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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06MASERU538 |
LESOTHO'S FOREIGN MINISTER ADDRESSES NAM UNGA RESOLUTION, [...] On October 26, Ambassador Perry (accompanied by POLOFF Smith, notetaker) delivered a demarche (Reftel A) on the Non-Aligned Movement's draft resolution "Consequences of the Israeli Invasion on the Human Rights Situation in Lebanon" to Lesotho's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Monyane Moleleki. M [...] |
2006-10-27 11:43:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER LS |
| 06MASERU573 |
LESOTHO: DEMARCHEDELIVERED ON NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-17 12:42:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA LS |
| 07STATE139684 |
ENGAGING THE G7 PLUS LIECHTENSTEIN ON NASREDDIN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Ahmed Idris Nasreddin (an Eritrean-born Italian citizen) applied on April 13 for de-listing for himself and 12 entities associated with him from UNSCR 1267 (al Qaida Taliban Sanct [...] |
2007-10-03 21:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EFIN KTFN LS PREL PTER USUN |
| 08BERN508 |
UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE: U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the message and text in reftel on October 2 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich thanked poloff for the information. He had no immediate reaction to the text, but und [...] |
2008-10-03 12:06:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL UNGA KNNP SZ LS |
| 08BERN639 |
DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION OF [...] (U) On December 11, poloff delivered the message in reftel to Frank Gruetter, Deputy Head of UN Coordination at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA), and to Doris Frick, DCM at the Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Bern. Neither Gruetter nor Frick had any immed [...] |
2008-12-15 15:23:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA SZ LS |
| 08USUNNEWYORK895 |
UN GENERAL DEBATE: BURMA, LIBYA, AND OTHERS [...] SUMMARY: During the morning UN General Assembly General Debate on September 29, Lao, Turkmenistan, Moldova, Liechtenstein, Singapore, Yemen, Jordan, Burma, Botswana, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Cote D'Ivoire, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Ecuador, and Denmark spoke. Speakers continued discussing the en [...] |
2008-10-01 19:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS UNGA LA TX MD LS SN YM JO |
| 09BERN111 |
TIP - LIECHTENSTEIN: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-13 18:10:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB LS |
| 09BERN132 |
NEW GOVERNMENT FORMED IN LIECHTENSTEIN [...] (SBU) The Patriotic Union (Vaterlaendische Union, VU) party of Liechtenstein won an absolute majority of parliamentary (Landtag) seats in the February 8 national elections (reftel). In the wake of this surprising outcome, the VU could have opted to seek to form a government alone, without the [...] |
2009-03-26 16:32:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL LS |
| 09BERN199 |
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: RESPONSES OF SWITZERLAND [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the reftel B advance notice of U.S. candidacy on April 1 to Ralf Heckner, Head of the Human Rights Section at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). On April 17, poloff delivered the reftel A diplomatic note to Heckner. He informally welcomed the U.S. [...] |
2009-05-05 10:40:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC PREL SZ LS |
| 09BERN251 |
U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the reftel demarche on June 10 to Philippe Flueck, Deputy Head of Section for UN and Other International Organization Affairs (and POC for UN/IO candidacies) at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Flueck did not comment substantively on the U.S. cand [...] |
2009-06-12 15:01:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER UNGA SZ LS |
| 09BERN382 |
ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN JUSCANZ: LIECHTENSTEIN [...] (C) Acting POLE Counselor pressed reftel message on September 9 with Andrea Hoch, Coordinator for UN Human Rights Affairs at the Liechtenstein Foreign Office. Hoch took the USG's arguments on board, but said that the GoL had not focused on this issue since last year, and would need to review [...] |
2009-09-11 09:46:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PHUM IS LS |
| 09BERN470 |
UNGA DISCUSSION OF GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Swiss government has some understanding for USG concerns regarding the Goldstone Report and the resolution that will be discussed at the UN General Assembly on November 4. The Swiss, however, do not share all of these concerns, and generally have a sympathetic view of the Go [...] |
2009-11-03 18:06:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS SZ LS |
| 09BERN471 |
UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (ICSC) [...] (SBU) On November 3, Christine Lingg, who covers UN candidacy issues for the Liechtenstein Foreign Office, informed acting POLE counselor that Liechtenstein will support U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers at the upcoming UNGA elections for the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC). ----- [...] |
2009-11-04 15:38:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER UNGA SZ LS |
| 09BERN472 |
64TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY/THIRD COMMITTEE: [...] (SBU) Summary: Switzerland and Liechtenstein reject "no action" motions as a matter of principle, and they expect to support the UNGA Third Committee resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and the DPRK. They also plan to support the USG's biennial resolution on free elect [...] |
2009-11-04 16:55:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN SZ LS |
| 09BERN62 |
LIECHTENSTEIN ELECTIONS: CONSERVATIVES WIN [...] (U) In an outcome that surprised Liechtenstein's political class, the conservative Fatherland Union (VU) party won an absolute majority of parliamentary (Landtag) seats in the February 8 elections. With 47,6 percent of the votes, the VU surged back from the historic low of 38,2 percent reached [...] |
2009-02-09 13:16:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN LS |
| 09BERN91 |
UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL: LIECHTENSTEIN TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Liechtenstein: On February 27, acting POL/E Counselor followed up on the request for support for the U.S. UNAT candidate (reftels) with Ambassador Hubert Buechel, COM at the Embassy of Liechtenstein in Bern. Ambassador Buechel expressed understanding for the importance of the matter to [...] |
2009-02-27 17:52:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KAWC KJUS UNGA SZ LS |