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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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06SANTODOMINGO1313 | CELEBRATING EARTH DAY IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Summary: In the midst of the run-up to May congressional and municipal elections, Earth Day is bringing together concerned Dominicans to celebrate the environment. Specifically in the Azua province -- located in the southwestern region of the country --citizens, more than 30 NGOs, government [...] | 2006-04-20 15:35:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR SENV |
06SANTODOMINGO1355 | COMMERCE VS. STEWARDSHIP: BATTLE OF THE DOMINICAN [...] (U) During President Fernandez's recent European trip, French investors proposed to him a USD600 million tourism investment in Bahia de las Aguilas, a pristine undeveloped beach area located inside the protected Jaragua National Park in the Southwest. Dominican Secretary of Tourism Felix "Fe [...] | 2006-04-21 21:07:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR PGOV SENV |
06SANTODOMINGO1363 | COMMERCE VS. STEWARDSHIP: BATTLE OF THE DOMINICAN [...] (U) During President Fernandez's recent European trip, French investors proposed to him a USD600 million tourism investment in Bahia de las Aguilas, a pristine undeveloped beach area located inside the protected Jaragua National Park in the Southwest. Dominican Secretary of Tourism Felix "Fe [...] | 2006-04-25 11:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR PGOV SENV |
06SANTODOMINGO1993 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CITIBANK 2006 CORPORATE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-16 15:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR ECON BEXP ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV AMGT |
06SANTODOMINGO3031 | THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT--YOUNG AND TOOTHLESS [...] Summary. Many believed that President Fernandez would replace the Minister of Environment, Max Puig, at the mid-term point. After many cabinet shifts, however, Fernandez decided to keep Puig, which is a good indicator of where Environment falls on Fernandez's list of priorities....near the [...] | 2006-09-22 20:33:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR EAGR EAID ECON SENV SOCI TBIO |
06SANTODOMINGO3141 | DENGUE FEVER: SLOW DOMINICAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary. Health authorities in the Dominican Republic continue trying to deal with the widespread outbreak of dengue fever that started in June, asserting at the same time that that there is no epidemic. On September 24 the Public Health Ministry announced that 3,933 cases of dengue [...] | 2006-10-03 20:29:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID AMED EAGR PREL PGOV SENV TBIO DR |
06SANTODOMINGO3807 | WATER AND SANITATION ISSUES IN THE DOMINICAN [...] (U) Summary. Per reftel, Embassy conducted a review of host country needs and identified opportunities to strengthen U.S. engagement on water and sanitation programs in the Dominican Republic. Access to potable water, especially in rural areas, better sewage infrastructure and treatment fac [...] | 2006-12-28 19:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OES |
06SANTODOMINGO761 | PROPOSAL FOR LABOR JUSTICE ACTIVITIES IN THE [...] The following is Embassy's response to request for project proposals. (Begin Text) Proposal for Labor Justice Activities in the Dominican Republic A. Characteristics of Labor Justice in the Dominican Republic: description and justification for proposed activities A study of cas [...] | 2006-03-03 14:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ETRD SENV DR |
06SANTODOMINGO772 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: USAID DR-CAFTA ENVIRONMENT [...] Summary: This is the 2006 USAID/Dominican Republic Environment Program Request which will support the environmental obligations of the Free Trade Agreement between the Dominican Republic, the Central American countries, and the United States (DR-CAFTA) and the regional environmental cooperati [...] | 2006-03-03 21:20:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD LAB SENV DR |
06SANTODOMINGO776 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: USAID DR-CAFTA ENVIRONMENT [...] Summary: This is the 2006 USAID/Dominican Republic Environment Program Request which will support the environmental obligations of the Free Trade Agreement between the Dominican Republic, the Central American countries, and the United States (DR-CAFTA) and the regional environmental cooperati [...] | 2006-03-03 22:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD LAB SENV DR |
06SAOPAULO1002 | SOUTHWEST BRAZIL: CATTLE CRISIS, POROUS BORDER, AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Consul General (CG) recently visited Brazil's southwestern border state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Meetings with representatives of the cattle ranching sector and government researchers shed light on an economic dichotomy in the Brazilian beef industry today: Drought conditions, market worr [...] | 2006-09-18 13:36:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD ENRG SENV KPAO EINV ECON BR |
06SEOUL1396 | SOUTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM: STATUS [...] This year marks the 50th anniversary of U.S.-Korea cooperation in the field of civilian nuclear energy, begun with the signing in 1956 of the bilateral Agreement for Cooperation on Civil Uses of Nuclear Energy. This fact will be commemorated during the 27th meeting of the Joint Standing Comm [...] | 2006-04-26 08:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG KNNP KSCA SENV KS |
06SEOUL1806 | AMBASSADOR AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SPAR OVER [...] (C) Ambassador made an introductory call on Minister of Environment Lee Chi-beom on May 25. After initial pleasantries, the Ambassador highlighted strong U.S. frustration that continued disagreement over environmental remediation had stalled the return of closed bases. He noted that the Uni [...] | 2006-05-30 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR SENV KS |
06SEOUL398 | MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, POLICIES, AND REGULATORY [...] Korea has made significant progress in addressing the need for environmental protection since the early 1990's. In preparation for upcoming trade negotiations, this report provides background information on Korea's environmental laws, policies and regulatory systems, and provides indicators r [...] | 2006-02-05 22:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KS |
06SEOUL592 | ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION OF USFK BASES -- ISSUE [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) The return of closed U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) bases to the ROK has been delayed by an impasse over environmental remediation. The delay is slowing down progress on base relocation/consolidation, a centerpiece of the ongoing realignment of our militar [...] | 2006-02-23 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SENV KS |
06SEOUL861 | KOREA NAMES NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER AND NEW FAIR [...] (U) On March 15, President Roh nominated Lee Chi-beom, President of Korea's state-run company that promotes recycling (the Korea Environment and Resources Corporation - - ENVICO) to be Minister of the Environment. The nominee will replace Lee Jae-yong, who resigned to run in local elections s [...] | 2006-03-16 08:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV KS |
06SEOUL888 | KOREA ENVIRONMENT ISSUES: SUPREME COURT RULING ON [...] On March 16, South Korea's Supreme Court handed down a final ruling that the Saemangeum Reclamation Project, begun in 1991 but stalled over the last year by a lawsuit, could go ahead. The world's largest coastal reclamation project, the Saemangeum project will convert 40,100 hectares of tidal [...] | 2006-03-20 06:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV KS |
06SINGAPORE1119 | FTA - JOINT COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SECOND ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives from the USG and GOS (the "Joint Committee") met in Washington March 30 for the second annual review of the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The review agenda (individual items noted below) focused both on implementation of the current agreement and p [...] | 2006-04-06 08:22:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV ECPS SENV EAGR KTEX KIPR ETTC SN |
06SINGAPORE1578 | SINGAPORE EXPANDS PREDICATE OFFENSES LIST TO COMBAT [...] In a move to strengthen its ability to combat money laundering and terrorist finance, Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently expanded its list of predicate offenses under which suspected individuals can be prosecuted. The amended Corruption, Drug Trafficking, and Other Serious C [...] | 2006-05-17 01:06:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KTFN ETTC EFIN SNAR SENV PHUM KIPR |
06SINGAPORE1935 | TORRES STRAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. Econoff delivered reftel note and talking points on June 7 to Florence Lim, Ministry of Transport (MOT) Sea Transport Division Assistant Director, and Benjamin Wong, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore International Department (Policy Di [...] | 2006-06-13 07:36:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL SENV |
06SINGAPORE2081 | FIRST PROSECUTION UNDER AMENDED ENDANGERED SPECIES [...] Singapore on June 16 sentenced an Indonesian national to five months in prison and a fine of S$20,000 (US$12,500) for possessing a species of turtle protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The offender will spend an extra tw [...] | 2006-06-27 08:12:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON ETRD ETTC EWWT SN |
06SINGAPORE649 | Singapore: USDA Acting U/S Lambert Discusses U.S. [...] (SBU) In a March 1 meeting, USDA Acting Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Dr. Charles Lambert thanked Singapore officials for reopening the country's market to U.S. beef. He also thanked them for their discretion in the handling of problems in the recent first shipment. [...] | 2006-03-02 09:49:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON SENV SN |
06SINGAPORE928 | Singapore To Begin Rejecting U.S. Beef Shipments [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 8. 2. (SBU) Singapore's Agri-Veterinary Authority (AVA) informed the Embassy and USDA/FSIS on March 22 that it would begin rejecting U.S. beef shipments that contain bone fragments for what AVA regards as non-compliance with our agreement fo [...] | 2006-03-22 10:25:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON SENV TBIO SN |
06SINGAPORE998 | AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES BEEF CONCERNS WITH AVA CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador assured Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) Chairman KOH Poh Tiong and CEO Dr. Chua Sin Bin that U.S. beef was safe in a March 24 meeting. She said that Singapore's issues with quality control stemmed from differing definitions of what constituted boneless [...] | 2006-03-28 08:28:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR KFLU TBIO SENV ETRD ECON SN |
06SOFIA190 | BELENE NUCLEAR PLANT: KEY TO DIVERSIFICATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU requirement that Bulgaria close Kozloduy Nuclear reactors 3 and 4 by the end of the year as part of the accession process, combined with increased international gas and oil prices and pressure by Russia's Gazprom to renegotiate gas delivery contracts, has focused the GOB [...] | 2006-02-03 11:58:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETRD TRGY EINV EPET PREL SENV RU BU |
06SOFIA202 | UNDER THE YOKE: BULGARIA'S DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sixteen years after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, Bulgaria still finds itself under the Russian energy yoke. Bulgaria receives 88 percent of its natural gas from Gazprom or one of its sister companies, and 73 percent of its oil from Russia. As it awaits entry into the EU [...] | 2006-02-08 11:57:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETRD TRGY EINV EPET PREL SENV |
06SOFIA632 | BULGARIA CONFIRMS COMMITMENT TO B-A OIL PIPELINE; [...] (C) In separate back-to-back meetings, Bulgarian ministers Roumen Ovcharov, Economy and Energy, and Asen Gagauzov, Regional Development, told Ambassador Beyrle on May 5 that despite Greek media reports, the Bulgarian government still fully supports the Burgas-Alexandropolous (B-A) oil pipeline. [...] | 2006-05-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD PREL SENV BU |
06SOFIA716 | NUCLEAR POWER INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS BULGARIA'S [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-19 13:25:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY EUN PGOV SENV IAEA BU |
06STATE188131 | INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNGA RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) Mission is authorized to join consensus on UNGA Agenda Item 53 (b) resolution titled "Follow-up and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States." RICE [...] | 2006-11-16 20:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA PREL SENV |
06STATE190080 | INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNGA 2C RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) Mission is authorized to join consensus on the UN Second Committee resolution titled "International Year of Forests, 2011." RICE [...] | 2006-11-21 21:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA PREL SENV |
06STATE192317 | INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNGA RESOLUTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Mission is authorized to join consensus on UNGA Agenda Item 53 (a) resolution titled "International Year of Sanitation 2008." RICE [...] | 2006-11-28 20:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA PREL SENV |
06STATE192406 | INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNGA RESOLUTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Mission is authorized to join consensus on UNGA Agenda Item 53 (a) resolution titled "International Year of Sanitation 2008." RICE [...] | 2006-11-28 21:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA PREL SENV |
06STATE203173 | ENERGY-EFFICIENCY LABELING PROGRAMS FOR OFFICE [...] This is an urgent action cable. See paras 4 and 5. Please note that despite EC holiday status a deadline of COB Friday, December 29, is requested. 2. BACKGROUND FOR MISSION: USG rep (EPA Deputy Administrator Marcus Peacock) and EU reps (Chief of EU Mission in Washington Amb. John Bruton and [...] | 2006-12-27 19:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EUN KTIA SENV |
06STOCKHOLM1922 | SWEDEN'S GOALS FOR POST-KYOTO CLIMATE COOPERATION [...] Summary: Ambassador Wood met with Sweden's new Minister of Environment, Mr. Andreas Carlgren, for the first time December 6. Topics of discussion included Sweden's desire to play a leadership role in setting the stage for a post-Kyoto international agreement to combat global warming, Ambassad [...] | 2006-12-08 16:23:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KSCA SW |
06SUVA287 | Fiji's Sugar Industry: An Uncertain Future [...] (SBU) For decades, sugar has been the backbone of Fiji's economy. Nearly a quarter of the population depends on the sugar industry. The EU decision to drastically cut sugar subsidies over the next four years, however, casts a giant shadow over the industry's future. A variety of fixes ha [...] | 2006-07-17 17:43:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ENRG SENV EUN FJ IN |
06SUVA341 | PACIFIC THOUGHTS ON RESTRUCTURE OF REGIONAL [...] (U) Pacific leaders tasked a group of experts to consider ways regional agencies might be rationalized. The experts' report advocates realigning 10 regional agencies into three pillars. The Pacific Island Forum (PIF),the regional policy-oriented body, would acquire policy/negotiation aspect [...] | 2006-08-28 23:28:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL EFIS EAID SENV SPC PIF XV |
06TAIPEI1432 | Visit to Taiwan by Senior Advisor for Agricultural [...] Summary: Madelyn Spirnak, the State Department Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology, visited Taipei from March 29 - April 1, 2006. She discussed U.S. agricultural biotechnology policy with a wide range of officials. It became clear that Taiwan authorities do not have a long term stra [...] | 2006-04-25 07:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON SENV OTRA ETRD TW KPAO OIIP TBIO |
06TAIPEI1608 | TAIWAN AGREES ON IHR ADHERENCE AND REQUESTS LETTER [...] (C) Summary. This is an action cable see para 7. DDIR presented demarche to VFM Michael Kau and TCDC Director Steve Kuo 5/10 at MOFA. DDIR stressed two issues: our strong support for Taiwan's unilateral adherence to the IHR and the importance of Taiwan's acceptance of the 2x2 debate on the [...] | 2006-05-10 13:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED SENV TBIO PREL TW |
06TAIPEI193 | TAIWAN: AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary. Taiwan continues to be H5N1 free and to prepare to counter a potential Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak. It has staged large-scale drills and distributed information in multiple languages to increase the flow of information to the public. Taiwan's Environmental Protection Agency (TEPA [...] | 2006-01-19 21:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT CASC ECON SENV SOCI TBIO WHO TW |
06TAIPEI2412 | FACING REALITY--CHINA PETROLEUM AND TAIPOWER RAISE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Last year, Taiwan authorities vowed not to raise fuel or utility prices (ref a). Facing rising international oil prices and mounting losses by state-owned energy and utility companies, the Executive Yuan relented and allowed price hikes at China Petroleum Company (CPC) and Taipow [...] | 2006-07-17 06:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SENV TW |
06TAIPEI2953 | TAIWAN NEEDS TO COMPLY WITH WCPFC FISHING CAPACITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A U.S. fisheries delegation visited Taiwan August 9 to discuss Taiwan fishing fleet overcapacity, ship-boarding policy in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) and Taiwan membership in fisheries organizations. The U.S. called on Taiwan to reduce its fish [...] | 2006-08-25 02:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV KTIA PHSA CH TW |
06TALLINN1042 | OIL SHALE ENERGY: FACING ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Summary. Oil shale is a key Estonian national resource, whose existence has allowed the country to remain relatively independent of Russian natural gas supplies. Despite the high cost of compliance, the GOE and power utility Eesti Energia are confident they will bring Estonia's oil shale [...] | 2006-11-20 15:53:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SENV ENRG EN |
06TALLINN791 | GLOBE ESTONIA BENEFITS EXCEED PROGRAM [...] (U) Summary. A ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program in Estonia recently demonstrated this grassroots program's effectiveness not only as a tool for increasing awareness and interest in science and the environ [...] | 2006-08-29 13:06:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGLB POG EN |
06TALLINN907 | PANDORA 2006: MOCK BIRD FLU PANDEMIC RESPONSE EXERCISE [...] (U) Summary: GOE is in the process of wrapping up PANDORA 2006, a multi-stage program created to test how Estonia's crisis management systems would respond to a bird flu pandemic. The program is being used as a learning tool to highlight some of the GOE's crisis management strengths and wea [...] | 2006-10-05 11:42:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI EAGR PGOV EN |
06TASHKENT324 | RUMORS OF AN IMMINENT EARTHQUAKE SHAKE THE COUNTRY [...] (U) Rumors of an imminent earthquake spread throughout Tashkent and into the provinces of Uzbekistan late afternoon on February 9, causing panic among the population. The Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) confirmed for the Embassy that it had in no way predicted an earthquake. An Instit [...] | 2006-02-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SENV UZ |
06TEGUCIGALPA2030 | Honduras: Latin American-Caribbean BioFuels Initiative [...] Summary: This cable responds to ref (A). Despite confusion and controversy in the traditional energy sector, Honduras has made real progress in biofuel development. Efforts are focused primarily on biodiesel, mainly through the cultivation of African Palm oil, and a consumer trial is now unde [...] | 2006-10-26 14:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SENV TRGY ETRD HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA2392 | Can Fish Oil Scale? Honduran Biodiesel Initiative Could [...] Summary: A GOH initiative to develop more energy independence may be in danger due to U.S. incentives that provide up to USD $1 in tax credits for biodiesel refined in the U.S. The GOH plan to import over 1 million African Palms could conceivably meet about 30 percent of Honduras' diesel requ [...] | 2006-12-29 21:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SENV TRGY ETRD HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA431 | Proposal to Improve the Agribusiness Workplace in [...] Summary: As per the referenced cable, Congress appropriated $40 million ($20 million in ESF and $20 million in DA) in FY 2006 for trade capacity building in CAFTA-DR countries to be used in the areas of labor and the environment. This proposal is the second of three USAID/Honduras responses t [...] | 2006-03-06 20:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD SENV EAID ECON PGOV HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA872 | POTUS Meeting June 5 With Honduran President Mel [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One hundred days into his term, President Mel Zelaya remains somewhat of an enigma. On the positive side, he has strongly supported CAFTA; cooperated fully with the DHS/ICE deportation of illegal immigrants (nearly 200 daily); acted - with limited resources - to combat the expl [...] | 2006-05-12 12:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV EPET SNAR EAID SENV KJUS HO |
06TELAVIV1066 | GIDEON EZRA DISCUSSES AMONA COMMITTEE, [...] (C) Summary: Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra told the Ambassador on March 14 that the Israeli National Police (INP) knew it would encounter significant resistance during the demolitions of Amona, but that the operation had to be implemented regardless because the High Court made a decis [...] | 2006-03-16 18:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV1645 | ISRAEL LOOKING TO JOIN WHALING COMMISSION BY JUNE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 16:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS SENV PREL IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
06TELAVIV2421 | NGO LEADERS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT SHARED MOUNTAIN [...] (SBU) PALESTINIAN AND ISRAEL REPRESENTATIVES OF ECOPEACE/FRIENDS OF THE EARTH MIDDLE EAST (FOEME) MET WITH NEA SENIOR S&T ADVISOR CHARLES LAWSON, CONSULATE GENERAL ECONOMIC OFFICER AND EMBASSY ESTH OFFICER AT THE CONGEN IN JERUSALEM JUNE 14 TO DESCRIBE THEIR FINDINGS ON THE DETERIORATING MOUNT [...] | 2006-06-21 12:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
06TELAVIV2430 | MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT'S TOP PRIORITY IS [...] (C) Summary: Environment Minister Gideon Ezra told NEA Senior S&T Advisor Charles Lawson June 15 that his top priority is cooperation with the Palestinians on sewage and other pollution concerns. He said that Defense Minister Peretz had determined that such cooperation was humanitarian and in [...] | 2006-06-21 13:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAID PREL KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
06TELAVIV2451 | PLANS FOR NEGEV/GALILEE DEVELOPMENT MOVING SLOWLY; [...] (C) Summary: Although a plan for Negev development approved last year included significant funding levels, the current budget included no new funds. Current Negev initiatives include encouraging industry and the military to shift operations there, using solar power to generate electricity, d [...] | 2006-06-22 09:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG SENV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY |
06TELAVIV2469 | INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTRY COOPERATING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Israel continues to supply 43 million cubic meters of water to Palestinians on the West Bank, and Israeli Water Commission officials communicate daily with Palestinian Water Authority counterparts on "emergency and humanitarian issues." GOI officials support donor projects to red [...] | 2006-06-22 13:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
06TELAVIV2510 | BEN-ELIEZER DISCUSSES ENERGY REFORMS AND [...] (C) Summary: National Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told the Ambassador on June 21 that he is looking to Central Asia, particularly to Azerbaijan, for long-term oil contracts. He reported that he recently returned from a trip to Baku in which he discussed with Azeri officials [...] | 2006-06-24 14:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV KWBG ENRG IS GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
06TELAVIV3844 | GOI PERSPECTIVE ON WAZZANI SPRINGS [...] (C/NF) Summary: According to an MFA official, the villagers of Rajar (aka Ghajjar) resumed using piped water from the nearby Wazzani Springs after the IDF drove Hizballah fighters away from the area during the recent conflict. Armed Hizballah fighters had stopped the villagers from using the [...] | 2006-09-28 09:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PREL PGOV KPKO LE IS |
06TELAVIV4741 | THIRTY-METER SEWAGE WATERFALL AND OTHER CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Israeli infrastructure and environment officials told NEA Senior S&T Advisor Charles Lawson that they remain concerned about neglect of sewage and other waste on the West Bank. Increasing damage to the Mountain Aquifer shared by Israelis and Palestinians is epitomized by a thirt [...] | 2006-12-06 12:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAID PREL ECON KPAL IS |
06TELAVIV4853 | ISRAEL-JORDAN ENVIRONMENTAL AND RELATED COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection welcomes cooperation and exchange with Jordan's Green Police. The GOI also welcomes the upcoming World Bank feasibility study of the proposed Red Sea-Dead Sea water conveyance project. Two kibbutzim have helped the GOI fulfill t [...] | 2006-12-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PREL EAID EPET JO IS |
06TELAVIV4927 | ISRAEL HOSTS UN DESERTS AND DESERTIFICATION [...] Israel hosted a conference on "Deserts and Desertification -- Challenges and Opportunities" under the aegis of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The conference took place November 6-9 at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research of the Ben Gurion Universi [...] | 2006-12-26 08:32:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV PREL UN IS |
06TELAVIV668 | HOUSING MINISTER BOIM DISCUSSES OUTPOSTS, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Housing and Construction Minister Ze'ev Boim said that the GOI would evacuate outposts because Israel promised the USG that it would do so under the road map, and because outposts are unauthorized and Israel is a country that follows [...] | 2006-02-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV689 | ISRAELI MINISTER OF HEALTH ON IPR ISSUES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador raised intellectual property concerns with newly appointed Health Minister Yaakov Edery. Edery told the Ambassador that he is working to establish a "green line" system for FDA-approved pharmaceuticals. The MOH is looking to renew its cooperative agreement with [...] | 2006-02-16 06:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ETRD KIPR PREL SENV KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV712 | POLLUTED MOUNTAIN AQUIFER BINDS PALESTINIANS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent symposium on pollution of shared Israeli-Palestinian groundwater highlighted that sewage and untreated solid waste seriously threaten the health of the Mountain Aquifer which provides water to Palestinians, Israeli settlers on the West Bank, and other Israeli citizens [...] | 2006-02-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL EAID PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV990 | BAR-ON DISCUSSES POLITICAL SCENE, COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: National Infrastructures Minister Ronnie Bar-On told the Ambassador on March 9 that Likud and Labor officials are attacking Kadima because they do not have a political vision of their own. He characterized Binyamin Netanyahu as unelectable, and said that Amir Peretz is a "non-i [...] | 2006-03-10 17:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06THEHAGUE1147 | DUTCH REQUEST MORE INFORMATION ON COALITION AGAINST [...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Stefan Verbunt, CITES Management Authority for the Netherlands, and Senior Executive Officer with the Department of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. Verbunt stated that, while he agreed in principle with the objectives of the Coalition Against Wildlife [...] | 2006-05-22 11:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE1208 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL JANE [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official Jane Metcalfe, International Affairs Specialist, Office of International Affairs to travel to the Hague from June 12-18, 2006, as the EPA's lead representative for the Partnership for Clean Fueals and Vehicles. 2. E [...] | 2006-05-30 14:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1325 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JANE METCALFE [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Jane Metcalfe, International Affairs Specialist, Office of International Affairs (OIA) to travel to the Netherlands on June 13-18, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to work with UNEP and representatives from the oil industry to come to agreement on a do [...] | 2006-06-14 08:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA KSCA TPHY UNEP EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1342 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GUY R. GELFENBAUM [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Guy R. Gelfenbaum from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to travel to the Netherlands on June 20-July 8, 2006. The purpose of the travel is to confer with International experts on coastal erosion modeling at the Technical University at Delft and on new mo [...] | 2006-06-15 08:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV NL |
06THEHAGUE1405 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL CHARLES [...] Country clearance is granted for Charles Schenk, Diesel Technology Specialist, Office of Air and Radiation, EPA, to travel to the Netherlands from June 26-29, 2006 to attend a Conference on Global Diesel Emissions Strategies in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance [...] | 2006-06-22 14:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1422 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL WOODROW [...] Country clearance is granted for Woodrow Setzer, Office of Research and Development, EPA, to travel to the Netherlands from July 15-20, 2006 to participate in an international Expert Panel Meeting concerning risk assessment of compounds that are both genotoxic and carcinogenic. 2. Embas [...] | 2006-06-27 09:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE163 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL JOHN [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official John Lyon, Director, Office of Research and Development, to travel to the Netherlands from February 11-15, 2006 to attend the European Space Agency Third Atmospheric Chemistry Peer Review Panel Meeting in Noordijk. 2 [...] | 2006-01-25 12:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1903 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIALS [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency officials Christopher Lau and John Rogers to travel to the Netherlands from September 9-26, 2006. Christopher Lau will present a poster at the FNPS describing his recent findings on the long-term effects of prenatal and lactation [...] | 2006-08-30 09:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1904 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL FRANK [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official Frank Sanders, Division Director, Associate Director(AD). Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substance (OPPTS) to travel to The Hague, Netherlands from September 25-28, 2006 to give a presentation at its 13th a [...] | 2006-08-30 09:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1981 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL SUSAN [...] Country clearance is granted for Susan Markis to travel to the Netherlands from September 25-October 5, 2006 to attend a conference. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission [...] | 2006-09-11 13:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE1984 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL KEVIN [...] Country clearance is granted for Kevin Summers to travel to the Netherlands from September 25-28, 2006 to attend a conference. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must [...] | 2006-09-11 14:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE20 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL FRED [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official Fred Hauchman, Division Director, Office of Research and Development to travel to the Netherlands from January 10-14, 2006 to meet with representatives of UNICEF-IHE and to make a presentation at the Delft University Wa [...] | 2006-01-05 12:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE21 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL FRED [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official Fred Hauchman, Division Director, Office of Research and Development to travel to the Netherlands from January 10-14, 2006 to meet with representatives of UNICEF-IHE and to make a presentation at the Delft University Wa [...] | 2006-01-05 12:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2180 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL RORY [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official Rory Conolly, Senior Research Biologist, Office of Research and Development to travel to the Netherlands from October 18-20, 2006 to attend a conference in Utrecht. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance [...] | 2006-10-05 10:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2340 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL KENNETH [...] Country clearance is granted for Kennethy E. Feith, Office of Air and Radiation, EPA, to travel to the Netherlands from November 7-18, 2006 to attend the UN/ECE World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. [...] | 2006-11-01 08:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2341 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL KENNETH [...] Country clearance is granted for Kennethy E. Feith, Office of Air and Radiation, EPA, to travel to the Netherlands from November 7-18, 2006 to attend the UN/ECE World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. [...] | 2006-11-01 08:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2532 | CUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL ROGER [...] Country clearance is granted for Roger Fernandez, Office of Air and Radiation, to travel to the Netherlands on December 12, 2006 to meet with Shell Oil Company representatives to discuss the Natural Gas Star International Program under the methane to markets Partnership. 2. Embassy point [...] | 2006-12-01 14:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE2553 | DUTCH RESPONSE: EU EMISSIONS TRADING AND [...] (U) Econoff delivered on November 22 reftel demarche on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and its potential effects on international aviation to Rene Fennes, Head of International Relations at the Ministry of Transport, Public Works, and Water Management (MOT). Fennes responded that the [...] | 2006-12-05 17:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON SENV |
06THEHAGUE2610 | NETHERLANDS: CALIFORNIA DELEGATION FOCUSES ON [...] A delegation led by California Senate Republican Leader Dick Ackerman visited The Netherlands December 8-13 to discuss flood protection, climate adaptation, and an upcoming trade mission to San Francisco. 2. Delegation members included Senator Christine Kehoe, (Democrat - San Diego),Senato [...] | 2006-12-14 14:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV BEXP ETRD NL |
06THEHAGUE304 | GONL RESPONSE ON MARINE BIODIVERSITY BEYOND [...] GlobalOff delivered reftel talking points on marine biological diversity to Liesbeth Lijnzaad, Deputy Director of the MFA International Law Division. Lijnzaad expressed appreciation for being informed of the USG position prior to next week's ad hoc group meeting, but indicated that the GONL s [...] | 2006-02-10 06:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA TPHY EFIS SENV TSPL NL |
06THEHAGUE607 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL JOHN [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official Susan Thorneloe, Senior Environmental Engineer, Office of Research and Development to travel to the Netherlands from March 31-April 4, 2006 to represent the agency at the meetings with the European Union to discuss harm [...] | 2006-03-21 15:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE620 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL SUSAN [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official Susan Thorneloe, Senior Environmental Engineer, Office of Research and Development to travel to the Netherlands from March 31-April 4, 2006 to represent the agency at the meetings with the European Union to discuss harm [...] | 2006-03-22 15:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE626 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL WILLIAM [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official William Charmley, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Air and Radiation to travel to the Netherlands from April 4-8, 2006 to attend a meeting of the Emissions Working Group. 2. Embassy understands that no further assi [...] | 2006-03-23 09:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE693 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIALS [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency officials Robert Burgess, Research Environmental Scientist; Jim Lazorchak, Aquatic Biologist; Adam Biales, Molecular Biologist; David Bencic, Biologist; Mitchell Kostich, Statician; Laura Jackson, Biologist; and Mace Barron, Sup [...] | 2006-03-31 14:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE878 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL THOMAS [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official Thomas Pflleeger, Plant Psyciologist, to travel to the Netherlands from May 5-15, 2006 to attend the SETAC Europe 16th Annual Meeting in the Hague. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. [...] | 2006-04-20 13:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06THEHAGUE889 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL THOMAS [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official Thomas Pflleeger, Plant Psyciologist, to travel to the Netherlands from May 5-15, 2006 to attend the SETAC Europe 16th Annual Meeting in the Hague. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. [...] | 2006-04-21 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA NL |
06TIRANA747 | DELAYS IN THE ALBANIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Preparations for the Albanian Chemical Weapons Elimination Program have been delayed due to damage sustained during testing of the destruction equipment and required modifications to the system. The delays have resulted in the postponement of the start of operations at the destr [...] | 2006-07-14 13:27:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PARM PREL SENV AL |
06TOKYO2073 | WHALING: PRIVATE SECTOR GETS OUT OF WHALING [...] Five private fisheries companies that own Kyodo Senpaku, the owner and operator of the vessels used in Japan's lethal research whaling program, have collectively decided to give away their shares to several public-interest organizations, including the Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR). GO [...] | 2006-04-17 23:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA IWC JA ETRD |
06TOKYO2229 | WHALING: JARPA II LETHAL RESEARCH FLEET RETURNS [...] The first of Japan's expanded lethal research whaling expeditions under JARPA II returned to Japan from the Antarctic on April 14. The Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) praised the new research program as having been "successfully conducted", but will now turn to the difficult task of try [...] | 2006-04-25 04:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA IWC JA ETRD |
06TOKYO2848 | JARPN II WHALING FLEET DEPARTS FOR WESTERN NORTH [...] Japan's whaling fleet set off the morning of May 23 from three ports to conduct JARPN II (Second Phase of Japan's Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Western North Pacific),Japan' annual lethal research whaling program in the Western North Pacific, which started in 2000. JARP [...] | 2006-05-23 23:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA IWC JA ETRD |
06TOKYO2912 | JAPAN: ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] GOJ Approves Nuclear Energy Policy for the Next Decade: On October 14, the GOJ agreed to follow basic recommendations put forth by the Atomic Energy Commission that call for maintaining the policy of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel for the next ten years. The new policy includes a study on t [...] | 2006-05-25 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TBIO TNGD TPHY TRGY TSPA TSPL SENV SOCI |
06TOKYO2965 | WHALING: PRESS ON JAPAN'S POSITION AT IWC [...] According to press reporting, on May 24, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) held a joint meeting of its fisheries divisions and pro-whaling caucus to discuss Japan's goals and strategies for this year's International Whaling Commission (IWC) Annual Meeting in St. Kitts and Nevis. [...] | 2006-05-30 23:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA IWC JA ETRD |
06TOKYO3357 | JAPAN-CENTRAL AND SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE RELATIONS: [...] (C) Summary. In a recent review of Japan's relations with Central Europe, MOFA officials related that ties with Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia are moving away from assistance and toward direct investment. Japan's relationship with Romania and Bulgaria is largely focused on ener [...] | 2006-06-18 23:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID AADP SENV XH ZL ZS JA |
06TOKYO4424 | WHALING: TOUTING HEALTH BENEFITS, JAPAN MARKETS [...] In an effort to develop consumer demand for its increasing stockpile of whale meat (refs),the GOJ-linked "Geishoku Labo" (Whale Food Lab) held a whale tasting and lecture on July 27 in downtown Tokyo. From more than thirty recipes that Geishoku Labo created, the company offered sashimi (raw [...] | 2006-08-07 06:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA IWC JA ETRD |
06TOKYO4949 | JARPN II WHALING FLEET RETURNS FROM WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC [...] Japan's whaling mothership under JARPN II (Second Phase of Japan's Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Western North Pacific),its annual lethal research whaling program that started in 2000, returned to Hakodate, Hokkaido in northern Japan in the morning of August 21, about one [...] | 2006-08-30 01:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA IWC JA ETRD |
06TOKYO4962 | YOUR VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Japan comes at an excellent time in U.S.-Japan relations. Our cooperative scientific relationship with Japan is one of the broadest and deepest in the world. Your attendance at the STS Forum and meetings in Kyoto will assist us to move forward on several specific [...] | 2006-08-30 07:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV TRGY TSPL JA |
06TOKYO5065 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE FOR SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDATE [...] (C) REFTEL demarche was delivered to Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. NASA Attach met with Japan,s lead delegate to the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO),Mr. Toru Nakaya, Director of the International Organizations Office, Telecommunications Bureau, Ministry of Internal [...] | 2006-09-06 05:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPA JA SENV |
06TOKYO5943 | MOFA PUSHES FOR ASIA-PACIFIC STATISTICAL NETWORK [...] (U) Please see last paragraph for possible action. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On October 6, MOFA called in selected embassies to promote GOJ's concept of an Asia-Pacific Economic Research Mechanism (APERM) and to encourage high level attendance at a kick off conference in Kyoto, [...] | 2006-10-12 22:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD SENV EFIN APEC JA |
06TOKYO6203 | METHYL BROMIDE DEMARCHE: JAPAN SKEPTICAL [...] ESTOff and ESTFSN delivered reftel talking points on October 24 to Hideo Fukushima, Director of the Global Environment Division at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and head of the Japanese delegation to next week's Montreal Protocol Meeting of the Parties in India. Fukushima acknowledged [...] | 2006-10-25 05:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR ETRD JA PREL SENV |
06TOKYO6221 | METHYL BROU+Q.24 to Hideo Fukushima, Director of the Global [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-25 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR ETRD JA PREL SENV |
06TRIPOLI644 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY VISIT AND [...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs McMurray. The following background information is provided in anticipation of your visit to Tripoli on November 11-13, 2006. Our scientific engagem [...] | 2006-11-09 17:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO EAIR ECIN EFIS EINV ETTC OSCI SENV |
06TUNIS2749 | TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Oct. 16 - Oct. 31 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. GOT to Issue a Travel Allowance Card B. GOT Projects 5.3 percent GDP Growth for 2006 C. Central Bank Concerned About Household Debt D. Tunisia Signs Science Cooperation Deal with Chi [...] | 2006-11-14 08:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB EFIN SENV KTEX TS |
06TUNIS344 | ENVIRONMENTAL WOES AND SOLUTIONS IN GABES [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern coastal town of Gabes is one of the primary industrial zones in the country. While chemical factories have provided jobs boosting the local and national economy, resulting pollution has severely damaged the local ecosystem and posed health risks to the population, [...] | 2006-02-16 08:22:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV TS |
06TUNIS452 | TUNISIAN RESPONSE: COLLABORATING WITH [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Tunis welcomes the OES-led initiative to develop targeted activities in support of basic science and mathematics education, which are top priorities in Tunisia. Opportunities I-V, presented in reftel A, are all viable options for collaboration with Tunisian groups. In addi [...] | 2006-03-02 11:02:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL SENV KPAO TS |
06ULAANBAATAR326 | MONGOLIAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTER RECEIVES UPDATE [...] (SBU) Charge, accompanied by Econ/Coml Chief (also covering EST issues),called April 27 on Minister of Nature and Environment Erdenebaatar. Charge' congratulated Erdenbaatar on his recent appointment as Minister and also for attending post's Earth Day river clean-up on April 22 (reftel). Ec [...] | 2006-04-30 22:27:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL CVIS UNEP KFRD MG |
06ULAANBAATAR628 | Mongolia's Looming Mercury Pollution Crisis [...] Summary. The widespread use of mercury in the informal gold mining sector in Mongolia has produced a looming environmental crisis. As many as 100,000 "ninja" miners -- 15-20% of them children -- now work in the sector, a number that has sharply increased in the last five years. Illegal u [...] | 2006-08-17 05:47:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV EMIN SOCI ELAB PHUM MG |
06USUNNEWYORK1070 | UN COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT'S 14TH [...] (U) Summary: Building on reforms advanced since the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the May 1-12 fourteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14) successfully focused on practical approaches to increase access to modern energy services. An interagency U.S. [...] | 2006-05-25 14:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ENRG EAID TRGY ECON UN |
06USUNNEWYORK1072 | MAY 24 INFORMALS ON ENVIRONMENT HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) Co-chairs of the informal consultation process on the framework of the UN's environment activities, Ambassador Maurer of Switzerland and Ambassador Berruga of Mexico, convened a one hour meeting May 24 to brief New York delegations on the outcome of their recent trips to Nairobi and Geneva [...] | 2006-05-25 20:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR SENV |
06USUNNEWYORK2053 | SINGAPORE PURPLE IN UN OVER INDONESIA [...] (U) The perennial problem of South Asian haze fed by illegal timber clearing in Indonesia (reftel) spilled into normally docile UN Second Committee debates on October 25-26 during plenary discussions on sustainable development. Singapore devoted nearly the entirety of its October 25 statement [...] | 2006-10-30 18:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TPHY TBIO KTIA ID SN UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2219 | 61ST UNGA: SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS FOUR [...] Summary: On November 22, the UN's Second Committee on economic and financial affairs passed four resolutions, including one condemning the Israeli destruction of oil tanks in Lebanon. Four countries joined the US to vote No on the Lebanese resolution, with the EU members/applicants among the [...] | 2006-12-06 17:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD EFIN SENV UNGA IS LN |
06USUNNEWYORK2230 | 61ST UNGA: SECOND COMMITTEE VOTES ON TRADE; ADOPTS [...] Summary: On December 1, the UN's Second Committee on economic and financial affairs passed five resolutions, including one on international trade that called for the restarting of the WTO Doha round. The US was alone in voting against it, while a large block of 52 countries including the EU a [...] | 2006-12-08 18:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID SENV UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2234 | UNGA SECOND COMMITTE ADOPTS TEN RESOLUTIONS BY [...] Summary: On December 6, the UN's Second Committee on economic and financial affairs passed nine resolutions by consensus, including one on external debt. None had program budget implications. The other resolutions were on commodities, the international year of forests, disaster reduction, UN [...] | 2006-12-08 23:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD SENV KCOR UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2246 | UN SECOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDES WORK, ADOPTS ELEVEN [...] Summary: Concluding its work for 2006, the United Nations General Assembly Second Committee on economic and financial affairs adopted ten resolutions and one decision by consensus and voted (at EU insistence) on a resolution on global climate change during action on December 8. UN Under Secre [...] | 2006-12-13 19:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD TSPL SENV UNGA |
06USUNNEWYORK2278 | FINAL UNGA PLENARY ACTION ON RESOLUTIONS OF THE [...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly took final action December 20 on all the resolutions of the Second Committee. As is customary, final action in the Plenary was virtually identical to that taken previously when the Second Committee adopted each resolution. For the sake of brevity, this cabl [...] | 2006-12-22 19:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC UNGA ETRD SENV KPAL LE |
06USUNNEWYORK396 | UN REFORM/SYG HIGH LEVEL PANEL ON DEVELOPMENT - [...] (U) Summary. At an off-site event hosted by the UN Missions of Egypt and France on February 24-25, senior UN officials laid out expectations for the Secretary-General's High Level Panel on UN System-wide Coherence in the Areas of Humanitarian Assistance, the Environment and Development. Proje [...] | 2006-03-01 20:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KUNR SENV |
06USUNNEWYORK530 | UN HIGH LEVEL PANEL ON SYSTEM-WIDE COHERENCE: U/S [...] Summary: In New York consultations March 13, Under Secretary Shiner surveyed the upcoming work of the UN SIPDIS Secretary General's High-Level Panel on UN System-wide SIPDIS Coherence in the Areas of Development, Humanitarian Assistance, and Environment. The thirteen-member Panel -- man [...] | 2006-03-17 16:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD KUNR AORC SENV UN |
06USUNNEWYORK649 | DEMARCHING THE UN SECRETARIAT ON POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns, accompanied by Poloff, delivered reftel points to Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SYG) Angela Kane on March 30. PolMinCouns asked whether the UN had yet received the findings of the UN team that recently visited Ecuador to explore the possibility of a s [...] | 2006-03-31 15:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CO EC FAO SENV SNAR WHO UN PINR |
06VIENNA1105 | CONFERENCE ON NEXT STEPS FOR REACH LEGISLATION [...] On March 30 and 31, the Austrian Presidency hosted an experts workshop, entitled "REACH At the Edge of the Second Reading," to discuss next steps. Officials from all 25 Member States, the EU Commission, the EU Parliament (EP),industry and NGOs participated. 2. Thomas Jakl from the Austr [...] | 2006-04-18 06:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EIND ECON PGOV AU |
06VIENNA1846 | NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON REACH UNDER AUSTRIAN [...] Embassy conveyed ref A talking points to Thomas Jackl, the GoA's lead REACH negotiator and Head of the Chemicals Department in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and to Sylvia Hofinger, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Department for Sectoral Enterprise Policy and the GoA's Coordina [...] | 2006-06-23 14:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP SENV AU |
06VIENNA3279 | AVIAN FLU: BAXTER-AUSTRIA DEVELOPS A VACCINE AGAINST HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Austrian-based research facility of the U.S. healthcare company Baxter has developed a vaccine against the current strains of the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The vaccine has been successfully tested in mice and also with human subjects, yielding a protection rate between 70 [...] | 2006-11-08 13:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ASEC SENV EAGR EAID ECON WHO AU |
06VIENNA3470 | AUSTRIA FAVORS INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL AVIATION IN EU [...] On November 24, post conveyed reftel talking points and non-paper to Helmut Hojesky, Head of the Climate Protection and Air Pollution Control Department in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment; to Manfred Bialonczyk, Director General of the Civil Aviation Administration in the Ministry [...] | 2006-12-04 14:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR SENV ECON AU |
06VIENNA3482 | AUSTRIA'S OPPOSITION TO CZECH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT [...] (SBU) The recent Czech decision to grant a final operating license for the controversial Temelin nuclear power plant has unleashed a barrage of criticism in Austria. State government officials in Upper Austria, which lies approximately 40 miles from Temelin, have been the most vehement critic [...] | 2006-12-05 11:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PGOV EUN AU |
06VIENNA470 | AVIAN INFLUENZA LIKELY IN AUSTRIAN SWANS [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health and Women's Affairs (MoH) publicly announced on February 14 that tests by the Austrian National Veterinary Institute indicate there is a 70% probability that two dead swans found in southern Austria were infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The MoH follo [...] | 2006-02-15 15:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC TBIO SENV EAGR EAID ECON WHO AU |
06VIENNA488 | AVIAN FLU: AUSTRIAN HEALTH MINISTRY VIEWS [...] (U) Summary: DCM discussed avian flu in a February 16 meeting with Dr. Clemens Auer, Chief of Staff of the Minister of Health and Women (MoH). The two also exchanged views on biotechnology and tradition-based violence against women. On avian flu, Auer said that the GOA welcomes improving in [...] | 2006-02-16 18:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV EAGR EAID ASEC ECON WHO PHUM AU |
06VIENNA610 | AVIAN FLU: EU HEALTH MINISTERS AFFIRM NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 24 Informal Meeting on the "Impact of Avian Influenza on Public Health in Europe," EU Health Ministers stressed the importance of public awareness. Austrian Health Minister Maria Rauch-Kallat pointed to the need for more public outreach, noting the Presidency [...] | 2006-02-28 15:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU ASEC TBIO SENV EAGR EAID ECON WHO AU |
06VIENNA696 | AVIAN FLU: CATS IN AUSTRIA "REJECT" H5N1 VIRUS [...] On March 6, the Austrian Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Veterinary Director of the Austrian state of Styria announced that Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) tests confirmed the existence of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in the saliva of three cats. However, the MoH subsequ [...] | 2006-03-07 16:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU ASEC TBIO SENV EAGR EAID ECON WHO AU |
06VIENNA941 | AUSTRIAN ENERGY INITIATIVES - BEST PRACTICES [...] Post solicited information about domestic and international energy initiatives from Herbert Lechner, Scientific Director from the quasi-governmental "Austrian Energy Agency" (AEA),and from Aloisia Woergetter, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Sustainable Development Unit. The GoA pro [...] | 2006-03-30 11:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ENGR EAID EPET TRGY AU |
06VILNIUS1073 | LITHUANIA UNAWARE OF AVIATION EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel non-paper on November 27 to officials in the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Transportation, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. None of our interlocutors was aware of the European Commission's specific proposal to force non-EU air carriers to join the EU Em [...] | 2006-12-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV LH EUN |
06VILNIUS438 | LITHUANIA APPRECIATES USG ANNOUNCEMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION [...] We spoke on May 9 with Viktoras Meizis, head of the Ministry of Health's International Relations Division about the USG's announcement of the Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza. Meizis said he appreciated this information and that he found the "pandemicflu.gov [...] | 2006-05-12 10:40:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KPAO SENV LH |
06WARSAW107 | POLAND: SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology Madelyn Spirnak visited Warsaw on November 29 and 30, 2005 to discuss the USG position on genetically modified organisms (GMO's),with GOP officials, members of the academic community, and the media. While the current GOP and much [...] | 2006-01-25 13:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ETRD EAGR KSCA ECIN PL |
06WARSAW1098 | POLAND: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - JUNE 8, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 14:43:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WARSAW1161 | POLAND'S ECOFUND: CRISIS OR MISUNDERSTANDING? [...] (SBU) Action request for State, EB/IFD/OMA and OES/ENV, paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Internal disputes at Ecofund discussed in Ref A have grown worse, threatening to disrupt the operations of the Fund. At the heart of the matter is the role that the Polish Treasury Ministry is play [...] | 2006-06-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV KSCA PL |
06WARSAW146 | AMBASSADOR ASHE'S COURTESTY CALL ON NEW MINISTER [...] Ambassador Ashe paid a courtesy call to Poland's Minister of the Environment Jan Szyszko on January 27. Ambassador Ashe began by talking of his admiration of Poland's national parks systems and his dedication to increasing the green spaces of Knoxville during his tenure as Mayor of the city. [...] | 2006-01-31 16:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV PREL PL |
06WARSAW1601 | POLAND: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - AUGUST 4, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-04 14:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WARSAW1679 | POLAND: GOVERNMENT PLAN TO CARVE CHANNEL ON POLISH [...] (U) Summary. Reftel describes the intermittent quarrels between the GOP and the Kaliningrad authorities and Moscow over ship access to the Baltisk Strait, which is the only point of entry into the Vistula Bay, and is located in Russian territory. As a result, the Polish city of Elblag and [...] | 2006-08-11 14:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT SENV PREL RS PL |
06WARSAW2106 | POLAND: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - September 29, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-29 10:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WARSAW2168 | POLAND: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - October 6, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-06 14:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WARSAW2411 | POLAND - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GPS-GALILEO, POLAND [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to MFA America's Desk Director Andrzej Jaroszynski and Jacek Losik, Director of the Telecommunications Department in the Ministry of Transportation. Initial reaction shows that all is on track and Poland plans to ratify the agreement soon. The U.S.- EU GPS [...] | 2006-11-17 10:59:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TSPA SENV ECPS PL |
06WARSAW2608 | LOT POLISH AIRLINES VIEW ON INCLUSION OF AVIATION [...] (C) In a follow up to reftels, EconOff met with Edyta Michalak and Rafal Szalc of LOT Polish Airlines legal department to discuss inclusion of international aviation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). LOT lawyers explained to EconOff that LOT is currently embroiled in a domesti [...] | 2006-12-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR EINV SENV PL |
06WARSAW347 | POLAND AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: CROSS AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoffs recently discussed GOP contingency preparations for an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) with the Polish Ministry of Health. Polish Health Ministry officials believe that AI is still primarily a threat to Polish agriculture, but stressed that the GOP has planned thoro [...] | 2006-03-01 15:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WARSAW597 | POLAND: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MARCH 31, 2006 [...] Very little has changed this week in the spread of AI throughout Poland. Two additional outbreaks have been detected. One is in Bydgoszcz, where five swans been confirmed for H5N1. This brings the total number of outbreaks for Bydgoszcz to three. The other new outbreak site is at Lake Rza [...] | 2006-03-31 14:43:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WARSAW633 | POLAND LOOKING INTO USG CONCERNS ON AARHUS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Econoff discussed USG concerns about Aarhus Convention guidelines on public participation in international fora with Anna Grupinska, Director of the Department of the United Nations System and Global Affairs of th [...] | 2006-04-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA SENV XG ECE UNAUS |
06WARSAW793 | POLAND: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - APRIL 28, 2006 [...] There have been no new outbreaks of AI in Poland during the past week. The infected and surveillance zones in Swinoujscie and Torun have been lifted, and the areas have been declared free of AI. 2. Between April 18-22 the Polish Veterinary Service, with the assistance of police, fire, mi [...] | 2006-04-28 10:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WARSAW943 | POLAND: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MAY 22, 2006 [...] There have been no new outbreaks of AI in Poland during the past week. The only existing outbreak site is in Warta Village recorded on May 4, 2006 and is still under quarantine. The General Veterinary Inspectorate office stated that bird migration is due to end shortly, reducing risk of new [...] | 2006-05-22 14:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL |
06WELLINGTON1002 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRANCISCA LIEM, FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official Francisca Liem to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from February 20 - March 3, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to chair the Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) working group meeting in Auckland. 2. (U) Embassy understands t [...] | 2006-12-18 03:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY EPA NZ |
06WELLINGTON125 | ATTENDANCE AT THE APEC POLICY DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand will participate at the Vietnam meeting of the High Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology (HLPD) and at MOP3 in Brazil. End Summary 2. (SBU) Rupert Holborow, New Zealand's APEC Senior Official, received U.S. Senior Official Michalak's letter (refte [...] | 2006-02-16 03:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN EAGR ETTC SENV TBIO NZ APECO |
06WELLINGTON126 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHARLENE ANDRADE, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist Charlene Andrade to travel to Dunedin, Invercargill, Stewart Island, and the Bluff Rakiuratiti Islands, New Zealand from March 15 - 26, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend project meetings [...] | 2006-02-16 03:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV TBIO NZ |
06WELLINGTON130 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD ZEPP, FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Senior Research Scientist, Deputy Director, Office of Research and Development Richard ZEPP to travel to Alexandra and Hamilton, New Zealand from February 22 - March 7, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to give scientific presentatio [...] | 2006-02-21 02:12:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY UNEP EPA NZ |
06WELLINGTON21 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Hydrologist Richard Alexander to travel to Hamilton, New Zealand from February 1 - March 7, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to collaborate with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research ( [...] | 2006-01-10 22:36:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
06WELLINGTON22 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRUCE MOLNIA, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist Bruce Molnia to travel to Twizel, New Zealand from February 3 - 11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the workshop on Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) and present papers [...] | 2006-01-10 22:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
06WELLINGTON3 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT D. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Research Physicist Robert D. Evans to travel to Lauder Station, New Zealand from February 17 - 24, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to install the Dobson Ozone Spectrophotometers at Lauder Station. 2. (U) Embassy understands th [...] | 2006-01-04 01:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AS NZ |
06WELLINGTON342 | NEW ZEALAND REPORTS LITTLE TO NO EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE [...] New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) reports there have been no casualties and little to no property damage in the capital of Nuku'alofa and the outer islands. MFAT says the Tongan National Emergency-Disaster Office reports no casualties and little to no property damage [...] | 2006-05-04 00:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TN NZ |
06WELLINGTON361 | SOUTH PACIFIC TUNA TREATY: CASE SETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-10 05:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV PHSA NZ |
06WELLINGTON394 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID P. WISEGARVER, MAY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official David P. Wisegarver to travel to Tauranga, New Zealand from May 25 - June 16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the CO2 project cruise aboard the R/V Cap Victor. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country [...] | 2006-05-24 03:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ |
06WELLINGTON600 | PACIFIC ISLANDS BETRAY NEW ZEALAND OVER WHALES [...] (SBU) GNZ feels betrayed by Pacific Island countries (PICs) that voted in support of the pro-whaling lobby at the 58th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission. But New Zealand officials say that rather than entering into an aid battle with the pro-whaling lobby they intend to re [...] | 2006-08-01 19:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EFIS IWC PREL ETRD NZ XV |
06WELLINGTON670 | NEW ZEALAND RE-THINKS CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: While many Kiwis view the United States and Australia as the big bad wolves of global climate change, NZ officials are quietly turning the country's policies away from the Kyoto Agreement and towards longer-term energy and climate change strategies. The officials are motivated by [...] | 2006-08-28 03:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG NZ XV |
06WELLINGTON699 | NEW ZEALAND THOUGHTS ON UNGA FISHERIES RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: GNZ is developing its official policy on the UNGA fisheries resolution and bottom trawling but is likely to support our position. GNZ is concerned that the UNGA and Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMOs) mandates may clash. Working level GNZ officials will provide m [...] | 2006-09-05 05:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV PHSA NZ |
06WELLINGTON736 | GNZ THINKING ON ANTARCTIC COMMEMORATIONS, LOGISTICS [...] (SBU) GNZ officials welcome USG participation in and support for January events hosted by PM Clark to commemorate the International Polar year and the 50th anniversary of US-NZ cooperation in Antarctica. New Zealand may also host events in-country for official USG visitors, including those una [...] | 2006-09-19 19:18:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV OTRA NZ US |
06WELLINGTON737 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEN ANDRASKO AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Officials Ken Andrasko and Francisco Delachesnaye to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 6-15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report: F [...] | 2006-09-19 22:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY NZ |
06WELLINGTON771 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA OFFICIAL STEVEN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Economist Steven Rose to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 6-15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report: Fourth Lead Author Meeting. 2. ( [...] | 2006-10-02 01:31:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY NZ |
06WELLINGTON901 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GLORIA CARBAUGH, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Gloria Carbaugh to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand between November 21 and December 8, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, where traveler will calibrate inst [...] | 2006-11-16 03:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AY NZ |
06WELLINGTON915 | ANTARCTIC COMMEMORATIONS: GNZ HOLIDAY CLOSURES AND [...] (U) New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has advised us by Diplomatic Note (para. 2) that MFAT will be closed for the Christmas and New Year holidays from December 23, 2006 to January 2, 2007. This is a good reminder that many NZ officials will soon be taking off for Chr [...] | 2006-11-21 03:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV OTRA AY NZ |
06WELLINGTON919 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-21 20:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SENV NZ |
06WELLINGTON929 | COOK ISLANDS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRADE TRACKING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-24 06:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ETRD SENV PHSA NZ |
06YAOUNDE1631 | CAMEROON: OFF ROAD IN THE WESTERN PROVINCES [...] (U) Pol/Econ chief made a three-day trip at the height of the rainy season September 28-October 1 to inaugurate Self-Help and Ambassador's Girls Scholarship projects in the North West, South West and West provinces. This message offers her impressions of the region. ----------------------- [...] | 2006-10-26 08:55:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM EAGR SENV KCOR SCUL PINR |
06YEREVAN129 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIA TRYING TO ENGAGE ON [...] (C) On January 26, Post delivered reftel points regarding issues of concern during the final negotiations on Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) at the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM). Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations [...] | 2006-01-31 07:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV AM |
06YEREVAN1511 | BSEC MINISTERIAL: ARMENIA'S VIEWS [...] (C) In response to ref A demarche, the Head of the International Economic Cooperation Department at the MFA told us that Armenia is likely to offer only luke-warm support to any U.S. proposal for a BSEC meeting on the environment. He also expressed concern about Georgia's efforts to include it [...] | 2006-10-27 06:25:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL ECON AM |
06YEREVAN208 | AVIAN FLU UPDATE AND ACTION REQUEST [...] (SBU) An eleven-member Avian Influenza (AI) Interagency Team including representatives from USAID, USDA, HHS/CDC, DoD and State, traveled in Yerevan from January 24-26. The team, or elements thereof, met with the Ministers of Agriculture, Health and Education, with representatives from interna [...] | 2006-02-10 13:22:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON PREL AM EAGR |
06YEREVAN268 | AVIAN FLU UPDATE: USG SUPPORT FOR IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Although there are still no reported cases of AI in Armenia, the government has begun to take steps to prepare. Motivation for the GOAM's new level of action has come not only from increasing AI reports from neighbors, but also from strong international community pressure, with the USG at [...] | 2006-02-23 13:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO ECON SENV AM |
06YEREVAN330 | ARMENIA FALLING SHORT ON AI DETECTION AND [...] (C) We are increasingly concerned that there are non-human cases of avian influenza (AI) in Armenia that have gone undetected and/or unreported. This cable details a series of incidents which collectively call into question the GOAM's willingness and ability to respond to reports of suspect c [...] | 2006-03-06 13:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON AM |
06YEREVAN479 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROBLEMATIC GUIDELINES ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-04 08:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECE KTIA SENV UNAUS XG AM |
06YEREVAN910 | ARMENIA'S "LEAST COST" ENERGY FUTURE INCLUDES [...] (SBU) At a June 30 conference to plot out how Armenia's energy generation capability needs to change to match its projected demand, GOAM energy policy leaders and top USAID consultants presented persuasive arguments that Armenia must replace its aging nuclear power plant by 2015 with a new nuc [...] | 2006-07-06 12:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PREL KNNP AM |
06ZAGREB1241 | CROATIA MAINTAINS VIGILENCE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] Scientists at the Croatian Veterinary Institute's Poultry Center plan to begin active monitoring of wild, migratory birds this month, beginning October 21 and continuing through December. Dr. Vladimir Savic, center director, told Econoff the center is collaborating with the State Veterinary Off [...] | 2006-10-13 10:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC KFLU HR |
06ZAGREB1332 | CROATIA TAKES REGIONAL ROLE IN AVIAN INFLUENZA, BEGINS [...] SUMMARY: Although there have been no new incidents of the H5N1 virus in Croatia, the country's designated avian influenza lab has begun active monitoring of wild birds as well as testing poultry suppliers on request. The director of the Poultry Center at the Croatian Veterinary Institute said h [...] | 2006-11-03 14:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC KFLU HR |
06ZAGREB1465 | CROATIAN STORKS TURN UP DEAD IN SOMALIA [...] SUMMARY. Some 50 Croatian-tagged white storks were found dead in Somalia in November, causing a brief panic over the possibility they brought avian influenza (AI) to the village of Elbaraf. The director of the Poultry Center in Zagreb said it is unlikely the birds died of avian influenza, after [...] | 2006-12-11 14:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC KFLU HR |
06ZAGREB222 | CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: FEBRUARY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-17 15:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL HR |
06ZAGREB236 | CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: FEBRUARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 21, the Poultry Center lab at the Croatian Veterinary Institute confirmed that a dead swan found on the island of Ciovo tested positive for H5N1. The lab continues to operate without a real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT- PCR) machine but a replacement machine is [...] | 2006-02-22 15:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC HR |
06ZAGREB252 | CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: FEBRUARY [...] On February 27, the Poultry Center lab at the Croatian Veterinary Institute confirmed that a dead swan found at the Pantan nature park near the coastal town of Trogir tested positive for H5N1. The GOC has initiated bio-safety measures and the culling of approximately 500 fowl within three kil [...] | 2006-02-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC HR |
06ZAGREB306 | Tuna farming in Croatia: generating jobs [...] SUMMARY: Croatia enjoys a trade surplus in the fish and seafood products sector with total exports of $103 million in 2004. Of that, Croatia exported approximately 4000 tons of tuna worth $55 million, more than 50% of total fish exports. An estimated 500 jobs and additional 2000 jobs of ind [...] | 2006-03-07 11:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ETRD HR |
06ZAGREB358 | CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: MARCH 15 [...] SUMMARY: Several more wild birds have been confirmed as positive for H5N1 in Croatia. These discoveries have not activated any of Embassy Zagreb's tripwires but Post has sent a warden message with an update on the situation in Croatia and general information on avian flu. Dr. Gjenero- Marga [...] | 2006-03-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC HR |
06ZAGREB39 | CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: JANUARY 12 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-12 10:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL HR |
06ZAGREB459 | CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: APRIL 1 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-11 12:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC KFLU HR |
06ZAGREB693 | CROATIA SUPPORTS CONSERVATION STANCE IN IWC [...] The Croatian parliament unanimously approved membership in the International Whaling Commission on June 2 and included pro-conservation language in its adopted law. However, given the mechanics of ratification and accession, it is uncertain that Croatia will send a representative to the June [...] | 2006-06-06 14:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV HR |
06ZAGREB729 | CROATIA EYES REGIONAL ENERGY MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Croatia currently covers 46 percent of its overall energy needs from domestic sources. However, the GOC predicts that by 2030 it will only be able to cover 30 percent or less if no other investments are made into the energy sector. Croatia is now engaged in several regional in [...] | 2006-06-13 13:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV HR |
06ZAGREB740 | CROATIA AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: JUNE 14 [...] (SUMMARY) WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEW REPORTS OF AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) IN CROATIA, SCIENTISTS AT THE CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE'S POULTRY CENTER ARE USING A NEWLY PURCHASED REAL-TIME PCR MACHINE FOR ROUTINE TESTING OF WILD BIRDS. THE CENTER DIRECTOR SAID NOW CROATIA IS BETTER PREPARED IN CA [...] | 2006-06-14 13:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC KFLU HR |
06ZAGREB911 | CROATIA SEEKS FUNDING TO CONTINUE AIDS- [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-31 04:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KHIV PHUM PGOV HR |
06ZAGREB952 | CROATIA SEEKS FUNDING TO CONTINUE AIDS- [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KHIV PHUM PGOV HR |
07ABIDJAN596 | COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Emboff demarched MFA Director of International Organizations and United Nations Affairs Ambassador Tanoh Boutchoue on June 3 using reftel talking points. The MFA will report back any official GOCI reaction. 2. (SBU) Speaking informally, Boutchoue warmly welcomed the President's init [...] | 2007-06-06 10:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG ECON IV |
07ABIDJAN925 | COTTON, CASHEWS, TIMBER: MAINSTAYS OF THE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary. Cotton, cashews and forest products are the mainstays of the economy in the North and West, but each sector is experiencing varying levels of difficulty. Cotton production is down by 40 percent since the division of the country in 2002, and both producers and ginning enterpris [...] | 2007-09-04 07:20:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR PGOV EAID ETRD SENV IV |
07ABUDHABI1998 | UAE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES [...] Summary: the UAE, the second largest economy in the Arab World, is in the midst of aggressive economic development. Dubai is building high profile luxury projects such as the "Palms" and the world's tallest skyscraper, the Burj Dubai. On November 19, 2007, Amman ESTH Hub Officer visited Abu [...] | 2007-12-13 13:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV AE |
07ABUJA1165 | NIGERIA RESPONDS TO MERCURY DEMARCHE [...] Six months after reftel demarche was delivered, the Nigerian government has responded to the request on mercury issues at the 24th session of the U.N. Environment Program's Governing Council that took place February 5-9, 2007. 2. The following is the text of the Diplomatic Note from the GON: [...] | 2007-06-08 12:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EMIN PREL ECON NI |
07ABUJA2330 | WATER- A CHERISHED COMMODITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. The Hadelia Jama'are River Basin Development Authority (HJRBDA) covers over 45,000 square kilometers with the potential to irrigate 212,000 hectares in Kano, Bauch and Jigawa states. Agriculture is a big driver of Nigerian economic performance representing nearly 41% of GDP and [...] | 2007-11-02 11:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR TBIO SENV PGOV SOCI NI |
07ABUJA2465 | NIGERIA: DESERTIFICATION A GROWING PROBLEM [...] Summary. At least 40% of the surface area surrounding the Sahara Desert is threatened by desertification, drought and desert encroachment. Nigeria is losing 1,355 square miles (sqm) of range and crop lands each year, and the far northern states of Sokoto, Kebbi and Katsina have had more than 4 [...] | 2007-11-28 17:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR TBIO ECON PGOV SOCI NI |
07ABUJA292 | SCIENCE FELLOW AIDS NIGERIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY [...] Summary: Embassy Abuja hosted a Science Fellow from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in fall 2006, who worked with Nigerian Geological survey to provide advice and recommendations on strengthening their remote sensing development. End Summary. Background on Nigeria's Geological Survey --- [...] | 2007-02-15 06:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY SENV OTRA EAGR NI |
07ACCRA1871 | TOGO: REO VISISTS MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT OF [...] (U) The REO met with Fisheries department officials, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment and the Natural SIPDIS Resources program manager for the Peace Corps. The REO visited the artisanal fishing vessel basin and a fish smoking facility. ------------------------------ F [...] | 2007-09-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CM SENV OTRA AF OES GH |
07ACCRA1916 | GHANA - ICAO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED; RECAP OF CIVIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EconOff delivered the third ICAO Assembly demarche requesting support for U.S. candidacy to the ICAO Council. Ghana's Minister of Aviation indicated support would be based on reciprocity as Ghana also seeks re-election. The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) inquired about t [...] | 2007-09-11 14:39:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD GH SENV |
07ACCRA838 | THIRD ECOWAS MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON [...] THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) AND THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA HOSTED THE THIRD ECOWAS MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY: ADOPTION OF THE 2006-2010 ACTION PLAN (ACTION PLAN) FOR MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOSAFETY, FROM MARCH 27-30 IN ACCRA, GHANA. T [...] | 2007-04-17 18:29:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON GH TBIO SENV |
07ADDISABABA1042 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's inter-agency Avian Influenza Committee met March 29 to review the situation in Ethiopia with respect to a possible outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the country. While HPAI has been confirmed in several states bordering Ethiopia (Sudan and Djibouti) [...] | 2007-04-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET KFLU TBIO AMED EAID EAGR SENV XW |
07ADDISABABA1271 | DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING AVIAN AND PANDEMIC RESPONSE [...] SUMMARY: Post's inter-agency Avian Influenza Committee met March 29 to review the situation in Ethiopia with respect to a possible outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the country (reftel b). The GOE's recent revamping of its National Task Force for the Prevention and Contr [...] | 2007-04-24 08:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ET KFLU TBIO AMED EAID EAGR SENV XW |
07ADDISABABA1280 | ETHIOPIA: THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING OF AVIAN AND [...] (U) CORRECTED VERSION OF ADDIS 1271. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In consultation with local actors and international agencies, Ethiopia has developed a national avian influenza preparedness plan, which includes containment measures such as vaccination of domestic poultry and culling. The Government [...] | 2007-04-25 05:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET KFLU TBIO AMED EAID EAGR SENV XW |
07ADDISABABA1988 | DEMARCHE ON ICAO ASSEMBLY DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered demarche points (refs A-B) on June 22 to MFA desk officer for the United States, Third Secretary Adam Tesfaye, and to MFA Counsellor/Head for UN Principal Organs Fund and Programming, Lulit Zewdie Gebremariam. 2. Zewdie provided no detailed substantive response regarding GO [...] | 2007-06-26 08:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV ET |
07ADDISABABA2576 | ANALYSIS OF USAID/OFDA WATER INTERVENTIONS AND RELATED [...] SUMMARY. The USAID/OFDA Shelter and Settlements (S&S) Advisor in conjunction with USAID/OFDA Ethiopia staff monitored field activities in selected areas of Ethiopia's Oromiya Region from July 25 to August 4, to assess strategic water interventions and implications on population and migration i [...] | 2007-08-17 02:19:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF SENV EAGR ET |
07ADDISABABA2636 | 2007 BELG SEASON PRE-HARVEST ASSESSMENT IN [...] SUMMARY. The Disaster Prevention Preparedness Agency (DPPA) led multi-agency teams that conducted a pre- harvest and needs assessment of the 2007 Belg season between June 24 and July 14, 2007. This involved 15 teams visiting all Belg producing and pastoral areas in the country. The purpose [...] | 2007-08-27 05:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV EAGR ET |
07ADDISABABA3254 | UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN DYNAMICS IN THE OGADEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent discussions between Post and UN agency, donor, and NGO interlocutors over the past two weeks highlight the challenges facing the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali region. Ongoing commercial restrictions, limited operational access due to internal security operations in res [...] | 2007-11-06 14:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA3334 | USAID FIELD ASSESSMENT IN THE OGADEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A small USAID team traveled to conflict-affected areas of the Ogaden November 4-8, 2007 to try to obtain some ground truth on humanitarian, conflict and commercial trade conditions. Following the field assessment, USAID confirms the situation to be very serious and a continued ca [...] | 2007-11-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA3584 | ETHIOPIA: USAID OFDA REPORT - UPDATE OF OGADEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This USAID OFDA report corresponds to a meeting hosted by the Ambassador on December 14 (septel),the fifth in a series of meetings of NGOs, UN agencies and donor countries, with the purpose of discussing and sharing information on the Ogaden. The general consensus at this meet [...] | 2007-12-18 13:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PHUM SENV EAGR ET |
07ADDISABABA3586 | ETHIOPIA: EMBASSY COORDINATED MEETING ON UPDATE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 14, the Ambassador hosted the fifth in a series of meetings of NGOs, UN agencies and donor countries, with the purpose of discussing and sharing information on the Ogaden. The general consensus was that access to the region by NGO groups has improved and that consid [...] | 2007-12-18 13:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PHUM SENV EAGR ET |
07ADDISABABA3601 | ETHIOPIA: UN AND NGOS EXPRESS FRUSTRATION OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Key UN agencies and prominent international NGOs told Poloff in meetings on December 20 that, despite much of the progress discussed in the December 14 meeting at the Ambassador's residence (reftel),GoE bureaucratic challenges and deliberate interference at the local, regional a [...] | 2007-12-21 11:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PHUM SENV EAGR ET |
07ADDISABABA3610 | DPPA SOMALI REGION DEYR ASSESSMENT [...] On December 21, members of the United States Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia attended the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GFDRE) Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) Deyr/Karan Assessment briefing for Somali Region. Acco [...] | 2007-12-26 13:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA3611 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM IN ETHIOPIA: SOMALI REGION [...] Between December 20 and 22, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia security officer met with representatives from the U.N., U.S. Embassy, and non governmental organizations (NGOs) in Addis Ababa to discuss security conditions in Somali Region. Discussions con [...] | 2007-12-26 13:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA3642 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: HEALTH AND NUTRITION [...] Summary: Between December 20 and 26, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia health and nutrition specialist met with representatives from the U.N., the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GFDRE),and non-governmental organizations (NGO [...] | 2007-12-31 12:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA3644 | STATUS OF USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM IN ETHIOPIA [...] Summary: On December 19, staff from USAID and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as part of a six-person U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT). The team will assess and report on humanitarian conditions in Somali Region t [...] | 2007-12-31 12:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
07AITTAIPEI2462 | INVASIVE SPECIES FLOOD TAIWAN RIVERS AND LAKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is an action cable see paragraph 9. Taiwan, an island 160 kilometers off the coast of China, has been home to unique flora and fauna. Distance from the mainland has managed to preserve many of its endemic species from foreign invasion, although that situation is under th [...] | 2007-11-09 07:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO ECON TW |
07AITTAIPEI2494 | ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTER WINSTON DANG ON TAIWAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency (TEPA) Minister Winston Dang told the Director on November 14 that President Chen Shui-bian's outspokenness on Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) issues has caused problems for both the party and presidential candidate Frank Hsieh. Dang sa [...] | 2007-11-16 09:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV CH TW |
07AITTAIPEI719 | TAIWAN CONCERNED ABOUT DIMINISHING PARTICIPATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is an action cable; see paras 3 and 7. AIT met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Department of Health (DOH) officials on March 27 to gauge Taiwan strategy going into the next World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting in Geneva mid-May. According to our interlocutors, [...] | 2007-03-29 03:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED CASC SENV TBIO PREL CH TW |
07AMMAN2017 | Developing Aqaba - The Gateway to Jordan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a May 2-3 trip to Aqaba, the Ambassador discussed the significant achievements in development of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) with local officials, shipping agents, students, young entrepreneurs, scientists, and environmental activists. The private sector has i [...] | 2007-05-13 09:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV SENV SOCI JO |
07AMMAN2562 | JORDAN SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY PROCEEDING WITH PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: After years of research and discussion, the GOJ is evaluating three bids to transfer water from the Disi Aquifer in southern Jordan to Amman. Officials are also contemplating an unofficial offer from an Arab country to exploit Disi and/or build a large desalinatio [...] | 2007-06-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV JO |
07AMMAN2606 | Jordan S&T Agreement Enters into Force [...] Post received a diplomatic note on June 12 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating that Jordan has met the conditions needed to bring the U.S. - Jordan Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation, signed by the Ambassador and the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Su [...] | 2007-06-18 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL TPHY SENV TBIO KSCA JO |
07AMMAN2860 | ICAO DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO JORDANIAN CIVIL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-03 13:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV JO |
07AMMAN2994 | Water Update in Jordan [...] (SBU) Summary: Rainfall close to long-term averages over the last year in Jordan has helped ease water shortages, at least in the short-run. Miyahuna, the new privately-run water company in Amman, expects water consumption in the city to grow by 8 percent annually, meaning 20,000 or more new [...] | 2007-07-12 13:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PGOV EAGR JO |
07AMMAN3177 | HUNDREDS ILL FROM NONFATAL, WATERBORNE PARASITE IN MAFRAQ; [...] (U) Summary: Approximately 900 residents in Jordan's northern Mafraq Governorate were recently infected by a nonfatal parasite found in their water tanks. Prime Minister Bakhit formed a committee headed by Minister of Health Kharabsheh to investigate the causes of the diarrhea and high fever [...] | 2007-07-26 14:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PGOV EAGR JO |
07AMMAN3215 | KING ACCEPTS RESIGNATIONS OF HEALTH AND WATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Bakhit announced on July 29 the resignations of Minister of Water and Irrigation Alem and Health Minister Kharabsheh. The two offered their resignations following parasitic contamination of water supplies in northeastern Jordan that infected hundreds. New ministers have not [...] | 2007-07-30 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SENV EAID EAGR JO |
07AMMAN3230 | EXACT Continues to Play a Vital Role in Fostering [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG organized a Steering Committee meeting of the Regional Water Data Banks project (EXACT) July 15 - 16 at the Dead Sea in Jordan. EXACT is a project initiated under the Multilateral Peace Process Working Group on Water Resources. The EXACT meeting brought Palestinian, Is [...] | 2007-08-01 06:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TPHY KPAL JO IS XF |
07AMMAN3565 | Jordan: New Environmental Police Swings into Action [...] Summary: The Ministry of Environment's (MOE) recently formed enforcement corps of environmental rangers, known as the Environmental Police Department (EPD),has gotten off to an active start. The local press reports the EPD has issued over 4,000 violations since the beginning of the year. Th [...] | 2007-08-23 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
07AMMAN3697 | LIMITED CABINET RESHUFFLE BRINGS IN THREE [...] (U) As expected, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit announced September 2 the names of three ministers to replace vacancies left by recent resignations (reftels). All three new ministers are considered technocrats by observers: the new Minister of Finance was promoted from Secretary General (the nu [...] | 2007-09-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JO PGOV SENV EAID EFIN PINR |
07AMMAN3806 | The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Balancing Development and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) manages the city of Aqaba and its surrounding 26 kilometers of Jordanian coastline. Roughly 30 percent of this strategic and precious real estate is a protected marine habitat. During meetings regarding environmental issues in [...] | 2007-09-13 11:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
07AMMAN3826 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR AMMAN ESTH HUB OFFICER MANU [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman requests approval for ESTH Hub Officer Manu Bhalla to visit Tel Aviv, Israel, September 23-26, 2007, to meet with ESTH Counselor Paul Rohrlich, tour MERC projects and have meetings regarding ESTH issues in Israel. 2. (U) Traveler requests Embassy assistance with hotel re [...] | 2007-09-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV OTRA IS |
07AMMAN3876 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HHS DR. SAMIR KHLEIF [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman requests country clearance for Dr. Samir Khleif, HHS National Cancer Institute's Chief of Cancer Vaccine Section (currently based in Amman),to visit Beirut, Lebanon from October 18 - 21, 2007, to participate in Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute (NKBCI) dedication activities a [...] | 2007-09-18 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV OTRA APER LE |
07AMMAN3877 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS EMPLOYEES LARSEN AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of USGS employees Matthew Larsen and Verne Schneider to Jordan, September 22 - 26, 2007, for the purpose of reviewing the USGS program in Jordan. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially t [...] | 2007-09-18 12:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TPHY KSCA ECON OTRA SENV JO |
07AMMAN3880 | Jordan: Planning the S&T Joint Commission Meeting [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (U) Background and summary: The U.S.-Jordan S&T Agreement entered into force on June 12, 2007 (reftel). The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is keen to hold the first Joint Commission Meeting (JCM). Dr. Walid Al-Turk, Secretary General of [...] | 2007-09-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL SENV TBIO TPHY ETRD KTIA JO |
07AMMAN3910 | JORDAN'S GROWING DATE PALM INDUSTRY INCREASES REVENUES AND [...] (U) Since the mid-1990's, Jordan's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has encouraged Jordan Valley farmers to substitute conventional farming crops and methods with new cash crops that use water more efficiently, are environmentally friendly, and reap greater profits. This policy has paid off with [...] | 2007-09-23 04:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV JO |
07AMMAN4112 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HHS DR. SAMIR KHLEIF [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman requests approval for Dr. Samir Khleif, HHS National Cancer Institute's Chief of Cancer Vaccine Section (currently based in Amman),to visit Dubai, UAE, October 28-30, 2007, to participate in the Knowledge Conference to launch the first project of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al- [...] | 2007-10-08 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV OTRA APER TC |
07AMMAN4227 | Israeli Embassy, Japanese, and Jordanian views on Peace [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following Israeli President Peres' late September briefing of Ambassadors Jones and Hale and subsequent request for the U.S. to encourage Jordanian progress on implementing elements of the Peace Valley Project, Post has engaged Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials, representativ [...] | 2007-10-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL SENV KWBG JO IS |
07AMMAN4274 | Construction Underway for Al-Mushatta Qualifying Industrial [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The newly established Al-Mushatta Industrial City, a designated Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) on the outskirts of Amman, aims to be the first "green" QIZ in Jordan. Al-Mushatta has partnered with an environmental services organization to screen prospective investors in the [...] | 2007-10-21 11:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4379 | FY08 PRIORITIES AND WORK-ITEMS FOR AMMAN ESTH HUB [...] The Amman ESTH Hub for the NEA Bureau was established in 1997. The current incumbent (Manu Bhalla) is the fourth Hub officer. He is supported by regional environmental specialist Rana Safadi, who has served with the Hub for eight years. Key Priorities and Work Items ----------------------- [...] | 2007-10-30 09:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4612 | JORDAN ELECTIONS: ON ELECTION EVE, POLITICS IN AN [...] (C) Summary. In the stretch of slums and refugee camps that lies to the south and east of Amman, the campaign for Jordan's November 20 elections has a markedly different flavor than elsewhere in the country. Candidates here speak frankly about the issues that matter to their constituents: p [...] | 2007-11-19 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KDEM ECON SENV KPAL |
07AMMAN4628 | U.S.-SPONSORED WORKSHOP HELPS TO ESTABLISH VISION AND SET [...] Summary: In a strong interagency showing, five USG agencies collaborated to hold a November 12-15 workshop for the Ministry of Environment's (MOE) one-year old enforcement corps of environmental Rangers. With over 50 participants on each of the three days, the workshop resulted in a draft str [...] | 2007-11-20 10:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4762 | CODEL ROHRABACHER MEETS WITH JORDANIAN ROYAL COURT [...] (C) Summary. In November 29 meetings with Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah and NGOs who work with Iraqi refugees, Codel Rohrabacher heard about Jordan's struggle to cope with increased demands on its overburdened infrastructure. While describing Jordan's economic direction as posit [...] | 2007-12-03 12:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KPAL SENV |
07AMMAN668 | Unity Dam on Syria-Jordan Border Storing 3 MCM of Water, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Al Wehdah (Unity) Dam on the Yarmouk River along the Jordan-Syria border was completed in November 2006. The dam can store 110 million cubic meters (MCM) of water, but it currently holds only 3 MCM. When filled, the reservoir is designed to supply 50 MCM of drinking water [...] | 2007-02-13 06:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL PGOV SY JO |
07ANKARA1176 | TURKEY LOOKS SERIOUSLY AT KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is a signatory to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),but has never signed the Kyoto Protocol. Turkish officials are looking seriously at the Kyoto Protocol, both because adopting it is a requirement of the daunting environment chapter of the EU "acqu [...] | 2007-05-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR SENV EAGR TU |
07ANKARA13 | TURKEY-IRAQ WATER TALKS - FORMULAIC BUT TALKING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-04 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EAGR KPAO OEXC SCUL TU IZ |
07ANKARA1310 | TURKEY PLANS BLACK SEA OIL SPILL RESPONSE EXERCISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Private industry, the Turkish Government, and other Black Sea littoral states are planning a comprehensive oil spill response exercise September 19-20 at Eregli on the Turkish Black Sea coast, preceded by a series of planning workshops. Industry observers give the Government of [...] | 2007-05-30 09:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EPET EWWT MARR TU RS GG RO |
07ANKARA1379 | TURKEY HOSTS BSEC SUMMIT - USG ATTENDANCE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on Secretary Rice's March message to FM Gul promising participation by a senior State Department official in the June 25 BSEC Summit in Istanbul (ref B) is an important opportunity to emphasize USG support for BSEC and our bigger objective of encouraging economic a [...] | 2007-06-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV KCRM TU |
07ANKARA16 | TURKEY-IRAQ WATER TALKS - FORMULAIC BUT TALKING [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Turkey and Iraq held their second bilateral water dialogue in 2006 in Ankara on December 14. Like the earlier May 24 meeting, delegations repeated long-held positions and quibbled over the agenda and language. The two sides agreed to meet again, and the Iraqis again proposed [...] | 2007-01-05 10:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EAGR KPAO OEXC SCUL TU IZ |
07ANKARA1934 | Turkish MFA on BSEC and Environmental Protection Symposium [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN SENV TU |
07ANKARA2003 | TURKISH MFA ON BSEC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) held on July 10 an after action review of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) 15th Anniversary Summit in Istanbul on June 25. Deputy Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ahmet Asim Arar chaired the meeting, and representativ [...] | 2007-08-03 12:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN SENV TU |
07ANKARA2614 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON TURKEY'S NEW ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Summary: On October 9, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Minister of Environment and Forestry Veysel Eroglu. Previously, Eroglu served for four years as the Director General of State Hydraulic Works. He continues to be highly interested in water issues and hydro electri [...] | 2007-10-23 09:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENIV ENRG SENV TU |
07ANKARA2626 | Turkish Response to Washington International Renewable [...] This is an Action request. See paragraph 3. 2. There was a Turkish Holiday in mid-October that delayed the Turkish Government's response to the invitation to the WIREC Conference. The MFA informed us October 16 that the GOT would like to participate in the conference, and has one confirmed [...] | 2007-10-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA TU |
07ANKARA283 | Cases of H5N1 Avian Influenza Confirmed in Poultry in [...] (U) Summary. In a press release, the Ministry of Agriculture (MARA) confirmed that 170 birds died of Avian Influenza (AI) on a small farm in the village of Bogazkoy in the province of Batman. On Feb. 9, MARA confirmed that the birds were indeed infected with the H5N1 strain of AI. All precau [...] | 2007-02-09 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU KFLU |
07ANKARA354 | TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - NO HUMAN CASES [...] SUMMARY: The GOT moved rapidly to contain outbreaks of avian influenza in chickens in villages in Batman and Diyarbakir provinces in the southeast that began on February 5 (refs). Ministry of Agriculture (MARA) officials culled nearly 3,000 birds and are implementing other appropriate biosecu [...] | 2007-02-16 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU KFLU |
07ANKARA367 | TURKEY SEEK TO REVITALIZE BSEC AS IT FETES 15 YEARS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey aims to use its BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) chairmanship to revitalize BSEC as it commemorates its 15th anniversary at its Istanbul Summit on June 25. BSEC and Turkey urge high level participation at this event. BSEC hopes to highlight BSEC institutional refo [...] | 2007-02-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV KCRM TU |
07ANKARA42 | Turkey Seeks Clean Coal Cooperation [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In an introductory meeting with THE state-owned Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKI),Director Selahaddin Anac expressed hope for activity under the bilateral Implementing Arrangement for Cooperation in the Field of Coal and Power Systems. He voiced strong interes [...] | 2007-01-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BEXP SENV TU |
07ANKARA482 | TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] As of February 28, the H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been detected in 12 locations of four districts in Batman province, including one area with wild birds, and in six locations of two districts in Diyarbakir province. There have been a total of 283 dead birds with confirmed cases of H5N [...] | 2007-03-05 07:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED CASC EAID SENV TU |
07ANKARA491 | PROGRESS IN TURKEY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting U.S. team was impressed by the level of commitment and sophistication in emergency planning evidenced in a range of meetings with national-level disaster assistance players in the Turkish capital. FEMA and OFDA committed to follow up with the Turkish Emergency Manage [...] | 2007-03-05 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV EINV TU |
07ANKARA58 | BSEC: TURKEY ASKS FOR FLESHED OUT PROPOSAL ON ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey seeks to coordinate with the U.S. and the EU as it composes its strategy for its BSEC chairmanship starting in May 2007. Its priority areas are trade and development, transportation, energy security and safety, organized crime, and environment. Turkey asks that the U.S [...] | 2007-01-12 10:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON TU |
07ANKARA639 | TURKEY'S WATER WORRIES - WAITING FOR APRIL SHOWERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With only 1642 cubic meters/year per capita usable water, Turkey is far from a water-rich country and acutely subject to increased dryness due to global warming. Now a particularly dry winter has left many of Turkey's reservoirs at low levels. Although Ankara authorities have [...] | 2007-03-21 08:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR SENV EAGR TU |
07ANKARA737 | TURKEY WWF AND TRILATERAL WATER TALKS [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The Turkish MFA was pleased with the kick-off planning meeting for the 2009 World Water Forum (WWF) conference in Istanbul (ref A) and the subsequent "River Basin Management" Conference in Antalya. On the margins of the latter, Turkish, Iraqi, and Syrian ministers restarted tr [...] | 2007-04-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EAGR KPAO OEXC SCUL TU IZ |
07ANKARA804 | TURKEY PLANS ITS BSEC SUMMIT BIRTHDAY PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA held a meeting with Embassies April 4 to describe its planning for the June 25 BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) Summit meeting of heads of state and government. Turkey aims to use its chairmanship to revitalize BSEC as it commemorates its 15th anniversary a [...] | 2007-04-09 05:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV KCRM TU |
07ANKARA934 | TURKEY RESPONSE TO WMO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 08:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY WMO TU |
07ANTANANARIVO177 | MADAGASCAR DECLARES FLOOD DISASTER [...] With tens of thousands of Malagasy displaced by flooding from the worst rainy season in recent memory, Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva convened donors February 20 to coordinate the ongoing humanitarian response and make an appeal for emergency assistance. FonMin Ranjeva affirmed the GOM had ma [...] | 2007-02-21 13:18:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL SOCI SENV MA |
07ANTANANARIVO237 | CONCERNED PRESIDENT DENIES POWER GRAB [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PREL FR MA EAID SENV KDEM |
07ANTANANARIVO248 | CONCERNED PRESIDENT DENIES POWER GRAB [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-12 14:11:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PREL FR MA EAID SENV KDEM |
07ANTANANARIVO252 | CONCERNED PRESIDENT DENIES POWER GRAB [...] (C) President Ravalomanana summoned Ambassador McGee to his office on the morning of March 9 to address a number of issues. First, the President conveyed his concern at seeing Somalis and Pakistanis on the northern coast of Madagascar (location still being determined) during a recent vacation [...] | 2007-03-13 08:15:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PREL FR MA EAID SENV KDEM |
07ANTANANARIVO262 | CYCLONE INDLALA STRIKES MADAGASCAR - FIRST REPORT [...] SUMMARY: Tropical cyclone Indlala struck the east coast of Madagascar early morning on March 15, with the city of Antalaha hardest hit. Due to the ongoing lack of communications, we do not have reliable information about casualties and property damage, but expect it may be considerable. Six [...] | 2007-03-15 12:33:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PREL SOCI CASC MA |
07ANTANANARIVO270 | CYCLONE INDLALA STRIKES MADAGASCAR - SECOND REPORT [...] SUMMARY: After hitting Antalaha and Maroantsetra hard, tropical cyclone Indlala has gradually dissipated as it moves west/southwest over land. Amidst the ongoing lack of definitive communication, unofficial reports of structural and flooding damage are considerable; contacts cite "thigh-deep" [...] | 2007-03-16 11:07:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PREL SOCI CASC MA |
07ANTANANARIVO276 | CYCLONE INDLALA STRIKES MADAGASCAR - THIRD REPORT [...] Government of Madagascar officials are starting to release initial assessments of the comprehensive damage tropical cyclone Indlala left in its wake, primarily in the northeastern and northwestern regions of the country. The National Bureau of Management of Risk and Catastrophe reports 14,000 [...] | 2007-03-19 14:09:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PREL SOCI CASC MA |
07ANTANANARIVO321 | JAYA: MADAGACAR'S SIXTH CYCLONE [...] Tropical Cyclone Jaya made landfall on Madagascar's battered northeast coast on April 3, weakened as it crossed the north end of the island, then re-emerged into the Mozambique Channel on April 4. As of 1200 local time on April 4, the storm has largely dissipated, although it will be watched c [...] | 2007-04-04 11:35:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV PREL PGOV SOCI CASC MA |
07ANTANANARIVO430 | U.S. FUND SEEKS MADAGASCAR FOREST DEAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since a meeting in September, 2006, between President Ravalomanana and the president of the Global Environment Fund (GEF),a deal to create a 30,000 hectare sustainable forestry operation in Madagascar has progressed in fits and starts. Interrupted by the December 3 presidential [...] | 2007-05-03 09:40:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PREL MA |
07ANTANANARIVO687 | MADAGASCAR ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM AT RISK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID continues to play a vital leadership role among environment donors in Madagascar seeking to advocate and implement sound conservation and natural resource management policies. Review of the third phase of the environment program has been protracted and did not result in c [...] | 2007-07-12 13:32:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO EAGR ECON EAID PGOV MA |
07ANTANANARIVO702 | MOHELI, THE FORGOTTEN COMORAN ISLAND [...] SUMMARY. There are four inhabited islands in the Comoran archipelago. France administers Mayotte. Of the other three, comprising the Union of the Comoros, two are of comparable size and population - Grande Comore being slightly larger than Anjouan. The third is Moheli, an environmental jew [...] | 2007-07-17 06:29:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV TBIO EAGR ECON PGOV CN |
07ANTANANARIVO710 | ENVIRONMENTAL TRAFFICKING IN MADAGASCAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent cases involving tropical hardwood and endangered tortoises highlight the serious problem of environmental smuggling in Madagascar. The island is attractive to smugglers because a broad range of unique species inhabit the island and because law enforcement services tend to [...] | 2007-07-19 10:44:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO EAGR ECON EAID PGOV CH MA |
07ASHGABAT1301 | UNDP MAKES CLIMATE CHANGE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) At the official launch event on November 28 in Turkmenistan for UNDP's 2007/2008 Global Human Development Report entitled "Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world," UNDP Resident Representative in Tur [...] | 2007-11-29 13:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EPET ECON TX |
07ASMARA453 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR ERITREA [...] As reported in ref C, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) has extremely limited resources to battle an outbreak of human-to-human highly pathogenic influenza. The country's weak infrastructure and resource shortages raise serious questions about the GSE's ability to respond to even a [...] | 2007-05-16 12:12:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO AMED EAID EAGR SENV ER |
07ASTANA1063 | KAZAKHSTAN INVESTIGATES DEATH OF SEALS [...] Summary: Nearly 700 dead seals have been found on the shores of the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan's Mangystau Oblast since the end of March. Kazakhstan's Ministry of Environment has established an interagency commission to investigate the deaths, but no final conclusions have been reached. Local [...] | 2007-04-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ |
07ASTANA1877 | KAZAKHSTAN FACES ANOTHER POTENTIAL WATER CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: As a country short on water, Kazakhstan relies heavily on the resources of the Ili-Balkash Basin, particularly the Ili River and Lake Balkhash. Mismanagement, abuse, and increased water use by neighboring China all now threaten the Basin,s long-term sustainability. The problem [...] | 2007-07-10 05:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PREL KZ |
07ASUNCION57 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE JANUARY 13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Dengue Outbreak; Politician Dead -- Impeachment for two Elections Ministers? -- USAID Helps Expand HealthCare -- Environmental Ministry Seizes Rare Birds, Animal Skins -- IDB Offers USD 1.2 Million for Chaco Region DENGUE OUTBREAK; POLITICIAN DEAD 2. (U) Four people di [...] | 2007-01-26 17:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV PA |
07ATHENS1361 | GREECE: BSEC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On July 2, DepPolCouns, Econoff, and Poloff delivered BSEC environmental symposium demarche points to MFA B2 Directorate for Economic and Commercial Affairs Deputy Director Ioannis Metaxas. Metaxas responded that high-level officials from the Ministry of the Environment and the Minist [...] | 2007-07-03 13:53:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL KCRM GR |
07ATHENS1707 | GREECE DISASTER DECLARATION [...] I am declaring a disaster in Greece for the loss of life, loss of property, and loss of livelihoods caused by the extensive wildfires currently raging throughout Greece. I request USD 100,000 for immediate disaster relief from USAID/DCHA/OFDA. The Government of Greece has not yet made an off [...] | 2007-08-28 12:21:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PREL GR |
07ATHENS1710 | GREECE DISASTER DECLARATION [...] I am declaring a disaster in Greece forthe loss of life, loss of property, and loss of livelihoods caused by the extensive wildfirs currently raging throughout Greece. I request USD 100,000 for immediate disaster relie from USAID/DCHA/OFDA. The Government of Greece has not yet made an offici [...] | 2007-08-28 12:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PREL GR |
07ATHENS1800 | GREECE WILDFIRES - USAID/OFDA SITUATION REPORT AND [...] According to Greek firefighting authorities, the 2007 wildfire season in Greece was the worst on record, killing 76 people, injuring numerous others, and burning 270,000 hectares of land. In response to a request from the Government of Greece (GOG),the U.S. Agency for International Developme [...] | 2007-09-10 04:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV XG ZL GR |
07ATHENS1892 | Athens "Challenge of Climate" Conference - Oct 14-16 [...] Summary. Details of the upcoming "The Challenge of Change" climate change conference are solidifying in wake of the recent national elections in Greece. As the list of confirmed speakers fills with prominent members of Government andthe Energy community, the conference has grown to include a [...] | 2007-09-20 04:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG SOCI ENGR EAID GR |
07ATHENS2006 | Date Change for Athens "Challenge of Climate" Conference - [...] Summary. In response to the recent GoG elections, and the selection of new Minister of Development Christos Folias, the organizing committee of the Athens "Challenge of Change" Climate Change conference announced the postponement of the conference until May 2008. The primary reason given for [...] | 2007-10-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV SOCI EAID GR |
07ATHENS2015 | The Brockovich Report Takes on Greece [...] Summary. On September 21, Post began receiving thousands of messages from U.S. citizens requesting Post raise with the GoG the issue of industrial waste in the Asopos River, located 40km north of Athens. Econ identified an article on Erin BrockovichQs website from August 25 that highlighted [...] | 2007-10-09 12:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR SOCI TBIO EIND GR |
07ATHENS2019 | GREECE WILDFIRES - USAID/OFDA SITUATION REPORT [...] According to Greek firefighting authorities, the 2007 wildfire season in Greece was the worst on record, killing 76 people, injuring numerous others, and burning 270,000 hectares of land. In response to a request from the Government of Greece (GOG),the U.S. Agency for International Developm [...] | 2007-10-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV XG ZL GR |
07ATHENS2143 | GREECE WILDFIRES USAID SITUATION REPORT 2 - SECOND BURNED [...] The 2007 wildfire season in Greece was the worst on record, killing 76 people, destroying nearly 3,000 buildings, and burning 327,000 hectares on Evia Island, Crete and the Western Peloponnese. The Greek Ministries of National Economy and Agricultural Development estimated that the total damag [...] | 2007-11-01 05:21:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV XG ZL GR |
07ATHENS342 | BSEC: GREEKS URGE HASTE ON U.S. ENVIRO PROJECT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) In a meeting with DepPolCouns on the Black Sea Economic Cooperation organization (BSEC),Greek MFA Bilateral Economic Relations Directorate Counselor Ionnis Metaxas said Greece supported the U.S. proposal for an environmental worksho [...] | 2007-02-15 16:17:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PGOV PREL GR |
07BAKU371 | AZERBAIJAN'S NEW ENVIRONMENTAL PLANS PRESENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March visit by the Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) HUB Officer, a range of officials provided more details on the GOAJ's new five-year, USD 500 million environmental clean-up plan. Although implementation of the September 2006 Presidentia [...] | 2007-04-04 06:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL SENV AJ |
07BAKU453 | (CORRECTED COPY - TAG ORDER) DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-18 09:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY WMO AJ |
07BAKU806 | AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC FOCUSED ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF [...] (U) Russian President Putin's proposal on the joint usage of the Gabala radar station has triggered extensive press reports on the long-dormant issue of the station's negative impact on the environment and health. Minister of Health Oktay Shiraliyev has been quoted as saying that the station [...] | 2007-06-27 07:34:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MNUC OPRC PARM SENV RU AJ |
07BAKU992 | AZERBAIJAN: ENERGY-EFFICIENT, EARTHQUAKE [...] (U) At the inaugural US-Azerbaijan Earthquake-Resistant, Energy-Efficient Building Materials Workshop on July 16-17, experts from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) highlighted growing U.S.-GOAJ cooperation in non-oil related sectors. [...] | 2007-08-08 10:26:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ECON EPET PGOV PREL SENV |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN138 | BRUNEI DECLINES TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBE ASIA [...] (SBU) On April 24, immediately prior to receipt of reftel, DCM met with Pg. Ali Hashim, Director for Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Unprompted, Ali Hashim informed that the Ministry of Education had decided not/not to participate in the GLOBE Asia program. A [...] | 2007-05-04 08:05:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGLB SENV BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN156 | BRUNEI MOVING FORWARD ON HEART OF BORNEO [...] (SBU) The Government of Brunei is pushing forward with projects under the Heart of Borneo (HoB) initiative that it hopes will establish Brunei as a leader of this rainforest protection project. This month Brunei will receive the first-ever ASEAN peer review of its forest management practices an [...] | 2007-06-01 06:09:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN161 | BRUNEI: WHY WE CARE, HOW WE'RE DOING [...] (C) A mid-fiscal year stocktaking confirms that Brunei's significance for the U.S. continues to be summarized in three words: oil, religion, and location. The following developments have occurred in each of these areas so far during FY-07: -- Increased oil and gas exports helped reduce mark [...] | 2007-06-07 04:51:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SENV BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN165 | BRUNEI SEEKS U.S. CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT IN ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel and Lim Jock Hoi, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, led their respective delegations for the third meeting of the U.S.-Brunei Trade and Investment Council (TIC) under the U.S.-Brunei Trade and Investment Fr [...] | 2007-06-11 07:19:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SENV PREL BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN190 | ICAO ASSEMBLY: STATUS REPORT - BRUNEI [...] DCM delivered points from reftels on June 25 to Ang Kian Guan, Director at the Ministry of Communications whose responsibilities include civil aviation and ICAO issues. To date, we have not received a reply. SKODON [...] | 2007-07-06 09:00:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN206 | HEART OF BORNEO: BRUNEI WILL OFFER TO HOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Brunei (GOB) intends to push for a quick decision on establishment of a professional secretariat to help implement the Heart of Borneo (HOB) SIPDIS tropical forest conservation initiative when it meets with Malaysia and Indonesia at the forthcoming HOB trilat [...] | 2007-07-17 09:05:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID BX ID MY SENV |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN227 | HEART OF BORNEO TRILAT STARTS TO COORDINATE RAIN FOREST [...] (SBU) The Government of Brunei hosted a trilateral Heart of Borneo (HoB) meeting at which Indonesian and Malaysian representatives agreed to an 11 point action plan (ref A) to begin stitching together national plans into a coherent strategy for conserving Borneo's remaining primary rain forest. [...] | 2007-07-30 07:16:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PREL BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN228 | HEART OF BORNEO TRILAT STARTS TO COORDINATE RAIN FOREST [...] (SBU) The Government of Brunei hosted a trilateral Heart of Borneo (HoB) meeting at which Indonesian and Malaysian representatives agreed to an 11 point action plan (ref A) to begin stitching together national plans into a coherent strategy for conserving Borneo's remaining primary rain forest. [...] | 2007-07-30 07:28:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PREL BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN32 | HEART OF BORNEO UPDATE [...] According to the Government of Brunei (GOB),there is yet one more procedural step to be taken before the Heart of Borneo (HOB) partner nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei) can begin to implement the HOB forest conservation declaration that was endorsed by their leaders at the ASEAN Cebu S [...] | 2007-01-26 07:45:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR PREL ASEAN BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN351 | HEART OF BORNEO: BRUNEIAN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN [...] Brunei has completed its draft Project Implementation Framework (PIF) for the Heart of Borneo (HOB) forest conservation initiative, meant to serve as a national roadmap for HOB implementation. It recommends expanding the HOB zone to 74 percent of Brunei's land area, divided into forest prese [...] | 2007-12-12 07:28:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PREL BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN80 | ASEAN ENVIRONMENT MINSTERS POSITIVE AFTER BRUNEI MEETING ON [...] (U) ASEAN Environment Ministers met in Brunei February 28-March 1 to discuss regional plans to combat haze in advance of the dry season. This year's session had added urgency as the forcast effect of the expected El Nino surface ocean temperature rise could lead to a hot-dry March-August creat [...] | 2007-03-07 01:12:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL PGOV BX |
07BANGKOK1957 | RTG APPROACH TO DRAFTING THE ASEAN CHARTER [...] (C) The RTG will not support a change from consensus-based decision-making in ASEAN, and the Thais have demonstrated little interest in creating ASEAN mechanisms for sanctioning member states. As the RTG participates in deliberations on the ASEAN Charter, the legislature has solicited views [...] | 2007-04-04 05:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SENV ASEAN XC BMGT TH |
07BANGKOK1977 | BEACH WATER QUALITY AND TOURISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] Summary: The University of California and the Universiti Sains Malaysia organized a workshop March 27-29 in Penang, Malaysia, to examine beach water quality and tourism in Southeast Asia. The conference concluded that monitoring and disseminating information on local beach water quality is es [...] | 2007-04-05 02:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO EIND EAID |
07BANGKOK3093 | THAIS PREFER PROJECT APPROACH ON ENVIRO GOODS [...] On June 5, Econoff spoke with Mr. Thitisesh Seshtabutra, Senior Trade Officer at the Department of Trade Negotiations and relayed talking points as requested in reftel. Thitiseth said the RTG position was not yet final, but that his office has recommended to their Director General that Thaila [...] | 2007-06-05 09:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD WTO SENV TH |
07BANGKOK3622 | ICAO ASSEMBLY: SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR KEY U.S. [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarches to Mr. Yongyut with the RTG Ministry of Transportation International Affairs Division. Mr. Yongyut responded that the MoT would need time to consider the U.S. positions carefully before they could indicate their level of support. He requested advance copies [...] | 2007-06-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON TH |
07BANGKOK4172 | THAILAND'S RESPONSE TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Summary: Thailand is vulnerable to the risks posed by global climate change and is taking initial steps to respond to those risks. The Royal Thai Government (RTG) participates in international fora on climate change and is signatory to several international agreements, including the United N [...] | 2007-08-02 01:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV PREL SOCI EAID TH |
07BANGKOK5140 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ADAMS AND SHRESTHA [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to John Adams, South Asia Regional Environment Officer and Environmental Specialist, Jay Pal Shrestha on November 8-9, 2007 for consultations with Southeast Asia Regional Environmental Affairs Office in Bangkok. 2. Post understands no further as [...] | 2007-09-28 06:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV TH |
07BANGKOK5154 | THAILAND MAKES PLANS FOR NUCLEAR POWER [...] Summary. With increasing energy demand and dwindling domestic natural gas reserves, Thailand will face energy shortages unless new sources are developed. The RTG's long-term energy policy strategy calls for nuclear energy to play a significant role, with plans to have 4000 MW of generating capa [...] | 2007-09-30 23:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET KNNP TH SENV TSPL TRGY |
07BEIJING1697 | SECRETARY PAULSON, VICE PREMIER WU YI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In a March 7 meeting at Beijing Capital International Airport, Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson urged Vice Premier Wu Yi to offer more liberalization of Chinese services sectors, highlighting financial services, civil aviation and environmental services in preparation f [...] | 2007-03-14 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD SENV OVIP KIPR CVIS PREL CH |
07BEIJING1786 | MOST'S VIEWS ON SED DIALOGUES AND UPCOMING BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: ESTH Counselor met with Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Department of International Cooperation Deputy Director General Ma Linying March 14 to touch base following the SED Whitepaper meetings and hear MOST's views on SED preparations and other upcoming bilateral issues [...] | 2007-03-16 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR SENV PREL ENRG KSCA CH |
07BEIJING2514 | STAFFDEL MIXTER DISCUSSES NORTHEAST ASIAN [...] (SBU) China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Japan expert Jin Xide told Staffdel Mixter that Premier Wen's visit to Japan aims to enhance China's image in the minds of the Japanese public. Energy, including cooperation on energy conservation and the dispute over gas in the East China Sea, is [...] | 2007-04-17 01:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV CH JA KS KN |
07BEIJING2535 | ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting on March 28, 2007, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) informed Mark Ginsberg, Member of the Board of Directors, DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Ginsberg),that the Ministry of Construction (MOC) has the lead in negotiating the Ene [...] | 2007-04-17 06:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV SENV CH |
07BEIJING2536 | U.S. -CHINA ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. On the margins of the Third International Conference on Intelligent Green and Energy Efficient Building Technologies and Products Expo (Intelligent Building Technology Conference),Vice Minister of the Ministry of Construction (MOC) Qiu Baoxing shared his vision for expanding t [...] | 2007-04-17 06:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV SENV CH |
07BEIJING2543 | APRIL 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, PM [...] Key points at the April 17 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao were: -- The Banco Delta Asia issue is close to being resolved but the DPRK still "needs confirmation" before moving ahead with the implementation of the initial actions. -- The MFA has noted reports of acti [...] | 2007-04-17 10:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV MNUC ASEAN KS KN SU CU JA MN SN |
07BEIJING259 | STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE (SED) OPENING SESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: During the December 14 opening of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED),Vice Premier Wu Yi and National Development and Reform Chairman Ma Kai,s presentations on China,s development road and strategy broke little new ground and drew largely from 11th Five-Year Plan documents. [...] | 2007-01-11 12:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN WTRO PREL SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING262 | SED SESSION TWO: RURAL AND URBAN BALANCED [...] (SBU) In the December 14 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) luncheon session on rural and urban balanced development, Finance Minister Jin Renqing outlined a recurrent SED theme ) how to raise the standard of living in China's countryside to narrow the rural-urban income gap. Policies to achiev [...] | 2007-01-11 12:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SOCI SENV ENRG PREL CH |
07BEIJING263 | SED SESSION THREE: SUSTAINING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the December 14 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) session on sustaining economic development, Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke discussed how a flexible exchange rate will help balance China's economy. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Ma Kai raised [...] | 2007-01-11 12:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING264 | SED SESSION FOUR: PROMOTING TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the December 14 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) session on promoting trade and investment, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez described the mutual SIPDIS benefits of United States-China trade, urged China to open further its services market, and underscored the need [...] | 2007-01-11 13:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CVIS SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING265 | SED SESSION FIVE: ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In the December 15 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) session on energy, environment, and sustainable development, National Development and Reform Commission Chairman Ma Kai, Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, State Environmental Protection Administration Minister Zho [...] | 2007-01-11 13:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CVIS SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING266 | STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Hu Jintao congratulated the United States Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) delegation on a successful first dialogue and stressed the importance of United States-China economic ties to regional and world prosperity. Treasury Secretary Paulson said the dialogue had bee [...] | 2007-01-11 13:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING2680 | PRC-JAPAN: PREMIER'S TRIP CONTINUES THAW BUT [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao's April 11-13 visit to Japan, the first bilateral trip to Tokyo by a Chinese leader in seven years, produced concrete economic agreements and opened new channels for political and security talks but failed to resolve tough bilateral issues, Chinese diplomats and analyst [...] | 2007-04-20 09:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL ENRG SENV CH JA KS |
07BEIJING2799 | SECRETARY PETERSQ MEETING WITH COMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters and Chinese Minister of Communications Li Shenglin agreed that a bilateral agreement on safe transportation of hazardous materials could and should be concluded in the very near future. Secretary Peters outlined cooperation with China [...] | 2007-04-26 05:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ELTN SENV PREL CVIS OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH |
07BEIJING284 | STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH PREMIER [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and members of the U.S. delegation to the December 14-15 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on December 15. Both sides hailed the inaugural SED. Premier Wen said Japan and the EU had approached China about similar t [...] | 2007-01-12 03:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL KIPR SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING2857 | MOST MINISTER XU GUANHUA TO RETIRE; TONGJI UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU) Xu Guanhua, Minister of Science and Technology, has retired and will be replaced by fifty-five year old automotive engineer and returnee Wan Gang, currently president of Tongji University in Shanghai. His appointment was approved by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congres [...] | 2007-04-27 09:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL ENRG KSCA PINR TSPL CH |
07BEIJING3058 | New Ministers of Water and Land Resources Named [...] (U) China announced the selection of Xu Shaoshi as the new Minister of Land and Resources and Chen Lei as Minister of Water Resources following confirmation by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress April 27. Minister Xu was previously Deputy Secretary General of the State Cou [...] | 2007-05-08 09:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL ENRG KSCA CH |
07BEIJING3661 | MAY 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL IN BEIJING, [...] Key points at the May 31 MFA Press Conference were: -- A/S Hill discussed Six-Party Talks and BDA with VFM Wu Dawei and bilateral issues and Sudan with AFM He Yafei on May 30. -- China strongly objects to Lee Teng-hui's visit to Japan. -- Japan should recognize demands for compensation [...] | 2007-05-31 10:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV ETRD SU JA IN KS GE SW RS BM |
07BEIJING4190 | JUNE 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL AND FM YANG'S [...] Key points at the June 21 MFA Press Conference were: -- China hopes A/S Hill's visit to the DPRK will help to implement he Initial Actions Agreement and to improve Unied States-DPRK relations. -- FM Yang will visit the DPRK July 2-4. -- Population and developed nations' contributions to [...] | 2007-06-21 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV KS KN IZ MG JA SU ID NL CH |
07BEIJING4331 | CHINA/ENERGY - PDAS FREDRIKSEN HOLDS WIDE-RANGING ENERGY [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: United States Department of Energy (DOE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs Katharine Fredriksen discussed a wide range of bilateral energy issues during a meeting with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)/Energy Bureau Deputy [...] | 2007-06-27 23:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN SENV TRGY KNNP CH |
07BEIJING5064 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Canberra wants to be "in the loop" regarding discussions of a Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM),given that Australia is likely to be drawn into any conflict in the region, Australian Ambassador to China Geoff Raby told Ambassador Randt and Japanese Ambassador Yuji Miyam [...] | 2007-08-03 10:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SENV PHUM CH JP AS KS KN |
07BEIJING5140 | AFTER THE JAPAN ELECTIONS, PRC CONTACTS FORESEE [...] (C) Following the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) upper house election defeat on July 29, most PRC officials and analysts we spoke with predicted stability in the Sino-Japanese relationship. The election results themselves will not have much impact on the current positive trend in bilateral [...] | 2007-08-07 10:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON SENV CH JA |
07BEIJING5554 | SECRETARY PAULSON, STATE FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 1, Secretary Paulson and State Forestry Administration (SFA) Administrator Jia Zhibang agreed on the need for the United States and China to collaborate on sustainable logging issues and asked staff to follow up at the working level. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Administr [...] | 2007-08-22 07:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN ETRD EINV SENV |
07BEIJING5556 | CHINA/SED: SECRETARY PAULSON AND NDRC CHAIRMAN [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and National Development and Reform Commission Chairman Ma Kai met on August 1, 2007, to discuss the Strategic Economic Dialogue, currency reform, and investment policy. Secretary Paulson emphasized the need to make the Strategic Economic Di [...] | 2007-08-22 07:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET PREL SENV EINV CH |
07BEIJING5705 | BEIJING MAYOR WANG QISHAN DISCUSSES OLYMPICS, CITY [...] (C) As Beijing prepares to host the Olympic Games in August 2008, the city is taking a number of measures to lessen air pollution, Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan told the Ambassador over dinner on August 29, calling this month's four-day experiment in which half the city's cars were taken off the road " [...] | 2007-08-30 08:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KOLY ECON SENV ABLD ELTN PINR CH |
07BEIJING5792 | SEPTEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COMPUTER HACKING, [...] Key points at the September 4 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China calls allegations that the Chinese military hacked into Pentagon computer systems "groundless" and representative of a "Cold War mentality." -- China will begin annual reporting to the UN on military spending and resume partic [...] | 2007-09-04 09:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV SOCI PINR MARR UNSC KS KN IR AS |
07BEIJING5946 | SEPTEMBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NUCLEAR EXPERTS [...] Key points at the September 11 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Teams of Chinese and Russian nuclear experts have arrived in Pyongyang to discuss specifics of the disablement of DPRK nuclear facilities. -- No date has been set for the upcoming Six-Party Talks. -- The PRC is working with the i [...] | 2007-09-11 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KOLY SENV KS KN PK RS SR JA CH FR |
07BEIJING6121 | SEPTEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 10:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SENV UNSC CH JA KN FR SF IN SU |
07BEIJING6197 | CORRECTED COPY: SEPTEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points at the September 18 MFA Press Briefing were: -- No new date has been set for the Six-Party Talks. -- The Chinese government opposes the Dalai Lama's meeting with German Chancellor Merkel. -- China and Japan will hold consultations on the East China Sea in late October. -- T [...] | 2007-09-20 09:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SENV UNSC CH JA KN FR SF IN SU |
07BEIJING6198 | SEPTEMBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the September 20 MFA Press Briefing were: -- No new date has been set for the Six-Party Talks and Chinese heavy fuel assistance to the DPRK is under "active preparation and implementation." -- DPRK VFM Kim Yong-il met with VFM Wu Dawei in Beijing on September 18 and is curren [...] | 2007-09-20 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SENV CH JA KN KS RS TW IS GZ GM |
07BEIJING6266 | CHINESE MFA ON UNGA [...] (C) Drawing on Department guidance (Ref A),Poloff discussed the 62nd UNGA session with Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun on September 24 (the first date the MFA was available). Yao's key po [...] | 2007-09-24 22:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA SENV IR SU IZ BM LE CH |
07BEIJING6267 | CHINESE MFA ON UNGA [...] (C) Drawing on Department guidance (Ref A),Poloff discussed the 62nd UNGA session with Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun on September 24 (the first date the MFA was available). Yao's key po [...] | 2007-09-24 22:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA SENV IR SU IZ BM LE CH |
07BEIJING6294 | SEPTEMBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA [...] Key points at the September 25 MFA Press Briefing were: -- Stabiity in Burma serves the interests of Burma and the international community; China sticks toa policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries. -- No information on upcoming high-level visits between Japan [...] | 2007-09-25 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SENV UNSC CH JA KN KS RS TW BM GM |
07BEIJING6367 | CHINA/STEEL: XINJIANG MILL (SORT OF) CHARTS ITS OWN COURSE [...] (SBU) Econoff recently held a series of steel related meetings in Xinjiang Province with local government officials and the Xinjiang Bayi Iron and Steel Company (Bayi). A Bayi executive told us that the company has successfully merged with Shanghai's Baosteel. Xinjiang Province Government supp [...] | 2007-09-28 08:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH |
07BEIJING6376 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON EURO-RMB [...] (C) At the September 28 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French DCM Nicholas Chapuis said that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told Chinese economic ministers to "work on" the current Euro-RMB currency imbalance after French Finance Minister Lagarde invited China's attention to it. German [...] | 2007-09-28 08:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV ECON CH FR GM JA UK |
07BEIJING7064 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON PRC [...] (C) Discussion at the November 9 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering covered possible personnel changes resulting from the mid-October 17th Communist Party Congress and included speculation that Politburo members Zhang Dejiang, Li Keqiang and Wang Qishan would become Vice Premiers. The [...] | 2007-11-09 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SENV CH FR GM JA UK BM |
07BEIJING7105 | S/P GORDON BILAT WITH VFM WANG YI: IRAN, BURMA, [...] (C) Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking with Policy Planning Director David Gordon November 13, stressed the need for the United States and China to continue their policy planning dialogue on long-term strategic issues. S/P Director Gordon emphasized to VFM Wang that the United St [...] | 2007-11-14 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS ENRG SENV KNNP ASEAN CH XA BM IR |
07BEIJING7262 | U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: CHINESE (AND [...] (C) China's foreign policy must contribute to domestic economic development and be non-ideological and based on interests, not values, China's top policy planning diplomat told visiting U.S. Policy Planning Director David Gordon. U.S.-China relations have transcended the purely bilateral and a [...] | 2007-11-29 04:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM SENV IR KN JP IN AU CH |
07BEIJING7272 | SARKOZYING UP TO THE CHINESE: FRENCH PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) French President Sarkozy stressed China's and France's "shared vision" during a successful November 25-27 visit to China, French DCM Chapuis briefed Beijing-based diplomats November 28. The visit reaped over 20 billion euros of contracts for French firms, but focused on political issues. [...] | 2007-11-29 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM SENV EFIN PGOV FR CH TW IR |
07BEIJING7274 | (CORRECTED COPY) SARKOZYING UP TO THE CHINESE: [...] (C) French President Sarkozy stressed China's and France's "shared vision" during a successful November 25-27 visit to China, French DCM Chapuis briefed Beijing-based diplomats November 28. The visit reaped over 20 billion euros of contracts for French firms, but focused on political issues. [...] | 2007-11-29 11:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM SENV EFIN PGOV FR CH TW IR |
07BEIJING7363 | U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: REGIONAL [...] (C) During the U.S.-China Policy Planning dialogue in Beijing in November, both sides agreed that the Six-Party Talks and APEC represent important parts of the existing East Asian regional architecture, and China and the United States have common interests in those institutions. The post-Six- [...] | 2007-12-05 11:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID APEC SENV KN JP RU TW CH |
07BEIJING7364 | U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFRICA, ENERGY [...] (C) During the U.S.-China Policy Planning dialogue in Beijing in November, MFA Director General for Policy Planning Ma Zhaoxu said the United States and China have common concerns on African development issues. He expressed hope for the region and noted the importance of China as a model and [...] | 2007-12-05 12:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD EAID APEC SENV CH XA |
07BEIJING7581 | SED SESSION V: MERGING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Session V of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) focused on the environmental protection achievements of both countries and sustainable development recommendations for the future. Several successful collaborative efforts on environmental protection were highlighted [...] | 2007-12-21 03:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD SENV KGHG TBIO CH |
07BEIJING83 | Xie Zhenhua - sacked former Environment Minister - given [...] (SBU) Xie Zhenhua, the former Minister of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA),who was sacked following the much publicized November 2005 chemical spill into the Songhua River, is about to be appointed as a Vice Chairman to the powerful National Development and Reform Commi [...] | 2007-01-04 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL ENRG KSCA CH |
07BEIRUT539 | LEBANON: NO DELEGATION FROM BEIRUT TO WORLD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-18 13:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY WMO LE |
07BELMOPAN301 | WHALES Q BELIZE VIEWS ON IWC MEETING [...] On April 30 poloff spoke with Beverly Wade, BelizeQs IWC representa 2. Key issues at IWC meeting. Wade believes that commercial whaling r 3. BCB bowhead whales. Wade told poloff that Belize will likely suppo 4. Revised Management Scheme (RMS). Wade believes that the RMS is a p [...] | 2007-05-04 21:00:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD BH |
07BELMOPAN304 | WHALES - BELIZE VIEWS ON IWC MEETING [...] On April 30 poloff spoke with Beverly Wade, Belize's IWC representative and administrator of the Belize Fisheries Department, to deliver reftel demarche. Responses below are keyed to reftel. 2. Key issues at IWC meeting. Wade believes that commercial whaling remains a key issue for the [...] | 2007-05-04 21:15:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD BH |
07BERLIN1066 | GERMAN ECONOMICS MINISTER ON ENERGY/CLIMATE IN [...] (C) Summary. German Minister for Economics and Technology Michael Glos met with the Ambassador May 24 to discuss the EU/Russia Summit (in which Glos was a full participant),energy security and climate change policy, and the current push to realize a successful conclusion to the WTO Doha Dev [...] | 2007-05-25 10:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD SENV PREL EU GM |
07BERLIN1071 | CHANCELLOR MERKEL PREVIEWS G-8 SUMMIT [...] Summary: German Chancellor Merkel emphasized climate change, hedge funds, Africa, and closer cooperation with emerging economies as core themes for the June 6-8 G-8 Summit in her remarks before the Bundestag May 24. Merkel acknowledged the debate on climate change is contentious, but argued d [...] | 2007-05-25 15:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SENV ENRG PREL PGOV PL EU GM |
07BERLIN121 | GERMAN REACTION TO EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 10, the European Commission unveiled its proposals for the EU's first common energy strategy, to be released in March. The German government's reaction was mixed. The Ministry of Economics criticized plans for "unbundling," i.e., the separation of energy generatio [...] | 2007-01-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR SENV PGOV PREL GM |
07BERLIN1292 | KEY BUNDESTAG MEMBER INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH [...] Please note action request contained in paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Bundestag Transportation Committee Chairman Klaus Lippold (CDU),in a meeting with emboffs, offered to assist us in building a consensus in favor of tackling aviation emissions in a manner that would overcome U.S. object [...] | 2007-06-30 10:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV SENV PREL GM EU |
07BERLIN1552 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 10, EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan met with officials from the SIPDIS German Chancellery, Ministry of Economics and Technology and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss the President's September 27-28 Major Economies Conference. Sullivan also conducted a w [...] | 2007-08-14 05:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KCHG PREL GM |
07BERLIN1621 | GERMAN CABINET RETREAT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: German Chancellor Angela Merkel emerged from the August 23-24 Federal Cabinet retreat with consensus among the parties in her Grand Coalition Government on a 50-point program designed to sustain Germany's economic upturn. No signs of coalition cracks appeared. The program inc [...] | 2007-08-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN PREL ELAB GM |
07BERLIN1746 | THE GERMAN SUBPRIME BANKING CRISIS: [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. subprime crisis continues to produce anxiety in Germany?s banking sector, but the exposure of German banks remains unclear. After the bailout of a second state-run bank, SachsenLB, in mid-August, pressure for a consolidation of Germany?s fragmented financial landscape [...] | 2007-09-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN ELAB PREL |
07BERLIN1785 | ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATIONS OF COATED FREE SHEET PAPER [...] Summary: This is in response to Reftel on subject of the USITC antidumping investigation of coated free sheet paper from China, Indonesia and Korea. 2. Industry-wide data, as available for coated free sheet paper: Production quantity, metric tons (value million USD*) 2004 1,838,615 [...] | 2007-09-21 05:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN PREL GM |
07BERLIN1896 | GERMAN CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY -- MERKEL COMMITTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Chancellor Merkel is serious about pursuing aggressive international measures to meet the challenges of global warming. She has built her Chancellorship almost exclusively on this issue. Her support for mandatory, targeted global limits on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and [...] | 2007-10-16 14:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV GM |
07BERLIN1909 | U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES IRAN SANCTIONS, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: German Government officials in the Chancellery and MFA expressed to visiting Undersecretary Reuben Jeffery their preference for multilateral sanctions designed to prevent Iran from developing its nuclear weapons program. While willing to consider EU autonomous sanctions in the e [...] | 2007-10-19 10:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KNNP EFIN ENRG ETRD PREL SENV GM |
07BERLIN1910 | U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES IRAN SANCTIONS, ENERGY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-19 10:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KNNP EFIN ENRG ETRD PREL SENV GM |
07BERLIN2000 | WIREC - FOLLOWING UP WITH GERMANY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 13:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TRGY SOCIS KPAO ENRG GM |
07BERLIN208 | EB/ESC DAS PAUL SIMONS MEETINGS WITH GERMAN [...] SUMMARY. On January 25, EB DAS Paul Simons met with Foreign Office Policy Planning Staff Head Markus Ederer and Economic Ministry Director General for Energy Issues Andreas Schusseil to discuss energy issues during Germany's EU and G-8 presidencies. Both German officials were positive about [...] | 2007-02-01 17:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV PREL SENV EU GM |
07BERLIN2152 | CLIMATE CHANGE -- GERMAN OPINION AHEAD OF UN [...] (SBU) The Germans have endorsed a roadmap approach at Bali that is not dissimilar to that of the U.S. (Reftel A),but Chancellor Merkel's government is committing itself to increasingly ambitious environmental objectives that could challenge the U.S. position in Bali and other international n [...] | 2007-12-03 09:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG GM |
07BERLIN2177 | COMPREHENSIVE GERMAN CLIMATE CHANGE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The coalition government presented a series of far-reaching and ambitious environmental legislative measures to the German Parliament for consideration on December 5 (Reftel). The 14 points of this proposal are not new, but rather stem directly from the 29-point "Meseberg Plan [...] | 2007-12-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG GM |
07BERLIN2206 | G8 CONFERENCE ON THE ENERGY SECURITY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 3, the German government hosted its last major G8 conference on the theme of energy and climate change, a major priority during both its G8 and EU presidencies. Ministers and senior representatives of G8 countries, the European Union and Brazil, China, India, Mexic [...] | 2007-12-14 16:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG GM |
07BERLIN334 | USEU AMBASSADOR C. BOYDEN GRAY'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 7, USEU Ambassador C. Boyden Gray met with German Chancellery State Secretary Dr. Hans Beus, Chancellery Director of Coordination for European Policy Andreas Hermes, and the Chancellery's Economic Advisor Dr. Jens Weidmann to discuss key issues in Germany's EU Presid [...] | 2007-02-16 17:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD SENV PGOV PREL EU GM |
07BERLIN470 | CHANCELLERY AND MFA OFFICIALS PREVIEW MARCH 8-9 EU [...] (SBU) Summary: German officials remain optimistic about the prospects for a successful March 8-9 EU Council summit, despite media reports about failure to achieve consensus on binding targets for renewable energies. In accordance with Chancellor Merkel's desire to focus on specific goals and [...] | 2007-03-07 17:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD SENV PREL ENRG GM |
07BERLIN479 | UK ENGAGING GERMANY ON POSSIBLE ENERGY/CLIMATE [...] (C/NF) A British Embassy contact passed emboff the following British draft non-paper March 7 that they have been told to deliver to the German government. He asked that the USG not/not disclose that it had received/knew the contents of the document. The non-paper is most striking for its pra [...] | 2007-03-08 16:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV ENRG EAIR GM |
07BERLIN520 | GERMAN PRESIDENCY SEES CLIMATE/ENERGY AND PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Merkel has identified energy/climate change and progress on an EU constitution as her top priorities for the remainder of Germany's EU presidency, according to officials in the Chancellery and MFA. The German government believes the EU's consensus position has laid th [...] | 2007-03-14 16:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD SENV ENRG PREL PGOV PL EU GM |
07BERLIN555 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MARCH 19 [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and German MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg discussed the need to maintain political unity within the international community on Iran and to work together to ensure effective implementation of multilateral agreements. They also discussed [...] | 2007-03-20 13:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL SENV ENRG EAIR MARR GM IZ PK |
07BISHKEK120 | KYRGYZ REPLY TO MERCURY MINING QUERY [...] In response to an Embassy inquiry into official Kyrgyz attitudes to controls on mercury production, the Kyrgyz MFA responded via Diplomatic Note 011-14/79 dated January 25, 2007 with answers to five questions derived from reftel. The translated questions and answers are repeated below: A) [...] | 2007-02-05 12:11:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN SENV KG |
07BISHKEK996 | SNAPSHOT OF KYRGYZ AGRICULTURAL DIFFICULTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Shortfalls in agricultural irrigation, coupled with the effects of alleged incompetence at the Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture, have negatively impacted the agriculture sector. Man-made problems have exacerbated infestations of gypsy moths, whiteflies, viruses and fungi to dimi [...] | 2007-08-07 09:31:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV KG |
07BISHKEK997 | SNAPSHOT OF KYRGYZ AGRICULTURAL DIFFICULTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Shortfalls in agricultural irrigation, coupled with the effects of alleged incompetence at the Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture, have negatively impacted the agriculture sector. Man-made problems have exacerbated infestations of gypsy moths, whiteflies, viruses and fungi to dimi [...] | 2007-08-07 09:31:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV KG |
07BISHKEK999 | SNAPSHOT OF KYRGYZ AGRICULTURAL DIFFICULTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Shortfalls in agricultural irrigation, coupled with the effects of alleged incompetence at the Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture, have negatively impacted the agriculture sector. Man-made problems have exacerbated infestations of gypsy moths, whiteflies, viruses and fungi to dimi [...] | 2007-08-07 09:31:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV KG |
07BOGOTA1221 | FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS AERIAL ERADICATION CONTINUES [...] (C) Foreign Minister Maria Consuelo Araujo told the Ambassador on December 15 the GOC would continue its aerial eradication efforts near the border with Ecuador despite GOE protests. President Uribe was annoyed that the GOC's moratorium on spraying near the border had resulted in an additio [...] | 2007-02-21 14:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV PHUM SNAR CO |
07BOGOTA3624 | COLOMBIA TO ACCEDE TO WHALING CONVENTION [...] (SBU) The GOC intends to accede to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW). Ana Maria Hernandez, Director of International Affairs for the Environment Ministry, told EconCouns that the decision was made at a May 16 interagency meeting. Hernandez stated that the proc [...] | 2007-05-18 21:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD CO |
07BOGOTA7171 | CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: With funding from the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (EEB),Embassy Bogota hosted the visit of Conservation International Senior Research Scientist Timothy J. Killeen to Colombia September 26-28 to speak about the sustainable development of biofuels. As part of the t [...] | 2007-10-04 15:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON KPAO OIIP SENV CO |
07BOGOTA7575 | COLOMBIA INTERESTED IN WIREC 2008 [...] Post delivered reftel demarche separately to Minister of Mines and Energy Hernan Martinez and Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Director for Multilateral Economic, Social, and Environmental Issues Maria Alban Duran. Post also presented WIREC 2008 information to officials at the Ministries [...] | 2007-10-19 21:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAID EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KSCA EAGR |
07BOGOTA7581 | COLOMBIA BULLISH ON WIREC 2008, REQUESTS SPOT ON [...] This is an action cable. See para. 4. 2. Post delivered reftel demarche on the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) separately to Minister of Mines and Energy Hernan Martinez, Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Director for Multilateral Economic, Social, and Envir [...] | 2007-10-19 22:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAID EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KSCA EAGR |
07BOGOTA8534 | COLOMBIAN FLOWER INDUSTRY MAKES SOCIAL AS WELL AS [...] Colombia's flower industry contributes USD 1 billion to the economy and directly employs 100,000 workers, the majority of them female heads-of-households. The industry spends millions on social programs for its workers and has developed a certification program that has dramatically improved [...] | 2007-12-14 21:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ELAB ETRD SENV EAID CO |
07BOGOTA8658 | BOGOTA AIR QUALITY AMONG WORST IN LATIN AMERICA [...] SUMMARY: Bogota's seven million plus inhabitants breathe some of the worst air in the region. Air quality falls below safe levels over 95 percent of the time. Low-quality fuel, poor driving practices, and urban deforestation are largely to blame. GOC officials expect an agreement to improv [...] | 2007-12-26 21:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELTN EPET SENV SOCI ENRG CO |
07BRASILIA101 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR JAMES STORY, ERIC STONER, AND [...] Name of traveler: James B. Story -- Title: Regional Environmental Officer -- Passport number: US Diplomatic Passport 900346975 -- Agency represented: HUB/DOS -- Arrival/departure dates: February 04-10, 2007 -- Level of security clearance: Top Secret -- Purpose of visit: to attend a meeting on [...] | 2007-01-19 13:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA PE BR |
07BRASILIA1025 | BRAZIL'S ACRE STATE: GROUND ZERO FOR SOUTH AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Summary. One of President Lula's key objectives is the construction of an all-weather highway linking Brazil to the Pacific Ocean, and within a few years this dream will become reality. The GOB has paved route BR 364/317 to the Peruvian border and paving of this highway on the Peruvia [...] | 2007-06-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PGOV SENV EAID PHUM ETRD SNAR BR PE |
07BRASILIA1042 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR OES/EGC OFFICIAL [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Norman Barth, OES/EGC/State Department, to Manaus, Brazil, June 07-16, 2007, to attend the Executive Council and Conference of Parties of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US citizens t [...] | 2007-06-08 10:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TPHY OTRA BR |
07BRASILIA105 | FISCAL DATA FOR TRAVEL OF PATRICIA S. PIRIZ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA BO BR |
07BRASILIA1052 | POSSIBLE U.S.-BRAZIL COOPERATION ON WATER RESOURCES ISSUES [...] As discussed in reftel, Brazil's Ministry of the Environment has proposed discussions to investigate the possibility of bilateral technical cooperation in water resource issues. 2. As this is the first area of proposed cooperation where there is bilateral agreement since the establishment [...] | 2007-06-08 18:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TNGD KSCA EAGR BR |
07BRASILIA1067 | BRAZIL'S RONDONIA STATE CONFRONTS THE PROBLEMS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Located in center-west Brazil, the state of Rondonia forms part of the country's frontier with Bolivia. Sparsely populated until the 1980s, Brazil's military government during its reign paved highway BR 364 to the state's capital, Porto Velho, to encourage (for national securit [...] | 2007-06-11 19:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PGOV SENV EAID PHUM ETRD BR PE |
07BRASILIA108 | INFORMATION ON THE SEED INITIATIVE CANDIDATE FROM BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Reftel requests that Post evaluate Brazilian candidates for the SEED initiative. "Projeto Bagagem" is well-known to USAID Brazil. USAID Senior Advisor Eric Stoner reports it is a community-based tourism network in Brazil. Stoner is familiar with the individuals who participated in the c [...] | 2007-01-19 17:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KPAO KAID TBIO KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA1097 | BRAZILIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES VOTES TO UPHOLD [...] The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (lower house) voted on June 12 in favor of the proposed reorganization of IBAMA, the Ministry of Environment's enforcement agency. The restructuring, first announced April 25 by Environment Minister Marina Silva and supported by President Lula, would split IBA [...] | 2007-06-14 14:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TNGD TRGY KSCA EAGR BR |
07BRASILIA1099 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NPS OFFICIAL JOHNSON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Robert Johnson, Director of the Everglades-South Florida Natural Resources Center, National Park Service (NSP) in Florida, to Foz do Iguacu, Brasilia, and Cuiaba (Brazil),June 15-26, 2007, to participate in the Brazilian Congress on Protect [...] | 2007-06-14 17:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY KSCA SCUL OTRA BR |
07BRASILIA1115 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE CONTRACTORS PETERSON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for David P. Perterson and Loren J. Habergger, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),July 5-19, 2007, to Itaituba and Creporizao (State of Para) Brazil, to work on projects on reduction of emissions from community and small scale gold mining in developin [...] | 2007-06-15 18:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR |
07BRASILIA1185 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 96 [...] The following is the ninety-sixth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...] | 2007-06-22 19:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
07BRASILIA12 | POSSIBLE INSTRUMENT FOR BRAZIL MERCURY REDUCTION PILOT [...] At a December 8, 2006, meeting at Brazil's Ministry of the Environment, ESTH Counselor Patricia Norman, Science Officer KG Moore and EPA Project Leader Dr. Luis Fernandez met with Dr. Marilia Cerqueira, Director of Brazil's Mercury programs. Dr. Fernandez presented to the Brazilians the scope [...] | 2007-01-04 18:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC EMIN ETRD PREL KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA1204 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL SCHNEIDER [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for William Schneider, Office of Prevention, Pesticides an Toxic Substances, for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s OECD Biopesticide Steering Group, to Sco Paulo (transit only) and Brasilia, Brazil, from June 29 to July 05, 2007, to partic [...] | 2007-06-26 19:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR |
07BRASILIA1231 | BRAZIL PREFERS SUSPENSION OF ISS ARRANGEMENT [...] Post received a Diplomatic Note from Brazil's Foreign Ministry on June 29, 2007, referring to the Government of Brazil's position about the bilateral International Space Station Arrangement (ISS). The Diplomatic Note is as follows: "The Ministry of External Relations complements the United S [...] | 2007-06-29 19:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA SENV KSCA KTIA TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPL BR |
07BRASILIA1240 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE A/S KARSNER JULY [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Alexander Karsner, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Rio de Janeiro (July 12),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitiveness and its Brazil [...] | 2007-07-02 18:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR |
07BRASILIA1262 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL FERNANDEZ [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Luiz Fernandez, International Affairs Specialist, Office of International Affairs (OIA),U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to Brasilia, Itaituba, and Creporizao, Brazil, July 5-29, 2007, to work on UNEP Global Mercury Partnership P [...] | 2007-07-05 10:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR |
07BRASILIA1278 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE BARTON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Bradley L. Barton, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Director of Commercialization and Deployment, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Sao Paulo (transit),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitivenes [...] | 2007-07-06 15:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR |
07BRASILIA1285 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE LUTTRELL [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ellen Luttrell, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Consultant- Communications Advisor, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Rio de Janeiro (July 12-15) and Sao Paulo (transit: Jul 10 and 15),Brazil, to participa [...] | 2007-07-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR |
07BRASILIA1287 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE SATTELBERG [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Alfred P. Sattelberg, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Contract, Argone National Laboratory, Associate Lab Director for Physical Sciences, to Brasilia (July 9-13),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Competitiveness and its Brazilian coun [...] | 2007-07-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR |
07BRASILIA1289 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/EE ARVISU [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dan E. Arvizu, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),Director, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to Brasilia (July 10-12) and Rio de Janeiro (July 12-15) and Sao Paulo (transit: Jul 10 and 13),Brazil, to participate in the Council on Compet [...] | 2007-07-09 13:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR |
07BRASILIA1308 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL LUDWIG [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ms. Victoria Ludwig, Program Manager, Landfill Methane Outreach Program, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Goiania, Cuiaba, Porto Alegre and Florianopolis, Brazil, July 15-29, 2007, [...] | 2007-07-10 18:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR |
07BRASILIA1351 | UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY 'S VISIT TO BRAZIL SPARKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary Dobriansky's visit to Brazil May 16-17, 2007, not only fulfilled the request by President Bush and Brazilian President Lula to elevate the Common Agenda for the Environment (CAE) dialogue, but helped the U.S. Mission in Brazil move forward on a number of key issu [...] | 2007-07-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY ENRG SENV EAGR ETRD KSCA US BR |
07BRASILIA1355 | SIGNING OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN USGS AND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 17:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TNGD TRGY KSCA EAGR BR |
07BRASILIA137 | CLIMATE CHANGE: U.S.-BRAZIL DVC ON APPROACHES TO REDUCING [...] Post has contacted Fernando Lyrio, Director of International Relations at Brazil's Ministry for the Environment, and presented the proposal for a DVC on U.S. and Brazilian approaches to reducing emissions from deforestation. Lyrio reports that the three people key for the Brazilian panel to r [...] | 2007-01-25 17:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA1380 | FISCAL DATA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKSHOP IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-20 17:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA VE BR |
07BRASILIA1425 | INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY [...] Rio Branco, Acre State, Brazil was the site of a weeklong conference of 250 community forest entrepreneurs and policy makers from Africa, Asia, Central and South America, July 15-23, 2007. Participants debated the challenges confronted by inhabitants of tropical forests on three continents: la [...] | 2007-07-26 18:08:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
07BRASILIA144 | U.S.-BRAZIL CAE - NEXT STEPS [...] At the December 13, 2006, U.S.-Brazil Common Agenda for the Environment (CAE) it was agreed that a Technical Work Group be created under the CAE framework to review and coordinate technical-level cooperation. This work group could meet at any time but would report its work and seek policy gui [...] | 2007-01-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPA TBIO KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA1463 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 98 [...] The following is the ninety-eighth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...] | 2007-08-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
07BRASILIA1465 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR REGIONAL [...] Country clearance is requested for Larissa A. Stoner, the Brasilia regional environment assistant, to visit Medellin August 13-19 and Lima August 19-26. Purpose of the visit is to provide logistic support as well as attend and report on EPA Trainings on Environmental Law Enforcement. 2. Sto [...] | 2007-08-01 19:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA BL BR |
07BRASILIA1498 | THE SOYBEAN MORATORIUM, ONE YEAR LATER [...] (U) Summary: On July 24, 2007, NGOs involved in the pact for sustainable soy in the Amazon - the soy moratorium - such as Greenpeace and The Nature Conservancy, met in Sao Paulo with representatives of the soybean industry and large-scale European consumers to evaluate the results of the one ye [...] | 2007-08-06 12:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO PGOV ECON XR BR |
07BRASILIA1519 | FISCAL DATA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKSHOP IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 19:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA VE BR |
07BRASILIA1520 | FISCAL DATA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKSHOP IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 19:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA VE BR |
07BRASILIA1530 | FISCAL DATA FOR ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-09 17:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA CO VE BR |
07BRASILIA1536 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NASA OFFICIALS MR AND MRS [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Jeffrey Williams (Astronaut) and Anna Marie Williams (spouse),National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) official, to Sao Paulo (SP),Campos dos Goitacases (RJ),Brasilia (DF) and Rio de Janeiro (RJ) [...] | 2007-08-10 12:36:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA SENV KSCA OTRA US BR |
07BRASILIA1539 | REVISED FISCAL DATA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-10 15:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA CO VE BR |
07BRASILIA1555 | BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR DUE [...] (SBU) The below answers are in response to the request for information in ref C: A) Could there possibly be any downside or embarrassment caused by the selection of your post's nominee? --Post has no knowledge of any downside or embarrassment that would result from the selection of its no [...] | 2007-08-13 19:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV BR |
07BRASILIA1578 | FISCAL DATA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKSHOP IN [...] The following fiscal data is being provided by the Regional Environmental Hub for expenditures (detailed below) for the Environmental Law Enforcement Workshop to be held August 20-23 in Lima (Peru). 19-726/7103715-1008-7a0926-021000-2403-4121 Total expenditures should not to exceed USD 2,58 [...] | 2007-08-16 14:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA BR PE |
07BRASILIA1585 | BRAZIL TO HOST MINISTERIAL MEETING ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian Foreign Ministry briefed representatives of embassies about its "Ministerial Meeting on International Governance for Sustainable Development," which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, September 3-4. The For [...] | 2007-08-17 10:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV UN EAGR ECON KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA162 | BINDING MERCURY POLLUTION REDUCTION TARGETS - NO POSITION [...] On January 25, 2007, SCI Officer met again with Otavio Trindade of the Ministry of External Relations' Division for Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development for follow-up discussions regarding demarche request in Ref A. Trindade reiterated Brazil's support for UNEP voluntary mercury pa [...] | 2007-01-29 20:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN AORC ETRD PREL SENV KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA1674 | BRAZIL ANNOUNCES DRAMATIC DECLINE IN AMAZON DEFORESTATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED, AND IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil reports a sharp decline, 25 percent, in its rate of deforestation for the year 2006. Further, it estimates that the rate will drop another 30% in 2007. END SUMMARY [...] | 2007-08-31 17:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAGR KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA169 | BRAZIL BIOFUEL UPDATE, JANUARY 2007 [...] According to data from Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Brazil produced more ethanol in 2006 than any other production period. The 2006 harvest produced a total of 17.8 billion liters compared to a 16.9 billion liter production from the period before. According to Angelo Bressan, Director o [...] | 2007-01-30 18:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TNGD KSCA EAGR BR |
07BRASILIA1722 | BRAZIL: VIEWS ON COALITION AGAINST WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING: [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED, IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian Ministry of External Relations Environment Division Director Coimbra stressed in an August 27 meeting with ESTH Counselor that Brazil had concerns about the scope of [...] | 2007-09-11 16:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA1742 | BRAZIL: WASHINGTON SEPT. 27-28 MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil will certainly attend the September 27-28 meeting in Washington on climate change. It appears the Ambassador Everton Vargas, the Under Secretary for Policy in the Ministry of Exterio [...] | 2007-09-13 16:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA1774 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 99 [...] The following is the ninety-nine in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views express [...] | 2007-09-17 19:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
07BRASILIA178 | BRAZILIAN REPRESENTATION AT GLOBE REGIONAL TRAINING, 2-9 [...] The Ministry of Education has informed post that Brazil will have two representatives at the Globe Regional Training on February 2-9 in Panama City. The information provided is as follow: 2. Name: Rachel Trajber Date of Birth: April 24, 1954 (04/24/1954) Place of Birth: Sao Paulo, Sao Pa [...] | 2007-01-31 17:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KGLB SENV KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA1784 | MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING: BRAZILIAN DELEGATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On September 18, the Embassy's Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Counselor met with Paulo Chiarelli, acting Director of the Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Division of Environme [...] | 2007-09-20 10:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL BR |
07BRASILIA1803 | EPA TRAININGS STRENGTHEN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN [...] (U) Summary: Using funds from OES, three trainings on environmental law enforcement were carried out by EPA experts in August 2007 in Medellin (Colombia),Lima (Peru),and Georgetown (Guyana). With support from the Regional Environmental HUB Office, ECON Offices in each respective country, and [...] | 2007-09-21 10:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
07BRASILIA1813 | BRAZIL: UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY'S MEETINGS WITH GoB [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery and delegation met with Acting Minister of Mines and Energy, Nelson Hubner; Vice President Jose Alencar; and senior Ministry of Finance officials during his August 20 visit to Brasilia. Hubner said he saw an immediate need to showcase a biofuels p [...] | 2007-09-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENGR ETRD ECIN EAIR ECPS TSPA SENV BR |
07BRASILIA1897 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF NEC DIRECTOR AL HUBBARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of an August visit to Brazil by State Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III. During his visit, the Under Secretary's discussions with GOB officials included biofuels and infrastructure (REFTELS A, B,C). A [...] | 2007-10-04 10:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV BR |
07BRASILIA1918 | BRAZIL AND THE FOREST 11 STATEMENT: PRIMARILY A POLITICAL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 24, 2007 leaders from eleven Tropical Rainforest Countries (the Forest 11) issued a joint statement calling for, inter alia, cooperation to slow, stop and reverse deforestation [...] | 2007-10-09 11:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG TNGD TRGY KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA1934 | BRAZIL ON EU'S ETS AVIATION EMISSIONS PROPOSAL AND REVIVING [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On the margins of the September 3-4 Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Sustainable Development (SEPTEL),in Rio de Janeiro, State Department Assistant Secretary for Oceans, International Environme [...] | 2007-10-10 11:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAIR KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA1935 | MINISTERIAL MEETING ON INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil hosted the "Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Sustainable Development: Challenges for International Governance," in Rio de Janeiro, September 3 and 4, 2007. Participants from t [...] | 2007-10-10 11:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG UN KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA1952 | MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE: BRAZILIANS [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian delegation has expressed both public and private disappointment with the September 27-28 meeting in Washington of representatives of major economies to discuss energy security [...] | 2007-10-11 13:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA2012 | BRAZIL: SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. PROPOSALS COMMISSION FOR THE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. REF: SECSTATE 138243 2. (SBU) SCICOUNS delivered reftel points on October 11 October to Government of Brazil (GOB) Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Director for Space, Marine and Antarctic Affairs, Couns [...] | 2007-10-22 09:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV PHSA BR |
07BRASILIA2020 | BRAZIL: FRANK DISCUSSION ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. In a frank and wide ranging conversation, Director of the National Economic Council Al Hubbard, Deputy National Security Advisor Dan Price, and Ambassador Clifford Sobel met in Brasilia on O [...] | 2007-10-22 15:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA2044 | BRAZIL: INTERESTED IN THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Drawing on REFS, ESTH Counselor Driscoll had a series of conversations in mid- and late-October with Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Chief of the Division of Division for New and Renewa [...] | 2007-10-29 09:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG BR |
07BRASILIA2068 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 101 [...] The following is the one-hundred-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...] | 2007-10-30 19:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
07BRASILIA2069 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 101 [...] The following is the one-hundred-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...] | 2007-10-31 09:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
07BRASILIA2084 | BRAZIL: TRAINING BY USG EXPERTS BRINGS TO LIFE PROMISE OF [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Seminars put on in mid-October by U.S. water resource management experts have served to implement recommendations developed by the bilateral water technical working group created under the C [...] | 2007-11-01 19:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA2131 | BRAZIL: COMMANDER OF U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. During his visit to Brazil October 1-5, LTG Robert Van Antwerp, Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE),and his delegation met on October 3 with civilian Brazilian counterpart [...] | 2007-11-10 18:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA ECON EINV BR |
07BRASILIA2171 | BIOFUELS IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel request, and pursuant to request for extension to Oct. 19 response date, Post submits the following information regarding the development and adoption of bio-based chemical products and liquid biofuels in Brazil, including research and reports available, [...] | 2007-11-23 10:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PREL EINV ECON PGOV OTRA BR |
07BRASILIA2184 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 102 [...] The following is the one hundred second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views [...] | 2007-11-27 11:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
07BRASILIA2241 | BRAZIL: GOB REQUESTS RENEWAL OF 1997 ENERGY COOPERATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On December 7, 2007, the Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Division for Non-Renewable Energy Resources (DREN) contacted the Embassy to request that the USG and the Government of Brazil (G [...] | 2007-12-07 21:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA2242 | SCENESETTER FOR THE ECONOMIC DIALOGUE VISIT OF WHA A/S [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit for the economic dialogue will expand and develop economic cooperation themes discussed during the Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben SIPDIS Jeffery's August visit (REFTELS A, B, C). We hope to use the dialogue to focus on areas wh [...] | 2007-12-07 21:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL SENV BR |
07BRASILIA2263 | UNCTAD SEEKS MORE ACTIVE ROLE WITH BIOFUELS: CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND IS NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. UNCTAD, together with the Government of Brazil (GoB),held a conference on biofuels in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 4-5 as a pre-event to the twelfth session of the United Nations [...] | 2007-12-12 14:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY UN UNCTAD KGHG ECON SENV ENRG KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA2269 | BRAZIL: INTERESTED IN COOPERATION WITH EPA ON MERCURY, BUT [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND IS NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the last six months, the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (MMA) has repeatedly expressed interest in cooperating with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the field of [...] | 2007-12-13 10:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TNGD KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA2321 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 104 [...] The following is the one-hundred-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views [...] | 2007-12-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
07BRASILIA239 | BRAZIL GLOBE ACCORD CLEARANCE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. (U) On February 5, 2007, SCI officer spoke with Rachel Trajber, Coordinator of Environmental Education for the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC) and Brazil's future GLOBE country coordinator. Trajber said that MEC would prefer to hol [...] | 2007-02-12 16:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGLB TBIO KSCA OSCI BR |
07BRASILIA240 | BRAZIL GLOBE ACCORD CLEARANCE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. (U) On February 5, 2007, SCI officer spoke with Rachel Trajber, Coordinator of Environmental Education for the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC) and Brazil's future GLOBE country coordinator. Trajber said that MEC would prefer to hol [...] | 2007-02-12 16:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGLB TBIO KSCA OSCI BR |
07BRASILIA265 | SUSPENSION OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-14 19:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA KSCA SENV BR |
07BRASILIA273 | SUSPENSION OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-15 14:24:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA KSCA SENV BR |
07BRASILIA288 | TEDS VISIT BY REO SUCCESSFUL [...] On February 14-15 the Regional Environmental Officer (Hub) for South America traveled to Belem at the start of the shrimping season to work with the GOB inspectors as they conducted their annual pre-season TEDs verification check. During the last Turtle Excluder Device (TEDs) verification vis [...] | 2007-02-16 18:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD XR BR |
07BRASILIA298 | Brazil: US Mission's 4th Quarter 2006 Corporate Social [...] Summary. (U) Since October 2006, when Ambassador launched the US Embassy's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative, USAID, FCS, Embassy and Consulate Sao Paulo have worked exhaustively with our 31 corporate partners (firms such as Microsoft, GE, IBM, and GM) to follow-up on this issue [...] | 2007-02-18 18:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON SENV BR |
07BRASILIA315 | ETHANOL IN THE RAINFOREST: GLOBAL COMMODITIES AND HIGHWAY [...] Summary: USAID Mission officers and the Regional Environmental Affairs Officer visited the Southwest Amazon February 4-10, 2007 (en route to the Amazon Basin Conservation Initiative meeting in Yucay, Peru) on a 550- kilometer road trip connecting Rio Branco, capital of the state of Acre, with [...] | 2007-02-23 14:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR ENRG EAID TBIO SNAR ECON SOCI XR BR |
07BRASILIA316 | ETHANOL IN THE RAINFOREST: GLOBAL COMMODITIES AND HIGHWAY [...] Summary: USAID Mission officers and the Regional Environmental Affairs Officer visited the Southwest Amazon February 4-10, 2007 (en route to the Amazon Basin Conservation Initiative meeting in Yucay, Peru) on a 550- kilometer road trip connecting Rio Branco, capital of the state of Acre, with [...] | 2007-02-23 14:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR ENRG EAID TBIO SNAR ECON SOCI XR BR |
07BRASILIA351 | BRASILIA REQUESTS COPIES OF AGREEMENTS SIGNED AT [...] This is an action message. See point 3. 2. Reftel notes that at the July 21, 2006, U.S. - Brazil S&T Commission meeting held in Washington, the United States and Brazil signed renewals of the Implementing Arrangement for Cooperation on Environmental Scientific Research in the Large Scale [...] | 2007-02-27 19:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA BR |
07BRASILIA366 | Brazil: Under Secretary Burns Meets with Minister of [...] (SBU) Summary. During Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns' February 7-8, 2007 visit to Brasilia, he met with Minister of Development, Industry and Commerce Luiz Fernando Furlan and his management team. The friendly, wide-ranging conversation touched upon issues s [...] | 2007-03-01 16:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ENRG KIPR EAGR SENV BR |
07BRASILIA373 | US-BRAZIL S&T MINISTERIAL COMMISSION JOINT STATEMENT [...] On February 27, 2007, U.S. Ambassador Clifford Sobel and Brazil's Deputy Science and Technology Minister, Luis Fernandes, signed the joint statement resulting from the July 21, 2006, U.S.-Brazil Joint Commission Meeting on S&T Cooperation. The ceremony, held in Brazil's Foreign Ministry, was w [...] | 2007-03-02 16:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV TBIO TPHY EAGR ECON TRGY TSPL BR |
07BRASILIA382 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HUB [...] James Story, South America Regional Environmental Officer based in Brasilia, requests country clearance to visit Lima from March 15-17, Cartagena March 17-21, and Bogota March 21-24. Purpose of trip to Lima is to discuss an environmental enforcement training proposal with embassy staff; trip [...] | 2007-03-05 16:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV CO PE BR |
07BRASILIA396 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SENIOR BRAZILIAN POLICYMAKERS PRIOR [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 27, the Ambassador met (separately) with three influential GOB policymakers: Minister of Justice Marcio Thomaz Bastos, MFA U/S for Political Affairs Everton Vieira Vargas, and Lula Private Secretary Gilberto Carvalho. The wide-ranging discussion touched upon a numb [...] | 2007-03-06 18:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PTER OVIP SENV PGOV EAGR BR |
07BRASILIA401 | BRAZIL TO INTRODUCE NEW BIOPIRACY LEGISLATION [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Brazil (GOB) is preparing new legislation to address biopiracy in Brazil, which the GOB believes fuels a USD 100 million a year market for chemical, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries worldwide. The new legislation will feature electronic registration for re [...] | 2007-03-07 13:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO KSCA BAIO BR |
07BRASILIA419 | TWO USGS MOUS WITH BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITIES APPROVED BY [...] Reftel authorizes Post to seek Government of Brazil (GOB) authorization to sign two previously negotiated Memorandum of Understanding, between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Geoscience Institute of the University of Brasilia and USGS and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte [...] | 2007-03-09 19:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA KTIA NASA SENV BR |
07BRASILIA420 | STAS TEAM VISIT - U.S.-BRAZIL BIOINFORMATICS CONFERENCE AND [...] SUMMARY: Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State (STAS) Dr. George Atkinson led a team of scientists and engineers to Rio, Sao Paulo, Campinas and Petropolis, Brazil, November 10-17, 2006, to co-host a regional Global Dialogue on Emerging Science & Technology (GDEST) Conference [...] | 2007-03-09 19:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA SENV TNGD BR |
07BRASILIA433 | U.S.-BRAZIL SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON BIOFUELS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY SENV KSCA TPHY TBIO US BR |
07BRASILIA482 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIALS ZEPP AND [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Officials Richard Zepp, Senior Research Scientist and Marirosa Molina, Research Scientist, Office of Research and Development, to Brasilia (DF) April 13-20, and Florianopolis (SC),Brazil, April 20-23, 2007, to attend the Large-Scale Biosphe [...] | 2007-03-21 18:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR |
07BRASILIA50 | Brazil Supports UNEP Voluntary Mercury Partnerships [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EMIN ETRD PREL SENV KSCA BR |
07BRASILIA510 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 91 [...] The following is the ninety-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...] | 2007-03-26 19:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
07BRASILIA512 | BRAZIL BIOFUEL UPDATE, MARCH 2007 [...] The Government of Mexico is sending representatives to Brazil on March 28, 2007, to propose a partnership on ethanol. According to media reports, Mexico will offer the Brazilian ethanol producers fiscal incentives to attract companies to Mexico. The added benefit, of course, would be the nea [...] | 2007-03-27 11:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TNGD TRGY KSCA EAGR BR |
07BRASILIA52 | BRAZIL REQUESTS SPECIFICS ON SUSPENSION OF ISS [...] (SBU) Summary: SCI Counselor delivered reftel demarche January 9, to Counselor Maria Teresa Pessoa, Chief of the Division of Oceans, Antarctic and Space, Brazil Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty). Counselor Pessoa was expecting the visit and aware of the USG desire to either suspend or terminate the [...] | 2007-01-10 18:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA SENV KSCA KTIA TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPL BR |
07BRASILIA524 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL YEOW [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Aaron Yeow, Environmental Health Scientist, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, and Executive Secretary and OSRTI Liaison for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Technical Review Workgroup (TRW) for Metal and Asbes [...] | 2007-03-27 18:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR |
07BRASILIA556 | REQUEST FOR LANGUAGE SERVICES REVIEW OF TWO USGS MOUS WITH [...] The two USGS Memorandum of Understanding have been professionally translated into Portuguese. They are being transmitted via email, both the English and Portuguese versions, to Leslie Blancas, OES/STC. 2. Post requests that Language Services review the Portuguese translation to ensure that [...] | 2007-03-30 16:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA KTIA NASA SENV BR |
07BRASILIA580 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 92 [...] The following is the ninety-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...] | 2007-04-03 15:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
07BRASILIA591 | BRAZIL'S MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT PRESENTS CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Brazil's Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, presented on February 27, 2007, the expected consequences of the impacts of global warming on the biodiversity of Brazil for the next 100 years (from 2010 to 2100). The results came from a total of eight studies that were requested by the Minist [...] | 2007-04-04 19:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TNGD KSCA EAGR BR |
07BRASILIA671 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NASA OFFICIAL BRIDGES [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Nathan Bridges, National and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) official, to Carajas (PA),Brazil, to conduct fieldwork at the Carajas mine in support of the remote spectral characterization of terrestrial life formi [...] | 2007-04-16 13:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA SENV KSCA OTRA US BR |
07BRASILIA694 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE A/S KARSNER DELEGATION [...] Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Alexander "Andy" Karsner, and his delegation, to Sao Paulo and Brasilia, Brazil, April 22-25, 2007. Members of the Assistant Secretary's delegation include Courtney Gillespie, Michael Mills [...] | 2007-04-19 12:52:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR |
07BRASILIA71 | BRAZIL HOSTS THE I SOUTH AMERICAN FISHERS FORUM ON SOLVING [...] On December 12-14, an OES-sponsored workshop with the slogan "Catch Fish Not Birds" brought together 50 experts from across the world to take a look at the potential to reduce seabird bycatch throughout the South American long-line fishery via the adoption of mitigation measures in South Americ [...] | 2007-01-12 18:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
07BRASILIA759 | BRAZIL: MANAUS MEETINGS, MEANDERINGS AND MUSINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: As Virtual Presence Post Officer, Econoff visited Manaus, State of Amazonas from April 16-19 for public outreach and economic-related meetings. While there, she visited the U.S. Consular Agent in Manaus, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-Amazonas, and the bi-national center, Institu [...] | 2007-04-30 15:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG KPAO OIIP CVIS PGOV SENV BR |
07BRASILIA771 | MINISTER SILVA ANNOUNCES STRUCTURAL CHANGES AT BRAZIL'S [...] Minister Marina Silva announced structural changes in the Ministry of Environment and at Brazil's Environmental Protection Agency (IBAMA) on April 25, 2007. Four new secretariats were created: Climate Change and Environmental Quality Secretariat(SEMUC)to be headed by Thelma Krug; Water Resour [...] | 2007-05-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TNGD TRGY KSCA EAGR BR |
07BRASILIA792 | EARTH DAY PHOTO CONTEST ATTRACTS OVER 1,500 PICS FROM ALL [...] SUMMARY: The US Embassy in Brasilia, through its Regional Environmental HUB Office and with indispensable support from the Public Affairs section, celebrated Earth Day 2007 through a countrywide photography contest entitled 'A Snapshot of Brazilian Nature.' With over 1,500 entries from throu [...] | 2007-05-04 14:42:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KPAO OIIP BR |
07BRASILIA799 | THE ATLANTIC RAIN FOREST WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING ASSESSMENT [...] SUMMARY: The Brazilian National Network to Fight the Trafficking of Wild Animals - RENCTAS, launched The Atlantic Rain Forest Wildlife Trafficking Assessment Report on May 2, 2007. The report indicated that the poaching and trafficking in wild animals such as monkeys and parrots is reaching [...] | 2007-05-07 17:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV XM XS BR |
07BRASILIA800 | SYMPOSIUM ON REMOTE SENSING CALLS FOR MORE LATIN AMERICA [...] SUMMARY: The 13th Brazilian Symposium on Remote Sensing was held from April 23-26 attracting nearly 2,000 participants. While the focus of the event was on increasing regional cooperation on remote sensing technologies through transferring technology, sharing methodologies, and building up r [...] | 2007-05-07 17:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO TSPA SOCI SENV KSCA EAID XM XS BR |
07BRASILIA822 | FURTHER INFORMATION ON STRUCTURAL CHANGES AT BRAZIL'S [...] This week new details are emerging about the massive reorganization at Brazil's Ministry of the Environment first announced April 25, 2007 (Ref). The four new secretariats created were Climate Change and Environmental Quality Secretariat (SEMUC),Water Resources and Urban Environments (SRU),E [...] | 2007-05-08 19:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TNGD TRGY KSCA EAGR BR |
07BRASILIA834 | BRAZIL EXPRESSES RESERVATIONS ABOUT SIGNING THE GLOBE MOU [...] SUMMARY: After previously indicating that it was ready to participate in the NASA GLOBE program, a K-12 science program for the schools, the GoB has reversed itself stating that since the United States has not ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity, the GoB could not be sure that the [...] | 2007-05-10 16:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGLB TBIO KSCA OSCI BR |
07BRASILIA854 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VISIT OF U/S DOBRIANSKY [...] The U.S. Mission in Brazil welcomes the May 16-17, 2007, visit of Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and delegation for the Common Agenda for The Environment and other meetings, and grants country clearance to the travelers. During your stay in Brasilia (DF),Bra [...] | 2007-05-14 14:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA OVIP PGOV BR |
07BRASILIA874 | BRAZIL'S ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SILVA DISCUSSES MINISTRY [...] SUMMARY. During a wide-ranging conversation with Ambassador Sobel and other Embassy staff on May 11, 2007, Brazil's Minister for the Environment, Marina Silva, discussed bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Topics included Brazil's proposal regarding compensated deforestation, Ministry prio [...] | 2007-05-16 19:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA TRGY BR |
07BRASILIA905 | DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S A/S KARSNER VISITS BRAZIL TO JUMP [...] (SBU) Summary: During Assistant Secretary Karsner's April 23-25, 2007, visit, he was able to meet with a broad spectrum of policymakers representing state and federal government plus those from the private sector who make up Brazil's biofuel power elite. Beginning with meetings in Sao Paulo w [...] | 2007-05-21 19:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY ENRG SENV EAGR ETRD KSCA US BR |
07BRASILIA94 | BRAZIL'S APRIL 2007 GLOBE LAUNCH ON TRACK [...] (U) On January 11, 2007, SCI officer met with Rachel Trajber, Coordinator of Environmental Education for the Brazilian Ministry of Education. Trajber has been designated by the Government of Brazil (GOB) as GLOBE country coordinator. GLOBE is a USG sponsored interagency science and education [...] | 2007-01-18 13:02:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGLB TBIO KSCA OSCI BR |
07BRASILIA96 | SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 87 [...] The following is the eighty-seventh in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views ex [...] | 2007-01-18 16:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR |
07BRASILIA961 | MEDIA ARTICLE SPECULATES ON WHY BRAZIL COULD NOT LIVE UP [...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazilian newspaper quotes George Washington University director, John Logsdon as saying because of delays and its inability to meet its obligations for the International Space Station (ISS),Brazil has lost its chance to be a space station partner. The article quotes the Brazili [...] | 2007-05-29 19:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA SENV TBIO KSCA OSCI BR |
07BRASILIA985 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/FE OFFICIAL MCKEE TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Barbara McKee, Director, Office of Clean Energy Collaboration, U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),to Brasilia, Brazil, June 26-30, 2007, to chair the International Energy Working Party on Fossil Fuels Executive Committee Meeting and speak a [...] | 2007-05-31 17:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG SENV KSCA OTRA US BR |
07BRATISLAVA540 | SMER: NOT A SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Robert Fico's Smer party has introduced a range of measures this year to reduce public input into government decision making processes and otherwise curb the rights of individuals within society. Though Smer labels itself as a social democratic party, its civic go [...] | 2007-10-01 08:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SENV LO |
07BRATISLAVA572 | SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN WIREC 2008 [...] (U) Post strongly recommends Slovakia's inclusion in the 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference. EU mandates and external events have led to a new emphasis in Slovakia on the importance of renewable energy sources in the overall energy mix, which was evident in the Slovak go [...] | 2007-10-16 13:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL ETRD SENV EINV LO |
07BRIDGETOWN1195 | ON BOARD, ALMOST: BIOFUELS INITIATIVE IN ST. KITTS [...] (SBU) A successful biofuels conference hosted in St. Kitts on August 28 encouraged the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) to move forward on a biofuels development plan. However, with tourism development competing for scarce land and resource dollars on the island, continued USG engageme [...] | 2007-09-13 15:27:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR EINV KPAO EAID EPET SENV |
07BRIDGETOWN1348 | WIREC DELEGATION: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (U) Post enthusiastically supports the nominations of individuals from Antigua and Barbuda for participation in WIREC in March 2008. Antigua and Barubda ------------------- -- Honorable Wilmoth Daniel, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works -- Honorable Trevor Walker, Minister with [...] | 2007-10-22 12:59:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET SENV EAID XL |
07BRIDGETOWN141 | LETTER OF INVITATION DELIVERED TO SENATOR SNAGG IN [...] Per reftel instructions, post delivered letter of invitation to Senator Edwin Snagg, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission, by fax under cover of Diplomatic Note No. 88 on February 2, 2007. The original Diplomatic Note was also mailed on this da [...] | 2007-02-06 14:54:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV ETRD KSCA VC |
07BRIDGETOWN435 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KUNZE, SCHMID, [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Steven P. Kunze, Claudia Schmid, Claude F. Lumpkin, Derrick P. Snowden, and Daniel E. Wolfe, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to travel to Barbados from April 22-May 31, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to participate in th [...] | 2007-04-13 15:06:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY SENV KSCA BB |
07BRIDGETOWN473 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PREPARING FOR WMO [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "Preparing for WMO Quadrennial Congress" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0306, Barbados #0307, Dominica #0308, St. Kitts #0309, St. Lucia #0310, and St. Vincent #0311) on April 12, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were al [...] | 2007-04-23 14:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY WMO XL |
07BRIDGETOWN515 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CAPPEL FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Kristen Cappel to travel to St. Lucia from May 21-25, 2007, for the purpose of attending the regional workshop for the prevention and control of illegal trade in ozone depleting substances and dependent technologies. 2. Per reftel, Embassy [...] | 2007-05-02 20:04:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV TPHY KSCA SL XL |
07BRIDGETOWN519 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IWC ANNUAL MEETING [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0387, Dominica #0388, St. Kitts #0389, St. Lucia #0390, St. Vincent #0391) on May 3, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report any responses. OUR [...] | 2007-05-03 19:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS PREL ETRD KSCA XL |
07BRIDGETOWN524 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PULWARTHY FOR TRAVEL [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Roger Pulwarthy to travel to Barbados from May 6 - June 6, 2007, for the purpose of presenting a class on climate impacts at the University of the West Indies. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. 3. Embass [...] | 2007-05-04 18:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY SENV KSCA BB |
07BRIDGETOWN622 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CITES COP 14 PREPARATION [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "CITES COP 14 Preparation: Gauging Response for U.S. Proposals on Species Listings - Lynx, Sawfish, Coral" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0437, Barbados #0438, Dominica #0439, St. Kitts #0440, St. Lucia #0441 and St. Vincent [...] | 2007-05-16 21:37:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA ETRD XL |
07BRIDGETOWN821 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ICAO ASSEMBLY: ENVIRONMENTAL [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0578, Barbados #0579, Dominica #0580, St. Kitts #0581, St. Lucia #0582, St. Vincent #0583) on June 22, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report a [...] | 2007-06-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON XL |
07BRIDGETOWN825 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BARTH FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Norman Barth to travel to St. Lucia from July 3-5, 2007, for the purpose of attending the small island developing states workshop on the implementation of UNFCCC Article 6. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. [...] | 2007-06-25 19:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV ST |
07BRIDGETOWN902 | ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES EXTENDS SUPPORT FOR [...] The following message was received on July 12, 2007. Begin text: Note No. 444/2007 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and with reference to the latter's Diploma [...] | 2007-07-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON SC |
07BRUSSELS1233 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: April 11, 2007 [...] (U) American package delivery firm Federal Express was named ?Best Employer? in Belgium for 2007 in March. FedEx's over 800 employees in Belgium lauded the company?s attention to developing the talent of its workers. Employees also expressed appreciation for the company?s ethnic diversity ? [...] | 2007-04-12 13:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE |
07BRUSSELS1238 | Environmental Problems and Progress May Color [...] (U) Summary. A recent study found that Belgium's ecological footprint is among Europe's worst, as it consumes far more resources than it produces. Nonetheless, progress has been made in cleaning up Belgium's environment in the past ten years, according to a new OECD assessment, with air and [...] | 2007-04-12 15:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EINV BE |
07BRUSSELS1698 | SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER PELOSI'S MAY 30 MEETING [...] (U) Summary: Your meeting with Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt is more than a courtesy call with a close friend of the United States. Prime Minister Verhofstadt, who will be entering the home stretch of a tough reelection battle, wants to learn more about your thinking on environmental issues and [...] | 2007-05-22 15:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV BE |
07BRUSSELS1843 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 5, 2007 [...] (U) On May 22, Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt detailed his strategy to improve Belgium's investment climate over the past eight years, and his plans for the coming years in a talk to AmCham members. In addition to prudent macroeconomic fiscal management (balanced budgets, paying down the fed [...] | 2007-06-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE |
07BRUSSELS2164 | BELGIAN ECONOMIC STEWPOT: June 25, 2007 [...] (U) Belgium's macro-economic outlook is quite favorable, according to projections released by the Belgian National Bank (central bank). The BNB revised the 2007 GDP growth estimate upward from 2.1 to 2.5 percent, compared with 3.0 percent growth reached in 2006. BNB forecasts 2008 GDP growth [...] | 2007-07-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE |
07BRUSSELS3417 | WIREC 2008: EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS QUESTIONS, [...] (U) Summary: On November 20, 2007 ESToffs met with DG Environment to discuss preparations for the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC),March 4-6, 2008 in Washington. DG Environment is interested in participating in the EU delegation and queried about the possibility [...] | 2007-11-29 15:23:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG EPET SENV EU |
07BRUSSELS3487 | BRUSSELS BILAT BREW: December 12, 2007 [...] (U) A study published in October by the Vienna University of Technology ranked Ghent (16) and Brugge (20) as two among the top 20 of European 'Smart Cities'. The survey ranked medium-sized (100,000-500,000 inhabitants) cities in Europe, using a system that evaluated the economy, people, govern [...] | 2007-12-12 07:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE CH |
07BRUSSELS477 | What does Climate Change Mean for Belgium? [...] (U) Introduction and Summary. Publication of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report has raised the profile of the issue in Belgium and given it a place in pre-election debate. Belgium has a mixed record on environmental policy (noted reftel),and its complex federal structu [...] | 2007-02-12 15:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EINV BE |
07BRUSSELS809 | EUROPEAN COUNCIL ADOPTS BINDING TARGETS FOR CO2 REDUCTION [...] SUMMARY. On March 9, the European Council endorsed an integrated climate and energy policy in an effort to limit global warming to 2 degrees C above pre-industrial levels. It called for targets to limit CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020 and to adopt an overall binding goal of 20% of renewable ene [...] | 2007-03-09 16:20:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETRD SENV EUN GM |
07BRUSSELS941 | Last Belgian Budget Check Before Elections - Much [...] (U) Summary. The much-heralded special Council of Ministers retreat in Leuven yielded little more than a cursory budget scrubbing and a few symbolic initiatives designed to garner votes in the June 10 elections. The earlier-agreed "green" revenue enhancement measure to tax packaging was down [...] | 2007-03-22 15:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAIR SENV KCRM BE |
07BRUSSELS982 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: March 20, 2007 [...] Pension Funds Basing in Belgium 2. Court Supports Residents' Rights 3. Belgium: A Kyoto Progress Report 4. US Company Cited as "Climate Saver" 5. Belgium: Less Than a Good European 6. Belgian Chocolate a Controlled Name? 7. Brussels Casino A Winner 8. The Grinch Who Stole Carnival [...] | 2007-03-23 17:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND SENV BE |
07BUCHAREST425 | ROMANIA - OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IN EARLY STAGES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-16 04:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KPAO SENV RO |
07BUENOSAIRES1007 | ARGENTINA INAUGURATES OFFICE DEDICATED TO [...] Argentina has created its first prosecutorial body dedicated to fighting crimes against the environment. The establishment of that office, known by its Spanish acronym UFIMA, is the latest in a series of steps taken by Argentina's active environment secretary toward a more vigorous protectio [...] | 2007-05-23 11:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES12 | ARGENTINA'S VIEWS ON MERCURY AT THE UPCOMING 24TH [...] Reftel asked addressee posts to seek host government support for UNEP's voluntary mercury partnerships, and to solicit views on various proposals to control mercury that parties are expected to raise at the upcoming UNEP Governing Council meeting in Nairobi. With that in mind, Emboff spoke J [...] | 2007-01-05 14:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EMIN ETRD SENV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1707 | ARGENTINA-URUGUAY PULP MILL DISPUTE: NO END IN SIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Relations between Argentina and Uruguay have deteriorated since early 2006 over the construction of the $1.2 billion Finnish-built "Botnia" pulp mill, now nearing completion on the Uruguayan side of the Uruguay River. Some Argentine residents across the river from the pulp mill [...] | 2007-08-29 19:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON EINV PREL SOCI UY AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1736 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL AUDITOR GENERAL AND UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE [...] Summary: The President of the National Auditing Office (AGN),Ambassador Leandro Despouy, recently discussed the AGN's broad government oversight role and his responsibilities as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers. He described his impressions of the state of h [...] | 2007-08-31 16:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PHUM PREL SENV KCOR KPAO AR EAID |
07BUENOSAIRES1776 | ARGENTINE-URUGUAYAN PULP MILL DISPUTE: FINNISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Finnish Embassy believes that despite the bilateral frictions that the Argentina-Uruguay pulp mill dispute has created, the mill project will open as scheduled in October with a minimal possibility of violence. The Embassy discounts as spurious Argentine environmental ac [...] | 2007-09-06 19:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV SENV PREL SOCI FI UY AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2223 | PULP MILL DISPUTE: GUARDEDLY HOPEFUL THAT [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. Concerns over the pulp mill dispute have calmed down in Buenos Aires, despite the sharp words and protests generated last weekend when Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez gave the order to commence operations November 9 at the pulp mill in Fray Bentos, western Urug [...] | 2007-11-16 13:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SENV UNGA AORC FI UY AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2301 | ARGENTINE CONGRESS APPROVES TEMPORARY LOGGING [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Environmental law in Argentina took a significant step forward as both houses of the Argentine Congress passed a forestry law that will temporarily halt all logging of n [...] | 2007-12-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR ETRD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES414 | AMBASSADORIAL TRAVELS IN PATAGONIA -- MAJOR US [...] (SBU) The fast-growing provinces that make up Argentine Patagonia are hungry for investment, particularly in energy and tourism, and they are eager to attract U.S. investors, tourists, and airlines. This according to the Governors of Argentina's three southernmost provinces -- Chubut, Santa C [...] | 2007-03-05 14:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EINV PREL SENV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES963 | ARGENTINA AND CITES COP 14 [...] ESTH visited Victoria Lichtschein, the Environment Secretariat's CITES point person, on May 16 to discuss U.S. SIPDIS proposals on species listings. Lichtschein also outlined the GoA's views on other COP 14 areas of interest to the U.S., such as the CITES Standing Committee's development o [...] | 2007-05-16 19:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA ETRD AR |
07BUJUMBURA293 | BURUNDI RESPONSE TO WMO QUADRENNIAL CONGRESS [...] (U) On April 19, POLOFF delivered reftel points concerning USG interests in the upcoming World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Congress to Ambassador Aldolphe Nahayo, the Director for International Organizations in Burundi's Ministry of External Relations and Cooperation (Foreign Affairs). [...] | 2007-04-19 15:47:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY WM BY |
07CAIRO1047 | EGYPT: EVALUATION OF OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES IN [...] (U) In response to reftel, the Government of Egypt finalized an Avian Influenza (AI) Communication Strategy in May 2006, focusing on the prevention phase, in strict accordance with WHO guidelines for outbreak communication. The GOE prepared this plan in cooperation with Egypt's AI communica [...] | 2007-04-12 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KPAO SENV EG |
07CAIRO1419 | GOVERNOR PLANS FOR A CLEANER, GREENER CAIRO [...] (U) Cairo Governor Abdel-Azim Wazir presented his vision for grappling with Cairo's burgeoning population, congested traffic, and environmental degradation in an April 30 meeting with former Ambassador to Egypt Frank Wisner and Management Counselor. Wazir's vision will be codified in a plan [...] | 2007-05-14 14:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV ECON SOCI EG |
07CAIRO2839 | Thirst on the Nile [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Although significant progress has been made in improving infrastructure for potable water and sanitation, including $3.3 billion in USAID assistance since 1977, poor maintenance due to poor management practices, combined with population pressures, mean that many [...] | 2007-09-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID EAGR ECON PGOV SOCI EG |
07CARACAS1755 | DEFORESTATION IN VENEZUELA: MISSION TREE OR [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Chavez' pro-environment rhetoric and support for replanting thousands of trees through his Mission Tree ("Mision Arbol"),deforestation rates have not abated. Lack of transparency and enforcement of environmental laws have undermined BRV progress, and Venezuela now find [...] | 2007-09-05 18:23:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON PGOV VE |
07CHENGDU14 | ON THE ROAD THROUGH SICHUAN'S ABA PREFECTURE [...] (C) Summary. During a recent unofficial visit by Congenoff to Sichuan's Aba Prefecture (an ethnic Tibetan area),head monks at two temples complained of heavy-handed oversight by the Religious Affairs Bureau (RAB),and police and military presences were heavy. Although the prefecture seat of [...] | 2007-01-11 08:00:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM SCUL SENV CH |
07CHENGDU255 | FARMLAND TO FOREST IN SICHUAN: TIME FOR REEVALUATION? [...] (C) Summary. With an uneasy eye on the province's grain supply, Sichuan authorities are taking another look at the province's "Farmland to Forest Conversion" (tui geng huan lin, or FFC) program, originally implemented in 1999. Although authorities claim that the program has brought substantia [...] | 2007-10-25 09:23:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB EAGR PGOV SENV SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU269 | ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL STRESSES ON THE RISE IN THREE [...] (C) Summary: The Three Gorges Reservoir area of Chongqing may be under increasing environmental and social strains. Local authorities are devoting increased attention to the problems of landslides and erosion in resettled areas and recently formed a "specialized research group" to study "geol [...] | 2007-11-26 09:14:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SENV SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU300 | CHINA NGO PROJECTS AND STRATEGIES: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY [...] (C) Summary: While the Nature Conservancy (TNC) believes the overall environment for non-governmental organizations to operate in China has been noticeably more difficult during the last few years than during the late 1990's, the increased focus by central and local government authorities on [...] | 2007-12-20 07:43:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU33 | ORANGE GROVES AND CORRUPTION ALONG THE YANGTZE [...] (U) This cable contains business sensitive information - please protect accordingly. 2. (C) Summary. During a recent visit by Consul General and Congenoff to Chongqing's Zhongxian County, U.S. investors in a citrus cultivation project described the many trials and tribulations of trying to [...] | 2007-02-01 09:21:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR PGOV SENV CH |
07CHENGDU74 | WATER AND LAND USE IN SOUTHEASTERN YUNNAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Although southeastern Yunnan boasts good soils, warm growing seasons, and adequate rainfall, its geology makes agriculture difficult in many areas. Land use patterns show a predominance of Han people in well-watered areas, with minorities tending to farm highland regions with l [...] | 2007-03-20 10:30:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SENV SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU83 | TIBET FEELING THE IMPACT OF RAILROAD LINK FROM QINGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) is already feeling the impact of the Qinghai-Tibet rail link that opened in July. Inland Chinese laborers, military personnel and tourists bunk side-by-side on the train as they take advantage of rail travel at a fraction of the cost of air [...] | 2007-03-28 00:34:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV ELTN EMIN EPET PGOV SOCI CH |
07CHENGDU88 | SED ENVOY HOLMER SEES WESTERN CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 06:38:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN KIPR PGOV SENV CH |
07CHENNAI236 | NEW INDIAN URANIUM PROJECT JEOPARDIZED BY ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: As part of a larger plan to meet the growing demand for nuclear fuel, the Government of India is planning a uranium mining project in Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh. This project is part of an overall planned expansion of the nuclear sector in Andhra Pradesh. Despite India's des [...] | 2007-03-26 10:38:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EMIN SENV KNPT PGOV IN |
07CHENNAI261 | EPA ADMINISTRATOR VISIT TO HYDERABAD PROMOTES COOPERATION [...] The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Stephen L. Johnson visited Hyderabad on March 30 - 31 to promote U.S.-India cooperation on environmental protection and sustainable economic development. The Administrator met with government officials, business leaders, a [...] | 2007-04-04 09:54:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG OVIP IN |
07CHENNAI706 | TURNING TRASH TO TREASURE IN TAMIL NADU [...] (SBU) Summary: Rapid urban growth has spawned several challenges for the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, including managing the disposal of an increasing amount of solid waste. A variety of projects are on the drawing board or already in practice to convert this mountain of waste into somet [...] | 2007-12-07 06:16:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV SENV ECON IN |
07CHENNAI84 | US DUMPING DUTIES FORCE INDIAN SHRIMP EXPORTERS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Elias Sait, Secretary General of the Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI),contends that the imposition of U.S. anti-dumping duties on Indian shrimp and subsequent U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bond requirements have reduced the number of seafood exporters to [...] | 2007-02-01 10:58:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV EFIS EIND SENV IN CE BR EC |
07CHIANGMAI34 | HORTICULTURAL HIT TRANSCENDS POLITICS, FOR A TIME [...] Summary. The three-month-long Royal Flora Ratchaphruek International Horticultural Exposition in Chiang Mai that closed Jan. 31 scored a big hit with the Thai public, drawing attendance beyond anyone's expectations. While the event managed to rise above politics thanks to its association wit [...] | 2007-02-15 03:21:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR TH PGOV |
07CHIANGMAI4 | PLANS FOR SALWEEN DAMS MOVE AHEAD DESPITE OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: NGOs, academics and former senators opposed to the building of dams along the Salween River predict the project will bring dire human rights, environmental and cultural disruption to the region. However, the post-coup Thai regime is sticking to the course set by the government of [...] | 2007-01-10 10:07:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PGOV PHUM BM CH TH |
07CHIANGMAI41 | CHOKING IN CHIANG MAI [...] Summary: Chiang Mai's annual bad air season is in full swing, reducing visibility to one kilometer and blocking the view of Chiang Mai's iconic Doi Suthep. A Thai government website posted a first-time-ever air pollution warning for Chiang Mai. Local scientists and medical experts have rele [...] | 2007-03-06 05:59:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AMED EAGR TH |
07CHIANGMAI51 | WHERE THERE'S SMOKE THERE'S POLITICS [...] (SBU) Northern Thailand's continuing environmental crisis has some locals complaining about the lack of governmental action and recalling the action-oriented style of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. With the heavy haze over the north topic number one in Chiang Mai, one rumor has it [...] | 2007-03-16 09:42:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV TH |
07COLOMBO211 | REQUEST FOR NIH ACCOUNTS TO ACCESS MALDIVES DATA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-05 12:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV PREL CE MV |
07COLOMBO228 | SRI LANKA: LIMITED EFFORTS TO ADDRESS INDOOR AIR POLLUTION [...] Summary: Government involvement in Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) issues in Sri Lanka is at an early stage. Although IAP was discussed at the country's first national symposium on air resource management in 2004, limited progress has been made in this area. The Ministry of Environment and Natural [...] | 2007-02-06 11:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID CE |
07COLOMBO535 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NOAA AND NWS EMPLOYEE KENNETH [...] Post grants country clearance to Physical Science Technician, Kenneth Clark of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service(NWS)to travel to Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 18-22, 2007 and to the Maldives April 22-26, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for s [...] | 2007-04-06 03:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA SENV EFIS AU CE |
07COLOMBO689 | SRI LANKA - NO RESPONSE TO US PROPOSALS ON SPECIES [...] Summary: Sri Lanka has no comments on the proposals submitted by the United States for consideration at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in The Hague from June 3 through 15, 2007 and summarized reftel. End Summary. 2. EconFSN sp [...] | 2007-05-11 06:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA ETRD CE |
07COLOMBO703 | MALDIVES: ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER URGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On a May 7-8 trip to Maldives, Assistant Secretary Boucher, accompanied by Ambassador, met with SIPDIS President Gayoom, government officials, members of the opposition, and women active in politics and civil society. Discussions covered the need for more concrete steps on [...] | 2007-05-15 11:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER SNAR MARR ETRD SENV ENRG |
07COLOMBO736 | MALDIVES FLOODING: TEXT OF PRESIDENT GAYOOM'S [...] Summary: The Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note to Embassy Colombo May 21 conveying a May 18 letter from Maldives President Gayoom to President Bush stating that widespread flooding caused by heavy sea swells had damaged a third of Maldives' 194 inhabited islands [...] | 2007-05-21 12:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC EAID PREL SENV MV |
07COLOMBO743 | DISASTER DECLARATION FOR MALDIVES FLOODING [...] Summary and Action Request for USAID/OFDA: In response to recent flooding in Maldives, Ambassador Blake is making a disaster declaration and is exercising his authority to provide $50,000. In consultation with Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) regional advisor, Ambassador requests [...] | 2007-05-22 11:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV PREL MV |
07COLOMBO758 | SRI LANKA: SOLID WASTE ACCUMULATES AS AUTHORITIES FAIL TO [...] Summary: Solid Waste Management in Sri Lanka, particularly in urban areas, is a severe environmental issue. Around 6,400 tons of waste is generated each day in Sri Lanka, and only 40% of this volume is collected. Sri Lanka has not created sufficient landfill space to keep up with the volume [...] | 2007-05-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID SENV CE |
07COLOMBO833 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADAR HIGHLIGHTS U.S.EFFORTS AT [...] Ambassador addressed an event organized by the U.S. Embassy, USAID and the Sri Lanka Energy Managers Association (SLEMA) to commemorate Earth Day 2007. Over 300 school children, government officials, representatives of the private sector and local NGOs participated in this half day seminar. [...] | 2007-06-12 11:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL SENV CE |
07COLOMBO851 | SRI LANKA - NOMINATION OF VIRTUSA FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE [...] I am pleased to nominate Virtusa for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence in the small and medium enterprise category. While meeting all eligibility requirements for this award, Virtusa has demonstrated outstanding corporate citizenship by assisting disaster-ridden countries with an [...] | 2007-06-15 03:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP ETRD ELAB KSEP SENV AMGT CE |
07COLOMBO852 | SRI LANKA - NOMINATION OF MICROSOFT FOR CORPORATE [...] I am pleased to nominate Microsoft-Sri Lanka for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence in the multinational enterprise category. While meeting all eligibility requirements for this award, Microsoft-Sri Lanka has demonstrated outstanding corporate citizenship by enabling reformed drug [...] | 2007-06-15 03:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP ETRD ELAB KSEP SENV AMGT CE |
07COLOMBO923 | ICAO ASSEMBLY: SRI LANKA SUPPORT OF U.S. POSITIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Sri Lanka generally supports all the U.S. positions on aviation safety and security for presentation at the upcoming International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly. The Director General of the CAA, however, wanted more information [...] | 2007-06-28 04:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV CE |
07COLOMBO924 | ICAO ASSEMBLY: SRI LANKA NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. [...] (U) Summary: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) does not support nor oppose the U.S. environmental positions for the September 2007 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly. The Director General of the CAA cited that the CAA is not sufficiently knowledgeable of the issues to s [...] | 2007-06-28 06:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON CE |
07DAKAR1051 | CITES COP 14 PREPARATION: SENEGAL POSITION [...] Per reftel instructions, on May 14, EconOff delivered information on U.S. proposals for CITES COP 14 to Colonel Matar Cisse, Director of the Forestry and Water Department at the Ministry of Environment, and Abdoulaye Sy, Head of the Fauna Division. Mr. Sy is the GOS's senior expert on CITES i [...] | 2007-05-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA ETRD SG |
07DAKAR1062 | SENEGAL'S POSITON ON USG INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 12:55:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL ETRD IWC SG |
07DAKAR1072 | SENEGAL'S POSITON ON USG INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Senegal plans to support the U.S. positions on the Bowhead Whale quota and the Conservation Committee, according to Mrs. Ndeye Ticke Ndiaye Diop, Senegal's International Whaling Commissioner and Director of the Maritime Fishing Division of the Ministry of Maritime Economy and Mr. Moustap [...] | 2007-05-16 13:18:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL ETRD IWC SG |
07DAKAR1727 | CHINESE INVOLVEMENT IN SENEGAL'S NATURAL RESOURCES [...] (C) To date, China is not heavily invested in Senegal's natural resources sectors. China's presence in Senegal currently focuses on the importation of Chinese consumer and industrial goods, including automobiles, and Chinese assistance for public works projects. China does not have a fishin [...] | 2007-08-22 16:53:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV SENV CM SG |
07DAKAR40 | SENEGAL'S RESPONSE TO MERCURY ISSUES DEMARCHE [...] SUMMARY: At the 24th Session of UNEP's Governing Council, Senegal will likely support efforts to establish a legally binding treaty to control mercury, believing that such a convention will be a significant asset in the administrative and legal control of mercury, according to Mrs. Fatima Dia [...] | 2007-01-08 08:40:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EMIN PREL AORC UNEP SG |
07DAMASCUS1164 | INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK IN DAMASCUS DEFYS THE ODDS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 12:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KIRC OEXC OIIP SCUL SENV SY XF |
07DAMASCUS647 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON U.S. POSITIONS AT [...] (C) Econoffs delivered the referenced demarches to Deputy Director for Civil Aviation Hassan Shamsin on June 27, 2007. Shamsin seemed to understand USG concerns regarding aviation safety issues and the European Commission's proposed legislation to extend the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) [...] | 2007-06-28 10:02:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON |
07DARESSALAAM543 | TANZANIA AGREES ZIMBABWE NOT GOOD CHOICE FOR UNCSD [...] (SBU) The Government of Tanzania (GOT) agrees that Zimbabwe is not a good candidate to chair the 2008 session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, Suleiman Saleh, Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Affairs Department, told PolOff on April 12. S [...] | 2007-04-15 08:37:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV UNCSD AORC PREL ZI TZ |
07DARESSALAAM608 | WMO CONGRESS; TANZANIA'S VP CANDIDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is an action request. See paragraph 2. The Director General of the Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA),Dr. M.S. Mhita, confirmed his candidacy for vice president of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO),requested USG support for his candidacy, and discussed WMO [...] | 2007-04-25 13:20:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TPHY WMO TZ |
07DARESSALAAM662 | TANZANIA: ZIMBABWE'S BID FOR CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE [...] (SBU) Mr. Sule Sella, Acting Head of the Multilateral Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told PolOff May 3 "to my knowledge Tanzania has not made any official objection to Zimbabwe's Chairmanship of the Commission on Sustainable Development." He noted that Tanzania n [...] | 2007-05-04 12:43:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV UNCSD AORC PREL ZI TZ |
07DARESSALAAM675 | UNCSD: TANZANIA'S POSITION ON ZIMBABAWE'S CANDIDACY [...] (C) Ambassador Begum Taj, Head of the Multilateral Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),stressed to Poloff on May 8 that Tanzania would not be the country to ask the Africa Group to re-consider Zimbabwe as its candidate for Chair of the United Nations Committee on Sustai [...] | 2007-05-09 03:32:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV UNCSD AORC PREL PGOV ZI TZ |
07DARESSALAAM676 | UNCSD: TANZANIA'S POSITION ON ZIMBABWE'S CANDIDACY [...] (C) Ambassador Begum Taj, Head of the Multilateral Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),stressed to Poloff on May 8 that Tanzania would not be the country to ask the Africa Group to re-consider Zimbabwe as its candidate for Chair of the United Nations Committee on Sustai [...] | 2007-05-09 03:32:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV UNCSD AORC PREL PGOV ZI TZ |
07DARESSALAAM693 | CITES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is likely to support USG proposals to add the sawfish to Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and remove the bobcat from Ap [...] | 2007-05-14 03:30:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA ETRD TZ |
07DARESSALAAM781 | FY07 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES REQUEST FROM [...] SUMMARY: Per reftel's invitation, post proposes a USD 20,000 award from the Ambassador's Fund for Refugees for FY07 to continue and expand the activities addressing environmental degradation in refugee camps and their host communities in western Tanzania. Post has consulted with the UN High [...] | 2007-05-31 08:46:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SENV PGOV EAID ECON TZ |
07DARESSALAAM865 | EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY: INTEGRATION, FEDERATION, [...] (U) The East African Community (EAC) is ready to formally accept two new members, Burundi and Rwanda, at the upcoming EAC summit in Kampala on June 18. Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have concluded the consultative process on political federation and a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (T [...] | 2007-06-15 07:34:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL SENV TZ |
07DHAKA1642 | BANGLADESH MINISTERIAL DELEGATION TO WIREC 2008 [...] (U) Post has engaged with the Government of Bangladesh to solicit nominations for the official Bangladesh delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). 2. Through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we are likely to invite the Caretaker Government Advisor [...] | 2007-10-15 11:28:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
07DHAKA1745 | GOVERNMENT ADVISER ON S&T COOPERATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Chowdhury Sajjadul Karim, Adviser for the Ministries of Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock, and Environment and Forest, expressed hope for a broad implementation of the U.S.-Bangladesh Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement, to include nuclear safety, agriculture, [...] | 2007-11-05 05:18:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID EFIS ELAB ENRG PHUM PREL SENV TSPL |
07DHAKA1797 | BANGLADESH CYCLONE SIDR SITREP FOR NOVEMBER 17 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bangladesh is slowly beginning to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Sidr. Unofficial estimates of the number of deaths reached 2,000 by late afternoon November 17. As many as a million homes and an estimated 250,000 acres of crops may have been damaged or destroyed. Loss of [...] | 2007-11-17 14:38:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1808 | BANGLADESH CYCLONE SIDR SITREP FOR NOVEMBER 19 [...] (U) Summary: The official death toll in Cyclone Sidr rose to about 3,500 by early afternoon November 19, with local media quoting the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society chairman as saying the number could go as high as 10,000. A round-the-clock Embassy cyclone control room is now staffed by State, [...] | 2007-11-20 00:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1815 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA [...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...] | 2007-11-20 18:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1816 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA [...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...] | 2007-11-21 01:29:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1817 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA [...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...] | 2007-11-21 04:12:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1818 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA [...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...] | 2007-11-21 07:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1819 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA [...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...] | 2007-11-21 08:20:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1820 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidhr Assessment Cable #1: USAID/OFDA [...] Summary. Heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has caused severe flooding and destroyed crops and houses throughout southern Bangladesh, resulting in the death of 2,625 people and affecting more than 4 million others, according to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the U.N. World Food [...] | 2007-11-21 09:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1830 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #2: USAID/DART's [...] Summary. Storm surge from Tropical Cyclone Sidr has affected more than 1.5 million families in Bangladesh as of November 22. Although the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) early warning and preparedness programs have significantly reduced the humanitarian impact of the cyclone, severe rainfall [...] | 2007-11-22 13:17:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1832 | DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE VISITS BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) Summary: Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore November 20 visited Bangladesh to assess damage from Cyclone Sidr and offer USG support for relief efforts. During her visit she conducted an aerial survey of cyclone-hit regions, met with the Bangladesh [...] | 2007-11-23 11:17:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL OVIP ECON PINR EAGR SENV BG |
07DHAKA1835 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #3: The Impact [...] Summary. In response to Tropical Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, USAID deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground, provide recommendations on priority needs, and coordinate relief efforts with the U.S. Department of Defense, USAID/B [...] | 2007-11-24 15:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1838 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #4: The Adverse [...] Summary. In response to Tropical Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, USAID deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground, provide recommendations on priority needs, and coordinate relief efforts with the U.S. Department of Defense, USAID/B [...] | 2007-11-25 13:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1847 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #5: USAID/DART [...] Summary. Tropical Cyclone Sidr made landfall in southern Bangladesh on November 15, 2007, leading to 3,061 deaths, affecting more than 6.8 million people, and damaging more than 1.2 million homes, according to the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) Disaster Management Bureau and the U.N. World F [...] | 2007-11-26 11:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1860 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #6: Summary of [...] Summary. The impact of Tropical Cyclone Sidr in southern Bangladesh has led to 3,243 deaths, affected more than 7 million people, and damaged more than 1.2 million homes, according to the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) Disaster Management Bureau and the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) as of No [...] | 2007-11-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1870 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #7: USAID/DART [...] Summary. In conjunction with USAID/Bangladesh and the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE),USAID's Disaster Response Team (USAID/DART) assessed water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions in Dublar Char, Khulna Division, which the Bangladesh military i [...] | 2007-11-29 12:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1879 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #8: USAID/DART's [...] Summary. From November 28 to December 2, the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) advisor from USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART),along with a USAID/DART communications officer and staff from USAID/Bangladesh, traveled to cyclone-affected areas in Barisal, Patuakhali, Khu [...] | 2007-12-02 13:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1885 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #9: Shelter and [...] The USAID'S Disaster Assistance Response Team's (USAID/DART) shelter and livelihoods advisor recently completed a three-day assessment in the cyclone-affected districts of Bagerhat and Pirojpur. These two districts, along with Borguna and Paktuakhali, are among the districts hardest hit by Cyc [...] | 2007-12-03 12:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1891 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #10: USAID/OFDA [...] Summary. To reduce the effects of perennial flooding and cyclones in Bangladesh, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) has invested in preparedness and mitigation programs for a number of years, including the pre-positioning of water purification units to provide clea [...] | 2007-12-04 11:50:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1914 | Country Team, USAID/DART, and U.S. Military Coordination [...] Summary. In response to Tropical Cyclone Sidr in southern Bangladesh, the U.S. Government (USG) organized an interagency response under the leadership of the Department of State that included contributions from USAID and the Department of Defense (DOD). USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Te [...] | 2007-12-10 03:14:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA1925 | USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #11: [...] Summary. With the approach of the one-month anniversary of the November 15 cyclone in Bangladesh as well as improvements in humanitarian indicators, USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) will demobilize. USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) will now [...] | 2007-12-11 10:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV |
07DHAKA611 | REO VISITS DHAKA Q REVIEWS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES [...] SUMMARY. REO John Adams and FSN Jay Pal Shrestha visited Dhaka March 7 Q 14 as part of a series of regular regional visits. They met with embassy personnel, GOB officials, and NGOs to assess major environmental issues facing Bangladesh. They also visited USAID projects in the field, and par [...] | 2007-04-16 01:28:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID BG |
07DHAKA713 | BANGLADESH: SHIP RECYCLING - INTERNATIONAL TRADE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 07:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND PHSA SENV ETRD BG |
07DHAKA733 | BANGLADESH: CITES COP 14 PREPARATION: GAUGING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV ETRD BG |
07DOHA1134 | BAN ON SAUDI POULTRY DUE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA MAKES [...] The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) announced November 13 the reoccurence of Avian Influenza in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Based on the OIE finding of H5N1 in the KSA, Qatar's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture, Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Khalifa Al-Thani, issued a M [...] | 2007-12-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PREL TBIO SENV KFLU QA SA |
07DOHA353 | QATAR ESTABLISHES LARGEST NATIONAL PARK IN THE COUNTRY [...] Summary. On January 22, 2007, the Government of Qatar (GOQ) passed a law establishing the largest national park in the country. Post and the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) have supported the project since its inception in 2000. The GOQ is now requesting further assistance from the U.S. to dev [...] | 2007-04-04 08:18:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV QA |
07DUBLIN286 | SCENE-SETTER FOR THE APRIL 19-20 VISIT OF EUR PDAS [...] (SBU) Embassy Dublin eagerly anticipates your visit and the opportunity to join your discussions with ranking Irish Government officials and others on the full range of bilateral and U.S.-EU issues. Your visit comes at an historic moment in U.S.-Irish relations, with the scheduled restoratio [...] | 2007-04-13 16:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER MOPPS MARR ECON SENV EI |
07DUBLIN529 | IRELAND TAKES EU TRANSPORT COUNCIL LINE ON [...] (SBU) Ireland adheres to the June 8 EU Transport Council conclusions about including aviation in emissions trading and incorporating third-country carriers into a trading scheme, according to Ethna Brogan, Irish Department of Transport Principal Officer for Aviation Security (and environmental [...] | 2007-06-29 16:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON EI |
07DUBLIN69 | IRELAND HAS RESERVATIONS ABOUT EU AVIATION [...] (SBU) Ireland and several other EU Member States have reservations about the Commission's proposal for a directive to include international aviation in the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS),according to Dick Davis, Department of Transport Assistant Principal Officer for Air Navigation Serv [...] | 2007-01-25 16:30:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV EUN EI |
07DUBLIN735 | CODEL LARSON'S VISIT TO IRELAND [...] On September 17, CODEL Larson and Ambassador Foley met with Irish officials to discuss ways Ireland is addressing climate change and the secret to the success of the Celtic Tiger. Minister of Communications, Energy, and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan briefed the CODEL on, among other things, Ire [...] | 2007-09-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG EFIN EI |
07DURBAN62 | DURBAN ECONOMIC UPDATE - ISSUE 1 [...] (C) IN THIS ISSUE: - Plans for New Durban Airport Approved - Plans for Current Durban Airport Still Under Debate - Succession Debate Hindering Public Service Delivery in Durban - Construction of New Durban Stadium on Target - Environmentalists Accuse eThekwini Health Department of Cover-up [...] | 2007-10-23 15:48:00 | Consulate Durban | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR EWWT PGOV SENV SF |
07DUSHANBE1254 | TAJIKISTAN: PEACE PARK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] PolOff discussed the creation of a Transboundary Peace Park with Deputy Minister Rustam Latipov at the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection (reftel). Latipov fully supports the creation of the Park and conservation of the Pamirs. Tajikistan will host a multi-national conferen [...] | 2007-09-04 09:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV PREL TI |
07DUSHANBE254 | MAKING A SPLASH IN TAJIKISTAN WITH WATER ASSISTANCE [...] Summary: Tajikistan's new water minister Masaid Hamidov appreciates U.S. support for rural water users' programs and water systems rehabilitation, but requested training exchanges to the United States as the best "hands-on" way to expose his staff to new technologies. The World Bank and Asia [...] | 2007-02-16 12:15:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL SENV KPWR EAID PGOV TI |
07DUSHANBE555 | EMBASSY DUSHANBE REQUESTS FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW [...] Embassy Dushanbe requests one Embassy Science Fellow for either of the two proposed projects listed below. Tajikistan is a country with a predominantly Muslim population and is a member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Post appreciates OES' initiative to give special considerat [...] | 2007-04-12 10:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL SENV AMGT OTRA APER TI |
07DUSHANBE801 | TAJIKISTAN'S LAKE SAREZ- IS HYDROPOWER THE ANSWER? [...] Ten years after the First International Conference on Lake Sarez Problems in 1997, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (Central Asia Office) and the Government of Tajikistan's Committee on Emergencies and Civil Defense conducted the Second International Conference [...] | 2007-06-05 11:59:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ENRG SENV TI |
07DUSHANBE855 | TAJIKISTAN SUPPORTS PRESIDENT BUSH'S CLIMATE INITIATIVE [...] Rustam Latipov, Tajikistan's Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Environmental Protection and the leading government official responsible for environmental issues, expressed support for President Bush's new international framework initiative on climate change. PolOff delivered points per reft [...] | 2007-06-08 12:48:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ENRG SENV TI |
07DUSSELDORF6 | CDU NRW MINISTER PRESIDENT RUETTGERS PLEASED WITH US VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Minister-President Juergen Ruettgers told the CG his recent visit was "very successful." His second trip in 12 months, he signed an agreement on energy and environmental cooperation with Pennsylvania. He was pleased with his meetings with Senators [...] | 2007-03-01 11:06:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON PGOV GM |
07EFTOLAPAZ1740 | UNCERTAINTY IN BOLIVIA'S MINING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Proposed changes to the mining code and tax regime worry international and U.S. mining companies in Bolivia. Although the GOB's stated aim is a 50-50 split in profits between the GOB and private companies, the head of the mining association and U.S. company representatives have informed [...] | 2007-06-25 21:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN SENV BL |
07FRANKFURT1872 | Fast Cars and Hot Times in Southwest Germany [...] SUMMARY: The southwest German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) -- an economic powerhouse and conservative bulwark with a growing environmental movement -- is waking up to climate change now that a recent study shows that a dramatic temperature rise is underway in the region. In response to t [...] | 2007-04-19 13:57:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PGOV GM |
07FRANKFURT258 | EnBW Opens Latest Chapter in Germany's Nuclear Energy [...] SUMMARY: With its request to lengthen the life of thirty-year-old nuclear power plant Neckarwestheim I (scheduled for decommissioning in 2008),EnBW -- southwest Germany's largest energy supplier -- is posing an indirect challenge to the "Nuclear Phase-Out" plan legislated by Germany's then [...] | 2007-01-18 15:06:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV PGOV GM |
07FRANKFURT3043 | States, Industry Still Pin Hopes on Galileo Project [...] SUMMARY: The EU's Galileo positioning/navigation/timing (PNT) project, despite its well-publicized woes (reftels),remains a beacon to state officials and industry/research in southwestern Germany,, home to ESA/European Space Agency's "Houston" (the Darmstadt control center) and much high-tech [...] | 2007-06-26 13:21:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA SENV KTIA SPCE GM |
07FRANKFURT5275 | Hesse Enters Energy Debate [...] SUMMARY: The Hesse state government intends to introduce a bill in the upper chamber of the German federal parliament (Bundesrat) in early 2008 offering an alternative strategy for energy deregulation in Germany. Under the plan, the federal government will be able to force energy suppliers to [...] | 2007-12-18 11:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV GM |
07FREETOWN265 | DEMARCHE FREETOWN DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR WMO [...] Embassy Freetown delivered points concerning preparation and USG priorities for the World Meteorological Organization Congress to the Sierra Leone Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 26, 2007. Post will report any response septel. HULL [...] | 2007-04-30 16:44:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY SL |
07GENEVA1803 | ECOSOC LAUNCHES ANNUAL MINISTERIAL REVIEW, [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivered strongly-worded remarks at the July 2 opening of the UN Economic and Social Council's (ECOSOC) High Level Segment, stating that "existing trade barriers, agricultural subsidies and restrictive rules on intellectual property rights...make [...] | 2007-07-18 11:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ETRD SENV ECOSOC UN |
07GUANGZHOU1023 | Dept of Energy DAS Swift Discusses South China Energy [...] (U) Summary: In an August 26-30 visit to Guangzhou, Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Justin Swift gave the keynote address at an APEC conference on liquefied natural gas (LNG). Outside the conference, he met with local energy sector contacts. An academic who researc [...] | 2007-09-12 09:03:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1095 | EPA General Counsel Martella Talks Environmental Law in [...] (U) SUMMARY: Inadequate fines for polluters and lack of funding for inspectors have made punishment of environmental violations difficult in south China, according to local environmental officials. Public complaints about the quality of the environment are on the rise, and the proliferation of [...] | 2007-09-28 08:39:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1180 | Taiwan Investors Lament Changing Investment Environment in [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan investors in Dongguan complain that China's new Labor Law, rising wages, and policies aimed at directing labor-intensive and highly-polluting industries away from coastal regions are harming the investment environment in the Pearl River Delta. However, even with these dow [...] | 2007-10-31 02:15:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ELAB SENV TW CH |
07GUANGZHOU1192 | Fuel Shortage in Southern China Leads to Fuel Hording and [...] (SBU) Summary. China's fuel shortage is hitting the Pearl River Delta hard. High international oil prices have driven wholesale prices above government-mandated retail price caps. The November 1 increase in diesel and gasoline prices (9 percent) may not be enough to restore margins for retail [...] | 2007-11-02 07:09:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH |
07GUANGZHOU1231 | Pearl River Delta Flotsam and Jetsam, November 19, 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. Highlights of this installment include: advanced television flat-panel manufacturing; a HIV/AIDS treatment facility; enforcement of air pollution laws; and PRD labor tre [...] | 2007-11-20 08:33:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ELAB ECON ETRD KHIV CH |
07GUANGZHOU1288 | Xiamen Shuts Down Online Poll amidst Public Opposition to [...] (U) Summary: In the realm of make sure the response you get is the response you're looking for, the Xiamen city government-sponsored website - Xiamen Web - was shut down after an overwhelming number of online voters expressed opposition to the construction of a chemical plant near the center o [...] | 2007-12-17 08:11:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SENV ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU317 | The Tiger Sprints Ahead: ExxonMobil First Western Oil Major [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ExxonMobil became the first U.S. oil major to launch a fully integrated refining, petrochemicals, and fuels marketing joint venture in China with the signing of the contract on February, 25. Although Chinese partner Sinopec stated in the media that the company's ability to refin [...] | 2007-03-09 08:52:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EMIN SENV PREF CH TW |
07GUANGZHOU377 | Let's Make a Deal: Slow Start for Cross Border Emissions [...] (SBU) Summary: The long-planned Guangdong-Hong Kong cross-border emissions trading pilot program was implemented on January 31, 2007. Despite years of cooperative planning between both regions' environmental protection bureaus, no deals have yet been struck. Furthermore, the plan has been met [...] | 2007-03-23 09:04:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU418 | Natural Gas in South China (Part 1 of 2): Delayed LNG Plans [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent progress in negotiations with Indonesia and other LNG suppliers suggest that the Chinese government has adjusted its expectations and renewed its interest in putting LNG projects back into the energy mix in South China. The government's unwillingness earlier to adjust nego [...] | 2007-04-02 10:33:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EMIN SENV CH |
07GUANGZHOU419 | Natural Gas in South China (Part 2 of 2): Chinese Taking [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chinese government has renewed efforts to diversify the nation's energy mix and improve the environment by bringing anticipated large offshore gas reserves in the South China Sea (which had previously been ignored, vented or flared) to production. As offshore oil and gas fie [...] | 2007-04-03 03:11:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN ECON SENV KIPR CH |
07GUANGZHOU620 | Xiamen Government Suspends Chemical Project After Public [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Xiamen government suspended, but did not cancel, plans for the construction of a large chemical plant near the city center after residents planned a large protest and the story was covered by the mainland and Hong Kong media. The Taiwan-invested paraxylene plant, which the Xi [...] | 2007-05-31 08:25:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PHUM ECON PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU663 | Energy Efficiency Conference in Guangzhou Provides [...] (U) Under a U.S.-China cooperation program supported by USD 1.8 million in USAID funding - and convened by Guangzhou's Sun Yat-Sen University School of Law with the Vermont Law School and the Institute for Sustainable Communities - more than 200 government officials, scholars, and business rep [...] | 2007-06-11 08:37:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PGOV PREL CH |
07GUANGZHOU701 | South China EPB Structural Deficiencies Hurt Enforcement [...] (U) Environmental accidents and major polluting discharges occur with all too frequent regularity in south China, the result of a failure to enforce existing regulations and to punish those who profit by ignoring public health and welfare. Even with increased media attention and campaigns by a [...] | 2007-06-17 23:58:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU720 | Environmental Training Helps Local Officials [...] (U) Embassy Science Fellow (ESF) provided environmental permit training on May 14 to Shenzhen Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) experts in response to Pearl River Delta environmental authorities' concerns over deficiencies in their enforcement program. ESF explained how the U.S. EPA uses [...] | 2007-06-25 00:01:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV CH |
07GUANGZHOU785 | Devouring Dragon, Disappearing Tigers: A Look at South [...] (U) SUMMARY: China has launched a number of conservation efforts to save the remaining tigers in China, including the nearly extinct South China tiger. However, the demand for tiger products persists, much of it related to the vaunted health, medicinal and preservative qualities of the tiger; [...] | 2007-07-12 01:34:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV EINV KIPR CH |
07GUANGZHOU787 | Devouring Dragon, Disappearing Tigers: A Look at South [...] (U) SUMMARY: China has launched a number of conservation efforts to save the remaining tigers in China, including the nearly extinct South China tiger. However, the demand for tiger products persists, much of it related to the vaunted health, medicinal and preservative qualities of the tiger; [...] | 2007-07-12 05:22:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV EINV KIPR CH |
07GUANGZHOU832 | Pearl River Flotsam and Jetsam, July 24, 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. We expect to cover items that are timely for Washington consideration but at this point, do not merit fuller treatment. We are, of course, willing to take a second lo [...] | 2007-07-24 05:37:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PINR SENV PGOV CH |
07GUATEMALA817 | GUATEMALAQS INPUT ON FY07 LABOR AND ENVIRONMENT TRADE CAPACITY [...] Summary: Per reftel request, post submits the following proposals f 2. As requested reftel, this cable outlines post priorities for CAFTA-D 3. Our recommendations build upon work initiated with FY05-FY06 CAFTA-D 4. In the area of labor, post recommends continued focus on projects an - [...] | 2007-04-27 18:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ELAB ETRD SENV GT |
07GUATEMALA820 | GUATEMALAQS INPUT ON FY07 LABOR AND ENVIRONMENT TRADE CAPACITY [...] Summary: Per reftel request, post submits the following proposals f 2. As requested reftel, this cable outlines post priorities for CAFTA-D 3. Our recommendations build upon work initiated with FY05-FY06 CAFTA-D 4. In the area of labor, post recommends continued focus on projects an - [...] | 2007-04-30 17:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ELAB ETRD SENV GT |
07GUATEMALA822 | GUATEMALAQS INPUT ON FY07 LABOR AND ENVIRONMENT TRADE CAPACITY [...] Summary: Per reftel request, post submits the following proposals f 2. As requested reftel, this cable outlines post priorities for CAFTA-D 3. Our recommendations build upon work initiated with FY05-FY06 CAFTA-D 4. In the area of labor, post recommends continued focus on projects an - [...] | 2007-04-30 17:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ELAB ETRD SENV GT |
07GUATEMALA823 | GUATEMALA?S INPUT ON FY07 LABOR AND [...] Summary: Per reftel request, post submits the following proposals for trade-related labor and environment projects for FY07 CAFTA-DR trade capacity- building funds. Post input is keyed to reftel para 7. End summary. 2. As requested reftel, this cable outlines post priorities for CAFTA-DR [...] | 2007-04-30 18:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ELAB ETRD SENV GT |
07GUATEMALA832 | PROGRESS ON COMPENSATION TO VICTIMS OF CHIXOY [...] Summary: The Guatemalan government released the outline of a process to reach agreement on compensation for indigenous communities affected by the 1976-82 construction of Chixoy hydroelectric dam. Both the GOG and leader of the organization of affected communities expressed satisfaction with [...] | 2007-05-02 16:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM ENRG EAID SENV SOCI GT |
07GUATEMALA834 | GUATEMALA'S INPUT ON FY07 LABOR AND [...] Summary: Per reftel request, post submits the following proposals for trade-related labor and environment projects for FY07 CAFTA-DR trade capacity- building funds. Post input is keyed to reftel para 7. End summary. 2. As requested reftel, this cable outlines post priorities for CAFTA-DR [...] | 2007-05-02 17:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ELAB ETRD SENV GT |
07HANOI1235 | Second Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange Dioxin [...] (U) Summary. Post plans to convene the second Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on August 14, 2007, co-hosted by Office 33 of the Government of Vietnam (GVN). As agreed by the USG and the GVN, the JAC serves as a technical forum to enhance scientific coordination and cooperation between the Unit [...] | 2007-07-10 10:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
07HANOI1451 | DUE DILIGENCE: MICROSOFT 2007 AWARD FOR CORPORATE [...] (SBU) Could there possibly be any downside or embarrassment caused by the selection of your post's nominee? Embassy Vietnam is not aware of any information that might prove embarrassing to Post, to the U.S. Department of State, or to the USG with regard to the nomination of Microsoft for this [...] | 2007-08-13 17:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV |
07HANOI1476 | Second Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange and Dioxin [...] (SBU) Summary. The second U.S.-Vietnam Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) on the health and environmental effects of Agent Orange (AO) and dioxin reviewed the significant cooperation on environmental and health issues between the two sides since the first JAC in 2006, particularly related to the o [...] | 2007-08-17 17:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
07HANOI1570 | Vietnam Starts to Organize Oil Pollution Policy [...] (SBU) Summary. Government of Vietnam (GVN) environmental officials say that the GVN has begun to better coordinate its response to oil pollution that plagued the nation's coastlines in the first half of 2007. The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) now chairs an inter-ag [...] | 2007-09-04 08:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG EPET VM |
07HANOI1706 | VIETNAM'S NASCENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICE DEPARTMENT LACKS [...] 1. (U) Summary: Vietnam's new Environmental Police Department (EPD) reflects increasing awareness at high levels in the Government of Vietnam (GVN) of the environmental impacts of economic growth. The EPD has a broad mandate to target environmental violations throughout the country. However, [...] | 2007-09-26 15:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI VM |
07HANOI1763 | "WE EAT EVERYTHING ON FOUR LEGS EXCEPT THE TABLE": [...] (U) Summary: Domestic consumption and regional exports of wild animal products threaten Vietnam's once-abundant wildlife. Vietnamese craving for wild meat and animal-based traditional medicines seemingly trump conservation concerns. Lack of high-level political will hamstring Government of Vi [...] | 2007-10-09 08:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV SOCI EAGR VM |
07HANOI1794 | VIETNAM STRUGGLES TO MANAGE MEDICAL WASTE [...] (SBU) Summary. A recent scandal involving the improper disposal of medical waste from Hanoi area hospitals highlights Vietnam's weak waste control infrastructure. While prominent press attention led to a quick GVN response, small penalties, limited enforcement capabilities and lack of funding [...] | 2007-10-15 05:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO ECON SOCI VM |
07HANOI1862 | CHANGING VIETNAMESE ATTITUDES ON AGENT ORANGE/DIOXIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Changes in Vietnam and U.S.-Vietnam relations, combined with a maturing Vietnamese approach to public health, are leading to positive shifts in Vietnamese attitudes on the issue of Agent Orange (AO) and its contaminent dioxin. While long-standing Government of Vietnam (GVN) pro [...] | 2007-10-31 03:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
07HANOI1869 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF NATURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 30, the Ambassador paid an introductory courtesy call on Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyen Khoi Pham. Pham said his ministry's main environmental challenges include the management of solid waste, air and water pollution, and natural disaster mitigat [...] | 2007-11-01 03:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON KSCA TBIO VM |
07HANOI2009 | U.S. ENGAGEMENT STIMULATES OTHER DONORS TO INCREASE AGENT [...] (SBU) Koos Neefjes, Senior Sustainable Development Advisor for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),recently informed ESTHOff and HHS Attache that U.S. engagement on Agent Orange/dioxin issues in Vietnam had spurred other donors to increase funding and involvement in this area. In [...] | 2007-11-29 02:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
07HANOI2012 | VIETNAM STRUGGLES TO ENSURE FOOD SAFETY IN ITS DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent media reports of contaminated foods in the marketplace have drawn public attention to Vietnam's struggle to improve its domestic food safety controls. Vegetables, fruits, and animal products contaminated with toxins are common in Vietnam and the number of food poisoning [...] | 2007-11-29 06:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO EFIN VM |
07HANOI2053 | MONRE MINISTER DETAILS VIETNAMESE CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY [...] (SBU) On December 7, Ambassador Michalak met with Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) Nguyen Khoi Pham to highlight U.S. efforts to combat climate change and our desire to play a productive role in the ongoing UN Climate Conference in Bali (ref A). Pham noted the li [...] | 2007-12-07 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM |
07HANOI2113 | MORE POTENTIAL PARTNERS FOR AGENT ORANGE/DIOXIN REMEDIATION [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. engagement continues to catalyze other donors to participate in dioxin remediation and related health projects. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) also continues to move forward on its clean up projects. At the same time, donors and the GVN are waiting for the United States [...] | 2007-12-28 08:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO KPAO VM |
07HANOI280 | VIETNAM'S NOMINATION FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ACTIVITIES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam submits this activity proposal for consideration under the Avian Influenza Action Group's (AIAG) program to promote public diplomacy and communicate U.S. foreign policy objectives (reftel). The proposal, "Capacity Strengthening for Public Health Journalism to Co [...] | 2007-02-14 04:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO KFLU KPAO KSCA EAGR AID AMGT VM |
07HANOI686 | EVALUATION OF OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-12 00:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KPAO SENV VM |
07HANOI687 | UPDATE ON OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IN VIETNAM AVIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive prevention and control approach for avian and pandemic influenza (AI) based on a national surveillance system in the developing world context. The approach integrates both animal and human health sectors. The GVN leader [...] | 2007-04-12 00:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KPAO SENV OCII AJ CB CA CH EG IN ID LA MX |
07HANOI869 | VIETNAM'S PREPARATIONS FOR CITES COP 14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 9, ESTHOff met with Nature Conservation Expert of Vietnam CITES Management Office in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Ms. Ha Thi Tuyet Nga to discuss Vietnam's positions on Document 52 of the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Inte [...] | 2007-05-11 09:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA VM |
07HARARE1130 | ZIMBABWE HUNTING SUPPORTS REGIME INSIDERS AND [...] (C) Summary. Despite a 50 percent decline in receipts since 2004, the $17.5 million a year safari hunting business remains an important source of foreign currency in Zimbabwe. At least 12 regime insiders on the U.S. financial sanctions list reportedly have interests in the industry. Hunting [...] | 2007-12-19 12:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SENV ZI |
07HARARE469 | GOZ SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO CONTINUE ELEPHANT HUNTING [...] (SBU) In a May 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Environment and Tourism Minister Francis Nhema sought our support for Zimbabwe's opposition to a proposal by Kenya to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to ban all elephant hunting and trade in elephant products [...] | 2007-05-30 09:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD PREL PGOV ZI |
07HELSINKI131 | EMBASSY HELSINKI FOCUSES ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Building upon the successful U.S. - EU High Level Dialogue (HLD) on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development held in October 2006 in Helsinki, post is developing a series of activities to highlight the U.S. Government's pro-growth, pro-development approach for addressing climat [...] | 2007-02-27 14:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TSPL PREL PGOV KPAO EUN FI XG |
07HELSINKI173 | FINLAND RAMPS UP METHANE USE [...] (U) On February 9, econoff accompanied Sirkka Vilkamo, Deputy Directory General of Renewables and Energy Efficiency Division from the Ministry of Trade and Industry, to the Ammassuo landfill (about 30 km west of Helsinki) to learn more about methane collection and utilization in Finland's dist [...] | 2007-03-09 13:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY SENV EAGR FI |
07HELSINKI256 | "CLIMATE CHANGE MAKES THE EU RELEVANT TO ITS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 22 Econoff participated in the "Putting A Cost On Carbon ) Where to Post 2012?" Climate Change Seminar at the British Embassy in Helsinki. Though seminar participants often cited the U.S. as dragging its feet on climate change issues a-la-Kyoto, they also positively no [...] | 2007-04-05 13:32:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TRGY FI |
07HELSINKI280 | FINLAND WILL SUPPORT U.S. POSITION AT ANTARCTIC [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the upcoming Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) to Mr. Jukka Nikulainen, First Secretary in the Northern Dimension unit of the GOF Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Finnish delegation to the ATCM meeting includes: -Ambassador Erik Ulfstedt, [...] | 2007-04-18 13:32:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC AY IN KSCA KTIA SENV THPY FI |
07HELSINKI290 | FINLAND: POSITION ON WORLD METEOROLOGICAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Congress to Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials. (For a complete list see paragraph 5.) While the Finnish delegation generally agreed with the U.S. positi [...] | 2007-04-20 13:51:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TPHY WMO FI |
07HELSINKI329 | FINLAND CONTINUES TO SUPPORT U.S. IWC POSITION [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to Mr. Esko Jaakkola, Finland,s IWC representative in the Ministry of the Environment. Jaakkola said Finland will continue to support the consensus and position of like-minded nations during the IWC meeting. [...] | 2007-05-09 12:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD FI |
07HELSINKI330 | MIXED MESSAGE - FINLAND VOICES ITS POSITION [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the Convention on Intentional Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to Mr. Esko Jaakkola, Finland,s CITES representative in the Ministry of the Environment. Jaakkola said the EU has closely coordinated its response on the variou [...] | 2007-05-09 12:23:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA ETRD XX FI |
07HELSINKI4 | Finns Claim Progress during the UN Climate Change [...] (SBU) Agreement on the governance structure and operation of the Kyoto ProtocolQs Adaptation Fund was one of the most significant achievements of the recent UN Climate Change Conference in Nairobi, according to Outi Berghall, Director of the International Climate Change Project at the Finnish M [...] | 2007-01-05 14:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KSCA EUN FI |
07HELSINKI421 | FINLAND WELCOMES PRESIDENT BUSH'S CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Following the President's new proposal on climate change, Econoff briefed Outi Berghall, Director of the International Climate Change Project at the Finnish Ministry of Environment and Vice Chair of the Kyoto Ad Hoc Working Group (AWG) on Further Commitments, as well as key contacts at t [...] | 2007-06-05 11:49:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CLMT SENV ENRG FI |
07HELSINKI509 | FINNISH ENVIRONMENT MINISTER WELCOMES U.S. CLIMATE [...] (SBU) On June 20, Ambassador Ware briefed Finnish Environment Minister Paula Lehtomaki on the President,s new initiative for developing a post-2012 climate change framework by the end of 2008. While appreciative of the U.S. proposal, Lehtomaki continued to hold to the EU,s focus on binding in [...] | 2007-07-05 10:30:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ETRD TPHY TRGY FI |
07HELSINKI549 | OIL SPILL EXPERT VISITS FINLAND [...] (U) Embassy Helsinki organized a two-day visit by Dr. John Devens, Executive Director of the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council (PWSRCAC),on May 18-19, 2007. Dr. Devens was Mayor of Valdez, Alaska during the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. One of the first NGOs of its kin [...] | 2007-07-19 09:13:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OIIP EWWT EPET KPAO EN FI |
07HELSINKI580 | FINNISH MINISTER KEEN TO EXPAND BIOGAS USAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Finland's Minister of Trade and Industry recently returned from a two-day fact finding mission in Germany to examine German use of biogas and other renewable energy resources. This trip may signal an increased emphasis by Pekkarinen -- a strong advocate of renewable energy -- in [...] | 2007-07-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY SENV EAGR PINR FI |
07HELSINKI64 | FINNS ASK 8 EU COUNTRIES TO JOIN IWC [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the recent meeting of the pro-conservation countries of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to Esko Jaakkola, Environment Counsellor at the Finnish Ministry of the Environment. Jaakkola, who represented the Government of Finland at the meeting [...] | 2007-02-01 06:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS PREL ETRD KSCA IWC FI |
07HELSINKI690 | FINNISH MINISTER WIRED ABOUT WIREC 2008 [...] (U) Minister of Trade and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen is very interested in participating in the 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) next March. According to Henri Backman, Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Pekkarinen would like to see a sa [...] | 2007-09-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ENGR EAID EPET TRGY KPAO FI |
07HELSINKI750 | HELSINKI: EXPERT ADDRESSES CALIFORNIA,S AGGRESSIVE [...] (U) Using California as a model for initiatives at the state level, former Executive Director of the California Air Resources Board, Catherine Witherspoon, presented U.S. strategies for combating climate change to a wide cross section of Finnish society, including government officials, academi [...] | 2007-10-03 13:31:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ENRG TRGY KPAO KGHG FI |
07HELSINKI751 | FINLAND'S BIOGAS FUTURE HEATS UP [...] (U) On October 25, Aimo Aalto and Nina Broadstreet from the Finnish Ministry for Trade and Industry briefed Econoff on Finland's strategy to increase support for domestic production of energy from biogas/methane. Following Minister Mauri Pekkarinen,s two-day fact finding mission to Germany in [...] | 2007-10-04 04:03:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY SENV EAGR PINR FI |
07HELSINKI768 | FINLAND: MINISTER PEKKARINEN TO ATTEND WIREC 2008 [...] (SBU) According to Finnish MFA sources, Minister of Trade and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen will lead a Finnish delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in March 2008. The exact composition of the delegation will be decided at a later date. According to [...] | 2007-10-11 09:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG EPET SOCI TRGY KPAO KSCA FI |
07HELSINKI797 | THE BIOFUELS PICTURE IN FINLAND [...] Believing that biofuels can decrease greenhouse gas emissions while also further diversifying its overall energy mix, the Government of Finland is aggressively funding programs that will create biofuels from woody biomass, fuel peat, and recovered fuels. Finland has also begun increasing the u [...] | 2007-10-25 12:44:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG SENV EAGR ECON FI |
07HELSINKI831 | REVITALIZING THE GLOBE PROGRAM IN FINLAND [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Helsinki is actively promoting activities to revitalize the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program in Finnish schools. Utilizing part of a $10,000 (FY2007) grant in Public Diplomacy funding from the State Department, Embassy Helsinki o [...] | 2007-11-15 07:48:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TSPL KPAO KGHG FI |
07HELSINKI85 | FINNS UNDECIDED ON EU AVIATION EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) The Finnish government has yet to form an official position on the recent EU aviation emissions proposal, according to Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications officials Anne Torkkeli and Topi Siren on February 1. Although Finland believes aviation emissions should be addressed, [...] | 2007-02-09 10:53:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV EUN FI |
07HELSINKI855 | FINLAND HOPEFUL GOING INTO BALI CLIMATE CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. position on climate change going into the UN Climate Conference in Bali to Ms. Outi Berghall and Ms. Sirkka Haunia from the Finnish Environment Ministry. As Finland's chief climate negotiator, Berghall will lead the Finnish delegation prior [...] | 2007-12-03 13:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG FI |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1240 | HUE FLOOD AFTERMATH: LARGE AGRICULTURAL LOSSES BUT NO [...] (U) Summary. In the aftermath of the November floods that ravaged central Vietnam, effective co-operation between provincial health agencies and financial and food aid from the central government were essential to stabilizing flood-traumatized Thua Thien Hue province. Local officials assess [...] | 2007-12-14 11:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PGOV ECON EAGR SENV CASC VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY1250 | SAME LATITUDE, DIFFERENT ATTITUDE: PROSPERITY TRUMPS PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ben Tre and Tra Vinh provinces share similar geographies and demographics, as well as outbreak histories for highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI). While both provinces still suffer scattered small-scale AI outbreaks, better economic governance in Ben Tre has led to a shift fr [...] | 2007-12-17 10:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON EAGR ELAB PREL PGOV OTRA OVIP SENV VM |
07HOCHIMINHCITY139 | QUANG NAM PROVINCIAL LEADER TALKS ENVIRONMENT AND [...] (SBU) During a meeting with the Consul General in HCMC on February 7, Quang Nam People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai expressed his concern about the lack of national environmental planning and a weak environmental disaster alert and response system. He was concerned about the potential i [...] | 2007-02-08 10:07:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV SOCI ECON EINV KINR ETRD VM |
07HONGKONG1510 | SUSTAINABLE GROWTH: MACAU'S PRESSING NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: As Macau's economy booms, local authorities confront the dual challenges of modernizing the territory's infrastructure, while ameliorating the adverse effects of this rapid development. Macau,s air quality is worsening due to manufacturing in Guangdong province, emissions from [...] | 2007-06-05 09:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | CH HK MK SENV PGOV ENRG |
07HONGKONG1579 | HKSAR - AFTER THE FIRST DECADE: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the ten-year anniversary of its reversion to the PRC, Hong Kong's economy is strong, led by a potent services sectors and robust consumer demand. Over the past decade, Hong Kong has solidified its position as a regional transportation hub, an international interface for the m [...] | 2007-06-13 01:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI EWWT SENV |
07HONGKONG1661 | CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE: ENGAGING HONG KONG AND [...] (SBU) Summary: AmConGen Hong Kong has actively engaged the governments and the general public of the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions on U.S. climate change, renewable energy and other environmental programs. Post developed and actively promoted the Pollution Prevention and [...] | 2007-06-21 06:19:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENGR SOCI EAID EPET TRGY KPAO CH HK MC |
07HONGKONG1692 | U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION VISIT TO HONG KONG: AMCHAM [...] (SBU) Summary: American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) representatives discussed IPR issues in Hong Kong and mainland China with a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) on April 30. One AmCham representative observed that there was "very little le [...] | 2007-06-25 07:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KIPR SENV CH HK |
07HONGKONG1773 | MACAU HEALTH CARE: RESPONDING TO NEW REALITIES [...] (SBU) Macau's health care system is coping wth the territory's quick economic expansion, rapd population growth, and large influx of tourist. A system that was created to care for 400,000residents now provides health care services to oer 500,000 people and approximaely 21 million tourists (a [...] | 2007-07-03 07:07:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH |
07HONGKONG1800 | HONG KONG SCENESETTER FOR HUD SECRETARY JACKSON [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes to your visit next week. U.S. trade, investment, and business with Hong Kong flourish in a largely open environment. Hong Kong is our 15th largest export market, and the United States enjoyed a USD 9.8 billion trade surplus [...] | 2007-07-09 00:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PTER EINV KIPR HK CH SENV MC |
07HONGKONG1801 | MACAU SCENESETTER FOR HUD SECRETARY JACKSON [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes your visit to Macau next week. U.S. interests in Macau have increased tremendously since 2002, when Macau liberalized its gaming market. The U.S. is now one of the largest investors, behind only Hong Kong and mainland China [...] | 2007-07-09 00:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PTER EINV KIPR HK CH MC SENV |
07HONGKONG1881 | HONG KONG UNIVERSITY'S GUAN YI ON RECENT TRENDS IN [...] (C) Summary: AmConGen Economic Officer and Regional Medical Officer met with Guan Yi, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases at Hong Kong University (HKU),and Gavin Smith, Assistant Professor of Microbiology at HKU, to discuss general trends in avian influenza i [...] | 2007-07-17 23:50:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH |
07HONGKONG2022 | PRIORITIES OF HONG KONG'S NEW ENVIRONMENT BUREAU: [...] (SBU) During a July 19 meeting with local legislators, Hong Kong's new Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau detailed the environmental agenda for Chief Executive Donald Tsang's second administration. Yau said that Hong Kong SIPDIS Government (HKG) will strive to better regulate emission [...] | 2007-08-03 00:47:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ENRG HK SENV PGOV |
07HONGKONG21 | HONG KONG HEALTH OFFICIALS PROBE DEATH OF PIG [...] (SBU) Summary: The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) is investigating the June and December 2006 deaths of two Hong Kong pig farmers from a pneumonia-type illness. The Hong Kong government (HKG) reported that both men had traveled to mainland China's Guangdong province a few weeks [...] | 2007-01-04 08:59:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH |
07HONGKONG2313 | HONG KONG AIR POLLUTION DETERRING EXPATS, SAYS [...] (U) Air pollution increasingly is harming Hong Kong's attractiveness as a posting for expat executives, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong's second annual environment survey. Fifty-one percent of respondents claimed difficulty in recruiting professionals to work in the [...] | 2007-09-06 07:56:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PGOV HK |
07HONGKONG2413 | PEARL RIVER DELTA AIR POLLUTION FEASIBILITY [...] (C) The Hong Kong government will announce the commencement of two precedent-setting regional air pollution feasibility studies at the end of September. These studies, sponsored by the Hong Kong and Guangdong Provincial Governments, are focused on the Pearl River Delta of Southern China. The [...] | 2007-09-17 01:29:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG SENV PGOV HK CH |
07HONGKONG2533 | CONSUL GENERAL AND CALIFORNIA AIR EXPERT URGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General James Cunningham and former California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Dr. Alan Lloyd urged Hong Kong's new Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau to take action on Hong Kong's growing air pollution problems, in a meeting on September 20. The Consul G [...] | 2007-10-03 08:12:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ENRG PREL HK |
07HONGKONG2587 | HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S POLICY ADDRESS: [...] (C) Summary: In his third annual Policy Address on October 10, Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang touched on all the major issues of concern to the people of Hong Kong. He described a concept of "progressive development" to achieve three major goals: economic development through inf [...] | 2007-10-10 10:42:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN SENV SOCI CH HK |
07HONGKONG45 | BIRD TESTS POSITIVE FOR H5 VIRUS IN HONG KONG [...] (SBU) Hong Kong government (HKG) officials announced that a fast test reveals a dead bird tested positive for the H5 virus in Hong Kong on January 4. The bird, a Scaly-breasted Munia, was one of six dead birds found on the street near an urban shopping area on December 31. Additional tests wi [...] | 2007-01-05 11:03:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TBIO SENV EAGR AMED KFLU HK CH |
07HONGKONG837 | HONG KONG GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO SOUTHERN OCEANS [...] (U) SUMMARY: AmConGen Hong Kong Economic Officer and Deputy Agricultural Section Chief delivered reftel message to Dr. S.F. Leung, the Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department's (AFCD) Assistant Director (Fisheries),and Dr. Albert Leung, Senior Fisheries Officer at AFCD. [...] | 2007-03-23 11:03:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | CH EFIS HK KTIA PHSA SENV |
07ISTANBUL1049 | THE AKP BRINGS WATER TO ISTANBUL [...] (U) Prime Minister Erdogan presided over the official opening of the Melen Project, a massive endeavor to provide residents of Istanbul with sufficient water. This project diverts water from the Melen River and pipes it about 150 km westward to Istanbul. The ceremony celebrated the complet [...] | 2007-12-11 10:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD SENV PGOV TU |
07ISTANBUL115 | TURKISH STRAITS AT CAPACITY [...] Summary: On February 11, Capt. Salih Orakci, General Director of the Coastal Safety and Salvage Administration briefed A/S Sullivan and members of the EPC delegation on the hazards of navigating the Turkish Straits and the operation of the Vessel Traffic System (VTS) in the Bosphorous Straits. [...] | 2007-02-15 09:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EPET SENV TU |
07ISTANBUL183 | BSEC SENIOR OFFICIALS DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH EU, [...] (SBU) Summary: BSEC Senior Officials met February 26-27 in Istanbul to discuss establishing an institution-to-institution relationship with the European Union, review the status of ongoing projects including a labor/employment study to be performed the OECD, and discuss preparations for the 1 [...] | 2007-03-07 10:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV EU |
07ISTANBUL245 | ISTANBUL TO HOST WORLD WATER FORUM 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary. Even as the country enjoyed sunshine instead of rain (reftel),Istanbul hosted a preparatory meeting for the World Water Forum 2009, an international, tri-annual meeting organized to highlight water needs and resources worldwide since 1997. Istanbul was chosen as venue for th [...] | 2007-03-23 12:03:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ENRG SENV PREL TU |
07ISTANBUL854 | SUCCESSFUL JOINT US - BSEC ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM [...] (U) Summary: On September 12-13 BSEC and the United States government jointly held a symposium bringing together government officials as well as representatives from the private and non-governmental sectors of the BSEC member states. The symposium was designed to explore the nexus between en [...] | 2007-09-20 14:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN SENV PREL TU |
07JAKARTA1252 | INDONESIA - COP 13 PLANNING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-03 04:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KTIA TPHY TBIO ID |
07JAKARTA14 | INDONESIA - ILLEGAL LOGGING MOU PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Jakarta's Illegal Logging Task Force recommends Washington agencies divide the $1 million in proposed State Department ESF funds under the U.S.-Indonesia illegal logging MOU between the following three activities: --$550,000 for the enhancement of an existing DOJ-ICITA [...] | 2007-01-03 09:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ID |
07JAKARTA1660 | ORANGUTAN CONSERVATION INDONESIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-15 01:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO TPHY ID |
07JAKARTA1672 | WEST KALIMANTAN - DWINDLING FORESTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: West Kalimantan's abundant forest and fresh water resources are under threat from logging and plantation companies, though the government has recently cracked down on some illegal loggers. The majority of tribal peoples in the province rely on forest resources for a livelihood [...] | 2007-06-15 10:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID ECON TBIO ENRG ID |
07JAKARTA1735 | THE AWARD OF THE PRIME CONTRACT FOR THE USG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-22 11:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV KCOR ID |
07JAKARTA1744 | INDONESIA - ENVIRONMENTAL MEETING WITH EMIL SALIM [...] (SBU) Summary: During a candid meeting on June 21 with Charge, Dr. Emil Salim, environmental advisor to Indonesian President Yudhoyono, welcomed President Bush's attention to climate change, but criticized its "overemphasis on the clean energy sector and failure to provide incentives for safeg [...] | 2007-06-25 09:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG ID |
07JAKARTA1771 | INDONESIA - REACTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, Embassy hosted eleven Indonesian NGOs for a roundtable discussion of President Bush's new international framework initiative, and reaction was generally positive. The NGOs stressed that combating deforestation needs to be part of the initiative, along with increased [...] | 2007-06-27 11:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG ID |
07JAKARTA1832 | INDONESIA - FORESTRY MINISTER WELCOMES ORANGUTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Minister of Forestry, Mr. Kaban, stressed to DCM in a July 3 meeting that conservation of orangutans and their forest habitat remains an urgent need. The Minister welcomed the $8 million USAID Orangutan Conservation Services Program and emphasized the importance of communit [...] | 2007-07-06 08:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID ECON TBIO ID |
07JAKARTA1984 | INVITATION TO TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON FROM INDONESIAN [...] Embassy received the following letter from Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati, dated July 9, 2007. Related to the larger conference (United Nations Framework of Convention on Climate Change 13th Conference of Parties) December 3-14, Secretary Paulson is invited to attend an Event of Min [...] | 2007-07-23 06:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ECON KGHG SENV ENRG ID |
07JAKARTA2063 | D-FM WIRAJUDA BILAT IN MANILA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Mission provides the following suggested background for inclusion in the briefing materials for Deputy Secretary Negroponte. They are for reference for his planned bilateral meeting with Indonesian Foreign [...] | 2007-07-31 08:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO MARR ID XF IZ |
07JAKARTA2139 | VISIT OF OES A/S MCMURRAY TO INDONESIA, CLIMATE CHANGE AND [...] (U) Summary. In a visit to Indonesia July 26-29, OES A/S McMurray and several Indonesian officials discussed climate change policy and the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 13th Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP-13) meeting in Bali December 3-14. Dr. Emil Salim, P [...] | 2007-08-07 23:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID ECON TBIO ENRG ID |
07JAKARTA2140 | FORESTRY ISSUES DOMINATE VISIT OF OES A/S MCMURRAY TO [...] (U) Summary. In a visit to Indonesia July 26-29, OES A/S McMurray discussed deforestation and climate change with senior Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials from the Ministries of Forestry and Environment, non-governmental organizations, and a policy advisor to President Yudhoyono. The GO [...] | 2007-08-08 00:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID ECON TBIO ENRG ID |
07JAKARTA2164 | CLIMATE CHANGE - SEPTEMBER MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING [...] Ambassador Hume delivered President Bush's letter on the September Major Economies meeting to Indonesian Presidential Advisor Dino Djalal on August 3, 2007. We also notified relevant officials in the Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Environment. The Foreign Ministry notif [...] | 2007-08-09 06:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG |
07JAKARTA2189 | ENVIRONMENT MINISTER WITOELAR WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Health Rachmat Witoelar told the Ambassador on August 9 that he welcomed President Bush's climate change initiative and the upcoming conference on climate change in Washington, DC. He welcomed opportunities for dialogue, such as the upcoming visit of White House Cou [...] | 2007-08-10 10:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV ID |
07JAKARTA2317 | INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: MAY - JULY 2007 [...] Summary: The Ministry of Forestry (MOF) signed a letter of intent with the Zoological Parks Authority of the Government of Western Australia on May 21 to cooperate on wildlife conservation. On May 21-24, Indonesia hosted the second meeting of the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (WEN) program [...] | 2007-08-24 05:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
07JAKARTA2322 | PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO ON INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE, [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On August 24, Ambassador Hume spoke with President Yudhoyono after SBY's address commemorating 50 years of American Field Service (AFS) activity in Indonesia. Yudhoyono stressed the need for cultu [...] | 2007-08-24 07:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SENV ECON ID |
07JAKARTA2334 | INDONESIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR CORAL TRIANGLE INITIATIVE [...] (U) Summary. Indonesia seeks U.S. support for its proposed Coral Triangle Initiative, a new multilateral partnership that Indonesia will raise at the upcoming APEC summit in Sydney. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's adviser Dino Djalal last week presented visiting Chairman of the Council of [...] | 2007-08-24 10:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID |
07JAKARTA2336 | INDONESIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR CORAL TRIANGLE INITIATIVE [...] (U) Summary. Indonesia seeks U.S. support for its proposed Coral Triangle Initiative, a new multilateral partnership that Indonesia will raise at the upcoming APEC summit in Sydney. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's adviser Dino Djalal last week presented visiting Chairman of the Council of [...] | 2007-08-24 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID |
07JAKARTA2350 | ASEAN MEETINGS HIGHLIGHT CHALLENGES OF INTEGRATION [...] (U) Summary. During a series of recent meetings and events at the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN officials expressed cautious optimism about economic integration and the draft ASEAN Charter despite continued challenges. Senior Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials and business leaders called for fa [...] | 2007-08-27 10:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV SENV KDEM ID |
07JAKARTA2407 | US-INDONESIA ENERGY SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman James Connaughton and U.S. Senior Climate Negotiator Harlan Watson discussed energy security and climate change strategy with senior Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials, NGOs and donors during a series of meetings on [...] | 2007-08-31 07:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON TBIO ENRG ID |
07JAKARTA2446 | SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON STATE SECRETARY: [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 7. 2. (C) Summary: On September 4, Ambassador Hume paid a courtesy call on Minister of the State Secretary Hatta Rajasa, who serves as the gatekeeper for nearly every issue that goes before President Yudhoyono. The Minister emphasized his de [...] | 2007-09-05 10:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV ENRG PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2449 | GOI INVITES U.S. TO PRE-COP 13 MINISTERIAL, 24-25 OCTOBER [...] (SBU) On September 5, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar addressed to Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky. The letter invites U/S Dobriansky to informal ministerial consulta [...] | 2007-09-06 00:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID ECON ENRG PGOV ID |
07JAKARTA2459 | DONOR ROUNDABLE MEETING ON CLMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Summary. During a September 5 Donor Roundtable Meeting on Climate Change, Agus Purnomo, Executive Director, National Steering Committee for the Conference of Parties 13 (COP 13) updated donor partners and embassy officials on COP 13 preparations. Joe Leitmann, Environment Coordinator, Worl [...] | 2007-09-06 08:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON TBIO ENRG ID |
07JAKARTA2550 | PROPOSED REGIONAL DIALOGUE ON ILLEGAL LOGGING WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) Mark Linscott held a series of meetings on September 6 and 7 related to illegal logging. Officials at the ASEAN Secretariat welcomed the proposal of an informal regional dialogue on illegal logging. Government of Indonesia (GOI) offic [...] | 2007-09-13 06:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID ECON PGOV ID |
07JAKARTA2611 | U/S DISCUSSES INDONESIA'S ROLE IN COP 13, CLEAN ENERGY, [...] (SBU) Summary. During his visit to Indonesia September 10-12, U/S Jeffery held a roundtable lunch on September 10 with GOI officials, donor representatives ad private sector representatives. The head of Indonesia's COP 13 steering committee said that the GOI would await the outcomes of the U.N [...] | 2007-09-18 01:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID ECON PGOV ID |
07JAKARTA2616 | U/S Jeffery Meeting with Vice President Kalla [...] (SBU) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery discussed U.S.-Indonesia cooperation in anti-corruption, energy security, and climate change during a forty-minute meeting on September 11. Kalla returned to his customary theme of the importance of stability and econ [...] | 2007-09-18 06:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV SENV ID |
07JAKARTA2643 | ASEAN FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE INCREASING [...] (SBU) ASEAN activity and programs on environmental issues, including climate change and illegal logging, is on the rise. ASEAN is focusing more on the environment during its 40-year anniversary and in the run-up to the 13th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 13) in Bali this December [...] | 2007-09-19 09:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID ECON PGOV ID |
07JAKARTA2683 | INDONESIA AT THE MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Indonesia wants the Major Economies Meeting to increase prospects for the success of the 13th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP 13) in Bali in December. The GOI will be sensitive to any negative portrayal of Indonesia, whether as a destroyer of forests or as [...] | 2007-09-21 09:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID |
07JAKARTA2739 | U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES BURMA, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, AT ASEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. ASEAN Deputy Secretary General Nicholas Tandi Dammen provided Under Secretary Jeffery with a brief overview of ASEAN's draft blueprint for economic integration and expressed appreciation for the United States' robust cooperation with ASEAN on trade and economic issues, particula [...] | 2007-09-28 00:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV SENV KDEM ID |
07JAKARTA2740 | U/S Jeffery Visits Sumatra [...] (SBU) Summary. During a September 12 visit to Sumatra, U/S Jeffery visited the Palm Oil Research Center and toured its model biofuel production facility. He also met with the Governor of North Sumatra Rudolf Pardede and his economic team. He took an aerial survey of plantations and the Leuse [...] | 2007-09-28 00:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV SENV ID |
07JAKARTA2780 | USG COULD LEVERAGE $100 MILLION AUSSIE FORESTRY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In the run up to COP 13, Australia has announced an AUS$100 Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership. Post could increase the long-term impact of our current projects in forestry and wildlife conservation by leveraging this new initiative. Any additional fu [...] | 2007-10-02 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
07JAKARTA2783 | PAPUA: CONTROVERSY CONTINUES TO SWIRL AROUND HUGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent meetings with poloff, Freeport McMoran officials insist they are doing everything possible to address security and environmental concerns surrounding their massive mine in central Papua. The use of police instead of military for security around the mine has not yet res [...] | 2007-10-02 10:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EMIN SENV PHUM ID |
07JAKARTA2945 | PRE-COP BOGOR SCENESETTER FOR U/S DOBRIANSKY: INDONESIAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia to participate in the Informal Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change in Bogor, October 23-25. Indonesia wants the pre-COP ministerial meeting to increase prospects for the success of the 13th UNFCCC Conference of the Par [...] | 2007-10-19 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID |
07JAKARTA30 | INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - DECEMBER 2006 [...] Summary: On December 14, Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation founder Willie Smith announced plans to release around 200 orangutans into Baktikop Forest in Central Kalimantan. The Head of the Jakarta Sanitation Office warned of an impending crisis in Jakarta waste management on December 12. T [...] | 2007-01-05 07:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
07JAKARTA3000 | LETTER FROM AMBASSADOR HUME TO USTR SCHWAB [...] (SBU) I wanted to thank you for agreeing to attend the Trade Ministers dialogue attached to the 13th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework of Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bali, Indonesia on December 8th and 9th. I want you to know we will do everything we can to mak [...] | 2007-10-26 08:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP ETRD SENV EAID ID |
07JAKARTA3003 | PAPUA -- A GOOD WEEK FOR THE GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu traveled to London this week to receive a TIME Magazine-sponsored environmental award and tout his conservation plans. Suebu will also visit Beijing where he will open the first Papua provincial government overseas office. Suebu has a solid reputat [...] | 2007-10-26 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV PINR ID |
07JAKARTA302 | TSUNAMI RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION - ACEH AT TWO YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency of Aceh and Nias (BRR) has made significant progress on the immense task of rebuilding Aceh and Nias in its 20 months of operation. However, in contrast to a year ago, BRR is receiving increased criticism for spending too slowly (or t [...] | 2007-02-05 08:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV KCOR ID |
07JAKARTA303 | INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - JANUARY 2007 [...] Summary. Minister of Forestry M.S. Kaban and European Union (EU) Commissioners Louis Michel and Stavros Dimas agreed in Brussels on January 8 to initiate formal negotiations on a voluntary partnership agreement (VPA) on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade. On January 12, the leaders [...] | 2007-02-05 09:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
07JAKARTA3059 | INDONESIA SENDING OUT CLIMATE ENVOYS BEFORE BALI COP-13 [...] (U) The Government of Indonesia (GOI) will be sending four senior climate change envoys to a number of key countries, including the U.S., in order to sound out other governments' positions and gather input for December's conference in Bali. All four are advisors to Minister of Environment Rach [...] | 2007-11-02 09:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID |
07JAKARTA3088 | Greenpeace "Forest Defender Camp" [...] (SBU) Summary: Greenpeace has established a "Forest Defenders Camp" in Sumatra's Riau Province to protect the forest and climate ahead of the COP-13 climate change conference in Bali. The 60-odd camp members, including one American and 11 other foreigners, are ostensibly investigating forest [...] | 2007-11-06 10:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EAGR PGOV PREL SENV SOCI ID |
07JAKARTA3185 | INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST - OCTOBER 2007 [...] Summary: The Indonesian Supreme Court hosted a judiciary workshop on wildlife crime and prosecution under the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (WEN) program in August. The Vice Governor of Jakarta announced on September 27 that Jakarta could potentially receive $2 million in funding from dev [...] | 2007-11-16 09:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
07JAKARTA3258 | INDONESIA'S TOP COP-13 PLAYERS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the 13th UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP-13) meeting this December, the Government of Indonesia will push for carbon-market funding mechanisms for avoided deforestation; support of the Coral Triangle Initiative; and multilateral as well as bilateral funding arrangements [...] | 2007-11-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON PREL PINR ID |
07JAKARTA3274 | COP-13 FINANCE MINISTERS' SIDE MEETING [...] Summary: The Finance Minister's side meeting at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change conference seeks to review the cost of environmental damage; examine policy instruments available to address the issues; set objectives and common goals; and outline next steps. The Government of Indones [...] | 2007-11-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SENV ECON KGHG TBIO ID |
07JAKARTA3278 | "Cooking the Climate" or Cooking the Books? Greenpeace's [...] (U) Summary: In a recently released report, "How the Palm Oil Industry is Cooking the Climate," Greenpeace blames American and European companies for the destruction of Indonesia's forests and peat swamps. If this destruction continues unabated, Greenpeace writes, vast amounts of carbon will be [...] | 2007-11-30 02:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EAGR PGOV PREL SENV SOCI ID |
07JAKARTA3355 | FIRST SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING OF CORAL TRIANGLE [...] (U) Summary: Indonesia hosted the Coral Triangle Initiative meetings on the margins of the Conference of the Parties 13 to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bali. During a closed session of Senior Officials Meeting on December 6, the six CTI countries (Indonesia, East Timor, th [...] | 2007-12-10 08:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID |
07JAKARTA3395 | SENATOR KERRY AT THE BALI CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: From December 9-11, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks in Bali, Indonesia. During the visit, Kerry met Indonesian President Yudhoyono, the Indonesian Environment Minister, and a group of Indonesian legislat [...] | 2007-12-14 07:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP SENV ID |
07JAKARTA3471 | DIPLOMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY FOR INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States and Indonesia have real opportunities within the bilateral relationship to move their respective environmental agendas forward. The Government of Indonesia used the recently concluded UN Climate Change Conference in Bali to highlight its environmental resources [...] | 2007-12-27 09:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON EAID KPAO PREL ID |
07JAKARTA766 | INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS - FEBRUARY 2007 [...] Summary: On February 1, "Eyes on the Forest", a coalition of three non-governmental organizations (NGOs),protested a Government of Indonesia (GOI) plan to auction 130,000 hectares of former concession areas in Riau and Jambi for plantation use. On February 13-16, the Indonesian Ministries of [...] | 2007-03-16 09:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID |
07JAKARTA854 | ENGAGING INDONESIA ON BIOFUELS POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 17. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) is continuing its ambitious 5 year, multi-billion dollar investment plan to boost biofuel production to 200,000 barrels per day by 2010. At a high-profile media event on January 9 the GOI signed [...] | 2007-03-23 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV SENV PGOV ID |
07JERUSALEM1034 | LAUNCH OF "PALESTINIAN ECONOMY" SITE ON STATE [...] CONSULATE GENERAL JERUSALEM IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF "PALESTINIAN ECONOMY," A NEW COMMUNITY WEB SITE FACILITATED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TEAM. THE WEB SITE IS A COLLECTION OF IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ON THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY, DESIGNED TO HELP FACILITATE INFORMATION [...] | 2007-06-01 14:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PHUM SENV KWBG |
07JERUSALEM509 | NEW LAGOON TO IMPROVE NORTH GAZA SEWAGE SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary: Construction of the donor-financed Northern Gaza Wastewater Treatment Plant (NGWTP) began in February. The plant's new storage lagoon began receiving wastewater from the nearby Beit Lahiya sewage lake in early March in order to provide relief to the area's overflowing sewage [...] | 2007-03-16 12:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PHUM EAID KBIO KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM574 | WAVE OF SEWAGE SUDDENLY ENGULFS GAZA VILLAGE [...] (SBU) An earth embankment around a recently-built sewage pond near Beit Lahiya collapsed at 9:30 a.m. on March 27, spilling a large volume of sewage and sand onto the nearby Bedouin village of Um Nasser. The sewage pond was built by the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) in October 2006 in or [...] | 2007-03-28 10:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PHUM EAID KBIO KWBG IS |
07JERUSALEM933 | FOEME CALLS FOR WORLD BANK TO CONSIDER JORDAN [...] (SBU) On May 10, regional NGO Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) held a conference in Jerusalem on the proposed Red Sea - Dead Sea Conduit (RDC) and the organization's recently-completed socioeconomic and environmental impact study, which was fully-funded by USAID's Middle East Regional [...] | 2007-05-21 12:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KWBG IS JO |
07KABUL2001 | AFGHANISTAN - USEPA SCIENCE FELLOWS ADVISING, COACHING GOA [...] Two Embassy Science Fellows detailed from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) have been engaged with their Afghan counterpart National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) since late 2006. The two-year-old Afghan agency is building itself and its environmental managemen [...] | 2007-06-21 13:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO PGOV AF |
07KABUL2069 | AFGHANISTAN - USEPA SCIENCE FELLOWS ADVISING, COACHING GOA [...] Two Embassy Science Fellows detailed from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) have been engaged with their Afghan counterpart National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) since late 2006. The two-year-old Afghan agency is building itself and its environmental managemen [...] | 2007-06-27 12:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO PGOV AF |
07KABUL2357 | BAND-I-AMIR LAKES, AFGHANISTAN'S FIRST NATURAL PROTECTED [...] The GoA and the international community are laying the groundwork to establish Afghanistan's first natural protected area at central Afghanistan's Band-i-Amir lakes in Bamyan Province. A recent visit there showed that the current circumstances at the lakes--one of the world's few large travert [...] | 2007-07-23 10:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO PGOV EIND AF |
07KABUL3983 | AFGHAN SUPPORT FOR NEW DEHLI AVIAN FLU CONFERENCE AND [...] (U) Embassy confirmed Afghan attendance at the New Delhi Avian and Pandemic Influenza Conference (reftel). Afghan Ministry of Agriculture Ubaidulla Ramin and Minister of Public Health Dr. Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatimi are scheduled to attend the conference, along with four others including their [...] | 2007-12-03 14:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ESTH AIAG PGOV PREL EAGR SENV AF |
07KAMPALA744 | UGANDA: IF A TREE FALLS IN MABIRA FOREST, WHO WILL [...] (C) Summary: The April 12 and 17 violence associated with the campaign to stop the sale of land in the Mabira Forest to foreign investors continues to reverberate throughout Uganda's political arena. Five people died after frustrations were taken out on Asians during violent confrontations. [...] | 2007-05-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SENV UG |
07KATHMANDU1142 | MELAMCHI: ADB'S $350 MILLION DREAM IN JEOPARDY [...] (SBU) The future of the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) USD 350 million Melamchi Water Supply Project has grown increasingly uncertain since the new Maoist Minister for Physical Planning and Construction, Hisila Yami, decided in early May to postpone awarding the contract for the management of [...] | 2007-06-11 13:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD EAID SENV NP |
07KATHMANDU1908 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On October 3 Emboff met with Lekh Nath Bhattarai, America desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to confirm that the Government of Nepal(GON) plans to send an official ministerial delegation to the 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). Bh [...] | 2007-10-25 08:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
07KIGALI358 | WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO) DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 09:29:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL TPHY WMO RW |
07KINGSTON1125 | JAMAICAN TOURISM: INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Summary: The breakneck pace of development on the northern coast of Jamaica threatens the fragile ecosystem there. The GoJ has aggressively pursued foreign investment in the tourism sector, but has been slow to upgrade the infrastructure to handle the glut of new hotels and resorts. In ad [...] | 2007-07-20 10:56:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINV SOCI SENV JM |
07KINGSTON706 | JAMAICA: PREPARING FOR CITES CONFERENCE OF PARTIES [...] Post delivered reftel talking points on May 3. On May 8, Dr. Elaine Fisher of the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA),responded, saying that Jamaica had not yet completed its deliberations on any of the proposals and documents for CITES Conference of Parties 14 (CoP 14),and that [...] | 2007-05-11 16:44:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA JM |
07KINSHASA1037 | FORESTRY SECTOR REFORM IN THE DRC, PART I OF II [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-31 12:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EAGR SENV KGHG CG |
07KINSHASA1075 | UNIDENTIFIED DISEASE HAS KILLED 160 IN WEST KASAI [...] (SBU) Summary. An unidentified disease has killed 160 of the 352 people who have contracted it since June 7 in seven remote villages of Kasai Occidental (West Kasai) province in central DRC. Samples have been collected and are being analyzed inside and outside the DRC. Initial indications that [...] | 2007-09-07 17:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID SENV TBIO CG |
07KINSHASA1085 | EBOLA OUTBREAK IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO [...] (SBU) Summary. Ebola virus, one of the hemorrhagic fevers, was confirmed on September 10 in the province of West Kasai, where nearly 400 people have fallen ill and over 160 of those have died since June (ref Kinshasa 1075). DRC Minister of Health, Makwenge Kaput, received the results from a W [...] | 2007-09-11 13:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID SENV TBIO PGOV CG |
07KINSHASA1121 | DRC EBOLA EPIDEMIC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ebola fever epidemic in south-central DRC has now claimed 172 lives. Nearly 400 suspected cases remain clustered around the towns of Mweka and Luebo in the West Kasai province. Unconfirmed cases have been reported as far as 300 kms from the epicenter, some little more than [...] | 2007-09-19 06:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON SENV TBIO PGOV CG |
07KINSHASA1127 | FOREST SECTOR REFORM IN THE DRC: STAKEHOLDER [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC is reviewing 156 forestry titles for conversion into new titles as part of its forestry sector reform and economic development plan. The process is intended to regulate the forestry sector in a way which encourages sustainable resource management, improves forestry cons [...] | 2007-09-19 16:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV ETRD SENV EAGR KGHG CG |
07KOLKATA215 | URANIUM MINES IN INDIAN STATE OF JHARKHAND LACK PROPER [...] (SBU) Summary: As India seeks to develop its nuclear power industry, the GOI is expanding its uranium mines in India's eastern state of Jharkhand. The Jadugoda mines, located in East Singhbum district, are presently the sole fuel source for India's ten pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWR [...] | 2007-07-19 13:48:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR EMIN ELAB SENV TRGY ASEC IN |
07KOLKATA217 | OFFICIALS IN NE INDIA INVESTIGATING POULTRY DEATHS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between July 7 and 10, about 100 chickens died in a farm near Manipur's capital city of Imphal. The state veterinary department deployed rapid response teams to collect samples and sent these to the High Security Disease Detection Laboratory (HSDL) in Bhopal. The Health Depart [...] | 2007-07-20 10:49:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO PREL PGOV SENV IN BM |
07KOLKATA219 | GOI CONFIRMS AVIAN INFLUENZA IN DEAD POULTRY IN MANIPUR [...] (U) On July 25, the Chief Secretary of Manipur has confirmed the existence of avian influenza in poultry. In a government notice, the Chief Secretary said that the Government of India (GOI) informed the Manipur state government that, "Avian influenza in poultry is reported from a small unit i [...] | 2007-07-26 03:31:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU SENV ECON TBIO EAGR PGOV IN NP BG BM |
07KOLKATA220 | AVIAN INFLUENZA - MANIPUR SITREP, JULY 23 2007 [...] (U) The National Institute of Virology in Pune reported that the virus detected in the samples taken from the dead poultry in Manipur is H5N1. The Manipur government has set up a control room as part of the GOI Action Plan for Preparedness, Control and Containment of Avian Influenza. Contac [...] | 2007-07-26 12:22:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU SENV TBIO EAGR PGOV IN BM BG |
07KOLKATA223 | RESOURCE CRIPPLED BIHAR FIGHTS AGAINST POLIO [...] (SBU) Summary: The state of Bihar continues to see an increase in polio cases. As of the end of July 2007, 17 cases have been reported, compared to 13 during the same period last year. In 2006, Bihar reported 61 cases of polio out of a total of 660 in India, which was double the number from [...] | 2007-07-30 11:37:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KHIV SENV PGOV IN |
07KOLKATA227 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: MANIPUR SITREP JULY 31, 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: As of July 31, culling operations continued in Manipur at over 34 locations in and around Imphal. Culling is scheduled to be completed by July 31 and an assessment taken on August 1. Although there is no news of the infection spreading, there are unconfirmed media reports of an [...] | 2007-07-31 11:36:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO SENV EAGR IN BM BG PGOV |
07KOLKATA230 | FLOODING HITS INDIA'S EAST AND NORTHEAST HARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Heavy rains since July 25 have flooded large areas in Assam, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura. Almost all the districts of Assam are flooded, killing 16 people and affecting 1.1 million people. Water levels in rivers across Assam have receded over the past 48 hours. Assam's [...] | 2007-08-02 11:18:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI EAID PGOV AEMR AMED IN |
07KOLKATA234 | MANIPUR FINISHES AI BIRD CULL AND 550 CHICKENS DIE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 4 culling operations in response to the recent H5N1 Avian Influenza outbreak ended in Manipur, with an estimated 330,000 birds culled. Local authorities are now concentrating on surveillance and monitoring activities. Samples taken from four people living on the Chingme [...] | 2007-08-06 12:32:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU EAGR TBIO SENV CASC IN BM |
07KOLKATA258 | THE HIV/AIDS SCENARIO IN INDIA'S EAST AND NORTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary: In July, India's National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) released the results of an analytical exercise supported by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) that provided new, lower estimates of HIV prevalence in India. The exercise, conducted in 2006, found that [...] | 2007-08-24 12:53:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KHIV TBIO KWMN SENV ELAB IN |
07KOLKATA263 | A FOURTH INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA GOES MISSING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 27, an industrial radiography camera containing radioactive iridium 192 was stolen from Tata Steel's manufacturing plant in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, the fourth such theft since August 2005. The first camera theft occurred on August 14, 2005 from the Industrial Radi [...] | 2007-08-31 02:24:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ENRG TRGY ETTC TSPL PGOV EIND SENV IN |
07KOLKATA292 | TEA, TIGERS AND TRAFFICKING GO HAND IN HAND IN BENGAL'S [...] (U) Summary: Located in a narrow strip of land between Nepal and Bangladesh, the N. Bengal city of Siliguri is a regional economic crossroad. People and goods intersect there, and as India's GDP growth nears ten percent, smaller cities like Siliguri are experiencing rapid expansion. This e [...] | 2007-09-20 05:58:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PHUM KWMN SENV IN NP BG ELAB |
07KOLKATA297 | TEA, TIGERS AND TRAFFICKING GO HAND IN HAND IN BENGAL'S [...] (U) Summary: Located in a narrow strip of land between Nepal and Bangladesh, the N. Bengal city of Siliguri is a regional economic crossroad. People and goods intersect there, and as India's GDP growth nears ten percent, smaller cities like Siliguri are experiencing rapid expansion. This e [...] | 2007-09-21 11:43:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PHUM KWMN SENV IN NP BG ELAB |
07KOLKATA30 | DALAI LAMA SPEAKS IN KOLKATA ON TIBETAN AUTONOMY [...] (SBU) On January 15 in Kolkata, the Dalai Lama spoke at the 40th anniversary celebrations of the of non-governmental organization Young Men's Welfare Society (YMWS). He made remarks on "Ethics in Human Development." During the question and answer period following his remarks, the Dalai Lama [...] | 2007-01-29 10:06:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SENV CH IN |
07KOLKATA86 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS RETAIN THE SCARS OF THE 2004 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. March 2-7, ConGen visited the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to assess recovery from the December 2004 tsunami and related issues such as the environment, economic conditions and strategic concerns. Two years after the tsunami devastated parts of the island [...] | 2007-03-13 12:37:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SENV PHUM ECON MARR IN BM TH ID |
07KUALALUMPUR1000 | MALAYSIA: PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON THE UNITED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-08 04:20:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KTIA PBTS PGOV PHSA SENV UNEP KPAO MY |
07KUALALUMPUR1064 | TRANS-PENINSULA PIPELINE: JUST A PIPEDREAM? [...] (U) Summary: According to recent press reports, the Malaysian Government has approved plans for a US$ 7 billion oil pipeline across northern peninsular Malaysia near the Thai border, with a large storage facility in the middle and a refinery at each end. The pipeline is portrayed as a shorte [...] | 2007-06-21 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR EPET SENV ECON IR MY SA PGOV |
07KUWAIT1004 | KUWAIT DEMARCHES DELIVERED: ICAO ASSEMBLY - [...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A and B demarches and background papers to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on June 18 and June 27, respectively. The GOK is unlikely to co-sponsor a working paper on these issues. Post has requested a meeting with the Air Transport Director at the [...] | 2007-06-27 13:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON KU |
07KUWAIT12 | KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U/S [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for U/S Dobriansky and a thirty-one member U.S. delegation,including TDY support, to visit Kuwait from Thursday, January 4, 2007, to Friday, January 12, 2007, to participate in and support the Conference of Women Leaders in Science, [...] | 2007-01-06 13:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC SENV AMGT APER AA KWMN OTRA TSPL KU |
07KUWAIT1537 | IRAQI GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO U.S., KUWAIT AND ROPME [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of Iraqi officials visited Kuwait in September for a roundtable on Iraqi environmental issues initiated by the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME). This roundtable, part of a series of meetings between ROPME and Iraq, served as an [...] | 2007-10-18 12:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PREL TBIO KU |
07KUWAIT285 | AVIAN FLU SITREP No. 1 - H5N1 AVIAN FLU FOUND IN KUWAITI [...] (SBU) Summary: On 25 February, the Kuwaiti Minister of Health reported that 20 cases of bird flu had been detected in Kuwait. The date on which these cases actually surfaced is unknown. As of 27 February, the GOK has reported a total of 32 cases of the H5N1 virus in wild and domesticated b [...] | 2007-02-27 17:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU |
07KUWAIT295 | AVIAN FLU SITREP NO.2: 7 NEW CASES REPORTED; [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs and ARCENT Medical officers met with Kuwait's Director of Public Health on 28 February to discuss the latest on the avian flu outbreak in Kuwait. The number of confirmed cases in Kuwaiti birds as of 1200 GMT on 28 February is 39. No cases have been reported on commerc [...] | 2007-02-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU |
07KUWAIT332 | KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #4 [...] (SBU) On March 6, Post convened a second meeting of its Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG),which includes U.S. military health officials from local bases, to discuss recent developments in the outbreak of avian influenza in Kuwait. The number of confirmed cases has slowed considerably in r [...] | 2007-03-06 14:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU |
07KUWAIT39 | KUWAIT HOSTS SUCCESSFUL WOMEN LEADERS IN SCIENCE [...] (U) Summary. The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR),in conjunction with the State Department and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, hosted a conference entitled "Women Leaders in Science, Technology, and Engineering" from January 8-10 in Kuwait City. Part [...] | 2007-01-11 07:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA KWMN SENV TSPL KU |
07KUWAIT414 | KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #5 [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, Post convened a meeting of its Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG),which includes U.S. military health officials from local bases, to discuss recent developments in the outbreak of avian influenza in Kuwait. The number of confirmed cases now stands at a total of [...] | 2007-03-24 04:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU |
07KUWAIT461 | KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #6 [...] (SBU) On March 31, Minister of Health Dr. Maasouma Al-Mubarak announced that Kuwait would cull 1.5 million birds (mainly chickens) in response to 40 new confirmed cases of H5N1 in poultry. On April 1, Kuwait confirmed five more cases, bringing the total number to 101, but there are still no c [...] | 2007-04-02 12:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU |
07KUWAIT485 | KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #7 [...] (SBU) On April 3, the Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) announced that four Bangladeshi workers involved in Kuwait's cull of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) infected birds (see Update #6) were admitted to hospital with suspicious flu-like symptoms. It was not immediately [...] | 2007-04-04 13:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU |
07KUWAIT513 | A VIEW FROM THE CHICKEN COOP: KUWAITI POULTRY [...] (C) Summary. On April 9, Econoff met with Meshal Al-Bazie, Deputy General Manager of Naif Poultry, one of the largest poultry producers in Kuwait, to discuss the ongoing avian influenza (AI) outbreak. Al-Bazie said only one of Naif's egg farms has been affected by the virus, but that 640,00 [...] | 2007-04-09 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO ECON ETRD KU |
07KUWAIT52 | OES A/S MCMURRAY TALKS ENVIRONMENT, AVIAN FLU, AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 10, Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Environment, and Science Claudia McMurray met with Meshal Al-Meshan of the Kuwait Environmental Protection Society (KEPS),Captain Ali Haider of the Environment Public Authority (EPA),and Assistant U/S of Health Ali Al-Saif to di [...] | 2007-01-16 08:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV ENRG TBIO IZ KU |
07KUWAIT526 | KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #8 [...] (SBU) The total number of reported cases remains at 101, and no new cases have been discovered in the past week. Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) inspectors continue to take samples from commercial and private poultry holdings, and the culling of birds fro [...] | 2007-04-11 05:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU |
07KUWAIT536 | KUWAIT AVIAN FLU WORKING GROUP UPDATES TRIPWIRES [...] (SBU) On April 14, Kuwait's in-house Avian Influenza (AI) Working Group met to review the mission's AI-specific tripwires in light of the recent outbreak. Present at the meeting were representatives from the Economic (ESTHoff),Consular, Management sections, as well as the A/DCM. The AIWG ma [...] | 2007-04-15 04:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU |
07KUWAIT559 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR WMO QUADRENNIAL [...] (U) Post forwarded reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 15 via diplomatic note. Post will report substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/ [...] | 2007-04-16 10:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY KU DEMARCHE |
07KUWAIT662 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ZIMBABWE'S UNCSD CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNCSD AORC SENV ZI KU DEMARCHE |
07KUWAIT667 | NEW HEALTH MINISTER SAYS KUWAIT IS "LEARNING AS IT [...] (SBU) On May 2, Ambassador met with new Minister of Health (MOH) Dr. Maasouma Al-Mubarak, (one of two female ministers in the new cabinet),who was previously the Minister of Communications, to congratulate her on her appointment. Dr. Al-Mubarak said there are a number of problems that need [...] | 2007-05-02 12:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KFLU KU |
07KUWAIT774 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CITES COP 14 DELIBERATION [...] On May 12, post delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs, asking that they be forwarded to the appropriate authority. Post will report any substantive feedback septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embas [...] | 2007-05-16 09:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA ETRD KU |
07KUWAIT946 | THE CONTAMINATED OIL PATCH: KUWAIT GRAPPLES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: As a desert country with very little fresh water and arable land, Kuwait's environmental challenges are numerous. Almost all water is desalinated from the Arabian Gulf, meaning that ensuring a dependable water supply and controlling marine pollution go hand in hand. Governme [...] | 2007-06-19 10:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV ENRG TBIO KU |
07KYIV2810 | UKRAINE: Black Sea Strategy Presented to German Marshall [...] (SBU) Summary: Academics and NGO representatives considered the Euro-Atlantic community's approaches to the "Eastern European neighborhood" during a conference held in Kyiv October 26-27. Despite the theme, conference participants were focused on Ukraine and particularly Ukraine's prospects fo [...] | 2007-11-13 10:15:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO PBTS SENV EWWT PARM EUN UP |
07LAGOS239 | IMPROVING U.S. DIPLOMACY ON INDOOR AIR POLLUTION [...] This is a response to an action request or details on Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) in Nigeria. A septel will be sent assessing the GON's awareness of and commitment to reduce IAP. According to Ministry of Petroleum Resources, household kerosene is used 99 percent of the time as an energy sourc [...] | 2007-03-30 14:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EPA SENV TBIO AL AM BK CB CD CM CS CV |
07LAGOS667 | NIGERIA THREATENS FINES ON GAS FLARING; PROPOSES [...] (SBU) Summary: A World Bank workshop on gas flaring in Nigeria turned into a discussion on possible increases in prices for export natural gas. The Nigerian government accused oil companies of dragging their feet on eliminating gas flaring and said stiff fines would be imposed at the start of [...] | 2007-10-05 15:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET SENV NI |
07LAGOS789 | NIGERIA: DELTA STATE PURSUES PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Delta State Ministry of Environment is looking for assistance from donor agencies and private sector investment to spearhead projects such as erosion control, reforestation for timber, and waste management. The Delta State Waste Management Board, which falls under the purvi [...] | 2007-12-27 12:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV NI |
07LAGOS793 | NIGER DELTA: DESOPADEC FOR OIL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) has begun to develop riverine areas by offering health care to 180,000 individuals and by opening bids for more than 100 development projects. A decrease in oil production meant DESOPADEC received USD 8.5 mi [...] | 2007-12-31 08:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV NI |
07LAPAZ1057 | WMO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On April 11, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's director of international organizations, who said he would notify national weather service counterparts of the upcoming World Meteorological Organization Congress. The director said he would share USG views with other GOB officia [...] | 2007-04-16 18:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY WMO BL |
07LAPAZ1618 | COUER D'ALENE'A SAN BARTOLOME MINE SLATED TO BEGIN [...] (C) In conjunction with an Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) due-diligence visit, Emboff received a briefing on the status of the San Bartolome project at the La Paz offices of Manquiri (Idaho-based Couer D'Alene's Bolivian subsidiary) on June 1 and visited the San Bartolome site [...] | 2007-06-12 08:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN SENV BL |
07LAPAZ1658 | CLIMATE CHANGE AND WIREC DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-14 17:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV ENRG SOCI EAID EPET TRGY KPAO BL |
07LAPAZ695 | BOLIVIA'S CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN: MITIGATE AND [...] (U) Bolivian efforts to address the potential impact of climate change (reftel) include both mitigation and adaptation strategies. While much of the country's five-year action plan has yet to be implemented, GOB officials accept evidence of climate change and appear committed to taking initia [...] | 2007-03-13 19:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PGOV BL |
07LAPAZ715 | REAPING THE REWARDS OF THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Bolivia hopes to mitigate the potential impact of climate change (reftels) by taking advantage of the Kyoto Protocol's clean development mechanism, which allows industrialized countries committed to greenhouse gas reductions to invest in emission reduction projects in developing countries. [...] | 2007-03-15 13:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON PGOV BL |
07LILONGWE297 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - PREPARING FOR WMO QUADRENNIAL [...] Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs US/UN Desk Officer Pamela Mkwamba to deliver reftel talking points. Ms. Mkwamba thanked poloff for the information and while she considered it doubtful that Malawi, which does not have a Mission in Geneva, would send a delegation to the Congress, she [...] | 2007-04-19 09:29:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY MI |
07LILONGWE928 | PALADIN MOVES CLOSER TO URANIUM PRODUCTION IN MALAWI [...] Summary: Paladin Resources continues to make progress on its Kayelekera Uranium mine in Malawi, with commissioning and production start anticipated for early fourth quarter 2008. Several civil society groups had brought suit to halt development of the project, but have recently dropped their [...] | 2007-12-17 05:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN SENV MI |
07LIMA1061 | Embassy Science Fellows Program (PERU) [...] (SBU) Post seeks an Embassy Science Fellow (ESF) to assist the recently established Genomics Research Unit (GRU) of the Cayetano Heredia University of Peru (UPCH) in Lima. The ESF will advise the GRU in the establishment of genetic research protocols, with a particular focus on private sector [...] | 2007-03-28 21:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL AMGT OTRA APER SENV PE |
07LIMA1266 | MINOR ANOMALY FOUND IN CAMISEA PIPELINE [...] SUMMARY: On April 3, Camisea pipeline operator TGP detected an anomaly in the gas liquids pipeline and took measures to remediate the problem. This is the only anomaly reported for the 2006-7 rainy season (now ending),during which the sodden earth has historically caused problems. A "smart p [...] | 2007-04-04 21:10:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE |
07LIMA134 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. William E. Brooks from January 25 - February 28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to study mercury in Peru as an Embassy Science Fellow. Post understands that USGS is funding Dr. Brooks international travel and the EPA is [...] | 2007-01-18 13:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TPHY OTRA SENV USGS ASEC SENVSXE PE |
07LIMA1380 | VAMEX SIGNS OIL GAS EXPLORATION PRODUCTION CONTRACT FOR [...] (U) On April 12, 2007, PeruPetro, the GOP's oil and gas production and exploration licensing agency, signed an oil and gas exploration and production license contract with the U.S. firm Vietnam American Exploration Company LLC (VAMEX),covering off-shore Block Z-38, in northwest Peru, just sout [...] | 2007-04-13 16:58:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETRD SENV PE |
07LIMA1451 | MAHOGANY IN PERU: A PRIMER [...] SUMMARY: This cable lays out the basic facts of traded mahogany wood in Peru. 2006 Mahogany exports were worth about $30 million, about 17% of all timber exported. Approximately 90% of all exported mahogany goes to the U.S market. Mahogany is an Appendix II species under the International E [...] | 2007-04-18 22:43:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ETRD EAID ECON PE |
07LIMA1648 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NPS MEYER, HERBERT W [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. Herbert W. Meyer, Geologist (Paleontologist),from May 13-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct research and excavations on the paleontology of the site in order to understand the context of the fossils and to res [...] | 2007-05-07 16:06:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC TPHY KSCA SCUL SENV PE |
07LIMA1666 | PERU RESPONSE TO ZIMBABWE UNCSD DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the reftel request for GOP support in opposing Zimbabwe's candidacy for chairmanship of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) to the MFA UN Bureau's Director for Candidacies and Quotas Oswaldo del Aguila on May 4. Del Aguila responded that, in principle, [...] | 2007-05-08 17:24:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV UNCSD AORC PREL ZI PE |
07LIMA1734 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EX-IM BANK PERSONNEL: MASUD [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Sr. Environmental Engineer Masud Hasan, and Environmental Specialist, Steve Parsons, Sr., from May 19-30, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to visit the component sites of the Peru LNG project, including Pisco, Ayacucho and Ch [...] | 2007-05-14 19:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC BEXP EFIN OTRA ETRD SENV EXIM PE |
07LIMA1774 | PERU LNG: NEW PIPE, BUT NO NEW JUNGLE PIPELINE [...] SUMMARY: Camisea gas transporter TGP and Peru LNG operator Hunt Oil agreed to a tariff for TGP to transport Peru LNG gas for the jungle portion of the shared gas pipeline. This agreement obviates any need that might have seemed present for a new gas pipeline to be laid in the environmentally an [...] | 2007-05-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE |
07LIMA1775 | PERU LNG: NEW PIPE, BUT NO NEW JUNGLE PIPELINE [...] SUMMARY: Camisea gas transporter TGP and Peru LNG operator Hunt Oil agreed to a tariff for TGP to transport Peru LNG gas for the jungle portion of the shared gas pipeline. This agreement obviates any need that might have seemed present for a new gas pipeline to be laid in the environmentally an [...] | 2007-05-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE |
07LIMA1878 | CITES, CEDAR AND MAHOGANY IN PERU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Both of Peru's CITES management and scientific authorities for plant species concur that cedrela (cedar) species should remain on CITES Appendix III, allowing the GOP to manage trade without required export permits. Management authority INRENA does track cedrela as it is logged. [...] | 2007-05-29 16:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ETRD EAID PE |
07LIMA1884 | NOAA R/V R.H. BROWN PERMITTING IN PROGRESS [...] (U) Summary: ESTHoff delivered request for R/V Ronald H. Brown to conduct research in Peruvian waters in October 2007, via diplomatic note to the MFA on May 11, with copies to relevant GOP agencies. In discussions with GOP agencies over the past several days, all agreed to make the permit proc [...] | 2007-05-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVRC TPHY EWWT SENV PE |
07LIMA1885 | IWC DEMARCHE - PERU ON OUR SIDE [...] (U) Summary: ESTHoff discussed Reftel demarche with MFA'S Director for Maritime Affairs and International Whaling Commission (IWC) Commissioner Doris Sotomayor on May 21. Peru's dues are paid up and the GOP aims to keep it that way. Sotomayor will attend the May IWC meeting; Peru is still sol [...] | 2007-05-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD PE |
07LIMA2099 | HARMONIZING USG COOPERATION IN FORESTRY SECTOR [...] Summary: With some of the most diverse ecosystems in the world, Peru seeks to find a balance between protecting its environment and deriving economic benefits from its natural resources. As a vote in the U.S. Congress on the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) approaches, the GOP will [...] | 2007-06-15 18:52:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID ETRD EAGR ECON USTR PE |
07LIMA2322 | AIR POLLUTION IN LIMA WORSENING [...] SUMMARY: A recent report issued by Peru's National Institute for Statistics and Information (INEI) concludes that Lima's air quality is deteriorating. For example, airborne lead particles have increased by 119 percent compared with 2006. All of the air pollutant levels for Lima are signific [...] | 2007-07-06 22:24:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ALOW AMED AODE ECON USTR PE |
07LIMA2503 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MARIE HICKS [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Marie Hicks, Public Health Advisor, NCIRD, CDC, HHS from August 21-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is the Influenza Division Bilateral Cooperative Agreement with Peru to increase capacity for health information collection res [...] | 2007-07-24 15:34:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC KSCA SENV CDC AR BR PE |
07LIMA2504 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Caryn Bern, Medical Officer, NCZVED, CDC, HHS from August 22-29 and September 1-4, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with collaborators in Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Salud, Medicina y Agricultura (A.B. PRISMA) on d [...] | 2007-07-24 15:34:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC KSCA SENV CDC AR BR PE |
07LIMA2547 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANN MOEN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ann Moen, Associate Director for Extramural Program, NCIRD, HHS/CDC from August 21-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide an oppportunity to meet with project staff to review progress and plan for the second year of th [...] | 2007-07-26 21:53:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC KSCA SENV CDC BR AR PE |
07LIMA2705 | PENGUIN INFO FOR LISTING UNDER ENDANGERED SPECIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 22:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV PE |
07LIMA2757 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA'S DAVIS JONES AND JORGE [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of EPA Officials Davis Jones, International Enforecement Training Coordinator, and Jorge Martinez from August 18-29, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to train Peruvian officials on Principles of Environmental Encorcem [...] | 2007-08-13 20:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ASEC OTRA KSCA TPHY EPA PE |
07LIMA2849 | PERU: 8.0 QUAKE SHAKES ICA ECONOMY [...] The GOP has not yet issued an official assessment of the earthquake's economic effects and it is still early to gauge the disaster's full repercussions. Respected private sector analysts and Embassy officers and contacts have begun to evaluate the economic impacts of the massive August 15 ear [...] | 2007-08-20 21:31:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD SENV ENRG USTR PE |
07LIMA2850 | PERU - EARTHQUAKE: SITUATION REPORT #1 [...] (U) Summary. As of August 19, the death toll in Peru from the August 15 earthquake, which occurred at 1840 hours local time, is 521 people. Following the August 16 U.S. Ambassador's disaster declaration for the earthquake in Peru and within 16 hours of the earthquake, the U.S. Embassy in Lim [...] | 2007-08-20 21:48:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD SENV ENRG USTR PE XM XR |
07LIMA2951 | PERU - EARTHQUAKE: SITUATION REPORT #4 [...] (U) Summary. On August 29, U.S. Ambassador McKinley and a team of representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Lima, USAID/Peru, and USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) traveled to Pisco Province to visit earthquake-affected areas. The Ambassador visited Pisco's downt [...] | 2007-09-04 11:50:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PE XM XR ECON ETRD SENV ENRG USTR |
07LIMA2984 | PERU - EARTHQUAKE: SITUATION REPORT #5 [...] (U) Summary. Between August 28 and 29, the USAID team, comprising representatives from USAID/Peru and USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA),conducted assessments of earthquake-affected districts in Huaytara Province, Huancavelica Region, and Yauyos Province, Lima Re [...] | 2007-09-05 18:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PE XM XR ECON ETRD SENV ENRG USTR |
07LIMA336 | STAS VISIT: S&T RESEARCH GOALS AND CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary (STAS) Dr. George Atkinson and delegation visited Peru on November 2 to survey S&T capabilities. The delegation met with the GOP's S&T innovation agency CONCYTEC, the National Engineering and Agrarian Universities, and the National Geogr [...] | 2007-02-06 16:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OSCI EINV TSPL ETRD ECON PGOV SENV PE |
07LIMA3467 | PERU WILL PARTICIPATE IN WIREC 2008 ENERGY [...] Per reftel, Econoff invited the Government of Peru, through the MFA, to send an official delegation to the March 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC). Econoff provided details on the event, the website link, and an explanation of the ministerial-level nature of t [...] | 2007-10-23 16:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAID EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
07LIMA541 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS DAVID BALTON [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ambassador David Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries from February 26-28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend and deliver the keynote address to the Humane Society International Conference [...] | 2007-02-23 16:24:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV EFIS PHSA ASEC PE |
07LIMA545 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT MARA M. BURR [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mara Burr, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources Office of the United States Trade Representative from February 25-28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the Humane So [...] | 2007-02-23 17:39:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA SENV EFIS PHSA ASEC PE |
07LIMA658 | CODEL NELSON VISITS PERU COCA DEFORESTATION SITE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 22, Senator Bill Nelson visited Peru's high jungle city of Tarapoto to view woodlands deforested by coca cultivation and traditional agricultural pressures. Accompanied by Emboffs, CODEL Nelson also visited sites of USG efforts to provide alternatives to coca and sla [...] | 2007-03-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP EAGR SENV ETRD EAID ECON PE |
07LIMA672 | FIRST AMAZON BASIN CONSERVATION INITIATIVE PARTNERS [...] SUMMARY: USAID held the first Amazon Basin Conservation Initiative (ABCI) partners meeting from February 5-8 to lay the foundation for developing detailed work plans to implement this regional, five-year, $65 million dollar program. Over seventy participants from the six partner consortia, U [...] | 2007-03-07 13:19:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EAGR PE |
07LIMA707 | PERU LOWERS MAHOGANY EXPORT QUOTA [...] SUMMARY: The GOP has lowered its mahogany export quota to 13,476 cubic meters. While significantly lower than last year's quota of 23,000m3, NGOs and Peru's scientific authority for CITES believe that the quota is still too high. The quota also does not permit (much less give a preference fo [...] | 2007-03-12 12:22:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ETRD EAID ECON PE |
07LIMA715 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OES/IH FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Katherine Bliss from March 17-26, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to attend the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-sponsored meeting of Environmental Health Representatives of the Ministries of Health in the Andean [...] | 2007-03-12 17:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC SENV TBIO PE |
07LIMA87 | GARCIA TOUTS MAPLE GAS ETHANOL PROJECT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 5, U.S. oil firm Maple Gas signed a $650 million contract with the Piura Regional Government for a sugar cane-based ethanol plant. President Garcia spoke at the signing ceremony, calling the biofuel project the start of an "agrarian revolution" that showcased foreign pr [...] | 2007-01-11 20:21:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD SENV SNAR PE |
07LISBON1199 | PORTUGAL ON WMO QUADRENNIAL CONGRESS [...] PolEconOff delivered reftel talking points to Aderito Serrao, President of the Meteorology Institute, who plans to attend the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Quadrennial Congress from May 7-25. Serrao noted the need for further discussion on climate change in international bodies suc [...] | 2007-05-04 08:34:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY WMO PO |
07LISBON1237 | PORTUGAL ON INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] On May 3, PolEconOff delivered reftel talking points to Jorge Palmeirim, Portuguese representative to the International Whaling Commission (IWC),who plans to attend the May 28-31 Annual Meeting in Anchorage. Regarding the U.S.-Russia request to update the bowhead whale quota, Palmeirim stated [...] | 2007-05-09 09:31:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD PO |
07LISBON1321 | PORTUGAL: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUBCOMMITTEE [...] In preparation for the May 18 Bilateral Commission, Embassy officials met with Portuguese counterparts on April 19 to review bilateral science and technology (S&T) cooperation. Discussion focused on Embassy organized conferences, the Embassy Science Fellow program, and fuel conversion at the [...] | 2007-05-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA TBIO SENV PREL PO |
07LISBON1745 | PORTUGUESE TELL A/S STEINBERG THAT EU WILL NOT ACT [...] (C) On June 26, Transportation A/S for Aviation and International Affairs Andrew Steinberg met with Portuguese officials in Lisbon to underscore strong USG opposition to the EU's proposal to include international aviation in its emission trading scheme (ETS) without mutual consent. He urged [...] | 2007-07-02 16:10:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON PO EUN |
07LISBON2258 | PORTUGAL GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA WATKINS [...] Embassy Lisbon welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Officials Tim Watkins, Deputy Director, Rachelle Duvall, Physical Scientist, and Deborah Luecken, Research Physical Scientist, to travel to Lisbon, Portugal from September 21-31, 2007 (Watkins and Duvall) and Septmeber 22 - October 0 [...] | 2007-09-04 14:26:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PO KSCA SENV OTRA TPHY |
07LISBON2503 | PORTUGAL: CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON AND AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Lisbon September 12-13, Chairman of the White House Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) James Connaughton and USEU Ambassador Gray discussed with Portuguese officials the upcoming Major Economies Meeting (MEM) on climate change and energy security. The Portuguese interlocu [...] | 2007-09-26 09:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG EU PO |
07LISBON2572 | PORTUGUESE REACTIONS TO THE MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-04 16:33:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV EUN PO |
07LISBON2646 | PORTUGAL: OFFICIAL WIREC DELEGATION RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On Oct 16, Pol/Econ Officer delivered reftel talking points to the MFA's General Director for Economic and Technical Issues Paulo Jorge Nascimento and Senior Advisor on International Organizations and Economic Affairs Duarte Nuno G.J. Pinto da Rocha. Nascimento stated that WIREC invitatio [...] | 2007-10-17 15:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
07LISBON2755 | US GOVERNORS JOIN INTERNATIONAL CARBON ACTION [...] (U) The International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) was launched on October 29 in Lisbon by a coalition of European countries, the EU Commission, US states, Canadian provinces, New Zealand, and Norway. The inaugural event included a signing ceremony followed by several technical workshops [...] | 2007-10-30 18:17:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV EUN PO |
07LISBON2805 | PORTUGAL PUSHING FOR MANDATE OF EU AVIATION [...] (C) Pol-Econ officers met with Ministry of Environment officials to express USG concerns about the unilateral nature of the EU's proposal to include Civil Aviation in its Emissions Trading Scheme and related legal issues. Post underscored the need to engage third countries and urged Portugal [...] | 2007-11-05 14:49:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON SENV ETRD EUN PO |
07LISBON3194 | PORTUGAL CLAIMS EU DELIGHTED WITH BALI RESULTS [...] (C/NF) Fausto Brito e Abreu (protect),Advisor to Portugal,s Secretary of State for Environment Humberto Rosa, told post the EU was delighted with the final Bali text as a starting point for negotiations. He said the EU never would have imagined that, following the Major Economies Meeting in [...] | 2007-12-20 14:53:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KGHG SENV ENRG PO EUN |
07LISBON437 | PORTUGAL'S CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY [...] (U) Portugal is in danger of surpassing its Kyoto Protocol and EU Burden Sharing Agreement 2012 targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The government has proposed implementing domestic policies to reduce Portugal's projected 42% increase in GHG emissions (using 1990 as a baseline) to the [...] | 2007-02-16 17:34:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TSPL PO |
07LISBON852 | PORTUGAL: REQUEST FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS IN [...] Embassy Lisbon requests Science Fellows for 2007/2008 to expand the Embassy's contacts with Portuguese counterparts and to develop direct relationships with research institutions. The Science Fellow Program also plays a valuable role in our ongoing S&T cooperation with Portugal as required b [...] | 2007-04-03 11:46:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL SENV AMGT APER OTRA PO |
07LJUBLJANA137 | SLOVENIA: ENVIRONMENT MINISTER AND PEOPLE'S PARTY [...] (C) Summary. Slovenia's Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, and leader of minority GoS coalition partner, Slovene People's Party (SLS),Janez Podobnik took a break from a flurry of recent media criticism -- regarding his decision to compensate a private construction company for disa [...] | 2007-03-08 07:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SENV SI |
07LJUBLJANA229 | SLOVENIA WILL ATTEND MAY 2007 WMO CONGRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 14:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY SI |
07LJUBLJANA347 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS USG WHALING PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-29 14:09:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV EFIS PREL ETRD SI |
07LJUBLJANA457 | SLOVENIA SYMPATHETIC TO MANY U.S. PRIORITIES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON SI |
07LJUBLJANA564 | OECD ACCESSION CRITERIA FOR SLOVENIA [...] (SBU) In post's judgment, Slovenia should not have many difficulties fulfilling the accession to the OECD. It meets many of the pre-accession criteria and shares the fundamental common values. Since independence in 1991, its foreign policy goal has been to integrate into the Euro-Atlantic co [...] | 2007-08-30 17:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD PGOV OECD KDEM SENV SI |
07LJUBLJANA651 | SLOVENES AWARE OF WIREC 2008, BUT PRESIDING OVER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAID EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KSCA SI |
07LONDON1666 | HMG RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-03 09:12:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD UK |
07LONDON1703 | HMG TO REVIEW CITES DOCUMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-04 13:25:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA UK |
07LONDON1763 | UK SUPPORT FOR MALARIA PROGRAMS [...] Summary. The UK maintains active programs to combat malaria with specific countries and through international organizations. It also funds malaria research. It marked World Malaria Day through a press release and by the visit by International Development Secretary Hilary Benn to malaria rel [...] | 2007-05-10 10:58:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV UK |
07LONDON314 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 82nd session at the Polat Renaissance Istanbul Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey from 29 Nov ? 8 Dec 2006. The meeting was chaired by MSC vice chairman Mr. N. Ferrar (Philippines) as the Acting Ch [...] | 2007-01-25 15:18:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO UK EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA ASEC ORTA |
07LONDON3141 | HMG DOES NOT SEE EYE-TO-EYE WITH USG ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Action Request: Post received the comments at para 2 in response to ref A, from Danny Powers, Head of the International Branch, Aviation Environment Division, UK Department for Transport. HMG requests USG support and endorsement of its position as set out in para 2. 2. (SBU) Begin HM [...] | 2007-08-14 16:14:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD SENV KGHG ECON UK |
07LONDON3338 | SENATOR BOXER HEARS POSITIVE VIEWS ON CARBON [...] Summary: Senator Barbara Boxer heard strongly positive views from HMG, heavy industry and the investment community on the UK,s experience with carbon cap-and-trade systems as a tool for addressing climate change. Many of HMG officials who handle climate change are new to their portfolios, and [...] | 2007-08-31 12:19:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP SENV KGHG PREL UK IZ AF SU |
07LONDON3356 | HMG PARTICIPATION REMAINS UNDECIDED FOR THE MAJOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-04 12:53:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG UK |
07LONDON3675 | UK Welcomes MEM Forum; Will Seek Targets, Cap and Trade; [...] (SBU) Summary: DEFRA's Henry Derwent, Director of the Climate Change Office, told ESTH Counselor on September 21 that the UK strongly welcomes the Major Economies Meeting (MEM),is "delighted" by the focus on technology and technology transfer, and is pleased with the engagement of private bus [...] | 2007-09-25 07:46:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG UK |
07LONDON3712 | Bio Information on UK Delegation to Major Economies [...] (U) Following is biographic information on the five members of the UK delegation to the September 27-28 Major Economies Meeting in Washington DC on climate change and energy security. The five people are Phil Woolas (Environment Minister at DEFRA),Michael Jacobs (Advisor to the Prime Ministe [...] | 2007-09-26 16:51:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR SENV UK |
07LONDON3760 | EPA, DEFRA Seek Work-Sharing on Chemicals [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 18, EPA Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances Jim Gulliford discussed with DEFRA's Chemicals Director John Roberts ways that EPA can share work with the UK on assessments and characterizations of chemicals. Implementation of REA [...] | 2007-10-02 12:38:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR TSPL UK |
07LONDON3940 | ANTARCTIC FISHERIES/CCAMLR MEETING ) UK DRESSED TO [...] UK Foreign Office Polar Regions Unit Chief Jane Rumble met ESTH Counselor on October 11 to discuss October 22 ) November 2 meeting in Hobart of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) (reftel). Rumble said that the HMG supports the substance of USG p [...] | 2007-10-16 08:04:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KGHG UK |
07LONDON4297 | PM Brown Announces "Marshall Plan" on Climate [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 19 speech, Prime Minister Gordon Brown reaffirmed the UK's commitment to 60% cuts in carbon emissions by 2050 and 20% of energy in the EU from renewable sources by 2020, and called for a "Marshall Plan" on climate to assist developing countries. He pledged $2.74 [...] | 2007-11-20 12:21:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG UK |
07LONDON435 | INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION SUMMARY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-02 15:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD UK |
07LONDON4442 | UK'S KEY BALI OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) The following are points from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Climate Security Team regarding the United Kingdom's key objectives for the Bali Summit on Climate Change. HMG has targeted goals for aviation and maritime emissions and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) targe [...] | 2007-12-03 16:39:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG UK |
07LONDON4472 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PETERS’ DECEMBER 7 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Your December 7-8 visit to London comes after Prime Minister Gordon Brown has finished putting his own stamp on the government, following this summer's transition from Tony Blair's tenure, and begins focusing on governing. It also comes at a time during which major infrastructure pro [...] | 2007-12-05 11:58:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ICAO ECON SENV ELTN UK |
07LONDON894 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The combined annual meeting for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the 'London Convention') and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the 'London Protocol') took place in London, October 30 to November 3, [...] | 2007-03-07 17:45:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO PHSA SENV AORC ASEC UK |
07LUANDA473 | ANGOLA - APRIL ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] (U) Table of Contents: -- Ministry of Finance Issues Its First Long-Term Debt -- Kyoto and Cartagena Protocols Ratified -- New Minimum Wage -- Luanda,s First Major Shopping Mall Opens -- Luanda Infrastructure ) Friction vs. Traction -- Angola-China Trade -- Portuguese Language Labeling on Al [...] | 2007-05-15 12:33:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG SENV ELAB ETRD AO |
07LUANDA908 | ANGOLA - AUGUST POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- - OPEC Secretary General Visits Angola - Energy and Economic Development Conference Held in Luanda - Angola Welcomes Vietnamese Doctors and Teachers - Angola Hosts and Wins African Basketball Championship OPEC Secretary General Visits Angola --------------- [...] | 2007-09-04 16:42:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG SENV KOLY AO |
07MADRID1020 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA: HUA-LU PAN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Hua-Lu Pan, Meteorologist from NOAA to travel to Barcelona, Spain on June 4 to June 9. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Annual Meeting of the World Meteorological Organizations (WMO) World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Working Group on Season [...] | 2007-05-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY SP OTRA |
07MADRID1060 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/RICHARD ROSEN AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard Rosen, Senior Advisor for Climate Research and Kenneth Mooney Division Chief for Research Programs Division, NOAA to travel to Barcelona, Spain from June 1 to June 10. The purpose of this visit is to attend the World Climate Research Program Worksh [...] | 2007-06-01 19:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID108 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: BRUCE JONES [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USGS Chief Scientist for Geography Bruce Jones to travel to Playa de Palma, Spain on February 10 to February 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend the final editorial board meeting for the NATO CCMS book on Landscape Science and Environmental Security. [...] | 2007-01-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHYTRP KSCA ECON SENV SP |
07MADRID1155 | SPAIN ON PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON LAW OF THE SEA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-12 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SP ID KSCA KTIA MY PBTS PGOV PHSA SENV UNEP |
07MADRID1204 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/JAMES H. [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Physicists, James Churnside and Valery Zavorotny to travel to Barcelona, Spain from July 21 to July 28. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that Embassy assi [...] | 2007-06-19 16:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID1255 | SPAIN AND DEMARCHE REQUEST ON 75TH MEETING OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-25 10:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD SENV |
07MADRID1314 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/MAURICIO ORTIZ, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Mauricio Ortiz, Fishery Biologist, Gerald Scott, Supervisory Fishery Biologist, and Guillermo Diaz, Statistician to travel to Madrid, Spain from July 4 to July 14. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 2007, ICCAT Atlantic Albacore Stoc [...] | 2007-07-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID1393 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: ROSS LUNETTA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ross Lunetta, Research Physical Scientist, Office of Research and Development to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 21 to July 27. The purpose of the visit is to present at the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 2. Post understands that [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA EPA OTRA SP |
07MADRID1395 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/MUSTUFA BAHRAIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Mustufa Bahrain to travel to Barcelona, Spain from July 15 to July 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Internationa Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2007 conference. 2. Post understands that Embassy assistance is not r [...] | 2007-07-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID1450 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/ADAM BAILEY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Adam Bailey to travel to Almeria, Spain from July 24 to August 24. The purpose of this visit is to work with Spanish scientists, observers and fishermen and to provide expertise in developing technologies. 2. Post understands that Embas [...] | 2007-07-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID1512 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/ALEXANDER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Alexander Voronovich to travel to Madrid, Spain from August 31 to September 15. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the nineteenth International Congress on Acoustics. 2. Post understands that Embassy assistance i [...] | 2007-08-03 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP KSCA SENV |
07MADRID1823 | EMBASSY MADRID PROPOSAL FOR U.S.-SPAIN RENEWABLE [...] Summary: Consistent with our Mission Strategic Plan, Embassy Madrid is launching an initiative to increase linkages between Spanish and U.S. government and private sector leaders in the area of renewable energy. Spanish firms are world leaders in renewable energy technology, and there is inc [...] | 2007-09-19 16:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON ENRG EINV KGHG KPAO SENV SP |
07MADRID1923 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA SUSAN SOLOMON [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Susan Solomon, Senior Scientist from NOAA to travel to Valencia, Spain on or about November 7 to November 18. The purpose of the visit is to attend the Twenty-Seventh Session of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2. Post understands that no assis [...] | 2007-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SENV TPHY SP |
07MADRID1997 | HIGH-LEVEL SPANISH GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-22 07:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KPAO KSCA SENV SOCI TRGY KGHG |
07MADRID20 | SPANISH RESPONSE TO GALILEO DEMARCHE [...] ESTHOFF made reftel points January 5 to MFA Deputy Director General for International Economic Relations Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde, asking about the status of Spanish ratification of U.S.-EU GPS Galileo Cooperation Agreement and whether Spain plans to mandate that GOS entities utilize Galile [...] | 2007-01-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA SENV KTIA SPCE SP |
07MADRID2054 | SPANISH RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANIES RECOMMENDED FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 16:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KPAO KSCA SENV SOCI TRGY KGHG |
07MADRID2126 | SPAIN SEEKS TO BE PART OF INNER CIRCLE ON CLIMATE [...] In a Nov. 8 meeting with DCM, GoS Secretary General (Vice-Minister) of Environment for Prevention of Pollution and Climate Change Arturo Aizpiri emphasized Spain,s desire to be part of the inner group of countries focusing on a solution to global climate change. Aizpiri noted the GoS' concer [...] | 2007-11-16 18:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV SP |
07MADRID2132 | SPAIN SEEKS TO BE PART OF INNER CIRCLE ON CLIMATE [...] In a Nov. 8 meeting with DCM, GoS Secretary General (Vice-Minister) of Environment for Prevention of Pollution and Climate Change Arturo Aizpiri emphasized Spain,s desire to be part of the inner group of countries focusing on a solution to global climate change. Aizpiri noted the GoS' concer [...] | 2007-11-19 11:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV SP |
07MADRID2183 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - NOVEMBER [...] Table of Contents: EFIN: Inflation up again PGOV: Solbes agrees to run with Zapatero PGOV/SENV/KGHG/ENRG: Socialist climate change policy ideas in flux PGOV/ELAB: Opposition conservative PP proposes labor market change EAGR: Livestock producers receive subsidies; biotech could address pro [...] | 2007-12-03 13:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD KGHG KIPR PGOV SENV |
07MADRID2201 | CLIMATE CHANGE-SPAIN SEEKS TO WORK WITH U.S. AT [...] (SBU) On December 4, DCM delivered ref a points on USG climate change objectives to Spanish Secretary General (Vice-Minister) of the Environment Arturo Aizpiri. Aizpiri said he was optimistic about the prospects for progress in Bali. Spain,s objective was the EU one of setting a negotiating [...] | 2007-12-05 17:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGCC SENV SP |
07MADRID2266 | SPAIN FIVE YEARS AFTER ELECTRICITY MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Five years after all consumers were given the right to choose their own electricity providers, two companies control 80 percent of the Spanish electricity generation and distribution market. This market dominance by Endesa and Iberdrola has remained consistent over the past fi [...] | 2007-12-19 08:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP ENRG PREL EPET SENV |
07MADRID2277 | FAVORABLE SPANISH REACTIONS TO USG ROLE IN BALI [...] (U) Spanish officials and commentators have praised the USG's role in contributing to the success of last week's UNFCC conference in Bali. Environment Minister Christina Narbona told reporters that the U.S. had taken a "very important step" toward reducing future emissions, and she valued the [...] | 2007-12-20 16:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV SP |
07MADRID312 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) A Financial Times survey shows over two thirds of Spaniards would like a return to the peseta: The FT also found similar majorities against the euro in France and Italy, but a smaller majority opposed to the euro in Germany. Majorities in all these countries thought the euro was good for [...] | 2007-02-22 08:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD SENV TBIO |
07MADRID396 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) An EU Directive from 1991 requires Member States to treat waste water in towns containing over 2,000 inhabitants to specified standards by December 2005. Spain codified this directive into national law via its 1995 Water Treatment Plan. But it is clear that Spain has failed to implement [...] | 2007-03-02 17:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD SENV TBIO |
07MADRID41 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: THIELER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Thieler, Research Geologist, USGS to travel to Malaga, Spain on January 15 to January 20. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present at the Scientific Planning Discussions at the First Meeting on Climate Change Regional Impacts: Andalus [...] | 2007-01-10 14:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP |
07MADRID510 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) Visits to Spain in January 2007, primarily from Britain and Germany, but increasingly from France, Italy, and Scandinavia, were up 4 percent over January 2006. According to the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Tourism, tourism volume to the Canary Islands fell slightly, but increased in C [...] | 2007-03-19 11:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EIND ECON EFIN ETRD SENV TBIO SP EINV UK |
07MADRID571 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: MICHAEL DEANE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to EPA personnel; Michael Deane, Senior Policy Advisor to the AA for Water and the Administrator on Infrastructure Finance to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about March 31 to April 4. The purpose of this visit is to attend a Water Conference. 2. Post un [...] | 2007-03-28 17:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SENV SP |
07MADRID612 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: TALA HENRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to EPA personnel; Tala Henry, Toxicologist, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 15 to April 20. The purpose of this visit is to attend the OECD QSAR Expert Group - Steering Group and Ad Hoc meeting [...] | 2007-04-04 13:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SENV SP |
07MADRID654 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA: JOE NABHOLZ [...] Embassy grants country clearance to EPA Official; Joe Nabholz, Senior Biologist, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about April 14 to April 19. The purpose of this visit is to provide technical advice to the OECD about their development of [...] | 2007-04-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SENV SP |
07MADRID7 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: MOODY AND MARTIN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to John Moody, and Deborah Martin, Research Hydrologists to travel to Barcelona, Spain on January 30 to February 6. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present a paper at the International meeting of fire effects on soil properties and will also conduct [...] | 2007-01-03 17:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHYTRP KSCA ECON SENV SP |
07MADRID722 | SPAIN STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. PROPOSAL TO LIMIT [...] ESTHOFF made reftel points April 19 to MFA Special Envoy for the Antarctic Treaty Ambassador Juan Martinez-Cattaneo Hingston, urging Spain to support U.S. proposals to limit Antarctic tourism at the May thirtieth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) in New Delhi. Martinez-Cattaneo, w [...] | 2007-04-20 07:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KTIA SENV TPHY KSCA AY SP |
07MADRID729 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID: CILIA DE COCK [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USAID Personnel; Cilia de Cock and Carlos Costa, USAID Consultants to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 8 to May 14. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International Nut & Dried Fruit Annual convention. 2. Post understands that no [...] | 2007-04-20 09:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV SP |
07MADRID834 | SPANISH VIEWS ON WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-04 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY SP |
07MADRID837 | SPAIN ON ZIMBABWE CHAIRMANSHIP OF CSD 16 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-07 07:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV UNCSD AORC PREL ZI SP |
07MADRID848 | SPAIN SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] ESTHOFF made reftel points May 8 to Spanish IWC Commissioner Carmen Asencio, urging Spain to support U.S. IWC priorities. Asencio said Spain would endorse the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea bowhead whales and agreed with the U.S. positions on the Revised [...] | 2007-05-09 11:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD SP |
07MADRID853 | SPAIN ON U.S. CITES COP 14 PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA SP |
07MADRID877 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDA: JOHNSON, MERRIE, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to US Forest Service Personnel; Merrie Johnson, Director, Paulette Ford, Research Ecologist, and Jason Steinmetz, Forestry Technician-Dispatch Coordinator to travel to Seville, Spain on or about May 12 to May 18. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Wild [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV SP |
07MADRID882 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID: FRANKLIN MOORE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USAID Personnel; Franklin Moore, Agriculture and Trade, Office of Environment and Science Policy to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 13 to May 18. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a CGIAR Alignment Forum, Executive Committee-12 meeting. [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV SP |
07MADRID884 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOI: CLARK [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Lisa Clark from the Bureau of Land Mangement to travel to Seville, Spain on May 13 to May 17. The purpose of this visit is to present at the 4th Annual International Wildland Fire conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3 [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY SP OTRA |
07MADRID887 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID: PHIL ROURK AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USAID Personnel; Phil Rourk and Beatriz Cascos de Zacapa form USAID Export Promotion Program to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about May 12 to May 24. The purpose of this visit is to promote exports of Salvadoran products to the European market. 2. Post [...] | 2007-05-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV SP |
07MADRID954 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/JAMES BURKHOLDER [...] Embassy grants country clearance to James Burkholder, Research Chemist from NOAA to travel to Valencia, Spain on May 20 to May 25. The purpose of this visit is to paticipate in a site visit to Fundacion de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterraneo. 2. Post understands that no assistance is r [...] | 2007-05-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY SP OTRA |
07MANAGUA2021 | NICARAGUA: DOLE PITCHES NEMAGON SETTLEMENT TO [...] (C) Dole Food Company President and CEO David DeLorenzo met with President Ortega on August 28 to deliver a new proposal for the settlement of health claims related to the pesticide Nemagon. DeLorenzo reports that Ortega was receptive to the proposal, which would include payments to affected [...] | 2007-09-04 16:32:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV SENV SOCI ELAB NU |
07MANAGUA2655 | WITH FORESTS DESTROYED, NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT FRUSTRATES [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of its post-Hurricane Felix relief efforts, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) suspended all commercial extraction of timber in Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN). This ban was enacted pursuant to presidential decree 92-2007, ratified by the National Ass [...] | 2007-12-31 17:24:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EINV ETRD EAGR PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA396 | NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador called on the new Minister for Agriculture and Forestry Ariel Bucardo Rocha to introduce himself and discuss bilateral cooperation and growing bilateral trade. Existing bilateral cooperation centers upon U.S. Department of Agriculture animal and plant health pro [...] | 2007-02-12 19:46:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON SENV PINR NU |
07MANAGUA405 | NICARAGUA: NEW GOVERNMENT MOVES QUICKLY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. New government officials have moved quickly to put the logging industry back on track by modifying a June 2006 total moratorium on raw timber exports. The stated policy goals of the moratorium were to curb illegal logging activity and to spur foreign investment in wood manufac [...] | 2007-02-13 22:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV NU |
07MANAGUA467 | NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador met with new Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources Amanda Lorio Arana to discuss potential collaboration on environmental programs. The Ambassador described the breadth and depth of U.S. environmental projects and programs in Nicaragua, including a CAF [...] | 2007-02-21 22:43:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR EAID EIND NU |
07MANAGUA781 | Nicaragua's first export of ethanol, Ortega may not be [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 19, Nicaragua exported ethanol for the first time, sending 3 million liters (793,000 gallons) valued at $2 million to the Netherlands. Grupo Pellas plans to increase production of ethanol from 100,000 to 400,000 liters per day by the end of 2008. If Nicaragua appro [...] | 2007-03-23 19:30:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EPET ENRG SENV PREL VE NU |
07MANAGUA788 | NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW MINISTER OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador called on the new Minister of Energy and Mines Emilio de Jesus Rappaccioli Baltodano on February 14 to introduce himself and discuss energy issues in Nicaragua. Rappaccioli summarized recent changes to energy sector governance, including the creation of the Minist [...] | 2007-03-23 21:06:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN TBIO SENV EINV PINR VE NU |
07MANAMA410 | BAHRAIN: ZIMBABWE'S BID FOR CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-03 11:00:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV AORC BA ZI ROW |
07MANILA1999 | NOMINATION FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD: CAL ENERGY [...] Post is pleased to nominate CalEnergy Philippines, an independent power producer with three geothermal power plants in Leyte and a hydro-electric power plant in Casecnan. All four plants sell 100 percent of their capacity to the Philippine National Oil Company-Energy Development Company for res [...] | 2007-06-15 09:00:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV RP |
07MANILA2000 | NOMINATION FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD: CARGILL [...] Post is pleased to nominate Cargill Philippines Inc., an international provider of food and agricultural and risk management products and services. With 401 employees in the Philippines, the company uses its knowledge and experience to collaborate with customers and suppliers and help them suc [...] | 2007-06-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV RP |
07MANILA2050 | Building Capacity in Disaster Response [...] Embassy Manila capped its assistance for the worst oil spill in the Philippine history by sponsoring a workshop for Philippine stakeholders to upgrade and update planning, response, and damage mitigation processes for oil spills and other disasters. Two oil spill experts from the U.S. Coast Gu [...] | 2007-06-20 08:14:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EWWT OTRA EAID RP |
07MANILA2729 | REQUEST FROM E-UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY: DUE DILIGENCE FOR [...] Post appreciates that CalEnergy Manila is one of the companies under further consideration for the Secretary of State's 2007 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). In response to ref A request, Post reaffirms that the company's conduct in the country has been exemplary, specifically responding [...] | 2007-08-13 08:59:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV RP |
07MANILA3154 | AMBASSADOR VISITS ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH PROJECTS IN BOHOL [...] Summary. Ambassador traveled to the island province of Bohol on September 6 to highlight U.S.-supported development projects that improve children's health and protect natural resources. Ambassador met with the governor, a local congressman and several mayors. The visit highlighted improveme [...] | 2007-09-18 07:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV SOCI RP |
07MANILA3427 | MANILA RESPONSE ON WIREC 2008 [...] We relayed reftel demarche to Assistant Secretary Rey A. Carandang, Office of American Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs, in a letter dated October 9, 2007. In an interim response received on October 15, Carandang's office said the letter has been forwarded to the office of the Philippi [...] | 2007-10-17 01:31:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG PGOV EAID RP TAGS EPET SENV SOCI |
07MANILA3482 | Joint Deep Sea Exploration Yields Significant Finds [...] Summary: Filipino and American scientists collected over 100 animal specimens in the previously unexplored deep waters near Mindanao from October 3 to October 16, 2007. The Ambassador, high school students, and Philippine and international press greeted the successful expedition's return from [...] | 2007-10-23 08:26:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY KSCA EAID RP |
07MANILA3694 | Philippine Delegation List to Washington International [...] Per ref A request for invitees from the Philippine government to WIREC 2008, the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines has suggested that invitations be sent to the following individuals: - Department of Foreign Affairs, 2330 Roxas Blvd., Pasay City, Philippines Secretary A [...] | 2007-11-16 09:10:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA RP |
07MANILA3847 | Engaging The Philippines On Climate Change In The Run-Up To [...] Summary: Ambassador and country team have conveyed, publicly and privately, U.S. positions on climate change and the importance of the Bali meetings with senior officials and key audiences. Longstanding USG environmental programs and public diplomacy in support of the environment provide a re [...] | 2007-12-05 08:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ENRG KGHG RP |
07MANILA3948 | AMBASSADOR EMPHASIZES ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL [...] Summary: The Ambassador visited three provinces in Northern Luzon December 5 to 7 and spoke to enthusiastic crowds principally on the theme of preservation. She presented the Embassy's International Woman of Courage award to Isabela Provincial Governor Grace Padaca, delivered an address to 6 [...] | 2007-12-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON EIND PGOV PHUM OEXC SENV RP AGR |
07MANILA531 | Promoting Biofuels to Reduce Imports, Boost Local [...] The newly-signed Biofuels Act of 2006 mandates oil companies in the Philippines to blend minimum levels of biofuels into gasoline and diesel and offers financial incentives for investment in and production of biofuels. The bill aims to reduce the Philippines' dependence on imported fuel, gene [...] | 2007-02-15 08:20:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV EINV RP |
07MANILA783 | AMBASSADOR SIGNS MOU ON EARTH SCIENCE COOPERATION [...] The Ambassador and Department of Energy Secretary Rafael Lotilla signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on March 7, 2007 at the Philippine Department of Energy. The U.S. Geological Survey negotiated this MOU which provides the legal framework for scientific and technical cooperation in ea [...] | 2007-03-09 08:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TPHY KSCA SENV RP |
07MAPUTO1207 | China in Mozambique: Illegally Logged Timber. [...] Q(C) SUMMARY: Below is a response to the request for a report on the environmental impact of Chinese trade or investment in the forest and forest products sector, keyed to the topic areas in reftel. Chinese purchase of illegally harvested Mozambican timber has a significant negative impact on [...] | 2007-10-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAGR KCOR PGOV MZ CH |
07MAPUTO1341 | BIOFUELS POTENTIAL ATTRACTS INTERNATIONAL [...] Summary: Interest in bioenergy development in Mozambique is increasing rapidly. The country has significant tracts of undeveloped land and a climate conducive to biofuel crops. Mozambique participates in trade regimes with the European Union and the United States that could provide preferenti [...] | 2007-11-15 13:38:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR SENV EINV PGOV TBIO MZ |
07MAPUTO1399 | RESOURCES MINISTER ON URANIUM, EITI, INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Minister of Mineral Resources Esperanca Bias told the Charge on 11/21 that the GRM isn't interested in participating in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) since she believes that the laws and oversight mechanisms that the GRM has in place already achiev [...] | 2007-11-29 14:00:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EPET EINV KNNP SENV KRAD ENRG MZ |
07MAPUTO82 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO REHO ANTHONY WOODS [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for Anthony Woods to travel to Mozambique, from Feb 5-8 to for courtesy calls and consultatins with Mission Staff, government officials and NGOs on a range of bilateral and regional environmental issues. Please advise as soon as possible re [...] | 2007-01-18 13:36:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EAID OTRA MZ |
07MAPUTO933 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR REHO ANTHONY WOODS [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for REHO Anthony Woods to travel to Mozambique, from August 12, 2007 until August 19, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct courtesy calls and consultations with Mission staff, government officials and NGOQs on a range of bilateral an [...] | 2007-08-08 10:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV ECON EAID BC MZ |
07MASERU296 | LESOTHO: NATURAL RESOURCES MINISTER CALLS ON REHO [...] At a May 15 reception to mark the forthcoming departure of U.S. Ambassador June Carter Perry, Monyane Moleleki, Lesotho's Minister of Natural Resources, approached visiting Regional Environment and Health Officer (REHO) Anthony Woods and requested for a meeting the following day. REHO and Pol [...] | 2007-05-22 14:49:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KMCA ECON EAGR EAID LT |
07MASERU561 | LESOTHO INTERESTED IN WIREC, VAGUELY SUPPORTIVE ON UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 2, Poloff met Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Europe and Americas Director P.P. Makoaholo to discuss the upcoming WIREC conference and various UN issues. Makoaholo expressed interest in recruiting a high-level delegation for the WIREC conference and was vague bu [...] | 2007-10-10 14:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENEG SENV TRGY UN PHUM KWMN SOCI PTER UNSC |
07MEXICO1258 | CALDERON ANNOUNCES INCREASED FARM ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) This message is based on Global Agriculture Information Network Report Number MX7016 from Embassy Mexico City's Foreign Agricultural Service Section. Summary ------- 2. (U) Last week the Calderon administration rolled out a number of agricultural/rural development initiatives in a f [...] | 2007-03-12 22:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON SENV MX |
07MEXICO2852 | PRESIDENT CALDERON UNVEILS MEXICO'S NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: President Calderon has announced a National Development Plan for Mexico. The plan calls for extensive political and economic reform covering a wide range of areas from security to competitiveness to foreign policy and the environment. Although many of the proposals have been pen [...] | 2007-06-01 22:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP SENV EAID PGOV EFIN EINV MX |
07MEXICO4280 | FISCAL REFORM: CURRENT STATUS [...] (U) Summary: Mexico's opposition parties continue to deliberate on whether to allow a Special Session so that Congress could rule on Calderon's fiscal reform proposal before the FY 2008 budget must be submitted on September 8. Despite criticism of the CETU minimum alternative tax by business, [...] | 2007-08-10 17:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP SENV EAID PGOV EFIN EINV MX |
07MEXICO4856 | EEB A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING [...] (SBU) A/S Dan Sullivan met with a range of senior GOM officials to encourage high-level Mexican participation from the full range of relevant ministries in the September Major Economies Meeting on Climate Change (MEM) proposed by President Bush. Upon being assured that the MEM is aimed at con [...] | 2007-09-07 22:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG MX |
07MEXICO5466 | MEXICAN CONGRESS BUILDS CONFIDENCE DURING ACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mexico's legislature has moved beyond its rubber stamp role of years past and begun playing a formative role in the advancement of critical bills. Strong inter-party and party-government dialogue, as well as the powerful impetus provided by the three senior party leaders in the S [...] | 2007-10-16 17:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SENV |
07MEXICO6218 | MEXICO SUPPORTS UPDATING AGREEMENT ON NATURAL [...] The Government of Mexico welcomes the opportunity to expand bilateral cooperation to respond to natural or man-made disasters and to update the 1980 agreement entitled "Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States on Cooperat [...] | 2007-12-18 22:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | AMEX ECON CA MX SENV |
07MINSK266 | BELARUSIAN DIESEL SPILL CAUSES LITTLE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE [...] (U) Independent and state media on March 25 reported that on March 23, a Belarusian pipeline carrying diesel to the Latvian seaport Ventspils leaked 100 tons of fuel into the Ulla and Western Dvina rivers in Beshankovichiy (Vitebsk oblast) which was moving downstream to Latvia. By March 26, t [...] | 2007-03-27 13:52:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL BO |
07MONROVIA1090 | LIBERIA: FORESTRY / TIMBER SECTOR UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has missed key deadlines in the chain of deliverables necessary for the resumption of commercial logging in Liberia. Much of the legal framework for the forestry sector is in place and the FDA has made substantial strides towar [...] | 2007-09-13 14:35:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV EINV EAID SENV LI |
07MONROVIA1293 | LIBERIA: REHABILITATING A TROUBLED BUT PROPITIOUS MARITIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian maritime sector has a unique and vibrant past, but years of war and neglect have taken a toll on the fishing industry (ref A),the port (ref B),and overall maritime control and security inside Liberia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Although Liberia's U.S.-based [...] | 2007-10-29 10:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI |
07MONTERREY945 | TAMAULIPAS: BEST PRACTICES FOR FIGHTING DENGUE FEVER IN [...] On November 8, Consulate Matamoros and Consulate Monterrey Econoffs met with Tamaulipas Secretary of Health, Dr. Rodolfo Torre Cantu, to discuss the state's success in battling dengue fever. Despite record rainfalls throughout northeastern Mexico, Tamaulipas represents a significantly lower p [...] | 2007-11-17 00:28:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV TBIO SENV SMIG SOCI MX |
07MONTEVIDEO376 | THREATS HIGHLIGHT STAKES IN PULP MILL DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary. Threats against Uruguay's Botnia pulp mill were largely discounted this week, but they highlight the regional tension which surrounds upcoming mediation between Uruguay and Argentina in Madrid beginning April 17. One international bridge remains blocked since November 20 and ano [...] | 2007-04-13 20:08:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV SOCI ETRD AR UY |
07MONTEVIDEO846 | DEAL OR NO DEAL? PULP MILL END GAME APPROACHING [...] (C) Summary. A deal may be in the offing that would finally resolve the long-running bilateral dispute between Uruguay and Argentina over the construction of a giant pulp mill on a shared river. Over the past weeks, GOU leaders have publicly and privately hinted that such an agreement was ten [...] | 2007-09-25 20:01:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SENV UNGA AORC UY |
07MONTEVIDEO90 | HAGUE RULING DISAPPOINTS URUGUAY [...] (U) On January 23, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rejected Uruguay's petitions for provisional measures which would have obliged Argentina to remove roadblocks obstructing international bridges linking the two counties. The early morning newscasts here implied that the Court had deci [...] | 2007-01-25 11:02:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SENV SOCI KLIG EINV AR UY |
07MONTEVIDEO964 | PULP MILL DISPUTE: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - VAZQUEZ [...] (C) Summary: On November 8, President Vazquez gave the order to allow the Botnia pulp mill plant to commence operations. The order came during the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile. During the summit, on November 7, Vazquez met with the Spanish facilitator Juan Antonio Yanez Barnuev [...] | 2007-11-09 19:50:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SENV UNGA AORC UY |
07MOSCOW1677 | RUSSIAN OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES IN COUNTRY AVIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per Ref A request, Russia has not yet adopted a communications strategy for avian and pandemic influenza that complies with WHO best practices for outbreak communication to the public. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Russia has yet to adopt a comprehensive Avian Influenza (AI) and Pa [...] | 2007-04-13 03:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH KPAO SENV RS |
07MOSCOW1696 | U.S.-RUSSIA WILDLIFE DISEASE CONFERENCE - BIRD FLU [...] SUMMARY: A full-day session on avian influenza drew a large and lively audience during the recent 2nd U.S.-Russia Conference on Wildlife Diseases, held in Moscow. The conference featured a 17-member USG delegation, whose presenters underscored the vital interactions between human health, wi [...] | 2007-04-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR TBIO KFLU RS |
07MOSCOW1867 | RUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION OF PANDEMIC INFLUENZA ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-23 12:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH KPAO SENV RS |
07MOSCOW1919 | Russia: Environmental NGOs Focus on Sochi [...] SUMMARY: Large scale development plans for Sochi, a major resort in the south of Russia and one of three finalists to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, continue to prompt concerns among environmental NGOs in Russia. Despite intense government pressure and Rosprirodnadzor approval of an environm [...] | 2007-04-26 07:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW2127 | RUSSIA: NO MORE FUNDS FOR MALARIA [...] (SBU) On May 4 we shared reftel message on continued G8 support for global malaria control programs with Russian Government officials at the MFA's International Organizations Department, the Health and Social Development Ministry's International Department, and the International Department of t [...] | 2007-05-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV RS |
07MOSCOW2195 | MANAGING POLAR BEARS: IT TAKES A VILLAGE [...] SUMMARY: A project aimed at alleviating the pressure of growing human-polar bear interaction has produced promising results in the village of Vankarem, in Siberia's far northeastern district of Chukotka. Concerted local leadership action, with support from World Wildlife Fund (WWF),has led [...] | 2007-05-11 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW2250 | GIMME SHELTER: STRAYS FIND NEW HOME IN MOSCOW [...] SUMMARY: Strays roaming Moscow now have an upscale alternative. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) recently opened a new Stray Dog and Cat clinic in northern Moscow that is intended to work in tandem with an existing mobile vet clinic. This represents the first such combination [...] | 2007-05-15 13:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW3316 | ENVIRONMENTALISTS FRET OVER SOCHI OLYMPIAD [...] SUMMARY. The selection of Sochi as the site of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games brought less joy to Russian environmentalists, who have long warned about the potential impact of large-scale construction in this region. Environmental NGOs will monitor implementation of the Sochi 2014 Environment [...] | 2007-07-09 02:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW3348 | ROE WOES: RUSSIAN CAVIAR ON THE ROPES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A two-year moratorium on Russian sturgeon fishing in the Caspian Sea has slowed, but not stopped, the thriving black market in Beluga caviar. World Wildlife Federation's Moscow Director contends that "not one egg" of black caviar sold in Moscow is legal: that is, from farm-rai [...] | 2007-07-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV SOCI RS EAGR |
07MOSCOW3379 | RUSSIAN LAB MOVES AHEAD TO BECOME REGIONAL AND WHO FLU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia pledged to transform the Vector State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology near Novosibirsk into a regional influenza center and ultimately a WHO Collaborating Center for avian influenza as part of its 2006 G8 Presidential focus on infectious diseases. Although [...] | 2007-07-11 02:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU KSTH KPAO SENV RS |
07MOSCOW3732 | MOSCOW'S SCIENCE MUSEUMS: EXPERIMENTING WITH SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY: As Moscow increasingly becomes a tourist destination, science museums could play a role as second tier destinations, but funding and attracting visitors remain a challenge. END SUMMARY. 2. Embassy EST intern recently visited many of Moscow's science museums. This Way to the Di [...] | 2007-07-31 11:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SENV TPHY TBIO RS |
07MOSCOW4133 | RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] As requested reftel, EST contacted the Department of Natural Resources to determine who was expected to represent Russia at the September 12-13 BSEC Symposium in Istanbul, as no names of recommended invitees were provided by Department. We were informed that Ms. Natalya Tretyakova, Department [...] | 2007-08-23 12:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV TU RS |
07MOSCOW4415 | Polar Bears: Exchange of Notes Bringing US-Russia Polar [...] On August 24, 2007, EST exchanged diplomatic notes with, and passed the U.S. instrument of ratification to, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as per reftel instructions. 2. The exchange of notes will bring the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the [...] | 2007-09-07 13:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA SENV RS |
07MOSCOW4596 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON IMPORTANCE OF CLIMATE [...] (C) On September 17, Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko told Ambassador of Foreign Minister Lavrov's interest in participating in the September 27 - 28 Washington energy security and climate change conference. Yakovenko provided the Ambassador with a non-paper outlining the MFA's traditional c [...] | 2007-09-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM SENV RS |
07MOSCOW484 | ZATOKA CASE: THE POWER OF NGO PRESSURE [...] (C) Unexpected public attention to the arrest in Ashgabat of Russian-Turkmenistani dual citizen and environmental activist Andrey Zatoka (reftel) sparked GOR engagement in the case. An NGO representative raised the Zatoka case with President Putin, which apparently prompted Foreign Minister [...] | 2007-02-05 14:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SENV TX RS |
07MOSCOW5372 | KERCH STRAIT OIL SPILL UNDER CONTROL, BUT LONG TERM CLEANUP [...] (SBU) Despite continuing storms in the Kerch Strait, the GOR reports that it has staunched the flow and has begun containment and cleanup of the 2000 tons of oil spilled over the weekend. The GOR is cooperating with Ukraine, but has not requested any international assistance. The Federal Serv [...] | 2007-11-14 03:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL RS |