granted to USAID/DCHA/OFDA Nutrition Advisor Mark Phelan for November 19-20, 2009, to meet with the UNICEF Emergency Nutrition Team. This meeting will take place at the United Nations in New York. 2. Mr. Phelan holds a Top Secret security clearance. 3. Doug Merca [...] |
2009-11-17 00:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PHUM |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1044 |
THIRD COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL DEVELPOMENT, ADVANCEMENT OF [...] SUMMARY: The 64th UNGA Third Committee began October 5th with the discussion of Social Development. Speakers centered on women, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, migrants, and indigenous peoples as related to reducing poverty and achieving social development. On October 12th, t [...] |
2009-11-17 18:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KOCI UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1045 |
THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: High Commissioner for Human Rights, Pillay, told the UN Third Committee of her priorities for the upcoming year and justified the controversial Goldstone Report on human rights violations in the Gaza Strip. END SUMMARY. 2. Following are summary points of the High Commissioner for Hu [...] |
2009-11-17 18:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA MY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1046 |
UNGA FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON UNITED NATIONS [...] 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 November 2 - 3. The Commissioner General of UNRWA opened the debate [...] |
2009-11-17 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KPAL PHUM PREL PREF KWBG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1048 |
UN THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, [...] SUMMARY: On October 29 and November 10th the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly took action on five resolutions, adopting all by consensus, and defeating an amendment to the Violence against women resolution which related to foreign occupation. The resolutions on the situations of huma [...] |
2009-11-17 20:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1049 |
GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES U.N. SUPPORT FOR NEW OR RESTORED [...] On November 9, the General Assembly debated Agenda Item 11: Support by the U.N. system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies. Qatar introduced resolution A/64/L.12 which was later adopted by consensus without vote. 2. The interventions from [...] |
2009-11-17 21:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV AORC UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1058 |
GEORGIA: RUSSIA READY TO ACCEPT CONTINUING UN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Following Ref A discussion with Undersecretary-General (U/SYG) LeRoy and Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Mulet, Quad Ambassadors have sounded out Russian views on a replacement for UN Representative to the Geneva Talks an [...] |
2009-11-19 23:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1065 |
DPRK: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON SANCTIONS EXPERT PANEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The chair of the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") briefed the Council about the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, in particular noting its actions to respond to alleged sanctions violations and support the establishment of the Pa [...] |
2009-11-23 20:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1066 |
AMBASSADOR WOLFF AND INDIAN DEPUTY PERMREP PURI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wolff and a team from USUN met on November 18 with Indian Mission counterparts as a follow-up from the August 26 meeting to deepen understanding and cooperation across a broad range of UN issues. Topics covered included Security Council reform, the Comprehensive Conve [...] |
2009-11-23 20:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1067 |
UNSC LAUDS COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION, CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, Special Representative for Somalia Ould-Abdallah briefed the Security Council on the status of the piracy problem off the coast of Somalia, emphasizing that the international community must build regional capacity and address root causes in conjunction with its s [...] |
2009-11-23 23:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC PTER MARR PHUM SO |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1072 |
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES [...] SUMMARY. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) High Representative Valentin Inzko told the Security Council that BiH had made very limited progress in its effort to complete the agenda necessary for the closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR), citing actions by Republika Srpska that unde [...] |
2009-11-25 19:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BK |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1083 |
ISRAELI PRACTICES IN THE WEST BANK, GAZA AND GOLAN [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly's Fourth Committee met November 9 - 10 to debate the annual "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories" (aka the Special Committee). The deb [...] |
2009-12-01 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAL IS |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1084 |
MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen J. Rapp, Deputy to the Ambassador-at-Large, Diane Orentlicher, Special Advisor Todd Anderson, and Special Assistant Heather Samuelson to attend the ICTY and ICTR President's and Prosecutor's briefings to the UN [...] |
2009-12-02 17:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS UNSC AF |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1090 |
UN THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS [...] SUMMARY: On November 19 and 20 the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly took action on 20 resolutions, adopting 14 by consensus and 6 by vote. Two resolutions, the Right to Food and the Rights of the Child, as the U.S. joined consensus for the first time, drew applause from the Third Com [...] |
2009-12-03 15:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1091 |
THIRD COMMITTEE SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: As part of the annual discussion of human rights issues in the UN General Assembly, numerous Special Rapporteurs on thematic issues made presentations to the UNGA Third Committee. Below are summaries of the hour-long presentations by the Special Rapporteurs for Right to Health, Right [...] |
2009-12-03 15:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1092 |
THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON THE RIGHT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: On November 12, the UNGA Third Committee took action on 16 draft resolutions, adopting 10 by consensus and 6 by vote. Despite efforts to persuade the OIC to reconsider running their resolution on Defamation of Religion, the OIC moved the resolution quickly to a vote, which was adopted [...] |
2009-12-03 15:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1093 |
STATEMENTS BY HUMAN RIGHTS SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS [...] SUMMARY: As part of the annual discussion of human rights issues in the UN General Assembly, numerous Special Rapporteurs on thematic issues made presentations to the UNGA Third Committee. Below are summaries of the hour-long presentations by the Special Rapporteurs for Torture, Myanmar, DPRK, [...] |
2009-12-03 15:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1097 |
UN U/SYG PASCOE ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: During a December 3 meeting with Under-Secretary-General Pascoe, DAS Marciel conveyed reftel points, stressing the opportunity for the UN to leverage the Burmese Generals' desire for having the elections recognized as "legitimate" and speak out publicly on the need for dialogue ( [...] |
2009-12-04 23:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM |
| 09USUNNEWYORK111 |
DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE: AMBASSADOR RICE'S PHONE [...] (C) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Pillay told Ambassador Rice Feb. 9 that Iran and Syria inserted anti-Israeli language in the draft outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, but the rest of the OIC (including Egypt and Palestine) wants to "knock it out" and the Afri [...] |
2009-02-10 16:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1110 |
MISSION CLEARANCE FOR USAID ALONZO FULGHAM (ACTING [...] Mission clearance is granted to USAID Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham and Steve Pierce (A/COO) for December 10-11, 2009, to discuss with senior USUN officials future cooperation with the UN in New York. 2. Laurie Phipps, ECOSOC Section, will be the POC at USUN. Ms. Phipps' office pho [...] |
2009-12-09 20:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UN |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1126 |
UN THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY, [...] SUMMARY: On November 23 and 24 the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly took action on the remaining 11 resolutions on the Committee's agenda, adopting 7 by consensus and 4 by vote. In an unusual usage of Third Committee rules of procedure, the Durban Review Conference resolution had to b [...] |
2009-12-17 15:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1131 |
UNGA; REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 64TH [...] (U) Gerald Scott has returned to advise the U.S. Delegation to the General Assembly on African affairs for the ninth year in succession. Following are his views of this 64th General Assembly and the performance of Delegations representing Africa Bureau states. Introduction and Summary --- [...] |
2009-12-18 16:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PINR PINS PREL UNGA XY ZF ZU |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1133 |
WESTERN HEMISPHERE DELEGATIONS AT THE 64TH UNGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obama's speech was the high point of the UNGA's opening session. WHA and other delegations warmly welcomed his call for a "new era of engagement." One of the most striking expressions of this sentiment came later in the session when the Third Committee erupted into appl [...] |
2009-12-18 17:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM |
| 09USUNNEWYORK114 |
SYG BAN BRIEFS ON AU SUMMIT, IRAQ, GAZA, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary-General Ban briefed the Security Council on his recent travels in February 9 consultations. Ban recounted his personal intervention on the Muhajeria crisis in Darfur, described a long list of challenges in Afghanistan and relayed a new sense of optimism in Iraq in the [...] |
2009-02-11 01:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC SO SU ZI MA AF IS IZ PK |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1141 |
UNGA64: EU AND EFTA MEMBER STATES WELCOME AND [...] (U) The EU-27 responded to new U.S. flexibility at UNGA64 by collaborating pragmatically on our top priorities, and by providing essential voting support. Ably led by Sweden's EU presidency, EU member states shared the burden on lobbying the G-77 regarding human rights resolutions. They stood firm [...] |
2009-12-21 11:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA US XG XT |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1146 |
GA PLENARY: ANNUAL DEBATE: THE SITUATION IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The General Assembly met from November 30 - December 2 on the "Question of Palestine" and "Situation in the Middle East." The debate on the Question of Palestine included speeches from the President of the General Assembly, 42 countries and the Palestine Observer Mission. Most [...] |
2009-12-22 15:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPAL IS |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1151 |
PARAGUAY PR DOS SANTOS COURTESY CALL WITH RICE [...] (C) During a December 9 courtesy call with Ambassador Rice, Paraguayan PermRep Jose Antonio dos Santos said that Paraguay's priorities at the UN include peacekeeping and human rights issues. He commented that multilateralism is the "only way a small country like Paraguay can be heard." Within [...] |
2009-12-23 19:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PA XM |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1153 |
RICE AND KOUCHNER DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN, GUINEA, [...] (S) SUMMARY. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told Ambassador Rice that France would not send additional troops to Afghanistan in the near term, but would take another look at its troop contributions following the outcome of the January 2010 London conference on Afghanistan. Kouchner [...] |
2009-12-23 20:29:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC AF CG GV ER |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1155 |
SECURITY COUNCIL LAUDS BURUNDI'S PROGRESS, CALLS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 10 Security Council briefing on the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB), Executive Representative and BINUB head Mahmoud gave a positive account of the status of both the peace process and electoral preparations, and underscored that BINUB will co [...] |
2009-12-23 21:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO BY ZF |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1156 |
NORWAY PREVIEWS PM,S TOPICS FOR POTUS MEETING; [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 8 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Norwegian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Larsen previewed the topics that Prime Minister Stoltenberg will raise with President Obama during his upcoming visit to Oslo - an action plan for UN Millennium Development Goals Four and [...] |
2009-12-23 21:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UN AF CG SU |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1159 |
MONUC EXTENDED 5 MONTHS; MANDATE CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Security Council unanimously renewed MONUC's mandate on December 23 for 5 months, with the intention to further extend it an additional 12 months. During Council consultations on December 16, SRSG Doss said the "Kimia II" operations against the FDLR would end in December, an [...] |
2009-12-24 17:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM XA UNSC CG RW |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1160 |
UN HOLDS ANNUAL HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE ON CENTRAL [...] At the December 8-9, 2009 high-level United Nations (U.N.) conference convened in support of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), 57 donors and private sector companies pledged contributions totaling $424 million for 2010. This amount marks an increase of more than 10 percent from th [...] |
2009-12-24 18:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF UN |
| 09USUNNEWYORK129 |
AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PR [...] (C) Summary. In his introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice, Egyptian PR Abdelaziz discussed Egypt's efforts to improve the atmosphere of the Durban conference; urged that the Security Council defer the imminent ICC indictment of Sudanese President Bashir; agreed that UN peacekeeping operat [...] |
2009-02-12 19:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PHUM EG SU |
| 09USUNNEWYORK13 |
UN PREVIEWS PLANNED SUPPORT TO AMISOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In two meetings on January 6, UN Under Secretary-General Malcorra and Department of Field Support (DFS) staff briefed USUN on the status of UN planning to implement the Secretary-General's proposed measures to strengthen the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). DFS is coor [...] |
2009-01-09 20:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MARR KPKO UNSC SO |
| 09USUNNEWYORK132 |
UN/DPRK SANCTIONS: 1718 SANCTIONS COMMITTEE REPORT [...] SUMMARY: On February 12, following a routine briefing of the 1718 Democratic People,s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee (an essentially inactive committee), the Russian delegation highlighted the Six Party Talks as a means by which to continue diplomatic negotiations on North Korean [...] |
2009-02-12 23:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
| 09USUNNEWYORK134 |
FY2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to reftel requests regarding the annual Section 102 (g) Foreign Relations Authorization Act pedophilia certification regarding UN agencies and their affiliated NGOs. As requested, Mission requested required confirmations from the following UN agencies: ECOS [...] |
2009-02-13 18:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM SOCI |
| 09USUNNEWYORK141 |
AU/ARAB LEAGUE LOBBY UNSC FOR ICC DEFERRAL FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union and Arab League leaders met informally with Security Council members on February 12 to press their case for deferral of the ICC case against Sudan President Bashir. AU Commissioner Lamamra told Council members that the AU is making progress with the Government of [...] |
2009-02-17 13:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SU |
| 09USUNNEWYORK149 |
UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL: COMMITTEE ON NGOS [...] Summary and comment: At its regular session January 19-28, ECOSOC's Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (CNGO) recommended ECOSOC consultative status for 21 US. NGOs. Action on the Democracy Coalition Project's application was deferred until the Committee's next session in May. The [...] |
2009-02-18 17:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PHUM USUN |
| 09USUNNEWYORK150 |
AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH ROK PR PARK [...] (C) In Ambassador Rice's initial call with Republic of Korea PermRep Park on February 17, the latter discussed shared priorities and possibilities for further coordination on issues such as DPRK, G-20 coordination, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), disarmament, the environmental summit and [...] |
2009-02-18 19:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KN |
| 09USUNNEWYORK151 |
UNAMID CONSULTATIONS PRIOR TO ICC DECISION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a February 17 briefing to the Security Council on UNAMID, U/SYG Le Roy emphasized that adequately equipping troops already on the ground in Darfur should become a priority. Le Roy also briefed the Council on the agr [...] |
2009-02-18 21:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO PHUM UNSC SU |
| 09USUNNEWYORK163 |
GAMBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON BURMA AND THE [...] (C) Summary: During a February 18 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Special Advisor Gambari outlined the main challenges to progress in Burma, including a fundamental division of the international community on the issue. He reviewed his goals for his recent visit and added that for different reas [...] |
2009-02-20 01:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
| 09USUNNEWYORK164 |
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: USG HOLMES BRIEFS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, briefed the Security Council on the current humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 17 following his visit to the country. He described a new dynamic created by recent coopera [...] |
2009-02-20 13:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC CG RW |
| 09USUNNEWYORK170 |
AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary: In a February 23 meeting with Ambassador Rice, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay said of the Durban Review Conference, that although she was disappointed with the addition of unhelpful text in the draft outcome document and the politicized language used by some [...] |
2009-02-24 19:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL |
| 09USUNNEWYORK182 |
AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH U/SYG [...] (C) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Rice during a February 23 introductory meeting, that he was trying to change the culture of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) from one of "writing talking points for internal meetings" to solving problems through goo [...] |
2009-02-27 02:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC IO |
| 09USUNNEWYORK183 |
AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CANADIAN PERMREP MCNEE [...] (C) Summary. During an introductory meeting on February 18, Canadian PermRep McNee reviewed Canada's priorities with Ambassador Rice, including strengthening the UN mission in Afghanistan, ensuring UN responsiveness to peacekeeping operations' needs, and Security Council reform. He noted tha [...] |
2009-02-27 02:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK184 |
MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MAURA NICHOLSON [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-27 02:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 09USUNNEWYORK189 |
AMBASSADOR RICE'S FEBRUARY 24 LUNCH WITH EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice and the 27 Permanent Representatives (PRs) from European Member states and European Commission (EC) representatives discussed a broad range of political, security, development, and human rights issues over lunch on February 24. The PRs unanimously welcomed the [...] |
2009-02-27 16:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PREL SENV SOCI UN |
| 09USUNNEWYORK192 |
AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH SRI LANKA PR PALIHAKKARA [...] (C) Summary: During a February 26 meeting with Sri Lankan PR Palihakkara, Ambassador Rice urged his government to grant NGOs and USAID complete and full access to civilians in IDP camps. Palihakkara acknowledged that "there had been a problem," and said the visit of UN U/SYG for Humanitarian [...] |
2009-02-27 18:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE UNHCR |
| 09USUNNEWYORK196 |
AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH U/SYG [...] (C) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Rice during a February 23 introductory meeting, that he was trying to change the culture of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) from one of "writing talking points for internal meetings" to solving problems through goo [...] |
2009-02-27 23:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC IO |
| 09USUNNEWYORK197 |
DPRK: RUSSIA AND JAPAN CONSIDER MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) In separate meetings with Ambassador Wolff, Russian Deputy Perm Rep Dolgov and Japanese Perm Rep Takasu offered different approaches to responding to a possible Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) missile launch. Dolgov said that Moscow had sought to discourage the DPRK from this [...] |
2009-02-27 23:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
| 09USUNNEWYORK199 |
U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON HIS [...] (SBU) Summary: U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council February 27 on the situation in northern Sri Lanka and his recent visit there. He said civilians in the LTTE-controlled area are in "very great danger" and there are strong anecdotal reports that they are b [...] |
2009-02-28 00:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC PHUM PREF CE |
| 09USUNNEWYORK200 |
UN PEACEKEEPING: AMBASSADOR RICE ADDRESSES C-34 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Special Committee for Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) opened its annual session with a general debate on February 23-24. Ambassador Rice addressed the C-34 on February 24, delivering a message that the U.S. is ready to consider fresh peacekeeping approaches in cooperation [...] |
2009-02-28 00:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PHUM PREL |
| 09USUNNEWYORK201 |
AMBASSADOR RICE'S FEBRUARY 24 LUNCH WITH EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice and the 27 Permanent Representatives (PRs) from European Member states and European Commission (EC) representatives discussed a broad range of political, security, development, and human rights issues over lunch on February 24. The PRs unanimously welcomed the [...] |
2009-03-02 20:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PREL SENV SOCI EU UN |
| 09USUNNEWYORK202 |
AMBASSADOR RICE AND UN DPKO USG LE ROY DISCUSS [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UN Peacekeeping USG Le Roy told Ambassador Rice on February 26 that India planned to withdraw its troops from MONUC. He asked for U.S. assistance in encouraging DRC President Kabila to support Indian troops, to help ave [...] |
2009-03-03 01:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC CG IN SU XA AF |
| 09USUNNEWYORK203 |
DEPARTING SOUTH AFRICAN PR KUMALO AND RICE DISCUSS [...] (SBU) During Ambassador Rice's introductory meeting with South African PermRep Dumisani Kumalo on February 25, Kumalo said the Human Rights Council would "die" without U.S. participation. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Rice said bilateral relations had not gone as well as hoped and the U.S. wanted to [...] |
2009-03-03 01:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC SF |
| 09USUNNEWYORK208 |
KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU MEETS AMBASSADOR RICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu, asked Ambassador Rice on March 2 to help Kosovo obtain recognition from additional states, particularly from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan and OIC members; and to help ensure that like-minded states, including non-European states, s [...] |
2009-03-04 22:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ICJ UNSC SR KV |
| 09USUNNEWYORK209 |
UN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON GUINEA-BISSAU [...] (SBU) At the request of Burkina Faso, the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) briefed the Security Council on March 3 on the events surrounding the assassinations of Guinea-Bissau President Joao Vieira and Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Tagme Na Wai. DPA Deputy Director for Africa J [...] |
2009-03-04 22:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC PU SG XY |
| 09USUNNEWYORK257 |
GEORGIA: PERMREP SEEKS US VIEWS ON FUTURE OF UNOMIG [...] (C) Summary. Georgian Permrep Alexander Lomaia told Ambassador DiCarlo on March 12 that Georgia would like to see the UN presence in Georgia/Abkhazia continue. It should include a peacekeeping force to patrol a demilitarized zone, an executive policing component, and a concrete mechanism for [...] |
2009-03-13 18:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK281 |
UN SAYS EUFOR-MINURCAT TRANSITION ON TRACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary-General Mulet told the Security Council on March 17 that the EUFOR-MINURCAT transfer of authority (TOR) had proceeded smoothly, with many EUFOR troops rehatting or otherwise remaining in place as MINURCAT built its strength. He warned that some MINURCAT need [...] |
2009-03-19 09:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM CD CT |
| 09USUNNEWYORK283 |
AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] Summary: Ambassador Rice met with Francis Deng, the UN's Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on March 16 to discuss current activities of his office and priorities for the future. Deng explained his efforts to engage three important constituencies on the work of his office in order [...] |
2009-03-19 13:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC |
| 09USUNNEWYORK288 |
AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 18 introductory meeting, Norwegian PermRep Morten Wetland told Ambassador Rice Norway's key issues are Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Horn of Africa, as well as climate change, the financial crisis, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and peacekeeping gene [...] |
2009-03-19 20:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON |
| 09USUNNEWYORK29 |
IMPROVING IDP SERVICES IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Severine Rey in the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, in response to an inquiry we made prior to receiving reftel, told us Jan. 15 OCHA is looking closely at the humanitarian situation in Pakistan, including the NWFP, and has decided to strengthen its presence in [...] |
2009-01-16 20:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PK PHUM PREF |
| 09USUNNEWYORK296 |
CHARGE DINGER CONSULTS WITH UN ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Charge to Rangoon Larry Dinger met with UN Special Advisor Gambari and representatives from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN Development Program (UNDP) and the Open Society Institute (OSI) during h [...] |
2009-03-23 18:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
| 09USUNNEWYORK303 |
SOMALIA IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL: "BACK FROM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Council Members largely sidestepped the much-discussed issue of a UNPKO and instead pledged support for Somalia's new unity government in a March 20 Council debate on Somalia. Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ould-Abdallah and Somali Transitional Fe [...] |
2009-03-24 19:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC ER SO |
| 09USUNNEWYORK306 |
(C) ICC’S OCAMPO ON SUDAN: GO AFTER BASHIR’S MONEY [...] (C) International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told Ambassadors Rice and Wolff on March 20 that Sudanese President Bashir needed to be isolated. Ocampo suggested if Bashir's stash of money were disclosed (he put the figure at possibly $9 billion), it would change Sudanese public opi [...] |
2009-03-24 22:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SU XW |
| 09USUNNEWYORK315 |
MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MONIQUE RAMGOOLIE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-26 13:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 09USUNNEWYORK316 |
MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CARI ENAV [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-26 13:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 09USUNNEWYORK323 |
MEETING WITH UN OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS ON KHMER [...] (SBU) On March 26, Legoffs met with U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Peter Taksoe-Jensen and U.N. Senior Officer Huw Llewellyn and delivered the points contained in Reftel. 2. (C) Taksoe-Jensen reported on the status of the negotiations on the anti-corruption mechanism fo [...] |
2009-03-27 18:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL PHUM CB |
| 09USUNNEWYORK324 |
U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26, U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed members of the Security Council on the situation in northern Sri Lanka. He said the situation there was worsening and civilian casualties remained "tragically and unacceptably high." The "informal interactive disc [...] |
2009-03-27 19:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CE MOPS PREF PHUM UNSC |
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UN DEMOCRACY FUND EXPERTS GROUP DISCUSSES SHORT [...] (C) Summary: The UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) Secretariat offered Advisory Board members an overview of the "short list" of third round project applications during a March 25 meeting of the Board's experts group, explaining that the sole project in Venezuela was not included in the short list bec [...] |
2009-03-27 22:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL |
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UN ON DEFENDING AUTHORITIES OF THE TRIPARTITE CORE [...] (C) On March 30 PolCouns met with Tamrat Samuel, head of the UN's Asia and Pacific Division, and made reftel points about the Burmese government imposing restrictions on the authorities of the Tripartite Core Group (TCG). Samuel was grateful for our update of the situation and appreciative of [...] |
2009-03-31 23:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD BM |
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UN/OCHA DEMARCHE REQUEST - NEXT STEPS ON SRI LANKA [...] (C) On March 31, Ambassador DiCarlo raised reftel points with U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes, after speaking over the weekend with A/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg. Regarding the proposed Secretary-General,s statement on Sri Lanka, Holmes said the UN is working on a [...] |
2009-03-31 23:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CE |
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UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL HOLMES BRIEFS THE SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26, U/SYG Holmes briefed the Security Council on the results of the recently-completed joint UN and Government of Sudan (GoS) assessment of humanitarian gaps in Darfur. Holmes told the Council that the assessment revealed the extent of the gaps in humanitarian services [...] |
2009-04-01 13:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF EAID PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC |
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OCHA OUTLINES NEXT STEPS FOR HUMANITARIAN [...] Mission officers met January 21 with Rashid Khalikov, Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in New York, to discuss concerns over the current UN response to the growing needs of populations displaced by conflict in Pakistan. Khalikov will travel to Pakistan [...] |
2009-01-21 21:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREF WFP |
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COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN (CSW) 2009 SESSION [...] (U) Summary and Action Request. The Commission on the Status of Women held its annual two-week session from March 2-13, 2009. The new positions of the U.S. were well received, Agreed Conclusions were adopted by consensus, an annual resolution on Palestinian women was adopted by a vote of 30-3 [...] |
2009-04-03 16:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PHUM UN KWMN |
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DPRK: SECURITY COUNCIL, KEY PLAYERS RESPOND TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 5 bilateral meeting, Amb. Rice told Japanese Perm Rep Takasu that in response to the recent Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) missile launch the United States will seek a Security Council resolution that includes real consequences for the DPRK's actions. She [...] |
2009-04-06 17:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
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UN SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING CONCLUDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Special Committee for Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) concluded its annual session on March 20 by adopting a consensus report on schedule for the first time since 2006. The report contains specific language regarding the protection of civilians and broadly as [...] |
2009-04-07 18:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PHUM PREL |
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GAMBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR DICARLO ON BURMA [...] (C) In a 20 January meeting, Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari told Ambassador DiCarlo that Secretary-General Ban is considering travel to Burma after the ASEAN Summit. Gambari said he is being sent to Burma 31 January - 3 February to "get everybody's bottom line and to see what, if anything, is [...] |
2009-01-22 00:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNSC BM |
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THAI PERMREP DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 6 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Thai PermRep Pramudwinai urged intensified engagement with the Burmese regime and said the regime is awaiting the outcome of the U.S. policy review of Burma. He said Burma would be more comfortable with the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) [...] |
2009-04-08 22:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH BU |
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AMB. RICE MEETS AU PERM REP [...] (C) In an April 9 courtesy call, Amb. Rice discussed a range of security and political issues with Amb. Lila Ratsifandrihamanana, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the UN. Amb. Rice advised against the planned May visit of a high-level AU delegation to Washington and New York to disc [...] |
2009-04-10 01:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC SO SU |
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GEORGIA: USUN DELIVERS USG PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Per Ref A instructions, Deputy PolCouns and Poloff shared the USG preliminary response to the UN Non-Paper on the future UN presence in Georgia (Ref B) with DPKO Director for Europe and Latin America, David Harland. Harland acknowledged U.S. views on the dimensions of the propose [...] |
2009-04-10 12:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
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GEORGIA: EUSR PIERRE MOREL BRIEFS USUN ON GENEVA [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUSR for Georgia Pierre Morel told Ambassador DiCarlo on April 3 he thought the UN needed a "substantial" mandate in Abkhazia, with symmetrical security zones on both sides of the administrative boundary of Abkhazia. Morel thought Georgia SRSG Verbeke would complete his report by [...] |
2009-04-10 13:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
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AMBASSADOR RICE SPEAKS WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ON [...] (C) Ambassador Rice spoke with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon via telephone on April 10 to urge the appointment of a special envoy for Sri Lanka given the growing risks to civilians caught between the government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) military forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LT [...] |
2009-04-13 23:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CE EAID PHUM PREF PREL UNSC |
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AMB RICE MEETS WITH HAITIAN PM PIERRE LOUIS [...] (C) Summary. Haitian Prime Minister Pierre Louis said prospects for the upcoming donor conference "look good," during her April 13 meeting with Ambassador Rice. Pierre Louis pressed for U.S. support in Haiti's fight against illicit drugs and said that she expects a low turnout but no trouble [...] |
2009-04-14 22:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV HA |
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DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE REVIEWS DESIGNATION PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 15, the DPRK Sanctions Committee considered the Security Council's request that the Committee "adjust" sanctions measures through the designation of goods and entities in response to the DPRK's recent missile launch. Turkish Perm Rep Ilkin noted that the Council requested [...] |
2009-04-16 14:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
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DPRK: U.S. EXPERTS MAKE CASE FOR SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 20, visiting U.S. experts briefed the DPRK Sanctions Committee on the U.S. proposal to designate new entities and goods for sanctions. The experts made a detailed and compelling case for why the U.S.-proposed items met the designation criteria in UNSCR 1718 and were an a [...] |
2009-04-21 15:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
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DPRK: RUSSIA/CHINA LACK FULL INSTRUCTIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 21, the UN Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee was largely unable to discuss proposals for new designations because some key delegations (namely, Russia and China) lacked complete instructions from their capitals. The Russian delegate supported one element of the [...] |
2009-04-22 20:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KN PHUM ETTC MCAP |
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DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETING WITH JOHN HOLMES [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew met with Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes in New York. Lew and Holmes discussed a wide range of humanitarian concerns including Sudan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The meeting als [...] |
2009-04-22 22:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PHUM UNAUS AF IZ PK SU CE |
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HIGH LEVEL MEETING OF DONORS ON THE HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary - Meeting in New York April 16 to address the increasingly complex operating environment for aid agencies in Sudan, 17 donors from North America, Europe and Asia gave their general support to the UN Track III approach outlined in the document "Towards a more predictable, accountable [...] |
2009-04-22 22:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PHUM PREL UN SU |
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SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE PLEDGES AND [...] (U) In response to Ref A regarding pledges and contributions made to the Special Court for Sierra Leone (the Court) since its inception, the Mission refers to Refs B and C, which set forth amounts paid by country and by year. The Court's Liaison Office in New York has advised the Mission th [...] |
2009-04-23 13:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SL SOCI UNGA |
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DPRK SANCTIONS COMMITTEE MAKES MINIMAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 22, the UN Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee made some minimal progress in considering new sanctions designations, as was requested by the Security Council on April 13 after the DPRK missile launch. The Committee is nearing consensus on updating the Missile Tec [...] |
2009-04-23 13:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KN PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP |
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NEW UN WOMEN'S MECHANISM PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary and action request. Members of the General Assembly voiced measured support for continuing deliberations on the creation of a new "entity" to deal with women's e | ||||