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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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05REYKJAVIK520 ICELAND: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] The following text updates for 2005 the Iceland country section of the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report: Iceland has no military forces. Nevertheless, its leaders have offered strong rhetoric in support of U.S. antiterrorism policies, and the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU),a [...]
2005-12-20 16:12:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC IC
05REYKJAVIK526 ICELAND: REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL
[...] Cultural programming is a key element of Embassy Reykjavik's public outreach, which aims to foster a positive image of the U.S. among Icelandic citizens and, especially, elites. Following is post's response to questions posed reftel: A. Which of your mission objectives benefits from c [...]
2005-12-27 07:00:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL IC
06KABUL5855PRT CHAGHCHARAN: PLAN AFOOT TO WITHDRAW ICELANDIC
[...] (U) This cable contains and action request -- see para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Reports are circulating at PRT Chaghcharan that the Icelandic government may be preparing to withdraw the Icelandic Mobile Patrol Team (Mobile Liaison Observation Team/MLOT) from Afghanistan at the end of April. Be [...]
2006-12-15 07:17:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR AF IC PGOV
06KUWAIT3201KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BUYER(14-21AUG)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Buyer to travel to post o/a 15 to 17 August, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 15 and 16 A [...]
2006-08-09 07:30:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ IC GM COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06LONDON7670(C) COTE D'IVOIRE: UK SHARES U.S. CONCERNS BUT
[...] (C) The UK shares U.S. concerns about the French draft UNSCR on Cote d'Ivoire (reftel) but wants to avoid being seen to lobby against France in the UNSC, according to FCO West Africa Section Head Jason Moore. He told Poloff October 30 that UKUN is working closely with USUN, hoping to reach an [...]
2006-10-30 16:14:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO IC UK
06REYKJAVIK102 ICELAND: ADDITIONAL IRAQ ASSISTANCE NOT
[...] (SBU) Post briefed Icelandic MFA Head of Security and Disarmament Division Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson March 23 on the President's budget requests for Iraq (ref A). Asked the current Icelandic thinking on additional assistance for Iraqi reconstruction, Gudjonsson referenced Reykjavik's recent d [...]
2006-03-23 17:09:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL IZ IC
06REYKJAVIK107ICELAND: SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 31 DEFENSE TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Since 3/15, when the U.S. announced the realignment of its force presence at Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),the Icelandic government has made its unhappiness with the decision plain. FM Haarde ) the government,s key decision maker ) is looking to the 3/31 talks to offer th [...]
2006-03-29 11:16:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR PREL PGOV KPAO IC
06REYKJAVIK118ICELAND: 3/30-3/31 TALKS SET STAGE FOR NEW
[...] (C) Summary: A U.S. interagency delegation met in Reykjavik 3/30-31 with senior Icelandic officials to describe the operational framework for the defense of Iceland following the upcoming realignment of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Icelandic delegation expressed keen interest in [...]
2006-03-31 18:22:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS IC
06REYKJAVIK119ICELAND: COAST GUARD DIRECTOR SHUT OUT OF
[...] (C) Summary: In informal conversation 3/31 Icelandic Ministry of Justice Deputy Permanent Secretary disclosed to Embassy that Coast Guard Director Georg Larusson has lost the confidence of Minister of Justice Bjarnason because he is not seen as a team player. This explains why decisions about [...]
2006-04-03 18:00:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PINR IC
06REYKJAVIK120 ICELAND REACTION: OPTIMISTIC TONE FOLLOWING MARCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government and news media of Iceland, for the most part, have echoed FM Haarde's cautious optimism over the round of bilateral defense talks in Reykjavik 3/31. The two leading newspapers published editorials praising the talks for providing the first step toward clarifying t [...]
2006-04-03 18:28:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK125ICELAND SUPPORTS ENGAGING GEORGIA IN NATO'S
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche on April 4 to Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson, Icelandic MFA Head of Security and Disarmament Division. Gudjonsson affirmed that Iceland agrees with U.S. points and will support intensified dialogue (ID) on NATO membership with Georgia. A Georgian delegation head [...]
2006-04-05 10:20:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL GG IC
06REYKJAVIK130 ICELANDIC FOREIGN MINISTER BEARING UP WELL UNDER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic Foreign Minister Geir H. Haarde has spent early April trying to diffuse criticism from press and politicians who accuse him of failing to predict the U.S. decision to draw down Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),and who say he is too passive in letting the U.S. defi [...]
2006-04-11 16:05:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK134 INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONTINUES TO DISSECT ICELANDIC
[...] Summary. Over the past two months, credit rating agencies and other international financial firms have released a torrent of reports raising questions about the state of the Icelandic economy and the activities and stability of Iceland's major banks. These reports have been widely covered i [...]
2006-04-12 14:29:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON IC
06REYKJAVIK140APRIL 2006 DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS: ICELAND'S RED
[...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with Icelandic Government personnel and the first three meetings of a bilateral working group managing base closure issues offer indications of GOI expectations for the EUCOM briefing 4/26 in Reykjavik. Although the Icelandic leadership understands the classifie [...]
2006-04-24 11:28:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MARR MASS IC
06REYKJAVIK141ICELAND TO SUPPORT GUATEMALAN UNSC BID
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-24 14:26:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC GT UN VE IC
06REYKJAVIK142AUSTRALIA GROUP: ICELANDIC LEGISLATION STUCK IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-24 17:16:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC IC
06REYKJAVIK143ICELAND: CAUTIOUS SUPPORT FOR NATO'S 'GLOBAL
[...] (C) Post presented ref A points to Icelandic MFA Acting Political Director Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson April 24. Gudjonsson stated that Reykjavik has not adopted a formal position on the U.S.-UK proposal for a NATO "Global Partnership," adding that: -- In principle, cooperation with NATO shou [...]
2006-04-25 10:48:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK1504/26-27 DEFENSE TALKS: ICELAND LOOKS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: EUCOM briefed Iceland Chief Defense Negotiator Albert Jonsson 4/26 on the Draft Concept Plan (the Conplan) for the Defense of Iceland. Jonsson responded 4/27 that the Conplan was fundamentally acceptable as a plan but did not go far enough toward meeting Iceland's political nee [...]
2006-04-27 19:43:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK158 ICELAND DEFENSE: FM HAARDE DEFENDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a 4/29 parliamentary briefing on bilateral defense talks earlier in the week, FM Haarde continued to emphasize that the U.S. and Icelandic governments are moving forward constructively to develop new defense arrangements in preparation for the upcoming closure of Naval Air S [...]
2006-05-03 17:19:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK162 ICELAND/HUMAN RIGHTS: SKEPTICAL OF IRAN, BUT
[...] (SBU) Since April post has regularly discussed the new UN Human Rights Council (refs A and B) and Iranian human rights violations (refs C and D) with Icelandic MFA Minister Counselor Nikulas Hannigan, who is both the International Institutions director and Middle East director in Iceland's sma [...]
2006-05-09 15:07:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM IR IC
06REYKJAVIK167 ICELAND TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON MOP-3 FOLLOW-UP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 08:20:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID ETRD TBIO IC
06REYKJAVIK187ICELANDIC ACADEMIC CLAIMS U.S. BASE SHUTDOWN TIED
[...] (C) Summary: An Icelandic historian's assertion that the U.S. would not be shutting down Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) had former PM and FM David Oddsson not retired from politics has excited the media and driven the country's leading politicians into a round of recriminations. The sugg [...]
2006-05-26 18:06:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KPAO ECA IIP IC
06REYKJAVIK205 Icelandic PM Halldor Asgrimsson to Leave Post;
[...] (U) Summary: In a move apparently designed to resuscitate his party's hopes of surviving 2007 parliamentary elections, Halldor Asgrimsson announced 6/5 that he would resign both as Icelandic Prime Minister and as Progressive Party (PP) Chairman. The dates for his departure remain unclear whi [...]
2006-06-08 16:28:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR IC
06REYKJAVIK206ICELAND: TAPPED OUT ON TRUST FUND FOR NTM-I
[...] (SBU) Post passed ref A talking points on pledging additional funds to the NATO Training Mission-Iraq to Icelandic MFA officials May 24 and discussed them with Acting Political Director Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson June 9. Gudjonsson expressed surprise that Washington would be demarching Reykjavi [...]
2006-06-09 15:58:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IC
06REYKJAVIK207NATO RESPONSE FORCE: ICELAND TO CONSIDER NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 16:42:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK208ICELAND WILL NOT ATTEND PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL
[...] Having forwarded a copy of the Polish invitation May 31, post spoke with MFA Acting Political Director Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson June 9 to reiterate the significance of the Proliferation Security Initiative High Level Political Meeting as well as the planned high level of U.S. representation. [...]
2006-06-09 17:21:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PGOV IC
06REYKJAVIK210 Iceland Appoints First Female Foreign Minister;
[...] (U) Summary: Outgoing PM Asgrimsson and incoming PM Haarde announced 6/10 results of their talks regarding a new Icelandic cabinet to take office 6/15: current Minister of Industry and Commerce Valgerdur Sverrisdottir, an international relations neophyte, will become Foreign Minister. Haarde [...]
2006-06-13 07:47:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR IC
06REYKJAVIK218ICELANDERS AGREE PROCEDURAL ISSUES SHOULD BE FOCUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In meetings with Embassy officials June 13 and 14, Icelandic MFA officials indicated agreement on most key issues for the June 19-30 first session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). The Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples may prove to be a sticking point, as Nordic soli [...]
2006-06-16 11:18:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IC
06REYKJAVIK22FRAUD SUMMARY - ICELAND
[...] Summary: Iceland is comparatively a low-fraud country. No identifiable, consistant fraud patterns involving U.S. passports or immigrant visas currently exist in Iceland. End Summary 2. This cable updates the country fraud summary for Iceland per ref A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: As a prospe [...]
2006-01-18 18:52:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IC
06REYKJAVIK224 MDA: ICELAND WILL BE SUPPORTIVE AT JUNE 20 INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Post discussed points from refs A and B with Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Human Rights Officer Ingibjorg Davidsdottir June 14 and 19, respectively. Following consultation with the MFA PermSec and the Icelandic Mission in Geneva, Davidsdottir replied as follows: -- Iceland wi [...]
2006-06-19 15:41:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM ICRC IC IS
06REYKJAVIK226 ICELAND: WEDGWOOD UNDER SERIOUS CONSIDERATION
[...] Post presented reftel diplomatic note, CV, and talking points to Icelandic MFA Human Rights Officer Ingibjorg Davidsdottir June 13. Davidsdottir responded June 19 that the GOI would probably make its decision on which candidates to support for the UN Human Rights Committee in August. She adde [...]
2006-06-20 16:56:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC PREL IC
06REYKJAVIK294 ICELAND: PEACEKEEPERS STICKING IT OUT IN SRI LANKA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to MFA officials, Iceland will probably maintain or even expand its peace monitoring mission in Sri Lanka following the withdrawal of EU peacekeepers, despite renewed media questioning of the appropriateness of Icelandic participation in peacekeeping in combat zones. T [...]
2006-08-14 18:00:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO CE IC
06REYKJAVIK305 LEBANON: ICELAND'S CONTRIBUTION AND DONOR CONFERENCE
[...] (U) To date, the Government of Iceland (GOI) has announced donations of ISK 24 million ($340,000) in humanitarian aid to Lebanon. The pledges were divided between a 27 July tranche to UN agencies and local NGO Church Aid Iceland, and a 15 August tranche split between the World Food Program an [...]
2006-08-25 16:49:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL LE SW IC
06REYKJAVIK308 ICELAND WILL SUPPORT WEDGWOOD FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-28 18:16:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC PREL IC
06REYKJAVIK312 Iceland: Progressive Party Elects New Leadership; Clears
[...] (SBU) Summary: At an August 19 congress, the Progressive Party (PP - the minority member in Iceland's ruling conservative coalition alongside PM Haarde's Independence Party),replaced former PM Asgrimsson as party chair with Minister of Industry and Commerce Jon Sigurdsson. Party rank and file [...]
2006-08-30 17:37:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR EAGR IC
06REYKJAVIK331ICELAND/NAM SUMMIT: ICELAND ATTENDING HAVANA NAM
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Iceland is attending the NAM Summit in Havana primarily to campaign for a 2009-2010 UN Security Council seat, and claims no interest in NAM membership or increased engagement with the Government of Cuba. The GOI did not receive a landing clearance request in connection with Be [...]
2006-09-13 17:12:00Embassy ReykjavikSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PHUM UNSC CU IR BO IC
06REYKJAVIK357 Iceland Defense Talks: PM Unveils Agreements for the
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Prime Minister Haarde presented the results of the last six months of U.S.-Iceland defense talks to his political opposition, the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, and the nation in meetings and an hour-long televised press conference September 26. Haarde - wit [...]
2006-09-27 07:33:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PTER KPAO NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK359 Iceland: Press and Politicos Respond to Defense
[...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic press reaction to the Prime Minister's September 26 announcement of the results of defense talks with the U.S. (Reftel) has been measured and largely favorable. Opposition party expressions of discontent center on two points: 1) the Government's failure to make public [...]
2006-09-27 18:03:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL KPAO NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK364ICELAND DEFENSE: TECHNICAL AGREEMENT TO CLOSE U.S. BASE SIGNED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Foreign Minister signed the bilateral "Technical Agreement" on the closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),as well as an agreement amending the classified annexes to the 1951 U.S.-Iceland defense agreement, at 1236 GMT on 29 September. The last U.S. military p [...]
2006-09-29 16:56:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL EAIR MASS IC
06REYKJAVIK40 Iceland: Visit of USS Wasp Demonstrates "Robust and
[...] (SBU) Summary: The October 12-17 port visit of the USS Wasp provided a visible demonstration of USG intent to honor its defense commitment to Iceland following the September closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Justice Minister - just back [...]
2006-10-26 17:54:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL MARR KPAO OPRC NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK401 Iceland: Visit of USS Wasp Demonstrates "Robust and
[...] (SBU) Summary: The October 12-17 port visit of the USS Wasp provided a visible demonstration of USG intent to honor its defense commitment to Iceland following the September closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Justice Minister - just back [...]
2006-10-26 17:54:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR KPAO OPRC NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK405 ICELAND FOLLOWING NORDIC LEAD ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
[...] (SBU) Poloff presented reftel demarche to Icelandic MFA Counselor for Human Rights Ingibjorg Davidsdottir on October 25. Davidsdottir, who transferred from the Icelandic mission in Geneva this summer, was familiar with the text and the joint U.S.-Australian-New Zealand position, but apologetic [...]
2006-10-31 16:47:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA IC
06REYKJAVIK406 ICELAND DOES NOT SUPPORT ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 16:48:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA LE IS IC
06REYKJAVIK421 ICELAND WILL SUPPORT MATHESON FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 15:01:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ILC UNGA IC
06REYKJAVIK428 Iceland: Water Damage at former U.S. base poses first
[...] (SBU) Summary: The newly-formed corporation overseeing redevelopment of the former U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) site is inheriting an additional problem in the form of serious water damage from frozen pipes in a number of residential buildings. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, wh [...]
2006-11-21 18:34:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK431 ICELAND: PEACEKEEPING POLICY AT A CROSSROADS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iceland's Foreign Minister has announced that Iceland will increase the number of peacekeepers sent abroad with the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit(ICRU),while focusing on civilian projects where Iceland has particular expertise and restricting behavior (e.g. wearing battle dress [...]
2006-11-27 11:49:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO EAID NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK452 ICELAND: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Post submits the following narrative for inclusion in the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. Text of report will also be emailed to EUR/NB and S/CT via unclass and classified email. 2. Begin text of submission: Iceland Iceland is a NATO ally and party to all 12 major UN conventions [...]
2006-12-21 07:43:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC IC
06REYKJAVIK50 ICELAND IN NO RUSH TO ASSIST NEW PALESTINIAN
[...] Post discussed reftel points with Icelandic MFA Head of International Institutions Division Nikulas Hannigan February 10. Hannigan took note of U.S concerns about a new Palestinian Authority government that has not committed to non-violence, and he affirmed that Iceland generally supports the [...]
2006-02-13 16:58:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL EAID IS IC
06REYKJAVIK51 ICELAND: NEAR-TERM UNESCO CONVENTION RATIFICATION
[...] Summary: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity is not on Iceland's legislative agenda; nor has it attracted Icelandic civil society or media attention. End summary. 2. Post can find no reference to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Conven [...]
2006-02-14 11:30:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO ETRD IC
06REYKJAVIK62 ICELAND: HLG CHAIRMAN'S LETTER DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 16:52:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC NATO NPG IC
06REYKJAVIK63 ICELAND JOINS EU IN CONDEMNATION OF IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 16:52:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ IC
06REYKJAVIK68 SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Lisa Kierans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail Kieransl@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Polofficer (FO-02) 20 hrs - Polassistant 60 hrs - DCM [...]
2006-03-02 12:49:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
06REYKJAVIK69 ICELAND TO MAKE NEW DONATION TO NTM-I
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 15:47:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ IC
06REYKJAVIK88 ICELAND WILL NOT HOST HAMAS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 17:06:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL IS IC
06REYKJAVIK89 ICELANDIC STATEMENT ON AKBAR GANGI: ONLY IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 17:15:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI IR IC
06REYKJAVIK91 SUMMARY OF ICELANDIC MEDIA INTERVIEWS WITH US
[...] Summary: Ambassador held a March 16 marathon of interviews with seven media outlets (reftel A) to explain reasons behind the U.S. Government's decision to realign Naval Air Station Keflavik and withdraw its four F-15 fighters and search and rescue helicopters by the end of September 2006. The [...]
2006-03-17 18:52:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDNATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK93 MEDIA REACTION FOR MARCH 18-20, 2006: U.S.
[...] Summary: Weekend media reaction to the U.S. decision to realign Keflavik Naval Air Station (NASKEF) took a sober turn as politicians and pundits assessed the cost of this development to their state's security and treasury. The national newspaper of record, whose editor is close to former PM [...]
2006-03-20 17:00:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDNATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK97MEDIA REACTION FOR MARCH 21-22, 2006: U.S. REMOVAL
[...] Summary: March 21 press coverage of the U.S. decision to remove most assets from the base at Keflavik was punctuated by PM Asgrimsson's statement that the U.S. decision had created a "climate of distrust between the two countries." Coverage also focused on NATO SECGEN Scheffer's comments that [...]
2006-03-22 15:58:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDNATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK98ICELAND: JUSTICE MINISTER FRUSTRATED -- AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Icelandic Justice Minister 3/22 as part of post's roll-out of the U.S. decision to remove fighter aircraft and CSAR helicopters from Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Minister expressed deep disappointment at the "unilateral" decision and listed [...]
2006-03-22 16:01:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS IC
07ABIDJAN831COTE D'IVOIRE LIGHTS FLAME OF PEACE
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of Cote d'Ivoire held a July 30 "flame of peace" symbolic disarmament ceremony in the Forces Nouvelles stronghold of Bouake. While the ceremony was attended by 7 African heads of state or government, Ivorian opposition leaders Henri Konan Bedie, Alassane Ouattara a [...]
2007-08-09 17:23:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IC
07KUWAIT624KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BOND
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Bond to travel to post o/a May 4-6, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor wi [...]
2007-04-29 04:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ IC KU COUNTRY
07LONDON640(C) AFGHANISTAN: UK WILL URGE ICELAND TO KEEP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-20 15:02:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL IC AF UK NATO
07PARIS1530FRENCH HEDGE ON COMPACT SIGNING EVENT
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel points to MFA Senior Iraq Desk Officer Bernard Chappedelaine on April 16. Chappedelaine noted that it might be difficult to secure French ministerial representation at the Compact signing event due to the French presidential elections; he predicted that the French w [...]
2007-04-17 12:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR EAID EFIN EG IC PGOV PREL UN GCC EU
07PARIS2002FRANCE: UN OPERATION IN COTE D'IVOIRE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-18 12:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC IC FR
07RABAT1238MOROCCAN TROOPS IN COTE D'IVOIRE: INVESTIGATION OF
[...] (C) In response to the points conveyed reftel, MFA Chief of International Organizations Section Nasser Bourita told us on July 26 that the GOM takes the accusations of sexual misconduct against its troops in Ivory Coast seriously, and is sending a high level military delegation to join the UN [...]
2007-08-01 12:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO IC MO
07REYKJAVIK1 Iceland: Defense Bilats with NATO Allies Reflect Maturing
[...] (U) Summary: Following the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik in September 2006, the Government of Iceland has begun reaching out to other NATO allies to solicit interest in security cooperation - and demonstrate to the public, in an election year, that it will protect them. December [...]
2007-01-05 09:10:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PTER NATO DK IC NO
07REYKJAVIK114Iceland: 2007 Parliamentary Elections, One Month Out
[...] (U) Summary: A month before Icelanders head to the polls for the May 12 parliamentary elections, the Left Greens are riding a wave of interest in environmental concerns. However, the emergence of a new green party could splinter the environmentalist bloc and ensure the current center-right co [...]
2007-04-18 13:52:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SENV EIND IC
07REYKJAVIK116 PM CALLS ICELANDIC WHALING AN EXPERIMENT, SIGNALING END TO
[...] (SBU). Summary: The Icelandic government is publicly backing away from its October 2006 decision to reestablish commercial whaling. The outspokenness of prominent business figures -- worried about the image of Iceland --coupled with international pressure to stop whaling seems to be having an e [...]
2007-04-18 15:20:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS IWC IC
07REYKJAVIK117ICELAND'S REFUGEE POLICY UNDER SCRUTINY, GOVT MAKES NEW
[...] (U) Summary: A series of newspaper articles about Iraqi refugees, written by a well-known Icelandic journalist, in Iceland's newspaper-of-record, has seized public attention and ignited new discussion on Iceland's conservative refugee admissions policy. Iceland has not admitted any Iraqi refug [...]
2007-04-18 17:15:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PHUM PREL UNHCR IZ IC
07REYKJAVIK125 Iceland: Local vote to stop smelter expansion may have
[...] (U) Summary: Iceland's oldest aluminum smelter, owned by Canadian aluminum conglomerate Alcan, was denied permission to expand in a tight local referendum on March 31. The planned expansion was one of three aluminum projects in various planning stages, including two new smelters proposed by [...]
2007-04-30 17:27:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EINV EMIN ENRG SENV IC
07REYKJAVIK127Iceland: One third of voters still undecided two weeks
[...] (U) Summary: National opinion polls taken two weeks out show the current government coalition holding a slim lead ahead of Icelandic parliamentary elections on May 12. The larger of the two parties in government, the Independence Party, has gained in strength enough to offset losses by its ju [...]
2007-05-02 16:49:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SENV EIND IC
07REYKJAVIK139ICELAND: GOVERNING COALITION NEEDS AN ELECTION-EVE MIRACLE
[...] (U) Summary: In the final days before Iceland's May 12 parliamentary elections, highly volatile poll data has shown drastic changes in party support. The Progressive Party is polling higher than it has for months, while the Left Greens are losing the momentum they had been gaining over the pa [...]
2007-05-11 17:43:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV IC
07REYKJAVIK142ICELAND ELECTIONS: GOVERNMENT CLINGS TO MAJORITY, BUT
[...] (U) Summary: Iceland's governing coalition hung on to a one-seat parliamentary majority in national elections on May 12. However, the junior partner in the coalition is sufficiently weakened -- with its chairman and another sitting minister failing to get elected -- that the coalition's survi [...]
2007-05-14 14:25:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV IC
07REYKJAVIK144 ICELAND WILL SUPPORT BOWHEAD WHALE QUOTA IF IWC SCIENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: DCM and Econoff delivered reftel points to IWC Commissioner Stefan Asmundsson who said that Iceland would support the U.S. bowhead whale quota if the Science Committee approved it. Asmundsson repeatedly stressed that Iceland is in favor of "the sustainable use of whaling" and the [...]
2007-05-15 17:04:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC IC
07REYKJAVIK151ICELAND: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM POST
[...] (U) On May 18 Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ambassador for Arms Control Issues Petur Thorsteinsson informed PolOff that the Icelandic Embassies in Washington and Moscow would soon be delivering diplomatic notes reporting Iceland's desire to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear [...]
2007-05-21 15:58:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KGIT PARM PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK152ICELAND: MFA REPORTS HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT "NIL FORM"
[...] (U) PolOff presented reftel points on May 18 to Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ambassador for Arms Control Issues Petur Thorsteinsson. Thorsteinsson reported that Iceland had just submitted its "nil form" Annual Declaration for the Hague Code of Conduct on Ballistic Missile Proliferat [...]
2007-05-21 17:28:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC KSCA ETTC CWC IC
07REYKJAVIK154ICELAND NOT IN FAVOR OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS BAN, BUT IS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland has not taken a final position on the cluster munitions issue, but is unwilling to support a complete ban on their use. However, due to regional solidarity and a desire to make disarmament a key issue in Iceland's campaign for a UN Security Council seat, the GOI is inc [...]
2007-05-22 07:49:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS NATO PARM PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK158ICELAND: HAARDE REMAINS PM IN NEW COALITION, SOCIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Iceland's new government coalition of the Independence Party (IP) and the Social Democratic Alliance (SDA) announced their ministers and policy statement on May 22-23. Geir Haarde will stay on as Prime Minister, while SDA leader Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir will become Iceland's [...]
2007-05-23 17:31:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR IC
07REYKJAVIK166ICELAND SHARES U.S. CONCERN ON CFE EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 17:25:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALNATO KCFE PARM PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK171ICELAND SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY NICHOLAS BURNS
[...] (SBU) The Mission and I welcome you most warmly to Iceland. Your timing could not be better. The May 12 parliamentary elections strengthened Prime Minister Haarde's mandate to govern. A new Foreign Minister (and unabashedly would-be future PM) is wary of us but open to an exchange of views. [...]
2007-06-13 09:29:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK192Icelandic PM, FM Host U/S Burns for First Bilat "Security
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns' visit to Iceland on June 14 reiterated the U.S. commitment to Iceland's security and laid the groundwork for new areas of cooperation, particularly in energy security and scientific research. New Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir carried hersel [...]
2007-07-03 08:02:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO SENV ENRG IC
07REYKJAVIK20ICELAND: AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NATO
[...] (C) Summary: Iceland is supportive of USG goals for the NATO informal ministerial on Afghanistan and Kosovo on January 26. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary outlined for Ambassador the Icelandic government's plans to increase peacekeeping deployments to Afghanistan, [...]
2007-01-26 15:55:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO KPKO AF YI HU IC
07REYKJAVIK203Icelandic MFA announces inquiry into alleged
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs announced on June 27 that her ministry will conduct an inquiry into allegations of CIA detainee flights transiting Iceland. The announcement comes in response to the June 27 Council of Europe discussion of Special Rapporteur Dick Marty's la [...]
2007-07-13 16:44:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK229CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION
[...] Post presented reftel diplomatic note, CV, and talking points to Icelandic MFA Counsellor for Human Rights Ingibjorg Davidsdottir August 3. Davidsdottir responded that the GOI would review the information in the diplomatic note and CV. 2. Post will reiterate the importance that the U.S. a [...]
2007-08-03 17:40:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA IC
07REYKJAVIK232Grants Support for PD Projects (Iceland)
[...] The Public Affairs Section of Embassy Reykjavik receives excellent administrative support from the Management Section for post's PD programs, including grants. State is the only agency at post, and therefore, PAO signs only PD-related grants. 2. The Management Section provides PD with the [...]
2007-08-09 12:06:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK233ICELAND SCENESETTER FOR EXERCISE NORTHERN VIKING 07 AND
[...] (C) Your visit and NORTHERN VIKING 07 come as Iceland's government gets back to work after summer vacation, with a new governing coalition for the first time in 12 years. The parliamentary election on May 12 strengthened Prime Minister Geir Haarde's mandate to govern. The new Foreign Ministe [...]
2007-08-09 16:14:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL MARR PGOV IC
07REYKJAVIK242ICELAND: LIKELY SUPPORT FOR GAER IN COMMITTEE AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 12:08:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA IC
07REYKJAVIK247ICELAND: EXERCISE NORTHERN VIKING,
[...] (C) Summary: Exercise NORTHERN VIKING 2007, held August 14-15, was the first defense exercise conducted under our commitments set out in the bilateral Joint Understanding of October 2006. The successful exercise brought new positive attention to the U.S. defense commitment to Iceland as [...]
2007-08-27 17:38:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL MARR PGOV RU IC
07REYKJAVIK248ICELAND: TIMELINE ON ADAPTED CFE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-29 08:39:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALNATO KCFE PARM PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK256ICELAND'S ATTENDENCE AT THE WOMEN LEADERS' WORKING GROUP IN
[...] Iceland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir will attend the Women Leaders' Working Group in New York. 2. Dietary Restrictions: none 3. Translation Needs: none 4. GOI Embassy Point of Contact: Deputy Chief of Mission Olafur Sigurdsson. He can be reached via e-m [...]
2007-09-04 14:56:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA KWMN PHUM PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK276ICELAND: LIKELY SUPPORT FOR GAER IN COMMITTEE AGAINST
[...] (SBU) On September 20, Post reiterated to the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs the importance the USG places on Felice Gaer's election to the UN Committee Against Torture (Ref C). MFA Minister-Counsellor for International Organization Affairs Nikulas Hannigan repeated the position repor [...]
2007-09-21 17:12:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA IC
07REYKJAVIK277Iceland: Press in New York for a position on Partnership
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs remains noncommittal on Iceland's involvement in the OECD Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG),despite repeated overtures from Post. Embassy believes this may be a result of uncertainty about the form and objectives of the PDG as w [...]
2007-09-21 17:13:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM OECD UNGA PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK279Iceland: Priorities for Community of Democracies Delivered;
[...] (U) Pol Chief discussed reftel points with the Icelandic MFA's Minister-Counsellor for International Organization Affairs Nikulas Hannigan on September 19. Hannigan was appreciative of the briefing but noted that Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs will have departed the U.S. prior to the [...]
2007-09-21 17:27:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM PHUM UNGA PGOV IC
07REYKJAVIK292ICELAND: VERY SUPPORTIVE OF RESOLUTION AGAINST USE OF RAPE
[...] (SBU) Pol Chief passed reftel draft resolution to Ingibjorg Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 26 September, and followed up to present reftel talking points on 1 October. Davidsdottir reported that the draft resolution looked like some [...]
2007-10-02 14:45:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA IC
07REYKJAVIK298ICELAND PRESENTS ITS VISION FOR NATO AIR POLICING
[...] (C) Summary: In advance of the November Force Generation Conference, the Icelandic Defense Department briefed resident NATO ambassadors October 12 on Iceland's air policing wishlist: quarterly Allied deployments featuring planes on the ground at Keflavik for up to three weeks at a time. As i [...]
2007-10-16 16:46:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PREL MARR PGOV IC
07REYKJAVIK306ICELAND: AGREE ON CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION, DISAGREE ON
[...] (SBU) Pol Chief passed reftel points as well as President Bush's Oct. 24 remarks and the White House fact sheet on Cuba policy to the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 25 October. MFA Minister-Counsellor for International Organization Affairs Nikulas Hannigan was appreciative of the a [...]
2007-10-25 16:58:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA ETRD PHUM PREL CU IC
07REYKJAVIK307ICELAND: NO POSITION YET ON UN INDEPENDENT AUDIT COMMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 16:58:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC UNGA IC
07REYKJAVIK308ICELAND WILL LIKELY ATTEND WIREC 2008
[...] Officials in the Natural Resource Department at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs conveyed strong interest in attending Washington International Renewable Energy Conference in March 2008 but were unable to give a confirmed delegation roster this far in advance. Ambassador engaged Mini [...]
2007-10-26 14:56:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG KGHG KSCA TRGY IC
07REYKJAVIK313Icelandic MFA "confirms" CIA detainee flights through
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs told the press on October 27 that an internal ministry review had confirmed that aircraft linked to CIA rendition operations had transited Iceland on a number of occasions since 2001, including as recently as July 2007. The Minister noted t [...]
2007-10-30 17:38:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK322ICELANDIC DEFENSE POLICY ONE YEAR AFTER U.S. WITHDRAWAL
[...] (C) Summary: A year after the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik and the withdrawal of permanent U.S. forces from Iceland, Post agrees with Prime Minister Haarde that the turnover went better than either party expected. After recovering from the initial shock of our base closure notif [...]
2007-11-09 17:01:00Embassy ReykjavikSECRETPREL MARR PGOV PINR IC
07REYKJAVIK334KOSOVO: ICELAND AGREES AHTISAARI PLAN ONLY REAL OPTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 17:35:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNMIK NATO UN YI IC
07REYKJAVIK335 ICELAND DEMANDS APOLOGY IN DETENTION CASE
[...] THE AMBASSADOR WAS CALLED IN BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS GISLADOTTIR ON DECEMBER 13 TO HEAR ICELANDIC CONCERNS REGARDING THE CASE OF ERLA OSK ARNARDOTTIR, WHO WAS DETAINED BY U.S. IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES FOR ALMOST 24 HOURS FOLLOWING HER ARRIVAL AT JFK AIRPORT DECEMBER 9 (SEPTEL). SAYING [...]
2007-12-13 18:43:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KHLS PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK336ICELANDIC TRAVELER DETAINED BY DHS IN NEW YORK CREATES
[...] Summary: Erla Osk Arnardottir, an Icelandic women traveling to New York for holiday shopping, was detained in New York December 9-10 by the Department of Homeland Security for a Visa Waiver Program violation. She was returned to Iceland on the next available flight after spending the night i [...]
2007-12-13 18:45:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KHLS PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK337ICELAND MEDIA ROUNDUP: MEDIA FIRESTORM OVER DEPORTATION
[...] Summary: The media storm over the deportation of Erla Osk Arnadottir continues on television, radio, and in the newspapers. Arnadottir's account of being shackled and jailed in New Jersey before being deported for her overstay on the visa waiver program in 1995 has created a media frenzy. En [...]
2007-12-14 13:12:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KHLS PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK339ICELAND CONFIRMS "NO" VOTE ON DURBAN FUNDING RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Pol Chief contacted Ingibjorg Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 17 December to convey reftel points. Davidsdottir replied that Iceland's "no" vote on Draft Resolution L.65/Rev 1 regarding funding for the Durban Review Conference was [...]
2007-12-17 16:58:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA IC
07REYKJAVIK346 Icelandic Foreign Ministry welcomes DHS letter on
[...] The Ambassador delivered DHS Assistant Secretary for Policy Stewart Baker's letter regarding the Erla Osk Arnardottir case to Acting Foreign Minister Gretar Mar Sigurdsson on December 19. (Foreign Minister Gisladottir, to whom the letter is addressed, left the country this morning but will be [...]
2007-12-19 12:40:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KHLS PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK353MGPK02: ICELAND CONDEMNS BHUTTO ASSASSINATION
[...] Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson said the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto "was a deplorable reminder of the sacrifices that are always made when the consolidation of democracy is attempted." Grimsson added, "Benazir Bhutto was a respected leader that f [...]
2007-12-28 16:21:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV IC PK
07REYKJAVIK354ICELAND: LIKELY VOTE FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE ON
[...] (U) Upon receipt of ref A, Post delivered reftel points and CV for Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper, U.S. candidate for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Post followed up with a diplomatic note to reiterate our request for support. 2. (SBU) On Dec. 21, Pol Chief spok [...]
2007-12-28 16:22:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA IC
07REYKJAVIK42RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 17:10:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR EZ PL IC
07REYKJAVIK49 SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. From February 20 until April 1, point of contact is Economic Officer Fiona Evans, tel. +354-562- 9100x22 [...]
2007-03-01 17:59:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
07REYKJAVIK69 ICELAND UNVEILS PLANS FOR UNIVERSITY ON KEFLAVIK BASE ONE
[...] Summary: The one-year anniversary of the March 15, 2006 announcement of the closing of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) passed quietly, marked only by the announcement that part of the former base will become a university-level institution focusing on international education and techno [...]
2007-03-16 17:28:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDNATO MARR PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK76Demarche on Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
[...] (SBU) On March 19 DCM and the Acting Political Officer presented points contained reftel plus text of Global Initiative Statement of Principles to MFA Arms Control Representative Petur Thorsteinsson. Russian DCM was informed of our planned demarche but did not participate since he had approache [...]
2007-03-22 12:55:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK80ICELAND APPROVES OF AHTISAARI'S WORK ON KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-26 17:25:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI IC
07REYKJAVIK81ICELAND DISAPPROVES OF PRISONER EXCHANGES
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir and advisor Jorundur Valtysson on March 26 and conveyed reftel message, noting the presence of Icelandic government employees in Afghanistan. Valtysson stated the Icelanders shared our views and they did not support prisoner exch [...]
2007-03-26 17:25:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREF PTER AF IT IC
07REYKJAVIK82ICELAND NON-COMMITTAL ON RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) On March 26 Ambassador discussed resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in a meeting with Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir and MFA advisor Jorundur Valtysson. Sverrisdottir said she would welcome the eventual closing of the detention facility but her government would need to study clo [...]
2007-03-26 17:30:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC
07REYKJAVIK85 NOMINATION TO SEND ICELANDIC BROADCASTER ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Icelandic Government plans to withdraw its Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU) from Chaghcharan, northern Afghanistan in late April, where it has played an essential part in the region's humanitarian missions since 2004. The withdrawal is part of a plan by the country's F [...]
2007-03-28 15:33:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR NATO PGOV PREL OPRC KPAO AF IC
07REYKJAVIK87 ICELAND: PARLIAMENT'S SHORT YET BUSY YEAR
[...] (U) Summary: Due to the upcoming May 12 parliamentary election the Icelandic parliament, the Althing, cut its 2006-2007 session short. Nevertheless, the Althing passed 114 bills and 33 resolutions, the most contentious of which was the reestablishment of the Icelandic National Broadcasting S [...]
2007-03-28 17:27:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK90 UPDATED SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Updated report reflects changes in the prostitution law, and two possible trafficking cases in the last month (ref C). Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail Evans [...]
2007-03-30 13:51:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
07REYKJAVIK92ICELAND UNABLE TO TAKE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 10:03:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC
07REYKJAVIK93ICELAND STRONGLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S PROPOSAL ON KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 10:05:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI IC
07REYKJAVIK99Iceland: Pressing for movement on air defense radar issues
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Icelandic Government is sending ever-clearer messages that it wants visible progress in U.S.-Iceland discussions on the NATO-owned Iceland Air Defense System (IADS) radar sites, for which U.S. funding expires in August 2007. In a March 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Jon E [...]
2007-04-04 16:32:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL NATO IC
07STATE18563DEMARCHE REQUEST ON ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPERS IN PRT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that addressee embassies demarche host governments requesting that they urge Iceland to keep its mobile patrol team in PRT Chaghch [...]
2007-02-14 19:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO
07STATE18578DEMARCHE REQUEST ON ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPERS IN PRT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that addressee embassies demarche host governments requesting that they urge Iceland to keep its mobile patrol team in PRT Chaghch [...]
2007-02-14 19:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO
07VILNIUS129LITHUANIA SANGUINE ABOUT ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPER
[...] (C) We met with Ambassador-at-Large Gediminas Serksnys February 20 to encourage the GOL to demarche Iceland against the withdrawal of its mobile patrol team from Afghanistan at the end of April 2007. Serksnys expressed only mild disappointment at the loss of the Mobile Liaison Observation Tea [...]
2007-02-23 13:39:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO
07YEREVAN688DEMARCHES DELIVERED: NEW GLOBAL INITATIVE PARTNERS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 04:05:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKGIT PARM PREL PTER IC NO SZ AM
08ALGIERS1327ALGERIAN MFA WARY ON EVE OF ASAD VISIT
[...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche December 21 to the MFA Director General for Arab Affairs on the eve of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's expected visit. On foreign fighters, DG Abdelhamid Bouzaher said that the flow into Iraq had declined in recent years from a 2003-05 peak. He added [...]
2008-12-22 16:42:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPREL PTER SY AF IC LE AG
08ALGIERS1328ALGERIAN MFA WARY ON EVE OF ASAD VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 17:04:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPREL PTER SY AF IC LE AG
08MOSCOW3010ICELAND EMBASSY: RUSSIAN LOAN "STRICTLY
[...] (C) Iceland's Moscow Deputy Chief of Mission, Magnus Hannesson, told us that the proposed loan from Russia is a strictly financial transaction. He insisted Iceland's economic fundamentals are sound but said the country needs assistance providing liquidity to its banking sector. Iceland's mon [...]
2008-10-09 14:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL RS IC
08OSLO594NORDIC DEFENSE COOPERATION: A RORSCHACH TEST
[...] (C) Summary: The old idea of Nordic Defense cooperation (NDC) has had new life breathed into it, bringing with it uncertain implications for NATO and the region's transatlantic ties. The momentum for this stems from a 2007 joint report on potential areas of defense cooperation issued by Norwa [...]
2008-11-03 15:11:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL MARR MCAP MOPS DA IC FI SW NO
08PARIS137CUBAN MIGRANTS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 15:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREF SMIG FR IC UK
08REYKJAVIK1 ICELAND: PRESIDENT GRIMSSON ANNOUNCES HIS RE-ELECTION BID
[...] (U) Summary: Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson announced in his televised New Year's Day Address that he will run for a fourth term as President of Iceland in the presidential election on June 28. By doing so, he has put on hold any aspirations of taking a high-level international of [...]
2008-01-02 17:23:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IC
08REYKJAVIK10ICELAND POSITIVE ON WIREC, DELEGATION STILL UNDETERMINED
[...] Ambassador delivered WIREC invitation to Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir and MFA Environmental Counselor Bjarni Sigtryggsson on January 24. Gisladottir agreed it would be good for Iceland, which utilizes geothermal and hydropower for virtually all its electricity and home heating [...]
2008-01-25 14:21:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG KGHG KSCA TRGY IC
08REYKJAVIK102ICELAND: GOVERNMENT GETS FLYING COLORS FOR 6.3 EARTHQUAKE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale occurred in southwest Iceland on May 29. The epicenter was near the town of Selfoss, where light property damage was reported as well as minor injuries. The government response to the earthquake was met with public praise and approva [...]
2008-06-09 18:35:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV TPHY ASEC IC
08REYKJAVIK105ICELAND RESUMES COMMERCIAL WHALING AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 19, the Icelandic Minister of Fisheries Einar Gudfinsson (Independence Party) quietly issued a quota for commercially hunting 40 minke whales for the domestic market. The Icelandic Foreign Minister, along with the other ministers from the coalition Social Democratic party [...]
2008-06-10 11:48:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD IC
08REYKJAVIK109ICELAND DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT USG DECISION ON UN HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Pol Chief delivered reftel points to Ingibjorg Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 12 June. Davidsdottir, who had just returned the previous night from Human Rights Council meetings in Geneva, said that she was personally "deeply di [...]
2008-06-12 17:53:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL IC
08REYKJAVIK11 ICELAND: REYKJAVIK CITY COUNCIL PLAYS TWO ROUNDS OF
[...] (U) Summary: The majority coalition in the Reykjavik City Council has broken down twice in the past three months, resulting in three different mayors for the largest city in Iceland. The coalition majority of the Independence Party (IP) and the Progressive Party (PP) split up in October over [...]
2008-01-29 16:44:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK110ICELAND IWC COMMISSIONER PESSIMISTIC ON PROGRESS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Whaling Commissioner Stefan Asmundsson told post that he is pessimistic that any progress will be made in the upcoming International Whaling Commission meeting in Chile. Asmundsson was careful not to criticize the IWC Chairman Bill Hogarth but is worried that the focus [...]
2008-06-13 07:58:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD IC
08REYKJAVIK115ICELAND: PARLIAMENTARY RESOLUTION CONDEMNING GUANTANAMO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iceland's parliament unanimously passed a non-binding resolution on May 30 calling for the closure of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. The resolution further called for the Government of Iceland to convey that message to the U.S. government; Iceland's Foreign Minis [...]
2008-06-19 19:04:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KPAO IC
08REYKJAVIK116ICELAND: PARLIAMENT APPROVES RESOLUTION CONDEMNING GUANTANAMO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iceland's parliament unanimously passed a non-binding resolution on May 30 calling for the closure of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. The resolution further called for the Government of Iceland to convey that message to the U.S. government; Iceland's Foreign Minis [...]
2008-06-20 14:56:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KPAO IC
08REYKJAVIK122ICELAND RATIFIES IAEA CONVENTION ON NUCLEAR SAFETY
[...] (U) Iceland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs announced via a press release on June 25 that Iceland has ratified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Convention on Nuclear Safety. Text of press release follows para. 2. 2. (U) Text of the MFA press release: The International Atomic [...]
2008-06-27 09:55:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV KTIA KNNP PARM IAEA IC
08REYKJAVIK123ICELANDIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS END THEIR BRIEF ANNOUNCED
[...] (U) In early June, Icelandic air traffic controllers demanded better pay, hours and working conditions and declared if their demands were not met, they would strike for four hours daily beginning June 27. No agreement on these issues was reached and the controllers began the announced strike o [...]
2008-06-27 16:46:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR IC
08REYKJAVIK125ICELAND RATIFIES PALERMO ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) On May 28, the Icelandic Parliament, the Althingi, passed a parliamentary resolution on the ratification of the Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organize [...]
2008-07-01 11:47:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KTIA IC
08REYKJAVIK127CLOSING OUT THE ICELAND AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM TRANSFER
[...] (C) Summary: Twenty-one months after the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik, one major issue remains unresolved: the ultimate disposition of the residual parts and equipment associated with the Iceland Air Defense System (IADS). The Government of Iceland has made the IADS radar syst [...]
2008-07-01 12:51:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL MARR NATO PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK135ICELAND UNDECIDED ON UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION CONGRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-11 14:49:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECON ETRD WTRQ IC
08REYKJAVIK138ICELAND TO SUPPORT U.S. UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION CONGRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-14 16:42:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ECON ETRD WTRQ IC
08REYKJAVIK139 SUPPORT REQUEST TO GAIN ALLIES' AND UKRAINIAN SUPPORT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 15:54:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO IZ IC
08REYKJAVIK151ICELAND INFORMED OF NEW U.S. CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 15:55:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPOA PARM PREL NATO MOPS IC
08REYKJAVIK152GOI NOTIFIED OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 16:15:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PARM KNNP IR IC
08REYKJAVIK166 NAC STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN GEORGIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 16:56:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALNATO PARM KCFE RU GG IC
08REYKJAVIK173TFGG01: ICELAND ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN GEORGIA
[...] (SBU) In discussion of the current situation in Georgia with Political Director Greta Gunnarsdottir, the highest available MFA official, the Ambassador urged August 14 that Iceland press Russia to take the necessary steps detailed in reftel. Gunnarsdottir will raise the message with the Foreign [...]
2008-08-14 17:22:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PHUM NATO UN GG RS IC
08REYKJAVIK179 ICELANDIC MFA REQUESTS ALL U.S. RECORDS ON HALLDOR
[...] (SBU) Upon receipt of ref A note, Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Political Director Greta Gunnarsdottir responded with several questions about the scope of Department's archival review and the possibility of extending the review to other USG agencies' archives (ref B). Post subsequent [...]
2008-08-20 17:04:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPDC IC
08REYKJAVIK188GEORGIA: ICELAND OPPOSES RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF S. OSSETIA
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker previewed reftel demarche in August 25 meetings with the Icelandic Foreign Minister and other senior officials, and embassy followed up on August 27 to reiterate the points. In press comments on August 26, Foreign Minister Gisladottir immediate [...]
2008-08-27 16:03:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF GG RU IC
08REYKJAVIK189ICELAND FM WILL ATTEND 25 SEPTEMBER WOMEN LEADERS' WORKING
[...] Iceland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir will attend the Women Leaders' Working Group in New York on September 25. 2. Dietary Restrictions: none 3. Translation Needs: none 4. Icelandic UN Mission Point of Contact: Ms. [...]
2008-08-27 16:05:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA KWMN PHUM PREL IC
08REYKJAVIK195ICELAND: PEACEKEEPING TAKES ON A MORE CIVILIAN LOOK AFTER
[...] (U) Summary: On August 26, Minister for Foreign Affairs Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir announced that Icelandic peacekeepers would only in rare circumstances carry arms, and that civilian and military tasks would be more clearly separated in future peacekeeping assignments. Gisladottir made the [...]
2008-09-09 17:00:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMOPS KPKO MARR PGOV PREL AF IC
08REYKJAVIK198ICELAND SUPPORTS MOVING ISAF COUNTER-NARC DISCUSSION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-12 16:55:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO MARR PREL AF IC
08REYKJAVIK199Iceland's Bid for the UN Security Council
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Iceland's bid for one of two available WEOG seats on the UN Security Council in 2009-10 is rapidly drawing to a close. The campaign, hamstrung by a slow start and tepid support at home, has found its legs over the last year under the enthusiastic direction of Foreign Minister [...]
2008-09-12 16:57:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC UN AU TU IC
08REYKJAVIK20 ICELANDIC MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ON KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 11:13:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL UNMIK PGOV YI IC
08REYKJAVIK203 ICELANDIC KRONA DROPS TO NEW LOW, INCREASING CALLS TO
[...] (U) As a result of the international financial crisis and lack of liquidity in the credit markets, the Icelandic krona (ISK) has taken a beating, falling almost 50 percent since the start of the year. On September 17 the ISK trade weighted index, which measures the price in ISK of a weighted av [...]
2008-09-18 12:31:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IC
08REYKJAVIK213 ICELAND: GOVT BUYS 75 PERCENT SHARE IN THIRD-LARGEST BANK
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Iceland announced on 29 September that it is taking a majority share in Glitnir Bank, the country's third largest bank. The move follows a frantic round of secret weekend consultations between Prime Minister Haarde, the Central Bank, the heads of all major poli [...]
2008-09-30 12:37:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IC
08REYKJAVIK217 ICELANDIC GOVT TO RUN FIRST DEFICIT IN FIVE YEARS, KRONA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Counter to the hopes of the Icelandic government, saving Glitnir Bank has not saved the economy, as the krona has fallen by 15 percent over the last two days and Iceland's credit ratings have dropped. In the midst of the bad news, the first budget deficit since 1996 was announ [...]
2008-10-03 16:15:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK219 ICELANDIC GOVT TAKES CONTROL OF BANKING SECTOR AMID CRISIS
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde addressed the nation late on October 6 with a sober message: the banking system in Iceland was broken because of the global liquidity crisis and the government was taking emergency action to save Icelanders' domestic savings. Immediately following h [...]
2008-10-07 11:53:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK22REYKJAVIK INPUT FOR ENERGY REPORT TO CONGRESS
[...] Iceland produces nearly all of its electricity and home heating from the renewable resources of hydropower and geothermal power. The responses below are keyed to questions in reftel. A. The Economic and Commercial Section handles energy matters. The total number of staff in this section is [...]
2008-02-15 16:59:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV APER ABUD IC
08REYKJAVIK221 ICELANDIC FINANCIAL CRISIS: AS EMERGENCY POWERS GO INTO
[...] (U) Summary: As the financial crisis and uncertainty in Iceland continues, the Russian offer of a 4 billion Euro (5.4 billion USD) loan is getting considerable attention. The Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce held a joint press conference this morning to update on the Government's takeov [...]
2008-10-07 17:30:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK223ICELANDIC CENTRAL BANK ASSERTS RUSSIAN LOAN IS 95 PERCENT
[...] (C) Sturla Palsson, Director for International Affairs and Markets at the Icelandic Central Bank told EconOff that the 4 billion Euro loan offered by the Russians is 95 percent certain to happen. The Icelanders have been assured by the Russians that the unprecedented loan will go through and t [...]
2008-10-08 16:43:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK224ICELANDIC CENTRAL BANK ASSERTS RUSSIAN LOAN IS 95 PERCENT
[...] (C) Sturla Palsson, Director for International Affairs and Markets at the Icelandic Central Bank told EconOff that the 4 billion Euro loan offered by the Russians is 95 percent certain to happen. The Icelanders have been assured by the Russians that the unprecedented loan will go through and t [...]
2008-10-08 16:50:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK225ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS, TIME FOR USG TO GET INVOLVED?
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 19:24:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK227ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS: THIRD BANK GOES DOWN AS MASS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 18:13:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK228ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS: BANKERS ARGUE GOI NEEDS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-10 18:14:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK23 ICELAND EXPECTS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir told the Ambassador February 19 that the government had discussed the independence issue and she expects the GOI to make an announcement recognizing Kosovo on February 22. She noted that Iceland had not been the first country to recognize Koso [...]
2008-02-19 16:48:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL UNMIK PGOV YI IC
08REYKJAVIK240 Foreign Minister Expected to Ask the Secretary for
[...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Gretar Mar Sigurdsson, the acting chief of the MFA during Foreign Minister Gisladottir's extended absence, informed the Ambassador October 17 that Gisladottir intends to play a leading role in the government's efforts to secure international financing after she ret [...]
2008-10-20 13:12:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK242ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS: RUSSIAN LOAN STILL ON TABLE, IMF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 18:00:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK246ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS: GOI - UK NEGOTIATIONS ON ICESAVE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-23 17:53:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK25 ICELANDIC MFA REQUESTS FOIA INFORMATION ON HALLDOR
[...] (U) Post received a diplomatic note from the Icelandic MFA requesting FOIA information on Iceland's eminent Nobel Prize winner, Halldor Laxness (1902-1998). Laxness, one of Iceland's most famous citizens, remains a topic of considerable public interest, and the question of what historical docu [...]
2008-02-22 16:56:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IC
08REYKJAVIK251ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS: GOI REACHES AGREEMENT ON IMF
[...] (U) The Icelandic Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and visiting IMF team held consecutive press conferences on October 24 to announce an agreement on an IMF package encompassing a roughly $2 billion IMF loan to Iceland. 2. (U) Prime Minister Haarde and Foreign Minister Gisladottir announced [...]
2008-10-27 16:55:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK252ICELANDIC ECONOMIC CRISIS: GOI OFFICIALS CAUTIOUSLY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-28 16:08:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK253ICELANDIC CENTRAL BANK ASKED NY FED FOR ONE BILLION USD LOAN
[...] (C) On October 24, the Central Bank sent a letter to the New York Federal Reserve Bank requesting a one billion USD loan or currency swap. The Embassy requested and today received a copy of the letter, which was addressed to Timothy Geithner, President of the Bank. In a cover memo dated Octob [...]
2008-10-29 14:57:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK254ICELAND: NATO ACCESSION OF ALBANIA AND CROATIA
[...] (U) PolOff contacted Icelandic MFA MinCouns for International Organizations Nikulas Hannigan on October 28 to follow up on reftel demarche. Hannigan said that the MFA's Legal Advisor is preparing a draft parliamentary resolution for consideration by the cabinet at the weekly government meeting [...]
2008-10-30 08:14:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDMARR NATO PREL KTIA AL HR IC
08REYKJAVIK255ICELAND'S REQUEST FOR A LOAN: WHAT'S IN IT FOR US
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 08:46:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK256 Iceland's Financial Crisis: The Russia Angle
[...] (C) The announcement by Iceland's Central Bank on October 7 that Russia would provide a USD 5.4 billion loan created an international stir, unleashing a wave of speculation as to who had approached Russia, why and when the contact was made, and what the Russians could be contemplating as the q [...]
2008-11-03 16:51:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ECON PGOV RS IC
08REYKJAVIK258 ICELAND: PRIME MINISTER CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT
[...] (U) Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde has sent U.S. President-elect Barack Obama a letter of congratulations, according to a November 5 press release from the PM's Office. In the release, Haarde further noted that he looks forward to meeting the new President at the next NATO Summit in 200 [...]
2008-11-05 15:56:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IC
08REYKJAVIK263ICELAND: CAN THIS COALITION BE SAVED?
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Public support for Iceland's government has fallen below 50 percent in the wake of the financial crisis here, and cracks are beginning to widen between the two coalition parties as weekly demonstrations grow in size and fervor. PM Haarde's Independence Party (IP) has taken th [...]
2008-11-10 18:15:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EU IC
08REYKJAVIK264 Iceland's economic troubles: Implications for the defense
[...] (C) Summary: Iceland's economic collapse is spurring painful but necessary cost cutting measures by the Icelandic government. One expected target of reductions is the defense budget, a very small part of the national budget but a line item with a high profile. Although a funding reduction i [...]
2008-11-10 18:15:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK267 ICELAND: IT WON'T BE THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE ANYMORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Last year Iceland was rated by the UNDP as the best place to live in the world, but the October collapse of the Icelandic banking system has triggered a full scale financial and currency crisis and delivered a knockout punch for Iceland. Now experts are just beginning to piece [...]
2008-11-14 07:48:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK269ICELAND: MFA SLASHES BUDGET, WILL REPLACE AMBASSADOR TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Foreign Minister has announced a twenty percent reduction in the Ministry's budget for FY 2009. Four Icelandic missions will be closed down and the positions of six Ambassadors, who are retiring, will not be filled. Some Icelandic foreign service staff at overseas posts [...]
2008-11-14 17:03:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN PREL MARR ODIP IC
08REYKJAVIK27KOSOVO: ICELAND MUDDLING ITS WAY TOWARDS RECOGNITION
[...] (C) Ambassador contacted Permanent Secretary of State at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Gretar Mar Sigurdsson on 28 February to query the failure to make good the FM's pledge that Iceland would recognize Kosovo on February 22 (reftel). Sigurdsson pointed to the Foreign Minister's [...]
2008-02-28 18:33:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL UNMIK UN YI KV IC
08REYKJAVIK270 ICELAND REACHES AGREEMENT ON ICESAVE, OPENING DOOR FOR IMF
[...] (SBU) The governments of Iceland, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands came to an agreement November 16 on the compensation for deposits held in Icesave accounts, the online savings accounts offered by now-nationalized Landsbanki. The Icelandic government will pay the first EUR 20,000 (25,3 [...]
2008-11-17 16:30:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK275ICELAND: CONSIDERING RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL FOR TERRORIST
[...] (SBU) A/DCM and ConOff delivered Ref A demarche and model document to Ministry for Foreign Affairs Desk Officer for the U.S. (and Deputy Chief of the Defense Department) Audunn Atlason and MFA Defense Department First Secretary Ingibjorg Petursdottir on November 21. Emboffs also referred to D [...]
2008-11-25 12:10:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL IC
08REYKJAVIK279 Foreign Minister Assesses Icelandic Domestic and Foreign
[...] (U) At a November 28 lunch hosted by the Danish Ambassador, the dean of the diplomatic corps, Foreign Minister Gisladottir told the assembled heads of mission she viewed Iceland's financial collapse as part of a global meltdown that must be resolved globally. In a pointed repudiation of the ha [...]
2008-12-01 16:57:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EU IC
08REYKJAVIK28 ICELAND: FOREIGN MINISTER DISMISSES CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Foreign Minister flatly dismissed opposition calls for an independent inquiry into suspected CIA rendition flights through Iceland in a parliamentary session on February 28. The question time discussion was spurred by Icelandic State Television's February 25 broadcas [...]
2008-02-29 16:54:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL PTER IC
08REYKJAVIK286Iceland: Political parties considering EU membership as
[...] (U) Summary: Iceland's economic crisis has radically changed opinions here on the possibility of joining the European Union, and the country's political parties are struggling to adapt. Polls show support for joining the EU and adopting the euro reaching 70 percent, while support for the gov [...]
2008-12-05 16:28:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EUN IC
08REYKJAVIK291 ICELAND: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Post provides the following submission for Part 2 of the INCSR report. Part 1 (Narcotics) was transmitted Ref B. 2. Begin text of submission: Iceland Money laundering is not considered a major problem in Iceland, though international observers have questioned the effectiveness of th [...]
2008-12-10 16:54:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KTFN EFIN KCRM IC
08REYKJAVIK294 ICELAND: NEW FOREIGN EXCHANGE RULES EASE TRADE AND HELP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-17 17:28:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV IC
08REYKJAVIK34 ICELAND RECOGNIZES KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE
[...] (U) On March 5, 2008, Iceland recognized the Republic of Kosovo as an independent state. 2. (SBU) Comment: Although the recognition comes almost two weeks after the initial date the Foreign Minister suggested to the Ambassador (see reftel),it falls neither first nor last among the Nordic [...]
2008-03-05 17:18:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KV IC
08REYKJAVIK36 EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Pol Officer (FS 02) 12 hrs - Pol Assistant 50 hrs - DCM (FE-OC) 1 h [...]
2008-03-07 12:22:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
08REYKJAVIK37REYKJAVIK: NOMINATION FOR FSI ENERGY SEMINAR PE228
[...] Iceland is a key player in renewable energy, especially in the field of geothermal power. The Icelandic Government is incorporating this expertise more and more into its foreign policy and Icelandic energy companies are investing overseas, including in the U.S. Post nominates Economic and Com [...]
2008-03-07 17:33:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV APER ABUD IC
08REYKJAVIK41 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOUCHER
[...] Embassy Reykjavik grants country clearance to CODEL Boucher and the accompanying delegation and personnel to travel to Keflavik, Iceland for refueling on March 22, 2008 2. Post has assigned Mrs. Fiona Evans as the CODEL's administrative point of contact and she will be meeting the CODEL a [...]
2008-03-19 12:16:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IC
08REYKJAVIK44 HAGUE ADOPTION LETTER DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT OF ICELAND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-27 15:20:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CASC KOCI CMGT IC
08REYKJAVIK46 Demarche on Use of FYROM for NATO Candidature (U)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-31 17:33:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MK GR IC
08REYKJAVIK52Scenesetter for the Secretary's meeting with Icelandic
[...] (C/NF) Icelandic Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir's visit to Washington April 10-12 will be her first visit with a bilateral agenda. Since her Social Democratic Alliance party came into government last June, she has quickly forged a solid relationship with her center-right coalit [...]
2008-04-03 16:47:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV PINR NATO KWMN IC
08REYKJAVIK55 IS ICELANDIC GOVERNMENT DOING ENOUGH TO HALT ECONOMY'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's economy has recently gone wobbly, with the currency depreciating to a near record low and consumers facing sudden price hikes of near ten percent. In response to inflationary pressures, the Central Bank raised its prime rate 1.25 percent on March 25 to a new record hig [...]
2008-04-07 17:46:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IC
08REYKJAVIK66 ICELANDIC PRIME MINISTER TO BUSINESS COMMUNITY: STAY THE
[...] (U) Prime Minister Geir Haarde gave a pep talk to the top Icelandic businessmen assembled at the annual meeting of the Federation of Icelandic Employers on April 18, and put to rest rumors that the solution to Iceland's recent economy problems is unilaterally adopting a foreign currency. Haard [...]
2008-04-18 18:11:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IC
08REYKJAVIK67REYKJAVIK REQUESTS EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW FOR 2008 PROGRAM
[...] (U) Post requests an Embassy Science Fellow to help strengthen the bilateral science research ties between the U.S. and Iceland. Embassy Reykjavik has designated the expansion of bilateral science ties as a key priority in our FY2010 Mission Strategic Plan, devoting an entire goal paper to the [...]
2008-04-21 18:09:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL KSCA SENV EAGR AMGT OTRA APER IC
08REYKJAVIK70ICELAND WILL SIGN ON TO PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
[...] (SBU) Pol Chief briefly mentioned reftel declaration to Ingibjorg Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 22 April and followed up with a detailed demarche the next day. Davidsdottir replied that she had spoken with Iceland's UN Mission after [...]
2008-04-23 19:13:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA IC
08REYKJAVIK71ABBAS STOPOVER IN ICELAND: SPECIAL ENVOY APPOINTED,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a short-notice visit, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas overnighted in Iceland April 21-22, meeting with Icelandic President Grimsson and Foreign Minister Gisladottir. At the ceremonial lunch with Grimsson, Abbas lauded the contributions of small states like Icel [...]
2008-04-23 19:17:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR KPAL KWBG IS XF IC
08REYKJAVIK8Iceland: Russian activities in region a growing concern
[...] (C) Summary: Russian foreign policy continues to irritate and puzzle the Government of Iceland. In the hour-long special on Russia, broadcasted by an Icelandic television channel on January 15, Russian Ambassador Tatarintsev claimed that recent Russian foreign policy moves are tied to Russia' [...]
2008-01-23 14:58:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV RU IC
08REYKJAVIK9POST DOES NOT HAVE FUNDING FOR ICELANDIC WIREC DELEGATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 14:21:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG KGHG KSCA TRGY IC
08REYKJAVIK91Scenesetter for the Secretary's visit to Iceland May 30, 2008
[...] (U) The Icelanders are delighted to welcome you to the High North. Your visit to Reykjavik is the first by a Secretary of State since Secretary Powell attended the NATO Summit here in 2002, and the first bilateral visit since Secretary Albright overnighted in 2000. Under Secretary for Politic [...]
2008-05-19 14:34:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PINR NATO KWMN ECON UNSC IC
08REYKJAVIK93 ICELAND: PALESTINIAN REFUGEE ADMISSIONS REVEAL DISCORD,
[...] (U) Summary: Iceland's recently-announced plan to accept 30 Palestinian refugees has sparked new debate on societal tolerance of immigrants and again revealed deep divisions in the Liberal Party. Meanwhile, the town of Akranes, just outside Reykjavik, is poised to accept the refugees despite [...]
2008-05-22 16:56:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PHUM UNHCR KPAL SY IZ IC
08REYKJAVIK96 ICELAND: PRESIDENT GRIMSSON RE-ELECTED BY DEFAULT FOR A
[...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson won re-election by default on May 24 after the deadline for candidate registration passed with no challengers announcing. The election, previously scheduled for June 28, has been cancelled; Grimsson will start his fourth, and likely l [...]
2008-06-02 17:00:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR IC
08SECTION01GF02BISHIEK21 Libel S5iT3 Chill Fre% Sp%ech in KyR%yzStan
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-06 09:32:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAK IC PGOV
08STATE114173NORDIC AND BALTIC POLITICAL DIRECTORS, OCTOBER 2
[...] (C) Summary. On October 2, political directors and other senior officials from the nine members of the Expanded Partnership in Northern Europe (E-PINE),including EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried, met in Vilnius for semi-annual consultations. The principal issues discussed were Georgia, U [...]
2008-10-27 16:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKNEI PREL EUR BO GG RS UP XG SW NO LG LH IC EN FI
08STATE3800UN OPERATION IN COTE D'IVOIRE: VOTING
[...] USUN is authorized to vote in favor of the resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI); the text is in paragraph 3. You may draw on the points in paragraph 2 for the Security Council consultations scheduled for January 14. 2. Begin points: --The U.S. w [...]
2008-01-13 06:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO IC
08STATE44904UNSC 4/29/08 CONSULTATIONS ON COTE D'IVOIRE:
[...] (U) USUN is authorized to join consensus on draft Presidential Statement (paragraph 4) welcoming the just-announced November 30 date for the Ivorian elections and exhorting all parties to keep elections preparations on track. USUN may draw on the points in paragraph 3 during the April 29 Secur [...]
2008-04-29 00:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO ETTC IC
08STATE56861E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, APRIL 30TH MEETING IN
[...] (C) Summary. Senior U.S., Nordic, and Baltic officials met in Washington D.C. on April 30th for the eleventh Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (e-PINE) Political Directors' meeting. They agreed: that MAP for Georgia and Ukraine in December is desirable, but may be problematic; that the cu [...]
2008-05-28 15:08:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKNEI PREL EUR BO GG PL RS UP XZ ZB SW NO LG LH IC
08STATE63686U.S.-ICELAND SECURITY DIALOGUE MEETING, APRIL 30
[...] (C) Summary. U.S. and Icelandic officials April 30 reviewed Iceland,s defense developments and bilateral security cooperation at working-level Security Dialogue meetings in Washington, D.C. Iceland previewed creation of the Icelandic Defense Agency this year, its plan to host a high-level NA [...]
2008-06-12 20:43:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIC NATO PGOV PREL
08STATE78865COTE D'IVOIRE: JULY 24, 2008 UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) The Security Council will hold consultations on Cote d'Ivoire on July 24, 2008. USUN may draw on the talking points in paragraph 2. 2. Begin points: -- I would like to thank Ambassador Choi for his briefing. -- We congratulate the parties on their continuing efforts to fulfill t [...]
2008-07-22 22:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO MARR UNSC IC
08STATE81508UN OPERATION IN COTE D'IVOIRE: MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] The UN Security Council is scheduled to vote on July 30 on a resolution extending the mandate of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). USUN is authorized to vote in favor of the resolution. The draft text is in paragraph 2. If any substantive change in the text is proposed, mission sh [...]
2008-07-29 17:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO MARR UNSC IC
08USNATO473UPDATE ON NATO AIR SURVEILLANCE AND TRAINING
[...] (C) In November, the financial crisis in Iceland and the ensuing dispute between Iceland and the UK threw into question NATO air surveillance and training missions in Iceland. The UK was scheduled to fill the December 5 ) 21, 2008 rotation, but after a period of negotiation, the UK ultimatel [...]
2008-12-19 08:51:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PGOV PREF PREL IC
08USUNNEWYORK176ICELANDIC PRESIDENT GRIMSSON PITCHES CANDIDACY FOR
[...] (SBU) On February 22, Icelandic President Grimsson told Ambassador Khalilzad that he had been "personally engaged" since last year in Iceland's race against Austria and Turkey for a seat on the Security Council in 2009-2010. Grimsson said Iceland had been offering potential supporters coopera [...]
2008-02-25 22:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC IC
09BERLIN1054MEDIA REACTION: JAPAN, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, GERMANY
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Japan) Outcome of Parliamentary Elections 3. (UN) Climate Conference 4. (Mideast) Peace Process 5. (Germany) Outcome of State Parliament Elections  [...]
2009-08-31 11:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1148MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, EU, ECONOMIC, U.S.-WILSON
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Presidential Elections 3. (EU) Barroso Election 4. (Economic) U.S. Recession, Lehman Bros. 5. (U.S.) Issue of Race in America  [...]
2009-09-17 11:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1158MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Missile Defense 3. (Afghanistan) Aftermath of Elections 4. (Lebanon) Formation of New Government  [...]
2009-09-18 12:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN485MEDIA REACTION: SWINE FLU, IRAQ, OBAMA, TALIBAN, CIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Outbreak of Swine Flu in Mexico 3. Secretary Clinton in Baghdad 4. President Obama's First 100 Days 5. Pakistan's Fight against the Taliban 6. CIA/Rule of Law 7. U.S.-Russian Disarmament Talks 8. Turkish Reaction to Obama Remarks on Armenia 9. [...]
2009-04-27 13:11:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IZ PK SF IC
09BRUSSELS1048JULY GAERC - SWEDISH PRESIDENCY OUTLINES
[...] (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers (FMs),meeting in Brussels July 27 as the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC),received an overview of Swedish Presidency priorities for the next six months. The GAERC adopted without discussion numerous decisions, to include U.S.-EU neg [...]
2009-07-30 17:50:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON EUN AF AL BO GG GR HR IC IR
09DJIBOUTI655DJIBOUTI: MIXED PROGRESS TOWARD RENEWABLE SOLUTIONS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Djibouti continues to struggle with a widening gap between electricity demand from consumers, and a constrained supply of expensive, diesel-generated electricity provided by the national electricity company. Realizing that improved supplies of lower-cost energy are imperative [...]
2009-06-09 13:02:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PREL SENV SOCI IC ET DJ
09GENEVA203REPORTING CABLE ON FEBRUARY 24-25 WORKING GROUP ON
[...] (U) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Kingdom - current chair - convened a meeting of the Working Group on Resettlement (WGR) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva February 24 - 25. Representatives of 20 governments as well as UNHCR headquarters and fiel [...]
2009-03-11 15:49:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAF AS CA EI IC IZ JO NZ PHUM PK PREF PREL
09MONTREAL80ICAO COUNCIL CAUTIONS DPRK ON CIVAIR SAFETY AND SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 9, 2009 the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, which is the governing body constituted of 36 representatives of ICAO Contracting States from all regions of the world, discussed the DPRK announcement that North Korea cannot guarantee the safety o [...]
2009-03-09 23:55:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KS KN IC ICAO
09OSLO146DREAMS IN POLAR FOG: PROPOSED NORDIC EFENSE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 11:29:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPNR PGOV PREL MARR MCAP MOPS DA IC FI SW
09REYKJAVIK100ICELAND: NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request for help in identifying possible air assets for Pakistan, Post confirms that Iceland neither possesses nor operates Mi-17 helicopters. KLOPFENSTEIN [...]
2009-06-02 13:37:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SMIG PARM PK IC
09REYKJAVIK101Iceland: Tough Times Ahead: Minister of Finance Paints
[...] (C) Summary: Iceland Minister of Finance Steingrimur J. Sigfusson predicted difficult times for Iceland in the year ahead at a June 3 meeting with the CDA. Sigfusson promised significant tax hikes and budget cuts, with much of the pain to come in the fall. Negotiations with labor and capital t [...]
2009-06-05 17:11:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL IC
09REYKJAVIK102 ICELAND SETTLES ICESAVE DEPOSIT GUARANTEE DISPUTE WITH THE
[...] (U) On June 5, Icelandic media reported that the GOI and the Governments of the UK and the Netherlands had struck a deal over the Icesave dispute. The GOI has agreed to take a $5.44 billion loan from the UK and the Netherlands to repay the minimum deposit guarantee to those who lost their sav [...]
2009-06-08 17:17:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN PREL IC
09REYKJAVIK104ICELANDIC PRIORITIES REVEALED FOR INTERNATIONAL WHALING
[...] (U) Emboff met with Iceland's Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Tomas Heidar and Director of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs' Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Department Jon Egill Egilsson on June 9 to relay reftel points and elicit Iceland's priorities for [...]
2009-06-10 15:23:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD IC
09REYKJAVIK11EU Accession: How Iceland might start heading to Brussels
[...] (SBU) Summary: After the October financial crash, possible European Union (EU) membership and the adoption of the euro have become the most important political issue in Iceland. Iceland's political parties are wrestling with how to adjust their policies to accommodate this new reality (refte [...]
2009-01-21 17:11:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EUN IC
09REYKJAVIK12ICELAND: RUMBLE IN REYKJAVIK SHAKES GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Icelandic parliament's return after its holiday recess has been marred by the largest protests the country has experienced since the 1949 debate over NATO membership. By some estimates, as many as 2,000 demonstrators caused enough noise to force a halt to the opening legis [...]
2009-01-21 17:22:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON PINR ASEC IC
09REYKJAVIK121U.S.-Iceland Security Dialogue: Icelandic Defense Policy
[...] (C) Summary: Expert-level Security Dialogue talks in Reykjavik June 16 found broad agreement on the bilateral defense relationship. Both sides agree on the importance of a new NATO Strategic Concept, which Iceland hopes will contain language on the significance of the High North. Iceland rei [...]
2009-07-08 17:00:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV NATO AF IC
09REYKJAVIK122ICELANDIC WHALING IN FULL SWING WITH 24 FIN WHALES HUNTED
[...] (SBU) Icelandic whalers are taking full advantage of the expanded whaling quotas issued by the former Fisheries Minister Einar K. Gudfinsson and have killed 24 fin whales and 20 minkes to date. (Note: The last time fins were hunted in Iceland was in 2006 when seven were killed. About 40 minkes [...]
2009-07-09 16:53:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD IC
09REYKJAVIK123 ICELAND: PARLIAMENT PASSES RESOLUTION TO APPLY FOR
[...] (U) Summary: The Icelandic parliament passed a resolution on July 16 to enable the government to start accession negotiations with the European Union (EU). The parliament approved the controversial legislation with a slightly larger majority than expected, and fulfills the Social Democratic All [...]
2009-07-16 17:51:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR EUN IC
09REYKJAVIK129 ICELAND MOVING FORWARD WITH EU MEMBERSHIP PROCESS
[...] (U) Summary: Iceland is swiftly moving forward with the EU membership process and accession could come as early as 2012. The issue remains contentious in Iceland with current popular opinion reportedly split down the middle. Ultimately, the decision will likely come down to a national referen [...]
2009-07-28 17:25:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR EUN IC
09REYKJAVIK13ICELAND: PROTESTS CONTINUE; WILL SOCIAL DEMOCRATS STAY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-government protests in Reykjavik continued on the evening of January 21 and again on January 22, including a violent encounter that left one police officer hospitalized and many Icelanders profoundly shocked. There were no surprises in the Althingi's day-long debate Januar [...]
2009-01-22 18:31:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON PINR ASEC IC
09REYKJAVIK131 ICELAND ON ICESAVE: "WE ARE WILLING TO PAY"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Multiple GOI sources privately expressed the government's intention to guarantee the Icesave deposits held by foreign depositors in the UK and the Netherlands. In addition, the Foreign Minister told the UK Ambassador that he expects the Althingi to approve the controversial guara [...]
2009-07-29 16:29:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EUN IC
09REYKJAVIK132 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON
[...] (SBU) EmbOffs discussed Iceland's attendance plans for the 64th UN General Assembly with Greta Gunnarsdottir, head of the International and Security Affairs Directorate at the Icelandic MFA, on August 5. Gunnarsdottir said that Iceland's plans have not yet been finalized; however, she was abl [...]
2009-08-06 15:09:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OTRA KSEP CVIS UNGA EZ EUN IC
09REYKJAVIK135 ICELAND TO MAINTAIN CURRENT ASSSITANCE LEVELS TO
[...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered points contained in reftel to Greta Gunnarsdottir, head of the International and Security Affairs Directorate at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on August 5. Gunnarsdottir thanked Emboffs for the information and responded that the GOI intends to maintain its [...]
2009-08-07 16:44:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF IC
09REYKJAVIK140 ICELAND TO SEEK HIGH LEVEL MEETING AT UNGA
[...] (SBU) Kristjan Guy Burgess, Political Advisor to the Miister at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affars, confirmed to Post that the Government of Iceand has changed its mind and now intends to seeka high-level bilateral meeting with the United States on the margins of the UN General Assembly. [...]
2009-08-17 16:59:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPOV PREL OTRA KSEP CVIS UNGA EZ EUN IC
09REYKJAVIK15ICELAND ECONOMIC SITUATION EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE FURTHER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 16:48:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV IC
09REYKJAVIK151PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND REGRETS UNGA LUNCH
[...] Per reftel, we passed invitation to the Secretary's September 24 luncheon for female heads of state and foreign ministers to the office of the Prime Minister of Iceland Johanna Sigurdardottir. During a meeting with Charge September 3, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for International an [...]
2009-09-03 17:09:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KWMN PHUM UNGA IC
09REYKJAVIK154ICELANDAIR ON TRACK TO IMPLEMENT TSA REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. On August 19, Craig Lynes, Acting TSA Representative at U.S. Embassy London and Sandra Melendez, TSA International Industry Representative, met with representatives of Iceland's Civil Aviation Administration and air carrier Icelandair to discuss outstanding issues from a routine [...]
2009-09-11 15:15:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEAIR IC PGOV PREL
09REYKJAVIK155 ICELAND: UNGA PRIORITIES AND FOREIGN MINISTER'S ATTENDANCE
[...] (SBU) Poloff discussed U.S. goals and objectives for the upcoming UN General Assembly (Ref A) with Emil Hreggvidsson, Deputy Director for International and Security Affairs at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Hreggvidsson expressed particular interest in the U.S. initiatives relati [...]
2009-09-15 13:39:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OTRA KSEP CVIS UNGA EZ EUN IC
09REYKJAVIK158ICELANDIC FOREIGN MINISTER'S MEETING WITH CHARGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 11:14:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON UNGA NATO IC AF UK NL
09REYKJAVIK160ICELAND: NO COMMENTS ON MISSILE DEFENSE DEMARCHE
[...] On September 17, Charge relayed reftel talking points to Gretta Gunnarsdottir, Director General for International and Security Affairs at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Gunnarsdottir thanked us for the information but had no initial comments regarding reftel points. WATSON [...]
2009-09-18 15:35:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL EZ IC
09REYKJAVIK161ICELANDIC FOREIGN MINISTER'S MEETING WITH CHARGE
[...] (C) Summary. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) discussed a range of issues with Icelandic Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinsson on September 16 during his first courtesy call. The Minister described his plans for the UN General Assembly. On Icesave, he said that the British and Dutch had responded pos [...]
2009-09-21 09:15:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON UNGA NATO IC AF UK NL
09REYKJAVIK17ICELAND: PRIME MINISTER DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, DATE
[...] (U) Summary: Iceland's Prime Minister stunned the nation on January 23 with an announcement that he has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and will not stand for reelection as Independence Party chair at the coming national congress. PM Haarde said he received the diagnosis on January 21 a [...]
2009-01-23 17:37:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL ECON IC
09REYKJAVIK170 ICELAND'S PLANS TO COMBAT H1N1 VIRUS THIS WINTER
[...] (U) Summary: The strain of the H1N1 influenza virus present in Iceland has been milder than that experienced in other countries, and only one person has been hospitalized with the illness earlier this year. Occurrences of H1N1 in Iceland have been on the decline recently. However, Iceland's C [...]
2009-09-28 17:07:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AMED PREL TBIO IC
09REYKJAVIK175 MINISTERIAL CHANGES IN ICELAND
[...] (U) On October 1, the division of responsibilities within several Ministries changed as part of the ruling coalition's effort to streamline the government. Plans for the changes began May 10 when the Social Democratic Alliance and the Left-Green Movement formed their coalition and announced i [...]
2009-10-05 15:37:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IC
09REYKJAVIK176 TAX INCREASES AND FISCAL CUTS IN ICELAND'S 2010 BUDGET
[...] (U) Summary: The Minister of Finance announced next year's economic forecast and submitted the 2010 state budget bill to parliament October 1 when the parliament reconvened after its summer break. The forecast presented a bleak economic picture for the next two years and the budget was laden w [...]
2009-10-05 16:49:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC
09REYKJAVIK191 INVESTING IN ICELAND: OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES
[...] (SBU) Summary: As Iceland struggles to rebound from last year's financial meltdown, the government is reevaluating the future direction of the country, including the role of foreign direct investment (FDI). There is potential for investment in a variety of sectors, particularly those that util [...]
2009-10-27 16:58:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC
09REYKJAVIK192ICELAND: RESPONSE TO THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on October 26 to Emil Hreggvidsson, Deputy Director for International and Security Affairs at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Hreggvidsson said that Iceland's objectives for the upcoming session of the UN General Assembly Third Committee closely [...]
2009-10-28 17:01:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNGA IC
09REYKJAVIK193 Fraud Summary - Reykjavik: March to August 2009
[...] SUMMARY: Iceland is a low-fraud country with no identifiable, consistant fraud patterns involving U.S. passports or visas. No signficant changes or fraud trends were noted in Iceland during the reporting period March 1 to August 31, 2009. END SUMMARY. COUNTRY CONDITIONS ----------------- [...]
2009-10-28 17:04:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IC
09REYKJAVIK194 ICELAND TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) On October 29, Nina Jonsdottir from the International Affairs Department at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) notified post that Iceland intends to support the U.S. candidate, Lucretia Myers, in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election that will take place [...]
2009-10-29 17:10:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA IC
09REYKJAVIK196 ICELAND: 2009-2010 INCSR SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Iceland's submission for the 2009-2010 INCSR: I. Summary Icelandic authorities confront limited, but increasing, levels of domestic drug production. The primary focus of law enforcement is on stopping importation and distribution, with a lesser emphasis on prosecuting for possession a [...]
2009-11-03 17:25:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM IC
09REYKJAVIK197 ICELAND: GOVERNMENT HOLDS TIP SYMPOSIUM
[...] (U) More than 100 people overflowed a conference room for a symposium on human trafficking sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights on October 30. Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinsson opened the symposium by declaring the GOI's unwavering suppo [...]
2009-11-04 16:56:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PGOV PHUM PREL IC
09REYKJAVIK198ICELANDIC GOVERNMENT OPTIMISTIC PARLIAMENT WILL
[...] (C) In a meeting with Charge and Econoff, Minister of Finance Steingrimur Sigfusson stated that he believes by next week the Icesave agreement will be out of committee and return to parliament for its second reading. He said that the government had learned from the last vote on Icesave and th [...]
2009-11-04 18:01:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALEFIN IC NE PGOV PREL UK
09REYKJAVIK20ICELAND: GOVERNMENT FALLS, UNITY COALITION IN THE OFFING?
[...] (U) Summary: Despite a weekend of frantic efforts by the leaders of Iceland's governing coalition to bring their parties to heel, Prime Minister Haarde announced January 26 that the governing coalition has fallen apart less than two years into its term. The immediate cause was the demand of t [...]
2009-01-26 18:15:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON IC
09REYKJAVIK200 INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 08:57:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EWWT IMO PHSA IC
09REYKJAVIK201 ICELAND CURRENTLY UNABLE TO ASSIST WHO WITH H1N1 SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered request contained in reftel to Sveinn Magnusson, Chief Medical Advisor at the Ministry of Health on November 3. Mr. Magnusson told Econoff that Iceland, as elsewhere, has been slow to receive the quantity of H1N1 vaccines ordered. Currently, the vaccine is available onl [...]
2009-11-12 15:03:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KFLU WHO IC
09REYKJAVIK202GOVERNMENT RECONSIDERS AMOUNT OF TAX FOR ENERGY USE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent actions by the government of Iceland (GOI),including a proposal to introduce a significant energy tax in the 2010 budget bill (reftel B),have raised concerns about the current environment for foreign investors. Implementing significant tax increases ex-post-facto, for exa [...]
2009-11-13 17:21:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IC PGOV PREL
09REYKJAVIK203INDEPENDENCE PARTY LEADER SEEKS MEETING WITH WHITE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 16:43:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN IC
09REYKJAVIK204OBSERVATIONS FROM A DANISH AMBASSADOR'S THREE
[...] (C) Summary and introduction. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) met November 13 with Soren Haslund, the newly arrived Danish Ambassador to Iceland, to discuss his time spent in Iran. Haslund served as the Danish Ambassador in Tehran for three years, arriving in 2006 and departing the country on July 26, [...]
2009-11-17 13:14:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM IR IC
09REYKJAVIK207 POTENTIAL TRAVEL TO U.S. BY SENIOR ICELANDIC OFFICIALS IN
[...] (SBU) Several high-level GOI officials have expressed interest in traveling to the U.S. in early 2010 to meet with officials at counterpart agencies. A visit prior to January is unlikely, as the government lacks the money to finance a trip at the moment and officials are finalizing the 2010 bu [...]
2009-11-18 16:06:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC
09REYKJAVIK208ICELAND'S POSITION UNCHANGED ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) Post delivered points contained in reftel to Emil Breki Hreggvidsson, Counsellor in the Foreign Affairs Department at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 18. Hreggvidsson stated that the Government of Iceland has not changed its position of abstaining or being absent fro [...]
2009-11-18 17:40:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE IC
09REYKJAVIK211ICELAND TO MAINTAIN CURRENT ASSISTANCE LEVELS TO
[...] (C) Charge drew on points contained in reftel in a discussion with Greta Gunnarsdottir, head of the International and Security Affairs Directorate at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 25. Gunarsdottir thanked Charge for the information and offered assurances that Aghanist [...]
2009-11-25 17:00:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR PGOV IC
09REYKJAVIK213 READOUT FROM THE ICELANDIC PARTICIPANT AT E-PINE MEETING
[...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires met with Greta Gunnarsdottir, Director General for International and Security Affairs at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 30 to discuss her participation in the November 5 Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (E-PINE) meeting in Washington. Gunn [...]
2009-12-03 15:56:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IC
09REYKJAVIK214 REYKJAVIK OIG COMPLIANCE UPDATE/REUEST FOR EXTENSION
[...] (SBU) Post is committd to closing Recommendation 2 in the OIG's 2003 eport (ref c) as soon as possible. Post continues to advise the OIG on the status of the Perimeter ecurity Upgrade Project in line with Recommendaton 2 in ref c. As previously reported, Post hasbeen denied a permit by the ci [...]
2009-12-04 15:44:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASIG ASEC ABLD IC
09REYKJAVIK215 ICELAND: ACQUITTAL IN FIRST TIP COURT CASE
[...] (U) In October, prosecutors indicted Catalina Ncogo, an Icelandic citizen of Equatorial Guinean origin, on charges of human trafficking, profiting from prostitution as a third party, and drug smuggling. The trafficking indictment was the first charge of such a nature in Iceland. On December 1 [...]
2009-12-04 15:45:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PGOV PHUM PREL IC
09REYKJAVIK216 REYKJAVIK OIG COMPLIANCE UPDATE/REQUEST FOR EXTENSION
[...] (SBU) Post is committed to closing Recommendation 2 in the OIG's 2003 report (ref c) as soon as possible. Post continues to advise the OIG on the status of the Perimeter Security Upgrade Project in line with Recommendation 2 in ref c. As previously reported, Post has been denied a permit by t [...]
2009-12-04 16:41:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASIG ASEC ABLD IC
09REYKJAVIK218IMF: ICELAND NEEDS FINANCIAL AUSTERITY
[...] (C) Summary. Mark Flanagan, leader of the IMF review team here in Reykjavik, believes Iceland's recovery could start in mid-2010, but he cautioned that that the government must take several critical steps to lay the necessary groundwork, including significant fiscal austerity. Prior to the nex [...]
2009-12-08 16:56:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IC PGOV PREL
09REYKJAVIK219 ICESAVE BILL LINGERS AS DIVISIVE FORCE IN GOVERNMENT AND
[...] (U) Summary. The coalition government recently reached a negotiated settlement with the opposition that allows the Icesave bill to move to the next stage of the parliamentary process. The settlement was reached only after the opposition used filibustering techniques to stall the bill in the s [...]
2009-12-08 16:56:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC
09REYKJAVIK221ICELANDIC DEFENSE AGENCY TO BE INTEGRATED INTO NEW
[...] (C) Summary. On December 4, the Government of Iceland announced plans to dissolve the Icelandic Defense Agency (IDA) and to integrate its duties into a new Ministry of the Interior. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Secretary at the MFA later offered assurances that the merger w [...]
2009-12-18 16:58:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL PGOV IC
09REYKJAVIK222 ICELAND: 2009 COUNTY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Included is Embassy Reykjavik's submission for the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism. Embassy POC for this report is Political Officer Joshua Rubin, office phone: 354 562-9100; email:rubinjn@state.gov. The Government of Iceland stated in its most recent terrorist threat assessment, con [...]
2009-12-21 12:25:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC IC
09REYKJAVIK223 PARLIAMENT PASSES A BEVY OF BILLS BEFORE THE NEW YEAR
[...] (U) Summary: The Icelandic Parliament worked diligently in the days leading up to its holiday recess and passed a number of key pieces of legislation. Over the weekend of December 18-20, parliament passed 18 bills including a new environmental tax and amendments to the General Penal Code that [...]
2009-12-23 13:46:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGTIP PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC
09REYKJAVIK225REYKJAVIK CIWG ANNUAL MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On December 17, 2009, American Embassy Reykjavik convened a Counter Intelligence Working Group (CIWG) meeting. CDA Sam Watson chaired the meeting. In attendance were A/DCM, POL, PAO, CONS, ECON, IPC, MILREP, MGT and RSO. Ref A discusses Post's previous CIWG. Ref C discusses Post's pr [...]
2009-12-24 11:35:00Embassy ReykjavikSECRET//NOFORNASEC IC
09REYKJAVIK227 ICESAVE VOTE DELAYED AGAIN
[...] (U) The Icelandic parliament was expected to vote on the Icesave bill on December 30; however, new information emerged on the eve of the vote that may further delay a resolution to the issue. The media is reporting that the Icelandic negotiating team, which concluded the original Icesave agree [...]
2009-12-30 16:11:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON IC
09REYKJAVIK228 PARLIAMENT FINALLY PASSES ICESAVE
[...] (U) After months of debate, Iceland's parliament passed the Icesave bill late in the evening of December 30 by a vote of 33 to 30. Passage of the bill allows the government to provide a state guarantee for the Depositors' and Investors' Guarantee Fund's repayment of up to $5.5 billion to the [...]
2009-12-31 12:01:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON IC
09REYKJAVIK23 ICELAND SIGNS TIFA, PUSHES FOR E VISAS
[...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East Christopher S. Wilson and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs Ossur Skarphedinsson signed a Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement (TIFA) in Reykjavik on January 15. The TIFA establishes a commitment to meet [...]
2009-01-28 09:46:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN CVIS IC
09REYKJAVIK25ICELAND: OUTGOING MINISTER ALLOWS FOR LARGE FIN WHALE HUNT
[...] (U) Action request: paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: On January 27, outgoing Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Einar K. Gudfinsson quietly issued an order potentially allowing a massive increase in Iceland's hunting of fin and minke whales. The order allowed commercial quotas of fin and minke [...]
2009-01-30 17:10:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALSENV EFIS PGOV IWC IC
09REYKJAVIK27 ICELAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] (U) Post submits the following Investment Climate Statement for Iceland for 2009. Responses are keyed to reftel. This report has been sent by unclassified email to J. Nathaniel Hatcher in EEB/IFD/OIA per reftel instructions. The statistics portion at the end of this report was only sent by [...]
2009-02-02 15:19:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR IC
09REYKJAVIK28ICELAND: LEFTIST GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER THE REINS; BIO
[...] (U) Summary: After a week of negotiations, Iceland's Social Democratic Alliance and Left-Green Movement announced a minority government on February 1. The new government, dependent upon the centrist Progressive Party for support, is headed by SDA Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, Iceland [...]
2009-02-05 17:23:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR IC
09REYKJAVIK29NEW ICELANDIC PM PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR IMF PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 5 courtesy call, new Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir told Ambassador her government is committed to implementing the IMF's recovery program for Iceland. The first task is to rebuild the banking system, including the regulatory structure, while als [...]
2009-02-05 17:35:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPDC PGOV ECON NATO SENV IC
09REYKJAVIK30 ICELAND CENTRAL BANK CRISIS: ODDSSON'S NAILS FLAG TO MAST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Iceland Central Bank's Chairman of the Board of Governors, David Oddsson, refused Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir's request to resign on Sunday. The Prime Minister made her request by letter of February 2, pending passage of a law allowing the government to dismiss the thr [...]
2009-02-09 17:58:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN CVIS IC
09REYKJAVIK36ICELANDIC FISHERIES MINISTER PESSIMISTIC ON REVERSING
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the head of a delegation of seven ambassadors, the Ambassador urged the new Minister of Fisheries February 7 to rescind the quota established by his predecessor last month that would allow a large commercial hunt for fin and minke whales over the next five years. The Ministe [...]
2009-02-18 15:40:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD PGOV IC
09REYKJAVIK37ICELANDIC MINISTER CONFIRMS COMMERCIAL WHALING DECISION
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Minister of Fisheries Steingrimur J. SigfuQon announced on February 18 that his predecessor's controversial increase in whaling quotas for fin and minke whales will stand at least for this year (reftels). Ministry of Fisheries [...]
2009-02-20 15:45:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD IC
09REYKJAVIK39 ICELANDIC CENTRAL BANK HEAD PUBLICLY GOES ON DEFENSIVE
[...] (SBU) Iceland's Central Bank Chairman of Board of Governors David Oddsson refused to accept blame for the October bank collapse and subsequent economic recession during his appearance on Icelandic State Television's current affairs program "Kastljos" on February 24. Well-prepared and often po [...]
2009-02-25 17:07:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN IC
09REYKJAVIK45ICELAND: FM WARNS OF POSSIBLE DEFENSE BUDGET CUTS
[...] (C) Summary: Icelandic Foreign Minister Skarphedinsson told Ambassador on 18 February that "nothing can be ruled out" on the question of further cuts to Iceland's defense budget, and floated a trial balloon on further reductions to Iceland's contingent in Afghanistan. In public comments the [...]
2009-02-27 17:22:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM NATO ECON AF IC
09REYKJAVIK47ICELAND WELCOMES U.S. REENGAGEMENT IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Pol Chief delivered ref A points to Ingibjorg Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 2 March (Note: No MFA officials were available to receive the demarche at an earlier date). Davidsdottir said she was very pleased to hear that the U. [...]
2009-03-04 08:41:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN IC
09REYKJAVIK49 NINTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Pol Officer (FS 02) 18 hrs - Pol Assistant 50 hrs - DCM 1 hrs T [...]
2009-03-06 16:25:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KTIP KFRD PREF IC
09REYKJAVIK50 NINTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Pol Officer (FS 02) 18 hrs - Pol Assistant 50 hrs - DCM 1 hrs T [...]
2009-03-06 16:26:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KTIP KFRD PREF IC
09REYKJAVIK51EMBASSY REYKJAVIK SCIENCE FELLOW REQUEST 2009
[...] (U) Post requests an Embassy Science Fellow to help strengthen the bilateral science research ties between the U.S. and Iceland. Embassy Reykjavik has designated the expansion of bilateral science ties as a key priority in our Mission Strategic Plan again this year. Post believes that enhanced [...]
2009-03-06 17:05:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER IC
09REYKJAVIK53ICELAND: FORMER FM GISLADOTTIR PULLS OUT OF ELECTIONS;
[...] (U) Social Democratic Alliance (SDA) Chair and former Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir announced late on Sunday, 8 March that she will not be running for reelection as party chair nor as a member of the Althingi in the elections on April 25. Gisladottir, who was diagnosed with a be [...]
2009-03-09 16:47:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR IC
09REYKJAVIK57 ICELAND: POLITICAL PARTY PRIMARIES MOSTLY REGENERATE THE
[...] (U) Summary: Iceland's largest round of party primary elections ahead of the April 25 Althingi elections were held this past weekend. Public calls for renewal of candidate lists did not produce the intended results and many incumbent MPs won reelection on their party lists. Voter turnout at t [...]
2009-03-17 16:14:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IC
09REYKJAVIK58 ICELAND SCENESTTER FOR TREASURY DAS ERIC MEYER'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since your previous visit three months ago, you'll find many changes in Iceland's economic and political landscape. Businesses are hurting and unemployment has risen to an unprecedented ten percent. Currency restrictions imposed in December were extended another six months unt [...]
2009-03-18 17:27:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN IC
09REYKJAVIK61 ICELAND: THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY -- AN OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Summary: The traditionally agrarian Progressive Party is looking to the 2009 elections as a chance to reclaim lost glory and its historical role as the deciding factor in governing coalitions on both ends of the political spectrum. The party -- Iceland's second-largest for most of the la [...]
2009-03-25 16:54:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR IC
09REYKJAVIK68ICELANDIC INTERIM MINISTER OF FINANCE AND FISHERIES
[...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's farewell call, a tired looking and clearly over-worked Steingrimur J. Sigfusson was confident about the upcoming elections, happy with the progress with the IMF, and encouraged by Iceland's negotiating position with the IceSave accounts. Sigfusson's roles a [...]
2009-04-07 18:05:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN SENV EFIS PGOV IC
09REYKJAVIK69ICELAND: NO NEW AFGHANISTAN PLEDGES BEFORE ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Iceland's government is committed to supporting NATO in Afghanistan but new pledges of assistance are unlikely before parliamentary elections at the end of April, based on discussions with the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. In separate meetings with Ambassador, both minist [...]
2009-04-08 17:19:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV MARR NATO AF IC
09REYKJAVIK71REYKJAVIK'S UPDATED TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION
[...] (U) Post's Terrorism Finance Coordinator is DCM Neil Klopfenstein. He can be reached by phone at +354-562-9200, ext. 2206. His classified email address is KlopfensteinNR@state.sgov.gov His unclassified email address is KlopfensteinNR@state.gov Mr. Klopfenstein's tour will end in late Augu [...]
2009-04-17 16:18:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN ETTC PTER IC
09REYKJAVIK72ICELAND CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 16:18:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KV IC
09REYKJAVIK73 ICELAND: THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE -- AN OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Sigurdardottir's Social Democratic Alliance is riding high in the polls ahead of Iceland's April 25 parliamentary election, and is on the verge of becoming the country's leading political party. An April victory would fulfill the party's raison d'etre of forming a [...]
2009-04-17 16:26:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR IC
09REYKJAVIK74ICELAND SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Ambassador presented ref A points announcing USG candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council in a meeting on April 6 with Icelandic MFA Permanent Secretary Benedikt Jonsson. Jonsson said Iceland would "look warmly on" the U.S. entry into the race and took the points on board. [...]
2009-04-17 16:27:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN IC
09REYKJAVIK75 ICELAND'S GOVERNMENT FEELING SECURE WITH ONE WEEK BEFORE
[...] (U) Summary: Polls continue to show Iceland's leftist minority government with a strong lead one week ahead of national elections on April 25. Though the official campaign may be less than a full week due to an opposition filibuster that has kept parliament in session, the Social Democratic [...]
2009-04-20 09:09:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IC
09REYKJAVIK81 ICELAND: SOCIAL DEMS IN DRIVER'S SEAT AFTER ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir's Social Democratic Alliance (SDA) came away with a clear victory in parliamentary elections on April 25, winning nearly 30 percent of the vote. The SDA now holds a commanding position in coalition talks, as their Left-Green (LG) [...]
2009-04-27 11:17:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IC
09REYKJAVIK82 BIGGEST DRUG BUST IN ICELAND'S HISTORY REVEALS
[...] (U) Summary: Around midnight on Saturday, April 18, police arrested three men near the harbor town of Hofn in southeast Iceland on suspicion of smuggling more than 109 kg (240 pounds) of amphetamines, MDMA (ecstasy),hashish, and marijuana into Iceland by boat. The men had allegedly picked u [...]
2009-04-27 16:27:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ASEC KCRM IC
09REYKJAVIK90 ICELAND: NEW GOVERNMENT PUNTS ON EU QUESTION, PLEDGES A
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's new leftist government announced its policy statement on May 12, confirming what many expected to be a move towards "traditional" Nordic social and economic policy. Taxes and other revenue streams will need to be increased to meet the government's goal of reduced def [...]
2009-05-13 13:19:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR EUN IC
09REYKJAVIK97 FIRST CASE OF H1N1 INFLUENZA CONFIRMED IN ICELAND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 13:34:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AMED PREL TBIO IC
09STATE100175COTE D'IVOIRE: PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
[...] (U) USUN is authorized to join consensus on issuance of a Presidential Statement on September 29, expressing concern at delays in preparations for the November 29 presidential and parliamentary elections in Cote d'Ivoire, and urging the Ivorian parties to respect their commitment to the elector [...]
2009-09-25 19:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO IC
09STATE104741SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS: COTE D'IVOIRE
[...] (U) The Security Council will hold consultations on Cote d'Ivoire on October 13. The Presidential Statement issued on September 29 (reftel) expressed the Council's concern about delays in preparations for the November 29 Ivorian elections, and stated the Council's intention to review the situa [...]
2009-10-07 23:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO IC
09STATE17176NORWAY, ESTONIA, TURKEY, LUXEMBOURG, ITALY AND
[...] (U) Norway, Estonia, Turkey, Italy, Luxembourg and Iceland have formally accepted the accession to NATO of Albania and Croatia by depositing with the U.S. Department of State, their instruments constituting acceptance of the NATO Accession Protocols. 2. (U) Date of deposit: Norway, Estonia, [...]
2009-02-24 21:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEN IC IT KTIA LU MARR NATO NO PARM PREL TU
09STATE41489COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS,
[...] USUN may draw on the points in paragraph 2 for the April 28 Security Council consultations on UNOCI and the political situation in Cote d'Ivoire. Talking points on sanctions are also included. 2. Begin points: --The United States welcomes Ambassador Choi, and thanks him for his briefi [...]
2009-04-24 18:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO MARR IC
09STATE54958COTE D'IVOIRE: PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
[...] (U) USUN may support adoption of the French-drafted Presidential Statement on Cote d'Ivoire. The text is in paragraph 2 below. 2. (U) Begin text: (1) The Security Council welcomes the communique dated 18 May 2009 of the Permanent Consultative Framework of the Ouagadougou Political Agre [...]
2009-05-29 00:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IC
09STATE60608ICELAND--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 00:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP IC
09STATE72105UN OPERATION IN COTE D'IVOIRE: CONSULTATIONS AND
[...] USUN may draw on the points in paragraph 2 for the July 23 Security Council consultations on UNOCI and/or, as appropriate, experts' discussions of the French draft resolution (not yet circulated for comment as of the date of this cable). 2. Begin points: -- The United States thanks Am [...]
2009-07-10 22:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO IC
09STATE79165UN OPERATION IN COTE D'IVOIRE:MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] USUN is authorized to vote in favor of a Security Council resolution authorizing the renewal of the mandate of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire until January 31, 2010. The text of the resolution is in paragraph 2. USUN should consult with Washington if there are substantive changes. 2. [...]
2009-07-29 18:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO IC
09STATE99783US PARTICIPATION IN JOINT DEMARCHE TO ICELAND ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an action request. Post is requested TO participate in a joint demarche to the Government of Iceland concerning their recent decisions regarding whaling activities. The text of the demarche is contained in paragraph 5. The United Kingdom has agreed to lead the demarc [...]
2009-09-24 21:22:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEFIS IC KSCA PGOV SENV IWC
09STOCKHOLM428GAERC JULY 26-7 AGENDA: SWEDEN'S PRELIMINARY ITEMS
[...] (C) Summary: On July 14, Poloffs met with MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Jonas Wendel to discuss the July 27-8 GAERC agenda. He said that, as the Swedes intended, the agenda is short to focus discussion on the most important international issues. Currently, there are three B items: conclusions o [...]
2009-07-14 14:23:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM IC NK BM SO IR KE GG UN EU SW
09USNATO334RASMUSSEN TAKES CHARGE; ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY On August 3--his first day of official business at NATO Headquarters--new NATO Secretary General (SYG) Anders Fogh Rasmussen released his roadmap for completing NATO's new Strategic Concept in time for a NATO Summit in the fall of 2010. He also named the 12 individuals he has chos [...]
2009-08-03 16:05:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PGOV PREF PTER MOPS MAR IC
09VIENNA912AUSTRIA: EU TO DISCUSS AHMADINEJAD INAUGURATION AT
[...] (C) Polchief discussed agenda items for the July 27-28 GAERC on July 22 with Klaus Famira, MFA European Correspondent. Famira said GAERC participants will discuss EU-Iran relations in light of the latest election and the crackdown on protesters. They will consider options for handling the in [...]
2009-07-22 14:29:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN IR IC AU
10BERLIN8MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, MIDEAST, ICELAND,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Obama - Intelligence Services' Meeting 3. (Afghanistan) London Conference 4. (Iran) Ban to Talk to Foreign Institutions 5. (Mideast) New Peace Efforts 6. (Iceland) Government Won't Repay Debts 7. (Defense) A 400 M 8. (Economic [...]
2010-01-06 13:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDAF IF XF IC EFIN
10LONDON21UK - UNHAPPY WITH ICELANDIC PRESIDENT'S DECISION
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary: The UK government did not anticipate that Iceland President Grimsson would block the legislation on Icesave with UK Treasury officials telling us that until the morning of January 5, Icelandic officials had reassured the UK that the law would be signed. Given that Iceland's PM [...]
2010-01-06 12:26:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV IC NE UK
10MADRID135SPAIN RECEIVES U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR TRANSPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 08:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EUN KTIA IC NO SP
10MADRID136SPAIN RECEIVES U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR TRANSPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 08:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EUN KTIA IC NO SP
10REYKJAVIK10 ICELAND WANTS IMF REVIEW TO TAKE PLACE ON SCHEDULE
[...] (SBU/NF) On January 11, Minister of Finance Steingrimur J. Sigfusson called in CDA to express the Icelandic government's desire for the IMF review to take place as scheduled and to seek USG support within the IMF. (Note: Prior to the President's refusal to sign the Icesave bill into law, the n [...]
2010-01-12 17:03:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EFIN IC
10REYKJAVIK13LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES TO AN ICESAVE REFERENDUM
[...] (C) Summary. CDA met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Einar Gunnarsson and Political Advisor Kristjan Guy Burgess January 12 to discuss Icesave. After presenting a gloomy picture of Iceland's future, the two officials asked for U.S. support. They said that public comment [...]
2010-01-13 17:18:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IC PGOV PREL
10REYKJAVIK19 ICELAND HAS LARGEST HYDROGEN VEHICLE FLEET IN EUROPE
[...] (U) Minister of Industry Katrin Juliusdottir handed out keys to ten Ford Focus Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs) to customers at a January 25 ceremony in Reykjavik hosted by Icelandic New Energy and Brimborg, a local Ford retailer. In her remarks, the Minister commented on the progress in Iceland towa [...]
2010-02-01 16:01:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN CVIS SENV IC
10REYKJAVIK28DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE RESPONSE - ICELAND
[...] (U) Emboff delivered points contained in reftel to Emil Hreggvidsson, Director of the Department of International Affairs at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on January 15. In order to obtain the requested information, Emboff also spoke with Sigurdur Helgason, an official at the Ic [...]
2010-02-17 16:46:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI UNDP UNGA IC
10REYKJAVIK3PRESIDENT REJECTS ICESAVE BILL
[...] (U) Summary: President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson announced on January 5 that he will not sign into law the Icesave bill passed by parliament on December 30, but will refer the bill to a national referendum. This decision throws Iceland's political and economic future into complete uncertainty, l [...]
2010-01-05 17:15:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IC NE PGOV PREL UK
10REYKJAVIK32ICELAND: RESPONSE TO IRISL DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Post delivered points in reftel to Petur Thorsteinsson in the Directorate for External Trade and Economic Affairs at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 23. Thorsteinsson thanked Emboff for the information regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) [...]
2010-02-24 17:10:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KNNP XF ZP ZR IR UK XG XT IC EFIN
10REYKJAVIK4 ICELAND: REFERENDUM RUMORS
[...] (U) Summary: President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson's decision on January 5 to veto the Icesave bill sparked wild speculation regarding the stability of the Icelandic government and the country's economic future. One day later, as the dust begins to settle, it appears as though the country will mov [...]
2010-01-06 16:49:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EFIN UK IC
10REYKJAVIK6 ICELAND: EUR ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (U) Gender equality and women's issues are top priorities in Iceland and the country has achieved strong results in these spheres. Iceland ranked third in the United Nations' Human Development Index in 2009, and placed first in the 2009 Global Gender Gap Index, published by the World Economic [...]
2010-01-08 15:57:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KWMN XG KTIP IC
10REYKJAVIK9PARLIAMENT PASSES LEGISLATION FOR REFERENDUM ON ICESAVE
[...] (U) The Icelandic Parliament passed legislation on January 8 outlining the mechanics for holding a national referendum on the Icesave bill. The referendum, which became necessary when Iceland's President refused to sign the bill into law, will occur on either February 27 or March 6. The Minis [...]
2010-01-11 16:14:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON IC
10ROME182DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR
[...] (U) EconOff delivered the demarche on U.S.-EU Second Stage Air Transport Negotiations. Post first spoke with Aldo Sansone, director general for airports an air nagivation at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Sansone suggested that the demarche be delivered to M. Cristina Fra [...]
2010-02-12 17:02:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EUN NO IT IC KTIA
10STATE9584U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR TRANSPORT NEGOTIATIONS
[...] Summary. The seventh -- and possibly decisive -- round of second stage U.S.-EU air transport negotiations will take place in Madrid February 15-17. The November 3, 2009 U.S.-EU Summit Declaration calls for a second stage agreement by the end of 2010. To meet this timetable, both sides must [...]
2010-01-29 21:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EUN KTIA IC NO
10STOCKHOLM62SWEDEN RECEIVES U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR TRANSPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 07:56:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA EAIR ECON IC EUN SW
10THEHAGUE106NETHERLANDS: NEXT STEPS ON ICESAVE
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Netherlands (GONL) believes the existing Dutch and British loan agreements with Iceland will be resoundingly defeated in a March 6 Icelandic referendum. The GONL therefore plans to offer the Government of Iceland (GOI) new interest terms on its loan during t [...]
2010-02-19 17:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL IC
10THEHAGUE88NETHERLANDS: LATEST DUTCH VIEWS ON THE U.S.-EU
[...] (U) On February 11, Econoffs delivered reftel points on the second stage of the U.S.-EU Air Transport Negotiations to Hans de Jong, Special Advisor and Chief Negotiator for aviation issues, and Janneke Kolk, Policy Advisor, at the Ministry of Transport, Public Works, and Water Management. De J [...]
2010-02-12 15:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EUN KTIA IC NO NL
10YEREVAN82DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE
[...] Poloff delivered points contained in reftel to Lilit Avetisyan, the Armenian Ministry of Health officer responsible for road safety issues. In order to compile some of below statistics, Poloff also accessed government statistics available to the public at www.armstat.am. 2. According to Av [...]
2010-02-18 12:45:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI UNDP UNGA IC
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