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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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| 00ATHENS1501 | GREEK RESPONSE ON URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED FOR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN ETHIOPIA, SOMALIA, AND KENYA [...] (SBU) DepEconCouns delivered reftel points on September 18 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Director of Emergency Humanitarian and Food Aid Programs at Hellenic Aid (HA). On September 23, Dr. Koutrakou advised DepEconCouns that the GoG has made Ethiopia and Somalia two of its highest priority [...] | 2000-09-23 15:10:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF EAGR ET KE SO EUN GR |
| 00HANOI2573 | CHINESE ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN FRENCH EMBASSY IN HANOI [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM DOUGLAS G. HARTER, REASON 1.5(B,D) . 2. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARAS 8-11. 3. (S) LATE AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 24 FRENCH AMBASSADOR SECRET PAGE 02 HANOI 02573 01 OF 02 271303Z INFORMED U.S. AMBASSADOR THAT TWO CHIN [...] | 2000-11-27 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | SECRET | PREF PREL CH FR VM CVR HUMANR |
| 00HARARE3084 | DETENTION OF CUBAN DEFECTORS BY ZIMBABWE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. 2. (C) PER REFTEL INSTRUCTION, ON JUNE 8 AMBASSADOR MCDONALD TELEPHONED MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY MACHIVENYIKA MAPURANGA, THE HIGHEST AVAILABLE OFFICIAL, TO REGISTER THE USG'S SERIOUS CONCERN WITH THE W [...] | 2000-06-08 11:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CMGT ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3096 | ZIMBABWE MAKES NO DECISION ON REFUGEE STATUS, [...] (C) UNITED NATIONS RESIDENT COORDINATOR CARLOS LOPES INFORMED AMBASSADOR MCDONALD LATE ON JUNE 8 THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT REFUGEE COMMITTEE HAD DELIBERATED ON THE CASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS PENA MARTINEZ FOR THREE HOURS AND TOOK NO FORMAL DECISION. INST [...] | 2000-06-08 16:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CMGT ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3105 | CUBANS STILL IN JAIL, INS OFFICER ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) ON JUNE 8 AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SPOKE WITH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY MACHIVENYIKA MAPURANGA TO REITERATE OUR DESIRE TO SOLVE QUICKLY THE REFUGEE CASE OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS PENA MARTINEZ. THE AMBASSADOR INFORMED THE PERMANENT SECRETARY THAT [...] | 2000-06-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CMGT ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3112 | CUBAN DOCTORS TO FLY TO NAIROBI TO COMPLETE [...] (SBU) REGIONAL INS OFFICER SANJEETA VARSANI ARRIVED IN HARARE FROM NAIROBI THE MORNING OF JUNE 9 AND WAS MET BY CONSUL. THE PAIR WENT DIRECTLY TO UNCHR. JOHN ADU, WHO INFORMED THEM THAT THE GOZ HAD NOT YET AUTHORIZED THE MEETING WITH THE CUBANS, GREETED CONSUL AND VARSANI. ADU THEN IMMEDIAT [...] | 2000-06-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL CU ZI |
| 00HARARE3160 | ZIMBABWE REPORTEDLY WANTS CUBANS DOCTORS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR OFFICIALS ADU AND SALOMONS CONTINUED IN THEIR QUEST TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS JUNE 12, AT ONE POINT TELLING THE INS OFFICER TO LEAVE THEM TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY. THEY HAD NO OBJECTION TO [...] | 2000-06-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3162 | KENYANS REFUSE TO ISSUE TRANSIT VISAS FOR CUBAN [...] (C) ON JUNE 13, AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SPOKE WITH AMBASSADOR DR. HUKKA WARIO, HIGH COMMISSIONER OF KENYA TO ZIMBABWE, TO SECURE THE LATTER'S ASSISTANCE IN ISSUING TRANSIT VISAS FOR CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ. OVER THE JUNE 10-11 WEEKEND HIGH COMMISS [...] | 2000-06-13 09:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU KE |
| 00HARARE3164 | UNHCR LAWYER SKETCHES OUT POSSIBLE END GAME FOR [...] (C) A DOWNCAST MICHIEL SALOMONS (PROTECT) BRIEFED DCM ON JUNE 13 ON WHAT HE VIEWS AS A WORSENING OUTLOOK FOR THE RESOLUTION OF THE CASES OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ. SALOMONS, WHO CONTINUES TO GET THE RUNAROUND FROM ZIMBABWEAN AUTHORITIES, ALSO [...] | 2000-06-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3231 | UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) ON JUNE 14 LUSAKA-BASED UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD THAT HE HAD MET WITH A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS IN HARARE WITH RESPECT TO THE CASES OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PEN [...] | 2000-06-14 17:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3263 | UNHCR: PRESIDENT MUGABE TO MAKE DECISION ON [...] (C) ON JUNE 15 LUSAKA-BASED UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD THAT HE HAD MET WITH A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS IN HARARE WITH RESPECT TO THE CASES OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PEN [...] | 2000-06-15 18:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3264 | ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT MAKES NO DECISION ON [...] (C) ON JUNE 16 UNHCR ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS REPORTED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED NO INFORMATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE ON A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL DECISION TO RELEASE CUBANS DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ TO THE CUSTODY OF THE UNHCR. UNHCR REGIONAL REP [...] | 2000-06-16 08:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3277 | CUBAN DOCTORS SHUFFLED TO ANOTHER IMMIGRATION [...] (C) UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD JUNE 17 THAT CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM GOROMONZI REMAND CENTER TO ANOTHER, UNDISCLOSED (TO US) LOCATION WITHIN HARARE, STILL UNDER THE CONTROL [...] | 2000-06-19 11:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3323 | HANDING OVER CUBAN DOCTORS' PASSPORTS TO UNHCR [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (C) DCM AND CONSUL MET WITH UNHCR ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS THE MORNING OF JUNE 20 IN RESPONSE TO HIS REQUEST THAT THE PASSPORTS OF CUBAN DOCTORS' LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ BE GIVEN TO U [...] | 2000-06-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3344 | UNHCR TO PROPOSE RESETTLING CUBAN DOCTORS IN [...] (C) UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ON JUNE 20 THAT HE WOULD BE DELIVERING THAT DAY A LETTER FROM UNITED NATIONS DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES SOREN JESSEN-PETERSEN TO ZIMBABWEAN VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH MSIKA THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIR [...] | 2000-06-20 16:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3349 | THE UNHCR EFFORT TO FREE THE CUBAN DOCTORS [...] (C) UNHCR ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS INFORMED CONSUL ON JUNE 21 THAT DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ NOW HAVE VISAS STAMPED IN THEIR CUBAN PASSPORTS ALLOWING TRAVEL TO THE UNSPECIFIED COUNTRY WILLING TO RECEIVE THEM. HE SAID THAT IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ATTEMP [...] | 2000-06-21 09:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3485 | CUBAN DOCTORS LIKELY TO BE RETURNED TO [...] (C) ON JUNE 26 UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD CONSUL THAT CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ WERE STILL AT THE RHODESVILLE REMAND CENTER, WHERE THE GOVERNMENT HAD MOVED THEM ON JUNE 17. HE THOUGHT THAT THE CUBANS WOULD BE RETURNED T [...] | 2000-06-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3563 | ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO DEFER [...] (C) IN INTRODUCING CONSUL TO DOMINIC BARTSCH, UNHCR SENIOR DURABLE SOLUTIONS OFFICER (THE UN OFFICER REPLACING ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS),UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE SAID THAT MOVEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS HAD GROUND TO A HALT. HE TOLD US THAT THERE HAD BEEN [...] | 2000-06-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3674 | CUBAN DOCTORS RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF UNHCR [...] (C) ON JULY 6 UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE, SPEAKING FROM LUSAKA, INFORMED DCM THAT CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ WERE RELEASED TO THE CUSTODY OF UNHCR ON JULY 5. BAJULAIYE SAID THAT ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DID SO QUIETLY [...] | 2000-07-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
| 00HOCHIMINHCITY838 | AMERASIANS SHOW SIGNS OF ASSIMILATION INTO VIETNAMESE SOCIETY [...] SUMMARY: IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING THE VIETNAM WAR, VIETNAMESE SOCIETY SHUNNED AMERASIANS AND CONSIGNED MANY OF THEM TO LIVE ON THE STREETS IN ABJECT POVERTY. OVER THE PAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, HOWEVER, THEIR SITUATION SEEMS TO HAVE IMPROVED. RECENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT MOST VIETNAMESE NOW TR [...] | 2000-05-17 08:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV SOCI CA VM PCUL |
| 00JAKARTA4700 | SECRETARY COHEN'S LUNCH WITH BAMBANG YUDHOYONO [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR GREG FERGIN FOR REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. IN A SEPTEMBER 18 LUNCH, INDONESIAN COORDINATING MINISTER FOR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND SECURITY AFFAIRS BAMBANG YUDHOYONO TOLD SECRETARY COHEN THAT ON YUDHOYONO'S MISSION TO NEW YORK, HE WILL DESCRIBE [...] | 2000-09-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PREF UNHCR ID |
| 00KINSHASA8413 | REFUGEE ISSUES IN GOMA [...] (C) Summary: During her Nov. 26-Dec 1 visit to Goma, Econoff discussed refugee issues with Eddie O'Dwyer, UNHCR's Acting Head of Field Office in Goma, and with Kasuku, a member of a Congolese NGO involved in repatriating Congolese Tutsis. O'Dwyer said that UNHCR and the Governor of North Kivu [...] | 2000-12-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV EAID CG UNHCR |
| 00STATE229648 | REFUGEE PROCESSING: EMBASSY REFERRALS [...] THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY M/P (SEP). 2. SUMMARY. THIS CABLE REMINDS POSTS THAT THEY ARE AUTHORIZED TO IDENTIFY AND REFER APPLICANTS FOR POSSIBLE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT IN THE U.S. IT ALSO PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON WHICH REFUGEES MIGHT BE CONSIDERED FOR REFERRAL TO THE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM. [...] | 2000-12-04 17:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF CVIS KSEP PHUM |
| 00THEHAGUE1802 | DUTCH MULLING KOSOVO AID NEEDS, FINALIZING [...] No summary [...] | 2000-06-16 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PREF SR NL |
| 01ABUJA2347 | JOS CONFLICT ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Summary. A team of officials from the U.S., U.K. and Netherlands diplomatic missions in Abuja drove to Jos on Friday, September 14, to meet with their nationals and to assess the situation there following the ethnic and religious conflict that began on September 7. It appears that over [...] | 2001-09-19 17:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREF CASC MOPS KIRF KISL EAID NI |
| 01ABUJA2708 | NIGERIA: REPORTS OF ARMY ATTACKS ON TIV IN BENUE [...] (U) Summary: According to several sources, the Army is reported to have destroyed several villages in Eastern Benue and killed an undetermined number of people in an apparent reprisal for the murder of nineteen soldiers October 12. Troops apparently destroyed the house of former Chief of Army [...] | 2001-10-24 21:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS PREF PGOV PHUM NI |
| 01ABUJA2750 | NIGERIA: BENUE UPDATE [...] (C) accounts by press and diplomatic personnel, often sourced to credible eyewitnesses, basically corroborate reftel account. The destruction appears to be more widespread than was initially reported. British High Commission personnel evacuated DFID staff from Makurdi yesterday. One DFID s [...] | 2001-10-26 17:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREF PGOV PHUM NI |
| 01ABUJA2827 | NIGERIA: BENUE UPDATE FROM SSS DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a November 2 meeting, SSS DG Are briefed the CDA on the recent violence in Benue. It was a mystery to Are how the 19 murdered soldiers had let themselves be disarmed. Are insisted the Army was investigating the alleged reprisals against villagers and planned to punish [...] | 2001-11-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS MOPS PREF PGOV NI |
| 01BOGOTA8685 | FARC KIDNAPS FORMER MINISTER OF CULTURE AND 10 OTHERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: FORMER MINISTER OF CULTURE CONSUELO ARAUJO NOGUERA AND SOME 10 TO 25 OTHER HOSTAGES WERE KIDNAPPED BY THE FARC NEAR VALLEDUPAR, CESAR DEPARTMENT, ON THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 24. ARMY SOURCES CLAIM THE HOSTAGES' CARS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED FROM THE AIR IN A MOUNTAINOUS REGION NORTH [...] | 2001-09-25 23:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL CO |
| 01HANOI1878 | VIETNAM DENIES UNHCR ACCESS TO HIGHLANDS [...] VIETNAM HAS DENIED UNHCR ACCESS TO CENTRAL HIGHLAND PROVINCES, PREVENTING UNHCR FROM LAUNCHING VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION OF HIGHLANDS RESIDENTS WHO HAVE FLED TO CAMBODIA. UNHCR WILL NOW CONSIDER LONGER-TERM MEASURES FOR THE DISPLACED POPULATIONS IN RATTANAKIRI AND MONDOLAKIRI. END SUMMARY. 2 [...] | 2001-08-06 09:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM VM UNHCR ETMIN HUMANR |
| 01HANOI2088 | STAFFDEL REES MEETINGS WITH SRV OFFICIALS ON RELIGIOUS AND MINORITY AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. COUNSEL TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS JOSEPH REES AND CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER BRIAN GUNDERSON MET WITH OFFICIALS OF THE GVN'S COMMITTEE ON RELIGION AND THE COMMITTEE FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS AUGUST 10, ACCOMPANIED BY [...] | 2001-08-27 06:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
| 01HANOI900 | PROTESTANT LEADERS REPORT DESTRUCTION OF CHURCH IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, BUT CANNOT CONFIRM DEATHS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAMESE PROTESTANT CHURCH SOURCES WITH EXTENSIVE LINKS TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS INFORM US THAT RESIDENTS OF GIA LAI PROVINCE, PARTICULARLY, FACE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS, WITH HEAVY POLICE AND SECURIT [...] | 2001-04-17 08:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 01HANOI934 | FORMER DAEWOOSA EMPLOYEES: INFORMATION SHARING WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: EMBASSY OFFICERS MET WITH LABOR MINISTRY OFFICIALS ON APRIL 18 TO SHARE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DAEWOOSA CASE AND THOSE FORMER DAEWOOSA EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY IN THE U.S. THESE OFFICIALS APPRECIATED THE INFORMATION AS WELL AS USG EFFORTS TO BRING TO JUSTICE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] | 2001-04-19 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PREF VM LABOR |
| 01HARARE2514 | WFP'S ATTENTION TO ZIMBABWE [...] POST WAS CONCERNED BY THE STATEMENT IN REFTEL THAT THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) "HAS NO PLANS TO START UP ANY OPERATIONS IN ZIMBABWE." HOWEVER, WE SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED FROM UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO ON AUGUST 23 THAT WFP PLANS TO ASSIGN TEMPORARILY TWO PROGRAM OFFICERS TO ZIM [...] | 2001-08-24 11:00:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON PHUM PREF |
| 01VATICAN3876 | VATICAN REPRESENTATION AT UNGA [...] PER REFTEL, THE FOLLOWING IS THE HOLY SEE LINE-UP FOR THE UN GENERAL DEBATE IN NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 24 THROUGH OCTOBER 5. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03876 201341Z 2. ATTENDANCE OF HEAD OF STATE -- POPE JOHN PAUL II WILL NOT ATTEND. 3. ATTENDANCE [...] | 2001-07-20 13:39:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL IR VT |
| 01VATICAN4202 | VATICAN VIWS ON WCAR [...] (U) CARDINAL ROGER ETCHEGARAY, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE AND MEMBER OF THE U.N.'S "EMINENT PERSONS" GROUP OF ADVISORS, SAID THE WCAR MUST BE AWARE OF THE MODERN MANIFESTATIONS OF INEQUALITY. FOLLOWING THE ROUND TABLE TALKS AT THE GENEVA OFFICES OF THE U [...] | 2001-08-09 12:52:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SOCI VT |
| 01VATICAN4755 | POPE AND VATICAN STAND WITH UNITED STATES [...] POPE JOHN PAUL II CONDEMNED THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. TARGETS USING SOME OF THE STRONGEST LANGUAGE EVER HEARD BY POST STAFF. IN HIS SEPTEMBER 12 GENERAL AUDIENCE IN VATICAN CITY, THE POPE, BREAKING WITH TRADITION, SPOKE SOLELY IN ENGLISH AND ITALIAN. THE USUALLY FESTIVE [...] | 2001-09-12 12:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF VT |
| 01VATICAN5095 | TFUS01: VATICAN POSITION ON RETALIATION AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2001-09-28 13:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL VT |
| 02ABUJA1232 | NIGERIA: ABUJA ROUND-UP APRIL 8-19 [...] (C) Summary. The States' decision to hold local government elections May 18 has sparked controversy and additional lawsuits which apparently the Supreme Court will have to resolve (paras 2-4). Canadian PM Chretien visited Abuja for talks centering on NEPAD and the G-8 with Obasanjo and severa [...] | 2002-04-19 13:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON PREF NI |
| 02ABUJA2542 | NIGERIA: AUGUST VISIT TO IKEJA UXO [...] On August 2, Ambassador Jeter, Consul General Hinson-Jones, A/PAO, and ConOff visited the Ikeja Military Cantonment in Lagos to observe the work done by RONCO Consulting Corporation in removing unexploded ordnance (UXO) still remaining after the Jan. 27 explosion there. The Embassy team met w [...] | 2002-08-28 14:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREF SOCI KHDP NI |
| 02ABUJA2787 | NIGERIA MIGHT IGNORE UNFAVORABLE RULING ON [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Minister of State for Defense (Army) Batagarawa told us on September 27 said that Nigeria would disregard an unfavorable ICJ ruling on Bakassi. International pressure could be withstood. That evening, DCM heard a second report of Minister of Defense Danjuma's warning to [...] | 2002-10-03 18:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
| 02ABUJA2933 | NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA DENIES PARIS AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 25 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigerian Minister of Defense Lieutenant General (ret.) Theophilus Y. Danjuma discussed the GON's position on the ICJ's Bakassi decision. While Danjuma denied the GON had agreed to abide by the ICJ's ruling at the September 5 Pa [...] | 2002-10-25 18:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
| 02ABUJA3036 | NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA ACCUSES FRENCH OF ARMING [...] (C) During a private moment at the October 30 Australian National Day, I asked Minister of Defense T.Y. Danjuma if he could confirm reports of a GON military build-up in response to the ICJ decision on the Bakassi. Danjuma did not deny the reports as I thought he would; rather he said that N [...] | 2002-11-06 12:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
| 02ABUJA304 | NIGERIA: GON ASSISTANCE REQUEST IN WAKE OF LAGOS [...] (U) This is an urgent action request; see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 30, Ambassador Jeter offered condolences to Minister of Defense Danjuma for the loss of life and property following explosions at the Ikeja Cantonment. Danjuma, giving his assessment after a visit to the site [...] | 2002-01-31 13:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MOPS EAID PREF SOCI NI |
| 02ABUJA3241 | NIGERIAN JOURNALIST SEEKING REFUGE IN U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Mr. Uzor Daniel, father of Ms. Isioma Daniel, the journalist whose controversial article sparked the recent riots in Nigeria, came to the Consulate General in Lagos on December 2 seeking help for his daughter to gain refugees status and subsequent entry into the U.S. He confirms [...] | 2002-11-29 17:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PINR CVIS PGOV NI BN |
| 02ABUJA366 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO - SPECIAL APPEAL TO [...] (C) President Obasanjo convoked Ambassador Jeter (accompanied by DATT and PolMilOff) on February 4 and stated, "Howard, we need help." Explaining that he did not initially realize the extent of the destruction caused by the explosion at the Ikeja ammunition depot, the President said he was ma [...] | 2002-02-04 18:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS SENV PHUM PREF NI |
| 02ABUJA496 | PROFILE OF A NIGERIAN SEX TRAFFICKING RING [...] No summary [...] | 2002-02-14 10:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF NI GN |
| 02AMMAN2243 | MODERATES IN PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP UNEASY ABOUT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the aftermath of Israel's Operation Defensive Shield, the mood among even moderate factions in Amman's Wihdat refugee camp is suspicious and uneasy about Israeli and U.S. intentions. In a May 1 meeting with emboffs, Palestinian notables from Wihdat questioned U.S [...] | 2002-05-07 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2396 | UNRWA DONORS MEETING HIGHLIGHTS CRISIS GRIPPING [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: UNRWA's May 8-9 meeting of major donors and host governments highlighted the crisis gripping the humanitarian agency as a result of ongoing Israeli-Palestinian tensions. Continued Israeli closures in the West Bank and Gaza have severely hindered UNRWA's ability to [...] | 2002-05-14 15:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2554 | UNRWA AND U.S. INTERESTS [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassies Amman, Beirut and Damascus. 2. (C) Given current scrutiny in the Israeli press and in Congress of UNRWA's programs and role in the West Bank, it is important to remember that UNRWA plays a key role throughout the region -- Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, [...] | 2002-05-21 07:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KPAL SY LE JO |
| 02AMMAN2938 | STAFFDEL BODLANDER AND MAKOVSKY: MONITORING UNRWA [...] (U) In a May 30 visit to UNRWA's West Bank field, House International Relations Committee Staffers Deborah Bodlander and Alan Makovsky investigated UNRWA's compliance with section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act (which prohibits UNRWA from using any USG assistance to provide services to [...] | 2002-06-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2999 | UNRWA'S UXO REMOVAL EFFORTS IN JENIN CAMP STYMIED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: UNRWA's efforts to remove unexploded ordnance (UXO) from Jenin refugee camp remain severely hindered by the UN agency's inability to procure the necessary equipment and explosives. UNRWA requested Israeli authorization to use the equipment and explosives verbally in [...] | 2002-06-06 15:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3716 | UNRWA BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS USD 55.7 MILLION IN NEW [...] (C) Summary: On July 2, UNRWA Deputy Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd briefed donors on UNRWA's USD 55.7 million in new financial needs following the March-April military operations in the West Bank and Gaza. UNRWA warned that its 2002 emergency appeal remains severely underfunded, with p [...] | 2002-07-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN3727 | QUIET IN JORDAN'S PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS: [...] (C) In a July 3 meeting with refcoord, GOJ Department of Palestinian Affairs Director-General Abdulkarim Abulhaija shed some light on the calm that currently prevails in Jordan's refugee camps, in spite of continued tensions in the West Bank and Gaza. Abulhaija attributed the calm to three f [...] | 2002-07-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KPAL KWBG JO |
| 02AMMAN4082 | PRM AMBASSADORS' FUND REQUEST FOR PALESTINIAN [...] Summary: Ambassador requests $40,000 under the PRM Ambassadors' fund for refugees in the Middle East, to purchase a 14-passenger minibus for the Community Rehabilitation Center (CRC) at Baqa'a camp ($20,000) and to build an addition to the Women's Program Center (WPC) at Jebel Hussein camp ( [...] | 2002-07-24 07:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID KPAL LE |
| 02AMMAN5144 | JORDAN - MONITORING OF REFUGEE REGISTRATION [...] Cairo's Regional Refcoord and Amman's Refugee Admissions Specialist met with UNHCR Amman's Senior Protection Officer and Acting Chief of Mission, Ms. Jacqueline Parlevliet, to obtain the information requested in Reftel A. Below are the answers to your questions in the order in [...] | 2002-09-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF JO UNHCR |
| 02AMMAN5267 | HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES IN JORDAN RAMPING UP IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Humanitarian agencies in Jordan have stepped up contingency planning efforts for a crisis in Iraq. Estimated refugee flows (10,000 into Jordan over six months) match those provided reftel, but UN sources admit that they are based only on conjecture and, in fact, are purposely c [...] | 2002-09-15 16:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IZ JO |
| 02AMMAN5690 | GOJ ALLOWS WEEKEND PROTESTS; QUIETER THAN EXPECTED [...] (C) The GOJ allowed--officially or unofficially--several rallies to be held this weekend, September 27-28, to mark the second anniversary of the beginning of the Intifada. These were the first protests the GOJ has allowed since April, when demonstrators threatened to march to the Israeli Embas [...] | 2002-10-02 11:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF ASEC KPAL JO |
| 02AMMAN5781 | UNRWA AND FAA 301(C) CONCERNS: PRM PDAS GREENE'S [...] (C) In a September 24 meeting on the margins of the UNRWA Major Donors meeting (reported septel),PRM PDAS Richard Greene pressed UNRWA Commissioner General Peter Hansen, Deputy Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd, West Bank Director Richard Cook and Gaza Director Lionel Brisson on the need for [...] | 2002-10-06 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN5823 | MONITORING AND EVALUATING SEEDS OF PEACE'S [...] AS REQUESTED REFTEL, REGIONAL REFCOORD MONITORED PRM- FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT SEEDS OF PEACE'S JERUSALEM CENTER FOR COEXISTENCE ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2002. WE UNDERSTAND PRM/ANE MONITORED PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT THE SEEDS SUMMER CAMP IN MAINE AND THEREFORE ARE REPORTING ONLY ON ACTIVITIES AT THE JER [...] | 2002-10-08 03:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02AMMAN5840 | JORDAN WILL SUPPORT RE-ELECTION OF BRUNSON [...] (U) On October 8, Embassy received a diplomatic note from the MFA affirming that Jordan will support the re-election of IOM Director General Brunson McKinley. GNEHM [...] | 2002-10-08 12:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AORC JO IOM |
| 02AMMAN5993 | KING ABDULLAH AND FONMIN MUASHER ADDRESS TRANSFER [...] (U) Foreign Minister Muasher and King Abdullah made successive high profile public statements October 10-11 addressing growing fears in the Kingdom about a possible large influx of Palestinian and Iraqi refugees should military action against Iraq commence. The King's remarks were part of a l [...] | 2002-10-16 05:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP |
| 02AMMAN6939 | UNRWA AND FAA 301(C) COMPLIANCE: VIEWS FROM GAZA [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Tel Aviv. 2. (C) Summary: In the course of November 18 meetings with UNRWA's Gaza program chiefs, regional refcoord reviewed UNRWA's compliance with section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act. The Relief and Social Services Chief told refco [...] | 2002-11-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO UN |
| 02AMMAN7255 | JORDAN: PEACE AIRPORT AND OTHER TRANSPORT ISSUES [...] (SBU) According to Jordan's Transportation Minister, the Jordanian government remains ready to work with Israel on a plan to allow domestic flights bound for Eilat to land in Aqaba (REFTEL). The Ministry has also prepared contingency plans for a possible conflict in Iraq. Regarding Royal J [...] | 2002-12-15 11:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL ELTN EWWT PREF BEXP JO IS |
| 02AMMAN7304 | UNRWA LAUNCHES NEW USD 93.7 MILLION EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary and comment: At December 10 and 11 briefings in Jerusalem and Amman, UNRWA ComGen Hansen launched UNRWA's new USD 93.7 million appeal to cover six months of emergency programming in the West Bank and Gaza. The majority of the appeal would cover expanded food assistance programs ( [...] | 2002-12-16 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 02BOGOTA6886 | FARC THREATS CAUSE ENTIRE TOWN TO FLEE [...] VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE INHABITANTS OF PUERTO ALVIRA, META DEPARTMENT, HAVE FLED BECAUSE OF THREATENED GUERRILLA ACTIONS. PUERTO ALVIRA IS ON THE BORDER BETWEEN META AND GUAVIARE DEPARTMENTS, IN SOUTHEASTERN COLOMBIA, NEAR THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE FORMER DEMILITARIZED ZONE. IN MID-JULY, AND A [...] | 2002-08-02 19:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM PREF CO |
| 02COLOMBO1619 | Peace process update: Tiger-Muslim talks said [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Tamil Tiger spokesman and Muslim leader reportedly hold constructive meeting in London -- GSL official meets with Tigers on development-related issues -- Recent incident in Jaffna pits students against security for [...] | 2002-06-02 05:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREF PHUM ECON EAID CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2022 | U.S.-sponsored Quick Reaction Demining Force [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) After approximately seven months of operations, the U.S.-sponsored Quick Reaction Demining Force (QRDF) has wrapped up its work in Sri Lanka. On October 24-25, the QRDF turned over two plots of land clear [...] | 2002-10-29 10:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PHUM PREF KPAO EAID CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2101 | Voting with their feet on the peace process, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Returns of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to points of origin in Sri Lanka have surged, with a large percentage of the 213,000 total returns this year transiting in the past eight weeks alone. Most of the returns are to points in Jaffna, but many have returned to the Tiger [...] | 2002-11-07 11:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM PTER EAID CE LTTE |
| 02HANOI1169 | HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: [...] (U) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR DINH THI MINH HUYEN, DIRECTOR OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' DEPARTMENT OF UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 01169 100714Z INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, TOLD DCM ON MAY 7 THAT THE GVN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] | 2002-05-10 07:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM VM HUMANR ETMIN |
| 02HANOI1502 | UNHCR/VIETNAM RELATIONS: "NEVER SO BAD" [...] (SBU) UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE JAHANSHAH ASSADI BRIEFED CHARGE AND POL/C JUNE 10 ABOUT HIS MEETING EARLIER THAT DAY WITH THE MFA'S NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE CONSULAR DEPARTMENT, BUI DINH DINH. ACCORDING TO ASSADI, DINH SPENT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI [...] | 2002-06-10 10:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL VM CB HUMANR |
| 02HANOI2090 | DAK LAK PROVINCE UPDATE ON RELIGIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A PROTESTANT PASTOR FROM DAK LAK PROVINCE RECENTLY MET WITH CONGENOFFS TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT SITUATION THERE, WHICH HE CHARACTERIZED AS THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTING TO "ERADICATE" PROTESTANTISM. HE SAID PROTESTANT FAMILIES WERE NOW FORBIDDEN TO WORSHIP TOGETHER IN GRO [...] | 2002-08-27 10:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF PINS PREL KIRF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HANOI2394 | REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION OF REFUGEE [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM SCOTT BELLARD, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF A INSTRUCTIONS, POST CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02394 031009Z SEEKS DEPARTMENT APPROVAL FOR REFUGEE PROCESSING FOR VIETNAMESE NATIONAL BUI DON DUONG, DPOB 27 AUGUST 1957 [...] | 2002-10-03 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL VM HUMANR |
| 02HANOI2865 | RESTRICTIONS ON US NGOS IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS? [...] (SBU) IN A DISCUSSION WITH AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 25, PRESIDENT OF THE VIETNAM UNION OF FRIENDSHIP ORGANIZATIONS (AND DELEGATE TO THE 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY) VU XUAN HONG DENIED REPORTS THAT HE HAD RECOMMENDED A BAN ON US NGOS AND/OR RELIGIOUS NGOS FROM OPERATING IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. HE D [...] | 2002-11-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PHUM PREF VM ETMIN |
| 02HANOI3018 | VIETNAM: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LEGAL ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: AT A NATIONAL SEMINAR ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP),GVN AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION PARTICIPANTS CONCLUDED THAT TIP IN VIETNAM AND THE REGION APPEARS ON THE INCREASE, ALTHOUGH LITTLE RELIABLE DATA IS AVAILABLE. SRV LAW GENERALLY CONFORMS TO THE UN PROTOCOL TO PREVENT, SU [...] | 2002-12-19 08:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PREL PREF EAID ELAB SMIG SOCI VM TIP |
| 02HANOI528 | VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: WHAT DID WE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING A 2.5-DAY VISIT TO DAK LAK, GIA LAI, AND KON TUM PROVINCES, CONGENOFFS MET WITH MONTAGNARD RETURNEES FROM CAMBODIA AND WITH PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S COMMITTEES. REFTELS A ARE THE DETAILED ACCOUNTS. THESE ARE OUR CONCLUSIONS. ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND LAND DISPUTES SEEM TO BE [...] | 2002-03-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV PINS SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HANOI652 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: NO PUNISHMENT FOR MOST [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL EMI LYNN YAMAUCHI, HO CHI MINH CITY, FOR REASONS 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: A RELATIVELY MODERATE PASTOR FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SAID THE GVN IS WORKING TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION FOR ETHNIC MINORITIES, ALTHOUGH PROBLEMS REMAIN. HE BELIEVES THE OVERWHELMING [...] | 2002-03-20 11:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HANOI762 | HELPFUL GVN RESPONSE TO MONTAGNARD RESETTLEMENT: [...] (U) ACCORDING TO THE MFA SPOKESPERSON AND A VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY PRESS ARTICLE, MONTAGNARD "MIGRANTS" NOW IN CAMBODIA CAN "CHOOSE" RESETTLEMENT IN A THIRD COUNTRY OR UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00762 010847Z REPATRIATION. IN HER MARCH 31 STATEMENT, THE MFA S [...] | 2002-04-01 08:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
| 02HANOI791 | VISIT TO MONTAGNARD RETURNEES: THE OLD [...] (C) DURING A VISIT TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS MARCH 30 - APRIL 3, I MET WITH MANY WHO HAD CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 00791 01 OF 02 031025Z RETURNED FROM REFUGEE CAMPS IN CAMBODIA, BOTH UNDER UNHCR AUSPICES AND "SPONTANEOUSLY." AT THE TWO VILLAGES IN GIA LAI [...] | 2002-04-03 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CB VN ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HARARE1377 | ZIMBABWE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS: JOINT FFP/OFDA [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable reports findings of joint visit by REDSO/FFP and OFDA/ARO reps to Zimbabwe to review humanitarian crisis, including participation in FAO/WFP crop and food supply crisis will be much worse due to the minimal carryover stocks, the continuing impact of poor economic po [...] | 2002-06-06 12:50:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR PREF AORC ZI |
| 02HARARE1627 | SEX SCANDAL IN ZIMBABWE REFUGEE CAMP [...] (U) The July 1 edition of the independent "Daily News" revealed that two aid workers in the Tongogara Refugee Camp in southern Zimbabwe had been suspended after refugees lobbed charges of sexual abuse against them. The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC),which operates the ca [...] | 2002-07-12 06:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM EAID PGOV ASEC ZI |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY1270 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR FREEDOM FROM IT, IN DAK LAK AND GIA LAI PROVINCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DURING A RECENT TRIP TO DAK LAK AND GIA LAI PROVINCES IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, THE CONSUL GENERAL MET WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS (CRA). IN THESE MEETINGS, CRA OFFICIALS DESCRIBED THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SOUTHERN EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF VIETNAM (SECV) IN [...] | 2002-12-11 04:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY131 | "DEGA PROTESTANTISM" AND THE U.S. CONNECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN ETHNIC MINORITY LEADER FROM GIA UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00131 01 OF 02 080617Z LAI PROVINCE RECENTLY DESCRIBED TO POLOFF A COMPLEX WEB OF SHIFTING LOCAL ALLIANCES AMONG THE ETHNIC GROUPS IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. MIXING RELIGION W [...] | 2002-02-08 05:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY203 | VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: REFUGEES WHO [...] (U) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 1-3 TRIP TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, CONGENOFFS MET WITH VILLAGERS IN TWO DAK LAK COMMUNITIES AND VISITED A PROTESTANT WORSHIP HOUSE IN ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES. SEVERAL OF THE VILLAGERS WERE ETHNIC MINORITY VIETNAMESE RETURNEES FROM CAMBODIA -- TWO OF WHOM HAD RETURN [...] | 2002-03-04 16:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY336 | ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES -- REALITY SETS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SIX WEEKS AFTER THEIR UNHCR REPATRIATION AND THE ONSET OF REALITY, ETHNIC MINORITY RETURNEES HAVE OPENLY ARTICULATED THEIR REASONS FOR LEAVING VIETNAM FOR CAMBODIA - LACK OF FARMLAND, AND TO A SOMEWHAT LESSER EXTENT, RELIGION. ALL SIX OF THE UNHCR RETURNEES WE SPOKE TO ON A RE [...] | 2002-04-06 02:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY39 | CHRISTMAS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: TOLERANCE AND REPRESSION FOR ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO TWO ETHNIC MINORITY LEADERS, ETHNIC MINORITY PROTESTANTS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ENCOUNTERED A MIXTURE OF TOLERANCE AND REPRESSION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT CHRISTMASTIME. THERE WERE ALLEGED INCIDENTS OF SEVERE POLICE ABUSE IN SOME VILLAGES, BUT IN OTHER VILLAGES, AU [...] | 2002-01-15 14:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PINS SOCI PREL KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY390 | CROSSES, CADRES, AND CONVERSATIONS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PLAIN WHITE CROSSES DREW THE ATTENTION OF CONGEN OFFICERS AS WE DROVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGHLAND PROVINCE OF DAK LAK. A COFFEE BREAK IN NHAN CO COMMUNE IN DAK LAP DISTRICT ALLOWED FOR CASUAL CONVERSATION WITH SEVERAL OF THE VILLAGERS. LOCAL SECURITY OFFICERS KEPT INSERTING T [...] | 2002-04-16 08:10:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM CB ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY394 | EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE IN THE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AN EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE PACKED THE COMPOUND OF A 90-YEAR-OLD WOODEN CHURCH WITH THOUSANDS OF ETHNIC MINORITY CATHOLIC WORSHIPPERS FROM VILLAGES IN KON TUM PROVINCE IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. THE TWO-HOUR SERVICE, CONDUCTED ENTIRELY IN ETHNIC LANGUAGES, INCORPORATED TRIBAL [...] | 2002-04-17 09:43:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF SOCI VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY55 | GIA LAI PROVINCE HEALTHCARE: LEPROSY AND HIV/AIDS [...] SUMMARY: IN A DECEMBER MEETING, THE DIRECTOR OF THE GIA LAI PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CALLED LEPROSY HIS MAIN PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN. HE ALSO DISCUSSED OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS, INCLUDING HIV/AIDS, AND AMBITIOUS PLANS TO IMPROVE THE STAFFING/FACILITIES OF THE PROVINCE'S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. [...] | 2002-01-22 05:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KHIV PREF VM HIV AIDS |
| 02KATHMANDU1245 | TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE: ASYLUM REQUEST, PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. A group of Tibetan refugees arrested by Nepalese authorities in transit to Tibet from India seek a royal amnesty on the King's upcoming birthday, July 7. UNHCR, Post and other diplomatic missions are encouraging the GON to grant the requests. At the urging of UNHCR, Nepal releas [...] | 2002-06-25 13:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL ECPS PROP PHUM NP CH |
| 02KATHMANDU1332 | POLICE CANCEL DALAI LAMA BIRTHDAY EVENTS IN [...] (C) Summary. Three Tibetan community events planned at a major hotel in Kathmandu July 6-7 to mark the Dalai Lama's birthday were cancelled by Nepali police. The police reportedly acted out of concern for heightened sensitivities in the run-up to the first official visit to China by Nepal's [...] | 2002-07-09 11:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1443 | NEPAL POLICE SHUT DOWN PRESS CONFERENCE PROTESTING [...] (C) Summary. Police in Kathmandu interrupted a press conference held by a local Buddhist group on July 25 to answer allegations made during a July 19 press conference by followers of the controversial Dorje Shugden deity. Shugden worshippers had accused Dharamsala of violating their freedom [...] | 2002-07-25 08:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1659 | UPDATE ON STATUS OF TIBETAN REFUGEES DETAINED IN [...] (SBU) On August 22 a German philanthropist paid Nepal's Department of Immigration approximately USD 1500 in assorted fees and penalties to secure the release of a Tibetan refugee, detained since August 2001 for having re-entered Nepal without proper documentation (Reftel),and her baby, born [...] | 2002-08-26 11:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP IN CH |
| 02KATHMANDU1688 | NEPAL AND BHUTAN TALK REFUGEES "INFORMALLY," BUT [...] (C) Summary. Nepal and Bhutan have discussed the Bhutanese refugee issue "informally," but a date has still not been set for the next round of Ministerial-level talks on the issue. According to Nepal's Foreign Secretary, the differences between the two sides have narrowed, and Bhutan appeare [...] | 2002-08-30 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1694 | POLICE DISRUPT PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF TIBETAN [...] (U) On September 2 local police halted the Tibetan community's religious celebration of Tibet's "Democracy Day" and detained Office of Tibet Representative Wangchuk Tsering and another man for several hours. The celebration, which had been originally scheduled to be held on the grounds of th [...] | 2002-09-03 12:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU1903 | CHINESE PRESSURE STIFLES TIBETANS IN NEPAL [...] (C) There have been increasing restrictions on the Tibetan refugee community in Nepal. Celebrations and cultural events have been canceled on short notice by government authorities, press conferences interrupted by police and the Office of Tibet Representative detained for a day. Although ma [...] | 2002-10-01 01:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | CH NP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 02KATHMANDU2044 | NEPAL: SA DAS CAMP MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) In October 23 meetings with Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Donald Camp and the SIPDIS Ambassador, newly appointed Foreign Minister Narendra Bikram Shah and Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya both stressed that the change in government will not affect Nepal's inclin [...] | 2002-10-25 11:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PINR NP IN LICC |
| 02KATHMANDU2207 | TEMPORARY UNHCR HEAD IN KATHMANDU DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary. The new UNHCR Kathmandu Officer-in-Charge (OIC) traveled to Nepal,s Bhutanese refugee camps November 16 to follow-up on an investigation into reports that refugees on the staffs of UNHCR,s implementing partner NGOs had engaged in sexual exploitation. The new OIC arrived in-count [...] | 2002-11-20 10:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2287 | NEPAL-BHUTAN: UNHCR DIRECTOR CALLS FOR SOLUTION TO [...] (C) Summary: In November 26 meeting with donor representatives, Director of UNHCR's Bureau for Asia and the Pacific Jean-Marie Fakhouri attributed at least part of the blame for the recent sexual exploitation scandal (refs) to a complacent attitude among local UNHCR representatives, and promis [...] | 2002-12-02 11:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU298 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: NEPAL TO GRANT OPTION OF RETURN [...] (C) Summary. Nepal intends to grant verified Bhutanese refugees the "option of return" to Bhutan and will allow those who wish to stay in Nepal to do so, Foreign Ministry officials have indicated. UNCHR views this development as extremely positive. Despite Kathmandu's efforts to fix a date, [...] | 2002-02-07 11:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU411 | TEN TIBETAN REFUGEES' ASYLUM REQUEST PASSED OVER [...] (C) Nepal's Home Ministry declined to include the names of ten Tibetan refugees held on immigration violations in a letter to the King recommending candidates for a royal amnesty. Traditionally the King grants amnesty to prisoners on auspicious occasions, including the February 19 Democracy D [...] | 2002-02-22 10:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU425 | BHUTANESE REFUGEE ACTIVIST DENIED BAIL BY SUPREME [...] Summary. Nepal's Supreme Court has denied bail to prominent Bhutanese refugee and human rights activist S.K. Pradhan on the grounds that he is not a Nepali citizen, affirming the decisions of two lower courts. Named in a complaint filed by a member of a rival refugee group, Pradhan has been [...] | 2002-02-26 10:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU466 | UIGHURS IN NEPAL [...] (C) At least 15 Chinese Uighurs have entered Nepal in the last three months, according to a UNHCR protection officer (strongly protect). Six were taken into custody by Nepali officials in late December, 2001. Of these, four requested, and received, UNHCR protection. Three of the four were s [...] | 2002-03-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREF PTER PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU497 | UPDATE ON TIBETAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: A UNHCR monitoring visit to the Tibet border was postponed after a promised Home Ministry permit failed to materialize. The Australian Embassy has expressed an interest in helping to coordinate representations on Tibetan refugee issues. One of ten Tibetan refugees in custody on [...] | 2002-03-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU507 | TIBETANS MARK MARCH 10 WITH PEACEFUL CEREMONY; [...] (C) Authorities in Nepal allowed the Tibetan community to mark the forty-third anniversary of the March 10 uprising in Tibet with a public ceremony at Kathmandu's Bouddha stupa. A full procession paraded the Dalai Lama's portrait around the square and a school band played the national anthems [...] | 2002-03-11 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV NP |
| 02KATHMANDU537 | NEPAL: SECOND ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Post's submission for the second annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. The report addresses all of reftel's questions, but in prose form. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political/Economic Officer G.A. Donovan (telephone: 977- 1-411-179; fax 977-1-410-723). [...] | 2002-03-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD NP KWNM |
| 02KATHMANDU569 | MARCH 10 TIBETAN DEMONSTRATOR RELEASED [...] No summary [...] | 2002-03-18 14:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU575 | PRIME MINISTER DEPARTS FOR INDIA, FIRST TRIP [...] (C) Summary. Securing Indian assistance in Nepal's battle against the Maoist insurgency will be Nepali Prime Minister Deuba's primary goal in his March 20-26 official visit to India. He will ask his counterparts both for materiel assistance and for help in apprehending Nepali Maoists in Indi [...] | 2002-03-20 12:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD PREF PINR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU619 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES: AMBASSADOR VISITS CAMP, TALKS [...] (C) Ambassador visited three Bhutanese refugee camps in eastern Nepal March 25. Overall, the refugees expressed satisfaction with conditions in the camps, but an undercurrent of frustration was in evidence. The Refugee Affected Area Program for the region has concluded, and aid workers warne [...] | 2002-03-29 06:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU620 | WFP AID FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEES: LEG UP ON NEXT [...] An extra multilateral contribution secured this week from WFP Rome will fill a gap created by the delay in receiving a USG shipment of in-kind food aid, reports the WFP Deputy Country Director for Nepal. The extra contribution will have a carry-on effect for the next phase of aid to the Bhuta [...] | 2002-03-29 06:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF PHUM NP WFP |
| 02KATHMANDU647 | MOUNT KAILAS TO REOPEN TO TOURISTS FROM NEPAL [...] (C) Travel agencies in Kathmandu report that as of late March they were able to resume booking tours to western Tibet,s Mount Kailas after the Chinese government lifted restrictions on travel to that region. Tours are now being booked for dates in late April and May. Nepal,s travel agents sa [...] | 2002-04-01 08:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC ASEC PREF NP CH |
| 02KATHMANDU655 | WEAVING TERROR: MAOIST ATTACKS ON CARPET INDUSTRY [...] (C) Summary. For five minutes on the evening of March 25, forty to fifty suspected Maoist youths terrorized a carpet business at the edge of Nepal's capital city, setting fires and causing extensive property damage. No one was injured. Now fearful and discouraged, the owner of the business e [...] | 2002-04-01 11:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ELAB ECON ASEC CASC PREF PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU717 | WFP RECEIVES THREAT, HAS FOOD SHIPMENT HIJACKED [...] (SBU) On April 11 the head of security for the UN system in Nepal reported that a World Food Program (WFP) office in Dhamak, Jhapa, in eastern Nepal had a threatening notice, signed by purported Maoists, posted on its door that morning. The translated text of the message follows below: Beg [...] | 2002-04-11 12:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREF ASEC CASC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU921 | Tibetan Refugees Hard Hit by Maoist Insurgency [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's Tibetan refugee community has been seriously affected by the violent Maoist insurgency, most directly by a recent string of bombings at Tibetan- owned carpet businesses and threats to Tibetan-run tourist facilities. Tibetans have made a significant contribution to Nepa [...] | 2002-05-10 10:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PTER PGOV KCRM PHUM SMIG NP |
| 02KATHMANDU976 | UPDATE ON TIBETAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. The Tibet border is "very quiet" and most newly arrived refugees have not faced problems, according to UNHCR and the Office of Tibet. Nepali police garnered praise for their efforts to escort a large group of Tibetans from the Nangpa region to Kathmandu, an operation which UNHCR [...] | 2002-05-20 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU990 | VISIT WITH JAILED BHUTANESE REFUGEE S.K. PRADHAN [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Embassy visitors to his jail in southeastern Nepal, prominent Bhutanese refugee and human rights activist S.K. Pradhan protested his innocence in the case of another refugee leader's murder. Pradhan said he had nothing to gain from the man's death and did not u [...] | 2002-05-22 09:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL EAID AORC NP |
| 02LAGOS146 | SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...] | 2002-12-07 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KDEM ECON PINR NI |
| 02LAGOS76 | SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...] | 2002-12-07 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 02RANGOON1211 | ROHINGYA REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Burma has unofficially told UNHCR that it would accept 5,000 of the remaining 22,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. That would leave a residual 17,000 people in Bangladesh to be locally settled or otherwise accommodated. UNHCR Rohingya repatriation assist [...] | 2002-09-20 00:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL BM BG IN UNHCR |
| 02RANGOON1354 | SR PINHEIRO WILL INSIST GOB AGREE TO INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNSR PINHEIRO BRIEFED EU, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVES ON HIS PLANS OR HIS VISIT TO BURMA AND OUTLINED THREE OPTIONS: -- PLAN A - A JOINT INVESTIGATION BY SPDC, NLD AND ETHNIC REPRESENTATIVES (ALL AGREED THIS IS A NON-STARTER) -- PLAN B - AN INVESTIGATION BY I [...] | 2002-10-18 10:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL BM |
| 02RANGOON1631 | UNHCR CONTINUES TO PRESS BURMA ON FORCED LABOR IN [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR says that forced labor continues in northern Rakhine State, but maintains that there has been no significant new outflow of refugees from Burma. According to UNHCR's Resident Representative, he has pressed the government hard regarding forced labor, but may need additional [...] | 2002-12-20 05:10:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF ELAB BG BM UNDP UNHCR |
| 02ROME1 | IDENTIFYING FOOD NEEDS IN AFGHANISTAN: NOW [...] SUMMARY. U.S. MISSION/ROME OFFICERS MET ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28 WITH THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AED) AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, MOHAMMED ZEJJARI. AS WINTER FOOD NEEDS IN AFGHANISTAN ARE BEING MET BY WFP'S CURRENT OPERATION (ALMOST 120,000 TONS DISPATCHED [...] | 2002-01-02 05:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFPO UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME1011 | LIBERIA: INSECURITY COUPLED WITH FOOD [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, AND LIBERIA JANUARY 27 THROUGH FEBRUARY 7 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS),AND RESIDENTS OF THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY [...] | 2002-02-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME1182 | SIERRA LEONE: A BRIGHTER FUTURE IN FOOD [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 01182 01 OF 13 070642Z FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, AND LIBERIA JANUARY 27 THROUGH FEBRUARY 7 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALL [...] | 2002-03-07 06:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN |
| 02ROME1393 | ALBANIAN PM MAJKO'S MEETING WITH PM BERLUSCONI: [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 12, ALBANIAN AMBASSADOR TO ITALY PELLUMB XHUFI GAVE POLITICAL MINISTER-COUNSELOR TOM COUNTRYMAN AND POLOFF JIM DONEGAN A READOUT ON ALBANIAN PRIME MINISTER PANDELI MAJKO'S MARCH 6 MEETING IN ROME WITH PM BERLUSCONI. ACCORDING TO XHUFI, THE MEETINGS FOCUSED ON TWO ISSU [...] | 2002-03-19 11:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AL ENRG IT PHUM PREF PREL |
| 02ROME19 | WFP PLANS TO ASSIST THE AFGHAN PRIMARY SCHOOL AND [...] AS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF ITS NEXT EMERGENCY (EMOP) OPERATION APPEAL (FROM APRIL THROUGH DECEMBER 2002),WFP IS PLANNING FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR 270,000 PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, FOOD AID FOR TRAINING 50,000 TEACHERS, ASSISTANCE TO 75,000 ENROLLED IN NON-FORMAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, AND FOOD-FOR-WORK [...] | 2002-01-02 15:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME1982 | UN INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE STATEMENT ON [...] THE UN'S INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE (IASC),WHICH MET IN ROME APRIL 9-10, EXPRESSED ITS CONCERN THAT A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES WITHIN SOUTHERN AFRICA WILL REQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN 2002. THE PRESENT FOOD SECURITY SITUATION IN THE REGION IS ADJUDGED THE WORST [...] | 2002-04-23 06:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF PHUM WFP UN UNSC |
| 02ROME2030 | AFGHAN TRANSIT TRADE AGREEMENT AND USE OF PORT BIN [...] WFP'S INTERNATIONAL CARGO SURVEYOR IN KARACHI SUGGESTS THAT THE 1965 AFGHAN TRANSIT TRADE AGREEMENT BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE PORT BIN QASIM. THIS MODERN PAKISTANI PORT FACILITY, BUILT IN THE MID-1970S, COULD HELP FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF MATERIAL FOR THE AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION EFFORT. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2002-04-26 07:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME2065 | MOUNTING CHALLENGES LAY AHEAD FOR THE U.N. [...] SENIOR EMERGENCY COORDINATOR (SEC) IN THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME TO THE U.N. AGENCIES TRAVELED TO ANGOLA APRIL 13--20 TO REVIEW THE OPERATIONS OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE EMERGENCY COORDINATION UNIT OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE U.N. (FAO/ECU) AND TO LOOK AT [...] | 2002-04-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN |
| 02ROME2629 | ANNUAL SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE [...] THE BOARD SESSION TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EVER- INCREASING EMERGENCY NEEDS AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR WFP. ON PROTECTION FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSES OF POWER BY UN PERSONNEL IN HUMANITAR [...] | 2002-05-31 07:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME2648 | SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] DESPITE PRECIPITOUSLY DECLINING RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, THE BOARD APPROVED COUNTRY PROGRAMMES FOR RWANDA, ZAMBIA AND BOLIVIA, WITH A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF USD (U.S. DOLLARS) 116.3 MILLION. A COUNTRY STRATEGY OUTLINE (CSO) WAS APPROVED FOR ETHIOPIA. BUDGET INCREASES FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, [...] | 2002-05-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME2673 | WFP POST-DELIVERY LOSSES IN BANGLADESH [...] IN BANGLADESHI PORTS DURING 2001, WFP SUSTAINED POST- DELIVERY LOSSES OF 2,824 METRIC TONS (VALUED AT USD 343,388). WFP HAS INSTITUTED A POLICY (CONTAINED IN ITS 2001-2005 COUNTRY PROGRAM OPERATIONAL CONTRACT WITH THE GOB) WHICH STIPULATES THAT FOR BULK WHEAT SHIPMENTS LANDED QUANTITIES WILL E [...] | 2002-06-03 15:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME2727 | WFP LOGISTICS-MOVING FOOD AND NON-FOOD ITEMS IN [...] SENIOR EMERGENCY COORDINATOR IN THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME TO THE U.N. AGENCIES TRAVELED TO ANGOLA APRIL 13-- 20 TO REVIEW THE OPERATIONS OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE EMERGENCY COORDINATION UNIT OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE U.N. (FAO/ECU),AS WELL AS TO LOOK [...] | 2002-06-06 12:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN |
| 02ROME303 | CONCERNS VOICED ON THE U.N. WORLD FOOD [...] SUMMARY. U.S. MISSION/ROME OFFICERS MET ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 WITH THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AED) AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, MOHAMED ZEJJARI TO EXPRESS U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE SOON TO BE RELEASED NEW EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR AFGHANISTAN. THE PR [...] | 2002-01-21 10:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFPO UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME3566 | REVISED UNHCR-WFP MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] UNHCR AND WFP SIGNED A REVISED MEMORANDUM ON JULY 9 AIMED AT FURTHER STRENGTHENING COOPERATION IN THE PROVISION OF FOOD AID FOR REFUGEES AND RETURNEES WORLDWIDE. ON A PILOT ONE-YEAR TRIAL BASIS, WFP WILL ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FINAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE BASIC FOOD RATION IN FIVE REF [...] | 2002-07-19 06:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME3706 | PARTNERSHIP TO CUT HUNGER AND POVERTY IN AFRICA - [...] USAID ADMINISTRATOR ANDREW NATSIOS, THE PRESIDENTS OF GHANA, MOZAMBIQUE AND UGANDA, STATE DEPARTMENT'S UNDERSECRETARY AL LARSON, PRESIDENT MCPHERSON OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, AND OFFICIALS OF USDA AND THE WORLD BANK - JOINTLY LAUNCHED ON JUNE 11 IN ROME A MAJOR U.S.-AFRICAN CONSORTIUM TO C [...] | 2002-07-29 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME4208 | WFP ACTIONS TO PREVENT SEXUAL ABUSE AND [...] WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) IS ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNICEF-OCHA TASK FORCE ON PROTECTION FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN HUMANITARIAN CRISES, AS AGREED TO BY THE UN INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE (IASC) ON JUNE 20. A WFP-INTERNAL ACTION PLAN HAS BEEN FINALIZED [...] | 2002-08-29 10:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF AORC EU EAGR WFP UN |
| 02ROME4499 | FAO'S EXTERNAL AUDITOR RECOMMENDS OVERHAUL OF [...] FAO'S EXTERNAL AUDITOR, WHILE ISSUING AN UNQUALIFIED AUDIT OPINION ON FAO'S BIENNIUM ACCOUNTS FOR 2000-2001, HAS RAISED CONCERNS RELATED TO THE ADEQUACY AND GENERAL EFFECTIVENESS OF FAO'S INTERNAL AUDIT MECHANISM. THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR HAS OUTLINED A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED INCLUDING ES [...] | 2002-09-17 06:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME4735 | ETHIOPIAN DROUGHT - SUSTANTIVE FOOD DEFICITS [...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED ETHIOPIA SEPTEMBER 16-20, AND TRAVELED IN DROUGHT AFFECTED WOREDAS OF EAST AND WEST HARARGE REGION. ASSESSMENTS OF THIS AREA, IN ADDITION TO TIGRAY, WOLLO AND THE SOUTHERN REGION - SHOW A SERIOUS EMERGENCY SITUATION DEVELOPING AS THE MAJOR (MEHER) CR [...] | 2002-09-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME4756 | ERITREAN MAIN CROP SEASON DROUGHT - DIFFICULT TIMES [...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED ERITREA SEPTEMBER 20-26, AND TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY IN DROUGHT AFFECTED REGIONS. PROSPECTS FOR THE CURRENT MAIN "KIREMTI" HARVEST CROPS AND REGENERATION OF PASTURES ARE POOR FOLLOWING SEVERE AND PROLONGED DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRY'S MOST GRAIN [...] | 2002-10-02 05:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME4959 | ITALY ON VIETNAMESE MONTAGNARDS: GIVE GVN PROMISE [...] (C) ON OCTOBER 10 AT THE MFA, POLOFF MET WITH TIZIANA MARINI, DEPUTY OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN AFFAIRS, TO DELIVER REF A DEMARCHE ON PROTECTING VIETNAMESE MONTAGNARDS. AS HER PREDECESSOR RESPONDED TO THE PREVIOUS DEMARCHE ON THIS ISSUE (REF B),MARINI SAID THAT THE GOI WAS ACTIN [...] | 2002-10-10 15:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL VM CB IT UN |
| 02ROME5058 | AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL IN ZIMBABWE - "NO FAMINE - [...] A TEAM LED BY AMBASSADOR TONY HALL VISITED ZIMBABWE OCTOBER 08-11 AND FOUND ZIMBABWE SLOUCHING TOWARD A MAJOR HUMANITARIAN DISASTER. NEARLY HALF THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION IS NOW CLASSIFIED BY THE UN AS SERIOUSLY FOOD INSECURE (6.7 MILLION). WHILE EXACERBATED BY SUB-NORMAL RAINFALL THIS YEAR, TH [...] | 2002-10-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5133 | AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL IN MALAWI - "THE JOURNEY IS [...] A TEAM LED BY AMBASSADOR TONY HALL VISITED MALAWI OCTOBER 11-13 AND FOUND THAT RELIEF PROGRAMS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND THE SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGE ARE PROGRESSING WELL, ALTHOUGH THE NEED TO EXPAND AND ACCELERATE OPERATIONS REMAINS AS MORE AND MORE HOUSEHOLDS GO WITHOUT FOOD. NEARLY THIRTY PERCENT [...] | 2002-10-22 06:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5236 | DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN COTE [...] ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMS PLANS TO LAUNCH A REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT AND POSSIBLE FUTURE NEEDS DEVELOPING AS A RESULT OF THE DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN COTE D'IVOIRE. THE EMOP WILL COVER THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 1, 2002 THROUGH JAN [...] | 2002-10-25 13:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5308 | THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] THE BOARD SESSION TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EVER- INCREASING EMERGENCY NEEDS (PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA) AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR WFP. 2. ON DONATIONS OF BIOTECH FOODS, THE BOARD TOOK NOTE OF THE WFP [...] | 2002-10-30 07:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5324 | WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 - [...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 5.3 MILLION TONS (MTS). EMERGENCY OPERATIONS ARE FORECASTED TO REQUIRE 2.6 MILLION MTS, EXCLUDING NORTH KOREA, WESTERN SAHEL REGION AND COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE ASSESSMENTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. PROJECTED REQUIREMENTS FOR PR [...] | 2002-10-31 07:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5360 | WESTERN SAHARAN REFUGEES IMPERILED BY LACK OF FOOD [...] AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MINURSO (UN MISSION FOR THE REFERENDUM IN WESTERN SAHARA) ADDRESSED WFP'S DONORS ON OCTOBER 25. HE UNDERLINED THAT THE LACK OF FOOD AID AND INSUFFICIENT FUNDING PRESENTLY THREATEN SOME 155,000 WESTERN SAHARAN (SAH [...] | 2002-10-31 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5421 | LIBERIA: WFP ADDRESSES A GROWING NUMBER OF [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS),AND RESIDENTS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 [...] | 2002-11-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME544 | WFP MONITORING - STUDY UNDERTAKEN BY THE ROYAL [...] A FIVE COUNTRY STUDY OF ONGOING WORLD FOOD PROGRAM OPERATIONS, UNDERTAKEN BY THE ROYAL DANISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CONCLUDES THAT: WFP HAS STRENGTHENED THE QUALITY OF ITS OPERATIONS; THERE IS A CLEAR ROLE FOR CAREFULLY TARGETED DEVELOPMENT FOOD AID INTERVENTIONS; IN- KIND FOOD AID SHOU [...] | 2002-02-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5454 | REFUGEE NUMBERS IN GUINEA'S FOREST REGION [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05454 01 OF 10 071545Z TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY D [...] | 2002-11-07 14:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5511 | GERMAN GOVERNMENT (BMZ) PROPOSES AN EXTERNAL [...] THE GERMAN MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (BMZ) HAS PROPOSED AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF WFP'S DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO AND EXPRESSED THE WISH THAT THE EVALUATION BE CONDUCTED WITH OTHER DONOR PARTNERS. DENMARK AND THE NETHERLANDS ARE SUPPORTIVE. A TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) PAPE [...] | 2002-11-13 09:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5540 | WFPASKS SUPPORT OF SECRETARY GENERAL ANNAN TO [...] (SBU) WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECOR JAMES MORRIS IN A LETTER TO UN SECRETARY-GENERL KOFI ANNAN (DATED OCTOBER 24) UNDERLINED THAT HE UN'S SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD JEAN ZIEGLER) IS SERIOUSLY DAMAGING THE EFFORTS OFTHE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM TO RESPOND TO FOOD CRISESAROUND THE WORLD, AND PART [...] | 2002-11-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5584 | WFP EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVAL OF PROTRACTED RELIEF [...] AT ITS THIRD REGULAR SESSION (OCTOBER 21-25),THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED A PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) FOR CENTRAL AMERICA - THREE YEARS (MARCH 2003-FEBRUARY 2006),VALUED AT USD 56.62 MILLION, TO ASSIST 690,000 BENEFICIARIES/ANNUM. SEVERE CORN CROP LOS [...] | 2002-11-18 12:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5771 | PROJECT MERCY - A PROVEN NGO IMPLEMENTING PARTNER [...] USMISSION AMBASSADOR TONY HALL HAS KNOWN MATRA GABRE- TSADICK AND HER HUSBAND DEME WHO RUN A NON-GOVERNMENTAL SIPDIS ORGANIZATION CALLED PROJECT MERCY IN THE SOUTHERN REGION (SNNPR) FOR MANY YEARS AND CONSIDERS THEM OUTSTANDING HUMANITARIANS. HE HAS VISITED THEIR PROJECT NEAR BUTAJIRA, IN T [...] | 2002-11-29 10:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5778 | WFP EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVAL OF PROTRACTED RELIEF [...] AT ITS THIRD REGULAR SESSION (OCTOBER 21-25),THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED A PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) FOR THE WEST AFRICA COASTAL REGION - ONE YEAR (JANUARY- DECEMBER 2003),VALUED AT USD 56.81 MILLION, TO ASSIST 789,430 (INCLUDING 50,000 CONTINGENCY C [...] | 2002-11-29 15:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5788 | WFP'S WEST AFRICA REGIONAL AIRCRAFT EXPANDS [...] THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) HAS ISSUED A NEW SPECIAL OPERATION (SO) FOR ITS WEST AFRICA PASSENGER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05788 01 OF 03 021338Z AIRCRAFT SERVICE AND LAST WEEK ISSUED A DONOR'S ALERT FOR THE SO. THE NEW SO REQUESTS 1.2 MILLION USD FOR [...] | 2002-12-02 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5806 | PROGRESS ON UNHCR-WFP MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] UNHCR AND WFP SIGNED A REVISED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) ON JULY 9 WHERE IT WAS AGREED THAT, ON A PILOT ONE-YEAR TRIAL BASIS, WFP WILL ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FINAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE BASIC FOOD RATION IN FIVE REFUGEE PROGRAMS. USMISSION HAS NOW BEEN INFORMED BY WFP THAT BO [...] | 2002-12-03 07:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME5813 | WFP PROPOSES PARTNERSHIP WITH U.S. PEACE CORPS - [...] WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JAMES MORRIS HAS REQUESTED UNITED STATES PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR GADDI H. VASQUEZ TO INVOLVE 1,000 PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS IN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM ACTIVITIES BY 2004. WFP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF GLOBAL FOOD AID FLOWS. THE UNITED STATES IS WFP'S LEADI [...] | 2002-12-03 10:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5830 | WFP LAUNCHES NORTH KOREA EMERGENCY OPERATION FOR [...] ON DECEMBER 2, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM LAUNCHED ITS 2003 EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR NORTH KOREA - ONE YEAR UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05830 01 OF 03 031555Z (JANUARY- DECEMBER 2003),VALUED AT USD 201.08 MILLION, TO ASSIST 6.4 MILLION PEOPLE - MAINLY WOMEN AND [...] | 2002-12-03 14:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PREF EAGR ECON KN KS UN |
| 02ROME5899 | RSA AMBASSADOR SHEILA SISULU NAMED WFP DEPUTY [...] WFP HAS ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF AMBASSADOR SHEILA SISULU AS DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AMBASSADOR SISULU WILL ASSUME HER NEW DUTIES ON FEBRUARY 1, 2003. 2. A NATIONAL OF SOUTH AFRICA, AMBASSADOR SISULU BRINGS TO WFP AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND AS AN EDUCATION REFORMER AND ANTI-APARTHEID A [...] | 2002-12-09 14:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5916 | FAO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UPDATE - "AHEAD OF THE [...] CHRISTOPHER RITTER OF USAID'S BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, AGRICULTURE & TRADE (EGAT) RECENTLY REVIEWED FAO'S WORLD AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION CENTRE (WAICENT) AND RELATED PROJECTS IN SETTING STANDARDS IN AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FOR DEVE [...] | 2002-12-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP FAO UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5937 | DUTCH QUESTIONS ON FOOD CRISIS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA [...] USMISSION PROVIDES A RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN REF A, RELATED TO THE LOCAL AVAILABIITY OF FOOD RESOURCES FOR LOCAL/REGIONAL PURCHASE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA AND THE FOOD AID PIPELINE FOR ETHIOPIA IN EARLY 2003. END SUMMARY. --------------------------------------------- -------------- QUE [...] | 2002-12-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU ER ET NL WFP UN |
| 02ROME6072 | CURRENT FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN IRAQ [...] (S) THE CURRENT OIL FOR FOOD (OFF) DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM IN IRAQ DELIVERS FOOD TO ALL IRAQIS. IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 25.8 MILLION BENEFICIARIES RECEIVED A FOOD RATION FROM 49,000 SMALL SHOPS THAT SERVE AS THE DISTRIBUTION SECRET PAGE 03 ROME 06072 01 O [...] | 2002-12-19 16:13:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | AORC EAGR EAID KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP |
| 02ROME6133 | WFP/IRAQ COUNTRY DIRECTOR SHARES THOUGHTS [...] (S) CURRENT RATION CARD SYSTEM IS CUMBERSOME FOR THOSE WHO BECOME DISPLACED, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES MOVEMENT FROM THE SOUTH/CENTRAL TO THE NORTH. U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SECRET PAGE 03 ROME 06133 01 OF 05 241419Z (WFP) HAS OBTAINED PARTIAL DATABASE [...] | 2002-12-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | AORC EAGR EAID KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP |
| 02ROME6146 | DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS - "THE ANGUISH OF [...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED UGANDA DECEMBER 18-23, AND TRAVELED IN GULU DISTRICT IN THE NORTHERN REGION. SERIOUS INSECURITY THROUGHOUT THE REGION (GULU, KITGUM, LIRA AND PADER DISTRICTS) HAS LED TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 735,000 PEOPLE INTO CONGESTED SETTLEMENTS. THE [...] | 2002-12-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME6153 | RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS REGARDING WFP AND FOOD [...] (S) IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REF A, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE SECRET PAGE 03 ROME 06153 01 OF 05 301327Z GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ'S (GOI) MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (MOT) ARE FURTHER DEFINED AS THEY RELATE TO T [...] | 2002-12-30 11:37:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | AORC EAGR EAID KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP |
| 02ROME6166 | PROPOSED VISIT TO NORTH KOREA AND THE REGION [...] WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JIM MORRIS HAS INFORMED ME THAT UP TO 4.5 MILLION HUNGRY WOMEN, CHILDREN AND ELDERLY PEOPLE ARE BEING CUT OFF FROM WORLD FOOD PROGRAM ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF A LACK OF CONTRIBUTIONS. THESE ARE VULNERABLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVING FOOD AID ON A CONTINUAL BASIS AND WHO [...] | 2002-12-31 10:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF WFP |
| 02ROME886 | FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] DESPITE OBJECTIONS TO THE PROCESS, THE BOARD WELCOMED THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL AND THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FAO'S INTENTION IS APPOINT JAMES T. MORRIS (AMCIT) AS THE NEXT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WORLD FOOD PROGRAM. ON WFP'S SIZABLE CASH AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, THE BOARD REQ [...] | 2002-02-21 16:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02VATICAN4376 | BURUNDI: PRESIDENT BUYOYA SEEKS STEPPED UP U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: BURUNDI PRESIDENT BUYOYA, ATTENDING A SANT'EGIDIO CONFERENCE IN PALERMO ON CONFLICT AND DIALOGUE, REQUESTED A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON SEPTEMBER 1 TO REINFORCE HIS INTEREST IN STEPPED UP U.S. AND TANZANIAN PRESSURE ON THE CNDD FACTION OF THE FDD. MEETING AT THE SUGGESTI [...] | 2002-09-09 15:36:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | BY MOPS PGOV PREF PREL SF TZ TZBY |
| 03ABUDHABI1339 | UAE: REQUEST FOR CASH ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Polchief delivered reftel demarche on cash assistance for WFP provision of Iraq foodstuff to MFA Assistant U/S for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuaimi on March 19. Al-Nuaimi indicated that visiting [...] | 2003-03-19 12:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PREF IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1414 | UAE: 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is Poloff Marlene M. Menard, office: + 971 (0)2 4436691 ext. 2502, fax: + 971 (0)2 4434771; unclass email: menardmm2@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent about 30 hours writing the report. One FS-04 officer [...] | 2003-03-24 13:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 03ABUDHABI1766 | SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO GCC FM'S [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) The Ambassador delivered reftel oral message to MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on 4/13. Hamdan said his attendance at the 4/15 GCC Foreign Ministerial depended on the timing of a visit the s [...] | 2003-04-13 13:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF GCC IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2335 | UAE CAMEL RACING SEASON WRAP-UP: MUCH PROGRESS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard A. Albright for Reasons 1.5(B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A round of meetings with UAE officials confirmed earlier reports (see Refs A and B),that the UAEG has not yet succeeded 100 percent in implementing and enforcing the chi [...] | 2003-05-12 13:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2896 | NEED FOR GUIDANCE ON IRAQI PASSPORT ISSUES [...] This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. Like our colleagues in Embassy Amman (ref A),Embassy officers here have received more than 50 calls and walk-ins since the closure of the Iraqi Embassy in Abu Dhabi in early June from Iraqi nationals resident in the UAE for assistance with c [...] | 2003-06-16 13:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2943 | ELATED BY TIER 1 RANKING, UAEG PROMISES TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for Reasons 1.5(B) and (D). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On 11 June, the Ambassador congratulated MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on the UAE's Tier 1 ranking in the 2003 TIP Report, noting that the UAE is the only country to jump tw [...] | 2003-06-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB ASEC |
| 03ABUDHABI496 | G/TIP VISIT A SUCCESS: UAEG STRESSES COMMITMENT [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for Reasons 1.5(B) and (D). 2. (U) This message contains an action recommendation: See paragraph 9. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: G/TIP Sally Neumann and NEA/RA Barbara Keary visited the UAE (both Abu Dhabi and Dubai) from 22-26 January to engage wi [...] | 2003-01-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TC |
| 03ABUJA503 | NIGERIA: RELOCATING LIBERIAN REFUGEES [...] I.A.D. Nuhu of MFA's Department of Consular and Legal Affairs March 6 confirmed to Poloff that he had met often with UNHCR representative Eusebe Hounsokou and that the GON was interested in accepting refugees from Cote D,Ivoire. 2. Nuhu referred to Nigeria,s existing refugee camps, poin [...] | 2003-03-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV NI IV LI |
| 03ABUJA515 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] The following is post's submission for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs below are keyed to questions in reftel. Note: Post tried to confine material to respective sections, but several examples have overlapping relevance to the general overview, prevention, prosecu [...] | 2003-03-18 16:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF |
| 03ABUJA554 | NIGERIA: VIOLENCE ESCALATES IN ESCRAVOS [...] (U) Proprietary information in paragraphs 3-4. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Escalating violence between Ijaws and Itsekiris have combined with security inadequacies to force ChevronTexaco and Shell to halt some operations, reducing Nigeria's crude production by 350,00 [...] | 2003-03-22 19:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET CASC PINS ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM NI |
| 03ABUJA558 | TFIZ01: NIGERIAN CRUDE PRODUCTION DROPS ABOUT 33% [...] (SBU) Summary: Ongoing ethnic strife may cut Nigeria's crude production by 33% and its exports by 43% -- larger cuts than most media are reporting. The evacuation of Escravos, hub for 440,000 of ChevronTexaco's 510,000 bpd, is expected to conclude March 24. ChevronTexaco seeks U.S. imagery [...] | 2003-03-24 13:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET CASC AINR ASEC PINS ELAB PREF NI IZ |
| 03ABUJA713 | DECLARATION OF DISASTER: DISPLACEMENT OF ITSEKIRI [...] The Ambassador hereby declares the situation in the Warri North, Warri South, and Warri Southwest Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Delta State as a man-made disaster. In accordance with USAID/DCHA Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance guidance, the Ambassador requests immediate OFDA supp [...] | 2003-04-17 17:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV NI |
| 03ACCRA437 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - GHANA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following is AmEmb Accra's response to the tasker requesting information for the second annual Trafficking in Persons Report. In summary, Ghana has problems with both domestic and international human trafficking. The GOG and local NGOs have so far combined efforts to focus o [...] | 2003-03-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH |
| 03ACCRA570 | PRM/DAS KELLY RYAN'S MEETINGS WITH OPE STAFF [...] Summary: PRM/DAS Kelly Ryan visited Accra, Ghana on February 28 - March 4 to review U.S. Resettlement Program (USRP) operations in West Africa. This cable is one in a series of cables outlining meetings, discussions and impressions gleaned from the visit. Provided with various opportunities [...] | 2003-03-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF IO GH UNHCR |
| 03ACCRA592 | ACCRA CANADIAN REP VOICES INTEREST IN TAKING [...] (C) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Regional Refugee Coordinator (Refcoord) for Admissions, Carla Nadeau met with Canadian High Commission Immigration Officer Elizabeth Snow to discuss refugee admissions issues in West Africa. Snow voiced interest in reviewin [...] | 2003-03-25 10:45:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH PREF |
| 03ACCRA676 | CORRUPTION INSPECTION OF IOM/BANJUL COMPLETED [...] (C) Summary: West African Regional Refugee Coordinator for Admissions met with International Organization for Migration (IOM) Head of Mission to discuss the findings of the recent inspector general's investigation at IOM branch office Banjul. The team concluded that fraud concerns only reach [...] | 2003-04-08 10:20:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GA GH INS IO PREF |
| 03ACCRA719 | UNHCR/ACCRA READOUT ON POSSIBLE P-2 GROUP IN GUINEA [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-14 13:54:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GV IO PREF |
| 03AMMAN1054 | HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM VISIT HIGHLIGHTS NEED [...] (C) Summary: During a February 2-3 visit to Amman, members of the interagency Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT) met with GOJ Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaher Al-Bak, JAF Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence Major General Mohamed-Majed Al-Eitan, the UN country team and the Has [...] | 2003-02-18 15:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID MARR MOPS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN106 | IRAQ REVITALIZING DEPENDENCY DEBATE BY UPPING [...] (c) New data provided by Jordan's Statistics department shows a major shift in the pattern of Jordan's exports to Iraq. What has been for half a decade a fairly static market for vegetable oil, feed, and medicine expanded comprehensively to include a wide array of additional products. The [...] | 2003-01-07 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PREF ETTC JO IZ |
| 03AMMAN1086 | INS-APPROVED IRAQI REFUGEES AWAITING SAO CLEARANCE [...] (SBU) AS REQUESTED BY PRM/A, THIS IS A BRIEF UPDATE ABOUT THE INCREASING PRESSURES AND DIFFICULTIES REPORTED IN THREE INS APPROVED REFUGEE CASES (13 PERSONS),PENDING THEIR SAO CLEARANCE. WE NOTE THAT, WHILE THE APPLICANTS THEMSELVES ARE THE PRIME SOURCE OF INFORMATION IN TWO CASES, UNHCR AMM [...] | 2003-02-20 08:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF CVIS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1357 | ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: JORDAN [...] Per reftel, Post's information for the 2002 anti-trafficking in persons report is contained in paras below. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. Until 6/1/2003, embassy poc on trafficking issues is PolOff Gregory D. LoGerfo. Subsequent to 6/1/2003 poc will be PolOff James Fellows. [...] | 2003-03-06 14:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF JO |
| 03AMMAN14 | PLO REFUGEE AFFAIRS OFFICIAL QUIETLY TRYING TO [...] (C) Summary: Jordan-based PLO Refugee Affairs official Mohamed Abu Bakr told refcoord December 24 that he and West Bank Refugee Affairs Director Saji Salameh are quietly trying to prepare the Palestinian refugee community for what they see as an inevitable compromise on the right of return. [...] | 2003-01-02 10:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 03AMMAN1425 | MIDDLE EAST MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP ON WATER [...] This is a joint message with Embassy Tel Aviv and ConGen Jerusalem. 2. In separate events on March 4 and 5 in Tel Aviv, Gaza, and Amman, representatives of Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority signed the multilateral working group "WaterNet" agreement that will create a shared el [...] | 2003-03-10 15:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SENV KWBG IS JO NO |
| 03AMMAN1477 | MONITORING AND EVALUATING PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT [...] SUMMARY: REGIONAL REFCOORD ASSISTANT MET WITH SEEDS OF PEACE'S COEXISTENCE CENTER OFFICIALS JANUARY 27 TO MONITOR PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT THE JERUSALEM CENTER FOR COEXISTENCE. ALTHOUGH POLITICAL AND SECURITY CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPEDE DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN SEEDS [...] | 2003-03-12 05:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 03AMMAN154 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN: WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT TO EXPECT [...] (S) Most political observers in Jordan predict that the great majority of the large Iraqi expat community in the Kingdom (estimated by the GOJ to number approximately 300,000) will stay quiet should military action against Saddam commence, and will then exercise caution before deciding to retu [...] | 2003-01-08 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PREF XF IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1587 | MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS [...] AS REQUESTED REF, REGIONAL REFCOORD AND REF ASSISTANT MONITORED PRM-FUNDED ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR VULNERABLE IRAQIS IN JORDAN ADMINISTERED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC MIGRATION COMMISSION (ICMC) ON FEBRUARY 19 AND 24. REPORT IS KEYED TO QUESTIONS PROVIDED REF. A. ON FEBRUARY 19, REFCO [...] | 2003-03-16 16:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1622 | REFUGEE AND TRANSIT CAMPS IN JORDAN NEARLY READY [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy/DART message. 2. (U) UNHCR REFUGEE CAMP: As of mid-day (local time) on March 18, GOJ workers were laying water/sanitation infrastructure -- water tanks, latrine pits, a trench system and cesspools. UNHCR has not yet received authorization from the GOJ to erec [...] | 2003-03-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1629 | A SNAPSHOT OF THE IRAQI COMMUNITY IN JORDAN - SOME [...] (U) AS PART OF ROUTINE REFCOORD MONITORING OF PRM-FUNDED ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR VULNERABLE IRAQIS IN JORDAN (MONITORING REPORT SUBMITTED REFTEL),FSN REFUGEE ASSISTANT VISITED THE HOMES OF THREE VULNERABLE IRAQI FAMILIES LIVING IN JORDAN, ALL OF WHOM HAD OBTAINED OR WERE SEEKING ASSISTANCE F [...] | 2003-03-18 16:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1664 | TFIZ01: JORDAN HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] According to UNHCR Emergency Coordinator Carlos Maldonado, UNHCR today began erecting tents at the refugee camp at Ruweished (also identified on USG maps as Ruwayshid or H-4). Poor weather conditions (rain & sandstorms) are hindering UNHCR's efforts, but Maldonado reports that the camp is re [...] | 2003-03-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2130 | RUWEISHED RELIEF EFFORTS FLAPPING IN THE WIND [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: On April 5, refcoord and DART-West monitored operations at the IOM/JRCS TCN transit and UNHCR refugee camps in Ruweished. Rather than serving as a brief stopping point on the way home, the IOM/JRCS transit camp is struggling to care for an unexpected population of [...] | 2003-04-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID KPAL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2194 | UN FLASH APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE IN IRAQ [...] (U) As requested ref, refcoord contacted UN Resident Coordinator Christine McNab to ensure that UN officials in Jordan have raised the UN flash appeal with GOJ officials. McNab said that UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq Ramiro Lopes da Silva will be in Jordan April 11-13 and will brief se [...] | 2003-04-10 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF EAID IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2427 | 950 ASYLUM SEEKERS AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER, UNHCR [...] (C) The GOJ is not admitting most asylum seekers to the UNHCR refugee camp at Ruweished. As of mid-day on April 22, 950 people (roughly 800 Iranian Kurds, 50 Iranian oppositionists and 100 Palestinians) are being held in no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts, where they [...] | 2003-04-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN244 | MIXED SIGNALS OUT OF AQABA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, impressive progress in a number of areas in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ),much of it due to US Government support, is evident. However, in areas in which USAID assistance has not been deployed, significant obstacles remain, such as an inefficient b [...] | 2003-01-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD PREF KPAL JO |
| 03AMMAN253 | JORDAN CHANGES HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TO ACCEPT [...] (S) Summary and comment: The Prime Minister, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and JAF Assistant Chief of Staff confirmed in separate meetings that, in the event of hostilities in Iraq, the GOJ would allow 10,000 to 20,000 Iraqi refugees to enter Jordan on a "temporary basis." JAF Assis [...] | 2003-01-13 17:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO OFDA |
| 03AMMAN2626 | PALESTINIANS IN POST-SADDAM IRAQ [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The estimated 90,000 long-term Palestinian residents of Iraq reportedly are losing the legal protection, privileges and access to government services extended by the Saddam government, resulting in a flow of more than 800 Palestinians toward Jordan since the onset of [...] | 2003-05-04 14:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM KPAL IZ JO UNSC |
| 03AMMAN3242 | UNRWA MAY 21-22 DONORS MEETING: BUDGET [...] (U) Summary: UNRWA's May 21-22 meeting of major donors and host governments revealed an agency in an atypically sound cash-flow position but troubled by overall budget shortfalls and underfunded emergency needs in the West Bank and Gaza, with only USD 25 million received against its current [...] | 2003-06-03 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG EAID IS JO |
| 03AMMAN3308 | MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC'S HUMANITARIAN [...] Embassy Beirut cleared this message. 2. As requested ref a, Regional Refcoord monitored the International Catholic Migration Commission's (ICMC) humanitarian assistance project for vulnerable Iraqis in Lebanon on May 13, 2003. Report is keyed to questions provided ref a. A. On May 1 [...] | 2003-06-05 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID IZ LE JO |
| 03AMMAN3310 | MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC'S LEGAL AND SOCIAL [...] Embassy Beirut cleared this message. 2. As requested reftel, Regional Refcoord monitored the International Catholic Migration Commission's (ICMC) legal and social protection project on May 13, 2003. Report is keyed to questions provided reftel. A. On May 13, refcoord and Embassy Beir [...] | 2003-06-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID IZ LE JO |
| 03AMMAN3455 | IN ABSENCE OF IRAQI EMBASSY, IRAQIS IN JORDAN SEEK [...] This is an action request; see para 4. 2. Embassy Amman's front gate receptionist reports that 10 to 15 Iraqi nationals per day are approaching the embassy to seek assistance, primarily on Iraqi citizen service issues. The Iraqis explain that without a functioning Iraqi embassy in Amman, [...] | 2003-06-04 17:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN3515 | REPATRIATION OF IRAQIS: VIEWS FROM JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: According to the GOJ, between 22,000 and 23,000 Iraqis have returned voluntarily from Jordan since hostilities began. Neither UNHCR nor the GOJ is pushing for the quick return of the 250,000 to 300,000 Iraqis resident in Jordan; both want to wait until security conditions improv [...] | 2003-06-15 06:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN3980 | SECURITY EVALUATIONS OF REFUGEE PROCESSING SITES [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-01 13:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF ASEC AMGT JO |
| 03AMMAN3992 | PRM AMBASSADORS' FUND REQUEST FOR PALESTINIAN [...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR REQUESTS USD 20,000 UNDER THE PRM AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR REFUGEES IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO BUILD A 177 SQUARE-METER ADDITION TO THE WOMEN'S PROGRAM CENTER AT JERASH REFUGEE CAMP. THE ADDITION WILL ALLOW THE CENTER TO ESTABLISH THREE INCOME-GENERATION PROJECTS (WITH A PROJECTE [...] | 2003-07-01 14:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID KPAL JO |
| 03AMMAN4001 | 2,200 REFUGEES LANGUISH ON IRAQI-JORDANIAN BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On June 24, Amman-based regional refcoord and PRM DART-Iraq team members visited UNHCR refugee camps on the Jordanian-Iraqi border and in Ruweished, Jordan. Combined population for the two camps remains near 2,200: 1,200 Iranian Kurds from Al Tash refugee camp an [...] | 2003-07-02 12:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4306 | Some Kurds on Jordan's Border Return to Iraq; [...] (U) This is a joint report from Amman and Cairo refcoords and contains an action request in para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Amman and Cairo refcoords traveled to the Jordanian-Iraqi border July 8 to meet with Iranian Kurds who seek resettlement in a third country. UNHCR rep [...] | 2003-07-14 12:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4337 | UNRWA PLANS EXTRAORDINARY, HIGH-LEVEL MEETING IN [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (C) Summary and action request: On July 7, UNRWA briefed Amman-based donors and host government representatives on its plans to hold an extraordinary, possibly ministerial-level meeting in Geneva in spring 2004. While UNRWA initially hoped t [...] | 2003-07-15 07:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO |
| 03AMMAN4417 | US-FUNDED NEIRAB REFUGEE HOUSING PROJECT NEARS [...] (U) Embassy Damascus cleared this message. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: The first U.S.-funded units in UNRWA's Neirab housing project in Syria are ready for an August handover to Palestinian refugees, with all 28 units scheduled for completion in December 2003. While there have been some [...] | 2003-07-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL SY JO |
| 03AMMAN4450 | PRM A/S DEWEY DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN AND IRAQI [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 16-17 visit to Jordan, PRM A/S Dewey met with the Director-General of the GOJ's Department of Palestinian Affairs and the Camp Improvement Committee at Wihdat refugee camp, visited UNRWA installations and met with UNRWA Deputy ComGen Karen AbuZayd. The Palestini [...] | 2003-07-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5550 | JORDAN ALLOWS 386 PALESTINIANS TO LEAVE UNHCR [...] (C) Summary and comment: On August 24, the GOJ allowed 386 Palestinians (Palestinian-Jordanian women, plus their Palestinian-Iraqi families) to leave the UNHCR refugee camp at Ruweished and reside permanently in Jordan. While announcing the decision, GOJ officials stated that the refugee fi [...] | 2003-09-02 15:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5567 | COMPLETION OF FY02 PRM AMBASSADOR'S FUND [...] SUMMARY: POST'S TWO PROJECTS FUNDED IN FY02 UNDER PRM'S AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES IN THE MIDDLE EAST WERE COMPLETED BY JULY 2003. THE TWO PROJECTS - PURCHASE OF A MINIBUS FOR THE COMMUNITY REHABILITATION CENTER AT BAQA'A CAMP AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITION TO THE WOMEN'S PROGRAM CENTE [...] | 2003-09-02 15:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO |
| 03AMMAN6028 | GOJ PLANS TO CLOSE RUWEISHED REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Habashneh informed UNHCR on Sept. 8 that the GOJ intends to close the Ruweished refugee camp and transfer the remaining 550 camp residents to the no-man's land (NML) camp between the Jordanian and Iraqi border posts, preferably by October 15. UNHCR and the [...] | 2003-09-18 16:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN6177 | ALTERCATION AT RUWAISHED REFUGEE CAMP COULD [...] (C) Four residents of Ruwaished refugee camp set themselves and a UNHCR trailer on fire September 23, leading to "rioting" in the camp, including attacks on UNHCR staff, who were forced to flee. The Jordanian Interior Minister contacted UNHCR to urge that the situation be brought under cont [...] | 2003-09-25 16:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KPAL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN6184 | PRM PDAS GREENE DISCUSSES NEW IRAQI REFUGEE [...] (C) In separate meetings on the margins of the UNRWA major donors meeting, GOJ and UNHCR officials told PRM PDAS Greene that the refugee camps on the Iraqi-Jordanian border were increasingly problematic. The GOJ continues to advocate consolidation of the camps in no-man's land, while UNHCR p [...] | 2003-09-28 08:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN6456 | UNRWA DONOR MEETING HIGHLIGHTS INCREASING [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussion at the September 23-25 UNRWA donor meetings focused on the ever-increasing gap between Palestinian refugees' needs and UNRWA's stagnant financial base. Continuing conflict in the West Bank and Gaza have led to increased demands for UNRWA services, while chronic und [...] | 2003-10-08 10:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG JO |
| 03AMMAN6514 | SECURITY EVALUATION OF REFUGEE PROCESSING SITE [...] (U) In a follow-up to a survey conducted and reported in reftel D, the Regional Security Office revisited the UNHCR interview site to further determine the security suitability as an interview site for Iraqi refugees. This report seeks to expand on previously reported security information. [...] | 2003-10-13 04:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREF |
| 03AMMAN6604 | SECURITY EVALUATION OF REFUGEE PROCESSING SITE - [...] No summary [...] | 2003-10-16 08:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREF JO |
| 03AMMAN67 | ARMORED GLASS REQUEST [...] Regional Refugee Coordinator requests replacement windows (all windows) for the following vehicle. Refcoord also requests DS/PSP/DEAV authorized installation team install windshields at post during installation of previously requested State windshields. Please obligate to the following fun [...] | 2003-01-06 09:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ASUP AMGT PREF JO |
| 03AMMAN6706 | UNRWA BEGINS PLANNING FOR JUNE 2004 GENEVA [...] This is an action request; see para 11. 2. Summary: At an October 17 core group meeting, UNRWA opened discussions on the agenda and participation of its planned June 2004 extraordinary Geneva conference. UNRWA and conference co-chair Switzerland view the Geneva event as an opportunity t [...] | 2003-10-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA |
| 03AMMAN7017 | UNHCR COMPLETES PROFILE OF KURDS ON JORDANIAN [...] (U) In an October 21 meeting with Amman- and Cairo-based refcoords, UNHCR Sr. Protection Officer Jacqueline Parlevliet reported that UNHCR completed its profile of the 1,070 asylum seekers currently held in no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts. 1,065 individuals (189 cas [...] | 2003-10-29 15:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN7412 | THINKING ABOUT UNRWA SUCCESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-16 07:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA |
| 03AMMAN7620 | JENIN CAMP REHOUSING PROJECT: A PARABLE IN [...] (U) ConGen Jerusalem cleared this message. 2. (SBU) During a donor briefing on rehousing projects (other issues reported septel),UNRWA officials shared stories from the prolonged and difficult negotiations surrounding UNRWA's ongoing USD 27 million project to rebuild the part of Jenin re [...] | 2003-11-23 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO |
| 03AMMAN7627 | RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT STANDING COMMISSION [...] (C) Embassy Amman supports the candidacy of Jordan Red Crescent Society (JRCS) President Dr. Mohamed Al-Hadid for re-election to the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Al-Hadid supports strong relations with the United States Government and U.S. humanitarian orga [...] | 2003-11-23 14:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREF PREL JO ICRC |
| 03AMMAN7798 | GOJ REITERATES PLEDGE TO CLOSE RUWEISHED REFUGEE [...] (U) In a November 30 press conference, Minister of Interior Samir Habashneh reaffirmed the GOJ's intent to close the Ruweished refugee camp after December 31. Referring to the 415 Palestinians who represent the core of the camp's population, Habashneh said "There is no solution for Palestini [...] | 2003-12-01 18:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN8136 | UNRWA LAUNCHES 2004 EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR WEST BANK [...] (U) UNRWA Commissioner General Peter Hansen launched the agency's 2004 emergency appeal for the West Bank and Gaza in separate donor briefings in Amman and Jerusalem on December 11 and 12. The USD 196 million appeal focuses on temporary employment (USD 62 million) and food security programs ( [...] | 2003-12-14 16:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
| 03AMMAN8194 | CONSENSUS REACHED ON UNRWA GENEVA CONFERENCE; [...] (C) Summary and comment: UNRWA officials briefed donor and host government representatives on preparations for the June 2004 UNRWA Geneva conference during a December 11 steering committee meeting in Amman. Apparent EC agreement to drop its previous insistence on a separate workshop on huma [...] | 2003-12-15 18:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
| 03AMMAN8254 | OUTCOME OF SUCCESS STORIES INITIATIVE IN JORDAN [...] SUMMARY: LAST SEPTEMBER (FY03),THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION OF THE U.S. EMBASSY IN AMMAN PARTICIPATED IN A STATE DEPARTMENT PROJECT DESIGNED TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACT OF U.S. ASSISTANCE AROUND THE WORLD. IN COOPERATION WITH THE JORDANIAN MEDIA (TELEVISION, RADIO, PRINT, AND INTERNET),10 U.S.-FUN [...] | 2003-12-17 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO OIIP ECPS OEXC JO KMDR EAID PREF |
| 03AMMAN8312 | IRAQI-PALESTINIANS FACE HARDSHIP IN JORDAN [...] (U) The 386 Iraqi-Palestinians who were permitted to leave Ruweished refugee camp in August and reside in Jordan are seeking U.S. help. They want to regularize their status in Jordan or leave for a third country. The families have only limited access to humanitarian assistance and are unabl [...] | 2003-12-18 16:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 03AMMAN8608 | 11TH HOUR REPRIEVE FOR RUWEISHED REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) The GOJ informed UNHCR today, December 31, that the Ruweished refugee camp would be allowed to remain open until April 2004. The GOJ previously had pledged to close the camp by December 31 (ref a). 536 individuals remain in the camp, including 60 Sudanese and Somali nationals who have [...] | 2003-12-31 17:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO UNHCR |
| 03AMMAN965 | O-F-F CONTRACT EXPOSURE OF JORDANIAN BANKS [...] (C) In response to the repeated requests from senior Jordanians that the USG ask the UN to modify Oil for Food Program (OFF) procedures so as to minimize the risk to the Jordanian banking system of contracts that cannot be delivered to Baghdad under wartime circumstances (ref a),the Ambassa [...] | 2003-02-12 09:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREF IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN990 | CARE IRAQ PROGRAM DIRECTOR: MAINTENANCE OF FOOD [...] (C) Summary: According to CARE Iraq Country Director Margaret Hassan (protect),the Iraqi population is "entirely dependent" on the OFF food ration system and has no economic resources to draw upon if the OFF pipeline is interrupted. Hassan also cautioned that Iraq's water/sanitation system a [...] | 2003-02-17 14:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID IZ JO |
| 03ANKARA1072 | NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKS, KDP, PUK AND ITF HOLD [...] (S/NF) TGS and Turkish MFA reps discussed in general terms with KDP, PUK and ITF reps Turkish plans and intentions to coordinate deployment in northern Iraq with the Iraqi Kurdish and Turcoman parties at a meeting in Silopi, on the Turkish-Iraqi border Feb. 17. The Iraqi Kurds told the Turks [...] | 2003-02-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1099 | MFA ON IRAQ REFUGEE/IDP ISSUE: ACTION REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: MFA Depuuty Director General for International Political Organizations Tunc Ugdul called EconCouns in February 17 to discuss USG and GOT approaches to refugee/IDP issues related to a potential Iraq operation. Ugdul reiterated [...] | 2003-02-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID IZ MOPS TU |
| 03ANKARA1119 | NORTHERN IRAQ: ITF COMPLAINS NOT BEING INFORMED [...] (C) Operation Northern Watch POLAD received the following note for Amb. Khalilzad from the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) on Feb. 19. It reflects information conveyed to ONW POLAD by Turkish MFA officers reftel and points to the KDP as the cause of the problem. 2. (C) Begin text: Mr. Zal [...] | 2003-02-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1311 | TURKISH MFA REQUESTS HIGH-LEVEL TALKS AND POSSIBLE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 12 for action request. Summary: -------- 2. (S) MFA advised DCM that the GOT would like to hold further talks on humanitarian assistance at a senior level, and that a Memorandum of Understanding on this issue might be necessary. MFA wants to h [...] | 2003-02-27 16:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1360 | NORTHERN IRAQ: "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" DEMONSTRATE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-03-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1374 | NORTHERN IRAQ: TURKEY SEEKS KDP ASSURANCES OF NO [...] (C) This is an action request, para 3. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary Ali Tuygan called Ambassador the night of March 3 to express concern about reftel demonstration. Tuygan asked if the US had made representation about the demonstration to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). He sai [...] | 2003-03-04 08:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1380 | USAID/DART: NGO REGISTRATION PROCESS IN TURKEY: THE [...] HUMANITARIAN NGOS SEEKING FORMAL REGISTRATION IN TURKEY CONTINUE TO FACE A CUMBERSOME PROCESS, BUT THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAS SAID IT WILL CONSIDER EXPEDITED ARRANGEMENTS TO ALLOW DELIVERY OF RELIEF TO IRAQ THROUGH TURKEY. MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT'S DI [...] | 2003-03-04 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF EFIN PHUM AORC MOPS PREL IZ TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1391 | NORTHERN IRAQ: KDP AND PUK TO UNIFY [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Ankara rep Bahros Galali called on Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 3 to inform that after the Iraqi opposition conference in Salahadeen, PUK leader Jalal Talabani and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani met and agreed to unify t [...] | 2003-03-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA1396 | TURKEY: ANTI TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) As requested, Post's responses are keyed to questions in ref (A). Embassy point of contact is Christina Boiler, Political section (telephone: 90-312-455-5555; fax: 90-312-468-4775). Boiler (rank: junior officer) spent [...] | 2003-03-05 08:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA1483 | NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK "PM" BARHAM SALIH ON TURKISH [...] (S/NF) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) "Prime Minister" Barham Salih met with Operation Northern Watch POLAD March 7 in Ankara. Salih planned to raise with Turkish MFA and military officials later in the day what he characterized as the strong, grass-roots objections of the vast majority of [...] | 2003-03-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PREF PHUM TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA1496 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S DEWEY AND [...] (C) The Turkish Parliament,s March 1 vote rejecting deployment of U.S. troops, along with a worsening in Turkish-Kurdish tensions, has shaken the GOT and has increased the uncertainty surrounding Turkey,s ultimate choices on Iraq. Whether or not there will be a Northern Option, your visit on [...] | 2003-03-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ PREF PREL MOPS TU |
| 03ANKARA1704 | DART: CURRENT PICTURE IN TURKEY FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS TRANSITING SUPPLIES TO NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) The current picture in Turkey for International Organizations, the United Nations, and international NGOs for cross-border humanitarian operations is still unclear. To date, no international organization has received an official permit to transit humanitarian supplies through Turkey to no [...] | 2003-03-18 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1706 | PRM A/S DEWEY'S MEETINGS WITH GOT AND HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) An interagency delegation led by PRM Assistant Secretary Arthur Dewey discussed a range of Iraq-related SIPDIS humanitarian planning issues with the GOT, humanitarian organizations and representatives of the two Kurdish-administered areas of northern Iraq. Dewey emphasized the U.S. int [...] | 2003-03-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA172 | UPDATE ON TURKISH REFUGEE/IDP CONTINGENCY [...] (S) Summary: During the January 3 military-military talks, the Turkish General Staff provided a map identifying planned locations for Turkish-run IDP camps to EUCOM and CENTCOM representatives. MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations Feza Ozturk largely confirmed pre [...] | 2003-01-08 11:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREF AORC IZ MOPS PHUM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA1739 | DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source),UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...] | 2003-03-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1745 | DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source),UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...] | 2003-03-19 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1799 | DART: MARCH 18 NGO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) On March 18, DART Field Office/North facilitated the first coordination meeting among Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs),the United Nations (U.N.),and USG humanitarian personnel in Ankara, Turkey. Representatives from ten NGOs were in attendance, namely: Mercy Corps International (MC [...] | 2003-03-20 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1805 | DART: DISCUSSIONS WITH NATO/EADRCC ON HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) On March 13, Dart Field Office/North and Embassy PMA Scott Oudkirk met with Col. Bernie Hunstad and Tom Nett from NATO,s Euro-Atlantic Response Coordination Center (EADRCC). The one-hour meeting covered an overview of NATO,s role in providing humanitarian supplies to the Government of Tur [...] | 2003-03-21 07:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1835 | UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE: MFA, UN AND [...] (C) Emboffs met with MFA, Turkish Red Crescent and UN officials just before and after the start of military operations in Iraq to gauge preparedness and review humanitarian assistance issues. MFA told us it is willing to host a coordination mechanism involving the USG and UN agencies, pending [...] | 2003-03-22 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA1907 | TFIZ01: UN AND ICRC ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION [...] (U) Over the weekend, Reuters, citing UN and ICRC sources, reported that up to 500,000 persons have been displaced in northern Iraq. UN representatives in Ankara provided lower estimates of displacement. Thus far, there has been no significant movement of DPs to the Turkish border. 2. [...] | 2003-03-24 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MOPS PREF IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA1964 | GOT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR 2003 TIP [...] Action request--para 5. 2. March 24 MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Firat Topcuoglu provided us additional information for 2003 TIP report: (1) GOT TIP National Action Plan (NAP) and (2) GOT responses to TIP-related questions from post (ref B). Both have been sent ref (B). 3. Under th [...] | 2003-03-26 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA1971 | TFIZ01: MFA ON SOURCING AND TRANSIT OF FOOD FOR [...] (C) Emboffs and Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Leader discussed humanitarian planning issues on March 26 with Feza Ozturk, MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations. In response to a looming shortage of wheat flour in northern Iraq, the World Food Program has [...] | 2003-03-26 17:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ PREF PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2049 | TFIZ01: MFA PREPARED TO MEET TRILATERALLY WITH USG [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 10. Summary ------- 2. (C) Feza Ozturk, MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations called a meeting on March 27 with Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) and UNHCR Deputy Representative for Turkey to prov [...] | 2003-03-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA2101 | NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) DART Field Office/North hosted a 22 March NGO/IO coordination meeting in Ankara to discuss the NGO registration process with the Turkish government, memorandums of understanding for working in or transiting Turkey, and options for entering northern Iraq through other countries. Sixteen i [...] | 2003-03-31 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2119 | WFP AND UNICEF SHIPMENTS TO NORTHERN IRAQ, UN [...] (SBU) Summary: Three WFP successfully crossed the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and continued on to a UN warehouse in northern Iraq. Two UNICEF trucks carrying non-food items are currently on the border awaiting clearance to cross. In another development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( [...] | 2003-03-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2195 | NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 2 APRIL [...] (U) UN OCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 2 April at UN House in Ankara. UN OCHA, UNHCR, UNDP, UNJLC, IFRC, the American Red Cross, nine NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. The UN reported that food and non-food items transited the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and 1 Ap [...] | 2003-04-04 10:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA2298 | TFIZ01: GOT AND TURKISH RED CRESCENT ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) Summary: MFA organized a meeting of Turkish Red Crescent (TRC),International Committee of the Red Cross and U.S. Embassy representatives to present and discuss a TRC proposal to send humanitarian supplies to Iraq and provide medical treatment in Turkey for injured Iraqis. The proposal c [...] | 2003-04-09 13:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA2336 | TURKISH AID FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-10 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PREF PHUM IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA2347 | NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 9 APRIL [...] (U) Summary: UNOCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 9 April in Ankara. UNOCHA, UNHCR, IFRC, the American Red Cross, ten NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. UNHCR reported no refugee movements in the region. As a result, the GOT Crisis Center and the Turkish Red Crescent Socie [...] | 2003-04-11 07:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP |
| 03ANKARA2574 | TURKEY: REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TIP INFORMATION [...] (C) Per reftels, additional trafficking-in-persons (TIP) information for Turkey is provided below. 2. (C) Below are the answers to ref (A),follow up questions from GOT report: -- Para 4. According to MFA Second Secretary Belgin Ergunes, the programs and activities referred to in thi [...] | 2003-04-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA278 | NORTHERN IRAQ: MASOUD BARZANI IN ANKARA: DESPITE IMPROVEMENT IN "TONE" OF RELATIONS W/GOT, TURKISH MILITARY PRESENCE IN NIRAQ UNACCEPTABLE [...] (S/REL UK) Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani briefed DCM, PolMilCouns, Operation Northern Watch POLAD and UK Charge in Ankara Jan. 9 on his Jan. 7-9 meetings with Turkish officials. Barzani said the tone of Turkish official interaction had improved significantly this visi [...] | 2003-01-10 16:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF |
| 03ANKARA461 | IRAQ: TURKEY TO HOST IRAQ SUMMIT FOR SIX [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor spoke with MFA DDG/Mideast Safak Gokturk 1/17 about Turkey's plans for a "peace" summit of heads of state or government of Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Gokturk confirmed that FM Yakis had called in ambassadors/charges from the five other countries [...] | 2003-01-17 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF UNSC |
| 03ANKARA484 | IRAQ: TURKEY'S "PEACE INITIATIVE" - SCHEDULING [...] (C) DCM delivered Ref A points concerning the Turkish peace initiative to the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Advisor Turkoglu and to MFA Director General for the Middle East Burcuoglu on 1/20. They each welcomed our views and reiterated that it is the GOT's intent to send a strong message to Ir [...] | 2003-01-21 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF UNSC |
| 03ANKARA495 | IRAQ: TURKEY'S "PEACE INITIATIVE" - NOT PREP MTG, [...] (C) DDG/Mideast Safak Gokturk told Pol-MilCouns 1/21 that Turkey's "Peace Initiative" meeting would go ahead as planned on 1/23 in Istanbul. However, it will be at ministerial rather than summit level. All Foreign Ministers have agreed to attend. 2. (C) Gokturk was reluctant to charact [...] | 2003-01-21 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF |
| 03ANKARA539 | NORTHERN IRAQ: PAVING THE WAY FOR US-TURKEY-KURD [...] (S) Ambassador conveyed Ref A points to MFA Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal Jan. 22. Ziyal said he had no problems with the ideas therein (with the exception of the military forces point which needs to be addressed in mil-mil channels) and added that the GOT would like to start talking with the US [...] | 2003-01-22 18:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA6233 | ISTANBUL POLICE ARREST TRAFFICKERS [...] (U) Hurriyet newspaper reported September 25 that Turkish show business manager Muzaffer Arslan coerced four Ukrainian ballerinas to work in a night club in Istanbul's Atasehir district in mid-June. Arslan took possession of their passports, forced them to perform at the Play Show night club [...] | 2003-10-03 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG PREF TU |
| 03ANKARA625 | NORTHERN IRAQ: PAVING THE WAY FOR US-TURKEY-KURD [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. (S) TGS DCHOD Buyukanit told Ambassador Jan. 24 that the MFA had reported to him that the US in Ref B discussion with MFA U/S Ziyal said it did not want 5-way talks. Ambassador told Buyukanit that was not true, that he had told Ziyal he need [...] | 2003-01-24 18:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA629 | NORTHERN IRAQ: PAVING THE WAY FOR US-TURKEY-KURD [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See Para 3. 2. (S) During mil-mil discussions Jan. 24 on SOF planning for northern Iraq, the TGS proposed to SOCEUR BG Jones a need for Turkish, US, KDP, PUK and Turkmen military reps together to discuss military coordination in northern Iraq. Turkis [...] | 2003-01-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA6493 | NORTHERN IRAQ'S MAKHMOUR CAMP - UNHCR ON NEXT [...] (C) On October 16, PolMilOff met with UNHCR Representative for Turkey Gesche Karrenbrock on Makhmour Camp issues. Karrenbrock hopes to meet with Turkish MFA and MOI officials in the next two weeks to discuss next steps. She said that Turkish press play linking the camp to the PKK was having a [...] | 2003-10-17 08:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREF PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA678 | GOT FOCUSES EFFORTS ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING INITIATIVES [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 6. 2. (U) Jan. 23 MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Topcuoglu called us in to discuss GOT developments in the fight against trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Topcuoglu stressed local, regional, and national efforts to raise awareness of the issue, pr [...] | 2003-01-28 08:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
| 03ANKARA7025 | PKK/KADEK CHANGES ITS NAME, PLANS TO HOLD PRESS [...] (U) Press reports on November 11 (see Refs) cite a statement distributed by the terrorist organization PKK/KADEK in Baghdad stating that it had dissolved itself and formed a new organization to permit more democratic and broader participation. The new organization is called the Kurdistan Peop [...] | 2003-11-11 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PREF MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA7133 | PKK/KADEK/KHK MEETS NOV. 15 IN NORTHERN IRAQ: [...] (U) The Turkish press reported Nov. 16 that the newly-established KHK (the new name adopted by the PKK/KADEK) held a meeting Nov. 15 in the mountains of northern Iraq near Sulaymaniyah along the Iran-Iraq border. The press reports say that the KHK had planned to meet at a Mosul hotel, but was [...] | 2003-11-17 13:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PREF MARR MOPS TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA7213 | IRAQ: A/S DEWEY AGREES NEXT STEPS ON REPATRIATING [...] (SBU) On November 19, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey met with Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sensoy, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Morjane, CPA rep Bartlett and Khalil Afar from the Iraqi Embassy on next steps for the voluntary repatriation of Turkish refugees in Iraq, including those in the Ma [...] | 2003-11-20 06:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA7493 | IRAQI TURKMEN FRONT REPS SAY ITF WILL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Ankara and London reps Ahmet Muratli and Asif Sertturkmen called on PolMilOff Dec. 5. They complained that Kurdish parties were flying flags all over Kirkuk, an act they considered provocative. They also complained that Kurds were disproportionately being giv [...] | 2003-12-07 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PREF MARR TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA800 | NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK'S BARHAM SALIH: WORRIES OF [...] (S) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) "Prime Minister" Barham Salih briefed Operation Northern Watch POLAD in Ankara Jan. 29 and 31 on his recent travel in Europe and his Jan. 30 meetings with Turkish officials. Salih said his talks with Turks were mostly positive, with the exception of the T [...] | 2003-01-31 12:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF PTER |
| 03ANKARA820 | NORTHERN IRAQ: PAVING THE WAY FOR MULTI-PARTY [...] (S) DCM raised possible configurations for Feb. 6 multi-party talks (per Ref A) in successive bilats (US-Turkey),trilats (US-Turkey-KDP/PUK) and quads (US-Turkey-KDP/PUK-Turkmen) with MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Safak Gokturk Jan. 31 (DG Burcuoglu was attending a Natio [...] | 2003-01-31 16:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA859 | NORTHERN IRAQ: MULTIPARTY TALKS (V) - TURKS [...] (S) DCM met MFA DG for Middle East Tahsin Burcuoglu February 3 to discuss the upcoming multi-party talks per Ref A. Burcuoglu said the Turks would set up separate bilats for Amb. Khalilzad and his delegation at MFA and at TGS on February 5. For the multi-party talks on Feb. 6, Burcuoglu sai [...] | 2003-02-03 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PREF PHUM TU IZ UNSC |
| 03ANKARA946 | TURKISH MFA ON ACCESS FOR NGOS PROVIDING [...] (C) Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) and Ron Libby, USAID/OFDA, met with Feza Ozturk, MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations, to follow up on assistance and coordination issues discussed during the Humanitarian Planning Team,s meeting with MFA on January 28 (sep [...] | 2003-02-06 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA964 | HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (C) During its January 27 to 29 visit to Ankara, the U.S. Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT) discussed contingency planning for a possible humanitarian crisis arising from the situation in Iraq with the GOT, representatives of the KDP and PUK administrations in northern Iraq, a representative [...] | 2003-02-07 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ MOPS OTRA PREF PREL TU |
| 03COLOMBO1107 | In wake of brazen killing, Tigers indicate [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a meeting in London with the Norwegian facilitators, the Tamil Tigers -- in hedged fashion -- have indicated that they may be willing to restart the peace talks. This news comes in the wake of the brazen killing of a police official on June 23, which was almost certainly [...] | 2003-06-24 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM PREF CE NO LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1111 | Sri Lanka: Background on federalism proposals [...] (U) Despite the serious problems that the peace process has faced of late (see Reftels),there is still much talk of federalist-related solutions to the conflict between the GSL and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). At this point, the current positions of the government and the LT [...] | 2003-06-25 09:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PINR PHUM PREF CE KWMM LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1244 | Action request concerning Maldivian national [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para Four. 2. (C) Mission has received information that a Maldivian national who was convicted of anti-Maldivian government (GoRM) activities last year is in Sri Lanka. This individual, Ibrahim Luthfee, was convicted along with two other Maldi [...] | 2003-07-16 07:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PREF MV CE |
| 03COLOMBO1295 | State Department-sponsored team completes [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A State Department-sponsored Quick Reaction Demining Force (QRDF) is preparing to leave Sri Lanka after completing its program in war-torn Jaffna. U.S. involvement in sustained humanitarian d [...] | 2003-07-25 05:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID PREF CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1343 | GSL interdicts human smuggling attempts, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, the GSL has interdicted several large-scale human smuggling attempts. Those netted in the raids (over 800 people) have overwhemingly been third country nationals, mostly from India and Pakistan. This is a departure from an earlier trend involving mainly loca [...] | 2003-08-01 06:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PHUM PTER CVIS KFRD CE PK |
| 03COLOMBO1399 | Norwegian facilitator set to arrive to work on [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Special Envoy Erik Solheim is slated to arrive in Sri Lanka on August 12. One key purpose of his visit is to try to convince the Tigers to vacate an unauthorized camp they have set up in the east. In other peace process news, the Tigers are getting ready for a semina [...] | 2003-08-11 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PREF CE NO FR LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1419 | SFRC Staffer Blank's visit to Sri Lanka [...] (C) During his recent visit, SFRC staffer Dr. Jonah Blank traveled throughout Sri Lanka, with stops in Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, and Trincomalee. In meetings with Blank, GSL officials expressed general optimism about the peace process. Contacts in the south, however, expressed concern about T [...] | 2003-08-13 10:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PREF CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1430 | FY-2004 Humanitarian Demining Plan for [...] In response to Ref A, Mission's Humanitarian Demining Plan follows. Begin text: -------------------------------- SECTION ONE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -------------------------------- A. BACKGROUND: Twenty years of civil war in Sri Lanka have left a severe mine and unexploded ordnance [...] | 2003-08-15 06:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MOPS PREF KHDP CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1482 | Peace Process update: In Paris, Tigers say [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: >> On margins of ongoing meeting in Paris, Tiger official says group aims to restart talks >> President Kumaratunga demands that GSL take steps against unauthorized Tiger camp in east >> Tensions in east between Muslim [...] | 2003-08-25 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREF CE FR NO LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1713 | Tokyo co-chairs agree on modalities for review [...] (U) Tokyo process co-chairs (Japan, EU - Italy, and EC, Norway and US) met October 1 for briefing on EU Troika meeting in New York on Sept 25 with PM Wickremesinghe. New information from briefing was that: --Italian Foreign Minister Frattini, on behalf of EU, formally offered to host next r [...] | 2003-10-02 06:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PREF CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1832 | In Mission visit, Jaffna seems calm, but deep [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM and SA/INS desk officer visited Jaffna for one day of meetings with military, government, and NGO officials on October 17. Based on the team's observations, a semblance of normal life is steadily returning to this war-torn area in Sri Lanka's far north. As they have in pas [...] | 2003-10-22 11:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS SOCI PREF CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1903 | Demarche on Iraq Interim Travel Documents [...] No summary [...] | 2003-11-04 12:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CVIS PREF IZ CE MV |
| 03COLOMBO3 | ACTION REQUEST: Demining assistance for [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. Message contains an **ACTION REQUEST** -- Please see Para 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mines/UXO are a serious problem in Sri Lanka. After a very successful stint, the U.S.- sponsored QRDF program ended operations in [...] | 2003-01-02 10:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PHUM PREF EAID CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO342 | Sri Lanka/Maldives: 2003 annual Trafficking [...] (U) Mission point of contact on trafficking in persons issues until May 1 is poloff Carl-Heinz J. Wemhoener-Cuite, Andrea Tomaszewicz will replace him at that time, both can be reached at 94-1-448-007 x-2425 and fax 94-1-471-092. 2. (U) Mission's submission for the 2002 Trafficking in Pe [...] | 2003-02-28 05:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CE MV |
| 03COLOMBO436 | Demining: Advance team prepares the way for [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Preparations for the arrival of the second round of the USG-funded Quick Reaction Demining Force (QRDF) are well in gear. The GSL is proving very helpful in arranging for the QRDF's return. M [...] | 2003-03-14 06:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PTER CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO593 | Displaced person returns to Sri Lanka's [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number of displaced persons returning to Sri Lanka's north/east continues to swell and now stands at 270,000. The returnees are Tamil; few are Muslim. In other trends, many Tamils also appear to be leaving the war-ravaged north/east in search of economic opportunities in th [...] | 2003-04-08 09:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM PTER CE KWMM |
| 03COLOMBO628 | Mission deploys points re in-kind offers of [...] No summary [...] | 2003-04-10 08:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM CE MV IZ |
| 03COLOMBO687 | Muslim-Tamil Tiger violence flares anew in [...] (C) SUMMARY: Muslim-Tamil Tiger violence erupted in eastern Sri Lanka, April 17-18. Five people were reportedly killed, with many displaced. Muslim politicians have threatened to boycott Parliament if the GSL does not address the situation. After a lull in violence that lasted several mon [...] | 2003-04-19 08:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREF CE LTTE |
| 03DJIBOUTI1510 | DJIBOUTI: EXPULSION OF ALIENS DRAWS WIDESPREAD [...] (C) Hundreds of illegal aliens took to the streets on August 16 to protest the Djiboutian Government's declaration that all illegals must depart the country by August 31. As the deadline approaches, Djiboutian security forces are conducting regular sweeps of the city. Over 300 persons per da [...] | 2003-08-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM EAID DJ |
| 03DJIBOUTI1633 | DJIBOUTI: DEMARCHE ON ALIEN EXPULSIONS [...] (C) Summary: In response to ref A demarche dissociating the U.S. from Djibouti's on-going expulsions of foreigners, Minister of Interior Wais deplored U.S. insistence on making a public statement. He stressed Djibouti's good historical record on handling refugees, noted that foreigners had b [...] | 2003-09-03 17:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL DJ KPAO |
| 03DJIBOUTI1674 | DJIBOUTI: UNITED DONOR CONCERN ABOUT EXPULSIONS [...] Summary: Donors (France, EU, U.S., UN agencies) met September 11 to discuss the immediate problems surrounding a makeshift transit center near the Ethiopian border and likely impending problems attendant on forcible deportations that are to begin September 15. Donors agreed to try to present [...] | 2003-09-11 13:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PHUM DJ |
| 03DJIBOUTI1703 | DJIBOUTI: EXPULSIONS UPDATE [...] (U) On July 26 Djiboutian Interior Minister Abdoulkader Wais announced that all undocumented foreigners must leave Djibouti by August 31, a deadline which was later extended to September 15. According to Djiboutian security officials 180 illegal aliens were seized in the Ambouli neighborhood o [...] | 2003-09-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PHUM DJ |
| 03DJIBOUTI1801 | MORE ON DONOR ACTIVITIES RE:EXPULSIONS [...] (C) The Djiboutian Government's announced expulsion order for all undocumented foreigners of August 31, later extended to September 15, brought to the surface the problem of asylum seekers currently in Djibouti. The Djiboutian committee responsible with determining first asylum status has rev [...] | 2003-09-29 13:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PHUM DJ |
| 03FRANKFURT5937 | "RUSSIAN-GERMANS": IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The immigration and integration of ethnic Germans and their families from the former Soviet Union (Aussiedler) is a major social problem in Germany. Newcomers' lack of German language skills makes them unemployable and drug-related crimes and ghettoization are endemic among Aus [...] | 2003-07-21 13:50:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG SOCI PGOV PREF PHUM GM |
| 03GUATEMALA489 | EMBASSY VIEWS ON REGIONAL ANTI-TIP HARMONIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy concurs that regional harmonization of anti-trafficking in persons legislation, as outlined in RefTel, would further U.S. interests in Guatemala. Harmonized anti-TIP legislation is necessary to achieve greater regional cooperation to prevent and combat trafficking, an [...] | 2003-02-24 22:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF ELAB SMIG SNAR KCRM KWMN GT |
| 03GUATEMALA605 | ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT--GUATEMALA [...] (U) The following are responses to questions in Ref A. Additional information on Embassy projects and strategies to combat trafficking can be found in Ref B. 2. (SBU) Country Overview: A. Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international trafficked men, wome [...] | 2003-03-07 13:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT |
| 03HANOI1932 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM THRU THE LENS OF A DAK LAK VILLAGE [...] (U) This is a joint Hanoi/HCMC reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: On July 25, during an otherwise tightly controlled visit to the Central Highlands (septels),the Ambassador, Emboffs, and ConGenoffs made an unscripted visit to a mostly Protestant ethnic minority M'nong village along [...] | 2003-07-30 08:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 03HANOI2617 | DPRK REFUGEE INCIDENTS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam remains a link in the overland route taken by North Korean refugees on the way to Cambodia and Bangkok, as shown by two recent DPRK refugee-related incidents at USCG Ho Chi Minh City (septels). End summary. ------------------------------------------ US MISSION ENCOUNT [...] | 2003-10-14 11:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREF VM KO HUMANR DPRK |
| 03HANOI527 | VIETNAM - ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) As instructed ref A, post provides input for the 2003 Anti-trafficking in Persons report. The point of contact in Vietnam is Tim Swanson, tel. 84-4-772-1500 and fax 84-4-772-2614. Post estimates that collecting information for and drafting the report required 48 hours, including 8 hours [...] | 2003-03-06 08:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM TIP LABOR |
| 03HARARE217 | VISIT OF SPECIAL U.N. ENVOY JAMES MORRIS ON THE [...] Summary: On January 24, Ambassador Sullivan and key Mission staff attended a meeting and lunch with Special U.N. Envoy James Morris and members of his delegation during his recent visit to Zimbabwe. At these events, Morris provided briefings on the current international, regional and country [...] | 2003-01-30 10:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF |
| 03HARARE444 | ZIMBABWE - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2002 - [...] (SBU) Overview of Zimbabwe's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons: --------------------------------------------- -- A. There continued to be infrequent anecdotal reports that Zimbabwe was a country of origin and transit for internationally trafficked persons, particularly women an [...] | 2003-03-03 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB ASEC ZI TIP |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY1059 | A/S DEWEY IN VIETNAM CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: LAM DONG [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with Lam Dong provincial authorities, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey expressed strong U.S. concern about the treatment of ethnic minorities and a lack of religious freedom for unregistered Protestant house churches. Lam Dong officials stressed that the pract [...] | 2003-10-30 11:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY1093 | MIXED PICTURE ON HOUSE CHURCHES IN AMBASSADOR HANFORD'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with several Protestant house church pastors and "victims" of religious oppression during his visit to HCMC, Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom John Hanford heard several credible-sounding reports of arrests, beatings, forced renunciations, and church closures [...] | 2003-11-08 07:18:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY1143 | AMBASSADOR HANFORD INVESTIGATES ABUSES IN THE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford traveled to Gia Lai and Dak Lak provinces from October 20-22 to meet with local officials and gain a firsthand view of conditions for Protestant worship in Vietnam's Central Highlands. Raising the specter of C [...] | 2003-11-24 11:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY251 | MENNONITES TURN UP THE VOLUME ON COMPLAINTS OF [...] (SBU) In a flurry of conversations with ConGenoffs over the past week, a Mennonite church leader and several of his colleagues have lodged serious complaints of stepped-up religious repression by government officials. The allegations include arrests, beatings, destruction of property, and si [...] | 2003-03-18 03:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF MOPS SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY691 | SURPRISING REVELATIONS ON PROTESTANTS IN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: While the official rhetoric seemed to focus on respect for religion and the importance of meeting the "spiritual needs" of the people during the Ambassador's recent visit to Dak Lak and Lam Dong provinces, local Protestant church leaders told a story of continuing limits on or [...] | 2003-08-01 00:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY770 | A/S DEWEY PRESSES HO CHI MINH CITY LEADERSHIP ON [...] (SBU) Summary. A/S Dewey raised issues of religious freedom during several official meetings in Ho Chi Minh City on August 19. Describing the GVN's record as uneven in the Central Highlands provinces he had visited, he registered disappointment that even in HCMC, there were sporadic reports of [...] | 2003-08-23 07:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF SOCI PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY833 | A/S DEWEY IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: KON TUM [...] (U) Summary: In a visit to Kon Tum Province, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey met with Provincial People's Committee Chairwoman Y Veng and with the province's Committee on Ethnic Minority and Religious Affairs. He also visited a village in Ia Sia commune where 15 UNHCR- repatriated ethnic mino [...] | 2003-09-09 06:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY836 | POTENTIAL P1 REFUGEES TO STAND TRIAL FOR ESPIONAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hoa, Mr. Nguyen Truc Cuong and Mr. Nguyen Vu Viet -- the niece and nephews of jailed Catholic priest Father Nguyen Van Ly -- will go on trial in Ho Chi Minh City People's Court for "espionage" on September 10. Under Article 80 of the Criminal Code, "espionage" [...] | 2003-09-09 13:18:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY842 | A/S DEWEY VISIT TO VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: [...] (SBU) Summary: PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey visited Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands on August 16-17. His meeting with Provincial People's Committee Chairman Ha was cordial, with a frank exchange of ideas on treatment of ethnic minorities and freedom of worship. Ha said that at le [...] | 2003-09-10 08:46:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB HUMANR |