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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00GABORONE5064 |
STRENGTHENING MULTIPARTY DEMPOCRACY IN SOUTHERN [...] IN THE PAST YEAR SOUTHERN AFRICA HAS WITNESSED A SERIES OF ELECTIONS. SOME, SUCH AS THOSE IN MOZAMBIQUE, ZIMBABWE, AND TANZANIA, HAVE BEEN HOTLY CONTESTED IN SOME AREAS, WITH QUESTIONS RAISED AS TO THE INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS. OTHERS, SUCH AS THOSE IN BOTSWANA, NAMIBIA, AND MAURI [...] |
2000-11-09 12:53:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | SADC EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM |
| 00GABORONE5265 |
BREAKTHROUGH FOR SADC ON REFORMING POLITICAL [...] (C) SADC FOREIGN AND DEFENSE MINISTERS HAVE REACHED CONSENSUS ON REFORMING THE LONG-MORIBUND SADC ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENSE AND SECURITY, FM MERAFHE TOLD US. THE ORGAN HAS BEEN LARGELY DYSFUNCTIONAL SINCE ITS CREATION IN 1996, DUE TO A DISPUTE OVER LINES OF AUTHORITY BETWEEN IT AND SADC PRO [...] |
2000-11-24 16:02:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | SADC PREL MARR MCAP ZU |
| 00PRETORIA2660 |
MORE ON SADC REFORM [...] (C) ALONG WITH PARTICIPATING IN THE REFORM OF SADC'S ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENSE, AND SECURITY (REF A), SOUTH AFRICA IS A KEY PLAYER IN THE OVERALL REFORM OF SADC AS AN INSTITUTION. AS A MEMBER OF THE "TROIKA PLUS ONE" (SOUTH AFRICA, NAMIBIA, ZIMBABWE, AND MOZAMBIQUE) REFORM COMMITTEE, SOUTH [...] |
2000-04-06 09:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SADC SF |
| 01LILONGWE1976 |
ENGAGING SADC IN GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST [...] (C) AT AN OCTOBER 19 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS LILIAN PATEL PRIMARILY TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE (REFTEL B), CHARGE ASKED PATEL HER VIEWS ON HOW SADC AND THE USG COULD COOPERATE IN THE GLOBAL COALITION ON TERRORISM. 2. (C) PATEL SAID THAT HER PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, B [...] |
2001-10-19 16:00:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SADC MI |
| 01PRETORIA1599 |
SADC SUMMIT: SOUTH AFRICA HOPED FOR MORE ON ORGAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT THE MARCH 9 SADC SUMMIT DID NOT SELECT THE SUCCESSOR TO ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE AS CHAIR OF THE ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENSE, AND SECURITY. SAG OFFICIALS INDICATED MARCH 13 THAT MBEKI PREFERRED THIS DECISION BE MA [...] |
2001-03-16 05:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN SADC WA |
| 02MAPUTO76 |
SADC DECLARATION ON TERRORISM [...] ACCEDE OR RATIFY INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON COMBATING TERRORISM, ADOPTED BY THE OAU AND THE UNITED NATIONS AND INCORPORATE THEM INTO DOMESTIC LAWS; 2. FIGHT WITH ALL MEANS AT OUR DISPOSAL ALL FORMS OF TERRORISM THAT ENDANGER THE LIVES OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS, DISRUPT REGIONAL SECURITY, ST [...] |
2002-01-16 17:01:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PTER SADC MZ |
| 02ROME1511 |
ITALY ON ZIMBABWE: PEER PRESSURE BEST HOPE FOR [...] (C) MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN AFRICAN AFFAIRS REPLIED TO OUR RECENT DEMARCHE AND LETTER ON ZIMBABWE. THE GOI SHARES THE EU POINT OF VIEW THAT CONDEMNATIONS AND SANCTIONS ARE NECESSARY. HOWEVER, MARINI BELIEVES THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY PROVE INSUFFICIENT TO FORCE CHANGE. THE ROLE [...] |
2002-03-25 15:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETTC OPDC SA ZI IT SADC |
| 02ROME4613 |
GOI: IF WE SANCTION ZIMBABWE, WHY NOT ERITREA? [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARA 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) POLMINCOUNS DELIVERED TO MFA ASSISTANT SECRETARY-EQUIVALENT CABRAS REF A DEMARCHE ENJOINING THE EU SIPDIS NOT TO INVITE ZIMBABWE TO ITS FALL MEETING WITH THE SOUTHERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY [...] |
2002-09-23 15:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN PHUM KDEM ZI ER IT SADC |
| 03ABUJA637 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHE: DEMOCRATIC EXPRESSION CRUSHED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter delivered the demarche on Zimbabwe to President Obasanjo on March 26. At that meeting he was joined by British High Commissioner Philip Thomas. Allied with South Africa, the GON opposes continued suspension of Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth, and wants to disba [...] |
2003-04-04 16:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SF ZI NI SADC |
| 03HARARE768 |
TSVANGIRAI WELCOMES MULUZI INITIATIVE [...] Summary: In an April 17 conversation with the Ambassador, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai welcomed the initiative by President Muluzi to encourage political dialogue in Zimbabwe and expressed hope that it might help forestall further mass action -- and its unpred [...] |
2003-04-17 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI SADC |
| 03STATE213164 |
PULLING THE RCSA PLUG ON SADC [...] WASHINGTON AGENCIES APPRECIATE POSTS' EFFORTS TO WALK BACK SADC'S DECISION NOT TO ACCEPT USG FUNDS FOR PROJECTS THAT PRECLUDE ZIMBABWEAN PARTICIPATION. WE REGRET THAT SADC COULD NOT ARRIVE AT A TIMELY DECISION THAT WOULD ALLOW USAID'S REGIONAL CENTER FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA (RCSA) TO OBLIGATE $22. [...] |
2003-07-23 18:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD SADC |
| 05GABORONE1092 |
BOTSWANA CSOs CONDEMN MUGABE'S ABUSES [...] SUMMARY: Civil society organizations in Botswana are looking for ways to support the struggle against despotism in Zimbabwe. At a half-day workshop on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, representatives of churches, political parties and NGOs condemned the Mugabe regime's atrocities and asked [...] |
2005-08-05 08:55:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ZI BC SADC |
| 05GABORONE1099 |
SADC AND GOB PREPARE FOR AUGUST 17 SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY: Botswana will begin its tenure as chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at the August 17-18 regional Summit in Gaborone. Not surprisingly, the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe did not feature in the joint briefing for Heads of Missions conducted by the SADC Secr [...] |
2005-08-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ZU MA ZI BC SADC |
| 05GABORONE1203 |
SADC SUMMIT KEEPS STUDIED SILENCE ON ZIMBABWE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The "Silver Jubilee" Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit held in Gaborone August 17-18 tackled no thorny issues. Incoming SADC Chair, Botswana President Festus Mogae, urged concrete steps to make SADC effective. The regional leaders did not speak out on Zimbabw [...] |
2005-08-23 13:16:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ETRD RW WZ ZI ZU BC SADC |
| 05GABORONE1656 |
BOTSWANA'S VP ON SADC, ZIMBABWE, CRIME, TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Kate Canavan's introductory call with Botswana's Vice President Lt. Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama November 8 highlighted environmental cooperation, counter-terrorism, Zimbabwe, crime, and military issues. Ambassador informed VP Khama of Botswana's acceptance for the Tr [...] |
2005-11-10 06:40:00 | Embassy Gaborone | SECRET | MARR PREL SENV US ZI BC SADC POL MIL |
| 05GABORONE434 |
DEMARCHE TO SADC CAPITALS ON EVE OF ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Ambassador Huggins delivered demarche to Botswana's Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Ernest Mpofu, on March 18. Mpofu's response was that he, too, hoped for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe. He was encouraged, he said, by the [...] |
2005-03-23 14:40:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BC ZI SADC |
| 05GABORONE479 |
SADC SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR ADB CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance and Development Planning Baledzi Gaolathe requested a meeting with Ambassador Huggins on April 4 to lobby for United States support for Dr. Simba Makoni as the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) candidate for the presidency of the African Develop [...] |
2005-04-05 11:10:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI BC SADC |
| 05GABORONE523 |
GENERAL WALD AND SADC SECGEN DISCUSS SADC'S NEW [...] (C) Summary. Meeting with SADC Secgen Prega Ramsamy in Gaborone April 13, General Charles Wald explained how the U.S. could assist the African Union (AU) and its regional components, including SADC, to equip, train, organize and support the new Regional Responses Forces (RRFs). General Wald [...] |
2005-04-14 04:15:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR US BC SADC POL MIL |
| 05GABORONE560 |
SADC SECRETARIAT STANDS BY ITS ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Summary: In an April 7 meeting with AF/S Director Mozena, SADC Executive Secretary Ramsamy was adamant that he stood by the SADC observer assessment of the Zimbabwe election as `peaceful, well managed, credible and transparent.' Ramsamy suggested cost sharing between donors and public an [...] |
2005-04-21 12:16:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI BC SADC |
| 05GABORONE751 |
BOTSWANA WILL HOST EXERCISE THOKGAMO: TOWARD THE [...] Summary: Lt. General Matshengeyo Fisher, Commander of Botswana's Defense Force, on May 27 briefed the Ambassador, DATT and Pol/Econ Chief on the French-supported RECAMP exercises to be held June 10-25 in northern Botswana. Thirteen countries of the southern African region are expected to cont [...] |
2005-06-03 06:59:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR KPKO BC POL MIL SADC |
| 05GABORONE767 |
REVIEWING BOTSWANA'S ELIGIBILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: In a May 30 meeting at the UNDP Resident Representative's office in Gaborone, Ambassador Huggins and visiting World Food Program's chief James Morris reviewed Botswana's need for development assistance in light of the inroads made by the HIV/AIDS crisis, and agreed that despite t [...] |
2005-06-06 05:39:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KHIV BC AGRIC HIV AIDS SADC |
| 05GABORONE880 |
TRADE, NOT AU/SADC BRIGADES, TO BE MOGAE'S [...] (U) ACSS Director General Carlton Fulford (ret), in Gaborone for the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) Senor Leader Seminar, called on President Mogae June 18, accompanied by Charge. Gen. Fulford thanked Botswana for co-hosting the seminar. Substantive discussion centered on militar [...] |
2005-06-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL US BC SADC |
| 05MAPUTO1099 |
BIO INFORMATION ON NEW SADC EXECUTIVE SECRETARY [...] (U) Under former President Chissano, Tomas Salomao served as Mozambique's Minister of Transport and Communication (2000-2005) and Minister of Planning and Finance (1994-1999). Salomao is a member of the powerful 15-person FRELIMO Political Commission. In the December 2004 general elections he [...] |
2005-08-26 08:34:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV PREL MZ SADC |
| 06PORTLOUIS743 |
MAURITIUS MOVES TOWARDS GREATER PEACEKEEPING ROLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Top Mauritian security officials committed publicly to increasing participation in international peacekeeping efforts. U.S. military officers training Mauritians say their constabulary Special Mobile Force is ideal for PKOs. Additional Mauritian attributes are the population,s [...] |
2006-12-11 10:29:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PINR MP AU UN SADC |
| 07HARARE552 |
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 18 - ANOTHER GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Parliament is due to debate the proposed Constitutional Amendment 18 when it re-opens in late July. The Amendment Bill has provisions for holding simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections in March 2008; it strengthens the Executive's control over Parliament by substantially inc [...] |
2007-06-21 14:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SADC KDEM ZI |
| 07LUSAKA983 |
COMESA LEADERS SHARE VIEWS ON THE SADC SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary. On August 28, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretariat leaders shared their views with Ambassador Martinez on the challenges of overlapping customs unions, expressed skepticism regarding SADC's "economic rescue plan" for Zimbabwe, and suggested that Muga [...] |
2007-08-29 14:04:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PREL SADC ZA |
| 07MASERU176 |
GOL DEFENDS ELECTORAL PROCEDURES [...] (C) The Government of Lesotho (GOL) called an emergency donors meeting on March 21 to discuss its views of the tactics used by the opposition parties, particularly by the All Basotho Convention (ABC) party led by Thomas Thabane. The meeting was convened by the Minister in the Office of the Pr [...] |
2007-03-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PHUM SADC ZI LT |
| 07PRETORIA1982 |
AMBASSADOR CANAVAN REENGAGES SADC MEMBERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. As part of the Department's efforts to reengage with the Southern African Development Community, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana Katherine Canavan and PolEcon Chief Charles Stonecipher on 21 May held discussions in Pretoria with SADC's resident diplomatic corps and SAG officials to e [...] |
2007-06-01 13:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | SADC PREL ETRD ECON POL SF |
| 07PRETORIA2105 |
ZIMBABWE: SADC INITIATIVE OFF TO SLOW START [...] (C) SUMMARY. Political analyst Sydney Masamvu told PolOff on 5 June that the SADC initiative is off to a slow and disheartening start. ZANU-PF's official submission to Mbeki includes troublesome non-starters like demanding that the MDC acknowledge that Mugabe was elected in a free and fair pol [...] |
2007-06-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV SADC ZI SF |
| 08ABUJA1180 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON JUNE 19 ROUNDTABLE [...] (C) On June 18, 2008, Post delivered reftel demarche to Charles A. Ononye, Director of the First United Nations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ononye assured Poloffs that he would contact Nigeria's United Nations representative and ask him to attend the Roundtable. Ononye also [...] |
2008-06-18 14:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU SADC MO ZI NI |
| 08ABUJA1434 |
DEMARCHE TO NIGERIA RE ZIMBABWE TALKS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC ZI NI |
| 08ALGIERS907 |
ALGERIA EXPRESSES PASSIVE SUPPORT FOR SADC TALKS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-16 06:16:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC ZI BC |
| 08BEIJING1568 |
MFA: ARMS TO ZIMBABWE PART OF "NORMAL TRADE" [...] (C) Summary: China's recent shipment of arms to Zimbabwe is part of the normal trade in arms between two sovereign nations and is not connected to the current political situation, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missiles and Conventional Weapons Division Director Zhang Jun'an told [...] |
2008-04-23 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CH ZI SADC |
| 08BEIJING1598 |
MFA: FINISH ZIMBABWE RECOUNT BEFORE FURTHER ACTION [...] (C) Summary. The international community should wait for the election recount to be completed before taking any action on Zimbabwe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Africa Department Southern Africa Division Director He Meng said April 24. The crisis in Zimbabwe should be left to Africans to [...] |
2008-04-24 09:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CH ZI SADC |
| 08COTONOU453 |
BENIN: ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-29 17:49:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SADC ZI BN |
| 08GABORONE406 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SADC OBSERVERS FOR ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Canavan delivered demarche regarding election observers for Zimbabwe to the SADC Executive Secretary, who agreed on the need and outlined SADC's current activities and plans. He said he has lined up pledges for between 400 and 500 SADC observers and hopes to arrange m [...] |
2008-05-27 14:14:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC ZI BC AU |
| 08GABORONE495 |
PRESIDENT KHAMA OPEN TO NEW APPROACHES ON CKGR AND [...] (C) Summary: President Khama says he is ready to move ahead on the problems of the San who were relocated from the CKGR, and will use a widely-praised former community management plan as a guideline. He also is breaking with past policy by saying he is willing to allow HIV-positive refugees [...] |
2008-06-23 11:44:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | BC PGOV PHUM PREL SADC ZI |
| 08GABORONE647 |
BOTSWANA FIRM BUT ISOLATED IN SADC OVER ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Acting P/E Chief Woods delivered demarche per reftel on July 29 to MFA Assistant Director of the Americas Desk Shimane Kelaotswe. He expressed deep appreciation for USG support of Botswana's approach on Zimbabwe following the flawed June 27 election. Kelaotswe intimated that both the MFA [...] |
2008-07-31 20:32:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SADC SOCI BC ZI |
| 08GABORONE714 |
TSVANGIRAI VISITS GABORONE AS FIRST STOP AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Zimbabwe MDC opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai visited Gaborone immediately after the SADC Summit, reportedly meeting with President Khama who had boycotted the weekend's Johannesburg Summit in protest over the Zimbabwe political impasse. The GOB has been cagey about the visit [...] |
2008-08-19 14:55:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SADC SOCI ETRD ZI BC SF |
| 08KIGALI503 |
RWANDA: ZIMBABWE DEMARCH DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-28 15:48:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SADC RW |
| 08KINSHASA644 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ZIMBABWE TALKS [...] (SBU) DCM verbally delivered demarche per reftel July 25 to Ignace Gata, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs as Foreign Minister Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi was unavailable. Gata requested a meeting July 29 with DCM to discuss the Zimbabwe in detail. Poloff attended as notetaker. Gata advisor Jean [...] |
2008-08-06 15:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SADC ZI BC CG |
| 08LILONGWE212 |
MALAWI - MUTHARIKA TO ATTEND SADC SUMMIT ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-11 09:18:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SADC ZI ZA MI |
| 08LILONGWE234 |
Malawi Government Calls for Release of Zimbabwe Election [...] (SBU) Summary: In a statement released on April 19, the GOM called on the Zimbabwe Government to release the election results so that "a Government can be formed that will steer the country to the future." Reiterating the SADC principle of "non-interference," the GOM expressed concern over the [...] |
2008-04-21 14:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SADC ZI MI |
| 08LILONGWE359 |
MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INVITATION TO JUNE 19 SADC [...] (SBU) On June 18, emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Paul Chiunguzeni, Director of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chiunguzeni promised to follow-up with their UN Mission in New York, and said that the Deputy Permanent Representation would likely attend, as the Perm [...] |
2008-06-19 07:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SADC ZI MI |
| 08LILONGWE449 |
DEMARCHE: ZIMBABWE TALKS [...] (SBU) Charge Sullivan presented points in reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Henry Mumba July 29. Sullivan urged that when consulted by President Mbeki concerning his mediation efforts, the GOM advocate for a negotiated solution that reflected the will of the Zimbabwean people as expres [...] |
2008-07-30 14:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SADC ZI MI |
| 08LUANDA566 |
ANGOLA REMAINS "QUIETLY" ENGAGED ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Mozena conveyed reftel demarche on July 25 to Carlos Fonseca, Diplomatic Advisor to President Dos Santos, underscoring that the will of the Zimbabwe people, as expressed during the March 29 election, must be respected as efforts continue to resolve the Zimbabwe crisis and that [...] |
2008-07-25 18:39:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SADC ZI BC AO |
| 08LUSAKA412 |
ZIMBABWE: ZAMBIA PREPARES FOR SPECIAL SADC SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Zambian Foreign Ministry and cabinet office officials have confirmed that President Mwanawasa called a summit of Southern African Development Community (SADC) heads of state to discuss Zimbabwe for Saturday, April 12 in Lusaka. The Ambassador and emboffs underscored USG messa [...] |
2008-04-10 12:21:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SADC ZA ZI |
| 08LUSAKA421 |
ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT ON UPCOMING EXTRAORDINARY SADC [...] (C) Summary: SADC Chairperson and Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa told Ambassador he has not yet heard whether Robert Mugabe will attend the emergency meeting of SADC heads of state called for April 12, but he expects Mugabe will not to want to miss a chance to peform. He confirmed that Morga [...] |
2008-04-11 09:39:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC ZA ZI |
| 08LUSAKA422 |
MUGABE "CHICKENS OUT" OF SPECIAL SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) On the afternoon of April 11, Zambian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Tens Kapoma updated the Ambassador on the special Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit. Kapoma said Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe "chickened out" and will not be attending the meet [...] |
2008-04-11 13:02:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZA ZI SADC |
| 08LUSAKA423 |
SADC SUMMIT: MANAWASA URGES "HUMILITY" AND A "NEW [...] (C) Summary: In his opening speech to an extraordinary Southern African Development Community Summit, Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa echoed U.S. points delivered throughout the week in a short but pointed speech. He called for "humility" by Zimbabwean politicians and indicated it was time [...] |
2008-04-12 16:02:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC ZA ZI |
| 08LUSAKA424 |
FULL TEXT OF SADC SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-14 06:31:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SADC ZA ZI |
| 08LUSAKA427 |
SADC SUMMIT CONCLUDES WITH HALF-HEARTED RESULTS [...] (C) Summary. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State Summit concluded with little to show for the leaders' efforts. South African President Thabo Mbeki seems to have prevailed by containing efforts to forge a stronger SADC position on Zimbabwe. The Summit communique [...] |
2008-04-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | SADC PREL ZA ZI |
| 08LUSAKA429 |
SADC EMERGENCY SUMMIT: MWANAWASA TELLS ALL [...] (C) Summary. In an April 15 conversation, President Mwanawasa shared his thoughts on the recently concluded Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State Summit. He described the Summit as a signal to Mugabe that SADC will not support him unconditionally. He characterized Mbe [...] |
2008-04-15 12:07:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC ZA ZI |
| 08LUSAKA448 |
SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S VISIT TO LUSAKA [...] (C) Your visit to Zambia is well-timed, in the aftermath of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit on Zimbabwe. Within the confines of SADC meetings, Mwanawasa has shown a willingness to address problems in Zimbabwe and confront Zimbabwe President Mugabe and South African Pr [...] |
2008-04-21 12:05:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | SADC PREL ZA ZI |
| 08LUSAKA453 |
MWANAWASA ON CHINESE ARMS SHIPMENT, PRAISES SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary. President Mwanawasa extolled South Africa and Mozambique for refusing to offload a Chinese arms shipment headed to Zimbabwe and called on other countries to do likewise. He dismissed comments by a ruling party member, George Chumbwe, recommending the violent overthrow of Mugabe [...] |
2008-04-22 12:12:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SADC PREL ZA ZI CH |
| 08LUSAKA477 |
KAUNDA SHARES VIEWS ON ZIMBABWE'S PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with AF A/S Frazer and NSC Senior Director Pittman, former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda suggested that a national unity government might be the best solution to the Zimbabwe crisis. Kaunda, who may be sent as part of a delegation of senior statesmen to entreat M [...] |
2008-04-29 15:59:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC PHUM KDEM ZA ZI |
| 08LUSAKA486 |
ZAMBIA: NEXT STEPS ON ZIMBABWE CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. President Mwanawasa remains committed to addressing the crisis in Zimbabwe, but lacks wide support from other SADC leaders. He has expressed an intent to send a small delegation of SADC leaders to meet with Mugabe as well as an interest in helping mediate a solution involving a [...] |
2008-05-02 12:16:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SADC AU ZI ZA |
| 08LUSAKA500 |
UNOFFICIAL PING "ENVOY" MEETS WITH MUGABE; PING [...] (C) Summary. According to Vernon Mwaanga, a veteran Zambian diplomat and politician who met with Mugabe on the week of April 14 at the behest of AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping, much of the blame for the current electoral crisis in Zimbabwe lies with the incompetence (rather than fraudule [...] |
2008-05-07 16:04:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SADC ZA ZI |
| 08LUSAKA525 |
ZAMBIAN MEDIA COVERS RICE-MWANAWASA CONVERSATION [...] (U) On May 11, the state-owned Sunday Times of Zambia provided front-page coverage of Secretary Rice's phone conversations with President Mwanawasa and other African leaders to encourage broader regional efforts to resolve the Zimbabwe electoral crisis. The front-page article, entitled "Rice [...] |
2008-05-13 14:43:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SADC ZA ZI |
| 08LUSAKA535 |
MWANAWASA ON ZIMBABWE: CHILDREN BEHAVING BADLY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-15 14:48:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SADC ZA ZI |
| 08LUSAKA546 |
MWANAWASA ON ZIMBABWE AND VIEWS OF SADC'S ROLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the visit to Zambia of Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer and National Security Council Senior Director Bobby Pittman (Ref A), the Ambassador and President Mwanawasa exchanged views on Zimbabwe through a series of letters. In his May 5 let [...] |
2008-05-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SADC ZA ZI |
| 08LUSAKA617 |
NO NEW SADC SUMMIT; MWANAWASA FRUSTRATED BY SADC [...] (C) Summary. According to Zambia MFA Permanent Secretary Ambassador Tens Kapoma, President Mwanawasa is frustrated by the failure of the consultative meeting on Zimbabwe that he called on the margins of TICAD IV (reftels) and has no plans to convoke another extraordinary SADC summit prior to t [...] |
2008-06-10 06:04:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC ZI ZA |
| 08MAPUTO566 |
MOZAMBIQUE TO COMMIT ELECTION OBSERVERS TO ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-17 09:33:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SADC MZ ZM |
| 08MOSCOW2179 |
RUSSIA: NO CONTRACT YET ON ZIMBABWEAN BANK NOTES [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche July 28 to MFA Zimbabwe desk Andrei Stolyarov. He said that at this time he was not aware of any request by the GOZ to obtain bank note paper from the Russian State Mint, and would take into account US concerns if the GOZ did approach Russia on this issue. He [...] |
2008-07-29 11:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PGOV SADC ASEC EFIN ECON ZI RS |
| 08OUAGADOUGOU694 |
Burkina Faso: Demarche on Zimbabwe Talks [...] (U) Charge presented reftel points to MOFA Cabinet Director Vincent Zakane on Sunday, July 27. 2. (C) Zakane expressed agreement with several of reftel's points with one critical difference: while the USG was in favor of a transitional coalition government between Vice President Mujuru and [...] |
2008-07-28 11:13:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC UV ZI |
| 08PORTLOUIS280 |
MAURITIUS STANCE ON ZIMBABWE TALKS [...] (SBU) On August 1, Ambassador Cabrera, accompanied by DCM as notetaker, delivered reftel demarche to Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Anund Neewoor. Neewoor acknowledged the demarche points and suggested that the framework for talks between Mugabe's ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for [...] |
2008-08-01 09:12:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SADC ZI MP |
| 08PRETORIA1847 |
SADC SUMMIT CONCLUDES WITH NO ZIMBABWE RESOLUTION [...] (C) Against a backdrop of high expectations, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) ended its 28th annual Heads of State and Government Summit in Sandton, South Africa on 17 August with barely a mention of the Zimbabwe crisis. Both the outgoing and incoming SADC Organ on Politics, D [...] |
2008-08-19 06:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC SF ZI |
| 08WINDHOEK229 |
NAMIBIA: DEMARCHE ON ZIMBABWE TALKS [...] (U) Acting DCM presented reftel points to MFA Permanent Secretary Veiccoh Nghiwete on Tuesday, July 29. The meeting was cordial and Nghiwete made clear that the GRN hopes the negotiations in Zimbabwe will result in a unity government. Nonetheless, he stressed that the GRN sees sanctions on Zi [...] |
2008-07-29 17:10:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SADC ZI |
| 09ANTANANARIVO692 |
MADAGASCAR: VITUPERATIVE ANTI-SADC RHETORIC FOLLOWS UNGA [...] (U) The Malagasy transition government (HAT) and its allies are clearly frustrated by the successful efforts of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to block the scheduled speech of HAT President Andry Rajoelina at the United Nations General Assembly last week. On Monday September [...] |
2009-09-30 11:01:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SADC MA |
| 09GABORONE174 |
ZIMBABWE, SADC, THE WEST -- WHO OWNS THE STORE? [...] (C) Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani convoked resident G-8 Missions France, Germany, Japan, the U.S. and the UK as well as the EU on March 6 to brief on current GOB thinking on Zimbabwe and Sudan (septel). He and President Khama had "had a chat" earlier in the day and discussed, inter alia, t [...] |
2009-03-08 14:48:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN BC ZI SADC |
| 09GABORONE21 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SADC HUMANITARIAN AID TO [...] (SBU) On January 8, A/DCM Heather Merritt met with Mr. Ernest Mwemutsi, Senior Finance Officer for SADC at the organization's headquarters in Gaborone. Mwemutsi is the "Officer in Charge" at SADC this week, as all other senior officials are out of the country. A/DCM delivered reftel demarche [...] |
2009-01-08 12:54:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SADC ZI BC |
| 09GABORONE372 |
SADC: "DRIVE-BY DEMARCHE" DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: After a solid week of calls and letters to the SADC Secretariat in Gaborone requesting a meeting with the SADC Executive Secretary, Ambassador Nolan was fortunate to make a rare sighting of the elusive Dr. Tomaz Salomao May 13 at a meeting and luncheon for resident Chiefs of Missio [...] |
2009-05-13 14:01:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SADC MA BC |
| 09GABORONE457 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SADC DIRECTOR FOR PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of post's ongoing efforts to increase engagement with SADC, Ambassador met with Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Tanki Mothae, the Director of the Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security, at the SADC headquarters in Gaborone on June 8, 2009. The Ambassador reiterated our request that U.S [...] |
2009-06-09 05:00:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EAID KPKO SADC BC |
| 09GABORONE479 |
SADC SECURITY CHIEF IMPRESSED BY ILEA [...] (C) On June 11 Ambassador Nolan and P/E Chief Merritt accompanied Lieutenant General (retired) Tanki Mothae, SADC's Director of the Organ on Politics, Defense, and Security on a visit to the U.S.-funded International Law Enforcement Acadey (ILEA) in Otse, approximately 45 minutes outsideof Gab [...] |
2009-06-15 07:59:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR MASS SADC BC |
| 09GABORONE481 |
SADC REQUEST TO TOUR IBB FACILITY IN SELIBE-PHIKWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Gaborone received a diplomatic note from the Government of Botswana late in the afternoon June 15 requesting that a delegation from the SADC troika team "investigating the allegation that Botswana trained MDC cadres" be granted permission to visit the IBB Transmitting Stat [...] |
2009-06-15 15:52:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC SADC BC |
| 09GABORONE485 |
SADC TROIKA "INVESTIGATES" IBB FACILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SADC investigation team embarked June 17 on a tour of alleged training facilities and other sites allegedly used by Botswana to harm Zimbabwean interests. The delegation's first stop was the U.S. government's IBB/VOA transmitter station in Selibe-Phikwe. The Ambassador and Pol [...] |
2009-06-18 15:24:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OIIP SADC ZI BC |
| 09GABORONE488 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SADC SUMMIT ON MADAGASCAR [...] (C) Ambassador Nolan met with Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Samuel Outlule on June 19 to deliver reftel demarche regarding the upcoming SADC summit on Madagascar. Outlule told the Ambassador that he was leaving this afternoon for the summit and that the Botswana d [...] |
2009-06-19 12:00:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC MA BC |
| 09GABORONE563 |
BOTSWANA: ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) This is a response to an action request contained in State 70664. 2. (U) A/DCM and PolOff met July 15 with Nkoloi Nkoloi, the Director of Europe and the Americas in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and the Assistant Director of Europe and the Americas, L [...] |
2009-07-17 12:47:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SADC BC ZI |
| 09GABORONE567 |
AMB, SADC HEAD DISCUSS ZIMBABWE, MADAGASCAR, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Nolan met with Dr. Tomaz Salomao, Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on July 15 at SADC House to deliver reftel demarche on Zimbabwe and discuss other pending issues. According to Salomao, SADC believes that all requests to revie [...] |
2009-07-21 13:07:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS SADC BC |
| 09GABORONE963 |
SADC ANSWERS PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION [...] (C) Summary. In a written submission, the SADC Secretariat told us SADC would not exclude Zimbabwe or Zimbabwean nationals from access to or participation in SADC activities. Recently, we understand French police trained several SADC member state police services -- not Zimbabwe -- to UN stan [...] |
2009-12-04 08:29:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL ETRD EAID SADC ZI BC |
| 09GENEVA674 |
UNCTAD competition program for Africa [...] ACTION REQUEST: If embassies in Africa believe their host countries could benefit from advice on competition policy, please see para 14. 2. SUMMARY: In response to requests from several African countries, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) launched a new Competition Progr [...] |
2009-08-12 14:01:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON UNCTAD UNDP XA COMESA EAC SACU SADC WAEMU |
| 09KINSHASA580 |
DRC RESPONSE: SADC DEMARCHE ON MADAGASCAR [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-19 11:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SADC CG MA |
| 09LUSAKA450 |
ZAMBIA DOES NOT RULE OUT MILITARY INTERVENTION IN [...] (C) On June 23, emboffs met with Awa Lubundi, Zambian Foreign Ministry Africa Division, to discuss the points in the reftel demarche on Madagascar. He noted that SADC does not promote military intervention as a measure to advance political progress in Madagascar, yet SADC remains open to emplo [...] |
2009-06-24 08:39:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC PGOV ZA |
| 09LUSAKA492 |
SADC ON ZIMBABWE - TIME IS ON OUR SIDE [...] (C) With Foreign Minister and Permanent Secretary out of country, PolOff delivered reftel demarche July 10 to Kimbala Meleka, Assistant Director for Africa and the Middle East at the Zambian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Meleka acknowledged that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) [...] |
2009-07-14 07:37:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SADC ZI ZA |
| 09MBABANE107 |
SWAZI PS ON USG IN UNHRC; KOSOVO; MADAGASCAR; [...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 27, DCM Morrison discussed several pending demarches with Clifford Mamba, Principal Secretary (PS) for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. PS Mamba was positive about support for the U.S.'s candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, promised to consu [...] |
2009-04-28 06:43:00 | Embassy Mbabane | SECRET | AU EFIN IO MA PGOV PREL WZ SADC ZI KV |
| 09MBABANE309 |
SWAZI FOREIGN MINISTER SUGGESTS SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11, Swaziland's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation, Lutfo E. Dlamini, told Ambassador that he recommended a summit on Zimbabwe to King Mswati III by the SADC Organ on Politics, Defense and Security. He and his troika counterparts judged that only at that [...] |
2009-11-12 08:07:00 | Embassy Mbabane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL WZ ZI SF SADC |
| 09MBABANE331 |
SWAZILAND: SADC'S IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Clifford Mamba told the Ambassador on December 10 that he doubts the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will take further action on Zimbabwe following the expiration of the Maputo communique's 30-day deadline for making progress on t [...] |
2009-12-10 10:15:00 | Embassy Mbabane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC PINR ZI WZ |
| 09MBABANE86 |
SADC SUSPENDS MADAGASCAR, CONTEMPLATES ZIMBABWE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 30, ten Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State met in Swaziland for an Extraordinary Summit to discuss the coup d'etat of former Madagascar President Ravalomanana and a 10 Billion USD Short-Term Emergency Recovery Program (STERP) for Zimbabwe. SADC s [...] |
2009-03-31 14:12:00 | Embassy Mbabane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC KDEM AU WZ ZI |
| 09STATE131183 |
END USE, SECURITY, AND RETRANSFER AGREEMENT WITH [...] (U) This is an action request (see paragraphs 2-5). The Department requests Post provide appropriate SADC officials with the proposed text for a Section 505 agreement. Section 505 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, requires that the USG obtain end-use, security, and retrans [...] |
2009-12-28 16:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | BC EAID KTIA MARR PREL MASS SADC |
| 09STATE18852 |
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SADC CONTROLS [...] (U) Summary: This is an action request; see paragraph 5. The Department is seeking preliminary information from SADC to determine whether the United States and SADC may enter into an agreement to transfer defense articles and services. End Summary. BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) On Janu [...] |
2009-02-27 23:02:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL SADC ZI BC |
| 09STATE57332 |
DEMARCHE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SADC CONTROLS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. ACTION REQUEST ---------- 2. (SBU) The Department is following up on a request for information to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) (Ref A) to determine whether the United States and SADC may enter into a meaningful e [...] |
2009-06-03 23:43:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL SADC BC ZI |
| 09STATE63557 |
SADC DEMARCHE ON MADAGASCAR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. Info only for Antananarivo. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (U) Department requests embassies in SADC member states to demarche host governments at the highest appropriate level prior to the Southern African Development Communi [...] |
2009-06-19 00:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MA SADC |
| 09STATE7798 |
"IF ASKED" GUIDANCE FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) On January 16, then-President Bush signed a Presidential Determination (PD) recognizing that &the furnishing of defense articles and defense services to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace.8 The PD is [...] |
2009-01-28 22:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SADC |
| 09WINDHOEK221 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SADC DEMARCHE ON MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) Building on our ongoing discussion with the Government of Namibia (Ref B), on June 19, Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Anne Mutelo Namakau, Deputy Director for Africa in the Bilateral Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mutelo Namakau agreed that both sides must retu [...] |
2009-06-19 11:18:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SADC MA WA |
| 10MBABANE31 |
SWAZI FOREIGN MINISTER: SADC ANTICIPATES POTENTIAL [...] (C) Swaziland,s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Lutfo E. Dlamini told Ambassador on January 22 that Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit participants expressed disapproval of France,s continued support of the Rajoelina regime in Madagascar. He said t [...] |
2010-01-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Mbabane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SADC AU WZ |
| 95GABORONE1886 |
SADC CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFERENCE: AMBASSADOR'S [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AS REQUESTED REFTEL, AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY DCM AND ODC CHIEF, MET WITH BDF COMMANDER IAN KHAMA MARCH 29 FOR A READOUT ON THE GABORONE CONFERENCE OF SADC MEMBER STATE ARMY CHIEFS OF STAFF. KHAMA SAID ONLY ANGOLA, MOZAMBIQUE AND LESOTHO WERE UNREPRESENTE [...] |
1995-04-03 13:13:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC BC |
| 96GABORONE2824 |
STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE SADC REGION: BOTSWANA [...] SUMMARY: BOTH THE GOB AND THE BOTSWANA WOMEN'S NGO NETWORK ARE ACTIVELY DEMONSTRATING THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BEIJING PLATFORM OF ACTION, BOTH AT THE NATIONAL AND THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN SUB- REGIONAL LEVELS. THE GOB IS SIMULTANEOUSLY MAKING PROGRESS ON SEVERAL FRONTS, IN [...] |
1996-06-21 10:13:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KWMN SADC BC |
| 96LUANDA1811 |
STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE SADC REGION-- ANGOLA [...] SUMMARY: TWO DECADES OF CIVIL WAR HAVE WRECKED FAMILY SUPPORT STRUCTURES IN ANGOLA, SEVERELY UNDERMINING THE STATUS OF WOMEN. WHILE ANGOLAN LAW PROVIDES FOR THE FAIR AND EQUAL TREATMENT OF WOMEN, DISCRIMINATION AND POOR TREATMENT PERSISTS, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. THE ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT [...] |
1996-06-21 16:11:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KWMN PHUM SADC AO |
| 96PRETORIA6905 |
STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE SADC REGION: SOUTH [...] ALTHOUGH PREVIOUS CABLES HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED SOME OF THESE ISSUES, FOLLOWING ARE GENERAL RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS POSED REF A. SEPTELS ON SPECIFIC ISSUES (LAND, HOUSING, TRADITIONAL/CUSTOMARY LAW) AS WELL AS SEPTEL ADDRESSING POST'S ACTIONS TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY WILL FOLLOW. 2. SU [...] |
1996-07-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM SADC SF |
| 96STATE112270 |
STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE SADC REGION [...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 4. 2. DISMAL STATUS QUO: AS INDICATED REFTEL A, PARA 9, DEPARTMENT REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLES ARISING FROM THE BEIJING CONFERENCE ON IMPROVING THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND SEEKS YOUR ASSISTANCE IN POSSIBLE FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES IN THE SADC REGION. TH [...] |
1996-05-31 18:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KWMN SADC |
| 96WINDHOEK1695 |
STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE SADC REGION: [...] FOLLOWING IS IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS POSED REFTEL. WOMEN AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS ------------------------------ 2. THE NAMIBIAN CONSTITUTION IS VERY PROGRESSIVE IN GUARANTEEING FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS TO ALL CITIZENS. IN ADDITIONAL TO GENERAL GUARANTEES OF LIFE, LIBERTY, RESPECT [...] |
1996-06-05 15:03:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KWMN SADC WA |
| 98PRETORIA15505 |
SOUTH AFRICA'S LONG-TERM SADC APPROACH [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A NOVEMBER 23 MEETING WITH DFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SADC POLITICAL AFFAIRS HORST BRAMMER, AND DFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR REGIONAL COORDINATION COEN BEZUIDENHOUT, THE SAG OFFICIALS TOLD POLMIL OFFICER AND POLOFFICER THAT, WHILE SOUTH AFRICA SUPPORTED THE STRENGTHENING OF SADC AS A [...] |
1998-11-25 22:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC SF |
| 99GABORONE5380 |
THE NEW LOOK OF SADC--PRESIDENCY PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE SECRETARY'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO SADC TRAVELED OCTOBER 11-13 TO MOZAMBIQUE TO CONSULT WITH GOM OFFICIALS ON SADC MATTERS AND PARTICULARLY ON MOZAMBIQUE'S ROLE AS CURRENT SADC PRESIDENT. FONMIN SIMAO AND OTHER GOM OFFICIALS SHARED THEIR AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR RESTRUCTURING [...] |
1999-10-19 15:03:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SADC MZ ZU |