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00THEHAGUE1754 POLICY CHANGE TO CIRCULAR 175 AUTHORITY
[...] WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND AGAINST ANY PRE-RATIFICATION NEGOTIATIONS AS OUTLINED IN REFTEL. OF THE CATEGORIES OFFERED IN REFTEL, PARAGRAPH 8, WE CHOOSE CATEGORY D: NOT FEASIBLE AT THIS TIME. AFTER THE CURRENT FOL AGREEMENT IS RATIFIED, HOWEVER, WE WOULD RECOMMEND CATEGORY B: FEASIBLE WITH SOME CH [...]
2000-06-14 05:42:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL SNAR KTIA NL
01ABUJA2073NIGERIA: PRELIMINARY REACTIONS TO U.S.
[...] On August 15, EconOff met with Debt Management Office Director-General, Akin S. Arikawe, to discuss USG reactions to Nigeria's proposals for the bilateral debt rescheduling agreement as described Ref A. Arikawe read through the entire document with EconOff and provided immediate reactions to a [...]
2001-08-17 17:24:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTIA NI
01ABUJA2858NIGERIA: AF COUNTERTERRORISM CONVENTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2001-11-09 17:29:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KTIA NI
01ABUJA3223WAR ON TERRORISM: NIGERIA'S EFFORTS TO UPGRADE LAWS
[...] No summary [...]
2001-12-14 18:12:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KCRM KTIA PREL NI
01HANOI3245 UPGRADING TERRORISM LAWS
[...] ACCORDING TO SOURCES IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03245 120742Z MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY, VIETNAM HAS NO PLANS AT PRESENT TO INTRODUCE NEW COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION OR TO UPGRADE EXISTING LEGISLATION. EMBASSY CONVEYED WILLIN [...]
2001-12-12 07:22:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KTIA VM CTERR
02ABUJA1449NIGERIA: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
[...] (C) With Foreign Minister Lamido in Kano because of the May 4 airplane crash (Lamido is from Kano),Ambassador delivered referenced talking points to Presidential Advisor Ad'obe Obe. (Obe was joined by his Special Assistant who served as his notetaker.) The Ambassador emphasized the Rome Statu [...]
2002-05-09 12:29:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KTIA MARR NI KICC
02ABUJA2978NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA QUESTIONS ARTICLE 98
[...] (C) During an October 25 meeting, Ambassador Jeter gave a draft Article 98 agreement (REF. A) to Minister of Defense Lieutenant General (ret.) Theophilus Y. Danjuma. In delivering talking points on the ICC (REFS. B and C),the Ambassador emphasized that Nigeria's active role in peacekeeping m [...]
2002-11-01 10:34:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA NI KICC
02AMMAN2228RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON COUNTERRORISM LEGISLATION
[...] (U) In response to Ref A, Post has queried and received a positive response from the FonMin's office on the GOJ's interest in attending counterterrorism legislation seminars in Washington. The GOJ is one of our strongest partners in the war on terrorism and we believe the opportunity to furth [...]
2002-05-07 10:43:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM KTIA PREL PTER JO
02AMMAN2262DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT DELIVERED
[...] (C) PolCouns May 7 delivered ref points on the U.S. position on the International Criminal Court to Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher (who is in Washington accompanying King Abdullah). Ayed listened to the points without making substantive comment, and said h [...]
2002-05-08 12:40:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA JO KICC
02AMMAN6989DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON PROPOSED
[...] (U) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered message in ref A regarding the Suppression of Unlawful Acts (SUA) convention and its protocol to Samer Naber, Legal Adviser to the Foreign Ministry. PolCouns also passed the full text of proposed USG changes to the SUA per ref B. 2. (SBU) [...]
2002-12-01 14:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA AORC ASEC UK PTER EWWT PHSA JO
02COLOMBO1626SRI LANKA AND ATA TRAINING: A PLEA FOR IT TO
[...] (U) I have recently heard that S/CT and DS/ATA no longer consider Sri Lanka a priority country when determining which countries should benifit from the Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Training Program. 2. (U) I hope that this is not true. The ATA program has been extremely effective in trai [...]
2002-09-05 08:18:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCE KTIA PTER LTTE
02KATHMANDU773Nepal Seeks Bilateral Air Services Agreement
[...] No summary [...]
2002-04-19 08:49:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA NP
02ROME3034ITALIAN RESPONSE OF GOVERNMENT-LEVEL CONSULTATIONS
[...] MISSION DISCUSSED REFTEL TALKING POINTS WITH COUNSELOR GUICCIARDI OF THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION. ALTHOUGH GUICCIARDI DEMONSTRATED A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE EUROPEAN PARTNER'S REQUEST FOR A GOVERNMENT-LEVEL MEETING IN THE UNITED STATES ON [...]
2002-06-20 15:39:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA TSPA IT AVIATION
02ROME3036TOUR D'HORIZON WITH ASI PRESIDENT VETRELLA
[...] SUMMARY: ESTOFFS MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY (ASI),PROFESSOR SERGIO VETRELLA, ON JUNE 6, 2002. VETRELLA PROVIDED UPDATES ON GALILEO, ITALIAN SPACE PLAN, COSMO SKYMED, AND THE BIDDING PROCESS FOR THE AGILE LAUNCHER. IN PARTICULAR, HE STRESSED THAT ALL EXISTING COOPER [...]
2002-06-20 17:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA TSPA IT
02ROME3280CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): AD REF HOST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. TEAM SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED AD REF HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT (HCA) IN TALKS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS JUNE 21. TEAM BELIEVES THAT AD REF HCA PROTECTS FULLY U.S. INSPECTION RIGHTS WHEN ITALY IS THE INSPECTED STATE PARTY (ISP) AND RIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE THE ISP. END SU [...]
2002-07-03 15:53:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM MARR KTIA IT CWC
02TEGUCIGALPA2439REPORT OF FOREIGN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
[...] No summary [...]
2002-08-28 16:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKLIG KTIA AMGT HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2472HONDURAS LIKELY TO CONCLUDE ART. 98 AGREEMENT,
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) During his August 28 meeting with Honduran Foreign Minister Guillermo Perez-Cadalso, WHA A/S Otto Reich reviewed the importance of an ICC Article 98 bilateral agreement to the U.S. and reviewed the draft model text f [...]
2002-08-30 20:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA PGOV HO KICC UNGA
02TEGUCIGALPA2730HONDURAS FACES SOME GRIEF OVER ICC ARTICLE 98
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-27 22:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA PGOV MOPS HO KICC
02TEGUCIGALPA3318HONDURAN ACTION ON SEVEN COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para. 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: PolOff met December 6 with Honduran MFA Director General for Treaties Ivonne Bonilla to demarche Bonilla on the 1988 maritime counterterrorism (CT) convention and protocol and to get a status report on the GOH's slow acti [...]
2002-12-09 22:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3322HONDURAN CONGRESS APPROVES STOLEN VEHICLE TREATY
[...] Upon receipt of reftel that informed Post that the Senate on November 14 had given advice and consent to ratification of the Treaty With Honduras for Return of Stolen, Robbed, and Embezzled Vehicles and Aircraft, EmbOffs began checking into the status of Honduran congressional action on the tre [...]
2002-12-10 15:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS KTIA KCRM ETRD HO
03ABUDHABI1698 ICC ARTICLE 98: UAE CONSIDERING
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador used the opportunity of an April 6 meeting with MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan to again urge forward movement on the signing of an ICC Article 98 agreement. Hamdan acknowledge [...]
2003-04-08 12:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA KICC TC
03ABUDHABI2603 AMBASSADOR RAISES MLAT AND TIP WITH
[...] MLAT: The Ambassador, accompanied by Polchief and POL FSN, met 5/31 with UAE Minister of Justice, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Muhammad Nakhira Al- Dhaheri. The Ambassador engaged Al-Dhaheri on the draft Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, noting that, following the exchange of proposed changes, th [...]
2003-06-02 11:05:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KCRM KWMN KTIA PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI3249UAE READY FOR MLAT VIDEO CONFERENCE JULY 15
[...] (U) Classified by A/DCM Katherine Van De Vate, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This is an Action request. Please see para 5. 3. (C) The Ambassador Met with UAE Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs, and Awqaf Mohamed Nakhera Al-Daheri on July 13, 2003. The Minister said that of th [...]
2003-07-13 13:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALCJAN PREL ASEC ETTC KCRM PGOV KTIA
03ABUDHABI3251 UAEG WANTS ARTICLE 98 DVC ON JULY 16
[...] (U) Classified by A/DCM Katherine Van De Vate, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: The UAE Ministry of Justice is eager to hold a digital videoconference on the U.S.-UAE Article 98 agreement and is proposing July 16 for the date. The relevant Ministry of Just [...]
2003-07-14 10:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA KICC PGOV PARM TC
03ABUDHABI3815 ICC ARTICLE 98: TEXT DELIVERED TO UAE
[...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charge d'Affaires, a.i. for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Charge delivered the text of the ICC Article 98 Agreement to MFA Minstate Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan's Office Director, Sultan Al- Romeithi, on August 17. Charge urged prompt follow-u [...]
2003-08-19 14:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA KICC TC
03ABUJA1025NIGERIA: FORMER MOD DANJUMA ON ART. 98, BENUE AND
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: June 7 DCM paid a farewell call on former Minister of Defense LTG (ret.) T.Y. Danjuma. Danjuma did not expect the GON to conclude an Article 98 agreement and doubted the Commission of Inquiry's report on the October 2001 Benue massacre would satisfy the U.S. Congress since the [...]
2003-06-11 14:03:00Embassy AbujaSECRETMASS PREL KTIA PGOV MARR MOPS NI KICC
03ABUJA1033NIGERIA: OBASANJO SAYS HE WANTS ARTICLE 98
[...] (C) During a June 11 meeting with President Obasanjo on Article 98 and security assistance issues (SEPTEL),Ambassador Jeter explained the ramifications of not concluding an Article 98 agreement by the July 1 deadline. Obasanjo said he was in favor of Article 98. He thought such agreements w [...]
2003-06-12 14:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
03ABUJA1096NIGERIA: ARTILCE 98 PROSPECTS LOOKING UP BUT IT'S
[...] (C) The ad-hoc inter-ministerial committee tasked by President Obasanjo to review our proposed Article 98 agreement met Tuesday, June 17. According to a source from the Foreign Ministry who attended the session, committee members decided to recommend to President Obasanjo that Nigeria conclu [...]
2003-06-24 15:53:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
03ABUJA1102NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO AUTHORIZES SIGNING OF
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-25 16:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
03ABUJA1134NIGERIA SIGNS ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT
[...] (U) On June 30, during a private signing ceremony at the Ministry of Justice, Solicitor-General I.A. Ayua signed the Article 98 Agreement on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Ambassador Jeter signed on behalf of the United States. Signed original has been sent to L/T via registered [...]
2003-06-30 19:02:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
03ABUJA1373NIGERIA: GON CALLS ARTICLE 98 AN EXECUTIVE
[...] (U) The Nigerian Solicitor-General (the highest ranking civil servant in the Ministry of Justice and the official who executed the Article 98 Agreement on behalf of the GON) I.A. Ayua indicated in a July 14 letter to Ambassador Jeter that the GON has deemed the Article 98 agreement an executi [...]
2003-08-12 14:34:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
03ABUJA1562NIGERIA PREPARED TO SIGN BILATERAL DEBT
[...] IN RESPONSE TO REF A, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF NIGERIA'S DEBT MANAGEMENT OFFICE (DMO) AKIN ARIKAWE TOLD ECON COUNSELOR AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 4 THAT THE DMO IS PREPARED TO SIGN A BILATERAL DEBT AGREEMENT WITH THE USG WITHIN A WEEK; I.E., BY SEPTEMBER 12, 2003. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN WE MIGHT EXP [...]
2003-09-08 08:34:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTIA NI
03ABUJA989NIGERIA: STATUS OF ARTICLE 98 EFFORTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since October 2002, Post has actively engaged the GON in hopes of concluding an Article 98 agreement before July 1, 2003. President Obasanjo has indicated a willingness to conclude an agreement; however key figures such as the Foreign Affairs and Justice Ministers have opposed a [...]
2003-06-05 14:26:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
03AMMAN2829SECRETARY POWELL, FM MUASHER EXCHANGE BIT
[...] (SBU) On May 13, Secretary Powell and Jordanian FM Muasher exchanged Instruments of Ratification of the American-Jordanian Bilateral Investment Treaty, bringing entry into force of the Treaty in thirty days. The exchange was held in a brief ceremony before a press event during the Secretary' [...]
2003-05-15 07:30:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV KTIA JO
03AMMAN4893AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met August 3 with Prince Zeid Bin Raad, Head of the Jordanian Delegation to the UN in New York, to discuss the status of a proposed Article 98 non-surrender agreement between the U.S. and Jordan. Zeid stated that the GOJ was "politically committed" to reaching such an [...]
2003-08-05 09:29:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KTIA JO KICC
03AMMAN6934RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION -
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-27 16:23:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT KTIA PHSA JO IMO
03AMMAN7227JORDAN COMMITTED TO REACHING ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT,
[...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher reiterated to the Ambassador that Jordan is committed to negotiate and sign an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. and should have a counter-draft ready soon. Muasher expressed great disappointment that the USG might have thought to link such an a [...]
2003-11-04 18:11:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KTIA IS JO
03AMMAN7387JORDAN OFFERS CUSTOMS TRAINING TO IRAQ DURING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a discussion concerning a proposed export control and related security assistance (EXBS) program in Jordan, Jordanian Customs Department Director General Mahmoud Qteishat expressed to the DCM his government's gratitude and support for the program. Qteishat also gave assur [...]
2003-11-12 16:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KNNP KTIA KSTC SCUL MNUC PARM PREL PTER IZ JO
03AMMAN7972JORDAN COPYRIGHT LAW: WIPO COMPLIANCE A FOUNDATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See last para. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Industry and Trade contacts confirmed that the Government of Jordan (GOJ) cabinet has approved two WIPO internet treaties and expects the notification process to WIPO to be completed by the end of the year. Am [...]
2003-12-08 18:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR KTIA PREL JO
03ANKARA5209TURKEY PLANS TO DEPOSIT NATO INSTRUMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-15 13:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MARR PREL KTIA
03ANKARA6306 Turkish MFA Proposes Mutual Support for
[...] This message contains an action request in para 3. 2. Econoff delivered reftel demarche seeking Turkish support for the U.S. candidacy to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category "A" to Orkun Ersoy, of MFA's Maritime and Aviation Department, on October 7. Ersoy r [...]
2003-10-08 06:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT KTIA PHSA TU
03ANKARA6375 Turkish MFA Proposes Mutual Support for
[...] This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. MFA followed up our October 7 demarche on elections to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council with a diplomatic note proposing mutual support for Turkish and U.S. candidacies. The text of the October 7 note is reproduce [...]
2003-10-10 08:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT KTIA PHSA TU
03ANKARA7039TURKEY PREPARING TO DEPOSIT INSTRUMENTS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-12 16:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MARR PREL KTIA TU
03COLOMBO1115 ICC: Entry into force of non-surrender of
[...] (SBU) Per Ref A, Mission was asked to review whether Sri Lanka's and the Maldives' International Criminal Court (ICC) non-surrender of nationals agreements with the U.S. have entered into force. The situation is the following: -- Sri Lanka: The Sri Lankan MFA has confirmed that the ICC [...]
2003-06-25 10:22:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KTIA PGOV MOPS CE MV KICC
03COLOMBO1191 ICC: Non-surrender accord with GSL entered into force
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-08 11:30:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS KTIA CE
03COLOMBO1223 ICC: Non-surrender agreement with the
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Maldivian government has sent Mission a dipnote confirming that it has completed the necessary domestic legal requirements for the entry into force of the non-surrender agreement it concluded with th [...]
2003-07-14 10:23:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KTIA MV
03COLOMBO533 Status of Maldivian non-surrender of nationals
[...] (C) Per Ref B and previous, Mission has been in close and constant touch with the Maldivian government, pressing it to sign the non-surrender of nationals agreement as soon as possible. The Maldivian MFA has told us that the plan is to have Foreign Minister Jameel sign it. (Note: The Maldi [...]
2003-03-28 04:44:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KTIA MV
03COLOMBO637 ICC: Non-surrender of nationals agreement
[...] Ambassador Wills signed the U.S.-Maldivian non- surrender of nationals agreement in Colombo on April 10. Foreign Minister Jameel had signed the agreement in Male on April 8. 2. The signed original is being pouched to L/T (Frank Holleran). A copy of the agreement is being faxed to SA/INS [...]
2003-04-11 03:51:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTIA MV CE KICC
03COLOMBO94 ICC Article 98: Foreign Minister assures
[...] (U) This message contains Action Requests -- Please see Paras 4-5. 2. (C) Ambassador Wills spoke to Maldivian Foreign Minister Fathulla Jameel on the telephone on January 16. The Ambassador reiterated the U.S. proposal that the Maldives sign as soon as possible a bilateral Article 98 non [...]
2003-01-16 10:28:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KTIA MV
03GUATEMALA1337GUATEMALA ON INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION AGAINST
[...] Information provided below is keyed to reftel questions: A. The OAS Terrorism Convention is not currently on the legislative agenda. Congress is in recess until August. General elections will be held in November. The Foreign Ministry continues to consult internally and with various line M [...]
2003-05-23 15:48:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KTIA AORC GT OAS
03GUATEMALA1609COUNTER-NARCOTICS MARITIME AGREEMENT SIGNED
[...] (U) Ambassador Hamilton and Foreign Minister Gutierrez signed the bilateral counter-narcotics maritime agreement (reftels) in a ceremony at the MFA on June 19. Signature of this landmark agreement has been an important element in our dialogue with the GOG on counter-narcotics certification. T [...]
2003-06-20 18:45:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTIA SNAR PBTS KCRM PHSA EWWT EAIR GT
03GUATEMALA2277DECREE ENACTING COUNTERNARCOTICS MARITIME
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-04 18:16:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL KTIA MOPS PHSA GT EWWT
03GUATEMALA369AMBASSODOR,S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Over lunch at the residence February 10, the Ambassador gave FM Gutierrez a heads up that we are actively working on specific benchmarks for re-certification; pressed him on Article 98, extradition, Belize-Guatemala, election observation, the proposal to investigate clandestine gr [...]
2003-02-10 23:13:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN EAGR KTIA PGOV PHUM SNAR CFED GT
03GUATEMALA770MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PROTILLO
[...] (C) Summary: Over dinner at the residence March 22, President Portillo acknowledged that Guatemala ought to support a UNHCR resolution on Cuba but said he has a problem with General Rios Montt's resentment over U.S. opposition to his presidential candidacy. Portillo said Guatemala agreed with [...]
2003-03-24 18:31:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL ELAB PGOV KTIA MARR SNAR KDEM PHUM EFIN ETRD CU IR GT
03GUATEMALA836GUATEMALAN COUNTERPROPOSAL FOR ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: The Guatemalan MFA has proposed an Article 98 Agreement that contains three additions to the modified text in reftel. The additions consist of making reference to UNSCR 1422 (the one-year exemption from the ICC for UN Peaceke [...]
2003-03-31 16:40:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR KTIA GT KICC
03HANOI373 JOINT RESEARCH ON HEALTH/ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see Paragraph 13 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To date, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has made little, if any, progress towards achieving the goals set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in Hanoi on March 10, 2002, following bilateral [...]
2003-02-16 01:22:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA KTIA TSPL TNGD PREL TBIO OSCI SCUL ENRG OTRA TRGY MNUC VM
03KATHMANDU1390NEPAL: ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT ENTERS INTO FORCE
[...] (SBU) On July 22, 2003, Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy, informing us that the Government of Nepal (GON) has completed the necessary domestic legal requirements for entry into force of the Article 98 Agreement. The Agreement, signed in Kathmandu on D [...]
2003-07-25 09:22:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA PREL PGOV PINR NP
03KUWAIT224NEW CUSTOMS CARGO MANIFEST RULES DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-21 13:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON KTIA PREL KU
03OTTAWA587CANADA WILL SUPPORT ARF ANTI-PIRACY STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-03 21:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC ASEC PTER EWWT PHSA KTIA CA ARF
03ROME3006ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY TO CRITICIZE US SUSPENSION
[...] (C) THERE HAS A STRONG NEGATIVE REACTION AMONG EU MEMBERS TO OUR DECISION TO SUSPEND MILITARY AID TO 35 COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NOT SIGNED ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS (REF A),AMBASSADOR GIANCARLO ARAGONA, THE MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR, TOLD DCM JULY 2. THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE EU PARLIAMENT, WHERE PM BERLUS [...]
2003-07-02 16:17:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALABUD IT KSEP KTIA MARR PARM PREL MASS KICC EUN
03SANAA1450U/S BOLTON 6/16-17 VISIT TO YEMEN: ARTICLE 98
[...] (C) Summary: ROYG Foreign Minister al-Qirbi pledged his support for an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. during the June 16-17 visit of U/S Bolton. On timing, President Saleh was equivocal, suggesting that Yemen would not sign until a specified list of other Arab states were on board. Acco [...]
2003-06-23 14:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA YM KICC
03TEGUCIGALPA1243HONDURAN CONGRESS APPROVES IRAQ TROOP DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Honduran Congress approved on the evening of May 28 both the resolution authorizing the deployment of Honduran troops to Iraq and the ICC Article 98 Agreement with the U.S. Ambassador Palmer met with the President of Congress, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, on May 2 [...]
2003-05-30 23:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR PHUM KTIA HO KICC
03TEGUCIGALPA1274HONDURAS HAS SIGNED BUT NOT YET RATIFIED 2002
[...] (U) The Government of Honduras has signed but not yet ratified both the 2002 Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism (ref A),as well as the 1971 Convention to Prevent and Punish the Acts of Terrorism Taking the Forms of Crimes Against Persons and Related Extortion that are of Internationa [...]
2003-06-04 20:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL KTIA AORC HO OAS
03TEGUCIGALPA2656HONDURAS RATIFIES THREE COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] Summary: The GOH has ratified three outstanding counterterrorism (CT) conventions (two ICAO and one IAEA). The GOH is now a party to 10 international CT conventions. Post is pressing hard for the GOH to ratify the two IMO and two OAS CT conventions still outstanding. Persistent efforts by Emb [...]
2003-11-12 17:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2814HONDURAS: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] The 2003 Annual Terrorism Report for Honduras follows. Points are keyed to reftel paragraph headings: A. Significant Actions by GOH ----------------------------- In 2003, President Ricardo Maduro continued his policy of strong Honduran support for U.S. efforts against terrorism, was a me [...]
2003-12-02 14:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2938HONDURAS INDICATES IT WILL SIGN UN ANTICORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) Honduras was surprisingly absent among the 94 countries that gathered December 11 in Merida, Mexico to sign the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. According to press reports, apart from Honduras, the only other Latin American and Caribbean countries not to sign were Uruguay, [...]
2003-12-18 21:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KTIA KCRM KJUS EFIN ECON PHUM SOCI HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2952ICJ REJECTS EL SALVADOR'S APPLICATION FOR REVISION
[...] On December 18, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, by a vote of 4-1, rejected El Salvador's September 10, 2002 application for revision of the Court's original 1992 decision demarcating the land and maritime border between El Salvador and Honduras as "inadmissible." The ICJ [...]
2003-12-19 23:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS KTIA PREL PGOV ES HO
03TEGUCIGALPA824TFIZ01: AMBASSADOR URGES HONDURAN FM PEREZ-CADALSO
[...] (S) Summary. Ambassador met April 1 with Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs Guillermo Perez-Cadalso to discuss a wide range of issues, with a focus on Iraq and combating terrorism. Ambassador urged the GOH to make stronger public statements on Iraq, including on Iraqi war crimes, and criti [...]
2003-04-02 21:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AORC KTIA KAWC IZ HO KICC
03TEGUCIGALPA826HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO DISCUSSES UPCOMING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Honduran President Ricardo Maduro suggested that Central American Presidents remain interested in raising non-CAFTA topics during their upcoming meeting with President Bush. He also reaffirmed his commitment to provide Honduran troops for post-conflict operations in Iraq, even wh [...]
2003-04-02 23:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER SNAR EFIN ETRD ELAB KTIA IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA862TFIZ01: HONDURAN FM PEREZ-CADALSO GIVES AMB LETTER
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met April 7 with Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs Guillermo Perez-Cadalso at the FM's request. Perez-Cadalso gave Ambassador a letter offering to provide Honduran troops for post-war humanitarian needs in Iraq, contingent on congressional approval of such a deploy [...]
2003-04-08 23:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM AORC KTIA KAWC IZ HO
03THEHAGUE1824MARITIME COUNTERNARCOTICS AGREEMENT
[...] With respect to reftel, Embassy's Global Issues Specialist asked the Dutch Foreign Ministry's about the status of the MOU, and was referred to Mr. Th. Sneek, deputy director for international and legal matters in the Defense Ministry. According to Sneek, there is no such MOU being drafted. [...]
2003-07-17 12:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA SNAR PHSA EWWT EAIR JM NL
03THEHAGUE2647DUTCH ON DEMARCHE TO CPPNM PARTIES
[...] (C) On October 16, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the revision of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) to Pieter van Donkersgoed, Deputy Head of the MFA's Environmental and Nuclear Safety Division. Van Donkersgoed said it was clear the United States had a [...]
2003-10-17 14:57:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM ENRG TRGY KNNP KTIA NL IAEA
03ZAGREB1238CROATIA: SUSPENSION OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE WOULD
[...] (C) CROATIA IS HEAVILY RELIANT ON FMF AND IMET FUNDING TO ACHIEVE ITS GOALS OF MODERNIZATION AND INTEROPERABILITY WITH NATO. AS CROATIA STRUGGLES TO DOWNSIZE AND RESTRUCTURE ITS MILITARY, NEARLY 70 PERCENT OF ITS DEFENSE BUDGET IS CONSUMED BY PERSONNEL COSTS. THE LOSS OF U.S. MILITARY ASSIST [...]
2003-05-30 13:54:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KTIA ABUD MASS HR KICC NATO
03ZAGREB1278COMMITTING CROATIA'S FY-2003 FMF BUDGET
[...] (C) IF CROATIA ACTS QUICKLY, IT CAN COMMIT THE FY2003 FUNDS AT RISK OF SUSPENSION UNDER THE AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBER'S PROTECTION ACT BEFORE CUTOFF DATE. AS INSTRUCTED (REFTEL A),ON JUNE 4 WE INFORMED THE GOC HOW IT CAN COMMIT THE USD 5.5 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR FY2003 TO AN EXISTING FMF CASE I [...]
2003-06-05 14:02:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KTIA ABUD MASS HR KICC NATO
04ABUDHABI1157PRIORITY OF PSI SHIP BOARDING AGREEMENTS -
[...] (C) Summary: Post concurs with Ref B statements about the Proliferation Security Initiative's (PSI) importance, and understands that concluding ship boarding agreements is a high priority. Senior UAE Government officials at the second round of Strategic Partnership talks in Abu Dhabi on March [...]
2004-04-14 14:20:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KTIA TC
04ABUDHABI2538UAE RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON AMENDING AIR TRANSPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-31 11:10:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA ECON TC
04ABUDHABI2883AMENDING AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT ON CRS
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (U) ON AUGUST 18 ABDULLA AHMED LOOTAH, UNDER SECRETARY AT THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS REQUESTED MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE US PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE US/UAE AIR SERVICE AGREEMENT BY DELETING ANNEX III OF THE AGREEMENT. LOOTAH N [...]
2004-08-25 11:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA ECON TC
04ABUDHABI2975BUILDING SUPPORT FOR A DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-31 17:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PTER KTIA IAEA TC
04AMMAN2494JORDAN TRADE MINISTRY LAYS OUT FTA TRADE ISSUES FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In preparation for the U.S.-Jordan Joint Committee meeting, Ministry of Industry and Trade official Amer Hadidi March 25 reviewed key trade issues with the TIJARA coalition of trade and business groups and sought their views on issues for the JC. Issues included accelerating [...]
2004-03-31 14:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KTIA PREL ECON JO
04AMMAN2574GOJ MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON COPYRIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOJ officials report good progress in response to USG requests for copyright and software protections in line with the bilateral Free Trade Agreement. Copyright amendments are expected to be passed by the cabinet and presented to parliament before the end of June. The GOJ is [...]
2004-04-04 12:39:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR KTIA PREL JO
04AMMAN3425JORDAN HINTS AN FTA WAIVER FROM DAMAN PROGRAM WILL
[...] (SBU) Post this week received a letter from Deputy Prime Minister Halaiqa, dated April 29, which attempts to walk the cat back from a previous exchange with the Ambassador (reftel) in which Halaiqa had been forward-leaning, suggesting that exemption of U.S.-origin imports from the DAMAN pre- [...]
2004-05-05 16:34:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL KTIA JO
04AMMAN4133JORDAN'S TRADE MINISTER REVIEWS FTA TRADE ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DPM and Trade Minister Mohammad Halaiqa reviewed with the Ambassador a number of trade issues, most related to the upcoming June 8 meeting of the FTA Joint Committee. Halaiqa reported that he had spoken with Israeli DPM and Trade Minister Ehud Olmert regarding accelerated tarif [...]
2004-05-26 04:47:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD KTIA KIPR PREL JO
04AMMAN4252JORDAN TRADE MINISTRY ON FTA JOINT COMMITTEE AGENDA
[...] This is an action request. See last para. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Industry and Trade senior officials briefed embassy on the proposed agenda for the June 8 Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee meeting (the JC). A key change is the GOJ's likely submission of a revised list of good [...]
2004-05-27 15:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KTIA KIPR PREL JO
04AMMAN5405FTA ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM STILL ON A FAST TRACK
[...] This is an action cable. See last paragraph. 2. (SBU) Ambassador on June 28 paid a farewell call on Minister of Tourism and Antiquities and Minister of Environment Alia Hattough-Bouran in which she raised the FTA Environmental Forum. (NOTE: The U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement included [...]
2004-07-01 09:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON KTIA PREL JO
04AMMAN5676AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO KERAK QIZ
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a June 23 visit to the Kerak QIZ, Ambassador led the press through a tour of Camel Textile's factory-based training center helping to build skills of local Jordanian garment workers. In a separate, private tour, the Ambassador witnessed a rapidly growing garment factory [...]
2004-07-08 14:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL ETTC EINV KTIA JO
04AMMAN6172JISM HEAD WAITING FOR GUIDANCE FOR DAMAN EXEMPTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See last para. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan Institute of Standards and Metrology (JISM) head Dr. Ahmad Hindawi called on Charge July 21 to reiterate his commitment to revamp the DAMAN pre-inspection system to be consistent with the FTA and to request "compre [...]
2004-07-21 15:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KTIA PREL JO
04AMMAN6508JORDAN IPR - TWO STEPS FORWARD, A HALF STEP BACK
[...] This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's parliament began debate on the temporary copyright law and FTA-compliant amendments to it in mid-July. Although MPs did not conclude deliberations before adjourning, the chief government proponent of the amended copyrigh [...]
2004-08-03 15:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD EAID KTIA PHUM JO
04AMMAN6951QIZ GARMENT FACTORIES IN JORDAN: STITCHING A NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) in Jordan have created thousands of semi-skilled industrial jobs, attracted foreign investment, and increased exports. Less evident are the ensuing impacts that the factories have had on individuals, families, and villages - particularly in th [...]
2004-08-18 05:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI ETRD PREL KTIA ECON ELAB IS JO
04AMMAN7508JORDANIAN REPLY REGARDING USG PROPOSAL TO AMEND
[...] (U) Embassy received on September 7 the following letter from Jordan's Director General of Civil Aviation Authority: BEGIN TEXT: Dear Mr. Eason, With reference to your letter of August 31, 2004, concerning the U.S. Government proposal to amend the U.S./Jordan Air Services agreement by [...]
2004-09-09 08:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTIA JO
04AMMAN8404JORDAN CAUTIOUSLY RECEPTIVE TO "STOP" INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy October 7 delivered reftel information on the "Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy" (STOP) to Mahmoun Talhouni, Director General of the National Library, who oversees Jordan's IPR Enforcement Unit. Embassy also delivered the reftel non-paper to The Ministry of Indust [...]
2004-10-07 16:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR KPAO KTIA JO WTRO
04AMMAN9145PROPOSED FIVE-YEAR RECIPROCITY ON E1-E2 TREATY
[...] Post has reviewed the diplomatic note from the Jordanian embassy in Washington, DC, (REF) which requests that, under the relevant article in the bilateral Free Trade Agreement, the USG and GOJ jointly examine the possibility of issuing E1/E2 visas based on a five year visa issuance. Post rec [...]
2004-11-10 17:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ETRD KTIA PREL JO
04AMMAN9149NEW INDUSTRY AND TRADE MINISTER ON FTA JC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Ahmed Hindawi discussed with Charge follow-up on the Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee and other trade issues. Hindawi noted "very close" relations with the United States, acknowledged that some obstacles to trade might exist, but offe [...]
2004-11-11 14:39:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD KIPR EAGR KTIA PREL PINR JO
04AMMAN9945QIZ'S PRESS GOVERNMENT; EDGY ABOUT EGYPTIAN QIZ'S,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unprecedented series of meetings with high government officials, Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) factory owners and zone operators have been pushing hard for reforms in key areas affecting their operations, from paperwork to Aqaba Port congestion to handling of a work [...]
2004-12-16 12:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL KTIA JO
04ANKARA5691 DELIVERY OF CSI DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-04 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU
04ANKARA6085 Turks Interested in Pursuing CSI
[...] Basat Ozturk, Head of the MFA Maritime Department, told Econoff on October 26 that GOT agencies had agreed to respond "positively" to the proposed inclusion of Turkey in the Container Security Initiative (CSI),and asked that Embassy relay this official response to Washington agencies. Oztur [...]
2004-10-27 10:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU
04ANKARA6649 GOT Concerns on Some Aspects of CSI
[...] (SBU) At briefings on the Container Security Initiative by visiting Immigration, Customs and Enforcement Attache, Turkish officials reaffirmed their interest in the program, but expressed sensitivities about stationing U.S. personnel in Turkish customs areas and said a bilateral agreement woul [...]
2004-12-01 07:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA TU
04ANKARA845NEW NATO MEMBERS: GOT URGED TO DEPOSIT INSTRUMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-12 11:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MARR PREL KTIA TU
04BRASILIA1592BILATERAL MARITIME AGREEMENT: ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE
[...] ECONOFF MET WITH INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ADVISOR WANDERLY MANSO DE ALMEIDA AT THE ANTAQ (BRAZIL'S MARITIME REGULATOR) ON JUNE 16, 2004 TO DISCUSS THE LANGUAGE CHANGES SUBMITTED BY MARAD AND L TO THE BILATERAL MARITIME AGREEMENT PORTUGUESE TEXT (REF A). THE GOB COUNTERPROPOSED THE FOLLOWING CH [...]
2004-06-25 15:07:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KTIA BR
04BUCHAREST3439REPORT ON NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISISON OFFICIALS'
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Commissioner Jeffrey Merrifield visit to Romania in late September provided the USG insight into the strong Romanian civil nuclear program. End Summary. First Visit to Romania by NRC Commissioner ---------------------------------------- [...]
2004-12-15 11:38:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KTIA ENRG ECON RO IAEA
04DUBLIN1163EXCHANGE OF LETTERS WITH EC ON "MIXITY" ISSUE IN
[...] On August 4, Embassy provided reftel's referenced letters on "mixity" to Kevin Dowling, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Political Division Counselor, and Frank Flood, DFA's EU Division Deputy Director. Both said that they would forward the correspondence to James Kingston, DFA Deputy Lega [...]
2004-08-05 12:35:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEU KTIA EAIR
04DUBLIN1805IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BILATERAL TREATIES
[...] On December 1, Post delivered reftel talking points to Tony Joyce, Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment (DETE) Senior Trade Negotiator. Post noted that the United States and Ireland have a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation, dating back to 1950, with a Protocol signed i [...]
2004-12-16 14:39:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECIN KTIA EINV ETRD EU
04GUATEMALA1055(C) GUATEMALA SIGNS ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Charge Bruce Wharton and Foreign Minister Jorge Briz signed an Article 98 agreement on April 28, 2004, bringing two years of negotiations to a successful conclusion. The terms of the agreement require Congressional approval and a Presidential signature to enter into force. 2. (C) The [...]
2004-04-29 22:07:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS KTIA GT
04GUATEMALA108ARTICLE 98 LETTER TO SECRETARY POWELL FROM
[...] Outgoing Foreign Minister Gutierrez sent a letter, dated January 13 (his last day in office),to Secretary Powell stating his understanding that Guatemala is exempt from the restrictions on U.S. military aid under the Servicemember's Protection Act of 2001 (SPA),due to the fact that Guatemala [...]
2004-01-17 13:14:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR KTIA MASS GT ICC
04GUATEMALA223SCENE SETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 3-5 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Your visit to Guatemala comes as President Berger and his team are anxious to demonstrate publicly that bilateral relations have improved and that we have a shared agenda on trade and investment, fighting domestic corruption and transnational crime, and the 1996 Peace Accords. As he did w [...]
2004-01-29 21:50:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP PGOV SNAR EAID ETRD PHUM MASS KTIA GT
04GUATEMALA317WHA A/S ROGER NORIEGA'S FEBRUARY 3-5 VISIT TO
[...] (C) During a February 3-5 visit to Guatemala, WHA Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega met with President Oscar Berger and senior members of his government to discuss the full range of bilateral issues. A/S Noriega highlighted the importance the Bush Administration places on CAFTA as a means of [...]
2004-02-10 17:12:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAID MOPS KTIA ETRD KCOR PHUM ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA8PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT ON HOLD PENDING NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-06 15:52:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHSA PARM MNUC KTIA GT
04GUATEMALA985ACTION PLAN FOR PSI AGREEMENT WITH GUATEMALA
[...] (C) We discussed the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and proposed ship-boarding agreement with the MFA in December 2003 (Ref B). We have been careful in following up to avoid distracting the Berger administration from our highest priority which is the achievement of an Article 98 agr [...]
2004-04-22 22:10:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM PHSA KTIA MNUC GT
04JAKARTA5072POLITICAL INTRIGUE IMPERILS BAPETEN'S CHAIRMAN JOB
[...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Control Board (BAPETEN) Dr. Djaloeis (please protect) confided to us 25 July that political intrigue involving one of his deputies and the State Minister of Research and Technology Hatta Rajasa, and a previously unknown radical Islamic group called T [...]
2004-05-28 12:09:00Embassy JakartaSECRETTRGY AORC KNNP KTIA IAEA ENRG PREL
04KUWAIT2567KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER ACTIVITIES TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
[...] (C) Summary: On August 11, Emboffs visited border-crossing points on the Kuwait-Iraq border to identify future construction sites for a planned Kuwaiti border barrier and to seek context for GOK reports of friction with Iraqi border patrols (reftel). Both Kuwait and Iraq appear determined to [...]
2004-08-12 07:03:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KTIA MARR KU IZ
04MADRID2872SPAIN: RESPONSE TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] (C) We reviewed the revisions to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with newly-designated Deputy Director General of International Armament Affairs Marcos Rodriguez July 8 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rodriguez told us that officials at Spain's Nat [...]
2004-07-28 10:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR KTIA SP CWC
04MADRID2986SPAIN: "MIXITY" ISSUE IN GPS AGREEMENT
[...] On August 4, we passed reftel points and exchange of letters to Jesus Antonio Perez Blanco, Subdirector General for Airline Navigation Systems and Airports at the Ministry of Public Works. We also shared points with two MFA contacts: Emilio Fernandez-Castano, Director General of Internation [...]
2004-08-05 14:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA EU SP
04MADRID4373SPANISH DELEGATION TO THE CWC DISCUSSIONS ON HOST
[...] (C) In response to reftel request regarding Spain's participation in host country agreement (HCA) discussions on the margins of the 29 November-3 December session of the 9th Conference of States Parties (CSP),an MFA official told poloff November 10 that the following officials plan to attend [...]
2004-11-15 16:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA SP CWC
04MADRID4501SPANISH OFFICIALS CANNOT ATTEND MEETING IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish officials have indicated that they will now be unable to attend discussion on the host country agreement (HCA) on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as previously promised because it conflicts with other arms control meetings that they are scheduled to attend during the [...]
2004-11-26 16:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA SP CWC
04MADRID4787SPAIN ON AUSTRALIA'S SUBMISSION TO CONTINENTAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-21 10:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PBTS PHSA PREL KTIA AS AY SP
04MANAMA1124 AMENDING AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT CRS PROVISIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-18 07:19:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA BA
04MANAMA1235BAHRAIN AGREES TO CANCEL THIRD SUPPLEMENT OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-08 05:31:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA BA
04MANAMA1613BAHRAIN: LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MILITARY GRANT
[...] (U) Post passed reftel information concerning U.S. legal requirements related to the excess defense articles program to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow-Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa under cover of diplomatic note number 373 dated October 12, 2004. Shaik [...]
2004-10-23 14:46:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PGOV KTIA BA
04MANAMA322NO SIGN OF MOVEMENT ON ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION
[...] (C) Charge asked Bahraini MFA Minister of State on March 8 and the Foreign Minister on March 9 whether the GoB had determined how it wanted to move forward with implementing our signed Article 98 agreement. The Minister of State said the MFA lawyers still have not determined what legal mean [...]
2004-03-10 07:18:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS KTIA BA KICC
04MANAMA368BAHRAIN AND ARTICLE 98: SLOW MOTION
[...] (C) The Bahraini Government is still pondering what to do about bringing our signed Article 98 agreement into effect. Charge on March 16 again asked the MFA Minister of State whether the Government would agree to a confidential exchange of notes. The Minister, clearly annoyed that Charge w [...]
2004-03-16 14:56:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA KICC BA JUS
04MAPUTO1152GRM RESPONSE: ACOTA END-USE, SECURITY AND
[...] Post received on August 25 a diplomatic note containing ACOTA end-use, security and retransfer assurances from GRM. Following is the complete texts of diplomatic notes exchanged between Post and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Mozambique. 2. Begin text of U.S. [...]
2004-08-26 13:04:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MASS MARR PREL MZ ACOTA
04MAPUTO1321STATUS OF MOZAMBIQUE PORT ISPS COMPLIANCE
[...] On September 29, econ/poloff delivered reftel letter and Port Security Advisory (PSA) to Ministry of Transportation and Communication Chief of Staff Antonio Cuna. Mr. Cuna responded by saying that the Port of Maputo and the Port of Beira were in compliance with the International Maritime Organ [...]
2004-09-30 13:49:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EWWT KTIA PBTS PHSA PINS PREL PTER MZ ASEC
04NASSAU1282U.S.- BAHAMAS COMPREHENSIVE MARITIME AGREEMENT
[...] On June 29, 2004 The Bahamas and the United States put into force the Comprehensive Maritime Agreement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bahamian signatory, Minister of Foreign Affairs Frederick Mitchell and U.S. signatory, Charge d'Affaires, Robert M. Witajewski, gave brief remarks and met [...]
2004-06-29 21:25:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA PHSA PBTS PHUM KCRM SMIG EWWT EAIR SNAR BF
04PANAMA2553PANAMA'S NEW ADMINISTRATION SCORES RECORD COCAINE
[...] (C) Panamanian Public Forces and Embassy Officers contributed to record detainee transfers and cocaine captures in recent weeks, as part of on-going counter-drug Operation Panama Express task force operations. On September 21, Panama National Maritime Service (SMN) marines, Panamanian Publi [...]
2004-10-15 20:27:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM KTIA PGOV PREL PM POL CHIEF
04PARAMARIBO97THE 17TH FTAA TRADE NEGOTIATION COMMITTEE MEETING,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-04 17:07:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KTIA NS
04ROME3767PEACE CORPS FAO COOPERATION: DIRECTOR GENERAL'S
[...] The U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome received a response letter to its September 10th, 2004 letter (reftel) regarding the termination of the 1962 Agreement between the United States and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the Use of Peace Corps Volun [...]
2004-09-29 14:12:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR KTIA EAID FAO
04ROME3990CIVAIR: ITALY STAYS FIRM ON LINATE CODESHARE
[...] (U) Acting Ecmin, Econoff and Econ FSN met October 8 with Aldo Sansone, Director General for Civil Aviation in the Ministry of Transportation, to deliver Ref A follow-on demarche regarding Italian refusal to allow U.S. carriers to conduct third-country code-share operations between the U.S. an [...]
2004-10-15 17:27:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTIA IT AVIATION FAA
04SANTODOMINGO4534AMENDING AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT CRS PROVISIONS
[...] Embassy delivered reftel talking points as a non-paper to Director General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) Carlos Alvarez Guzman. Embassy will forward any response received. MARSHALL [...]
2004-08-05 21:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA EAIR
04SANTODOMINGO5985DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: IMPLEMENTATION OF 2004 PARIS
[...] The Ambassador delivered the draft text of the Paris Club rescheduling agreement, in English only, to Technical Secretary for the Dominican Presidency Temistocles Montas on SIPDIS October 28. Emboffs asked that Montas and his staff examine it and indicate whether any changes would be reque [...]
2004-11-01 13:21:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR KTIA EFIN
04TAIPEI3268TAIWAN INVESTIGATES GEORGIAN FLAGGED HIGH SEAS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-20 06:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KTIA AORC EWWT GG PHSA PREL SENV
04TEGUCIGALPA125FOREIGN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING,
[...] Summary: The purpose of this cable is to notify Washington legal offices of USAID, the Department of State and the Department of Justice of an administrative labor claim filed by a Honduran National. Also, this cable seeks Department guidance on stopping a GOH pattern of repeatedly transmittin [...]
2004-01-20 22:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KLIG KTIA AMGT HO
04TEGUCIGALPA201HONDURAN DELEGATION TO OAS CICTE; 2002 OAS CT
[...] PolOff delivered January 20 reftel demarche on the OAS CICTE to MFA Director for Multilateral Issues Wendy Flores. MFA Director General fro Foreign Policy Mario Fortin told PolOff January 26 that the GOH delegation will only be Frontier Police Chief Ramon Sabillon. Note: Sabillon is an excel [...]
2004-01-26 21:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KTIA XL XM CA HO OAS
04THEHAGUE1884DUTCH AGREE TO TERMINATE 1974 AIRWORTHINESS
[...] In response to reftel diplomatic note proposing termination of the 1974 Airworthiness Agreement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Treaty Division replied via diplomatic note dated July 12, 2004, the text of which follows in paragraph two. 2. Begin Text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has [...]
2004-07-27 09:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA NL
04THEHAGUE1957NETHERLANDS CONSIDERING PROPOSED AIR SERVICE
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Rene Fennes, head of international relations at the Ministry of Transportation. As instructed, we emphasized that this request only pertained to the Aruba and Netherlands Antilles portions of the agreements. 2. Fennes could not give an imme [...]
2004-08-05 07:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA NL
04WELLINGTON858 NIUE MARITIME BOUNDARY TREATY - U.S.
[...] On October 8, POL/ECON Counselor presented Ref. A U.S. instrument of ratification to Hima I L Takelesi, the High Commissioner at the Niue High Commission in Wellington. The High Commissioner was extremely pleased to receive the document, and said he would ask some visiting Niuean government o [...]
2004-10-13 04:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PHSA KTIA US NE NZ XV
04ZAGREB1718CROATIA ORGANIZING FOR PSI PARTICIPATION
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Head of Cooperative Security Section Drazen Hrastic on September 13 to discuss ref B guidance on how Croatia could enhance its participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative. The GoC hopes to have its PSI interagency process and points of contact settled by the [...]
2004-09-28 21:55:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA KTIA HR NATO
04ZAGREB2002PRESIDENT MESIC KICKS UP DUST ON EUCOM MEMORANDUM
[...] (C) President Mesic has kicked up some political dust over the EUCOM Memorandum of Understanding (signed in July) on using Croatian facilities and airspace for bilateral military exercises. Without objecting to the substance of the MoU, Mesic's office has asserted publicly that it was not in [...]
2004-11-17 15:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KTIA PINR HR NATO
04ZAGREB2059AMBASSADOR AND CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador asked Croatian President Stjepan Mesic to tone down the anti-U.S. rhetoric that has been a major element of his reelection strategy thus far. Mesic and the Ambassador also discussed the impact of Croatia's NATO accession on presidential authority over the armed fo [...]
2004-12-01 16:32:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR KTIA HR
04ZAGREB562CROATIA: "EXPECT PROGRESS SOON" ON BILAT
[...] (SBU) AS INSTRUCTED BY REFTEL, ON MARCH 31 AND APRIL 1, WE AGAIN PRESSED RELEVANT MFA AND MOD OFFICIALS FOR A RESPONSE TO OUR REQUEST TO NEGOTIATE A BILATERAL SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO THE PFP SOFA. 2. (SBU) ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER PJER SIMUNOVIC ASSERTED THAT THE SANADER GOVERNMENT HA [...]
2004-04-01 12:41:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL KTIA HR NATO
05ABUJA1535NIGERIAN SENATE CALLS FOR ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT TO
[...] (C) Summary: The Nigerian Senate passed a resolution requesting that President Obasanjo rescind Nigeria's Article 98 Agreement because the National Assembly was not consulted before the agreement was signed. However, the GON determined at the time of signing that it was an executive agreemen [...]
2005-08-19 12:44:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
05ACCRA302DCM MEETS GHANA'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL, DISCUSSES
[...] Summary: On February 9, DCM Jerry Lanier and PolChief paid a courtesy call on Ghana's new Attorney General and Minister of Justice Ayikoi Otoo. DCM highlighted our interest in passage of an anti-trafficking law and in negotiating a new extradition treaty, as well as obtaining the extraditio [...]
2005-02-10 12:05:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CJAN GH KTIA KWMN PHUM
05ACCRA306DCM MEETS MINISTER-DESIGNATE OF EMPLOYMENT, YOUTH,
[...] Summary: DCM and Poloff called on Minister-Designate of Employment, Youth, and Manpower Development Joseph Kofi Adda on February 10 to highlighted our interest in Ghana's passage of an anti-trafficking law. Adda said that Ghana intended to enact the law but it would take some time for the cab [...]
2005-02-11 07:02:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDELAB GH KTIA KWMN PHUM
05ACCRA650AMBASSADOR AND FINANCE MINISTER SIGN BILATERAL
[...] Ambassador Yates and GoG Finance Minister Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu signed the bilateral Paris Club debt reduction agreement (Refs A and B) on Thursday, March 31, 2004. Under the agreement, the U.S. forgives USD 4,641,600, which represents 100 percent reduction of the eligible stock of debt owed to [...]
2005-04-01 14:13:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTIA KMCA
05ALGIERS2270ALGERIA CIVAIR -- OPEN SKIES NEGOTIATIONS DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-09 15:26:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA AG
05ALMATY1686DELIVERY U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS
[...] (SBU) On April 29, per reftel instructions, DTRO-Almaty delivered the START treaty itemized cost lists for the period 1 January to 31 March 2005 to 1LT R. Zakirov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. 1LT Zakirov ha [...]
2005-04-29 12:06:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KTIA KZ KACT DTRO
05ALMATY2797KAZAKHSTAN: DELIVERY U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED
[...] (SBU) On July 29, per Ref A, DTRO-A (Almaty) delivered the START treaty itemized cost lists for the period 1 April 2005 - 30 June 2005, to CPT R. Maermanov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. CPT Maermanov had no [...]
2005-07-29 11:33:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KTIA KZ KACT DTRO
05ALMATY3894DELIVERY U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS
[...] (SBU) On October 27, per Ref A, DTRO-A (Almaty) delivered the START treaty itemized cost lists for the period July 1, 2005 through September 30, 2005, to Captain Mirsakhatov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Cap [...]
2005-10-27 21:00:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KTIA KZ KACT DTRO
05ALMATY4044KAZAKHSTAN SUBMITS START QUARTERLY COST LIST
[...] On 8 November 2005, DTRO-A received the START Quarterly Cost List for the period of July 1, 2005, to September 30, 2005, from Lieutenant Colonel A. Aubakirov of the Ministry of Defense Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center. 2. Unofficial Translation follows: BEG [...]
2005-11-10 05:40:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKACT PARM KZ KTIA START DTRO
05ALMATY4095IMO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED; KAZAKHSTAN LIKELY
[...] On November 16, Econoff delivered Reftel demarche and talking points on the United States' candidacy for Category A membership in the International Maritime organization (IMO) to Baurzhan Sarsenbekov of the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Sarsenbeko [...]
2005-11-17 06:06:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV EWWT KZ IMO
05ALMATY4290DELIVERY OF JCIC-DIP-05-019 TO THE MINISTRY OF
[...] On 5 December 2005, DTRO-Almaty delivered JCIC-DIP-05- 019, "Annual START SLCM Declarations," to CPT Radik Zhakirov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. CPT Zhakirov had no comments and no reaction. 2. (U) POC [...]
2005-12-05 03:54:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDKACT KTIA PARM US RS UP BO KZ DTRO
05AMMAN1058JORDAN AGREES TO MILITARY ASSISTANCE AMENDMENT
[...] The Government of Jordan has formally agreed to the amendment proposed in reftel to satisfy the requirements of Section 505(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act. The Jordanian Foreign Ministry transmitted the agreement by diplomatic note number KT/75/1/104 dated February 7, 2005. The text of the d [...]
2005-02-08 11:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PGOV KTIA JO
05AMMAN1147UPDATE ON U.S.-JORDAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT JOINT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 5 and 14. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since USTR hosted Jordan at the annual Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee (JC) meeting last June, steady progress has been made on the twelve action items raised. Five action items are completed, from t [...]
2005-02-09 15:31:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD SENV CVIS PREL EAGR KTIA JO
05AMMAN1245CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION HOST COUNTRY
[...] (C) Poloff delivered ref a talking points February 15 to Waleed Obeidat of the Foreign Minister's private office concerning the proposed U.S.-Jordan agreement on challenge inspections under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). MFA Legal Advisor Samer Naber informed post in December 2004 tha [...]
2005-02-15 16:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA JO CWC
05AMMAN13JORDAN, ISRAEL UPGRADE TRADE AGREEMENT TO CREATE
[...] (SBU) Jordan hosted the signing of an upgraded trade agreement with Israel December 23 to take aim at a Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) arrangement with the EU using cumulation of content under a pending Pan-Euro-Mediterranean rules of origin system. The pact moves Jordan and Israel toward [...]
2005-01-03 12:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL KTIA KTEX IS JO
05AMMAN1697SUCCESS WITH JORDAN COPYRIGHT LAW, CENSORSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's parliament has approved new copyright legislation, and we expect King Abdullah to sign it into law soon. Censorship fees (ref A) are also reportedly to be restructured shortly, using a formula acceptable to key IPR supporters in private industry. Finally, a MEPI-spon [...]
2005-03-01 08:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKIPR ETRD PREL KTIA JO
05AMMAN2850JORDAN AGREES TO POSITIVE STEPS TO FACILITATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a call on Minister of Industry and Trade Ahmad Hindawi April 4, Commerce Assistant Secretary William Lash was briefed on Jordan's latest positive responses to USG concerns (reftel) regarding trade barriers created by Jordan's DAMAN product conformity program. Hindawi promi [...]
2005-04-06 15:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL KTIA JO
05AMMAN3171IPR ENFORCEMENT TEAM GOES AFTER COPYRIGHT LAW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within days of the new Jordanian Copyright Law's promulgation on March 31, GOJ IPR enforcement teams were on the streets enforcing the new law. Officials raided 40-50 software shops and confiscated pirated software in five, referring the cases for prosecution. With the Busi [...]
2005-04-20 10:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON KTIA JO
05AMMAN4297NEW CARS REMOVED FROM DAMAN INSPECTION PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Jordan standards official announced May 31 the immediate removal of new passenger vehicles from the list of products covered by its DAMAN product conformity program, a story covered by most of Jordan,s Arabic-language dailies on June 1. This is the first in what post expect [...]
2005-06-01 13:15:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL KTIA BEXP JO
05AMMAN5130JORDAN-ISRAEL TRADE AND RESEARCH INITIATIVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has pursued trade discussions with Israel and Egypt related to Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs). The GOJ seeks USG support of Jordanian positions to lower Israeli content to five percent in QIZ products and to use the simpler Egyptian QIZ product [...]
2005-06-27 14:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL KTIA SENV ECON PGOV KDEM EG IS JO
05AMMAN7288JORDAN - SUPPORT FOR SUA AMENDMENTS DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-12 13:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT JO
05AMMAN7953OBTAINING JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR AMENDING SUA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 12:26:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV JO
05AMMAN8330JORDAN IPR PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: PART I -
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Safeguarding intellectual property rights (IPR) in Jordan has been a major government concern, but implementation is not yet well-coordinated, and the GoJ is ill-prepared for modern IP pirating techniques. As the sophistication of Jordan's IPR protection regime increases, the [...]
2005-10-23 10:54:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD KTIA PGOV ECON JO
05AMMAN8455JORDAN: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION PROPOSED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 05:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKTIA PARM PREL JO CWC
05AMMAN8994JORDAN: IMO ELECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Shamayleh said that he was unsure if Jordan would have representation at the 24th International Maritime Organization (IMO) assembly, and that he woul [...]
2005-11-20 03:13:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHSA AORC EWWT KTIA US JO IMO
05AMMAN9708JORDAN IPR PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: PART II - GAPS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan,s governmental infrastructure to protect IPR is decent, but most observers agree that human resource capacity building is a pressing need for that infrastructure to function effectively. The Ministry of Industry and Trade's Industrial Property Protection Directorate, a [...]
2005-12-18 07:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD KTIA PGOV ECON JO
05AMMAN9748JORDAN'S IPR CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS: PART III -
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Protection of original pharmaceutical formulations in Jordan is governed not by patent laws, but by drug registration procedures that allocate exclusive marketing rights for innovative drugs for five years from the date of approval by the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JF [...]
2005-12-19 14:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD KTIA PGOV ECON JO
05ANKARA1805CONVENTION FOR SUA: DEMARCHE TO MFA REQUESTING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-30 05:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV TU
05ANKARA2249GOT ON AMENDING AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENTS;
[...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST IN PARA 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: IN AN APRIL 19 MEETING WITH ECONOFF, BARIS KALKAVAN, OF THE MFA AVIATION DEPARTMENT, RESPONDED TO REF A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE BILATERAL AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT BY ELIMINATING ANNEX III ON COMPUTER RESERVATIONS SYSTEMS [...]
2005-04-20 11:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTIA ASEC TU
05ANKARA2564CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4 and 5. 2. (C) PolMilCouns raised the CWC host country agreement (HCA) with MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Arms Control Bulent Meric and provided the revised text of the agreement on April 22, as instructed ref a. Meric said that t [...]
2005-05-05 08:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA TU CWC
05ANKARA3196CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY
[...] (C) This is an action request. Acting PolMilCouns delivered reftel A points and draft HCA/U MOU text to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Osman Yavuzalp on June 6. Yavuzalp said the MFA had already completed the legal review of the revised HCA/U MOU text presented by Post in A [...]
2005-06-08 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR KTIA TU CWC
05ANKARA3261CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): MODIFIED DEC
[...] (C) Acting PolMilCouns submitted to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Osman Yavuzalp on June 9 an annotated copy of the modified Dec. 1999 CWC Host Country Agreement with Turkey on Challenge Inspections draft MoU that highlighted changes from the original Dec. 1999 text. Post a [...]
2005-06-09 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR KTIA TU CWC
05ANKARA359PASSAGE OF THE NEW TURKISH PENAL CODE -
[...] On September 26, 2004, the New Turkish Penal Code was approved by the Turkish Parliament and will go into effect in April 2005. 2. Article 234 of the new Penal Code makes it a crime for a noncustodial parent or other blood relative to abduct a child less than 16 years of age from the custod [...]
2005-01-24 07:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CJAN KOCI KTIA TU
05ANKARA4784CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TURKEY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-15 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR KTIA TU CWC
05ANKARA6308 TURKS PRESENT CSI DRAFT AGREEMENT
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On October 12, GOT MFA Maritime Director Basat Ozturk presented emboffs with a GOT draft of an agreement that would implement the Container Security Initiative (CSI). Ozturk focused on the import [...]
2005-10-18 13:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU
05ANKARA6339CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TURKEY REQUESTS
[...] Acting PolMilCouns delivered to Turkish MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Osman Yavuzalp on Oct. 20 reftel talking points and request for a meeting with Turkish experts on the margins of the CWC 10th Conference of the States Parties to discuss the draft agreement on challenge i [...]
2005-10-20 13:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR KTIA TU GR CWC
05ANKARA6733 QUID PRO QUO: TURKEY ALSO SEEKS SUPPORT FOR
[...] This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. GOT MFA contacted us on November 14 to request USG support for their Category C candidate in the upcoming IMO elections. Per ref A, Econoff informed the GOT of the US's Category A candidate and requested GOT support. MFA attache in the [...]
2005-11-15 13:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT AORC PHSA KTIA IMO TR
05ASUNCION1223PARAGUAY SUPPORTS SUA NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-27 21:36:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PA
05ATHENS2134CSI: ONE YEAR LATER
[...] (SBU) Summary: One year after the signing of the Container Security Initiative (CSI),the program continues to operate in the Port of Piraeus. Unfortunately, staffing and efficiency problems are marring the effectiveness of the program. The GoG has requested a one-year extension for the use [...]
2005-08-12 08:54:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDECON EWWT GR KTIA PTER
05BOGOTA4931MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE: LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel amendment request to the Colombian government last year proposing to amend bilateral military grant assistance agreements. On April 20, the Colombian Foreign Ministry responded, accepting U.S. terms outlined in reftel. Acceptance brings US-Colombian grant assistance [...]
2005-05-24 14:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR PGOV KTIA CO
05BRASILIA1675BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO NEW TEXT FOR PKO SOUTH DIPNOTE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Luisa Lopes, Deputy Director of the Office to Combat Illicit Transnational Activities (COCIT) at the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Lopes noted that the proposed language was similar to past US/GOB agreements and is in line with agreements betwee [...]
2005-06-23 18:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS MASS KTIA BR POL MIL
05BRASILIA1816BRAZIL CIVAIR: RESOLVING TAXATION DISPUTE
[...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs replying to our February 16 note (reftel) regarding taxation of airlines in the U.S. The Brazilian note states that, based on our assurance that Brazilian airlines are not subject to social taxes equivalent to certain Br [...]
2005-07-08 20:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA
05BRASILIA2683BRAZIL: CONSULTATION ON AIR BRIDGE DENIAL PROGRAM,
[...] (C) Introduction. On 10 October Embassy PolCouns, Air Attache and DEA Attache met with senior Ministry of Defense (MOD),Federal Police (DPF) and Foreign Ministry (MRE) representatives to review Brazil's Air Bridge Denial ("shootdown") program. The purpose of the consultation was to gather in [...]
2005-10-07 16:36:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS MASS MARR KTIA BR POL MIL
05BRASILIA3251BRAZIL - CAPETOWN CONVENTION ACCESSION LIKELY IN
[...] (U) Econoff made reftel points on the Cape Town convention to Michel Arslanian of the Foreign Ministry's Division of Services, Investment and Financial Affairs. Arslanian stated Brazil will likely accede to the treaty, but with a few reservations since certain points of the treaty were "incomp [...]
2005-12-13 18:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAIR EIND ETRD KTIA BR
05BRATISLAVA27SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS SUA AMENDMENTS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche January 12 to Henrik Markus, Deputy Director of the Department for Disarmement, OSCE, and Council of Europe at the MFA, and Marek Smid, Deputy Director of the International Law Department at the MFA. Markus said the dual-use provision was in-line with the [...]
2005-01-13 15:24:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT
05BUENOSAIRES184GAINING ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR U.S.
[...] (U) Polcouns met on January 26 with Ambassador Carlos Sersale, director of the Argentine MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs, to deliver talking points in reftel. Also attending the meeting was Ariel Gonzalez of the MFA Legal Advisor's Office who will be represe [...]
2005-01-26 20:57:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALEWWT KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PHSA PREL AR
05DARESSALAAM2151TANZANIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IMO COUNCIL
[...] (U) On November 16, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Division of Multilateral Cooperation and International Organizations. Mulamula said the Government of Tanzania (GOT) would send a strong recommendation to its de [...]
2005-11-22 02:07:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDARC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA US TZ
05DHAKA5636BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-20 04:38:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT KTIA PHSA BG IMO
05DJIBOUTI1139DEMARCHE DELIVERED INTERNATIONAL MARITIME
[...] Charge d'Affaires David W. Ball called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan to inform the Government of Djibouti of and seek support for the re-election of the United States to the International Maritime Organization Council (IMO) in Category "A." [...]
2005-11-17 07:32:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA KTIA IMO
05DOHA1474CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION UPDATE: QATAR
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel points, including the offer to meet Qatari officials at The Hague, to the MFA. Ambassador had previously discussed Washington's offer to send officials to Doha before or after Ramadan 2005 to discuss the CWC Challenge Inspections issue. Post has also delivered the dra [...]
2005-08-25 13:17:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR PREL KTIA QA
05DOHA2037QATAR: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION CHALLENGE
[...] (C) Summary. Qatari authorities balked at meeting a CWC Challenge Inspections negotiating team from Washington on December 15 because, in post's view, senior decision-makers had not been prepared by subordinates on the substance of the meeting. Officials also had not obtained sufficient decisi [...]
2005-12-27 13:44:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MARR KTIA QA
05DUBLIN1204IRELAND SUPPORTS SUA AMENDMENTS AS DRAFTED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-29 10:30:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV KTIA EWWT PHSA
05DUBLIN1417IRELAND EXPECTS U.S. RE-ELECTION TO IMO COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 17:28:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA KTIA EI IMO
05DUBLIN50IRELAND SUPPORTS U.S.-PROPOSED SUA AMENDMENTS
[...] (C) On January 14, Post delivered reftel talking points to Declan Smith, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Legal Affairs and Director for Law of the Sea SIPDIS Issues. (Eoin Fannon of Ireland's Attorney General's office will participate in the EU's January 17 Law of t [...]
2005-01-14 18:34:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT
05GUATEMALA2303GUATEMALA POISED TO RATIFY INTER-AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 14:22:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV KTIA GT OAS
05ISTANBUL470DELIVERY OF NOTE REQUESTING OBSERVER STATUS TO THE
[...] (SBU) Post delivered diplomatic note contained in ref A para 5 to the International Secretariat of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Council on Wednesday, March 23. In P/E Chief's meeting later that day with the organization's Secretary General, Ambassador Tedo Japaridze, his three SIPDIS [...]
2005-03-28 14:08:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETTC KFPC KTIA TU XG
05ISTANBUL645RUSSIA PUTS HOLD ON U.S. BSEC OBSERVER REQUEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sources in the Secretariat of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation indicate the Russian Delegation blocked approval of the U.S. application for observer status at last week's Meeting of Senior Officials in Komotini, Greece. While the Russians technically "supporte [...]
2005-05-02 13:07:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ETTC KFPC KTIA TU XG
05KINGSTON2587DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) On November 17, Econoff delivered reftel talking points via fax to Angella Brown, Assistant Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). In a follow-up cal [...]
2005-11-22 17:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA KTIA JM IMO
05KINGSTON2731JAMAICA PROPOSES FORMAL SIGNING OF 2002 OPEN SKIES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) Post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade requesting that the United States and Jamaica move forward with the formal signing of the Air Transport Agreement of 2002 ("Open Skies"),which was [...]
2005-12-19 19:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD KTIA JM
05KINSHASA1141CONGO/B: U.S.-Congo Debt Reduction Agreement
[...] As per authorization in reftel, Ambassador signed on July 8, 2005, the U.S.-Congo debt reduction agreement with ROC Minister of Economy, Finances and Budget, Pacific Issoibeka. The ceremony was covered by national press and television. 2. During the ceremony, remarks were made by both th [...]
2005-07-14 12:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTIA CF
05KUWAIT1497PRIME MINISTER REQUESTS SECURITY FOR BORDER TEAM;
[...] (C) During their April 9 meeting, Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah told visiting Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Ambassador Richard Jones, that the United Nations had agreed to return to the Kuwait/Iraq border to oversee border pillar maintenance, but would need so [...]
2005-04-13 12:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KTIA MARR KU IZ UN KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT3037CFLCC/MOI SIGN BORDER MOU
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 4, CFLCC and GOK Ministry of the Interior signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines the terms of use for the Coalition Crossing point on the Kuwait/Iraq border. This agreement entrusts the U.S. military with significant responsibility for control of one of the [...]
2005-07-06 13:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN KTIA MARR MOPS PBTS PGOV KU IZ
05KUWAIT4778DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY
[...] (U) On November 16, Embassy delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the MFA. Embassy will report on the results of the demarche as appropriate. ********************************************* Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ You can [...]
2005-11-16 07:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA KU US
05LIMA4023DEMARCHE URGING SUPPORT FOR SUA NONPROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-16 16:09:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PE
05LIMA4889PERU: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 18:50:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EWWT PHSA KTIA PE IMO
05LJUBLJANA39SLOVENIA: LITTLE EU SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO
[...] (C) As reported ref B, Pol-Miloff delivered ref A talking points on 12 January to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman, who serves as MFA's point person for non-proliferation issues. Jerman read through the points and issue paper with interest, remarked that UNSCR 1540 is see [...]
2005-01-21 02:30:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT SI
05LJUBLJANA407 SLOVENIA: PORTALS IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT ENTERS
[...] (U) The Department of Energy's Second Line of Defense Portals Implementing Agreement (the "Agreement") between the U.S. and Slovenia entered into force on May 23, 2005. The Agreement (full text in para 3, below) was signed by both parties on April 4, 2005. The U.S. diplomatic note (see reft [...]
2005-06-17 08:49:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA SI
05LJUBLJANA689SLOVENIA: SUA DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) On September 28, PolMil Off delivered reftel demarche to MFA Security Policy Division staffer Maja Zuzek. Zuzek did not have any immediate comment and noted that Slovenia was not heavily involved in the SUA negotiations. ROBERTSON NNNN 2005LJUBLJ00689 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED [...]
2005-09-29 03:34:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA SI
05LJUBLJANA795SLOVENIA ON SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points 15 November to Ales Zabukovec of the Maritime Office in the Slovene Ministry of Transportation. In an official reply on 18 November, Zabukovec said that Slovenia would "do what is in its power" to support the U.S. candidacy. ROBERTSON NNNN [...]
2005-11-18 08:25:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA AORC EWWT PHSA SI
05LJUBLJANA799SLOVENIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO IMO
[...] (U) The Slovene Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed 21 November to Econoff that Slovenia would support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to category "A" in the IMO Council. Slovenia will be represented at the IMO Assembly by Iztok Mirosic (head of the delegation and Slovene Ambassador [...]
2005-11-21 08:49:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA AORC EWWT PHSA SI
05MADRID1003SPAIN: UPDATE ON TRANSFERRED GUANTANAMO DETAINEE
[...] (U) The USG transferred Spanish-national Guantanamo detainee Hamed Abd al Rahman Ahmed (DPOB: September 22, 1974, Ceuta, Spain) to Spanish custody on February 14, 2004. He was held for five months on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization and released on EUROS 3,000 bail (USD 3,9 [...]
2005-03-16 11:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKTIA PTER PHUM PINR OPDC PREL
05MADRID113SPAIN'S VIEWS ON U.S. NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS
[...] (C) Poloff discussed policy issue papers and reftel talking points concerning U.S. nonproliferation amendments to the Convention against the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) with Marcos Rodriguez Cantero, MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament [...]
2005-01-12 16:40:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT
05MADRID1346SPAIN CONFIRMS NEED FOR DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE
[...] (U) ECONCOUNS and ESTHOFF made reftel points April 7 to MFA International Economic Affairs Director General (A/S equivalent) Emilio Fernandez-Castano, urging Spain to not/not require a formal diplomatic clearance for 3U Technologies or other future U.S. commercial enterprise vessels operating [...]
2005-04-07 10:26:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKRVC KTIA PHSA SENV SP
05MADRID186SPAIN WANTS TO KEEP FCN TREATY WITH U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-19 11:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON ETRD KTIA EINV SP
05MADRID1892U.S. COMMERCIAL VESSEL REQUEST TO MEET WITH OES
[...] This is an action request for OES/OA -- see paragraph 7 2. SUMMARY: Mr. Chuck Collins, representative of 3U Technologies, requests to meet with OES/OA, L/OES, and other OES experts sometime between May 23-25 to discuss several options his company is considering pending resolution of its [...]
2005-05-18 10:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKRVC KTIA PHSA SENV SP
05MADRID2451SPAIN AGREES TO MEETING WITH USG ON CHEMICAL
[...] (C) Poloff met with the Spanish Foreign Ministry's deputy director of International Disarmament Affairs, Marcos Rodriguez Cantero, June 24 to convey Washington's desire to meet with Spanish experts in The Hague during the 41st Executive Council Session June 28 to July 5 to discuss the text of [...]
2005-06-24 15:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR KTIA SP CWC
05MADRID4037SPAIN ON U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-21 16:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EWWT PHSA KTIA SP IMO
05MADRID635SPAIN: FOLLOW-UP ON CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-16 16:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KTIA SU CWC
05MANAMA1531BAHRAIN: VISIT TO NEGOTIATE HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-19 11:43:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA BA CWC
05MANAMA720BAHRAIN: CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT NEGOTIATION
[...] (C) Pol/Econ chief May 18 delivered reftel demarche concerning a Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Host Country Agreement (HCA) negotiation visit to Bahrain to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said he was open to a visit by an interagency USG team to Bahrain to [...]
2005-05-21 13:23:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA BA CWC
05MANAMA824BAHRAIN: DELIVERY OF USG RESPONSES ON PROPOSED
[...] (C) Pol/Econ chief June 8 delivered reftel demarche on negotiating a Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) host country agreement (HCA) on challenge inspections to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said that he was willing to explore the possibility of [...]
2005-06-11 07:02:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MASS MOPS KTIA BA
05MAPUTO1522MOZAMBIQUE: SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 14:16:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA MZ
05MAPUTO310MOZAMBIQUE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN
[...] (C) Summary: In her March 2 meetings with President Guebuza, Prime Minister Diogo, Foreign Minister Abreu, and other officials visiting A/S Newman outlined USG priorities of fighting HIV/AIDS and promoting economic development. She emphasized the need for the GRM to show leadership in discussi [...]
2005-03-07 12:17:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON KPKO PGOV MARR MASS KTIA PREL MZ MCC
05NAIROBI4554 KENYA RESPONSE ON RATIFICATION OF THE CAPE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-02 04:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EFIN EAIR EIND ETRD KTIA
05NAIROBI4817International Maritime Organization Demarche re
[...] U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Diana Kiambuthi, First Secretary, International Organizations and Conferences Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kiambuthi indicated that Kenya has been approached by other nations seeking support for their candidacies for the IMO council [...]
2005-11-18 06:57:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA KE
05OTTAWA1256PACIFIC SALMON TREATY AMENDMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-26 17:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS KTIA CA
05OTTAWA2673CANADA REMAINS COOL TO JORDAN,S REQUEST TO RAISE
[...] (SBU) Finance Canada tells us that the GOC believes Jordan benefitted from exit treatment (that is, it was not expected back at the Paris Club) and does not need more debt assistance. On debt swaps more generaly, Finance officials are concerned that swaps are often used for trade distortion a [...]
2005-09-07 17:31:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTIA CA JA GM
05OTTAWA2785CLOUDSAT CANADA, AUTHORIZATION FOR SIGNING THE
[...] Summary: Charge John Dickson signed the CloudSat Agreement with Dr. Marc Garneau, President of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA),in Montreal on September 14, 2005. The U.S. original of the agreement is being sent to L/T by pouch. During the luncheon following the signing ceremony, Garneau rais [...]
2005-09-15 20:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA KTIA PREL TSPA ETTC
05OTTAWA3012CWC: HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT/ARRANGEMENT WITH CANADA
[...] (C) Polmiloff met with Foreign Affairs Canada officials and a Department of National Defence representative on October 7 to deliver reftel message and text. Meeting participants were CWC National Coordinator Bob Brooks, Senior Advisor for Industry Issues Adrian Ghita-Duminica, Nonproliferatio [...]
2005-10-07 19:19:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALKTIA PARM PREL CA
05OTTAWA3483GOVERNMENT OF CANADA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY
[...] (U) Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) notified post transportation officer on November 23 that Canada will support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to Category A of the IMO Council. 2. (U) FAC indicated that Canada would similarly appreciate U.S. support for Canada's candidacy. Note: Canad [...]
2005-11-23 17:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA KTIA CA IMO
05OTTAWA970CANADA ON SUPPORT FOR EXISTING DRAFT SHIP BOARDING
[...] (U) Polmiloff discussed reftel B points with Catherine Boucher, in the UN, Criminal and Treaty Law Division (JLA) at Foreign Affairs Canada late on March 31. Boucher prefaced her comments by noting that Canada-U.S. consultations on this matter are on-going. In this regard, collaboration has b [...]
2005-04-01 20:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV CA
05PARIS1032UNESCO SCIENCE SECTOR LAUNCHES CAPACITY
[...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: SINCE THE U.S. RE-ENTRY, USDEL HAS ENCOURAGED UNESCO TO ASSUME A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN PROMOTING CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. THIS STRATEGY HAS MET WITH SUCCESS. IN A LETTER TO AMBASSADOR OLIVER, UNESCO NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR DIRECTOR ERDELEN ANNOU [...]
2005-02-17 17:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS1711FRANCE: UPDATE ON TRANSFERRED GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 12:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER KTIA KAWC PHUM PINR OPDC PREL FR
05PARIS2601FRANCE SUPPORTS DRAFT SHIP BOARDING AMENDMENT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-15 17:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS285SUA CONVENTION: FRANCE NOT FULLY ON BOARD WITH
[...] (C) We delivered January 11 ref A points on proposed U.S. nonproliferation amendments to the Convention against the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) January 11 to Veronique Vouland, MFA deputy director for disarmament and nuclear nonproliferation. Sh [...]
2005-01-14 14:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS3024USUNESCO -- UNESCO 171st EXECUTIVE BOARD:
[...] Summary and Comment: The U.S. draft decision establishing a cross-sector capacity building program was adopted, to general acclaim, at the 171st meeting of UNESCO's Executive Board. The resolution, the first presented by the U.S. since reentry, was co-sponsored by twenty-one other member st [...]
2005-05-04 12:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS3488UNESCO SCIENCE SECTOR OUTLINES POTENTIAL AREAS
[...] Summary: OSTP Officer Gene Whitney met on April 29 with leaders of UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector. These discussions focused on the new capacity building unit (refs A and B),as well as on potential areas for U.S. engagement in the natural sciences, as follows: -- Assistant Director Gen [...]
2005-05-20 15:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS EAID IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS7151DEMARCHE REQUESTING THE FRENCH TO PRESS RUSSIA TO
[...] (SBU) On September 6, ESTH/NP officer delivered reftel demarche urging France to press for Russian support to amend the UN Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA),to French MFA desk officer for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Sebastian Jaunet [...]
2005-10-19 10:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS7587 USUNESCO: UNESCO BASIC SCIENCES DIVISION
[...] SUMMARY. On November 3, Mission staff attended an informal UNESCO panel discussion "60 Minutes on the Advancement of Scientific Knowledge," presented by the Basic Sciences Division of the Science Sector. This was one of a series of talks to mark the organization's 60th anniversary. While th [...]
2005-11-07 14:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS7844FRANCE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 10:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA AORC EWWT PHSA FR
05PRAGUE1613 CZECH RESPONSE TO CAPE TOWN CONVENTION DEMARCHE
[...] SUMMARY: Post contacted the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Law Department to deliver reftel demarche urging the Czech government to ratify the Cape Town Convention. The Ministry responded that most competencies regarding transportation rest with the EU and that their hands [...]
2005-11-15 13:22:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EFIN EAIR EIND ETRD KTIA EZ
05PRAGUE1621CZECH REPUBLIC'S CONDITIONAL SUPPORT TO U.S.
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Multilateral Economic Relations. The MFA responded that it would support USG re- election to the IMO Council in Category "A." However, the MFA said that support would be conditional upon the USG's support [...]
2005-11-18 13:52:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA KTIA EZ IMO ECIP
05PRETORIA4552SOUTH AFRICA: RATIFICATION OF THE CAPE TOWN
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to Johann Bierman, Acting Chief Director, Civil Aviation, Department of Transportation on November 9. Post will advise when/if Department of Transportation provides comment. HARTLEY [...]
2005-11-15 12:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EFIN EIND ETRD KTIA SF
05PRETORIA4582INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 14:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA KTIA SF
05QUITO2244ECUADOR OPEN TO SUA NON-PROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS
[...] (SBU) MFA Director of Sovereignty Office Helena Yanes responded to RefTel points on September 30. Yanes said that Ecuador agrees in principle to the dangers related to high seas transport of dual-use items, but is not ready to commit regarding criminalization. That decision will likely be i [...]
2005-09-30 19:38:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT EC
05QUITO654ECUADOR,S CIVAIR AUTHORITY HAS NO PROBLEM WITH
[...] (SBU) Per Reftel, EconOff talked with GOE,s Director General of Civil Aviation, Raphael Davila, about Continental Airline,s desire to change its designation routes to Ecuador. Davila said he had no problem with it and agreed that the designation agreement of 1996 did not specify exact route [...]
2005-03-23 12:22:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA PGOV EC
05ROME1660ITALY TO COORDINATE AT EU LEVEL INTERNATIONAL
[...] The Government of Italy has transmitted to the Embassy a diplomatic note dated May 5 in response to Embassy Rome's diplomatic note (ref A) requesting the GOI position on the IMO long-range information and tracking of ships proposal (ref B). Italy will coordinate its position with other EU Me [...]
2005-05-13 13:08:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KTIA PHSA IT IMO MARITIME
05ROME1666GOI WANTS LINATE DISPUTE RESOLVED
[...] During a meeting with EcMin and Econoff May 6, MFA Office Director for North American Affairs Francesco Tafuri underscored the GOI desire to see a "final resolution" of the Linate codeshare dispute. Tafuri was reacting to the April 28 U.S. Department of Transportation extension of the review [...]
2005-05-13 17:07:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA IT AVIATION
05ROME1976PLEDGE TO FAO NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAM FACILITY:
[...] Mission received a May 17 response from FAO to our April 15 pledge letter regarding a CY 2005 voluntary contribution of 180,000 dollars to the FAO National Forest Program Facility. Text is as follows: Excellency: I have the honor to refer to your letter of 15 April 2005 concerning the pl [...]
2005-06-10 09:30:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR KTIA EAID FAO
05ROME372GOI OPEN TO U.S. SUGGESTIONS ON MILAN/LINATE
[...] (SBU) On January 20, the MFA hosted an inter-ministerial meeting to coordinate U.S.-Italy consultations on the Linate code-sharing issue. Italy has proposed February 15-16 consultations in Washington. The GOI delegation is interested in USG views, yet remains convinced after the MFA meeting [...]
2005-02-04 08:05:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTIA IT AVIATION
05ROME493GOI LINATE DELEGATION LACKS CHIEF NEGOTIATOR
[...] Italy's chief civil aviation negotiator and Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) Director General Dr. Aldo Sansone will not participate in February 17 consultations in Washington to settle a joint complaint filed by American and United Airlines on access to Linate airport. Dr. [...]
2005-02-15 11:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR IT KTIA AVIATION
05SANSALVADOR2682DEMARCHE URGING SUPPORT FOR SUA NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-27 21:02:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT ES
05SANTIAGO2324INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION CANDIDACY
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche November 14 to Ximena Verdugo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Candidacies office. Verduga said that Chile's votes at the IMO are coordinated through Veronica Rocha at the Chilean Embassy in London. Verdugo noted it should be possible to arr [...]
2005-11-15 10:22:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALEWWT PHSA KTIA AORC US CI IMO
05SANTIAGO2523CHILE: ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL STATUS FOR
[...] Post delivered ref A diplomatic note to Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials in the Special Policies Directorate and Directorate of Legal Affairs on December 15, and passed a courtesy copy to the Ministry of Defense. Post will follow up with these ministries next week. KELLY [...]
2005-12-16 20:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL KTIA MOPS CI
05SANTIAGO2559AMBASSADOR RAISES ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL
[...] The Ambassador raised the U.S. proposal that the U.S. and Chile conclude an exchange of diplomatic notes to cover Calendar Year 2006 military exercises with Deputy Foreign Ministry Cristian Barros on December 21. The Ambassador advised Barros that the Embassy had delivered a diplomatic note o [...]
2005-12-22 16:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL KTIA MOPS CI
05SANTIAGO97GOC CHANGES POSITION ON MALIAT LANGUAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-14 15:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA CI
05SANTODOMINGO4277CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): THE DOMINICAN
[...] EcoPol counselor and poloff raised the topic of ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention in call August 31 on MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Amb. Michelle Cohen, when urging ratification of various treaties, including several on terrorism and on intellectual proper [...]
2005-09-13 13:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PARM ABUD PTER KTIA
05SANTODOMINGO4794MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS:
[...] Embassy has received a diplomatic note dated October 21 from the Dominican Republic's MFA accepting the proposed language change to the 1974 bilateral agreement on net proceeds from sales of items provided under grant military assistance, to conform to Section 505(f) of the Foreign Assistance [...]
2005-10-27 14:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR DR KTIA PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO612AMERICAN AIRLINES DISPUTE WITH DOMINICAN AIRPORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy officers have raised with Dominican authorities the American Airlines (AA) notification that it will end ground-handling services for all other carriers at Santo Domingo Las Americas Airport (AILA) and will assume self-handling of its flights on April [...]
2005-02-09 17:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON KTIA PREL DR CA
05SINGAPORE3516U.S.-SINGAPORE MLAT DISCUSSIONS
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 17. 2. Summary: On December 7, 2005, Singapore and U.S. delegations met in Singapore to continue discussions related to a possible bilateral Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT). Negotiators had met twice before, in discussions in April 2004 a [...]
2005-12-15 09:45:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTIA KJUS KCRM PGOV SN
05SINGAPORE3518MLAT NEGOTIATING DYNAMICS
[...] (C) Singapore wants to sign a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with the United States, but doesn't want it to serve as a model for a Singapore-Indonesia MLAT, MFA Americas Directorate Director Simon Wong told L/LEI's David Buchholz December 8, during a read-out on the MLAT negotiations of [...]
2005-12-15 10:00:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA KJUS KCRM PGOV SN
05SOFIA1318BULGARIAN COURT REJECTS JEWISH COMMUNITY PROPERTY
[...] SUMMARY: In a July 6 decision, the details of which were not available until July 20, Bulgaria's highest court rejected the property claim of the Jewish community over a valuable piece of land in downtown Sofia that was nationalized during Communism and used for hotel construction. The deci [...]
2005-07-22 11:42:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDASCH PREL KTIA BU
05SOFIA1504BULGARIA: MEDIA AND POLITICIANS FAN ANTI-ROMA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The emergence of the extreme nationalist party Ataka has paralleled a surge in anti-Roma reporting that is adding to a troubling increase in ethnic tension. Ataka won a surprisingly high nine percent of the national vote in June and continues to fan negative attitudes towards R [...]
2005-08-26 14:15:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KTIA BU
05SOFIA423BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIES ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL
[...] After months of intensive lobbying by Embassy Sofia, the Parliament ratified with an overwhelming majority March 1 the U.S.-Bulgarian agreement defining the legal status of the Anglo-American School (AAS) in Sofia. With its status defined in law, AAS can now begin construction of a new camp [...]
2005-03-04 14:21:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDASCH PREL KTIA BU
05TEGUCIGALPA1727HONDURAS: DRAFT BILATERAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
[...] On August 16, EconChief met with Minister of Finance William Chong Wong and Director of Public Credit Orlando Garner to deliver the draft bilateral debt forgiveness agreement (ref B) based on the Agreed Minute on the Debt Reduction of the Republic of Honduras, signed on May 12, 2005. Copies [...]
2005-08-19 23:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON KTIA HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1884MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE: ARTICLE 505 EXCHANGE OF
[...] (SBU) On August 12, PolMilOff and MILGP Commander briefed Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs (VMFA) Juan Alberto Lara Bueso, a member of the Honduran Armed Forces (HOAF) - representing both the HOAF and the Ministry of Defense (MOD),and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General of [...]
2005-09-13 22:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR PGOV KTIA PREL HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2182 HONDURAS: $125 MILLION DEBT TO U.S. CANCELLED
[...] SUMMARY: On October 7, the U.S. and Honduras signed a debt reduction agreement cancelling 100 percent ($125m) in loans owed to USG organizations as of March 1, 2005. This effectively eliminated the U.S. share of $1.47 billion owed by the GOH to the Paris Club. Similar bi-lateral agreements n [...]
2005-10-25 20:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTIA ECON HO
05TEGUCIGALPA26HONDURAS APPROVED FOUR OUTSTANDING
[...] Summary: During 2004, the GOH ratified two outstanding OAS counterterrorism (CT) conventions and achieved congressional approval of the last two outstanding international conventions/protocols. The GOH is now a party to 10 international and two regional CT conventions and will soon be a party [...]
2005-01-04 21:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL KTIA PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM ASEC HO
05THEHAGUE1201ONE YEAR SOFA FOR NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA
[...] (SBU) In accordance with ref A, Embassy Legal Counselor exchanged diplomatic notes on May 3, 2005, concluding an exercise specific status of forces agreement with the Netherlands to provide privileges and immunities for U.S. forces in Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles. The agreement entered [...]
2005-05-04 09:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT APER ASEC KTIA MARR MOPS PREL NL NA
05THEHAGUE167DUTCH MFA ON U.S. AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA
[...] (C) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to MFA Nonproliferation Affairs Chief Paul Wilke and MFA Deputy Director of Juridical Affairs Liesbeth Lijnzaad on January 11 and followed up with Lijnzaad on January 21. As reported preliminarily ref B, Wilke said that in general, the Netherlands shares U.S. [...]
2005-01-25 07:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT NL
05THEHAGUE2675NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTIVE ON SUA AMENDMENTS
[...] Poloff discussed reftel points October 4 with Dr. Liesbeth Lijnzaad (Deputy Head, Legal Affairs Department, International Law Division, MFA),who will head the Dutch delegation to the International Maritime Organization Diplomatic Conference on October 10-14. 2. Lijnzaad said that she wou [...]
2005-10-05 15:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV KTIA EWWT PHSA NL
05THEHAGUE3010NETHERLANDS/CAPE TOWN CONVENTION: NO PLANS TO
[...] On November 3 Econoff raised reftel points with Ms. Prachee Brandenburg, Policy Advisor to the Ministry of Transport. Brandenburg said the GONL had no immediate plans to ratify the convention or protocol. 2. Brandenburg explained that The Netherlands had participated in the negotiations [...]
2005-11-04 13:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA BEXP EFIN EAIR EIND ETRD NL
05THEHAGUE865PSI: DUTCH ON AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-01 15:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV NL
05TORONTO2634Canadian Financial Services Sector: U.S.
[...] (U) This message is one in a series reviewing the Canadian financial services sector from a cross-border, North American integration perspective. In September 2005 the Toronto Financial Services Alliance sponsored roundtables for ConGen Toronto with industry sector experts in venture capital [...]
2005-10-12 15:46:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN KTIA PREL CA US
05TUNIS864TUNISIA: MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE: LEGAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-26 15:21:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PGOV KTIA TS
05VIENNA1064GAINING PSI PARTNERS' SUPPORT FOR EXISTING TEXT OF
[...] (SBU) EconPol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Dorothea Auer (2005 Australia Group Chair and Austria's PSI representative) on March 29. In a follow-up meeting on March 30, Auer agreed that her office would support the draft text that had emerged from the working group. 2. [...]
2005-04-01 15:38:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV AU
05VIENNA132SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO SUA CONVENTION:
[...] (C) Political Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of Multilateral Legal Affairs unit Michael Postl on January 12. Postl reiterated that the SUA convention is not the highest priority for Austria, given how few Austrian-flagged ships there are. Postl recalled the January 2003 me [...]
2005-01-14 09:52:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT AU EUN
05VIENNA3062AUSTRIA WILL SUPPORT SUA AMENDMENTS AT DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU) Acting Econ/Pol Couns delivered reftel points to MFA A/S for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Dorothea Auer on September 7. Auer assured us that Austria supports the goals of the SUA amendments and would weigh in again in favor of them in MFA's internal discussions. 2. (SB [...]
2005-09-14 14:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT KTIA PHSA AU EUN
05VIENNA3674INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION -- AUSTRIA
[...] Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Georg Woutsas, Counsellor in the MFA's Transport Department. Woutsas, along with Viktor Siegl from the Ministry of Transportation, will represent Austria at the November 21-December 2 International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly. [...]
2005-11-18 12:18:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA KTIA AU IMO
05VIENNA3709CAPE TOWN CONVENTION: AUSTRIA TO WAIT FOR EU
[...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, post discussed Cape Town Convention demarche with Helmut Tichy, Head of the MFA's International Law Unit, and with Martin Adensamer, Head of the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ) International Civil Law Department. Tichy told us that the MFA would proceed with ratifi [...]
2005-11-22 14:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EFIN EAIR EIND ETRD KTIA AU
05VIENNA3775CAPE TOWN CONVENTION: MORE FROM AUSTRIA
[...] (SBU) On November 25, the Austrian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) followed-up ref A demarche with a letter, explaining that the EU and its members have decided to ratify the convention jointly, because of shared competencies. According to the MoJ, Spain is currently blocking joint ratification be [...]
2005-12-01 08:21:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP EFIN EAIR EIND ETRD KTIA AU
05VILNIUS1002APPLICABILITY OF AGREEMENT TO PROTECT CULTURAL
[...] This is a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 12. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) International and American Jewish groups have expressed concerns regarding two construction projects on or near a large Jewish cemetery not far from the center of Vilnius. One is a multi-use buildin [...]
2005-09-22 08:17:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA LH
05WARSAW3545TIME TO THINK SOFA FOR POLAND
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Warsaw recommends that the USG begin negotiations for a bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Poland as soon as possible. In the context of both NATO obligations and bilateral programs, U.S. military per [...]
2005-10-05 07:31:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR PREL MASS PL NATO
05WELLINGTON293NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS THE EXISTING DRAFT SHIP
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is likely to oppose efforts to reopen the draft SUA 8bis text, and hopes the United States will support the Canadian text for Article 2bis. New Zealand strongly supports the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),and feels the proof of the exercise's effectiveness [...]
2005-04-08 02:29:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON748NEW ZEALAND: CONFIRMING SUA DEMARCHE DELIVERY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-28 02:26:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA NZ
05WELLINGTON82U.S. NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA
[...] (C) Acting DCM conveyed reftel points on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) to Caroline McDonald, Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and Scott Sheeran, an MFAT Legal Advisor. A/DCM said she was [...]
2005-01-28 04:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON883NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-14 03:10:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA AORC EWWT PHSA US NZ IMO
05ZAGREB155PSI: CROATIA SOON READY TO CONSULT ON OPERATIONAL
[...] (C) Poloff and DATT delivered reftel demarche to MFA North America Office Director Andrea Bekic and Multilateral Affairs Office Director Marina Vasilj on January 19. Bekic responded that the legal review of the draft bilateral shipboarding agreement was near completion and that interministeria [...]
2005-02-02 07:01:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKNNP KTIA PARM MNUC PHSA PREL HR NATO
06ABIDJAN1258COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN
[...] (C) On November 8, Econ Chief delivered relevant talking points from reftels to Ambassador Bernard TANOH BOUTCHOUE, Director of the Office of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Speaking frankly, and drawing upon his eight years [...]
2006-11-09 17:18:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UNHCR IV UNGA
06ABUDHABI3955UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
[...] PolChief delivered reftel demarche concerning the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to MFA Director of International Organizations Yacub Al-Hosani on October 10 and discussed both the substance and logistics of UN deliberations on the topic. Al-Hosani was unfamiliar with the [...]
2006-10-12 14:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN AE
06ABUDHABI4221IMO DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UAEG
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-07 14:10:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO AE
06ABUDHABI4222COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS AT UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-07 14:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN AE
06ABUJA2694DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS
[...] Poloff and Mr. Richard Levy, Second Secretary of the Australian High Commission, delivered reftel demarche on October 12 to Mr. Edward Ogbonna, Assistant Director of Second United Nations Division of the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We previously demarched Mr. Ogbonna in June on the [...]
2006-10-12 11:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN
06ABUJA2805NIGERIA AVIATION TERRORISM DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, Embassy Abuja delivered ref talking points to Imoro Kubor, Director of Air Transportation Management at the Nigerian Ministry of Aviation. 2. Kubor had no reaction at the time to the talking points. Post will report any such reaction once received. CAMPBELL [...]
2006-10-26 15:36:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA ICAO NI
06ABUJA2913DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GON POSITION ON COUNTRY
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarches to Ambassador Chike Anigbo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 6, 2006. He was unwilling to commit the GON to a position on any of the resolutions, but agreed generally that the points made in all 5 cases are true and that the countries have [...]
2006-11-07 15:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UNGA NI
06ACCRA2842GHANA: DEMARCHE ON INT,L MARITIME ORGANIZATION,S
[...] EconOff delivered reftel demarche to two representatives of the Ghana Maritime Authority scheduled to attend the IMO Maritime Safety Committee meeting in Istanbul: Mrs. Bernadette Esa Chinery-Hesse, Board Secretary; and Captain E.B. Komeng, Maritime Security Coordinator. Both were highly supp [...]
2006-11-28 10:14:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYANET AORC ECPS EU EWWT GH IMO INMARSAT KTIA
06ALGIERS887OPEN SKIES: ALGERIA OFFERS REDUCED WEIGHT ON
[...] (SBU) Embassy received May 13 an MFA diplomatic note (Ref B) providing Algeria's response to our Open Skies proposals of March 11 concerning exchange rates, intermodal transport, and transition period start date. The latest proposals (faxed to NEA/MAG) overtake Ref A instructions, which had no [...]
2006-05-17 15:47:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRA EBEXP KTIA ECON AG
06AMMAN1019JORDAN FOCUSING ON PHARMACEUTICAL IPR ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered ref (A) points from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) Director General Salah Mawajdeh February 12, noting they answered ref (B) request for the USG assessment of pharmaceutical IPR protection in Jorda [...]
2006-02-12 17:15:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD KIPR KTIA BEXP PGOV ECON EIND JO
06AMMAN1109EXTRADITION TREATY WITH JORDAN
[...] (C) Post is working to re-focus the GOJ on resolving the status of the extradition treaty between the U.S. and Jordan. This is a priority point in our meetings with senior GOJ officials, and we ask visiting senior U.S. officials to lend their weight as well, and to consider raising with Jordan [...]
2006-02-15 13:02:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC CJAN KTIA JO
06AMMAN1199JORDAN'S IPR CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS: PART IV -
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite good intentions on the part of the Government of Jordan (GoJ) and support from the USAID program, enforcement of intellectual property rights is hampered on several fronts, notably by the overlapping jurisdiction of key government agencies, the lack of clear IPR mission d [...]
2006-02-20 17:52:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD KIPR KTIA PGOV ECON JO
06AMMAN1305YEAR 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: JORDAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's leadership has endorsed a vision of intellectual property rights that remains one of the strongest in the Arab world, best captured by Microsoft Corporation's commitment to doing business here. The Government of Jordan (GoJ) is no less committed to IPR protection today, [...]
2006-02-22 09:55:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD KIPR ECON KTIA PGOV JO
06AMMAN1315CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-22 16:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS KTIA JO
06AMMAN3111SUA PROTOCOL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-01 13:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PHSA KNNP MNUC EWWT KTIA JO
06AMMAN4527Jordan: Post Supports Start of S&T Agreement Negotiations
[...] Summary: Embassy Amman supports beginning negotiations on a Science and Technology Agreement between the United States and Jordan. It is Post's view that successful conclusion of this agreement will promote U.S. social, political and economic interests in Jordan. End summary. ------------ [...]
2006-06-20 12:07:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL SENV KTIA TBIO TPHY ETRD JO
06AMMAN629JORDAN LEADERS START THEIR ENGINES IN WORLD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah's address to leading U.S. garment industry CEOs February 3 in Washington marks a turning point in Jordan's rapid entry into this sector in the global market. With apparel exports topping $1 billion in 2005, Jordan has arrived on the world garments scene and will w [...]
2006-01-26 13:35:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD BTIO KTIA ELAB KTEX ECON ELTN PGOV JO
06AMMAN7726Jordan Welcomes S&T Engagements with Business Flavor
[...] Summary: Jordanian officials, academics and businessmen welcomed progress on two major, parallel S&T projects during late-September meetings with USG and private Americans: the private-sector focused Jordan Science and Technology Initiative (JSTI),and the government-to-government Science and [...]
2006-10-10 12:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL BEXP SENV KTIA TBIO TPHY ETRD JO
06AMMAN7831FTA Sparks Strengthened Environmental Protection in Jordan
[...] (U) Summary: During the environment session of the September 17 Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee meeting, Jordanian Minister of Environment Khaled Irani noted that Jordan has made major strides in strengthening environmental protection since the U.S.-Jordan FTA was ratified in 2001. [...]
2006-10-13 11:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD PREL EAID KMPI KTIA JO
06AMMAN7894DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-16 13:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UN JO
06ANKARA2231DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON RATIFICATION OF SUA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-24 08:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT
06ANKARA2509GPOI SECTION 505 AGREEMENT: HELD UP IN TGS
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 3. 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche upon receipt and have followed up numerous times with the Turkish MFA, who never responded substantively. Finally, on May 4, MFA Deputy Director General for Security Policy Serdar Kilic told us that th [...]
2006-05-05 16:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR MASS PREL PGOV KPKO TU IT GR
06ANKARA2904MONTREUX CONVENTION: MILITARY LIMITS ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Montreux Convention (MC) obligates Turkey to keep the Dardanelles and the Bosporus open to commercial shipping and to limit naval passage into and out of the Black Sea. In addition, non-littoral navies face limits on both tonnage and duration of stay in the Black Sea. Civil [...]
2006-05-23 05:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKTIA MOPS EWWT XH ZJ TU
06ANKARA3464 MOMENTUM ADVANCING CSI PROGRAM IN TURKEY
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: We appreciate the CSI team's readiness to move forward with the Izmir port assessment despite the current legal questions surrounding the Declaration of Principles (DOP). State Minister Kursad [...]
2006-06-12 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PTER KTIA TU
06ANKARA3895CSI VISIT FIRMS UP TURKISH SUPPORT FOR PROGRAM
[...] Summary: Representatives from DHS, DOE, USCG and post visited Izmir June 14-16 to assess the port's suitability for participation in the DHS Container Security Initiative (CSI). The two-day visit included meetings with Turkish officials from Customs, Foreign Trade, the Coast Guard, the Marit [...]
2006-07-03 15:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EWWT PTER KTIA TU
06ANKARA4622CSI: TURKEY RESPONDS TO ASSESSMENT WITH NEW PROPOSED
[...] On July 31, Embassy received via diplomatic note Turkey's response to the draft Container Security Initiative (CSI) Declaration of Principles (DOP) and Basic Impelementation Procedures (BIP) that were provided to the GOT earlier this year. 2. The revised Declaration of Principles (DOP) and B [...]
2006-08-10 14:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PTER KTIA TU
06ANKARA6457 CSI IN TURKEY PRESENTS A "BINDING" IMPASSE
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Two days of meeting with Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) officials in Ankara failed to find a solution to contradicting views about the legal nature of an agreement that would implement the Co [...]
2006-11-20 13:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PTER ETRD KTIA TU
06ASTANA503KAZAKHSTAN TO CONSIDER US POSITION ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] (U) Pol Chief and Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Murat Tashibayev, director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations and Security Issues, on November 7. 2. (SBU) Tashibayev concurred that Kazakhstan and the U.S. would be most likely to find common ground on the resolution [...]
2006-11-08 06:03:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA UNGA UN CU KZ
06ASTANA561KAZAKHSTAN SUBMITS START QUARTERLY COST LIST.
[...] On 2 November 2006, DTRO Astana (DTRO-A) received the START Quarterly Cost List for the period of 1 July through 30 September 2006 from Lieutenant Colonel A. Aubakirov of the Ministry of Defense Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center. 2. Unofficial Translation follow [...]
2006-11-13 06:13:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KTIA START KZ KREL KACT
06ASUNCION1052PARAGUAY: TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE ON THE UN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-18 17:57:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN PA
06ASUNCION491PARAGUAY ON SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 14:55:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PA
06BAGHDAD4349DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-26 07:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA IZ
06BAKU1515DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN DECLARATION ON INDIGENOUS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-19 03:59:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN AJ
06BAKU1666DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL MARITIME
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-16 06:18:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT EU
06BAKU1806DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S
[...] (SBU) ADCM delivered ref demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev on December 11. Mammadguliyev said that, according to his information, the EU and Africa groups were consulting in Geneva today, December 11, and that Azerbaijan supported the two groups' efforts to find a comp [...]
2006-12-11 15:12:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KTIA SU UN IS AJ
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN531BRUNEI SHARES OUR CONCERN ABOUT UN DECLARATION ON
[...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche together with the Australian DCM on October 19 to Florence Chong, Assistant Director for International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. We were forced to wait until the 19th because the Australian Embassy in Brunei did not receive instr [...]
2006-10-20 08:36:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALKTIA PHUM PREL BX
06BANGKOK6265DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRIPARTITE ON DRIP
[...] (SBU) New Zealand led in the Reftel A Tripartite Demarche with post and Australia to Dusit Manapan, Director of the Social Division of the Department of International Organizations, Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. While Dusit noted our concerns, he asserted that Thailand "should work [...]
2006-10-12 08:09:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA UN
06BANGKOK6812DEMARCHES DELIVERED: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS
[...] PolCouns delivered reftel demarches to Dusit Manapan, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Dusit noted that his Ministry must examine these resolutions in "a broader context" and consider the bilateral implications to these res [...]
2006-11-09 10:21:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN TH
06BANGKOK6957THAILAND WILL ABSTAIN FROM COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HR
[...] Poloff followed-up on reftel A demarche with Mr. Dusit Manapan, Director of the Social Division at the International Organization Department of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Dusit explained that Thailand "fundamentally does not believe in country resolutions" and thus would suppo [...]
2006-11-17 08:19:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN TH
06BANJUL191GAMBIAN CIVAIR: AIRLINE NEGOTIATIONS AND A NEW DIRECTOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Gambian government continues its efforts to attract a commercial air carrier that will provide direct flights to the United States. Negotiations with North American Airlines (NAA),acquired by World Air Holdings in 2005, have progressed quickly and there is a possibility for a [...]
2006-03-29 12:09:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTIA OPIC PINR ETRD EINV GA
06BANJUL29FORMER CIVAIR DIR REPORTS GOTG WILL CHARGE
[...] (C/NF) On January 9, former Director General of Civil Aviation Maimuna Taal reported to GSO that President Jammeh had instructed Justice Department officials to prosecute her for economic crimes committed while at the helm of the Gambian Civil Aviation Authority. In previous reporting (ref A) [...]
2006-01-13 17:27:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR KTIA PIRN ETRD EINV XY GA
06BANJUL68THE GAMBIA: U.S. FIRM'S INTEREST IN LEASING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 12:06:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR ETRD KTIA PIRN EINV GA GH
06BEIJING8257EAP SENIOR ADVISOR MCGANN DISCUSSES STRAITS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28 EAP Senior Advisor Steven McGann briefed MFA Asian Affairs Department Counselor Guo Yan on the 2005 Jakarta International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting and the February 2006 Alameda &Enhancing the Safe Use of the Strait of Malacca Conference.8 McGann explained t [...]
2006-05-04 09:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IMO EFIS ETTW KTIA ASEC CH
06BEIRUT1290LEBANESE RESPONSE TO 2005 SUA PROTOCOLS DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-26 14:13:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PTER UN LE
06BELGRADE168PROGRESS NOTED IN FAA TECHNICAL REVIEW
[...] A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) team completed its technical review of the Serbia and Montenegro Civil Aviation Directorate (CAD) on January 27 in Belgrade. The review results found significant progress in all areas of the CAD's oversight capabilities since the last technical review [...]
2006-02-06 10:01:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SR MW KTIA ICTY
06BELGRADE1767SERBIA CIVIL AVIATION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Econoff met with authorities at the Civil Aviation Directorate (CAD) on October 20, 2006, to discuss the status of the Open Skies (OS) Agreement and progress on the new draft law on civil aviation. CAD's legal representative told Econoff that all ministries except the Ministry of Finance [...]
2006-10-27 08:33:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SR MW YU KTIA
06BELGRADE1849SERBIAN SUPPORT FOR EU'S DECISION TO VOTE AGAINST
[...] On November 09, 2006, poloff met with a representative of the Serbian MFA to obtain additional information on Serbian (and EU) vote against ref B request on the amendment to the resolution on Cuba. Per ref A, Serbia said on 08 November 2006 that they would "constructively support" reftel requ [...]
2006-11-13 13:02:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDUN UNGA PHUM KTIA SR
06BELGRADE1870SERBIA WILL VOTE "NO" ON BELORUSSIAN RETALIATORY
[...] (U) On November 15, 2006, Ambassador Polt called Serbian Foreign Minister Draskovic to request Serbia's "No" vote on the Belarusian retaliatory resolutions tabled in response the U.S. initiated resolution in ref B. Draskovic agreed and contacted his ambassador at the UN, instructing him to v [...]
2006-11-17 13:51:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN SR BO
06BERLIN939GERMAN RESPONSE TO AARHUS GUIDELINES DEMARCHE
[...] (U) Global Affairs officer delivered points in reftel demarche April 6 to Hans-Peter Hofmann, Head of the MFA Taskforce on Environmental and Biopolitical Issues and to Oliver Lorenz, desk officer for North America in the same department. Hofmann replied the German Ministry of Environment (B [...]
2006-04-06 14:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDECE KTIA SENV UNAUS XG GM
06BRASILIA1365BRAZIL REJECTS SOFA REQUEST FOR BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE ANNUAL
[...] Poloff delivered reftel's talking points and draft dip notes, July 5, to Virginia Toniatti, the MFA's General Coordinator Against Transnational Crime (COCIT). In response to the draft note and Poloff's assertion that the USG would like to conclude a long-term SOFA agreement with Brazil, Toniat [...]
2006-07-06 18:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS MASS KTIA US BR
06BRASILIA1425BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE VERSION OF
[...] Post is transmitting to Washington the communication received from the Brazilian Foreign Ministry on July 12, 2006, providing the United States with their comments on the suggested Portuguese language text for the Cooperation on Environmental Scientific Research in the Large Scale Biosphere-Atm [...]
2006-07-13 12:48:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA KSCA KTIA SENV TBIO NASA BR
06BRASILIA452BRAZIL'S REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON BUREC'S PROAGUA
[...] On February 23, 2006, Embassy Brasilia's Science Section received a diplomatic note dated January 25, 2006. In the note, the Brazilian Cooperation Agency Division of the United States and Canada forwards an inquiry regarding the Bureau of Reclamation's activities on the PROAGUA-Semi-Arido Prog [...]
2006-03-08 13:16:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KTIA EAGR SENV PREL BR
06BRASILIA940 DELIVERING OF BUREC'S RESPONSE TO BRAZIL'S REQUEST
[...] On May 3, 2006, Embassy delivered Diplomatic Note 126 dated May 2, 2006, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Brazil and a letter (per State 56827) from Bureau of Reclamation (BUREC) in response to GOB's January 25, 2006, diplomatic note ABC/DEUC/006/ETEC BRAS-EUA. 2. Tex [...]
2006-05-12 18:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA KTIA EAGR SENV PREL BR
06BRASILIA941RESPONSE TO PORTUGUESE VERSION OF NASA/LBA IMPLEMETING
[...] (SBU) On May 10, 2006, Embassy received Brazilian Government Diplomatic Note DMAE/029/MESP-BRAS-EUA in response to changes to the Portuguese language version of the NASA/LBA implementing arrangement per State 70101. 2. (SBU) Informal translation of text of DIP NOTE 029 is as follows: (S [...]
2006-05-12 18:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA KSCA KTIA SENV TBIO NASA BR
06BRIDGETOWN1834DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points and non-papers were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1401, Barbados #1402, Dominica #1403, St. Kitts #1404, St. Lucia #1405, St. Vincent 1406) on October 11, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. P [...]
2006-10-17 15:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN XL
06BRIDGETOWN1849A PLAN FOR SALVATION: SECOND CWC 2007 ISAG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup 2007 held its second plen