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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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04ZAGREB172 | CROATIA REQUEST UNDER AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-29 10:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF HR |
04ZAGREB1801 | GOC COMMITTED TO CLOSING REFUGEE PORTFOLIO; RECENT [...] (U) During his 29 SEP ) 2 OCT trip to Croatia, Assistant Secretary for PRM Arthur Dewey visited several refugee return SIPDIS sites - both trouble spots and successes - and heard that the barriers to additional returns include a lack of economic opportunity in the war-affected areas, bureauc [...] | 2004-10-15 06:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF |
04ZAGREB409 | UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (C) On March 2 Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky visited Croatia and met with President Stjepan Mesic, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, and Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul. The Under Secretary discussed Croatia's participation in the Community of Democracies, the UN Commis [...] | 2004-03-10 13:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF KDEM HR NATO |
04ZAGREB410 | SURVEY ON REFUGEE RETURN TO CROATIA [...] (C) Results of an extensive survey, financed jointly by USAID and the OSCE, show that only five percent of ethnic Serb refugees -- approximately 10,500 out of the estimated 210,000 ethnic Serbs from Croatia who are now in Serbia or Bosnia -- plan to return to Croatia in the next five years, an [...] | 2004-03-11 05:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL HR |
04ZAGREB554 | SERBS PLAYING POLITICAL HARDBALL ON RETURN ISSUES [...] (C) Disappointed with GOC implementation of promises to address refugee return issues, Serb politicians threatened on March 23 to withdraw their informal support for PM Sanader's government. Sanader responded immediately and met with Milorad Pupovac, one of three MPs representing the Serb min [...] | 2004-04-01 09:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PREL HR |
05ABIDJAN1871 | TOGO NOT READY FOR REFUGEE RETURNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: RefCoord met UN and government agencies in Lome and Accra from November 8-10 to discuss the Government of Togo's proposed National Repatriation Plan (NRP) and the UN's 2006 Consolidated Appeal (CAP) for Togo. UN and EU representatives stated security conditions in Togo were not [...] | 2005-11-16 07:44:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM TO GH BE |
05ABIDJAN695 | COTE D'IVOIRE: ADDRESSING PROTECTION CONCERNS [...] (SBU) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is conducting training sessions for militia groups, as well as the National Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) and the Armed Forces of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the Geneva Conventions. [...] | 2005-04-27 08:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF IV LI PHUM WFP |
05ABUDHABI1091 | UAE: 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Embassy TIP points of contact are PolOff Susan Raddant and PolChief Joel Maybury, office: 971-2-414-2444, fax: 971-2-414-2639; email: raddantsk@state.gov, mayburyjf@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent approximately 40 hours preparing for and writing the repor [...] | 2005-03-08 12:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TC |
05ABUDHABI2358 | UAE HOSTS UN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN [...] Summary. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sweden co-hosted a meeting in Abu Dhabi on 9 May to discuss coordination of international humanitarian assistance. The meeting was part of an evolving campaign to engage emerging donors in humanitarian response activities. Each the participating c [...] | 2005-05-25 09:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF UN TC |
05ABUDHABI4901 | MDA AND PRCS AGREE ON MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-30 14:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRS AE |
05ABUJA1217 | DARFUR PEACE TALKS: DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sudan, the Sudan Liberation Movement, and Justice and Equality Movement signed a Declaration of Principles for the Resolution of the Sudanese Conflict in Darfur (DOP) on July 5. This evolved after more than three weeks of African Union (AU) mediation assiste [...] | 2005-07-06 14:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF NI SU CD DARFUR |
05ABUJA1957 | NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU REITERATES FIERCE [...] (S) Summary: Vice President Atiku believes that the North will erupt if its leaders are convinced that President Obasanjo is seeking a third term. This eruption, he believes, will occur whether or not Obasanjo changes legally the constitution to provide for a presidential third term. Atiku [...] | 2005-10-11 16:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREF PREL NI THIRDTERM |
05ABUJA2127 | NIGERIA: NIGERIAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S. FEARS [...] (S) Summary George Obiozor, Nigeria's ambassador to the U.S., fears that Nigeria will break up "like Yugoslavia" unless the presidency's rotation amongst the geopolitical regions is "institutionalized" by a new or revised constitution. He advocates President Obasanjo remaining in office past [...] | 2005-11-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREF PREL NI |
05ABUJA2326 | NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU UPDATE ON [...] (S) Summary: Vice President Atiku says that he has taken the necessary steps to register, legally, a new political party through which he can contest the 2007 elections should he fail to win the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nomination. For the time being, however, he is using the Movement [...] | 2005-11-29 11:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREF PREL NI |
05ABUJA2339 | DARFUR PEACE TALKS: "FINAL, DECISIVE ROUND" OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary. The seventh round of the Inter-Sudanese Peace Talks on the conflict in Darfur opened on November 29 with all speakers emphasizing the importance of reaching a comprehensive agreement in this round. SLM leaders avoided an early setback by compromising on a single speaker for th [...] | 2005-11-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF SU NI DARFUR |
05ACCRA1085 | AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: On May 27, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Ghana's new Minister of Interior, Papa Owusu-Ankomah. He hoped for increased assistance in counter-narcotics and noted that the Cabinet has approved a draft trafficking in persons (TIP) bill. He promised to respond to us on propose [...] | 2005-06-01 17:56:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EFIN GH KWMN PGOV PREF PREL PTER |
05ACCRA1187 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE [...] (C) On June 17, Pol Chief spoke with the Ghanaian Foreign Ministry's Acting Director for International Organizations Edwin Adjei and delivered reftel demarche on the Swiss Circular Note on the Conference for a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention. Adjei said the Foreign Minist [...] | 2005-06-17 12:35:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC GH IS PHUM PREF PREL SZ |
05ACCRA1450 | SUDANESE REFUGEES ON THE BRINK OF EXPULSION FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: A melee that broke out on July 21 at Ussher Fort involving Sudanese refugees resulted in a host of negative publicity and exposed GOG contingency plans to spirit them out of the country. Both UNHCR Representative Thomas Albrecht and Ambassador Yates have appealed for careful c [...] | 2005-07-22 17:42:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL GH SU |
05ACCRA1548 | TOGOLESE REFUGEES PREPARING FOR THE LONG HAUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Togolese refugees in Ghana, now numbering 11,900, are gearing up for the long haul, with plans underway for the construction or renovation of hundreds of homes, the donation of medical supplies in support of refugees, and the establishment of informal summer schools in pre [...] | 2005-08-03 17:04:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF GH TO |
05ACCRA2287 | UNHCR DISCUSSES RESETTLEMENT, KRISAN CAMP, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their initial courtesy call, Ambassador Bridgewater and Acting UNHCR Representative Luc Stevens discussed resettlement issues, the brewing unrest at Krisan Camp, the possible repatriation of Togolese refugees, and contingency planning for Cote d'Ivoire. Stevens said the [...] | 2005-11-08 11:31:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL GH TO CI |
05ACCRA2311 | VIOLENCE AT GHANA'S KRISAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 8, refugees at Krisan camp in the Western Region of Ghana torched houses, and destroyed offices and vehicles, including from UNHCR. UNHCR's Senior Protection Officer in Ghana told PolChief and visiting RefCoord from Abidjan on November 10 that the violence was sp [...] | 2005-11-10 17:10:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH IV PREF PREL TO |
05ACCRA250 | STATUS OF REFUGEES IN GABON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Accra-based Refugee Coordinator and Embassy Libreville officers met with refugees and Gabonese officials on January 25 - 27 to discuss refugee issues. Although GOG officials said they warmly welcomed those fleeing violence in other countries, refugees recited a litany of compl [...] | 2005-02-07 07:25:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL GB |
05ACCRA2548 | POLICE EXCESSES IN CRACKDOWN AT KRISAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, RefCoords from Accra and Abidjan and AF/W Desk Officer for Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire visited Krisan refugee camp in Ghana's Western Region to investigate reports that police had beaten camp residents from November 8 - 11. Emboffs saw first-hand scars on the forehea [...] | 2005-12-15 11:33:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM CASC GH |
05ACCRA2582 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH IOM CHIEF [...] SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's meeting Davide Terzi, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission, Terzi said the persistent cultural acceptability of child trafficking and the UNHCR's laggard handling of refugee resettlement significantly hamper IOM programs. Terzi al [...] | 2005-12-20 17:17:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF GH |
05ACCRA2585 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES POLICE ABUSES AND CORRUPTION [...] SUMMARY: (C) The Ambassador raised the issue of police beatings at Krisan Refugee Camp during her meeting with the Minister of the Interior on December 16. The Minister indicated a willingness to investigate our findings and expressed indignation that UNHCR had not kept him informed. The Mi [...] | 2005-12-20 17:28:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM GH |
05ACCRA311 | GOG AND UNHCR PREPARING FOR POSSIBLE INFLUX OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The death of former President Eyadema has added a new wrinkle to the historically troubled relationship between Ghana and Togo - despite President Kufuor's close relationship with the Eyadema family. Anticipating trouble, several dozen Togolese have already been observed trekk [...] | 2005-02-11 11:17:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL GH TO |
05ACCRA432 | GHANA 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT (PART ONE [...] (SBU) This is the first of post's two-cable response to reftel which requests information for the fifth annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Ghana has problems with both domestic and international human trafficking. The GOG, international and local NGOs have combined efforts to focus on comba [...] | 2005-02-28 17:44:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH |
05ACCRA433 | GHANA 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT (PART TWO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-28 18:49:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH |
05ACCRA605 | RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] This message is keyed to questions raised (ref B) regarding post's draft 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report (ref A). 2. Question: Please state the number of trafficking victims processed through Accra's shelters/children's homes in 2004. Ghana's Ministry of Manpower, Youth and Empl [...] | 2005-03-29 16:26:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ELAB GH KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
05ACCRA770 | REFUGEES IN THE GAMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Refugees in The Gambia comprise a disparate assortment of illiterate Senegalese farmers, Sierra Leonean professionals, and Liberians. While UNHCR provides for almost every imaginable need for the residents of Bambali Camp, urban refugees in Banjul struggle to eke out a meager [...] | 2005-04-21 16:26:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GA SL SE LI PREF |
05ACCRA773 | INFLUX OF 224 NEW SUDANESE REFUGEES INTO GHANA [...] (SBU) Summary: In what may be the beginning of a larger wave, 224 Sudanese refugees have arrived in Ghana over the past two weeks. Except for four women residing at a UNHCR transient center, all are currently housed at the former Usher Forte prison, which is nearly at full capacity. The g [...] | 2005-04-22 11:03:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH KWMN PREF PREL SU |
05ACCRA775 | TOGO DEVELOPMENTS: ECOWAS AND GILCHRIST OLYMPIO [...] (C) Summary: ECOWAS President Tandja issued a press release April 22, sent to PolChief by Executive Director Chambas, condemning the 3 am statements of Togolese Interior Minister Boko and restating ECOWAS's commitment to retaining the scheduled April 24 date for the Togo election. Chambas [...] | 2005-04-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH KDEM PGOV PREF TO |
05ACCRA800 | SERIOUS REFUGEE FLOWS OUT OF TOGO BEGIN [...] (SBU) According to UNHCR Representative Rafik Saiki, who is based in Cotonou, some 4,000 refugees have arrived in Benin from Togo as of 16:00 local on April 28. A number of NGO's, including Catholic Relief Services, were assisting the new arrivals as they crossed the border, most of whom had [...] | 2005-04-28 16:53:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH TO BN PREF |
05ACCRA828 | NUMBER OF TOGOLESE REFUGEES SWELLS TO 16,000 [...] Refugees continue to surge across Togo's borders with Benin and Ghana. According to UNHCR, the number in Benin reached 9,874 as of 10 p.m. on May 2, an increase of 799 in one day. Observers are bracing for another wave after Togo's constitutional court rules some time today on the validity o [...] | 2005-05-03 18:06:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GH BN TO PREF |
05ACCRA829 | REFUGEES IN GABON -- AN UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ref Coord, PRM/A Program Assistant, and Poloff (Embassy Libreville) met with refugees in Libreville on April 14 to address resettlement, protection, and repatriation issues. In response to a small pro-settlement demonstration earlier in the week, we explained that the 41 cases [...] | 2005-05-04 07:11:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF GB EG CO |
05ACCRA928 | REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR TOGOLESE OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Accra requests authorization for a refugee referral to the U.S. resettlement program on behalf of Togolese opposition party activist Dr. Kofi Biayewa Okouta and his family of seven, who have taken refuge in Ghana. They have presented credible evidence of persecution based [...] | 2005-05-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM TO GH |
05ACCRA943 | GHANA REFUGEE ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian refugees in Ghana recently pelted the camp manager's car with stones, causing UNHCR to withdraw all services to the Budumburam settlement for one week. Of the 224 newly arrived Sudanese refugees, 40% have now been interviewed and 3% have been favorably adjudicated. N [...] | 2005-05-12 17:09:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF GH LI SU TO |
05ALGIERS2149 | TALKING POINTS DELIVERED ON ADJUSTING FOOD AID FOR [...] PolEc Chief delivered points requested reftel October 22 to UNDP Resident Representative Marc Destanne de Bernis (in the absence of an available UNHCR representative) and to WFP Representative and Country Director Marius de Gaay Fortman. PolEc Chief stressed that we stood behind efforts to pro [...] | 2005-10-22 15:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM AG WI |
05ALMATY2439 | KAZAKHSTAN READY TO ENGAGE ON UZBEK REFUGEES AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 28, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev. Ambassador raised developments surrounding the presence of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan. Tokayev said that Kazakhstan is ready to cooperate with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. In talks with Kyrgyz FM Roza Otu [...] | 2005-06-30 09:28:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL KZ UZ KG POLITICAL |
05ALMATY2445 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE THIRD COUNTRY [...] (SBU) On June 30, Astana PO met with MFA's Director for Economic and Humanitarian Cooperation Akan Rakhmetulin and delivered reftel demarche, asking Kazakhstan to consider providing temporary refuge to Uzbek asylum seekers in Kyrgyzstan. Rakhmetulin remarked that Foreign Minister Tokayev had [...] | 2005-07-01 02:26:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM KZ UZ KG POLITICAL |
05ALMATY4480 | DEMARCHE TO KAZAKHSTAN ON REPATRIATED UZBEK [...] (SBU) On the morning of December 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Aidar Shakenov, Head of the Americas desk at the MFA. Shakenov had no immediate comment, but said that the message would be passed to the Foreign Minister for his information and action. Poloff emphasized the high level [...] | 2005-12-22 14:50:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KG KZ PHUM PREF PREL TK UZ POLITICAL |
05AMMAN1702 | EMBASSY AMMAN'S 2005 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Amman's contribution below to the annual Trafficking in Persons report is keyed to the instructions found in reftel. --------- Checklist --------- 2. (SBU) A. Based on the information available to post, Jordan is not a country of origin or transit for trafficked men, women, [...] | 2005-03-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO |
05AMMAN1826 | MDA ISSUE: EMBLEM WORKING GROUP'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on recent consultations with regional members of the Emblem Working Group, the Chair of the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement's Standing Commission is confident the majority of Arab National Societies can be persuaded to actively support the reconvening of the a [...] | 2005-03-06 14:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL PREF IS JO ICRC |
05AMMAN2042 | KING ABDULLAH HALTS PLAN TO CLOSE RUWEISHED [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah has put a halt to GOJ planning to transfer refugees from UNHCR's Jordan-Iraq camps to another site in the "no-man's-land." An additional 53 Iranian Kurds formerly resident at the UNHCR camp near Ramadi, inside Iraq, arrived at the Jordan-Iraq border last week, bri [...] | 2005-03-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO |
05AMMAN2130 | UNRWA'S PROJECTED OUT-YEAR BUDGET REQUIREMENTS [...] (SBU) UNRWA has provided the following budget projection in response to ref A request for estimated 2006-2007 funding requirements: UNRWA 2006-2007 ESTIMATED BIENNIUM BUDGET (IN MILLIONS USD) =========================================== 2006 2007 Regular [...] | 2005-03-14 16:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN2474 | POTENTIAL CUTS TO REFUGEE "SAFETY NETS" IN GAZA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With donors currently providing only 20 percent of its requested emergency funds (and earmarking them heavily to rebuild demolished refugee housing in Rafah),UNRWA believes it will be forced to scale back its emergency food and employment programs -- which support fully three-f [...] | 2005-03-24 16:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN2800 | UNRWA TO LAUNCH NEW GOI DISENGAGEMENT RESPONSE PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Commissioner General Peter Hansen's departure from UNRWA has kick-started the UN agency's stalled effort to develop a disengagement response plan for the Palestinian refugee community, which comprises about 60 percent of the population of Gaza and 29 percent of the pop [...] | 2005-04-05 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN2918 | UNRWA SEEKS DIRECT ROLE IN DISENGAGEMENT PLANNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Karen Abu Zayd, Acting Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),called on Ambassador Kurtzer and Consul General David Pearce in separate April 5 meetings to review the modifications UNRWA is making to both [...] | 2005-04-11 10:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN297 | NO MAN'S LAND REFUGEES FACE POOR SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven-hundred fifty asylum seekers formerly resident in Iraq have been in the no-man,s land at the Jordan-Iraq Al Karama border crossing since April 2003. In the absence of concrete assurances that they will have somewhere to go after Jordan, the GOJ fears admitting them to a cam [...] | 2005-01-13 04:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER EAID MOPS IZ JO |
05AMMAN3040 | UNRWA TELLS HACFO STAFFDEL OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNRWA Acting Commissioner General Karen Abu Zayd and senior agency officials updated HACFO Staffdel on the status of current operations and planned changes prior to disengagement. The closure regime created by Israeli security measures and the construction of the separation bar [...] | 2005-04-14 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN3388 | JORDAN HOPES UNHCR EXCOM MEMBERSHIP WILL THAW ITS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Refcoord delivered on April 28 ref A demarche Dr. Khalid Takhayneh of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. The demarche supported Jordan's application for membership in UNHCR's [...] | 2005-04-28 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF JO UNHCR |
05AMMAN3957 | DECISION ON RETURN OF NON-ENEMY COMBATANTS: JORDAN [...] (C) Charge raised reftel points on May 17 with Foreign Minister Qasrawi and pressed for a quick resolution of the issue. Qasrawi replied that he would discuss this as soon as possible with the Minister of Interior to provide a complete response to our requests. The one outstanding issue, he [...] | 2005-05-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO |
05AMMAN4593 | UNRWA REFORM: STAKEHOLDER MEETING ADVANCES DONOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leadership change at the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),combined with coordinated donor pressure, turned that agency's latest (May 17-20) round of stakeholder consultations in Amman into a rare debate on the role UNRWA should play in de [...] | 2005-06-08 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV EAID KPAL IS JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN4635 | GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRM PDAS Rich Greene reviewed the implications Israel's planned Gaza disengagement will have for UN programs that currently sustain over 950,000 Palestinian refugees -) two-thirds of the population -- in May 15-19 meetings with officials from the Israeli MFA, the Palestinian Autho [...] | 2005-06-09 12:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO |
05AMMAN471 | GUIDANCE REQUEST FOR UNRWA ADVISORY COMMISSION [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Consulate General Jerusalem, and contains a request for Department guidance in advance of a January 24 extraordinary meeting of UNRWA's Advisory Commission. 2. (SBU) UNRWA has requested an extraordinary meeting of its Advisory Commission (AdCom) in Amma [...] | 2005-01-19 16:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
05AMMAN4874 | MDA: JORDANIAN STANCE ON CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-16 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ JO ICRC |
05AMMAN5053 | AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR REFUGEES: FY 05 FUNDING [...] Embassy Amman received applications from twenty-three Jordanian organizations seeking to participate in this year's Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees initiative (reftel). The Charge requests USD 17,450 to support a project by the Zahr Al Basateen Charity Association to establish a physiotherapy [...] | 2005-06-23 11:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO |
05AMMAN5129 | MDA DEMARCHE BEFORE JUNE 27 OIC MEETING: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL JO ICRC |
05AMMAN5484 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF ICMC PROGRAMS FOR [...] (U) Following is a monitoring and evaluation report for PRM cooperative agreements SPRMCO04CA150 and SPRMCO04CA140 with the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC),designed to secure medical care, primary and non-formal/vocational education and basic humanitarian aid for extremely [...] | 2005-07-11 05:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL IZ LE JO |
05AMMAN5555 | GREEN LIGHT FOR THE RETURN OF JORDANIAN DETAINEE [...] (C) Charge met with Foreign Minister, Justice Minister and de facto head of the security services Mohammad Dhahabi in separate meetings over the past week concerning the return of Guantanamo detainee Khalid Mahmoud Abdul Wahab (refs). In the final meeting on July 12, Dhahabi offered authoritat [...] | 2005-07-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO |
05AMMAN5674 | ARRANGEMENTS FOR RETURN TO JORDAN OF GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO |
05AMMAN5723 | UNRWA'S FORMAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE PREVENTING UN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-18 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL PREF PTER XF UNRWA UN |
05AMMAN5931 | NEW UNRWA COMGEN OUTLINES HER GAZA DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNRWA's new Commissioner-General (ComGen) is modifying her agency's Gaza disengagement response plans as a result of meetings she has had with PA President Abbas and with Quartet Special Envoy for Disengagement James Wolfensohn since her appointment. In an introductory July 20 mee [...] | 2005-07-26 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF OPDC KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
05AMMAN6270 | SECURITY AT THE JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Attacks inside Iraq near the Iraqi/Jordanian border crossing in recent months have focused GOJ attention on security on the Jordanian side of the border. Some security measures have contributed to delays for commercial and humanitarian traffic headed into Iraq. NGO officials hav [...] | 2005-08-04 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER MOPS IZ JO |
05AMMAN6275 | UNRWA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PREVENTING UN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-07 02:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PTER KPAL XF JO UNRWA UN |
05AMMAN6445 | JORDANIAN GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE TO THE [...] (C) Jordan (which formerly administered the West Bank) offers significant support to Palestinian society in keeping with its extensive economic and social ties to the Palestinian territories. King Abdullah, who most recently met with Abu Mazen in Amman on August 2 (ref B),and other senior G [...] | 2005-08-11 12:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREF PREL KPAL JO |
05AMMAN646 | RESULTS OF UNRWA ADCOM MEETING ON PA ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNRWA rejected the PLO's request that it allow locally-recruited UNRWA staff in Gaza and the West Bank to simultaneously hold municipal council seats after consulting its UNGA-mandated Advisory Commission (AdCom) in Amman January 24. In an unexpected move, the PLO delegation q [...] | 2005-01-26 06:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL PREF PGOV PREL JO |
05AMMAN6723 | JORDAN OFFERS PRIVATE SUPPORT FOR CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) Per reftel, acting Pol Chief and refcoord met with Walid Obeidat, the Director of the Jordanian Foreign Minister's Private Office, on August 21 to ask that Jordan back the proposal for a diplomatic conference to adopt the new international Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement emblem when Switze [...] | 2005-08-21 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ JO ICRC |
05AMMAN6832 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PRM'S COOPERATIVE [...] (U) Following is a monitoring and evaluation report for PRM's $100,000 cooperative agreement (SPRMCO04GR131) with the non-profit organization Seeds of Peace, which is designed to extend that NGO's conflict resolution program to Palestinian refugee youth residing in the West Bank, Jerusalem an [...] | 2005-08-24 08:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL EAID IS JO |
05AMMAN710 | UNRWA'S GAZA DISENGAGEMENT STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNRWA wants to start large-scale development of its refugee camps in Gaza post-disengagement -- using its experimental Neirab Camp project in Syria, which is centered on re-housing refugees outside camps, as its model. Apart from its limited experience carrying out integrated cam [...] | 2005-01-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL IS JO |
05AMMAN7955 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-05 12:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR |
05AMMAN9327 | MGLE01: PLO REFUGEE DEPT. ON ZAKI'S NEXT MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: PLO Department of Refugee Affairs (DORA) DG Mohammed Abu Bakr is preparing to return to Beirut with Palestinian Commissioner Abbas Zaki in mid-December to commence negotiations with the GOL. According to Abu Bakr, the PLO is ready to assume sole negotiating responsibility in orde [...] | 2005-12-01 13:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PTER SY IS LE JO |
05AMMAN9472 | URGENT MDA DEMARCHE: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 16:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS JO ICRC |
05ANKARA1097 | TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A, supplementing responses submitted previously in Reftels B, C, D, and E. Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane. Lane (rank: FS-05) spent approximately 20 hours in prepara [...] | 2005-03-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA1472 | TIP IN TURKEY: MFA ALLOCATES "157" HOTLINE NUMBER [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news article about TIP in Turkey. 2. (U) Published Thursday, March 10 by the semi-official Anatolian News Agency; http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/: TITLE: Foreign Ministry Allocate [...] | 2005-03-15 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA1776 | TIP in Turkey: Developments in regional law [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's Mobile Training Team is training law enforcement authorities in the Balkans, Caucasus, and Central Asia on measures to counter human smuggling and trafficking in persons. The foreign ministers of Turkey and Georgia recently signed a protocol on cooperation in anti- traff [...] | 2005-03-28 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA1777 | TIP IN TURKEY: Interior Ministry reports details on [...] (U) During a March 3 meeting with Mehmet Terzioglu, the Interior Ministry's Head of the Department for Foreigners, Borders, and Asylum, we requested information on the following trafficking in persons cases appearing recently in the Turkish media. The response received is provided b [...] | 2005-03-28 16:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA1878 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 16-28, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Sunday, February 27 by Cumhuriyet [...] | 2005-04-01 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA2094 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in the weekly journal Temp [...] | 2005-04-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA2192 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Monday, March 21 by Mil [...] | 2005-04-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA2242 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Friday, April 1 by Hurr [...] | 2005-04-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA2314 | TURKS PREPARING FOR PKK SPRING OFFENSIVE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 17. Summary ------- 2. (S) The GOT appears to be convinced that the PKK is going to carry out its first "spring offensive" in southeast Turkey since 1999. Press and intel reporting indicate the Turks have moved two commando brigades towar [...] | 2005-04-22 13:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL MOPS PREF TU IZ IR SY |
05ANKARA242 | TRILATERAL TALKS ON PKK/KONGRA-GEL [...] (C) U.S., Turkish, and IIG officials met Jan. 11 in Ankara for trilateral talks on PKK/Kongra-Gel. All sides agreed to our common resolve to defeat this organization, but the insurgency and Iraq's delicate transition all but rule out direct military action in the near term. At U.S. suggestion [...] | 2005-01-13 16:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PREF MOPS TU IZ |
05ANKARA2491 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 15- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Wednesday, April 20 in [...] | 2005-05-02 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA2782 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Hurriyet on Tuesday, Ma [...] | 2005-05-16 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA2898 | ANKARA - AMBASSADORS'FUND FOR REFUGEES PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Ankara requests 27,148 New Turkish Lira (approximately $19,962) from the Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees to furnish, secure and adapt an existing building to provide a woman's women's shelter for refugee and asylum- seeker women in Van, Turkey. The Women's Counseling Center (WCC) and U [...] | 2005-05-23 10:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF OTRA TU |
05ANKARA3055 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 15-31, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Radikal on Monday, May [...] | 2005-06-01 07:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA3186 | GOT AND IOM LAUNCH INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING [...] Summary: The IOM and the GOT, with funding from the U.S., launched a first major multi-country prevention campaign to combat human trafficking across Turkey, Ukraine and Moldova. The campaign includes a toll-free "157" helpline, multi-national multi-media advertising, and passport inserts. [...] | 2005-06-08 04:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA331 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, JAN 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published January 14 by Iran Mania News (FBI [...] | 2005-01-19 08:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA3415 | MAGEN DAVID ADOM DEMARCHE IN RESPONSE TO SWISS [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Head of International Political Organizations Levent Sahinkaya, who already had in his possession copies of the Swiss Circular Note, the Draft Rules of Procedure and the Draft Third Additional Protocol. Sahinkaya confirmed: -- the Turkish Amb [...] | 2005-06-16 07:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ TU ICRC |
05ANKARA3456 | NON-KINETIC ACTION AGAINST THE PKK [...] (S/NF) As I prepare to depart Ankara, I am leaving behind one serious piece of unfinished business: the PKK's continued and apparently unmolested and unchallenged presence in northern Iraq. This problem is especially irksome because in recent months the PKK has resumed its active terror campai [...] | 2005-06-17 10:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL MOPS PREF TU IZ PKK |
05ANKARA3490 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by The Messenger, Georgia's Englis [...] | 2005-06-20 06:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA377 | IRAQ OCV REGISTRATIONS IN TURKEY SLOW [...] (SBU) On Jan. 24, PolMilOff called on Gezim Kiseri (Deputy Head of Country) and Sandra Khadhouri (Country Chief of External Relations) of IOM-Turkey's Iraq Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) office. They reported that OCV registration in Turkey has been low: 3,764 as of Jan. 23 (2,730 in Istanbul, 1 [...] | 2005-01-25 10:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PREF TU IZ |
05ANKARA3833 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 16-30, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Saturday, June 18: [...] | 2005-07-01 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA3998 | MAGEN DAVID ADOM (MDA) DEMARCHE: TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche June 24 to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Botsali, who handles OIC matters and was leaving to attend the OIC meeting in Sanaa. He called the subject a technical matter and doubted it would be on the meeting agenda. 2. (C) Botsali called us back Ju [...] | 2005-07-08 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL TU ICRC |
05ANKARA4117 | TIP IN TURKEY: REACTIONS TO NEW YORK TIMES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Craig Smith's June 27 New York Times article on Slavic women working in Turkey's growing sex trade has received mixed reaction in Turkey. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On June 28 Hurriyet columnist, Kanal D News Director and news magazine host Fatih Altayli wrote that he had reported [...] | 2005-07-15 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA4149 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Friday, July 1: [...] | 2005-07-18 10:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA4316 | TRABZON'S COMLEKCI DISTRICT, THE BLACK SEA'S [...] (C) Summary: A June 27 New York Times article by Craig Smith on prostitution in Turkey gives an account of the prostitution situation in the Comlekci District of Trabzon. Prostitution is indeed rampant in Trabzon, as witnessed by PolOffs. What is not clear, however, is if trafficking is equa [...] | 2005-07-27 09:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
05ANKARA4481 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 16-31, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Sunday, July 17: [...] | 2005-08-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
05ANKARA4621 | TURKEY'S 157 TIP HELPLINE: IT SAVES LIVES [...] Summary: The USG's financing of a trafficking prevention campaign, put into effect by the International Office for Migration (IOM) working closely with the GOT, has demonstrated outstanding results from reclaimed lives to governmental cooperation. Twenty-four victims of trafficking have bee [...] | 2005-08-08 10:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA4794 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 31- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Vatan on Sunday, July 31: [...] | 2005-08-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA5140 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, August 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...] | 2005-09-02 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA5319 | TURKS WILL NOT ACCEPT UIGHURS FROM GITMO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TU CH |
05ANKARA5342 | TURKS PUT ON POOR SHOW AT ISTANBUL TIP CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a prime opportunity to provide valuable input in the August 25-27 TIP conference, the Turkish MFA, academia, and gendarmerie representatives dropped the ball. From not understanding the difference between smuggling and trafficking, to shamelessly touting Turkey's libera [...] | 2005-09-14 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
05ANKARA5621 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, August 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Thursday, September [...] | 2005-09-27 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
05ANKARA589 | TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 4 of 4 (septel). Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------------ A. (U) The GOT issued 26 humanitarian visas to allow victims [...] | 2005-02-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA590 | TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PREVENTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 4 (septel). Prevention ---------- A. (SBU) Turkish MFA Illegal Migration Department Head Iskender Okyay stated that the two hundred sixty-two TIP [...] | 2005-02-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA591 | TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 4 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane, who replaces David McFarland following the submission of this report. McFarland (rank: FS-04) spent [...] | 2005-02-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA592 | TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROSECUTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 4 (septel). Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Chapter 1, Article 80 of the Turkish [...] | 2005-02-02 11:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA5948 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, September [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Bu Gun on Saturday, September [...] | 2005-10-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
05ANKARA6233 | TURKISH MFA ON COOPERATION AGAINST PKK [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with visiting EUR/SE Director Doug Silliman, Turkish MFA Director General for Security Affairs Hayati Guven provided a list of seven PKK names that the GOT recommends we jointly target in Western Europe, all of which are the subject of Interpol red notices. Three of [...] | 2005-10-13 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER KTFN PREL PREF IZ PKK |
05ANKARA6303 | ANKARA'S NEW TIP SHELTER -- MUNICIPALITY SETS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Ankara Trafficking in Persons (TIP) shelter, second in Turkey after Istanbul, will start accepting victims of trafficking (VOTs) by the end of October. The Ankara Municipality has delivered a first-rate shelter, totally renovated and furnished, and has offered to pay [...] | 2005-10-18 09:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA6318 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Guardian Unlimited on Saturday [...] | 2005-10-19 11:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA6449 | TURKEY CONSIDERING SUPPORTING PAK MI-17 HELICOPTER [...] (C/rel NATO) PolMilCouns raised Pakistan's urgent need for MI-17 parts with MFA NATO Affairs Deputy Director General Fatih Ceylan on Oct. 26. Noting that Turkey was doing its utmost to assist Pakistan in this time of need, Ceylan promised a prompt response. Turkey would do what it could, he [...] | 2005-10-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS PK TU NATO |
05ANKARA6554 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Monday, October 17 [...] | 2005-11-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA6669 | TURKEY UNABLE TO PROVIDE PARTS FOR PAKISTANI MI-17 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-10 16:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS TU PK NATO |
05ANKARA6754 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, November 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Milliyet and also reported by [...] | 2005-11-16 11:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA7255 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, November 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published in the November 8th edition of Ye [...] | 2005-12-12 12:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA7386 | ESF FUNDING CRITICAL TO COMBATING TIP IN TURKEY [...] Summary: In FY 2004, we gave the International Office for Migration (IOM) a grant of $600,000 from ESF to assist with their efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in Turkey. With that $600,000 ESF allocation, the IOM has made a world of difference in Turkey's fight against traffickin [...] | 2005-12-16 08:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
05ANKARA7394 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, December 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Thursd [...] | 2005-12-16 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA7559 | IRANIAN KURDISH ACTIVIST IN TURKEY SEEKING [...] (C) Summary: Well-known Iranian Kurdish activist Roya Toloui is currently in Turkey seeking re-settlement in a third country, preferably the U.S. She told us Iranian authorities tortured her in detention after her August arrest for allegedly organizing protests in Iranian Kurdistan. End Summ [...] | 2005-12-23 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SMIG PGOV PHUM PTER IR TU |
05ANKARA82 | SCENESETTER FOR JAN. 11 U.S.-TURKEY-IRAQ TALKS ON [...] (C) Embassy appreciates the participation of our colleagues from Washington, Baghdad, and EUCOM in Jan. 11 trilateral (U.S.-Turkey-Iraq) talks on the PKK/Kongra-Gel. On. Jan. 5, Turkish MFA provided us with a rough outline for the talks themselves. In this message we hope to lay out what we believe [...] | 2005-01-06 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS PTER PREL PREF IZ TU EUN AM CY RS |
05ANKARA900 | TIP IN TURKEY: IOM TRAINS EAST EUROPEAN, RUSSIAN [...] (U) On February 4, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) conducted a seminar on trafficking in persons (TIP) for embassy officials from Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. Representatives from the embassies of Romania, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekista [...] | 2005-02-16 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA902 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 1-10, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Wednesday, February 9 by M [...] | 2005-02-17 07:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ANKARA903 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 11-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Sunday, February 13 by the [...] | 2005-02-17 07:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
05ASUNCION1294 | PARAGUAY ON REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF [...] (U) On 10/14, PolOff delivered reftel talking points to MFA North America Desk Officer Luis Sosa. Sosa advised that he would forward the points to MFA Americas Director Cynthia Filartiga and MFA Bilateral Affairs Director Ambassador Ceferino Valdez. 2. (C) According to Sosa, there is no kn [...] | 2005-10-14 15:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR PA |
05ASUNCION1441 | PARAGUAY: MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-22 21:12:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA ICRC |
05ASUNCION764 | PARAGUAY ON SWISS CONFERENCE TO ADOPT A THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA ICRC |
05ASUNCION819 | PARAGUAY: ADDITIONAL RESPONSE ON SWISS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-27 21:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF IS SZ PA ICRC |
05ATHENS2376 | GOVERNMENT FINALLY BANS PLANNED RACIST [...] Summary: On September 6 the Greek government said it would ban a planned pan-European "festival" of extreme right-wing political groups, sponsored by the Greek racist, neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn. The gathering, scheduled for mid-late September and reportedly to include far-right groups such [...] | 2005-09-12 12:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PGOV KCRM GR HRIGHTS |
05ATHENS2802 | HHS ASSISTANT SECRETARY ADVANCES AGENDA ON TIP AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Dr. Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, shared domestic U.S. policy and his compelling experiences on trafficking in persons, welfare issues, pension reform, and refugee integration during his October 9-11 [...] | 2005-10-27 09:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB PREL PREF GR TIP |
05ATHENS589 | GREECE PART 1: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the Fifth TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to requests under "Overview" and "Prevention." -------- Overview -------- A. Greece is a destination countr [...] | 2005-03-01 17:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GR TIP |
05BAGHDAD2476 | PROGRESS ON REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF IRAQ REFUGEE [...] (C) Summary. Officers in charge of UNAMI, IOM, and UNHCR's Iraq refugee and IDP programs told visiting PRM PDAS Rich Greene May 17-18 in Amman that the UN is attempting to shift its focus from security to humanitarian related activities in Iraq, but that remote-control program management is l [...] | 2005-06-12 14:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PTER PREF JO IZ UN |
05BAGHDAD2529 | KURDISH IDP ENCLAVE IN NINEWA SLOWLY RECOVERING [...] (C) The Kurdish Yezidi settlement of Mahut in northeast Ninewa, 30 years ago a site of forced re- settlement of Kurds, is today a large village center struggling with the same infrastructure issues as most other Ninewa communities, based on a visit to Mahut on June 13. Kurds largely re-occup [...] | 2005-06-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PGOV PTER PINS IZ KRG KDP |
05BAGHDAD3092 | NORTHERN OIL COMPANY MOVING FORWARD DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 13 July, Charge d'Affaires David Satterfield and Emboffs met with North Oil Company (NOC) Director General (DG) Adil Al-Qazzaz to discuss pipeline security and plans for expanding oil production in Northern Iraq. Pipeline attacks and dilapidated infrastructure continue to ham [...] | 2005-07-26 13:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV EAID PREF PHUM ECIN ECON IZ |
05BAGHDAD3139 | FINDING A HOME: IRANIAN KURDISH REFUGEE RELOCATION [...] (C) Summary. UNHCR-Amman hosted a July 20-21 meeting among stakeholders involved in the voluntary relocation of some 3,000 Iranian Kurdish Refugees from the Al Tash refugee camp outside Ramadi (Al Anbar governorate) to Sulaimaniya governorate. Despite reported high-level KRG support for the [...] | 2005-07-29 18:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER KDEM IZ IR |
05BAGHDAD3142 | FINDING A HOME: IRANIAN KURDISH REFUGEE RELOCATION [...] (C) Summary. UNHCR-Amman hosted a July 20-21 meeting among stakeholders involved in the voluntary relocation of some 3,000 Iranian Kurdish Refugees from the Al Tash refugee camp outside Ramadi (Al Anbar governorate) to Sulaimaniya governorate. Despite reported high-level KRG support for the [...] | 2005-07-30 02:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER KDEM IZ IR |
05BAGHDAD3647 | IRAQI GOVERNMENT NAMES INTERLOCUTORS ON TALL,AFAR; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings this week, the Prime Minister's special advisor Adnan Ali al-Kadhami and TNA member Hassan Seneid pledged to work closely with U.S. government representatives to ensure the welfare of citizens in Tall'Afar. On August 30, Senior SCIRI official Muhammad Taqi al [...] | 2005-09-06 10:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF PREL IZ MARS |
05BAGHDAD3719 | TAL AFAR SITREP: SEPT. 10, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-11 02:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PREL PGOV PINS EAID PREF ECON IZ |
05BAGHDAD3727 | TAL AFAR SITREP: SEPT. 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EAID ECON IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PREF PREL |
05BAGHDAD3775 | TAL AFAR SITREP: SEPT. 13, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EAID ECON IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PREF PREL |
05BAGHDAD3895 | TAL AFAR RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS, CONSTITUTION [...] (C//REL MNFI) SUMMARY. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and MNF-I Deputy Commanding General (DCG) met with Deputy Prime Minister Rawsh Shaways (who is the senior government official in Iraq during the absence of Prime Minister Jaafari) to discuss the situation in Tal Afar, and the prospects for furt [...] | 2005-09-21 10:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREF PGOV IZ |
05BAGHDAD4073 | TAL AFAR WRAP-UP: SHORT-TERM SUCCESS BUT MOMENTUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Major fighting in Tal Afar has concluded and the reconstruction process is proceeding apace. The operation is considered by MNF-I to be an overall success: an important base for terrorists and insurgents has been disrupted, with a number either killed or detained. The Iraqi Arm [...] | 2005-10-02 17:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV PREF PHUM IZ |
05BAGHDAD4219 | TURKISH ASSISTANCE TO TAL AFAR AND KIRKUK [...] (C) Summary. If the Turks want to offer humanitarian assistance, and Iraq wants to take it, we have no objection. However, there is no urgent need for Turkish aid. This aid proposal is certainly politically charged and should be negotiated bilaterally between the GOT and the ITG with minimal [...] | 2005-10-13 16:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV MOPS IZ TU KCRS |
05BAGHDAD4232 | 19 IRAQI PALESTINIANS IN NO MAN'S LAND AT AL [...] (C) Summary. Christian Peacemakers Team (CPT) told RefCoord and PolOff that the 19 Palestinians in the No Man's Land between the Iraqi and Syrian land borders fled because of an upsurge in abuse of Palestinians by the ITG and the general public. CPT was unable to provide specific details on [...] | 2005-10-15 05:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PHUM PINS IZ JO SY KCRS |
05BAGHDAD4774 | TOWNS NEAR SYRIAN BORDER RETURNING TO NORMALCY [...] (C) Summary. This is a SET Ramadi Cable. Site visits to two, separate portions of the Western Euphrates River valley revealed -- post-combat operations -- a generally positive climate for the December 15 elections. There are no immediate humanitarian crises and military planners hope to expa [...] | 2005-11-29 14:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREF EAID ECON EIND MOPS IZ |
05BANGKOK1321 | THAILAND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS/LABOR DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary. Senior Royal Thai police (RTP),accompanied by a post NGO anti-trafficking partner, traveled to Malaysia to enhance cooperation in countering the increasing cross-border trafficking of women and children. A low-ranking Thai policeman was convicted for trafficking a 14-year old g [...] | 2005-02-23 03:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TH TIP |
05BANGKOK1578 | ASEAN INTER-PARLIAMENTARY BURMA CAUCUS VISITS [...] (U) Summary. Several members of the informal Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus visited Thailand this week, hosted by Senator Kraisak Choonhavan, Chairman of the Thai Senate Foreign Relations committee. In a March 2 press conference, the Caucus called [...] | 2005-03-03 11:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF TH BM BURMA ASEAN |
05BANGKOK2088 | THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THAI NSC SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary. Thai National Security Council Secretary General Winai told the Ambassador on March 21 that after two postponements of the original August 2004 deadline for the move of the urban Burmese to the border camps, there would be no further extensions of the current deadline of March 31. [...] | 2005-03-23 09:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER PGOV TH BM BURMA |
05BANGKOK2431 | THAI POLICY ON CHINESE REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. The Thai government continues to refuse UNHCR access to Chinese dissident Lu Decheng for a refugee status determination interview. In their handling of Lu, the Thai are balancing human rights concerns and U.S. and UNHCR pressure against their relations with China and a belief tha [...] | 2005-04-05 08:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM TH CH |
05BANGKOK2572 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: DAS J. [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DAS J. Kelly Ryan to visit Thailand from April 17 - April 22, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have been made at the Conrad Hotel, 87 Wireless Road, Tel: (66-2) 690-9999, Fax: (66-2) 690-9000. Room rate is USD 125 net (taxes and American [...] | 2005-04-11 08:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF OTRA TH |
05BANGKOK2636 | BURMESE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN THAILAND: DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly 2,000 out of 2,707 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) persons of concern (POC) have reported to Thai immigration offices in Bangkok and three provincial offices in Northern and Western Thailand. The largest number reported to the Mae Sot immigration [...] | 2005-04-19 00:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF TH BM BURMA |
05BANGKOK2946 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE: INR ANALYST REID DAUGHERITY [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Reid Daugherity, INR Analyst, from May 2 - May 13, 2005 to participate in the 2005 COBRA GOLD Exercise. 2. (U) Post has made a reservation for Mr. Daugherity at the Amari Airport Hotel the night of May 2. Confirmation number is 9948742. [...] | 2005-05-02 09:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL OTRA ACOA MOPS TH |
05BANGKOK3073 | THAI GIVE APPROVAL TO PRM DAS RYAN FOR BURMA [...] (C) Summary. During an April 18-23 visit by PRM Bureau DAS Kelly Ryan, the Thai government gave its approval for a multi-year program to resettle Burmese refugees residing in camps along the Thai-Burma border to the United States. DAS Ryan told Thai officials that the United States wanted to [...] | 2005-05-09 09:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH BM BURMA |
05BANGKOK3704 | THAILAND-DPRK RELATIONS: RTG SEES ITSELF AS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-06 10:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PARM PHUM KN KS TH DPRK |
05BANGKOK3744 | GUIDANCE REGARDING TWO NORTH KOREAN SISTERS IN [...] (C) Per ref a request, on June 7 Refcoord told UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan that the U.S. would consider refugee referrals of the two North Korean sisters reportedly in Cambodia if UNHCR determines that it is in their best interest to travel to the United States. 2. (C) Utkan s [...] | 2005-06-07 08:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM KN KS CB DPRK |
05BANGKOK3745 | VOLUNTARY AND FORCED REPATRIATION OF MONTAGNARDS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In June 7 discussion with UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan on other matters, Refcoord took the opportunity to pass along reftel guidance regarding U.S. policy on voluntary and forced repatriation of Montagnards in Cam [...] | 2005-06-07 08:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF VM CB CAMBODIA |
05BANGKOK3850 | AMCITS RELEASED IN LAOS HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE IN BANGKOK [...] (U) SUMMARY: Three US citizens, recently detained in Vientiane after trying to assist with the surrender of approximately 170 Hmong and Khmu in Laos, held a press conference on June 9 describing the events of June 4 and 5 (Reftels). Ed and Georgie Szendrey gave an emotional account of their " [...] | 2005-06-10 08:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF CASC TH LA HUMAN RIGHTS |
05BANGKOK4028 | THAI MFA OFFICIAL: NO CHANGE IN POLICY TOWARD SHAN [...] (C) Summary. The Burma desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) stated that despite the Royal Thai Government's (RTG) pushback of approximately 450 Shan refugees to the Burmese side of the border last week, there is "no change in Thai policy" in providing temporary protection and [...] | 2005-06-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PBTS TH BM BURMA |
05BANGKOK4430 | HMONG GROUP IN THAILAND'S PETCHABOON PROVINCE [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 15. 2. (C) Summary. The 6,000 Hmong who have congregated in Thailand,s northern province of Petchaboon have entered Thailand at different times and for different reasons. It is unclear how many are recent arrivals from Laos who have fled persec [...] | 2005-07-07 08:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH |
05BANGKOK4508 | THAI GOVERNMENT LETTER APPROVING U.S. RESETTLEMENT [...] On July 8, Embassy received a letter from General Winai Phattiyakul, Secretary-General of the Thai National Security Council, which gives formal Thai government approval for the USG to undertake resettlement from the Thai-Burma border refugee camps. This letter responds to a May 2, 2005 letter [...] | 2005-07-12 08:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL TH BURMA |
05BANGKOK5146 | UPDATE ON PETCHABOON HMONG SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary. A Thai National Security Council official stated on August 8 that the Thai government believed the cause of the Petchaboon Hmong situation was the pull factor created by the Wat Tham Krabok resettlement program, exacerbated by the activities of Hmong-Americans who were encourag [...] | 2005-08-10 09:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL TH |
05BANGKOK5747 | POLOFFS MEETS WITH MFA TO DISCUSS FM'S MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 5, Political Counselor Susan Sutton met with Mr. Damrong Kraikuan, MFA Desk Officer for Burma, to discuss FM Kantathi Suphamongkhon's visit to Rangoon. Damrong emphasized that because this was the FM,s first meeting with Than Shwe, "sensitive issues" were not discusse [...] | 2005-09-08 08:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PBTS SOCI TH |
05BANGKOK5937 | UNHCR UPDATE ON DPRK REFUGEE IN THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. North Korean refugee Mr. Park Tae-Hung continues to reside in Thailand illegally and appears to have moved from Pattaya to Bangkok. UNHCR has been in sporadic contact with him since June and is prepared to refer him on an immediate basis to the ROK Embassy for resettlement. End [...] | 2005-09-15 08:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH KN KS DPRK |
05BANGKOK6001 | THAI NOT DEPORTING PETCHABOON HMONG, YET [...] (SBU) Summary. Contrary to rumors circulating among NGOs, the RTG is not currently deporting the nearly six thousand ethnic Hmong living in Petchaboon province. The RTG is cooperating with UNHCR's efforts to determine which Hmong may qualify as refugees and for resettlement, but clearly plans [...] | 2005-09-19 23:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL TH |
05BANGKOK608 | THAI MFA AND THE NORTH KOREAN IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) On January 24, Polcouns sought clarifications regarding the Royal Thai Government (RTG) positions in the matter of An Kyong-Su, the North Korean asylum seeker in Embassy Vientiane, from MFA's Paisit Boonparlit, Director for Political Affairs in the Americas Department, and Suraphan Boonyam [...] | 2005-01-24 11:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV ASEC TH DPRK LA |
05BANGKOK6091 | THAI RESPONSE TO ASSISTANCE WITH REMOVAL OF ALIEN [...] (U) Acting Refcoord delivered reftel demarche on September 21 to Dus Manapan, Counselor, Social Division, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After consulting with seni officials in his department, Dusit stated that it would be "quite difficult" for the RTG [...] | 2005-09-23 08:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF TH |
05BANGKOK6097 | RESPONSE ON OPPORTUNITIES IN THAILAND TO ASSIST [...] (C) Summary. Both Thai and local UNHCR officials judge that the current, informal pipeline that funnels North Korean asylum seekers through UNHCR and on to the ROK embassy for swift and quiet resettlement continues to work well. According to Thai officials, any future USG efforts to accept Nor [...] | 2005-09-23 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM TH KN DPRK |
05BANGKOK6099 | THAI RESPONSE TO ASSISTANCE WITH REMOVAL OF ALIEN [...] (U) Acting Refcoord delivered reftel demarche on September 21 to Dusit Manapan, Counselor, Social Division, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After consulting with senior officials in his department, Dusit stated that it would be "quite difficult" for the [...] | 2005-09-23 10:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF TH |
05BANGKOK6109 | THAI RESPONSE TO ASSISTANCE WITH REMOVAL OF ALIEN [...] (U) Acting Refcoord delivered reftel demarche on September 21 to Dusit Manapan, Counselor, Social Division, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After consulting with senior officials in his department, Dusit stated that it would be "quite difficult" for the R [...] | 2005-09-23 13:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF TH |
05BANGKOK628 | LOST IN THAILAND'S TSUNAMI: BURMESE MIGRANT WORKERS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Royal Thai government (RTG) has earned international plaudits for its responsiveness to western tourists and Thais affected by the tsunami. Roughly 30,000 Burmese migrants, employed in construction, fisheries, and hotels in three devastated provinces, remain marginalized i [...] | 2005-01-25 03:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KWMN PHUM PREL PREF TH |
05BANGKOK6519 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 13, Ambassador Boyce paid a courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Chidchai Vanasatidya. Chidchai was generally upbeat about the RTG's progress in addressing the Southern problem. He stated that the militants clearly wanted to provoke another maj [...] | 2005-10-14 02:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PREF MY TH |
05BANGKOK656 | NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) Summary and comment. UNHCR/UNDP cannot issue a travel document for North Korean asylum seeker Anh, but is prepared to assist in resolving this case in terms of providing transportation within Thailand, housing, and other assistance agreed upon by concerned governments. ICRC Bangkok repre [...] | 2005-01-25 10:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREF PREL KN KS LA TH DPRK |
05BANGKOK6619 | SITUATION OF THREE CAMBODIANS WHO HAVE FLED TO [...] (C) Summary. UNHCR reported October 19 that it was very concerned about the three Cambodians from the Cambodian Watchdog Council who have fled to Thailand. UNHCR is worried that the Thai government may see the situation as similar to that of the 131 Thai who fled southern Thailand to Malaysia [...] | 2005-10-19 11:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF TH CM CAMBODIA |
05BANGKOK6767 | CAMBODIAN ACTIVISTS URGENTLY SEEK REFUGEE STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-27 10:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL CB TH CAMBODIA |
05BANGKOK6797 | NO PROGRESS ON CAMBODIAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Polcouns spoke to MFA refugee contact Dusit Manapan regarding the Cambodian activists and the UNHCR request to process them for immediate resettlement. Dusit said that, after receiving calls from several embassies regarding this case yesterday, he had consulted within the MFA on the ques [...] | 2005-10-28 12:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM TH CB CAMBODIA |
05BANGKOK6844 | UNHCR PROPOSES OPTION FOR PETCHABOON HMONG [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary: UNHCR apprised Ambassador Haslach of the situation of the almost 6000 Hmong would-be refugees encamped in Petchaboon province. Following a discussion of the difficulties of making a refugee determination, UNHCR proposed c [...] | 2005-11-01 09:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH |
05BANGKOK690 | ICRC AND NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) Fred Grimm, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Regional Delegation, told Embassy Bangkok today that ICRC is not/not willing to issue a laissez-passer (LP) to North Korean asylum seeker An Kyong Su. Grimm said that, after consultations with both the ICRC representa [...] | 2005-01-27 00:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREF PREL KN KS TH DPRK LA |
05BANGKOK7015 | EXILED BURMESE LABOR LEADER RETURNS TO THAILAND [...] (C) Summary: In the past week, the Embassy has been sorting out an unusual story involving U Maung Maung, the exiled Burmese trade union leader, and his return to Thailand on November 3 despite an apparent warning by Thai officials that he would not be allowed to re-enter the country. Maung [...] | 2005-11-09 11:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ELAB TH BM |
05BANGKOK7090 | PRIME MINISTER'S SENIOR ADVISOR PANSAK MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Eric John and Ambassador Boyce met with Pansak Winyarat, senior advisor to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, on November 9 for open-ended discussions. Pansak's iconoclastic and uncensored views often give insights into the thinking of the Prime Minister. Discussion focus [...] | 2005-11-16 00:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF ETRD TH BURMA CAMBODIA |
05BANGKOK7191 | UPDATE ON OPTIONS FOR THE PETCHABOON HMONG [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) Summary. During a November 15 meeting, UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Raja Panday stated that he had made a new proposal to the Thai government on resolving the situation of the Petchaboon Hmong. The proposal is that the Th [...] | 2005-11-18 07:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH LA |
05BANGKOK7458 | THAILAND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: Recent activities have focused on child trafficking and child sex tourism in Thailand. A child sex tourism seminar was held in Bangkok under the auspices of the USG-supported Bali Process, with DHS/ICE representing the USG and providing a case study. The NGO IJM reports progres [...] | 2005-12-02 08:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KWMN PREF PREL SMIG PHUM EAID TH |
05BANGKOK752 | DPRK ASYLUM SEEKER -- MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) In response to reftel, Refcoord informed UNHCR Chief Protection Officer Kirsten Young on January 27 of the latest developments in the case of DPRK asylum seeker Anh and asked what assistance UNHCR would be able to provide in the resolution of this issue. Reiterataing earlier commitments m [...] | 2005-01-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL ASEC KN KS LA TH DPRK |
05BANGKOK7644 | MATERIAL SUPPORT ISSUE COULD CRIPPLE U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Several positive changes have marked recent Thai policy toward the approximately 140,000 Burmese refugees located in nine camps along the Thai-Burma border. The Thai have agreed to the U.S. proposal to offer resettlement to the entire, 9,000-person camp of Tham Hin after reject [...] | 2005-12-15 09:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL TH BURMA |
05BANGKOK7920 | STATUS OF MISSING HMONG CHILDREN REMAINS UNCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. The current location and status of the 29 Lao Hmong children and teens reported arrested last month remains unclear. A National Human Rights Commission official believes that the children remain in immigration detention in Nong Khai, Thailand, while second hand reports from the L [...] | 2005-12-30 06:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREF PREL PHUM TH LA KTIP |
05BANGKOK802 | AMBASSADOR-FM SURAKIART ON NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) On January 28, while in Phuket for Thai-hosted conference on a tsunami early warning system (EWS),the Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Surakiart about Ahn Kyong Su, the North Korean asylum seeker in Embassy Vientiane. The Ambassador noted that the Lao government would not allow tra [...] | 2005-01-31 10:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM ASEC KS KN TH DPRK LA |
05BOGOTA10157 | UNHCR REPS CAUGHT IN FARC ATTACK ON VILLAGE IN [...] (C) UNHCR officials were caught in the crossfire of a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack on a remote village in southern Putumayo Department near the Ecuador border October 23-24. UNHCR reps (none of whom were injured) were participating in a joint effort with the GoC to reg [...] | 2005-10-28 15:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PINS CO UN |
05BOGOTA10949 | ARMED CONFRONTATION IN VICINITY OF SAN JOSE DE [...] (C) On November 17 the Embassy received reports from the NGO Fellowship of Reconciliation that there had been an attack by the military on residents of the Peace Community of Arenas Altas, in the municipality of Apartado, Antioquia Department. The Arenas Altas Peace Community is near the Peac [...] | 2005-11-23 18:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF CO |
05BOGOTA1604 | PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, JANUARY, [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during January, 2005. ---------- DOJ/ICITAP ---------- 2. (U) From January 25-28, the DOJ International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and U.S. Secret Service (USSS) presented a Fina [...] | 2005-02-18 19:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA2266 | COLOMBIA'S FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Kiersten Stiansen, phone number (571) 383-2122, fax number (571) 315-2163. Officer spent 55 hours preparing report. 2. (U) Responses are keyed to questions as noted in paragraphs 18-21 of reftel. --------- [...] | 2005-03-09 13:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO |
05BOGOTA3286 | PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, MARCH, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during March, 2005. ------- DOJ/DEA ------- 2. (SBU) To date US $11.3 million has been invested in the purchase of hardware, software, monitoring suites, the vetting process and maintenance for Operation Esperanza, Col [...] | 2005-04-08 19:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA41 | PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, DECEMBER, [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during December, 2004. ---------- DOJ/ICITAP ---------- 2. (U) On December 21, 2004, twenty-one judicial police investigators and forensic experts graduated from the 240-hour Forensic Linguistic Course taken at [...] | 2005-01-04 17:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA4808 | NGO ESTIMATES 10 PERCENT INCREASE IN NEW INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary. A respected Colombian NGO, the Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES) estimated that there were 61,996 new internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the first quarter of 2005, a 10 percent increase over the same period in 2004. CODHES attributed the rise to an incre [...] | 2005-05-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SNAR CO |
05BOGOTA5060 | PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, APRIL, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during April, 2005. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) DOJ continued to provide training and technical assistance through the Justice Sector Reform Program (JSRP),in particular to develop the criminal justice sector dur [...] | 2005-05-25 22:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA5795 | PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, MAY, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during May, 2005. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) DOJ continued to provide training and technical assistance through the Justice Sector Reform Program (JSRP). DOJ sponsored a three-week visit to the U.S. for 13 eviden [...] | 2005-06-17 13:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA6222 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ARCHBISHOP OF CALI [...] (C) Summary. During a trip to Cali on June 23-24, the Archbishop told the Ambassador that the Mayor's office was struggling with corruption limiting its ability to act, and that the USG should find ways to help support the municipal police. He credited the increase in violence in Cali last y [...] | 2005-06-30 21:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM PINR CO |
05BOGOTA6223 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GOVERNOR OF VALLE DE [...] (C) Summary. On June 24 the Ambassador met with the Governor of the Department of Valle de Cauca. The Governor endorsed Uribe's Democratic Security policy and the use of a legal framework like the newly adopted Justice and Peace law to demobilize the AUC and the FARC. He said the FARC may be [...] | 2005-06-30 21:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM PINR CO |
05BOGOTA6669 | PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, JUNE, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during June, 2005. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) The results of Justice Department and USAID efforts in Bogota to assist Colombia in the conversion to an oral accusatory justice system are continuing to bear fruit. [...] | 2005-07-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA6950 | INTELLIGENCE CAPACITY DIMINISHED BY LOSS OF FUNDING [...] (S) The loss of the two airborne reconnaissance low (ARL) platforms due to funding constraints will have a critical impact on both U.S. and Colombian intelligence operations. The arrival of the "Shula Dragon" aircraft on July 15 offset requirements, but without either of the ARLs, our intellig [...] | 2005-07-25 19:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA7565 | UNHCR REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR FORMER VENEZUELAN AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-10 18:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CO VE |
05BOGOTA8123 | COLOMBIA WILL SUPPORT MDA/THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-29 17:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ CO ICRC |
05BOGOTA8284 | PLAN COLOMBIA MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS - JULY [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during July 2005. --------------------------------------------- ------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/JUDICIAL SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (U) The Department of Justice Judicial [...] | 2005-09-01 21:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
05BOGOTA8588 | MDA: COLOMBIA REITERATES SUPPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on September 7 to MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Ignacio Ruiz. Poloff urged a strong statement at the Geneva consultations, noted the humanitarian goal of the Third Additional Protocol, and stressed that the time was right given the successful Gaza wi [...] | 2005-09-13 00:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ CO |
05BOGOTA9276 | PLAN COLOMBIA MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during August 2005. --------------------------------------------- ------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/JUDICIAL SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (U) The Department of Justice Judicia [...] | 2005-09-29 21:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO FARC |
05BOGOTA9305 | SUPPORT FOR HUMANITARIAN PAROLE FOR THREE CUBAN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Embassy was contacted by Ms. Liduine Zumpolle, a Dutch national who works with the pro-democracy NGO "Cuba Futuro" about the case of three Cuban nationals who worked in harsh conditions in a shipyard in Curacao. Zumpolle said [...] | 2005-09-30 17:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF CU CO |
05BOGOTA9565 | OMBUDSMAN AND UNHCR OPEN "HOUSE OF RIGHTS" IN [...] The national Ombudsman inaugurated a "casa de los derechos" (house of rights) in the Altos de Cazuca neighborhood of Soacha, with support from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on September 29. Based on a model used by the UN in El Salvador, the office establishes the first offici [...] | 2005-10-07 15:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM SOCI CO |
05BRASILIA1396 | BRAZIL DECLINES GUANTANAMO MIGRANTS [...] (U) On May 20, PolOff delivered reftel and talking points to Brazil's Ministry of External Relations (MRE) International Organizations Division (DOI) and the Human Rights Divisions (DDH). PolOff also delivered reftel talking points to UNHCR representative in Brasilia Luis Varese. PolOff's req [...] | 2005-05-24 19:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SMIG BR US |
05BRASILIA2767 | BRAZIL: REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph four for action request. 2. (U) On October 13, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Marcelo Bohlke at Brazil's Ministry of External Relations United Nations Division (DNU). Poloff also provided points to Marcia Ramos at the Ministry's [...] | 2005-10-17 18:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR BR TIP |
05BRATISLAVA229 | SLOVAKIA'S HIV/AIDS SITUATION: WELL-POSITIONED FOR [...] Summary: Although the country's low rate of registered HIV/AIDS cases hampers social awareness, a three-year National Prevention Plan (NPP),improved school programs, and NGO outreach efforts demonstrate Slovakia's dedication to public education in preventative measures and risks associated wi [...] | 2005-03-18 13:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV PGOV PHUM PREF LO |
05BRATISLAVA466 | SLOVAKIA: MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ LO ICRC |
05BRUSSELS1239 | MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION: EU [...] (U) At a two-day public hearing at the European Parliament, policymakers and experts exchanged ideas on harnessing international migration to help bolster European economies and populations. Their overarching call was for a legal and transparent immigration program, at the European level, whi [...] | 2005-03-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG PHUM KWMN EAID ELAB OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1441 | HUMANITARIAN CONSULTATIONS HOSTED BY ECHO [...] (SBU) Summary. In a full day of consultations hosted by the European Commission's Office of Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) in Brussels on February 17, participants outlined their respective program priorities for 2005; agreed that the time had come to move the "Good Humanitarian Donorship" from the [...] | 2005-04-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PHUM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1442 | BURUNDI REFUGEES IN TANZANIA: EC RESPONSE ON [...] (U) Following receipt of reftel a, USEU contacted European Commission officials and provided the proposed text of the joint demarche on refugees. While expressing similar concerns and agreeing to work together to prevent refoulment, the EC said that it would defer to the assessment of its fie [...] | 2005-04-12 13:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM TZ BY USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1514 | WARSAW WINS SEAT OF EU BORDER AGENCY; EU [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 14 agreed that Warsaw would be the seat of the newly created Agency for the management of the EU external borders. The ministers also agreed to intensify contacts with Libya in order to combat illegal immigration, while insisting t [...] | 2005-04-15 14:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG PL AL LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1549 | DARFUR - RHETORIC AND REALITY OF A COMPLEX CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. The prevailing rhetoric on Darfur conveys the gravity of the humanitarian crisis, but does not capture the complexity of the changing situation on the ground. Though the violence emerged as a result of the political conflict between the GOS and the Darfur rebels, it had a ready b [...] | 2005-04-20 09:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF EAID AU SU US USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1581 | EC FUNDING FOR UNWRA EMERGENCY APPEAL IN 2005: DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-21 15:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS UNRWA |
05BRUSSELS1685 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNHCR STATUS AND ACCESS TO [...] (C) Summary. On April 21, PRMOff delivered reftel message to Nicola Annecchino, European Commission (EC) Head of Unit for Asylum and Migration Issues at Directorate General Justice Freedom and Security (JFS),regarding the status of UNHCR and the plight of asylum seekers in Libya. During a f [...] | 2005-04-28 15:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM SMIG LY USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1734 | TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. The April 20 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (ensuring democratic governance, supporting security sector reform and fostering regional stability),Somalia (consolidating the peace process),Sudan (Darfur and North-South); West [...] | 2005-05-04 05:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV MOPS PHUM EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2166 | EU TO LAUNCH COOPERATION WITH LIBYA ON [...] EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on June 3 agreed to cooperate with Libya to combat clandestine migration and will help Libya build institutional capacity. This decision "in principle" ties development of this cooperation to Libya respecting certain basic principles - particu [...] | 2005-06-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2344 | EU ON FORCED RETURN OF RWANDAN ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (U) PRMOff raised reftel points with DG Development Burundi/Rwanda desk officer Dietmar Krissler and EU Council Secretariat General officer for Central Africa Peter Clausen. SIPDIS 2. (C) Krissler said that during Commissioner Louis Michel's meeting with Rwandan President Kagame on June [...] | 2005-06-17 08:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF RW BY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2403 | EU LEADERS NOTE JHA ACTION PLAN, LIST [...] EU leaders in the June 16-17 European Council endorsed without discussion the draft conclusions put forward by the Luxembourg Presidency in the area of "Freedom, Security and Justice" (or Justice and Home Affairs, JHA). The conclusions basically note the adoption by the June 2 JHA Council (R [...] | 2005-06-22 08:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2668 | DRC ELECTIONS: INCREASED FUNDING AND MONUC SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. At a July 11 conference to rally support for elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),donors pledged an additional 74 million euros to largely cover one of the critical funding gaps. However, UN Security Council (UNSC) agreement for the MONUC peacekeeping operation [...] | 2005-07-13 12:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM MOPS CG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2688 | EU TO SPEED UP COUNTER-TERRORISM MEASURES [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, at their July 13 extraordinary meeting convened in response to the London attacks, were "absolutely determined" to speed up implementation measures in the EU Action Plan to combat terrorism. A four-page declaration gave new momentum to a detailed list o [...] | 2005-07-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM PREF UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4300 | TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary. The October 19 transatlantic consultations on Africa included a variety of big picture themes -- the EU strategy for Africa, peacekeeping, development, political Islam and extremism, China in Africa -- as well as discussion about key political issues in the Great Lakes, Uganda, [...] | 2005-12-06 11:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM EAID MOPS XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS838 | AMBASSADOR CARLOS PASCUAL MEETS IN BRUSSELS TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Coordinator of S/CRS, held a two-day series of meetings with EU officials in the Council and the Commission to explore areas for cooperative efforts on crisis response. In the meetings, Ambassador Pascual explained the mandate and structure of his offic [...] | 2005-03-02 09:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PHUM PREF SOCI EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS883 | A/S DEWEY BILAT WITH AFGHAN DELEGATION [...] (U) Summary. On February 15, PRM Assistant Secretary Gene Dewey held a bilateral meeting with the Afghan delegation to the EU-UNHCR co-chaired Strategic Consultations on Refugees and Population Movements to and from Afghanistan (septel). A/S Dewey sought Refugee Minister Dadfar,s views on progr [...] | 2005-03-04 09:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID AF PK USEU BRUSSELS |
05BUCHAREST1582 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO URGENT NEED TO TEMPORARILY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 13:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RO |
05BUENOSAIRES507 | ARGENTINA SUBMISSION FOR FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] Overview: A. Trafficking in persons in Argentina primarily involves Argentines trafficked within the country's borders, mostly from the northern provinces to the central provinces and Buenos Aires, and from Buenos Aires to several southern provinces. To a lesser degree, trafficking of pe [...] | 2005-03-04 17:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AR |
05CAIRO2481 | GAINING SUPPORT FROM EGYPT ON MAGON DAVID ADOM [...] (C) During a March 29 meeting with Ambassador Ahmed Fathalla, MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs, the Acting DCM requested Egyptian support for a possible Swiss-convened conference on a Third Protocol and inclusion of Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) national society into the Red [...] | 2005-03-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF EG IS SW ICRC |
05CAIRO2515 | MAGEN DAVID ADOM ISSUE: FOREIGN MINISTER COMMITS [...] (C) The Charge met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit March 30 to press the GOE to support a Swiss diplomatic conference on bringing Israel's Magen David Adom society into the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. (Other topics are reported septel/NOTAL.) Drawing on the points cont [...] | 2005-03-30 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF EG IS SW ICRC |
05CAIRO2682 | LIBYA - UNHCR TRIPOLI REQUESTS USG HELP [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (U) THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY USLO TRIPOLI. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (SBU) INCIDENTS OF DETENTION AND DEPORTATION OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS FROM LIBYA ARE INCREASING. SOME OF THESE DEPORTEES COULD BE REFUGEES DESERVING INTERNAT [...] | 2005-04-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG LI UNHCR |
05CAIRO2875 | PRESSING THE MAGEN DAVID ADOM ISSUE: SWISS ENVOY [...] (C) We learned from our Swiss Embassy contacts April 12 that the new Swiss Ambassador raised the issue of an international conference and the Third Protocol during an introductory meeting April 7 with MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ahmed Fathalla. The senior Egyptian officia [...] | 2005-04-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPAL EG IS SW ICRC IFRC |
05CAIRO4221 | ERITREAN MILITARY GROUP IN KSA PROPOSED FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-06 11:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM SA EG UNHCR |
05CAIRO4820 | MDA: EGYPT REMINDED OF IMPORTANCE OF MDA ISSUE ON [...] (C) On June 26, PolOff shared ref A points with Amr Rushdy of the Foreign Minister's cabinet. Rushdy will travel with the Minister to Sanaa for the June 27 OIC ministerial and coordinates the Magen David Adom (MDA) issue as part of his portfolio. Familiar with the U.S. position on MDA incl [...] | 2005-06-26 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM IS EG ICRC |
05CAIRO7766 | SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS FORCE UNHCR CLOSURE [...] (SBU) A PEACEFUL BUT GROWING DEMONSTRATION BY SUDANESE REFUGEES HAS FORCED UNHCR TO CLOSE ITS OFFICE IN CAIRO. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, SAAD AL ATTAR, AND SEVERAL CRITICAL SECURITY PERSONNEL, STAFF-MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SENT HOME AND UNHCR HAS SENT OUT EMAILS ADVISING THA [...] | 2005-10-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG SU UNHCR |
05CAIRO7878 | PAKISTAN - GROWING NEED FOR REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) The Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator (for resettlement) joined with the Islamabad Refugee Coordinator and the Regional Director of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) from October 3-8 to review the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program (USRP) in Pakistan. They vis [...] | 2005-10-13 12:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PA EG |
05CAIRO7889 | SAHRAWI: FOOD CRUNCH IN TINDOUF [...] (SBU) The Algerian Red Crescent has apparently refused to accept the joint World Food Program/UNHCR decision to cut back from 158,000 to 90,000 WFP's assessment of refugees requiring food aid in the Tindouf camps. Despite WFP's announcement that the cutback would take effect from October 1, t [...] | 2005-10-13 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM AL EG |
05CAIRO8110 | FRUSTRATION MOUNTS AS SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) The continuing demonstration by southern Sudanese migrants camped out in a central city park is not a refugee problem but rather a broader humanitarian issue, according to UNHCR Cairo. The demonstration has forced the closure of UNHCR's Cairo office, which adjoins the makeshift camp set- [...] | 2005-10-20 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG SU UNHCR |
05CAIRO8603 | MDA DEMARCHE TO EGYPT ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-14 17:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EG ICRC |
05CALCUTTA18 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH: ISOLATED TRIBAL STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Geographic isolation, historical misfortune and deliberate choice combine to make the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh India's most isolated and among it least developed. As home to 26 major tribal groups, Arunachal is something of an anthropologist's dream, but a politic [...] | 2005-01-18 09:17:00 | Consulate Kolkata | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON ENRG PBTS PREF CH IN |
05CANBERRA1201 | AUSTRALIA ON UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 06:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL AS |
05CANBERRA1301 | AUSTRALIA TO ACCEPT 50 UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 01:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL AS |
05CANBERRA386 | AUSTRALIA'S FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia remains a destination country for Southeast Asian women trafficked for prostitution. Many of these women travel to Australia voluntarily to work in both legal and illegal brothels but can be deceived or coerced into debt bondage or sexual servitude. The Government [...] | 2005-03-02 01:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB PREF KFRD ASEC AS |
05CARACAS1951 | THE HEIGHTS OF THE VENEZUELAN ANDES - AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) During a visit to the Venezuelan state of Merida on June 9 and 10, the Ambassador met with the governor, a close ally of President Hugo Chavez. This was the first time a pro-GOV governor has agreed to meet with him in 2005. The conversation was cordial, with the Governor offering to help [...] | 2005-06-27 19:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF VE |
05CARACAS450 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR REGINAL REFUGEE [...] The Embassy grants country clearance for Regional Refugee Coordinator Colleen Hoey's visit to Venezuela from February 13-19, 2005 for consultations with Embassy Caracas UNHCR, CARITAS, Jesuit Refugee Service, and Government of Venezuela officials in charge of refugee matters. Embassy point [...] | 2005-02-09 20:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREF PHUM CO VE |
05CARACAS624 | VENEZUELA'S FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Per reftel A instructions, the following is post's input for the fifth annual anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Political officer Carolina Hidea is the point of contact. Telephone: 58-212-907-8493; Fax: 58-212-907-8033; Email: hideac@state.gov. Hours spent compiling the report: [...] | 2005-02-28 20:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF |
05CARACAS768 | CUBAN DOCTOR SEEKS ASYLUM [...] (C) Cuban medical doctor Ulises Bernal Perez requested political asylum March 2. He did not claim or appear to fear for his safety, nor fear political persecution. Poloff explained the procedure for political asylum and referred Bernal to UNHCR. Bernal told poloff he arrived in Venezuela Oc [...] | 2005-03-15 14:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF CVIS VE |
05CASABLANCA1316 | IOM AND GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO HOLD JOINT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Marking International Migrants Day, December 18, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) released a statement saying, "More attention should be paid by the international community to the large numb [...] | 2005-12-21 11:29:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG PREF PREL SOCI ELAB MO |
05CHIANGMAI173 | MAE RIM HMONG LINKED TO LAOS, U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Lost in the bigger news of over 6,000 Hmong seeking refuge in Petchabun province, a much smaller group has settled into a former resort in Mae Rim, north of Chiang Mai. With one exception, Thai media have been silent on these 42 Hmong, reportedly part of a group with connections to [...] | 2005-07-19 09:14:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF TH LA PGOV PHUM PINR |
05CHIANGMAI187 | HMONG U.S.-THAI-LAO LINKS UNDER INCREASED SCRUTINY [...] (sbu) Summary. Thai authorities in Bangkok and Chiang Mai are showing increasing concern over the activities of former American citizen Willis Bird Jr. and a group of Hmong who have settled near Mae Rim, 20 kilometers north of the provincial capital. Despite finding only two illegal Hmong d [...] | 2005-08-11 03:08:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PREF TH LA |
05CHIANGMAI195 | CHINESE VISITORS SHOW INTEREST IN THAILAND-BASED BURMESE EXILE GROUPS [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese visitors from Yunnan traveled to northern Thailand in May and July to plumb the exile groups and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in the Burmese opposition movement These two trips were the latest is a two-year series of back-and-forth cross-border vis [...] | 2005-08-22 02:58:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PINR TH CH BM PHUM |
05CHIANGMAI196 | CHIANG RAI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ATTACKED [...] Summary. While human rights and environmental activists in northern Thailand have become accustomed to verbal threats directed against their work, an August 18 grenade attack in Chiang Rai's Mae Fa Luang district has upped the ante. End summary. 2. Wiwat Tamee, a Thai-Lisu coordinator for [...] | 2005-08-25 11:17:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM TH PREF PGOV |
05CHIANGMAI199 | KARENNI REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT COULD DIM POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary. As the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) begins the process of resettling Karenni refugees in Mae Hong Son province to third countries, the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) is worried that resettlement will drain off party activists and weaken the Karenni resistan [...] | 2005-08-29 09:43:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM TH BM |
05CHIANGMAI245 | LARGE SHAN POPULATION LIVES IN LEGAL LIMBO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 09:03:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV TH SNAR |
05COLOMBO1284 | HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION (HMA) FY06 COUNTRY [...] U.S. Funds Expended : $11,937,000 (through FY2005) 2. A total of 503 officer and enlisted ranks have completed the basic demining course. Also 202 officers and enlisted ranks have completed additional demining instruction and management courses, basic and advance trauma courses as well a [...] | 2005-07-22 06:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID MARR MOPS PREF PREL CE MAS LTTE |
05COLOMBO1522 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN [...] (C) Charge' raised reftel situation of Uighur Guantanamo detainees with Foreign Ministry Secretary H.G.M.S. Palihakkara August 31 and asked SIPDIS for Sri Lankan assistance. Palihakkara replied that "we'd like to do it," but that accepting the Uighurs would "create problems with our Chine [...] | 2005-08-31 05:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CE |
05COLOMBO1870 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-31 06:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR MV |
05COLOMBO1954 | SRI LANKA OFFERS CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-16 05:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL CE |
05COLOMBO454 | SRI LANKA: THE FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission's submission for the fifth annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Andrea Tomaszewicz, telephone +94.11.2.448.007 x2425, fax +94.11.2.471.092. Paragraph 18: Sri Lanka [...] | 2005-03-02 04:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE |
05DARESSALAAM108 | SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] Per reftel A, the Tanzania submission for the Supporting Human Rights and Democracy Report is below. 2. The United Republic of Tanzania is a multiparty state, although it is dominated by the long-ruling CCM party. Benjamin Mkapa is the President; his term will end in October, 2005. Zanziba [...] | 2005-01-20 04:16:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PREF PGOV PREL TZ |
05DARESSALAAM1270 | JUNE UPDATE ON REFUGEE SITUATION [...] (U) Summary: In its monthly briefing, UNHCR reported that for the first time in decades the number of refugees it assisted in Tanzania had decreased to less than 400,000 with an estimated 398,500 refugees currently in the country. The monthly meeting with the joint diplomatic corps and NGOs [...] | 2005-06-29 11:02:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV EAID TZ |
05DARESSALAAM148 | DEC/JAN REFUGEE UPDATE: PRESIDENT MAKAPA WANTS NO [...] Summary. At a January 14 joint UNHCR-WFP donor briefing, the UNHCR Country Director said he was concerned about Tanzanian President Mkapa's recent remarks about not granting asylum to any additional Burundian refugees. The UNHCR also noted that only small numbers of Burundian were repatriating [...] | 2005-01-25 13:52:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV TZ |
05DARESSALAAM212 | MINISTER ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL: "BURUNDIAN REFUGEES, [...] (U) This message contains an action request lease see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: Minister for Home Affairs Omar Mapuri, who is also a dark horse CCM Presidential candidate, campaigned in Western Tanzania Jan 23-25. His public remarks were marked by strong anti-refugee statements, whi [...] | 2005-02-02 04:32:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV TZ |
05DARESSALAAM545 | CHILD MARRIAGE IN TANZANIA [...] Summary: Marriage under 18 is common in Tanzania particularly in Muslim areas and amongst pastoralist tribes in Arusha region. Tanzania law prohibits child marriage under age 15 for girls, except with a court's consent. The Islamic and customary courts may allow exceptions for members of th [...] | 2005-03-16 10:56:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PREF ECON ELAB SCUL SOCI TZ |
05DARESSALAAM686 | JOINT REFUGEE DEMARCHE: TIMING NOT RIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Members of the diplomatic corps discussed the proposed reftel joint demarche on refugees on March 24, on the margins of the monthly joint UN briefing on the refugee situation. The diplomats and UNHCR officials alike thought that the timing was wrong for a joint demarche, since [...] | 2005-04-06 13:02:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV EAID TZ |
05DARESSALAAM839 | NO NOMINATIONS FOR AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID TZ |
05DHAKA1399 | ROHINGYAN LINKS TO EXTREMIST GROUPS AND PATTERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A human rights activist briefed poloff about Rohingyan refugee connections to Islamic extremist groups and Rohingyan patterns of human smuggling. END SUMMARY 2. (SBU) Poloff recently met with Chris Lewa, a Belgian who works for Forum Asia in Bangkok and who has worked on Roh [...] | 2005-03-24 09:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV BG PTER PINR GTIP |
05DHAKA224 | BIHARI UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: While Bihari spokesmen continue to press for resettlement in Pakistan, many Biharis are integrating themselves into local life and say they want Bangladeshi citizenship. End Summary. ------------- Background ------------- 2.(SBU) The Biharis are an internally displaced gr [...] | 2005-01-18 12:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF BG PINR PHUM PTER |
05DHAKA3248 | BANGLADESH: MDA: FOLLOW-UP WITH OIC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 06:44:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL BG ICRC |
05DHAKA3417 | VISIT TO MAKESHIFT ROHINGYA CAMPS [...] (SBU) On July 15, poloff accompanied a delegation of eight donor country diplomats to visit makeshift Rohingya refugee camps near the city of Teknaf to emphasize to local officials the importance of improving the situation of the 200,000 plus estimated Rohingyan refugees living in squalor outsi [...] | 2005-07-19 07:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM BG |
05DHAKA5702 | BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-23 04:12:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ BG ICRC |
05DHAKA86 | NGO CONCERN PLANS TO WITHDRAW FROM ROHINGYA [...] (C) Summary: Citing harassment from the BDG NGO Affairs Bureau, NGO Concern has decided to withdraw from Rohingya refugee camps. UNHCR says they plan on taking over Concern's programs until they find a permanent replacement. END SUMMARY 2. (SBU) On January 4, Concern Country Director Columba [...] | 2005-01-06 08:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF BG |
05DHAKA937 | BANGLADESH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report will cover efforts by the Bangladesh Government (BDG) during the time period from March 2004-March 2005. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Charlene Wang, telephone number 880-2-885-5500 extension 2148, IVG post-code Dhaka #583, fax [...] | 2005-03-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG USAID |
05DJIBOUTI1077 | CRIME UP-TICK IN DJIBOUTI - RENEWED REQUEST FOR [...] This is an action message. See para 4. 2. Djibouti City has undergone a change for the worse over the past two weeks, in terms of the nature and intensity of serious and violent criminal acts. The sharp rise in violent crime in the city began with the murder of a Third Country National ( [...] | 2005-10-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PREF SOCI AMGT DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1145 | MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADD'L GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] (C) Charge called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan to seek support to add the 'red crystal' emblem to the red cross and red crescent now used with the Geneva convention, and for Magen David Adom (MDA) membership to the IRC/RC Movement. Charge [...] | 2005-11-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ ICRC |
05DJIBOUTI240 | DJIBOUTI - 2005 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Djibouti is reportedly a country of transit and a country of destination for internationally trafficked persons. There is no evidence to suggest that Djibouti is a country of origin. The trafficking problem in Djibouti is vague and undocumented. Post would like to emphasize that [...] | 2005-03-07 03:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DJ SO ET |
05DJIBOUTI407 | DJIBOUTI: FOOD SECURITY AND REFUGEES UPDATE [...] REDSO/FFP OFFICER TRAVELED TO DJIBOUTI 5-7 APRIL, MET WITH WFP, UNHCR AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, TRAVELED TO HOLL-HOLL AND ALI ADDE REFUGEE CAMPS AND VISITED FOOD INSECURE AREAS OF ALI SABIEH DISTRICT. 2. FFP RECENTLY CONTRIBUTED AN ADDITIONAL $500,000 TO WFP'S PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY [...] | 2005-04-24 12:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA AMTC AMGT ASEC PREF |
05DJIBOUTI54 | REFUGEE REPATRIATIONS IN DJIBOUTI: CHAOTIC BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. ConOff and a USAID representative observed UNHCR-directed refugee repatriations November 24 in Djibouti. The process was disorganized and confrontational, and fraud was blatant. But in the end, the day resulted in 511 refugees repatriated from the Ali Addeh refugee camp in D [...] | 2005-01-12 13:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DJ PREF PREL SO |
05DJIBOUTI581 | MDA: DJIBOUTI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel (B) 12 June to Americas' Desk Officer in the Bilateral Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Omar Djama. Djama said he would pass the information to his superior, who is currently on a mission abroad. Djibouti has no response [...] | 2005-06-16 13:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI678 | MDA: FOLLOW-UP WITH OIC [...] (C) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 14 July to Director of Bilateral Relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan asked did the Swiss government write to each member nation of the OIC directly asking for this support. Pol/Econ said she was not sure, but could [...] | 2005-07-18 10:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI959 | UNHCR CONCERNED ABOUT REVOKED ASYLUM STATUS [...] (U) Summary. On September 20 UNHCR Country Representative met wi Ambassador and ConOff to raise concerns about refugees in Djibouti. September 14 refugees in the transit camp of Aour Aoussa were alleged that they had 36 hours to leave. UNHCR was most concerned about Erit Ethiopian refugees w [...] | 2005-09-29 04:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL DJ ET ER SO |
05DJIBOUTI961 | UNHCR CONCERNED ABOUT REVOKED [...] (U) Summary. On September 20 UNHCR Country Representative met with Ambassador and ConOff to raise concerns about refugees in Djibouti. On September 14 refugees in the transit camp of Aour Aoussa were allegedly told that they had 36 hours to leave. UNHCR was most concerned about Eritrean and [...] | 2005-09-29 06:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL DJ ET ER SO |
05DUBLIN1239 | IRELAND SUPPORTS DARFUR INITIATIVES ON VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-07 15:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PHUM PREF |
05DUBLIN1255 | IRELAND UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT GITMO UIGHURS [...] (S) In a private meeting October 7, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Dermot Gallagher, Secretary General of the DFA. Gallagher frankly told the ambassador that Ireland would not accept GITMO Uighurs because of their bad experience with the Church of the Nativity occupier they had ac [...] | 2005-10-12 15:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR |
05DUBLIN1408 | IRELAND SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-18 13:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EI |
05DUBLIN276 | IRELAND - 2005 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Once a poor nation characterized by large scale emigration, Ireland is now economically prosperous and an attractive destination for thousands of asylum and job-seekers. The unprecedented flow of people into Ireland has prompted the Government to address issues relating to bo [...] | 2005-03-04 17:47:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF |
05DUBLIN727 | IRISH RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-13 15:22:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL |
05DUBLIN887 | IRISH RESPONSE TO UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 16:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV |
05DUSHANBE1852 | UNHCR PROGRESS AND NEED FOR HELP IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) The UN High Commission for Refugees is shifting its focus from emergency operations in Tajikistan for remaining refugees, to development programs that will help to integrate the mostly Afghan refugee community into Tajik society. The shift is made possible by Tajikistan's political stabili [...] | 2005-11-23 08:40:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV TI |
05GABORONE273 | BOTSWANA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: At this time, post believes Botswana is not a country of origin, transit or destination for a significant number of human trafficking victims. This is partly because the Government of Botswana regards trafficking as a serious threat and has taken measures to prevent it from em [...] | 2005-02-24 13:29:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BC TIP |
05GABORONE535 | REFUGEES AT DUKWE REFUGEE CAMP SEEK ARV [...] (U) Summary: A March 31 visit to Botswana's Dukwe Refugee Camp by Ambassador Huggins revealed difficult living conditions and challenges in fighting HIV/AIDS within the camp's population. Community leaders at the Camp blamed the Government's policy of not providing ARV treatment to the refu [...] | 2005-04-15 09:55:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV KHIV BC HIV AIDS |
05GABORONE951 | REFUGEES IN BOTSWANA: AN UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Botswana and the Francistown Vicariate of the Catholic Church are exploring the possibility of providing anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to a limited number of refugees. Approximately 550 Angolan refugees are registered t [...] | 2005-07-08 10:45:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM AO CG WA ZI BC HIV AIDS |
05GENEVA1037 | UNHCR STILL GRAPPLING WITH FUNDING AND POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with U.S. Mission DCM and refugee officer, Director of UNHCR's Sudan unit Jean Marie Fakhouri highlighted funding and policy issues impacting its operations in Chad and Sudan. In Chad, he acknowledged that malnutrition had increased at some camps when rations had be [...] | 2005-04-22 08:40:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF CD SU PHUM UNHCR |
05GENEVA1052 | UNHCR ON WESTERN SAHARA, LIBYA, AND MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: In response to refs A and B, Mission Geneva's Joe Cassidy and Anne Phillips met with officials from the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) April 25 to brief on demarches directed to Algiers and Tripoli on refugee issues. UNHCR's Deputy Director in charge o [...] | 2005-04-26 03:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG XI UNHCR |
05GENEVA1065 | UNHCR REPLIES TO DEMARCHE ON MALNUTRITION IN CHAD [...] (U) RMA Officers delivered ref A demarche to UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner (AHC) Kamel Morjane and Head of Desk for Chad and Darfur Craig Sanders, who promised to investigate and reply to questions and concerns raised. DCM and RMA officer met with Director of Sudan Operations Jean Marie F [...] | 2005-04-27 04:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM CD UNHCR |
05GENEVA1287 | UNHCR FORUM: ONE BRIDGE, ONE DEAD END [...] (U) Summary: The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' Forum (UNHCR/Forum) met May 20, with Deputy High Commissioner Kamel Morjane and Director of International Protection Erika Feller on the podium for an all-day session attended by approximately one hundred representatives from Geneva missio [...] | 2005-05-25 13:28:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG UNHCR |
05GENEVA1380 | UNHCR: NEW COMMISSIONER OFF TO A STRONG START, [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-06 12:05:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1454 | RWANDA/BURUNDI: LETTERS REFLECT RENEWED CONCERN AT [...] (C) Summary: Following up on his immediate interest in Rwanda/Burundi (ref A),the incoming United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has written to the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi expressing concern about their actions and intentions regarding Rwandan asylum seekers. UNHCR staff ar [...] | 2005-06-10 13:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF RW BY UNHCR |
05GENEVA1523 | UNHCR: AMBITIOUS AGENDA OUTLINED BY NEW HIGH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Moley paid a courtesy call on Antonio Guterres June 14, the eve of Guterres' assumption of post as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR.) On June 17, Guterres met with a larger group in an informal session of UNHCR's Executive Committee (ExCom). In bo [...] | 2005-06-20 08:52:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1553 | UNHCR RE-ENGAGEMENT IN INDONESIA FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Asia Director Janet Lim described the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR's) plans to re-engage in post-Tsunami operations in Indonesia at a donor briefing in Geneva June 20. UNHCR's June 14 Memorandum of Understanding with the Indonesian government will allow [...] | 2005-06-22 13:04:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1577 | RECEIPT OF LETTER UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER ANTONIO [...] (U) Mission has received the following letter addressed to the Secretary of State Condolezza Rice. Begin Text. Madam, Please accept my sincere thanks for your kind letter of congratulations on my appointment as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. I am truly honoured by th [...] | 2005-06-27 11:44:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1604 | UNHCR: MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES FOR 2006 DESCRIBED [...] (U) Summary: Donor government representatives and NGOs were in full attendance at UNHCR,s informal consultations, May 18-19 in Geneva. Saying &we heard you last year,8 then-Acting High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin led the meeting, providing donors with an update on UNHCR,s approach to budget [...] | 2005-06-29 05:39:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1605 | UNHCR: REGIONAL ISSUES AND IDPS DISCUSSED DURING [...] (U) Summary: Donor government representatives and NGOs were in full attendance at UNHCR,s May 18-19 informal consultations. Then-acting High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin led the meeting, flanked for the regional sessions by Assistant High Commissioner Kamel Morjane and the entire senior man [...] | 2005-06-29 05:42:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1606 | RECEIPT OF LETTER FROM UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (U) Mission has received the following letter addressed to the Secretary of State Condolezza Rice. Begin Text. Madam, As I take up my duties as High Commissioner, I wish to avail myself of this opportunity to thank you for your support for the work of UNHCR. It is an honour for me to [...] | 2005-06-29 09:28:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1609 | UNHCR: REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT FROM EAST ASIA AND [...] (C) Summary: PRM DAS Kelly Ryan discussed ongoing and potential refugee resettlement operations in separate meetings with UNHCR Protection Director Erika Feller and Asia Director Janet Lim in Geneva June 13. Pointing to the fact that there is little access to the highlands and thus to mon [...] | 2005-06-29 14:24:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL UNHCR |
05GENEVA1689 | UNHCR: INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held a meeting of its "Standing Committee" June 28-30 to discuss budget and program matters. This cable focuses on protection issues, the main topic of the June meeting. Others will focu [...] | 2005-07-11 08:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1696 | UNHCR: REFUGEE WOMEN AND PROJECT PROFILE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held a meeting of its "Standing Committee" June 28-30 to discuss budget and program matters. This cable focuses on the High Commissioner's Five Commitments to Refugee Women, Project Pro [...] | 2005-07-12 06:15:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1739 | UZBEKS IN KYRGYZSTAN: UNHCR WEEKEND PURSUIT OF [...] (C) Summary: Staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Headquarters in Geneva were active the weekend of July 16-17 in monitoring the situation of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan and seeking possible "evacuation" options. Mission Refugee and Migration Affairs (RMA) offic [...] | 2005-07-18 08:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KG UZ UNHCR |
05GENEVA1742 | UNHCR: 2006 BUDGET CONSULTATIONS AND STANDING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Donors and staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have held multiple discussions as UNHCR shapes its 2006 budget and its plans for the second half of 2005. In all of these discussions, UNHCR has highlighted its (new) commitment to results-based manag [...] | 2005-07-18 12:04:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1764 | RECEIPT OF LETTER FROM UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (U) Mission has received the following letter, dated July 18, from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres addressed to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Begin Text. Madam, The situation of the persons who fled due to the recent events in Andijan, Republic of [...] | 2005-07-21 06:46:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1771 | UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS: GENEVA MEETINGS WITH UNHCR, [...] (C) Summary. US Mission Geneva Refugee and Migration Affairs (RMA) Counselor and Refugee Officer met with UNHCR staff representing the Bureaus for Central Asia, Europe, and Protection July 20 to press for details on the status of efforts and plans to relocate 455 Uzbek asylum seekers from Kyr [...] | 2005-07-21 13:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | KG PREF PREL UZ UNHCR |
05GENEVA1809 | UNHCR: STILL NO REPLACEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER [...] (C) UNHCR continues to seek an Implementation Partner (IP) in Nepal to replace the deregistered Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office (TRWO) in providing assistance to Tibetan refugees transiting to India. In a June 26 meeting, UNHCR's Asia Desk Chief Catherine Huck and Senior Legal Advisor Peter [...] | 2005-07-28 12:10:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IN CH NP PHUM UNHCR |
05GENEVA1850 | UZEBK SITUATION: LETTER FROM HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (U) As per ref a, Mission received two letters from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres addressed to Secretary Rice. Ref a letter, dated July 27, dealt briefly with the situation of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan. The July 28 letter reproduced below goes into furthe [...] | 2005-08-04 09:01:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF RICE CONDOLEEZZA UNHCR |
05GENEVA2093 | UNHCR BRIEFS ON UZBEK REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) briefed members of the diplomatic community on September 6 regarding developments surrounding the 429 Uzbek asylum seekers currently in Timisoara, Romania and the 15 who remain in detention in Osh, Ky [...] | 2005-09-06 13:41:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KG UZ RO UNHCR |
05GENEVA2101 | LETTER FROM REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SYG ON THE HUMAN [...] Mission received the following communication from Walter Kalin, Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, regarding the situation in the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-ma [...] | 2005-09-07 11:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNHRC |
05GENEVA2198 | RMA FY 2006 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FINANCIAL PLAN [...] (U) U.S. MISSION GENEVA'S REFUGEE AND MIGRATION AFFAIRS SECTION (RMA) PROJECTS ITS FISCAL YEAR 2006 ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET REQUIREMENTS AT USDOLS 944,932 IN SUPPORT OF ITS ONGOING REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ACTIVITIES. OUR CALCULATIONS ARE BASED ON A TOTAL POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION (PRM) [...] | 2005-09-16 15:06:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD PREF |
05GENEVA2235 | LETTER FROM SRS ON FREEDOM OF OPINION AND ESA [...] Mission received the following communication from Ambeyi Ligabo, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Opinion and Expression, and Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Abritrary Executions, regarding the fatal shooting of Mr. Waleed Khaled [...] | 2005-09-21 12:05:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNHRC |
05GENEVA2372 | MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN VICE PRESIDENT FRANCISCO [...] (C) Colombia VP Santos shared September 23 with Ambassador Moley his concerns about the growing UN presence in Colombia and his hopes for drastic changes in the mandate of the OHCHR field office there. Santos stressed the need for cooperation but not interference from the UN agencies. He no [...] | 2005-10-03 10:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF CO UNHRC |
05GENEVA2396 | DOD GENERAL COUNSEL HAYNES, MEETING WITH HIGH [...] (U) U.S.: Ambassador Kevin Moley, DOD General Counsel William J. Haynes, DOD DAS Matthew Waxman, USN Capt. Michael Boock, EUCOM Col. William Lietzau and Lt. Col. Sarajane Stenton, U.S. Mission Legal Adviser Jeffrey Kovar, and Political Counselor Velia De Pirro. OHCHR: High Commissioner L [...] | 2005-10-05 10:33:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF PTER ICRC UNCHR |
05GENEVA2465 | UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #1: OVERVIEW [...] (U) Summary: The Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees met October 3-7 in Geneva. As per ref a, USDEL was led by PRM acting Assistant Secretary Rich Greene and included representatives of USAID SIPDIS and DHS, as well as two NGOs. This cable summarizes [...] | 2005-10-13 14:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA2483 | UNHCR EXCOM #4: PURSUING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Acting PRM A/S Greene pressed Bhutanese and Nepalese officials to agree to a comprehensive solution to the problem of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal, during October 3-7 meetings on the margins of UNHCR's annual ExCom. Nepalese PermRep Acharya asserted a "lack of urgency" on the pa [...] | 2005-10-14 08:41:00 | Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF NP PHUM BT PREL UNHCR |
05GENEVA2484 | UNHCR EXCOM #5: SEEKING BETTER PROTECTION FOR [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of UNHCR,s Executive Committee meeting, Acting PRM A/S Rich Greene raised in meetings with Chinese Mission Counselor and UNHCR staff the fate of North Korean asylum seekers in China. Chinese concerns over stability in northeast Asia and successful resolution of t [...] | 2005-10-14 08:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM EAID CH KN UNCHR |
05GENEVA2489 | UNHCR EXCOM #6: BILATERALS COVER RESETTLEMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: In bilateral meetings with delegations from Romania, Canada, Sweden and Australia on the margins of the October 3-7 meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),the US Delegation discussed modalities for increasing capaci [...] | 2005-10-14 11:27:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG RO AS CA SW UNHCR |
05GENEVA2493 | UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #2: PRM ACTING A/S GREENE,S [...] (U) Summary: On the margins of the 56th Session of the UNHCR Executive Committee (EXCOM),PRM Acting A/S Greene previewed our priorities for the week-long session with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Guterres. They included improving UNHCR's approach to durable solutions, management refor [...] | 2005-10-14 11:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA2494 | UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #3: IDP OVERVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-14 11:53:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA2567 | UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE # 7: MEXICO PLAN OF ACTION [...] (U) Summary. Government representatives, NGOs and UN staff turned out in force to voice support for the Mexico Plan of Action (POA) during a special session on the margins of the UNHCR Executive Committee meeting. While there was some concern over the lack of resources targeted for the regio [...] | 2005-10-21 11:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA2654 | COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. An October 10 meeting in Geneva marked the end of the decade-long CIS Conference Process, originally created to address problems of refugees and displaced persons -- as well as statelessness -- arising out of the break up of the Soviet Union. Although a final conference statemen [...] | 2005-11-01 13:56:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM SMIG XG CIS |
05GENEVA2655 | UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #8: MEETING ON AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides a readout of an October 7 meeting in Geneva on the situation of Afghan refugees in Iraq and Pakistan. The meeting occurred, and the cable was drafted, before the October earthquake in Kashmir. At this time, it is still unclear what ramifications, if any, th [...] | 2005-11-01 14:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID AF PK IR UNHCR |
05GENEVA2713 | UZBEK REFUGEES IN KYRGYZSTAN AND ROMANIA [...] (U) Summary: On 26 October, Ambassador received a letter from Anne Willem Biljeveld, Director of the Division of External Relations at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR),providing an update on the status of the refugees who fled Uzbekistan in May 2005. Paragraph 4 repe [...] | 2005-11-08 06:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KG UZ RO UNHCR |
05GENEVA2714 | IOM SUB-COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FINANCE [...] (U) Summary: Member states approved most agenda item presented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) during the 94th Session of the Sub-committee on Budget and Finance (SCBF) November 1. However, three issues -- IOM's overhead rate policy, its Program and Budget for 2006, and [...] | 2005-11-08 07:56:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF IOM |
05GENEVA2731 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE CONFERENCE LEAVES AN UNCLEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ten days after the 26 October UN ministerial conference on aid for Pakistan's earthquake victims, there is still a dramatic under-funding of UN agencies and other partners in the UN Flash Appeal. While the conference netted $579 million in additional pledges, raising the total am [...] | 2005-11-09 06:18:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN |
05GENEVA909 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES PRESENT THEIR HISTORY AND [...] (SBU) Summary. At a private meeting on the margins of the UN Commission on Human Rights, the Bhutanese refugee delegation presented a video explaining the facts of their flight and situation in Nepal, and drawing governmental attention to their desire for durable solutions. Missionoff persua [...] | 2005-04-08 14:59:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF NP PHUM BT PREL UNHCR |
05GUATEMALA2273 | GUATEMALA ON CHANGES TO DEPORTATION PROCEDURES [...] (C) Guatemalan FM Briz reacted favorably to reftel demarche delivered September 27 by the Ambassador, saying the GOG would seek to cooperate with USG efforts to reduce to three days the turnaround time to repatriate illegal Guatemalan immigrants apprehended at the border. 2. (C) The Ambassa [...] | 2005-09-27 22:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG CVIS SNAR KCRM EAID PREF PHUM GT |
05GUATEMALA2395 | GUATEMALA NEEDS TPS [...] Embassy Guatemala strongly supports granting Guatemalans living in the United States Temporary Protected Status (TPS) following Hurricane Stan, which produced floods and mudslides that have devastated the country. Guatemala is in a state of calamity and will be hard pressed to address any add [...] | 2005-10-17 22:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF CVIS SMIG EAID MASS PHUM AEMR ASEC ETRD EAGR GT |
05GUATEMALA2642 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-21 17:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL GT UNHRC |
05GUATEMALA2658 | ECLAC ASSESSMENT OF HURRICANE STAN'S DAMAGE TO GUATEMALA [...] SUMMARY. An ECLAC study of the impact caused to Guatemala by Tropical Storm Stan estimates the total damage and losses to be just shy of US$1 billion ($983 million) and suggests that while the Storm's impact may have been marginal in macroeconomic terms, the impact was devastating for the tho [...] | 2005-11-22 22:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREF MOPS GT |
05GUATEMALA2684 | PROPOSAL FOR REBUILDING LIVELIHOODS IN STAN- [...] SUMMARY. Post requests State and USAID support for a two-year program "Rebuilding Rural Livelihoods in Western Highlands" to respond to U.S. national interests and assist the GOG in the recovery and reconstruction from damages caused by Hurricane Stan. This program responds directly to impo [...] | 2005-11-29 17:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREF MOPS GT |
05GUATEMALA545 | GUATEMALA 2004 TIP REPORT [...] Summary: The Government of Guatemala (GOG) achieved remarkable success in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) during the reporting period, particularly in the development of new legal instruments to criminalize TIP activities. We note that Guatemala has achieved or made signif [...] | 2005-03-01 22:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KCOR EAID KPAO GT |
05GUATEMALA819 | LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM GUATEMALAN FM BRIZ [...] Embassy received late March 30 a letter from Guatemalan FM Jorge Briz to the Secretary. Text follows in para 2. The letter argues for greater cooperation in combatting narco-trafficking, alien smuggling and trafficking in persons by providing spare parts, training and other resources to Gua [...] | 2005-03-31 17:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG PHUM ASEC SNAR EAID MASS PREF PTER KCOR KDEM GT |
05HALIFAX36 | ALIEN AND DRUG SMUGGLING ALONG THE MAINE BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Smuggling of Asians and drugs across the U.S.-Maine border is ongoing, according to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Intelligence Unit in Houlton, Maine. While lacking hard numbers, CBP believes it is also a growing phenomena. Smuggling of Koreans is relatively easy, [...] | 2005-02-11 13:43:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PREF PREL SMIG SNAR CA |
05HANOI102 | The Ambassador's January 13 Call on Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting officially for the first time January 13, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien spent 40 minutes discussing the overall bilateral relationship, Vietnam's WTO accession, religious freedom, the Central Highlands and construction of the new Embassy compound. [...] | 2005-01-14 07:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF PINR ECON ETRD EINV VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI1179 | VIETNAM-DPRK TIES: OPPORTUNITIES FOR AND [...] (C) The Vietnam-DPRK bilateral relationship, although strained by last year's "mass defection" of North Korean asylum-seekers from Ho Chi Minh City to Seoul, is slowly returning to normal. Vietnam recognizes that its "traditional ties" with the North, combined with its proximity to China and [...] | 2005-05-19 09:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PARM PHUM KN KS VM DPRK |
05HANOI1184 | UNHCR VISITS CENTRAL HIGHLANDS RETURNEES [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Officer-in-Charge for Vietnam Vu Anh Son has begun a visit to ethnic minority returnees in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. He reported to Poloff that he has been able to travel freely and met with many of the 35 individuals voluntarily returned from Cambodia. [...] | 2005-05-20 06:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB |
05HANOI1327 | VIETNAM: UNFPA COUNTRY PROGRAM DOCUMENT [...] (SBU) Post, including USAID Mission, has reviewed the draft country report of the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) for Vietnam. We are concerned that the report does not address the issue of sexual health education in schools. The draft report underscores UNFPA's and the GVN's concerns t [...] | 2005-06-08 09:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SOCI VM UNFPA |
05HANOI136 | (C) DETAILS ON NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS' [...] (C) Summary: Six North Korean asylum-seekers, four in the French Embassy and two in the Swedish Embassy, departed Vietnam January 7 for Singapore and, soon after, the ROK. Throughout the affair, the GVN's generally helpful and forthcoming attitude was in contrast to that of the ROK Embassy, a [...] | 2005-01-18 10:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF SU VM FR KN HUMANR DPRK |
05HANOI1376 | VIETNAM IN-COUNTRY PRIORITY ONE REFERRAL COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnam in-country Priority One referral committee met on May 17 and May 20 to review 13 pending referrals for possible resettlement in the United States. Eight were submitted by the U.S. NGO Boat People S.O.S. (BPSOS) and forwarded to Post by PRM. Hoi Trinh, an Australia [...] | 2005-06-09 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF VM |
05HANOI1394 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT [...] (C) Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's visit to the United States will be the first by a Vietnamese Prime Minister since 1975, and will take place in the tenth anniversary year of the normalization of bilateral relations. This historic occasion will give us the opportunity to highlight a growing [...] | 2005-06-13 06:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF PREF ETRD VM PROV |
05HANOI1415 | A/S DEWEY MEETINGS WITH GVN MFA OFFICIALS REFLECT [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey, Ambassador Marine and PRM/ANE Director McGann met with GVN Vice Foreign Minister Vu Dzung and officials of the Americas and Consular Departments. A/S Dewey requested that the GVN act quickly on the start of the Humanitarian Resettleme [...] | 2005-06-14 09:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI149 | VIETNAM - CONDITIONS FOR DPRK REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has not signed any international refugee convention and does not officially recognize North Koreans as refugees in need of protection. Several thousand North Koreans, however, have passed through Vietnam en route to other Southeast Asian countries where they have receive [...] | 2005-01-19 10:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM KN VM HUMANR DPRK ASEAN |
05HANOI157 | UNHCR Regional Representative's January 11 Briefing [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11, UNHCR Regional Representative for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Hasim Utkan briefed representatives from concerned diplomatic missions in Hanoi on Montagnard issues and UNHCR relations with the Vietnamese Government. Utkan described the UNHCR's difficulti [...] | 2005-01-20 07:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI1666 | DPRK Asylum-seekers Depart Hanoi [...] (SBU) ROK Embassy First Secretary (Political) Lee Kang- kuk confirmed June 27 that the seven North Korean asylum- seekers in the Thai Embassy departed Hanoi for Seoul via Bangkok on June 23. According to Lee, the RTG provided the seven with travel documents in the form of "Emergency Certifica [...] | 2005-06-27 07:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF ASEC KN KS TH VM DPRK |
05HANOI1683 | UNHCR MAKES SECOND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS VISIT [...] (SBU) UNHCR Officer-in-Charge for Vietnam Vu Anh Son made a second visit to ethnic minority returnees in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. He told Poloff that the June 22-25 trip went "very well" and that he has now met with 35 of the 40 individuals voluntarily returned from Cambodia. [...] | 2005-06-27 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI1865 | GVN RESPONDS TO CRITICISM ON RETURNED MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department Deputy Director General Pham Van Que called in Acting DCM July 22 to respond to the Ambassador's demarche July 21 (Ref B) and the State Department Spokesman's statement on the repatriation of ethnic minority Vietnamese migrants from t [...] | 2005-07-22 10:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI1940 | INTERNATIONAL MONITORING OF RETURNED MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR's Vietnamese Chief of Mission returned from the Central Highlands where he met 30 of the 94 recently repatriated ethnic minority migrants. They are in good condition and being treated well, he said. The regional representative from UNHCR based in Bangkok will visit Ho Ch [...] | 2005-07-29 11:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CB VM ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI1971 | ADDITIONAL ISSUES AT AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MFA [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung July 28 for a one-on-one discussion at Hung's request. Most of the conversation was taken up by discussion of issues related to Vietnam's WTO entry (reftel),but several other issues also came up. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador n [...] | 2005-08-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM WTO HUMANR |
05HANOI1972 | VIETNAM MFA OFFERS THOUGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Ministry of Foreign Affairs officer spoke with Embassy Poloff August 2 to offer the MFA's support for a USG visit to the Central Highlands to monitor the condition of returned ethnic minority migrants; advise that t [...] | 2005-08-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CB VM HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI2031 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WTO, APEC CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met August 8 with a senior official in the Prime Minister's office and used the occasion to highlight key points relating to Vietnam's WTO accession, the proposed joint U.S.-Vietnam APEC conference on export controls, human rights and religious freedom and the on [...] | 2005-08-09 10:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PGOV PHUM PREF VM WTRO APEC WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI2040 | UNHCR Bangkok rep visits Hanoi, debriefs [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan briefed the Ambassador August 5 on his recent trip with UNHCR's Hanoi Chief of Mission, Vu Anh Son, to Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands. Gia Lai is where nearly all of the 94 migrants recently deported from Cambodia arrived. [...] | 2005-08-10 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM CB VM ASEAN ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI2055 | UNHCR TO VISIT GIA LAI AGAIN, INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR will send a team of three representatives to Gia Lai Province August 22-26 to look into the status of ethnic minority returnees. The UNHCR team will also investigate possible Tripartite MOU-mandated micro-projects, for which UNHCR recently received USD 130,000 from the U [...] | 2005-08-11 10:59:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI215 | Memorandum of Understanding Signed by UNHCR, [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25, the UNHCR's Director of International Protection Erika Feller briefed interested diplomatic missions on the UNHCR-Vietnam-Cambodia tripartite meeting and the unexpected signing by the three of a Memorandum of Understanding on dealing with the 750 Montagnards curr [...] | 2005-01-25 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB UN HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI2245 | UNHCR READOUT OF GIA LAI VISIT [...] (SBU) A UNHCR team visited two villages in Gia Lai Province August 23-25 to assess conditions in these locations and to interview returnees. They reported that conditions are generally fair and noted that there were no signs of systematic intimidation by local authorities. The UNHCR officials [...] | 2005-08-30 03:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI2411 | UNHCR ACCOMPANIES REFUSENIK RETURNEES TO PLEIKU [...] (SBU) On September 15, UNHCR Officer-in-Charge for Vietnam Vu Anh Son reported to Poloff that, as agreed to by the GVN, he accompanied the six `refusenik' returnees from the Cambodian border to Pleiku on September 9. Son met the six at the border at 12:30 p.m. as planned and traveled with the [...] | 2005-09-15 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI2481 | Opportunities to Assist DPRK Asylum Seekers in [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN considers DPRK asylum seekers to be immigration law violators who must be dealt with in accordance with the law; in most cases, they are sent back to the country from which they crossed illegally into Vietnam. As a matter of security, the GVN has asked foreign and inte [...] | 2005-09-23 10:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM KN VM DPRK |
05HANOI268 | The Ambassador's January 31 Call on Deputy Prime [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Ambassador met for 75 minutes January 31 with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. Describing his satisfaction with the bilateral relationship's progress over the past ten years, DPM Dzung said his Government is willing to have a dialogue with the United Sta [...] | 2005-02-01 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PREF PINR ECON ETRD EINV VM ETMIN HUMANR WTO RELFREE HIV AIDS |
05HANOI284 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VFM LE VAN BANG: [...] (SBU) Summary: During a wide-ranging discussion February 1, the Ambassador previewed for Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang a proposed "work plan" to advance our religious freedom goals and ultimately remove Vietnam from the religious freedom Country of Particular Concern list. VFM Bang said [...] | 2005-02-02 09:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD CASC VM KICC HUMANR RELFREE WTO HIV AIDS ETMIN |
05HANOI3053 | AMBASSADOR AND VFM LE VAN BANG DISCUSS AI, WTO, [...] (SBU) Summary: Over lunch with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, the Ambassador covered a comprehensive array of bilateral issues, focusing heavily on the recent GVN ban on imported poultry products and Vietnam's bid to enter the WTO. VFM Bang accepted the proposal to hold the Human Rights [...] | 2005-11-18 07:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM AMGT PREF VM ASEAN VN WTO HUMANR RELFREE AFLU APEC |
05HANOI3114 | UNHCR PLEASED WITH PROGRESS IN ETHNIC MINORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: UNHCR Asia/Pacific Director Janet Lim and other UNHCR representatives briefed the Ambassador November 21 on the current positive tone of UNHCR- GVN relations and the state of play of Vietnamese ethnic minorities in Cambodia. Although the GVN remains reluctant to al [...] | 2005-11-23 09:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB DPRK ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI3236 | FUNDING FOR PHASE II VIETNAM UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE CURRENT ESTIMATED COST PROJECTION FOR PHASE II OF THE UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE AND LANDMINE IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND TECHNICAL SURVEY IS USD 9.2 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS, WHICH INCLUDES TWENTY MILITARY CLEARANCE TEAMS. THIS TOTAL REPRESENTS A COST EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO OTHER PLAN [...] | 2005-12-09 05:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT EAID MARR MOPS PREF PREL KHDP VM MAS |
05HANOI381 | MORE INFORMATION ON TET AMNESTY [...] (U) On February 17 Post received a diplomatic note (Para 2) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to our inquiry about a number of individuals released in the recent Tet amnesty (reftel). Mission is not familiar with the cases of the four Montagnards or when they were first detaine [...] | 2005-02-18 02:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PREF PREL VM |
05HANOI387 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AFM NGUYEN DUC HUNG: [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met February 18 with Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung at the latter's request, and their discussion focused on the Prime Minister's proposed June visit to the United States and the religious freedom "action plan." On the PM's visit, AFM Hung requested protocol t [...] | 2005-02-18 09:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF KIRF OTRA OVIP VM KICC RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI507 | (SBU) Exploring a Montagnard-focused Humanitarian [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Post proposes exploring prospects for a Montagnard-focused Humanitarian Resettlement Program, the goal of which would be to help to mitigate the outflow of Montagnards to Cambodia. Post has informally raised the approach outlined below with PRM and EAP (Refs A [...] | 2005-03-02 06:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI509 | INPUT FOR 2005 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in ref A, paragraphs 18-21 follows, following the alphabetical checklist format. 2. OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Characterization of trafficking in Vietnam: Vietnam is a country of origin for trafficked women and [...] | 2005-03-02 06:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG CVR TIP |
05HANOI671 | MONTAGNARD RETURNEES ARRIVE IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Two groups of ethnic Montagnard returnees have arrived in Vietnam from Cambodia and returned to their home villages. These are the first to return under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by Vietnam, Cambodia and the UNHCR in January (Reftel). Local authorities have [...] | 2005-03-18 10:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB ETMIN HUMANR |
05HANOI686 | VIETNAM'S AGENT ORANGE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES TO GROW [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The GVN's Agent Orange (AO) propaganda campaign reached fever pitch in the lead up to, and now wake of, the March 10 dismissal of the U.S. lawsuit by alleged Vietnamese victims of AO against chemical companies that produced the defoliant. Before the hearing, [...] | 2005-03-22 10:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM |
05HANOI772 | GVN RESPONDS ON UNHCR MONITORING [...] (SBU) PolCouns and Poloff met with MFA Consular Department Deputy Director General Nguyen Minh Vu April 1 to deliver Ref A demarche on UNHCR monitoring of Montagnard returnees and the placement of permanent international staff in the UNHCR office in Hanoi. Vu listened to PolCouns' points and [...] | 2005-04-01 10:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
05HANOI880 | AMBASSADOR RAISES CENTRAL HIGHLANDS MINORITIES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang April 14 at the Foreign Ministry and discussed problems involving UNHCR access to ethnic minority migrants who have been returned to the Central Highlands. The Ambassador also raised the issue of the problems obtaining p [...] | 2005-04-14 11:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF ETRD VM KICC ETMIN HUMANR WTO |
05HANOI909 | The Ambassador's April 18 Meeting with Communist [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met for the first time April 18 with Nguyen Van Son, the Chairman of the Communist Party's External Relations Commission. Chairman Son was optimistic about continued progress in expanding the bilateral relationship, noting that the Party attaches importance to the U.S. ro [...] | 2005-04-20 01:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR PREF MARR OVIP ETRD VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN APEC ASEAN WTO |
05HANOI921 | NO UNHCR VISIT TO CENTRAL HIGHLANDS; GVN CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UNHCR's representative in Hanoi told us that he had not received permission to travel to the Central Highlands. A GVN official confirmed that the late April dates for the mid-review conference will not work for Vietnam. In the meantime, we continue to seek confirmation of [...] | 2005-04-20 09:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB |
05HANOI991 | UNHCR BRIEFS ON MONTAGNARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan told the Ambassador April 26 that the Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (Ref A) is helping to speed the resettlement of asylum-seeking Central Highlanders currently in Cambodia. The UNHCR is still faced with the problems of [...] | 2005-04-28 11:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN |
05HARARE1103 | IOM UPDATE ON RESTORE ORDER RELIEF EFFORTS [...] (C) On August 1, International Organization for Migration (IOM) officials told CDA and USAID mission Director they had received no reports of further demolitions following Vice President Mujuru,s announcement last week that the operation was over. They also reported that the GOZ had agreed to [...] | 2005-08-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PTER EAID ZI |
05HARARE339 | ZIMBABWE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2004 - [...] Overview of a Country's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons: ----------- -- A. There continued to be anecdotal reports that Zimbabwe was a country of origin and transit for trafficked persons, but there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that there is a sustained, organized ef [...] | 2005-03-01 16:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF EAID ZI TIP |
05HARARE443 | ZIMBABWE TIP UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-22 06:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF EAID ZI TIP |
05HELSINKI1263 | FINLAND SUPPORTS MDA PROTOCOL [...] (U) In response to reftel, post confirmed that Finland strongly supports the U.S. position on the MDA protocol. The MFA's Director of International Law is in Geneva presently and will represent Finland if the protocol comes to a vote. The Finns believe that the protocol will be approved desp [...] | 2005-12-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL FI |
05HELSINKI273 | FINLAND: 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS UPDATE [...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...] | 2005-03-04 16:15:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI |
05HELSINKI274 | CORRECTED COPY - SEE PARAGRAPH 2 -- FINLAND: 2005 [...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...] | 2005-03-07 10:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI |
05HELSINKI670 | FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO SWISS ON CONFERENCE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM IS SZ FI ICRC |
05HELSINKI810 | FINLAND: LIKELY TO ACCEPT UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-18 06:31:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL FI IDP |
05HELSINKI924 | FINNISH EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF UZBEK REFUGEES IN [...] (SBU) PolChief met August 24 with MFA Human Rights Unit Director Johanna Suurpaa and Legal Officer Janina Hasenson to request additional assurances regarding the 15 Uzbek refugees in Kyrgystan. Both reiterated their office's willingness to draft a note to Kyrgyz authorities in accordance with [...] | 2005-08-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM NL SW FI KG UZ |
05HELSINKI947 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: FINLAND DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE [...] (C) DCM delivered subject demarche to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. Lyra said that the GOF would be disinclined to consider resettlement of any of the Uighurs from Guantanamo to Finland. Finland grants third-country resettlement only to cases referred through the UN H [...] | 2005-09-02 11:02:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREF PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PINR FI |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1217 | RESULTS OF NEW INTERVIEWS WITH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS VISAS-93 [...] (SBU) HCMC's Refugee Resettlement Section (RRS) continues to conduct VISAS-93 family reunification interviews for Central Highlands ethnic minority individuals. As in August and September, when 124 cases were interviewed (reftel),ConGen staff had unfettered access to nine more ethnic minori [...] | 2005-11-18 10:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM PREF KIRF VM ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1265 | HUMANITARIAN RESETTLEMENT - FIRST JOINT WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and Vietnamese officials of the Joint Working Group (JWG) for Humanitarian Resettlement (HR),led by ConGen HCMC DPO Kenneth Chern and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Deputy Director of Emigration and Immigration Phan Dong, held their first session November 30 in HCMC. [...] | 2005-12-07 03:42:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY1299 | VIETNAMESE BRIDES TO TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 6 meeting with DPO and PolOff, representatives of the HCMC Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) said that in 2005 they had instituted a system of one-on-one interviews with prospective Vietnamese brides and their Taiwanese fiancees in response to mounting [...] | 2005-12-20 14:19:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL CVIS KWMN ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM TIP |
05HOCHIMINHCITY210 | VISIT TO A REMOTE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS VILLAGE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On March 1, CG and PolOff made a stop at a small village in a remote area of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. The hour-long discussion with local residents highlighted the economic disparities between the indigenous Montagnards and ethnic Vietnamese migra [...] | 2005-03-03 10:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL SENV PINR PREF KIRF PHUM VM ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY248 | AMBASSADOR FOCUSES ON ETHNIC MINORITY AND RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials in the Central Highlands provinces of Lam Dong and Dak Lak told the Ambassador that they are implementing Hanoi's policies to expand religious freedom and to improve the lives of ethnic minorities, but said they would not tolerate "Dega Protestants" using religion for [...] | 2005-03-11 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EINV PREF SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05HOCHIMINHCITY54 | PRM DAS KELLY RYAN VISIT TO VIETNAM DEC. 1-3: [...] (SBU) Summary. PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly Ryan held a second round of technical talks in Hanoi on December 2 and 3 with a delegation of GVN officials to discuss opening of the Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) process, a USG proposal to accept applications for persons meeting eligibi [...] | 2005-01-14 10:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY74 | PRM DAS KELLY RYAN VISIT TO VIETNAM DEC. 1-3: [...] (SBU) Summary. PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly Ryan held a second round of technical talks in Hanoi on December 2 and 3 with a delegation of GVN officials to discuss opening of the Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) process, a USG proposal to accept applications for persons meeting eligibi [...] | 2005-01-21 00:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY811 | UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE UTKAN VIEWS ON EVE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In HCMC before his August 2-4 visit to the Central Highlands, UNHCR Regional Representative Utkan, accompanied by Hanoi-based UNHCR representative Vu Anh Son, told ConGenOffs that cooperation with the GVN on issues related to the return of ethnic minority refugees from Cambodia [...] | 2005-08-02 11:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SOCI PREL PGOV CB VM |
05HOCHIMINHCITY962 | RESULTS OF USG REFUGEE MONITORING VISIT TO GIA LAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on interviews and observations during a visit to Gia Lai Province September 6-8, a joint Hanoi-HCMC team found no indications of mistreatment or discrimination against the 18 returnees interviewed. Although a number of returnees raised grievances related to GVN policies [...] | 2005-09-12 11:16:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN |
05ISLAMABAD15677 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONLY MINOR MISSTEPS IN [...] (U) In the days since a violent 7.6 earthquake rocked northern Pakistan at 0853 October 8th, the Pakistan military has responded to the national crisis with valor and dedication. Army helicopters were in the air less than two hours after the quake struck, flying reconnaissance missions over [...] | 2005-10-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PK MASS AEMR PREF ASEC PGOV EAID |
05ISLAMABAD15856 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: TRANSPORTING TENTS FROM [...] With snow already falling on some areas affected by the October 8 earthquake, getting winterized tents or other forms of shelter to those whose homes were destroyed is quickly emerging as a critical element of relief efforts. Given the magnitude of the crisis -- the current estimate is three [...] | 2005-10-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EAID PK PREF PREL SENV |
05ISLAMABAD15950 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: WHAT THE U.S. MUST ACCOMPLISH IN GENEVA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-24 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREF PREL |
05ISLAMABAD16051 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MBS GEARING UP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the detailed needs assessment is just beginning, multilateral development banks (MDBs) are trying to come up with funds to support reconstruction needs following Pakistan's October 8 earthquake. The World Bank board will vote October 25 on a $200 million package of e [...] | 2005-10-25 11:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PREF PK |
05ISLAMABAD16190 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission staff with direct interaction with the UN's earthquake relief effort - from the team leader for USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to emboffs attending UN sectoral cluster groups -- characterize the UN response thus far as "a day late and a dollar short," wit [...] | 2005-10-31 01:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN |
05ISLAMABAD16553 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: A VISIT TO BATTGRAM [...] (C) Forward Operating Base Mansehra Officer-in-Charge and Econoffs visited Battgram district on November 5. Settlement patterns have complicated relief as damage is spread across mountain villages with low population densities. Interlocutors were concerned for villages in the Allai tehsil, [...] | 2005-11-07 13:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER ECON PREF ASEC |
05ISLAMABAD16577 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: A VISIT TO BATTGRAM [...] (C) Forward Operating Base Mansehra Officer-in-Charge and Econoffs visited Battgram district on November 5. Settlement patterns have complicated relief as damage is spread across mountain villages with low population densities. Interlocutors were concerned for villages in the Allai tehsil, [...] | 2005-11-08 08:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER ECON PREF ASEC |
05KATHMANDU1193 | TIBETAN WELFARE SOCIETY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. UNHCR Resident Representative Abraham Abraham said on June 2 that he will likely meet with the Foreign Minister the week of June 6 to discuss the registration of a new UNHCR implementing partner in processing Tibetan Refugees passing through Nepal, the Tibetan Welfare Society. Whi [...] | 2005-06-03 11:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU1236 | NEPAL POLICE ARREST MAOIST VICTIM PROTESTORS [...] (U) Summary. Fifty-three Maoist Victim Association protestors were arrested by police on the grounds that they had no permission to be in a restricted area in Kathmandu on June 5. However, Nepali political parties held a mock parliament event on June 3 in which 19 National Assembly members [...] | 2005-06-08 03:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PREF NP |
05KATHMANDU1248 | TIBETAN WELFARE SOCIETY JUNE 8 UPDATE [...] (C) On June 7, the Charge pressed Foreign Minister Pandey to act to register the Tibetan Welfare Society. Pandey said he understood the importance of registering the Tibetan Welfare Society, but noted that the Home Ministry would have an important say. He thought it would be better to work [...] | 2005-06-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU1255 | 51 NEPALI JOURNALISTS ARRESTED AND RELEASED [...] (U) As part of a 17 day protest plan against the continuing ban on news broadcasts on FM radio stations, 51 Nepali journalists from the Federation of Nepal Journalists (FNJ) were arrested in Kathmandu for protesting in a restricted area on June 8. Authorities released all 51 from jail early o [...] | 2005-06-09 11:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PREF NP |
05KATHMANDU1256 | NEPAL THINKING AGAIN ABOUT BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) UNHCR Resident Representative Abraham Abraham reported to us a conversation he had with Nepal Foreign Secretary Acharya on June 7 to press the issue of Bhutanese SIPDIS refugees in Nepal. Acharya said the government of Bhutan must start implementing their agreement to take back refugees [...] | 2005-06-09 11:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PTER PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2208 | DISCUSSING POSSIBLE BHUTANESE REFUGEE RETURNS [...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see para. 6. Reaching Agreement with Bhutan ... ---------------------------------- 2. (C) On October 6, the Ambassador discussed with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey His Majesty's Government of Nepal's (HMGN's) expectations regarding the a [...] | 2005-10-07 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM BT NP |
05KATHMANDU2209 | DEMARCHE ON REFUGEE PROCESSING IN NEPAL [...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey, the Ambassador discussed the USG's proposal to stand up a refugee processing operation in Kathmandu for some Tibetan refugees resident in Nepal (ref A). The Ambassador also shared with FM Pandey the one-page description of t [...] | 2005-10-07 10:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CH IN NP |
05KATHMANDU2266 | UNHCR UPDATE ON TIBETANS IN NEPAL [...] (SBU) On October 19, UNHCR informed us that they were seeking custody of two Tibetans currently being held by His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN). UNHCR was also monitoring the cases of five other Tibetan individuals in HMGN custody and could become involved in those cases later. End Sum [...] | 2005-10-19 12:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2321 | UNHCR TIBETAN UPDATE [...] (SBU) On October 24, UNHCR informed us that, as requested, (reftel) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) had turned over to UNHCR two Tibetan refugees who had been detained on immigration violations (one a new arrival and one returning to Tibet from India to visit relatives). Five other Ti [...] | 2005-10-25 05:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2327 | REVIEW OF STATE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C) In separate meetings with Vice-Chairmen Dr. Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi Bista, the Ambassador expressed concern about recent developments in Nepal. The Ambassador shared the Department's October 24 statement on "The Government of Nepal's Seizure of Radio Equipment," stressing that the U.S [...] | 2005-10-26 03:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2415 | UNHCR REGIONAL DIRECTOR ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES, [...] (U) This is an action request please see para. 3. Bhutanese Refugees: Need Solution to Protracted Problem --------------------------------------------- ----------- 2. (C) Janet Lim, UNHCR Director for the Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, briefed the diplomatic community in Nepal on Novemb [...] | 2005-11-09 07:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER PHUM PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2487 | UNHCR REGIONAL DIRECTOR CALLS FOR ACTION ON [...] (C) Janet Lim, UNHCR Director for the Bureau of Asia and the Pacific, emphasized to the Ambassador on November 13 that she believed there was great urgency in finding a solution to the Bhutanese refugee situation in Nepal. She noted that the worsening security situation in the camps, which she [...] | 2005-11-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2568 | FM PANDEY: NO PROGRESS ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) In a November 23 discussion with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey relayed the gist of his unfruitful discussion with the Bhutanese Foreign Minister held on the margins of the SAARC meeting in Dhaka. Pandey lamented that, after having agreed in writing in September to ta [...] | 2005-11-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER CVIS NP |
05KATHMANDU2633 | GOVERNMENT RESTRICTS TIBETAN REFUGEE MOVEMENT [...] (C) Two separate recent incidents cause concern that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) may be restricting normal transit of Tibetan refugees. In both cases, HMGN has cited the need to investigate a November 17 incident when police apprehended 43 Tibetans transiting Nepal without docume [...] | 2005-11-29 10:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF NP |
05KATHMANDU2728 | EMBASSY RAISES TIBETAN REFUGEE PROBLEM [...] (C) On December 5, the Charge spoke with the Foreign Minister and the following day with the Home Secretary to urge His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to resume normal transit of Tibetan refugees (reftel),flagging the severe overcrowding at the Tibetan Reception Center (TRC). In both ca [...] | 2005-12-06 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF NP |
05KATHMANDU2740 | MDA: URGENT DEMARCHE ON THIRD PROTOCOL [...] (C) Due to the re-shuffling of His Majesty's Government of Nepal the evening of December 7, the Acting Foreign Secretary was unavailable this morning. Emboff therefore demarched Kali Prasad Pokharel, Undersecretary, UN Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, encouraging Nepal to vote in favor o [...] | 2005-12-08 04:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PREL PHUM PREF IS SZ UN NP |
05KATHMANDU2811 | FM PANDEY SEEKS SPECIAL, LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) On December 14, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey emphasized to the Ambassador that HMGN sought a long-term special Nepal-U.S. relationship; Pandey urged the U.S. to change course and use engagement, rather than pressure, with the King. The Ambassador responded that he was authorized to [...] | 2005-12-15 10:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PREF PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2866 | NEPAL'S MAN IN TIBET DISCUSSES REFUGEE, ARMS AND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NEPAL'S DIPLOMAT IN LHASA HAS CONFIRMED THAT CHINESE PRESSURE PROMPTED NEPAL TO CLOSE THE TIBETAN REFUGEE WELFARE OFFICE IN KATHMANDU LAST YEAR. CONTINUING PRESSURE FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) ALSO MEANS THAT NEPAL DOES NOT PLAN TO RECOGNIZE A SUBSTITUTE ORGANI [...] | 2005-12-19 11:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PREF MASS MCAP SENV NP CH |
05KINGSTON1041 | UPDATE ON ANTI-TIP EFFORTS IN JAMAICA [...] This cable provides an update on GOJ anti-TIP efforts since Post's initial input (ref A) for the 2004-2005 anti-TIP report. Post will continue to report any substantive developments in advance of the April 30 submission deadline. --------------------------------------------- Senior Official [...] | 2005-04-15 13:17:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TIP |
05KINGSTON1538 | THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO GENEVA CONVENTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-17 20:56:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ JM ICRC |
05KINGSTON2508 | TRANSMITTAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR PERMANENT [...] (SBU) Upon receipt of IOM package containing applications for Canadian resettlement for 17 Cubans and one Haitian currently under U.S. protection at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay (Ref A),Polcouns met on November 3 with Carina Parnham, Counselor and Manager (Immigration),Canadian High Co [...] | 2005-11-04 20:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | CA CU HA PREF SMIG JM |
05KINGSTON576 | ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: JAMAICA [...] This cable serves as Jamaica's contribution to the fifth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------- Overview Of Anti-Tip Activities ------------------------------- 2. Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international traffi [...] | 2005-03-02 16:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF |
05KINSHASA106 | GREAT LAKES PEACE PROCESS - TRIPARTITE MEETING [...] (SBU) Ambassador-at-Large Andre Kaponga told DCM on January 20 the DRC delegation to the February 2 Tripartite will "probably" be headed by Minister of Regional Cooperation Mbusa Nyamwisi. (Note: Foreign Minister Ramazani told the Ambassador on January 18 that he would not be able to attend s [...] | 2005-01-21 14:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA1187 | CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered between June 28 and July 7, 2005. 2. Over-Fortification of Small Amounts of Food Aid (REF A) -- Although none of the food aid referenced in the cable went to the Republic of Congo, Econ/Cons Officer presented the demarche talking points to two NGOs wo [...] | 2005-07-21 09:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAGR EAID PREF PHUM IS SZ CF ICRC UNSC UN |
05KINSHASA126 | CONGOLESE SEEK REFUGE IN UGANDA FROM CONFLICT IN [...] (U) Summary. Fighting in Ituri and N. Kivu during December and early January resulted in the exodus of close to 20,000 refugees from the DRC into Uganda. Some refugees have been transferred to a camp in the Ugandan interior, others remain in border areas where humanitarian agencies are providin [...] | 2005-01-25 13:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1639 | RETURN OF DRC REFUGEES FROM TANZANIA TO SOUTH [...] (U) OFDA Rep Victor Bushamuka visited Baraka and Fizi from August 22 to 26 to assess the situation of returning DRC refugees from Tanzania. Fizi political leaders unilaterally decided in early August to send boats to Tanzania to bring refugees back to South Kivu at a rate of 5,000 per week so [...] | 2005-10-03 08:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG |
05KINSHASA1668 | RETURN OF THE TIGERS TO DRC [...] (C) PolCouns met October 4 (at their request) with a group of Katangan Tigers in Kinshasa to, as they put it, pave the way for the return of the exiles. (Note: The Tigers are seeking to return after over 30 years in exile, as Kapend stressed several times. Given evidence of their attacks on [...] | 2005-10-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF CG AO |
05KINSHASA1941 | DRC WILL SUPPORT ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] (C) PolOff delivered November 23 reftel demarche to Tharcisse Kambala, director of the International Organization Division of the DRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kambala said the GDRC would vote in favor of adopting the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and welcomed Magen [...] | 2005-11-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CG ICRC |
05KINSHASA198 | CONGO/B: UPDATED 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Embassy Brazzaville submits the following updated Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to the questions in Ref A and C with very little change from Ref B. Republic of Congo (Congo/B) Overview of activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Congo/B is not belie [...] | 2005-02-04 14:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CF |
05KINSHASA224 | CONGO / TANZANIA / UNHCR AGREEMENT ON REFUGEE [...] SUMMARY: The DRC, Tanzania and UNHCR signed an agreement January 20 on repatriation of Congolese refugees currently in Tanzania. According to a UNHCR official, however, actual repatriation will probably not begin before 2006, due to inhospitable conditions in the Congo. END SUMMARY. An Ag [...] | 2005-02-09 12:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID CG UN |
05KINSHASA352 | DEM. REP. OF CONGO 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa provides the following information in accordance with instructions in reftel. Responses are keyed to reftel's numbered paragraphs (18-21). Begin responses: OVERVIEW OF COUNTRY'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (para 18): A. The DRC is not generall [...] | 2005-03-01 16:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN EAID SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CG |
05KINSHASA457 | UNHCR DONORS VISIT SOUTH KIVU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR hosted a field mission for donors to South Kivu February 14-16. This mission gave donors an opportunity to view firsthand the current state of affairs, infrastructure, political climate and security concerns surrounding processing of refugees in South Kivu. The mission [...] | 2005-03-17 09:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV CG |
05KINSHASA646 | THE WAY FORWARD ON FDLR REPATRIATION [...] (C) Embassy Kinshasa shares view expressed ref a that it would be a tragedy to miss the opportunity provided by the Sant' Egidio process to energize the voluntary return of a large number of non-genocidaire FDLR elements and their dependents. This initiative offers the best chance in over te [...] | 2005-04-15 11:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO KAWC CG |
05KINSHASA793 | N. KIVU UPDATE [...] SUMMARY. (C) The security situation in Rutshuru and Masisi, North Kivu has deteriorated in the past month. About 1500 Congolese (mostly Tutsi) have fled Masisi for Rwanda in the past six weeks, and MONUC is concerned that targeted attacks against Nande by a mostly Hutu ex-ANC (RCD/G military w [...] | 2005-05-12 15:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO PREF CG |
05KINSHASA854 | BANYAMULENGE REFUGEES RETURN TO S. KIVU [...] (C) Summary. Over the past week, about 480 Banyamulenge refugees returned to South Kivu from Rwanda. Although the return started smoothly, problems have developed in the past few days. Post will continue to encourage all parties to help the refugees return. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Over the past [...] | 2005-05-24 13:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF CG RW |
05KINSHASA88 | CONGO/B: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Sensitive but unclassified - entire text. 2. Embassy Brazzaville submits the following Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to the questions in Ref A. Republic of Congo (Congo/B) Overview of activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Congo/B is not be [...] | 2005-01-20 05:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CF |
05KUWAIT1539 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNRWA EMERGENCY APPEAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-17 13:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF KPAL KU PRES |
05KUWAIT2515 | UN PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST GOK IN IMPROVING [...] (C) Poloff met June 6 with UN Resident Coordinator Moez Doraid and IOM Chief of Mission Mohammed Al-Nassery to discuss reaction to the 2005 Trafficking in Persons report, which downgraded Kuwait to Tier 3, and possible next steps to ameliorate the country's problems with the exploitation of do [...] | 2005-06-07 15:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB PREF KU UN |
05KUWAIT3023 | KUWAIT: MDA DEMARCHE REQUEST REGARDING OIC MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-06 06:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC |
05KUWAIT3507 | HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER TO DECENTRALIZE [...] (U) Summary and Comment: At an August 2 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MFA International Organizations Department Director Ambassador Abdullah Murad said that the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) offices would be closing down on August 10, but said that the MFA would try to c [...] | 2005-08-07 10:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL PREF KU IZ |
05KUWAIT3720 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered August 20 ref A demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Under Secretary and International Organizations Department Director Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad. Al-Murad expressed surprise that Magen David Adom (MDA),the Israeli national society was not a part of [...] | 2005-08-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC |
05KUWAIT3974 | SWISS AMBASSADOR MAKING ROUNDS ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] (C) Swiss Ambassador to Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain, Jean-Phillipe Tissieres, called on the Ambassador on September 7 to brief him on Swiss plans to secure support from Arab and Muslim states for the September 11 consultations in Geneva, and the subsequent October conference, on adopting the [...] | 2005-09-07 12:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC |
05KUWAIT4901 | AMBASSADOR TELLS MFA UNDERSECRETARY THE TIME IS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-27 13:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ KU |
05LAGOS1677 | NIGERIA: LATRINE PROJECT AT ORU REFUGEE CAMP STALLS [...] Summary. Construction of latrines at the Oru Refugee Camp has been delayed by about two months. Recent inspection of the camp revealed the delays were caused by disagreements on the use of refugee labor, disputes over location of latrines, and a restructuring of the Nigerian Red Cross (NRC) [...] | 2005-10-27 12:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV CVIS SMIG NI |
05LAGOS722 | AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR REFUGEES: NIGERIA [...] The Oru Refugee Camp in Ogun State, Nigeria, has a critical need for latrines. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) minimum standard is one latrine per 20 people; at one latrine per nearly 70 people, Oru Camp falls below this standard. Mission proposes a grant of $20,000 [...] | 2005-05-16 06:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF NI |
05LAGOS765 | SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS PROVOKE PLEAS FROM [...] Summary: On a visit to Oru Refugee Camp, PRM regional refugee coordinator, PRM admissions program officer, and Lagos pol-off were greeted by a large crowd. The refugees complained of substandard housing and sanitation, both evident on a tour of the camp. They explained the barriers to local [...] | 2005-05-23 16:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL LI NI |
05LAGOS782 | AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR REFUGEES: NIGERIA [...] This is a revision of the proposal submitted in reftel B. As requested in ref C, this revised submission proposes the Nigerian Red Cross (NRC) rather than the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as the grant recipient. ---------------- Proposal Summary ---------------- [...] | 2005-05-27 13:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF NI |
05LILONGWE187 | 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. Human trafficking was a new issue for the GOM in 2004. With the advent of increased awareness and a new government with a new approach to governance, the GOM has made significant efforts to understand and address TIP. The GOM has implemented a multi-year strategy to protect vulner [...] | 2005-03-02 07:33:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF MI |
05LILONGWE416 | REFUGEE SERVICES IN MALAWI: AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] SUMMARY. The 2004 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees grant is currently being implemented in Malawi, despite several obstacles and an uncertain future for refugee services in the country. The closure of one of Malawi's two camps and even a possible cessation of services for Rwandese refugees ar [...] | 2005-05-17 11:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID MI |
05LILONGWE541 | UNHCR, GOM MARK WORLD REFUGEE DAY, KEEP CAMPS OPEN [...] UNHCR, in coordination with the Government of Malawi (GOM),held a day-long event to mark World Refugee Day. Guests from the GOM, the Diplomatic Corps, and NGOs were provided a comprehensive overview and tour at the Dzaleka camp just north of Lilongwe. The event focused on this year's theme, [...] | 2005-06-24 10:46:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV EAID MI |
05LILONGWE74 | UNHCR SURVEY REVEALS LOWER NUMBER OF REFUGEES IN [...] (U) United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) resident representative Michael Owor told CDA in a January 20 courtesy call that the recent verification of refugee populations in Malawi (reftel A) has been completed. The exercise, which was a pilot program, has apparently been succe [...] | 2005-01-25 07:41:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM MI |
05LIMA2698 | MDA: CONFERENCE FOR THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL -- [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-16 19:10:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM PE ICRC |
05LIMA5012 | MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL--PERU [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-23 21:01:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PE ICRC |
05LIMA5200 | MDA: PERU TO VOTE YES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 21:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PE ICRC |
05LJUBLJANA402 | SLOVENES SUPPORTIVE OF SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE AND [...] (SBU) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Legal Department staffer Ondina Blokar on 15 June. Blokar said that an interministerial working group on international human rights law issues had been requested to issue an opinion on the Swiss Circular Note and the Third Additional Protocol. [...] | 2005-06-15 23:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ SI ICRC |
05LJUBLJANA549 | SLOVENIA: UNHCR COUNTRY DIRECTOR MEETS WITH COM [...] (U) Summary: On July 21, UNHCR Director for Slovenia Greg Garras met with COM to discuss the state of Slovenian asylum policy at the end of his three and a half year tenure. Garras lamented that Slovenia,s asylum policies have continued to regress under the current center-right government - a [...] | 2005-08-03 08:37:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF SI |
05MADRID2115 | RESETTLEMENT OF PROTECTED MIGRANT ALEJANDRO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-03 15:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF SMIG SP |
05MADRID2241 | SPAIN IRKED ON UNRWA ADVISORY COMMISSION [...] (C) MFA desk officer for the Middle East Eva Martinez requested a meeting with poloff on June 8 to relay Spain's frustration with the ongoing discussions on the expansion of the UNRWA Advisory Commission. Martinez said Spain had been surprised to learn at the May 17-19 major donors informal m [...] | 2005-06-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PREL SP EUN |
05MADRID2318 | SPAIN SUPPORTS SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE AND DIPLOMATIC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-16 07:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ SP ICRC |
05MADRID980 | SPAIN SUPPORTS CONSENSUS EFFORTS ON MDA MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Poloff discussed Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the Red Cross / Red Crescent movement ("the Movement") on March 14 with Manuel Pombo, Ambassador at Large for Humanitarian and Social Affairs. Spain strongly supports the work of the Swiss government in trying to reach a consensus on [...] | 2005-03-15 07:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF IS RS CASC ASCH XG SP ICRC |
05MANAMA339 | BAHRAIN: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Embassy Manama's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that in January 2005, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) was divided into two separate ministries, the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Social Affairs. As the Ministry of [...] | 2005-03-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BA |
05MANAMA826 | BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-11 07:05:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF BA IS SZ ICRC |
05MANAMA913 | BAHRAIN: URGENT DEMARCHE ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-28 10:22:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL BA ICRC |
05MANILA4488 | INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE PHILIPPINES: A SNAPSHOT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The approximately six million plus indigenous persons in the Philippines are marginalized and lag far behind the general population in most social and economic indicators. They also suffer dis [...] | 2005-09-22 07:49:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV ECON EAID PINR PINS PREF RP |
05MANILA4669 | PHILIPPINES: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES LEAVE LIMBO AT [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The final group of refugees who fled Vietnam for the Philippines 15-30 years ago began resettling in the U.S. this week. A projected 1600 refugees will ultimately be resettled; the fate of 400 [...] | 2005-09-29 07:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF VM RP IOM |
05MANILA835 | SULU UPDATE: MAJOR FIGHTING GIVES WAY TO GUERRILLA [...] (C) Summary. Fighting has subsided on Jolo Island but intermittent skirmishes continue. The military continues pursuit operations against enemy forces now employing guerrilla tactics by squad-sized units. The fighting has so far displaced over 32,000 people. Often impassable roads -- susc [...] | 2005-02-23 08:40:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR PREL MOPS PREF RP |
05MANILA971 | PHILIPPINES: FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission,s fifth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows below. The report covers the period from March 2004 through March 2005. Point of contact (POC) is Political Officer David C. Maness, ManessDC@State.Gov, (632) 528-6300 x5165, fax (632) 523-1195. Rank of TIP action offic [...] | 2005-03-01 08:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB RP |
05MAPUTO1060 | MOZAMBIQUE: SUPPORT AT SEPTEMBER 12 - 13 MDA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-22 14:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL IS MZ ICRC |
05MAPUTO1297 | CHINESE TIES WITH MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) Summary: China has extensive political, economic, and military ties with Mozambique, and its visibility appears to be growing. Mozambique,s President and Prime Minister have each met with their Chinese counterparts in the last two months. End Summary. ------------------- Political Relat [...] | 2005-10-05 13:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PREL CH MZ |
05MAPUTO1548 | MOZAMBIQUE: REPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA AND PRCS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-30 08:43:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC MZ |
05MAPUTO305 | 2005 MOZAMBIQUE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] Mozambique is a source country for women and girls trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation. South Africa is the principal receiving country for trafficked Mozambicans. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that 1,000 Mozambican women are trafficked every year. [...] | 2005-03-04 09:36:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF MZ KFLD |
05MAPUTO467 | SECURITY SURVEY OF MARRATANE REFUGEE CAMP - [...] As requested per reftel, a site security survey of the Marratane Refugee Camp in Mozambique was conducted on 12 April 2005. The following information outlines the findings of the survey. A. Interview Site The Marratane Refugee Camp is located approximately 15 km outside of Nampula city. Trav [...] | 2005-04-13 11:49:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV IT KE MO PREF |
05MAPUTO545 | MOZAMBIQUE: REQUEST FOR 2005 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR [...] Summary. Post requests $20,000 for vocational training of refugees at the Marratane Refugee Camp in Nampula, northern Mozambique. The project will be carried out by World Relief, a NGO that has assisted refugees in Mozambique since 1998. With Ambassador's Fund assistance, World Relief would co [...] | 2005-04-29 09:32:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF MZ |
05MAPUTO617 | ALLEGED CHILD TRAFFICKING FROM MOZAMBIQUE TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A South African NGO, Amazing Grace Children's Center, based in the town of Malelane near the border with Mozambique, is sheltering half a dozen children that appear to have been trafficked from Mozambique into South Africa. This Center says it has been working with trafficking v [...] | 2005-05-17 15:30:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KFRD KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG MZ SF WZ |
05MINSK1312 | Belarus Unlikely to Help Pakistan with Mi-17 Parts [...] On October 27, Emboffs delivered reftel information to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS). Deputy MChS Minister Boris Baringolts said it was doubtful Belarus could supply the needed parts as his ministry had difficulty keeping its own h [...] | 2005-10-27 14:24:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PK PREF NATO MASS BO |
05MUMBAI2319 | SEX TRAFFICKING IN MADHYA PRADESH [...] (U) Development professionals in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh (MP) told Consul General and EconOff that the northwest corner of the state served as a steady source for sex workers, due to the existence of so-called "prostitute castes" in several villages. While these interlocutors [...] | 2005-12-13 04:42:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD SOCI ASEC PREF ELAB PREL IN |
05MUSCAT313 | 2005 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: OMAN [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to relevant sections of reftel paras 18-21. ----------------- PARA 18: OVERVIEW ----------------- A. Oman is not a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women or children. ------------------- PARA 19: [...] | 2005-02-23 11:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MU |
05NAIROBI3944 | SUDANESE REFUGEES IN KAKUMA: MORE ARRIVING, FEW [...] SUMMARY. Sudanese refugees are not excited by the prospect of returning to Sudan; in fact, as many as 6,000 new Sudanese refugees have arrived in Kakuma refugee camp since January. Theft of roofing material on vacant former Somali Bantu dwellings led to their destruction by the weather. END SU [...] | 2005-09-22 10:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF SU KE |
05NASSAU1088 | PROFILE OF HAITIAN COMMUNITIES IN ABACO [...] An estimated 40-60,000 legal and illegal Haitians live in The Bahamas among a total population of roughly 305,000. Most Bahamians view cheap Haitian labor as a necessary evil but balk at what they see as the erosion of Bahamian culture as well as the health care and education costs associated [...] | 2005-06-08 19:12:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV HA BF |
05NASSAU166 | NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO THE BAHAMAS CALLS ON [...] (C) Newly-arrived Chinese Ambassador ((Li)) Yuanming paid a courtesy call on Ambassador January 25. Ambassador Li was accompanied by his senior staff members, Li Boheng (DCM); Song Zhenguang (First Secretary); and Chen Dayu (Second Secretary). DCM Robert Witajewski also joined in the meetin [...] | 2005-01-25 18:20:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PINR CH BF |
05NASSAU408 | FIFTH ANNUAL TIPS REPORT - BAHAMAS [...] (SBU) There have been no substantiated reports indicating that the Bahamas is a country of origin or destination for trafficking in persons. There have, however, been unconfirmed reports of women being trafficked through Bahamian waters on the way to the United States, possibly for prostitut [...] | 2005-03-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BF |
05NASSAU504 | BAHAMAS DENIES ASYLUM AND REPATRIATES 29 CUBANS [...] (C) The Bahamian Department of Immigration repatriated 29 Cubans on March 15, 2005, including nine Cuban men who had claimed to be members of the "November 30 Frank Pais Party." Bahamian Immigration, upon the recommendation of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR),denied the [...] | 2005-03-15 19:36:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SMIG PHSA PREF PREL CU BF |
05NDJAMENA1020 | CHADIAN REBELS, RUMORS, REALITIES, AND REACTIONS [...] (S NF) Summary: Speculation about the existence of Chadian rebel groups continues to make Chadians uneasy about the regime's stability. The often conflicting reports and wide-ranging opinions about the size, composition, capabilities, and agendas of Chadian rebel groups make it difficult to [...] | 2005-06-27 12:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
05NDJAMENA1134 | SCENARIOS FOR POLITICAL CHANGE IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary: Chad is currently experiencing another period of heightened uncertainty. Deby has been able to navigate through them in the past. (Reftels) Nonetheless, the removal of presidential term limits through a less-than-transparent public referendum has many observers wondering what [...] | 2005-07-15 09:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD SU |
05NDJAMENA115 | CHAD: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Summary: Chad continues to be a strong partner in the global war against terrorism. Chad was not covered in the 2003 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. Post responses are keyed to reftel paragraph 15. A. The Government of Chad continues to take significant actions to support the globa [...] | 2005-01-25 09:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU PTER |
05NDJAMENA1209 | DISCUSSING DARFUR WITH DEBY [...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby outlined Chad's perspective on the upcoming round of negotiations on Darfur in a meeting on July 29 with Ambassador John Yates, the U.S. Special Representative to the talks. Deby expressed his concerns with the African Union's lack of consultation and acce [...] | 2005-08-02 12:03:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
05NDJAMENA1214 | OUTREACH TO DARFUR REBEL MOVEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: SuQ Liberation Movement (SLM) members say that they will not be ready to return to the negotiating table on August 24. Special Representative to the Darfur Talks Ambassador John Yates, Ambassador Wall, and P/E officer delivered points per reftel to the SLM leaders on July 29 [...] | 2005-08-04 06:24:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
05NDJAMENA1262 | CHAD: MEETING WITH NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a wide-ranging meeting with the newly installed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Allam-mi Ahmad (former diplomatic advisor to the President),the Minister commented on the current state of the Darfur peace process and the need for the rebel movements to "improve representivity." [...] | 2005-08-17 08:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PREL PREF KUNR |
05NDJAMENA1350 | 2005 FOOD CRISIS IN THE SAHEL SPARES CHAD [...] Summary. While a massive food aid and disaster relief program is being implemented in neighboring Niger, and OFDA disaster assessment teams gauge the seriousness of reported shortages in Mali and Burkina Faso, the consensus among on-ground observers of the situation in Chad is that Chad is no [...] | 2005-09-01 17:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PREL SOCI CD WFP |
05NDJAMENA1377 | SALIM ON THE NEXT ROUND OF DARFUR PEACE TALKS, SLM [...] (C) Summary: During his visit to Chad for consultations over September 8-9, the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, shared his views on the upcoming round of peace talks. Salim is committed to starting the talks on September 15, but acknowledges that members of [...] | 2005-09-10 17:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA1378 | EIGHTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: JUMP-STARTING THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met September 8-9, taking advantage of a visit by the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim. The agenda was devoid of any overtly controversial issues and focused on a report by the Cease-fi [...] | 2005-09-10 17:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA140 | SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] The Government's human rights record remains poor. Security forces committed extrajudicial killings and continued to intimidate the public. The judiciary remained subject to executive interference. Violence and societal discrimination against women were common. The independent press occasi [...] | 2005-01-28 14:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
05NDJAMENA1412 | WEIGHING IN WITH THE DARFUR REBELS: SLM CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wall met with members of Mini Minawi's camp of the Sudan Liberation Movement on September 12 to discuss their views on the recently held Joint Commission, their conference plans, and the Abuja talks. The high-level group explained the importance the field commanders [...] | 2005-09-16 08:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA1481 | CHAD: THREE JOURNALISTS RELEASED; RADIO DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The final three jailed journalists have been released. The director of Radio Brakoss, a private radio station in southern Chad, has been arrested, and may be expelled. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Three journalists who had been arrested on charges including defamation, incitin [...] | 2005-09-29 17:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KPAO OIIP PREF CD |
05NDJAMENA1487 | CHAD PROTESTS CROSS-BORDER ATTACK FROM SUDAN [...] (U) This is an action request for AF/SPG, AF/PD. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Chad has told the Government of Sudan to close its consulate in Abeche and announced the withdrawal of its consulate from El Geneina, Sudan after a cross-border jandjaweed attack killed over 36 civilians o [...] | 2005-10-04 07:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA1546 | NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR: CHADIAN VIEWS ON REPARING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on October 15 to share USG ideas on organizing an all-inclusive conference for the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM),Foreign Minister Allam-mi Ahmad welcomed U.S. assistance for the conference and said Chad already is working on the preparation [...] | 2005-10-17 10:28:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF CD SU |
05NDJAMENA1547 | NINTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: WIDESPREAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Commission (JC) on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met October 13-14 in N'Djamena. The key agenda item, strengthening the cease-fire, was never completely covered, but participants vowed to rejuvenate the JC and reaffirmed their commitments to participate regularl [...] | 2005-10-17 11:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA1592 | CHAD: PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES PROPOSED OIL [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji convoked the diplomatic corps and representatives of international organizations October 21 to announce that the Government of Chad (GOC) intended to submit a 2006 budget to the National Assembly which would reflect changes to the oil revenue man [...] | 2005-10-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF EFIN ECON EPET CD |
05NDJAMENA1593 | CHAD: PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES PROPOSED OIL [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji convoked the diplomatic corps and representatives of international organizations October 21 to announce that the Government of Chad (GOC) intended to submit a 2006 budget to the National Assembly which would reflect changes to the oil revenue man [...] | 2005-10-27 14:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF EFIN ECON EPET CD |
05NDJAMENA1616 | REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: PRM VISIT TO BAHAI [...] Summary. PRM/AFR and P/E Officer visited Bahai, Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp, and border areas of Bamina and Tine from October 17-19. The security situation was calm at the time of the visit, although fighting in Sudan around October 21 resulted in nine suspected combatants crossing the border [...] | 2005-11-01 12:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
05NDJAMENA162 | PRESIDENT DEBY APPEALS FOR HELP [...] (C) Summary: Darfur threatens to become a regional catastrophe and Chad proposes hosting a high-level meeting of the Joint Commission on the Humanitarian Cease-Fire in a new attempt to head it off, President Deby told us February 4. In the meeting he requested with the Ambassador, he appeale [...] | 2005-02-04 19:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CD SU |
05NDJAMENA1624 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REFUGEES: PRM VISITS CAMPS IN [...] Summary. PRM/AFR Mary Lange (Deputy Director of the Africa Office) and Neil Ahlsten (Chad/Darfur Program Officer) traveled to southern Chad from October 10-15 to visit the refugee camps in Amboko and Yaroungou. The visit was prompted by the arrival of an estimated 10,700 new refugees from th [...] | 2005-11-02 16:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV CD SU CZ |
05NDJAMENA163 | TURNING UP THE HEAT: HIGH-LEVEL JOINT COMMISSION [...] (U) Summary: Chad will host a high-level meeting of the Joint Commission on the Humanitarian Cease-fire for Darfur on February 15. The meeting will include the presidents of Nigeria, Sudan, and Gabon, and the foreign ministers of other countries, according to Chadian Foreign Minister Nagoum [...] | 2005-02-04 19:16:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CD SU |
05NDJAMENA1708 | USAID/OFDA PROGRAMMING IN EASTERN CHAD [...] A USG team found that six aid organizations implementing OFDA-funded projects in eastern Chad have gotten off to a good start with funding provided late in the fiscal year. Their work is welcomed by local authorities and individual Chadians, will help ease conditions in an arid and undevelop [...] | 2005-12-06 17:49:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PREF PREL CD USAID |
05NDJAMENA1741 | USAID/OFDA PROGRAMMING IN EASTERN CHAD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 16:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PREF PREL CD USAID |
05NDJAMENA1755 | USAID FOOD SECTOR SPECIALIST VISITS EASTERN [...] As reported septel, the USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) food sector specialist visited eastern Chad from November 16 to 29 to monitor emergency food assistance activities of U.N. World Food Program (WFP). Representatives from WFP, food distribution partners, and humanitarian organizations acc [...] | 2005-12-12 08:56:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI CD SU USAID |
05NDJAMENA1757 | USAID/OFDA PROGRAMMING IN EASTERN CHAD [...] Approximately 200,000 Sudanese refugees currently live in reasonable but delicate harmony with their Chadian hosts in an arid and undeveloped environment. Potential problems revolve around use of natural resources, jealousy and political developments in Sudan and Chad. UNHCR and its partners [...] | 2005-12-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PREF PREL CD USAID |
05NDJAMENA1758 | USAID FOOD SECTOR SPECIALIST VISITS EASTERN [...] From November 16 to 29, the USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) food sector specialist traveled to eastern Chad for the second time in 2005 to monitor USAID- sponsored food aid operations carried out by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and partners. This is the first of two assessment cables re [...] | 2005-12-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI CD SU USAID |
05NDJAMENA20 | AMBASSADOR'S FY 2005 DISASTER DECLARATION: IMPACT [...] This is an action cable. Please see para 8. 2. Disaster Determination. Under Section 062, Volume 2 of the Foreign Affairs Manual, I hereby determine that the Republic of Chad is suffering from a disaster which exceeds the host country's ability to provide an adequate response, that the ho [...] | 2005-01-06 11:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF CD SU |
05NDJAMENA22 | SIXTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: REBEL MOVEMENTS [...] (C) Summary. The Sixth Session of the Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire (JC) was unable to break through the impasse over the Government of Sudan's (GOS) offensive operations in December. The mediation team and international community failed to persuade the movements to [...] | 2005-01-07 10:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM CD SU |
05NDJAMENA261 | DEBY HOSTS HEADS OF STATE MEETING ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir agreed to stop aerial activity over Darfur and implement a unilateral ceasefire during the N'Djamena Summit on Darfur held on February 16. Bashir also told the heads of state of Chad, Gabon, Congo, representatives of Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, the [...] | 2005-02-19 11:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA262 | SEVENTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: PROCESS INCHING [...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby and African Union Commission President Alpha Konare opened the well-attended seventh Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Ceasefire (JC) on February 16. Despite an announced "boycott" of the meeting by leaders of the rebel movements, the Sudan Liber [...] | 2005-02-20 12:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA263 | RUMORS OF REFUGEES RETURNING TO SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Per Ref A, P/E officer met with UNHCR officials, representatives of the National Movement for Reform and Democracy (NMRD),members of the Chad mediation team on Darfur, African Union (AU) officials responsible for Darfur, and members of the African Union Ceasefire Commission to [...] | 2005-02-20 12:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA28 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC REFUGEES: DON'T FORGET US! [...] Summary. Central African refugees told Ambassador Wall not to forget their plight during his visit to Amboko Camp in Gore on December 14. Amboko, in southern Chad near the border with Central African Republic, has been open since June 2003 and hosts 13,800 refugees who fled political unrest [...] | 2005-01-10 06:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM CD SU CT |
05NDJAMENA281 | ICRC OPERATIONS IN CHAD [...] Summary. In addition to ICRC's traditional activities in Chad (e.g. detention visits and international humanitarian law dissemination),ICRC is playing a key role in eastern Chad in assisting refugee populations and local communities. ICRC's work with refugees specifically focuses on family [...] | 2005-02-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA282 | REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM/USAID VISIT TO TREGUINE, [...] Summary. PRM/AFR Mary Lange and USAID/FFP (DART) Suzanne Poland traveled to the Adre region of Eastern Chad from February 16-18 to visit the refugee camps of Treguine, Bredjing, and Farchana and to meet with staff from UNHCR, WFP, IFRC, Chadian Red Cross, MSF, Secadev, CORD, and CARE. Camp po [...] | 2005-02-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU USAID |
05NDJAMENA283 | REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM VISIT TO BAHAI [...] Summary. PRM/AFR officer reviewed protection issues, provision of basic services, vacant staff positions, and the relocation of Oure Cassoni refugee camp during a visit from February 11-13. As the result of Oure Cassoni's close proximity to the Sudanese border, large numbers of young men mo [...] | 2005-02-23 10:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA405 | CHAD'S CHANGING TACTICS ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Chadian President Idriss Deby's latest move to break the current impasse in Darfur involves working with the Sudan Liberation Movement. Currently, the Chadian Government is hosting a number of leaders and field commanders from the SLM in N'Djamena for discussions about the move [...] | 2005-03-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM CD SU |
05NDJAMENA441 | CHADIAN TACTICS ALARM AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) Summary: African Union officials are concerned that Chad's attempts to change the leadership of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) will contribute to major delays in restarting the Abuja talks. Ambassador Sam Ibok and Boubou Niang stopped in N'Djamena for consultations from March 18 to [...] | 2005-03-22 13:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD SU |
05NDJAMENA491 | RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE FOOD INSECURITY [...] This is an action cable. Please see para 8. 2. Summary. The presence in eastern Chad of more than 200,000 Sudanese refugees from the Darfur crisis has negatively affected the livelihoods and food security of the host population. In addition there has been meager, untimely rainfall durin [...] | 2005-04-01 07:10:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF CD SU |
05NDJAMENA542 | SUDANESE REFUGEES IN CHAD REPORT ONGOING VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese refugees crossing the border into eastern Chad say violence continues to rage in Darfur, a claim backed by workers from international and non-governmental organizations and African Union monitors based in Chad and Sudan. Refugees described combined attacks involving S [...] | 2005-04-05 10:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA543 | RIFTS IN REBEL RANKS PLAY OUT IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary. Over the past month, several important developments that could affect cohesion and direction of the Darfur rebel movements have played out in Chad. As previously reported, Chadian officials invited members of the Sudan Liberation Movement SLM to N'Djamena to hold organizationa [...] | 2005-04-05 10:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA555 | DARFUR REBEL DEMARCHE: HARIR AND SHOGAR ON SLM'S [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered points in ref A to Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) members Dr. Sharif Harir and Adam Shogar on April 4. Both SLM leaders praised USG efforts on behalf of the three recently passed U.N. Security Council resolutions. They also reaffirmed their commitment [...] | 2005-04-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA565 | CHAD PUBLICLY ACCUSES SUDAN OF AIDING CHADIAN [...] (C) Summary: On April 8, the Chadian Government convoked the diplomatic corps to accuse Khartoum publicly of "maintaining, arming, and financing" Chadian rebel groups inside Sudan. There are 3,000 Chadian rebels near El Geneina, Sudan, according to the Minister of Justice. Chad has long su [...] | 2005-04-11 06:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF CD SU |
05NDJAMENA59 | PRIME MINISTER FAKI GIVES SENATOR FEINGOLD A TOUR [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Moussa Faki shared the views of the Chadian Government on a wide range of issues with Senator Russell Feingold on January 13. Faki expressed his frustration that the situation in Darfur remains unresolved and his concerns about the plight of the local Chadian pop [...] | 2005-01-18 06:56:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU VIP |
05NDJAMENA60 | SENATOR FEINGOLD GETS AN EARFUL ON DARFUR IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold heard a number of perspectives on Darfur-related issues during his visit to Chad January 12-13. Feingold met with Sudanese refugees at Iridimi Refugee camp, held discussions with Foreign Minister Yamassoum and the Chad mediation team over the status of th [...] | 2005-01-18 06:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
05NDJAMENA791 | SLM PLANS FOR DARFUR CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) appears to be moving ahead with its plans to hold a meeting of its members in Darfur to make leadership changes. The long-awaited meeting may take place in three weeks time. SLM members from Asmara and Nairobi began arriving in N'Djamena to [...] | 2005-05-16 10:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA81 | SENATOR FEINGOLD MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold expressed appreciation for Chad's cooperation in the war on terror and discussed human rights with Defense Minister Emmanuel Nadingar during his visit on January 13. Nadingar welcomed U.S. support for the Chadian military, which he says is needed to help [...] | 2005-01-24 14:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU VIP |
05NDJAMENA814 | REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: MALNUTRITION RATES AND [...] Summary: PRM Office Director for Assistance to Africa Margaret McKelvey and Program Officer Hazel Reitz visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to monitor the operations on behalf of the Sudanese refugees in the east of Chad. This cable, one of three reporting on the visit, focuses on efforts to unders [...] | 2005-05-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA834 | REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART I) [...] Summary: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration officers Margaret McKelvey (Director of the Africa Office) and Hazel Reitz (Chad Program Officer and UNHCR liaison officer) visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of progress of protection and assistance efforts for Da [...] | 2005-05-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA835 | REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART II) [...] (C) Summary: Bureau for Population, Migration, and Refugees Officers Margaret McKelvey and Hazel Reitz traveled to Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of protection and assistance efforts in eastern Chad. This is the third of three cables from the visit. (Refs A and B). Some [...] | 2005-05-24 06:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NDJAMENA884 | SENATOR BIDEN MEETS REFUGEES AND REBELS, URGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Joseph Biden delivered a strong message of U.S. support for the resolution of the crisis in Darfur, tempered by a frank discourse on the USG limitations, during his visit to Chad from May 31 to June 1. Biden traveled to Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp near Bahai, where he m [...] | 2005-06-02 16:02:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU VIP |
05NDJAMENA933 | CHADIAN MEDIATION TEAM VIEWS ON ABUJA TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Chad's non-attendance for the opening days of the peace talks in Abuja stems from the mediation team's misgivings over the preparedness of the rebel movement delegations to negotiate and suspicions of Libyan maneuvering to close a deal outside the Abuja process. Ambassador Wall [...] | 2005-06-14 16:39:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU |
05NEWDELHI1262 | GOI WITHOUT PLAN "B", HOPING NEPAL KING WILL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used the return to New Delhi of Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee as an opportunity to discuss with the GOI the current strategy on Nepal. During the February 16 meeting, also attended by MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal/Bhutan) Ranjit Rae, Polcouns and Poloff, Mukherjee expres [...] | 2005-02-17 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL IN NP BT |
05NEWDELHI1482 | FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN PESSIMISTIC ON NEPAL'S KING [...] (C) Summary: King Gyanendra's actions are "exactly opposite of what is required," Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran told visiting Ambassador to Nepal James Moriarty on February 25. Ambassador Moriarty and Saran agreed on the need for concerted pressure on the King from India, the US, and [...] | 2005-02-26 05:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PREF IN NP BT UK |
05NEWDELHI1715 | ADVANCING USG EFFORTS ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: The Bhutanese Ambassador reaffirmed to us on March 3 that Thimphu remains committed to repatriate Category 1 refugees under the Dewey-Wangchuck framework, but is unlikely to allow any refugees to return until the constitution is finalized, and sees little prospect of progress on [...] | 2005-03-04 13:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IN NP BT |
05NEWDELHI2047 | BHUTANESE CENSUS UNLIKELY TO FACILITATE FURTHER [...] (C) In response to Reftel and following our contacts with travelers to Thimphu, the Mission assesses little likelihood that the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) will use the upcoming census to justify further expulsions of ethnic Nepali citizens from Bhutan. United Nations Development Progr [...] | 2005-03-17 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IN NP BT |
05NEWDELHI2717 | RGOB NON-COMMITTAL ON SUPPORT FOR UNCHR RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In an April 7 meeting with Bhutanese Foreign Secretary Neden Zangmo, DCM urged the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) to support a UNCHR resolution against Cuba noting that Bhutan's vote could be decisive. The FS was non-committal citing the support Cuba had provided Bhutan in th [...] | 2005-04-11 13:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP BT CU UNHCR |
05NEWDELHI2844 | BHUTAN WILL ABSTAIN ON CHR RESOLUTION ON CUBA WITH [...] (C) Bhutan has agreed in principle to abstain on the CHR resolution on Cuba, but has specifically asked for stronger US support and understanding on the issue of the refugee camps in Nepal, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering stated during an April 14 phone call with the Ambassador. He commented t [...] | 2005-04-14 14:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP BT CU |
05NEWDELHI3431 | GOI EXPECTS BHUTANESE REFUGEE SURVEYS TO CONTINUE, [...] (C) Summary: During a May 2 meeting with a visiting G/PRM/DRL/DHS delegation in India to review Tibetan and Bhutanese refugee issues, MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae offered his view that the UNHCR "had met the concerns" of HMGN in order to resume the registration of Bhutanese refugees [...] | 2005-05-06 11:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER IN NP BT |
05NEWDELHI4091 | USG ASSESSMENT OF TIBETAN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the Dalai Lama's request that the US consider a resettlement program for some 10,000 Tibetan refugees, a USG delegation traveled to India and Nepal from May 2-10, meeting with Tibetan, Indian, Nepalese, and Embassy officials to assess the political and logistical [...] | 2005-06-01 14:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL CH BT NP IN |
05NEWDELHI496 | BHUTANESE AMBASSADOR: SECURITY SITUATION IN NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: The poor security situation in Nepal, instability of the government in Kathmandu, and uncertainty over future GON willingness to deliver on any inherited agreements will hinder the refugee repatriation process, Bhutanese Ambassador Lyonpo Dago Tshering told the Ambassador on Jan [...] | 2005-01-19 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PTER IN NP BT UNHCR |
05NEWDELHI5480 | BHUTAN REITERATES COMMITMENT TO DEWEY-WANGCHUCK [...] (C) Summary: The Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) remains committed to resolving the refugee problem using the Dewey-Wangchuck framework and is ready to meet with its Nepalese counterparts to hash out the modalities of the agreement, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering told us on July 13. After rec [...] | 2005-07-15 10:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IN NP BT |
05NEWDELHI5912 | BHUTANESE DRAFT CONSTITUTION: A STEP IN THE RIGHT [...] (C) Summary: The RGOB released a draft constitution on March 26, continuing the process of democratic reform started when the King abdicated power to a council of ministers in 1998. The draft, if approved, would create a constitutional monarchy with a Parliament consisting of an upper and lo [...] | 2005-07-29 13:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL ECON KDEM KIRF SENV IN NP BT |
05NEWDELHI6215 | MEA PLAYS DOWN BHUTANESE KING'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: King Wangchuck's August 1-4 visit to New Delhi was part of a routine exchange and did not focus narrowly on an imminent Bhutan-China boundary agreement, according to MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal/Bhutan) Ranjit Rae. Rae said that the border issue was discussed, along with other rout [...] | 2005-08-10 12:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF ECON IN NP BT CH |
05NEWDELHI6413 | DEMARCHE DELIVERY: MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-18 14:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS IN |
05NEWDELHI6903 | BHUTAN FEARS MAOISTS IN REFUGEE CAMPS [...] (C) Summary: Bhutanese MFA officials expressed concern over Maoist intrusions into refugee camps in Nepal and indicated the government's main priority is keeping radical elements out of Bhutan during August 24-25 meetings with Poloff and Econoff in Thimphu. The MFA reiterated the Royal Govern [...] | 2005-09-07 12:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM IN NP BT |
05NEWDELHI6929 | MDA: INDIA SUPPORTS PROTOCOL, BUT NO PLANS TO PUSH [...] (U) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora on September 6. Arora promised to confer with his UN Economic and Social (UNES) counterparts, but had no substantive comment. 2. (C) Poloff followed up with Deputy Secretary (UNES) Gopal Baglay on Septembe [...] | 2005-09-08 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IN IS SZ GOI UN |
05NEWDELHI7241 | EDUCATION IN A HIMALAYAN KINGDOM: ANOTHER FACET OF [...] (U) Summary: During Poloff's August 22-25 visit to Bhutan, our interlocutors insisted that Bhutan is committed to educating its children by providing free schooling for all. Primary school enrollment stands at 87.8 percent. The government's decision in the 1950s to use English as the medium [...] | 2005-09-16 09:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF SCUL PHUM IN BT |
05NEWDELHI73 | LODI GYARI INFORMS INDIA OF PLANS FOR TIBETAN [...] (C) On January 3, the Dalai Lama's Special Representative Lodi Gyari told Ambassador Mulford that he had briefed MEA Joint Secretary (East Asia) Ashok Kantha that same day on Dharamsala's intention to relocate 10,000 Tibetan refugees from India and Nepal to the US. He emphasized that he had [...] | 2005-01-04 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM IN CH NP |
05NEWDELHI792 | INDIA RESPONDS QUICKLY TO NEPAL KING'S ACTIONS; [...] (S) Summary: Expressing "grave concern" over the King's decision to dissolve the multiparty government in Nepal, and calling the action "a serious setback to the cause of democracy," New Delhi responded swiftly and with unusual firmness to the February 1 developments in Kathmandu. In a statem [...] | 2005-02-01 11:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP |
05NEWDELHI8188 | UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT: GOI UNLIKELY TO RESPOND [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar told the Charge on October 15 that the GOI would consider the US request for assistance in resettling Uighur detainees, but suggested that the answer would be no. "You know why," he added. Comment ------- [...] | 2005-10-21 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR IN |
05NEWDELHI825 | NEPAL SITUATION "WORST CASE SCENARIO" FOR INDIA [...] (C) Summary: King Gyanendra's decision to dissolve the government is a "worst case scenario," driving the Maoists and the political parties together, undermining the monarchy, and muzzling politicians rather than the Maoists, MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal and Bhutan) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and [...] | 2005-02-02 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP |
05NEWDELHI858 | EXPLAINING INDIA'S ANGER OVER DEVELOPMENTS IN NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: New Delhi's surprisingly angry reaction to developments in Nepal underlines the serious mid to long-term implications the GOI believes King Gyanendra's actions will have on Nepal, India, and the GOI's larger foreign policy objectives. From New Delhi's perspective, the King has s [...] | 2005-02-03 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP CH |
05NEWDELHI859 | GOI REWARDS BHUTANESE KING AS GUEST OF HONOR AT [...] (C) Summary: The Government of India (GOI) rewarded Bhutanese King Jigme Singye Wangchuck for conducting military operations in December of 2003 against Indian militants hiding out in Southern Bhutan by making him the guest of honor at Republic Day. During the King's January 24-28 visit, th [...] | 2005-02-03 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM IN NP BT UNHCR |
05NEWDELHI8712 | MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVEA PROTOCOL [...] (U) Acting Political Counselor delivered Ref A demarche to Director (UN Political) Sangeeta Mann, who confessed she was not aware of the issue, thanked the USG for the information conveyed, and promised a more substantive response once she ascertained the GOI position. 2. (C) Comment: Man [...] | 2005-11-16 12:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IN IS SZ |
05NEWDELHI8893 | INDIAN REPORTS BREAKTHROUGH IN BHUTAN/NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: The agreement reached in Dhaka between the RGOB and GON to restart the Joint Verification Process and allow for the return of Category 1 and 4 refugees from the Khudunabari refugee camp was a significant and positive step, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told PolCou [...] | 2005-11-23 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM PTER IN NP BT |
05NEWDELHI9029 | RGOB: NEED CATEGORY 1 AND 4 REPATRIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Bhutan is ready to accept category 1 and 4 refugees from the Khudunabari camp, but needs Nepal to agree to the proposal in writing, which Nepal seems unwilling to do, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering stated in a December 1 meeting with PolCouns and PolOff. The Ambassador reported t [...] | 2005-11-30 11:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PTER PHUM IN BT NP |
05NEWDELHI9164 | FS SARAN CALLS FOR ENHANCED BHUTAN TIES [...] (C) Summary: India and Bhutan have a vital stake in each other's well-being and greater economic, security and cultural ties will benefit both countries, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran argued during an unusual December 3 seminar focused on Bhutan. Underlining the growing GOI concern about con [...] | 2005-12-05 14:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGREL PBTS ECIN ETRD PREF PTER PGOV IN BT NP |
05NEWDELHI9261 | INDIA REITERATES SUPPORT FOR RED CROSS PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IN |
05NEWDELHI9751 | INDIA READY TO PUSH HARDER ON BHUTAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: The GOI is ready to take a more proactive role in prodding Bhutan to resolve the long-running refugee problem, an MEA official told A/DCM and Poloff on December 27. Bhutan's King had previously informed New Delhi of his plan to abdicate in 2008 following elections, and India is [...] | 2005-12-27 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KDEM PGOV ENRG IN BT |
05NEWDELHI9754 | TIBETANS IN INDIA BRIEF VISITING STAFFDEL SZYMANSKI [...] (U) Summary: Members of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, including the chief executive of the Central Tibetan Authority and the Dalai Lama, told visiting professional staff of the House Small Business Committee during a December 11-12 visit that although human rights conditions [...] | 2005-12-28 05:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM PREF IN CH |
05NICOSIA1886 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS UNVEIL NEW SCHEME FOR GREEK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish Cypriot administration has drafted a new law that would significantly alter the way in which the "TRNC" handles claims for restitution or compensation for Greek Cypriot property, which makes up between 80 and 90 percent of the land in the north. In response to an Apr [...] | 2005-11-30 09:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY TU PHUM PREF COE ECON |
05OTTAWA1205 | CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNRWA EMERGENCY [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning an appeal for countries to make contributions to the 2005 Emergency Appeal for UNRWA to Sam Hanson, Deputy Coordinator, Middle East Peace Process Division at Foreign Affairs Canada, on April 12. Hanson stated that the Government of Canada had just [...] | 2005-04-20 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF KPAL PREL CA EUN CIDA |
05OTTAWA1799 | CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA AND A RESPONSE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning full membership for the Israeli National Society (MDA) in the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, to Allisa Golberg, deputy director of the human rights division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),on June 13. Golberg referred to the me [...] | 2005-06-14 17:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CA ICRC |
05OTTAWA2928 | CANADA INTERESTED IN COOPERATING ON DARFUR WOMEN'S [...] (U) As requested in reftel, poloff met with officials from Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) and the Canadian International Development Agency(CIDA) on 23 September to discuss U.S. initiatives to counter violence against women in Darfur, and to solicit Canada's support for such initiatives. Canadia [...] | 2005-09-29 14:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL EAID SU CA |
05OTTAWA3065 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN [...] (S) On October 12, 2005 POL M/C raised the Uighur resettlement issue with Michael Small, Acting ADM (Assistant Deputy Minister) for Global Affairs at Foreign Affairs Canada. Small, who is also Director General for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, had been briefed by FAC,s Senior Adviso [...] | 2005-10-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | KAWC MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR |
05OTTAWA3170 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: TRANSPORTING TENTS FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-21 20:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA PK EAID PREF PREL SENV |
05OTTAWA3173 | CANADA TO FOLD DART UNDER NATO UMBRELLA FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-24 16:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK CA NATO |
05OTTAWA3293 | CANADIANS INVITED TO NAIROBI; GOC FUNDING POSSIBLE [...] (C) Post extended reftel invitation to the Prime Minister's Special Advisory Team (SAT) on Sudan through Lt. Col. Brad Bergstrand, Military Advisor to the Sudan Task Force at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). Currently, the Team is planning a trip to Darfur but will not be on the ground in the [...] | 2005-11-04 17:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PREF PHUM CA SU |
05OTTAWA3300 | OTTAWA PLANS TO HOST LANDMINE EVENT IN MARCH 2006 [...] Embassy Ottawa plans to organize an event in March 2006, in lieu of this Fall. As in 2003 and 2004, the likely venue would be the Ambassador's residence and we would invite a range of government and non-government interlocutors. ConGen-Toronto is also considering organizing an event during t [...] | 2005-11-04 21:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KHDP KSEP PHUM PREF PARM AORC ODIP OFDP CA |
05OTTAWA3397 | CANADA SUPPORTS MDA'S INCLUSION AND IS READY TO [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel on 15 November to Alexandra MacKenzie in the Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Response Group at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). 2. (C) MacKenzie emphasized the importance of ensuring the success of the Geneva conference, as well as the adoption by consensus of [...] | 2005-11-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF AORC IS SZ CA ICRC |
05OTTAWA3608 | CANADA ON MDA: EXPECT A YES VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL AORC IS SZ CA ICRC |
05OTTAWA3638 | FOLLOW-UP TO REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 6. 2. (S) Polmiloff met with Senior Advisor for Migration and Refugees Kathy Porter on December 9 to discuss Uighur resettlement. Other meeting participants were China and Mongolia Senior Political Officer Walter Bernyck, and U.S. Relations Politica [...] | 2005-12-09 22:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CA |
05OTTAWA3656 | CANADA: RESETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN REFUGEES [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5. 2. (S) On December 13, Political Minister Counselor and polmiloff raised the matter of Uighur resettlement with Tony Burger, Assistant Secretary of the Global Affairs Secretariat at the Privy Council Office (Burger reports to Jonathan Fried, Senio [...] | 2005-12-13 22:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CA |
05OTTAWA642 | CANADA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR 2004-2005 [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Canada's submission for the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report. Answers are keyed to numbered paragraphs in reftel. Embassy POC is Poloff Mark Baron, telephone (613) 688-5339, fax (613) 688-3098. Estimated number of hours spent researching and drafting this r [...] | 2005-03-01 19:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CA |
05OTTAWA747 | MDA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON CONFERENCE ON MDA [...] (C) Poloff followed up on reftel demarche with Peter McRae, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department of Foreign Affairs Canada, on March 10. McRae said that in principle Canada supports the convening of a conference for Magan Adom David membership in the Red Cross/Red Crescen [...] | 2005-03-10 17:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | IS RS CA AS PHUM PREL PREF ICRC |
05OTTAWA904 | CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA AND PRESSING [...] (C) Poloff discussed ref a demarche concerning Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, with Claudie Senay, Human Rights Officer at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),on March 24. As indicated ref b, Senay reiterated that Canada strongly supports the convening of a [...] | 2005-03-29 16:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF AORC IS GM CA ICRC MDA FAC |
05PANAMA1320 | MDA: PANAMA RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-17 14:02:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL PGOV PM ICRC POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
05PANAMA1426 | MDA: PANAMA RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-05 21:55:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL PGOV PM ICRC POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
05PANAMA1711 | UNHCR UNHAPPY WITH PANAMANIAN REFUGEE POLICY [...] (C) UNHCR Representative Gonzalo Vargas Llosa believes the Torrijos government is starting down the same path as the previous Moscoso administration in failing to meet its international obligations under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. One never-ending issue is that the Government of Panama (GOP) [...] | 2005-08-17 19:11:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM PM |
05PANAMA2038 | PANAMA: UNHCR - AID EFFORTS UPSTAGING GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) UNHCR's unwavering support of refugee rights and its aid to Colombian civil-war refugees has given it great status and respect in Puerto Obaldia, a Caribbean town 200 miles from Panama's capital on the coastal border of Colombia. However, the distance from Panama City seems much great [...] | 2005-10-11 20:02:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PM |
05PANAMA555 | PANAMA'S INPUT FOR FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Embassy Panama believes that trafficking in persons (TIP) is a relatively small and manageable problem, involving around 200-500 victims. In 2004, Embassy worked closely with the Government of Panama (GOP) to discover the true extent of TIP in Panama and to strengthen the anti-TIP leg [...] | 2005-03-14 14:37:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
05PANAMA608 | PANAMA TACKLES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (C) Armed with Panama's tough March 2004 anti-TIP law, Darien province Prosecutor Arnesia Janeth Torrero recently arrested indigenous National Police (PNP) officers for their alleged commercial sexual exploitation of indigenous minor girls in the remote Darien province. In January, Torrero finis [...] | 2005-03-16 22:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
05PARAMARIBO755 | MDA: RESPONSE TO SWISS [...] DCM has discussed the forthcoming Swiss-organized conference in Geneva on December 5-6 on the Third Additional Protocol to create a new "red crystal" emblem with the Surinamese Foreign Ministry. The Government of Suriname remains disposed to support the approval of the Third Protocol, and ha [...] | 2005-11-22 16:50:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL ICRC |
05PARAMARIBO791 | MDA: SURINAME NOT REPRESENTED AT GENEVA MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 18:04:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL ICRC |
05PARIS1398 | FRANCE SUBMISSION FOR 2005 TIP REPORT [...] (U) France is a destination country for trafficked persons, mainly women trafficked for prostitution from Eastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, and to a lesser extent Albania) and Africa (Nigera, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon). France's national Central Office for the Repression of Trafficking in Pe [...] | 2005-03-03 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR RO |
05PARIS1515 | MDA:FRENCH RESPONSE ON CONFERENCE FOR MDA [...] (C) Poloff presented reftel talking points to MFA IO Middle East expert Alice Guitton February 25. On March 4, during a discussion of Israeli participation in other international organizations (septel),MFA DAS-equivalent Jean-Pierre Lacroix told us that France favored Magen David Adom (MDA) [...] | 2005-03-08 14:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF IS FR ICRC |
05PARIS2483 | GOF WEIGHING RESPONSE TO UNRWA EMERGENCY APPEAL, [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in para 4. 2. (C) We discussed reftel talking points on the 2005 UNRWA emergency appeal with MFA action officer for UN/Middle East issues Alice Guitton April 12, urging a sizable French contribution to help alleviate Palestinian ref [...] | 2005-04-12 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PREL FR EUN |
05PARIS2765 | GOF UNLIKELY TO MAKE SIZABLE CONTRIBUTION TO UNRWA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL FR |
05PARIS4042 | MDA: FRENCH RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] (C) Poloff raised the issue of support for convening a diplomatic conference in October to adopt a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions June 7 with Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen, MFA IO DAS-equivalent for human rights and humanitarian issues. After consulting with MFA IO Director [...] | 2005-06-09 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ FR ICRC |
05PARIS4348 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: JOINT APPROACH IN PRESSING GOA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-20 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AF BE KDEM PREL PHUM PREF EAID FR |
05PARIS5135 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO U/S BURNS LETTER ON RED CROSS [...] Post delivered U/S Burns' letter to MFA political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye July 22. We also provided a copy to MFA IO Social and Humanitarian Affairs DAS-equivalent Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen the same day. 2. Fraper contacted poloff July 25 to say that she was preparing the respon [...] | 2005-07-26 06:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF OPDC PREL FR |
05PARIS6333 | RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO UIGHURS - FRANCE [...] (C) DCM discussed reftel request with MFA Director of Cabinet Pierre Vimont, September 16. Vimont said the GOF would "study" the request and promised a rapid response. Vimont said that, if France were in principle able to accept some/all of the Uighurs, it would be helpful to have more deta [...] | 2005-09-16 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR FR |
05PARIS6434 | FRENCH EFFORTS TO BOLSTER ABUJA TALKS ON DARFUR [...] (C) Like the USG, France took steps to dissuade Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Menes Menawi from staging a rival conference in Darfur during the Abuja round of talks that began September 15, Sudan deskoff Jeremie Robert told Africa Watcher in a September 20 meeting (ref A). The Quai [...] | 2005-09-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR EAID PREF SU FR UNSC |
05PARIS6887 | FRENCH ILL AT EASE ON DARFUR, CHAD, AND THE [...] (SBU) DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal and Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert singled out recent violence in Darfur, cross-border attacks into Chad by militia with possible government backing, African Union representative Kingibe's strong criticism of Khartoum, and Chad's rebuke to Sudanese author [...] | 2005-10-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KAWC PINR SU CD FR |
05PARIS7329 | NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN - FRANCE ALSO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-26 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR AEMR EAID MASS PREF FR EUN NATO |
05PARIS7954 | FRANCE SUPPORTIVE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL, [...] (C) Poloff met November 21 with MFA DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen to encourage more vocal French engagement on behalf of the draft Third Additional Protocol, particularly with Francophone African states. Le Fraper responded that France had been working closely with the Swiss in [...] | 2005-11-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AORC PREF IS SZ FR ICRC |
05PARIS8314 | MDA: FRANCE REITERATES SUPPORT FOR DRAFT GENEVA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC |
05PARIS8426 | FRENCH APPEAR DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE UIGHERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 14:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF FR |
05PARIS8683 | GOF RESPONDS NEGATIVELY TO UIGHER RESETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-29 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER FR KAWC PHUM PREF |
05PORTAUPRINCE542 | HAITI: SUBMISSION FOR FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] The following responses are Post's responses to questions raised in reftel. 2. Overview of Haiti's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Trafficking in persons in Haiti mainly involved the internal movement of children from the countryside into urban areas for domestic labor [...] | 2005-03-02 20:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF HA |
05PRAGUE1068 | CZECHS OPEN TO URGENT TRANSFER OF SMALL GROUP OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 14:08:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PREF EZ UZ KG |
05PRAGUE1090 | CZECHS OFFER PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT TO 40 UZBEK [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 3. (SBU) Following up on ref requests for a humanitarian transfer of Uzbek refugees to a safe location, we met with Mr. Tomas Haisman, Director o [...] | 2005-07-20 15:37:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL EZ UZ KG |
05PRAGUE1535 | CZECHS REVIEWING MI-17 PARTS REQUEST FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) Pol-mil Off delivered reftel points to Czech MFA Security Policy Deputy Director Vaclav Balek Oct 27. The Czechs do have MI-17s in their inventory. Balek had not heard Pakistan planned to ask NATO for MI-17 parts. He said the GOCR would examine the request carefully. CABANISS [...] | 2005-10-27 11:23:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS EZ NATO |
05PRAGUE1630 | GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS: CZECHS STILL AGREE TO [...] Action request at paragraphs 5 and 7. 2. (S) Summary. The good news is that the Czechs are still committed to resettling 40 Uzbek refugees in the Czech Republic (reftel),and are even willing to accept close family members of the refugees. The bad news is in the fine print: the Czechs will [...] | 2005-11-23 09:19:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PHUM PREF PREL EZ UZ KG |
05PRAGUE1648 | CZECHS WILL LIKELY SUPPORT ADDING A THIRD PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-25 16:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC |
05PRAGUE1732 | NOTWITHSTANDING INTERPOL NOTICES, UZBEK REFUGEES [...] (C) Post has learned that the 15 Uzbek refugees selected for resettlement in the Czech Republic arrived in the Czech Republic December 15 (although this information has not yet been made public). 2. (C) This number includes six refugees who are the subject of Interpol "diffusion notices" is [...] | 2005-12-16 13:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL EZ UZ |
05PRAGUE515 | HIV/AIDS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: PREVENTION AND [...] Summary: The Czech Republic currently has one of Europe's lowest rates of HIV infection, despite a significant problem with prostitution and trafficking. Officials and NGOs in the country link the low incidence of HIV with active prevention campaigns, abundant and accessible anonymous testin [...] | 2005-04-12 05:44:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV PGOV PHUM PREF EZ |
05PRAGUE913 | CZECH RESPONSE TO MDA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EZ ICRC |
05QUITO1381 | ECUADOR LIKELY TO SUPPORT SWISS CIRCULAR ON MDA [...] On June 8, PolOff delivered talking points and a copy of the Swiss circular to MFA Human Rights Director Carmen Larrea. The document recommends a conference to discuss a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions granting the Magen David Adom (MDA) full membership in the Internation [...] | 2005-06-13 21:22:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EC ICRC |
05QUITO490 | SUBMISSION FOR 2005 TIP REPORT [...] Summary: Ecuador continues to take steps to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Since issuing a presidential decree in August 2004, the government has drafted a national plan, increased public awareness of the problem, and reached out to source and destination countries. The GOE has coope [...] | 2005-03-02 12:15:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF |
05RABAT2454 | MOROCCO: URGENT DEMARCHE TO VOTE YES ON MDA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref(a) demarche on December 5 to MFA Director of the Division for Humanitarian and Social Issues Sidi Abdelfattah El Kadiri and discussed ref(b) urgent demarche to vote in favor of the MDA with El Kadiri on December 7. Kadiri said he understood that the Swiss had held [...] | 2005-12-07 17:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IZ MO |
05RANGOON1185 | ROHINGYA REFUGEES AND REBELS - A VIEW FROM OUTSIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rangoon Poloff traveled to Bangladesh in mid September to visit Rohingya refugee camps and to meet agencies that assist the refugees. Despite living in refugee camps for over a decade amid squalid conditions and sometimes suffering violence and intimidation, very few refugees ind [...] | 2005-09-29 02:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF PINS PTER BM |
05RANGOON1413 | UNHCR ON DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS IN RAKHINE STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 14 meeting, the UNHCR Representative for Burma described its relationship with the GOB and UNHCR's access to northern Rakhine State and to the eastern border with Thailand (septel). UNHCR works primarily with the Ministry of Immigration and military commanders in Ra [...] | 2005-12-19 11:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BM |
05RANGOON1423 | UNHCR AWAITS APPROVAL TO WORK IN THE SOUTHEAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 14 meeting, the UNHCR Representative for Burma described the UNHCR's relationship with the GOB and UNHCR's access to the southeastern border region with Thailand. The UNHCR has informal support to do needs assessments, but still lacks an MOU to officially work in th [...] | 2005-12-21 02:16:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM PINS PREL BM NGO |
05RANGOON291 | BURMA: RESPONSE TO FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary: The following report contains Post's responses to the fifth annual anti-trafficking in persons questionnaire contained in reftel requesting information on trafficking in persons in Burma from March 2004 to March 2005. End Summary. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact on TIP is p [...] | 2005-03-08 07:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD BM |
05RANGOON749 | BURMA: UNHCR AND WORLD VISION ASKED TO CURTAIL [...] (C) Summary: The GOB has asked the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Burma to curtail its activities on the eastern border with Thailand. UNHCR is not sure why. The Minister of Home Affairs (MOHA) told UNHCR that in the future the Ministry of Progress of Border Areas a [...] | 2005-06-21 09:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BM NGO |
05RANGOON77 | BURMA: INPUT FOR REPORT TO CONGRESS ON NORTH [...] (U) NORTH KOREANS ACCESS TO INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE PROTECTION IN BURMA: Burma is not a signatory to the 1951 UN Convention on Refugees and cannot be considered as hospitable for any individuals seeking refugee protection. To the contrary, the regime's egregious human rights practices, militar [...] | 2005-01-19 11:04:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM KN BM |
05RANGOON904 | BURMA: WFP EXTENDS ASSISTANCE TO EX-POPPY GROWERS [...] Summary: The World Food Programme has extended emergency food assistance for a second year in Burma's Shan State. The new $7.9 million program will benefit over 347,000 beneficiaries in ex-poppy growing communities and WFP would "welcome (donor) support." End Summary. 2. WFP, like other U [...] | 2005-08-04 11:23:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PGOV SNAR PREF BM NGO |
05ROME1142 | FAO'S AVIAN INFLUENZA ACTIVITIES [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been holding informal meetings with technical experts of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to ascertain FAO's activities to contain Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). Since January 2004 when the outbreaks first occurred, FAO and its [...] | 2005-04-05 08:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF SENV XC UN FAO |
05ROME1385 | ITALIAN RESPONSE TO CRITICISM ON REFUGEE TREATMENT [...] (C) Summary. In the face of criticism by UNHCR, the European Parliament and center-left politicians, the Italian Government continues to defend its policy of quickly returning illegal immigrants to Libya. Ministry of Interior officials insist the immigrants are being properly processed for [...] | 2005-04-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SMIG IT UNHCR |
05ROME2049 | UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, ROME-BASED MEDIA REACT [...] (U) Summary: Outreach to World Food Program, UN diplomats and locally based international and Italian journalists garnered positive reaction to last week's Presidential announcement of an aid package to Africa. In response to Mission efforts to highlight the Administration's initiative, WFP Ex [...] | 2005-06-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP |
05ROME2194 | "HUNGER BANQUETS" AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY A [...] (U) I would like to bring to your attention a big public diplomacy success story in hopes that our experience might work as well for your mission as it did for us. It has the potential to bring broad media attention to the story of U.S. generosity -- a story that needs to be told. 2. (U) L [...] | 2005-06-28 14:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF PREL FAO WFP |
05ROME3107 | USUN ROME HITS THE GROUND SPRINTING: A LOOK BACK ON OUR [...] Summary. Confronted by a world media environment that takes daily shots at U.S. foreign policy, USUN Rome pulled no punches during its first year with a Public Diplomacy office. The Ambassador's trips to Africa brought journalists face-to-face with U.S. assistance in action. Combined with creat [...] | 2005-09-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF XA FAO WFP |
05ROME3758 | GOI: FRENCH-STYLE RIOTS NOT SHORT TERM ISSUE [...] (C) Italian politicians and the media have closely followed the riots in France, inevitably asking the question as to whether the Italian periphery could also burn. Ministry of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu told the media November 13, "The Italian peripheries are not comparable to the Parisian banl [...] | 2005-01-14 17:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME3774 | GOI: FRENCH-STYLE RIOTS NOT SHORT TERM ISSUE [...] (C) Italian politicians and the media have closely followed the riots in France, inevitably asking the question as to whether the Italian periphery could also burn. Ministry of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu told the media November 13, "The Italian peripheries are not comparable to the Parisian banl [...] | 2005-11-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER IT |
05ROME3805 | FINANCIAL ISSUES AT WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE [...] Summary. At the Second Session of the World Food Program (WFP) Executive Board (EB) meeting on November 7- 11, 2005, the U.S. set into motion a series of steps to address concerns about WFP's financial management and reporting. WFP has now committed to develop for consideration reports on (1 [...] | 2005-11-17 16:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR WFP |
05ROME3855 | SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] The Second Regular Session of the WFP Executive Board (EB) concluded with the approval of a host of administrative and programmatic matters, including: the WFP Biennial Management Plan for 2006-2007; special relief operations and projects totaling US$ 812 million; and a pilot weather insurance [...] | 2005-11-22 14:55:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF WFP |
05ROME4005 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON "CLUSTER LEADS" STRATEGY [...] Summary. This message responds to reftel query of UN agencies regarding a strategy for more effective division of labor among these agencies in the field in meeting the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs). USUN-Rome transmitted to the World Food Program (WFP) as the sectoral lead on [...] | 2005-12-06 17:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF EAGR AORC UN WFP FAO |
05ROME459 | FAO UPDATE ON TSUNAMI DISASTER RESPONSE [...] Summary: At a briefing on 9 February for representatives of affected states and donor countries, FAO officials provided a progress report on the agency's response to the Asian tsunami disaster. FAO has received over $30 million in donor contributions and pledges. This exceeds the organizati [...] | 2005-02-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIS PREF EAGR SENV AORC XO FAO |
05ROME715 | WFP EMERGENCY NEEDS ASSESSMENT UPDATE [...] Summary. At its third regular Executive Board session in October 2004, WFP presented an update on actions already taken and activities to be implemented in a 30-month timeframe that will enable it to strengthen "its competencies and capacities to ensure the quality, credibility, comparability [...] | 2005-03-03 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF AORC WFP |
05ROME747 | UN COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES: ITALIAN CANDIDATE [...] (U) Italian Radical Party leader Emma Bonino came to Embassy Rome March 4 to meet NEA DAS Carpenter. Bonino's NGO "No Peace without Justice" is managing an aspect of the USG-GOI funded "Democracy Assistance Dialogue" under the G-8 Broader Middle East and North Africa initiative. 2. (C) Aft [...] | 2005-03-04 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IO IT PREF ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME764 | FAO AND THE NEXT DESERT LOCUST INVASION [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been actively engaging the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the desert locust emergency in Sahelian West Africa and the Maghreb to determine FAO's preparedness for the next spring and summer 2005 locust control campaign. It has learned that [...] | 2005-03-08 06:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF SENV XI XY UN FAO |
05ROME877 | REVIEW OF FAO's EMERGENCY PROGRAMS [...] Summary. At a March 1 briefing, FAO's assistant director general for technical cooperation, Henri Carsalade gave a general review of FAO's programs in 2004 and challenges for 2005. He also provided an update on FAO's continuing efforts to control desert locusts in north and west Africa, fund [...] | 2005-03-15 15:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF SENV UN FAO |
05SANAA1331 | NOTIFICATION OF RETURN OF NON-ENEMY COMBATANT [...] (C) On May 18 Ambassador delivered Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) notification to Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi regarding the release of a Yemeni detainee from GTMO (ref A). Ambassador asked Qirbi to confirm the ROYG's willingness to accept this individual, as well as other Yemen [...] | 2005-05-18 11:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM PREF PINR KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA1836 | ALIMI DISCUSSES SOMALIA, SAUDI ARABIA AND INTEL [...] (C) Summary. In a July 3 meeting between visiting CENTCOM Deputy Commanding General, LTG Lance L. Smith, CDA and Interior Minister Rashad al-Alimi, the Minister discussed the ROYG's concern over Somalia, improving cooperation with Saudi Arabia and the state of USG-ROYG intelligence sharing. En [...] | 2005-07-06 12:12:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PARM PREF XW SO YM |
05SANAA1854 | MOD ALEWA ON USG ASSISTANCE, IRAQ AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary. In a July 3 meeting between visiting CENTCOM Deputy Commanding General, LTG Lance L. Smith, CDA and Minister of Defense Ali Abdullah Alewa, the Minister discussed the need for increased USG military support, suggested a general amnesty in Iraq and asked for increased USG assistan [...] | 2005-07-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM PREF XW SO YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
05SANAA335 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S FOR GLOBAL AFFAIR [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula J. Dobriansky to Yemen February 23-25. You will meet with President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning International Cooperation Ahm [...] | 2005-02-18 14:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | OVIP PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KMPI ECON EAID PREF PHUM GTIP COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM TRAFFICKING PERSONS |
05SANAA3460 | SOMALI REFUGEES PROTEST UNHCR TREATMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (U) Summary. Since November 9, over 500 Somali refugees have been protesting in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) HQ in Sanaa. Encouraged by rumors that the USG soon will accept 70,000 Somali refug [...] | 2005-12-12 14:21:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM YM SO GTIP |
05SANJOSE2410 | REFUGEE REFERRAL: XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) Post wishes to refer Cuban national Dr. XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX for consideration under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Bio data based on Dr. XXXXXXXXXXXX passport is as follows: XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX, born in Granma, Cuba, on XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] | 2005-10-14 22:07:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF CVIS CS CU |
05SANJOSE2713 | MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche on November 17 to Chief of Multilateral Affairs Carlos Cordero. In a follow-up conversation on November 22, Cordero advised Poloff that he would likely be attending the conference in Geneva to discuss the adoption of a third protocol. Cordero made clear th [...] | 2005-11-23 18:52:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL |
05SANJOSE2795 | COSTA RICA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT ADOPTION OF THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 10:23:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL CS ICRC |
05SANJOSE488 | COSTA RICA'S 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Following is Embassy San Jose's submission for the 2004 annual anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to sections outlined in reftel, with the first paragraph beginning at 18A. Post's POC for the report is Political Officer Janae Cooley. Telephone number: (506) 5 [...] | 2005-02-28 18:38:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV SMIG KWMN KFRD KCRM PREL ELAB ASEC CS |
05SANSALVADOR2661 | EL SALVADOR DECLINES REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN DETAINEES FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (C) After repeated Embassy attempts at various MFA levels, El Salvador replied on September 23 regarding the resettlement of the Uighur detainees from Guantanamo. The MFA officially replied that "at this time, it will not be possible to help with the referenced request". Butler [...] | 2005-09-23 22:46:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PHUM PREF PTER KAWC PINR |
05SANSALVADOR2904 | SECOND DEPORTATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING: [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 21, the joint Embassy-GOES Deportations Working Group met to review issues to be raised by a GOES delegation traveling to Washington to discuss accelerated deportations the week of October 24. The delegation will consist of Governance Vice-Minister Rodrigo Avila, Vice [...] | 2005-10-25 15:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREF PREL PTER KCRM KJUS ES ACCELERATED DEPORTATION |
05SANTIAGO2351 | CHILE TO CONSIDER VOCAL SUPPORT FOR THIRD [...] (U) The Ambassador called on Foreign Ministry Director General for External Affairs Carlos Portales (the number three) on November 16, in part to deliver Ref A demarche seeking Chile's vocal support for the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention. The Ambassador expressed appreciat [...] | 2005-11-16 20:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CI |
05SANTIAGO2476 | MDA: DEMARCHE TO VOTE YES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 21:34:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CI |
05SANTODOMINGO1257 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] The following is Embassy,s response to the questions raised in reftel. 2. 2005 Dominican Republic Trafficking in Persons Report I. OVERVIEW OF EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS A. The Dominican Republic is a country of origin, transit and destination for trafficking [...] | 2005-03-04 21:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DR |
05SANTODOMINGO2005 | EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO HELPS MOVE CUBAN DISSIDENT [...] With the help of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),Embassy Santo Domingo facilitated the travel of Cuban dissident Mario Clavero through the Dominican Republic April 5-6 to Spain, which had agreed to grant him political asylum. 2. Clavero, a human rights advocate in Cuba [...] | 2005-04-12 11:07:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF DR CU SP |
05SANTODOMINGO3350 | MDA DEMARCHE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WILL SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-23 20:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IS SZ PREL PREF PHUM |
05SANTODOMINGO4671 | RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: DOMINICAN [...] (S) Drawing on reftel talking points, DCM on October 4 raised with Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano our request that the Dominican Republic consider assisting in resettlement of the 15 Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity who have been approved for release from detention at Guantanam [...] | 2005-10-18 12:47:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | SECRET | MOPS PREL DR PTER PHUM PREF PINR |
05SAOPAULO283 | THE TIP REPORT [...] (U) This is version II of the Brazil TIP report, incorporating answers to questions raised by version I, and additional information. This report was a coordinated effort between Sao Paulo and Embassy Brasilia, which supplied much of the new information. 2. (SBU) Begin Summary: Brazil conti [...] | 2005-03-11 10:25:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF TIP |
05SINGAPORE740 | SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) This is first of four messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2005 TIP submission. The Embassy point of contact for this report is Colin Willett: phone (65) 6476-9492, fax (65) 6476-9389, email willettc@state.gov. Due to the length of our submission, we have split it into four cables. P [...] | 2005-03-14 08:29:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN |
05SINGAPORE742 | SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) This is the second of four messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2005 TIP submission. Para 2 covers the questions on investigations and prosecutions, and para 3 answers the questions on protection and victim assistance. Investigations and Prosecutions ------------------------------- [...] | 2005-03-14 08:35:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN |
05SINGAPORE743 | SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) This is the third of four messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2005 TIP submission. It details all the sources Emboffs used in compiling the submission. -------------------------- Diplomatic Representatives -------------------------- 2. (SBU/NF) Embassy maintains contact with con [...] | 2005-03-14 08:42:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN |
05SINGAPORE744 | SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL TIP [...] This is the fourth of four messages relaying Embassy Singapore,s 2005 TIP submission. It covers Embassy's nomination of Singapore's Ministry of Manpower, Foreign Manpower Management Division for Best Practices in combating trafficking in persons. 2. The two populations most vulnerable to [...] | 2005-03-14 08:46:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN |
05SINGAPORE820 | SINGAPORE TIP UPDATE: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON [...] (C) On March 16, the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs provided us with full-year 2004 numbers on detentions, arrests, and prosecutions for offenses related to sex-trafficking, as well as additional information on Singapore's law enforcement efforts. Please note that the MHA provided this in [...] | 2005-03-17 09:08:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN |
05STATE183800 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 5 - 6. 2. (C) Background. There are 22 Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity under USG control at Guantanamo. DoD has determined that 15 of the 22 are no longer of intelligence/law enforcement value, and have been approved for release. [...] | 2005-10-04 00:12:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR |
05TAIPEI4092 | TAIWAN MOFA AGREES TO CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT [...] (S) AIT Deputy Director met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for North American Affairs Victor Chin October 5 to request assistance in resettling the Chinese Uighurs who have been approved for release. Using the talking points provided reftel, DDIR summarized the situation; he [...] | 2005-10-05 10:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TW |
05TAIPEI866 | 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: TAIWAN [...] (U) Following is AIT/T's 2004-05 trafficking-in-persons (TIP) report. The report is according to reftel sections, beginning with 18 A. -------- Overview -------- 18 A. (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international trafficked men, women or children? [...] | 2005-03-02 22:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TW TIP |
05TEGUCIGALPA1302 | 4 ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Four Hondurans were arrested Thursday, June 9, 2005 in raids conducted by Honduran officials utilizing experience derived from INL-funded training provided to the Frontier Police Migration Unit. Nancy Rosales Martinez, her husband, mother, and sister-in-law are charged with trafficking in pe [...] | 2005-06-17 22:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB SMIG PREF CASC KCRM KOCI KWMN HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA805 | 20 GTMO CUBANS RESETTLED IN HONDURAS: ONLY 3 [...] (U) This is an action request for PRM. Please see para. 7. 2. (SBU) PolOff met April 13 with International Organization of Migration (IOM) Tegucigalpa to discuss questions raised in reftel regarding the 20 Cubans resettled by IOM from Guantanamo to Tegucigalpa. According to the IOM, out of [...] | 2005-04-15 18:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SMIG PHUM CU HO |
05TELAVIV1110 | ICRC OFFICIAL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IMPROVED RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Visiting ICRC Delegate-General for the Middle East and North Africa Balthasar Stahelin told the DCM February 18 that he believes that progress in the peace process could help pave the way for the adoption of a Third Additional Protocol that would facilitate full ICRC membership f [...] | 2005-02-24 14:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV1117 | MFA OFFICIAL SAYS GOI "ADAMANT" ABOUT GAINING MDA [...] (C) The GOI is "adamant" about bringing to closure in 2005 the issue of Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, MFA Deputy Director General (A/S-equivalent) for International Organization Affairs Roni Ya'ar told poloff on February 23. He reported [...] | 2005-02-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV1336 | ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This cable is the first part of a three-part message in response to reftel. Embassy point of contact is poloff Jenifer Joyce, telephone number (972) (3) 519-7437. Fax number (972)(3) 519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 80 hours in preparation of the report. Deputy polcouns spent app [...] | 2005-03-07 15:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1337 | ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-07 15:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1338 | ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This is the third part of a three-part message responding to reftel. Embassy point of contact is Jenifer Joyce, telephone number (972)(3) 519-7437, fax number (972)(3) 519-7484. ------------------------------------ Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------- [...] | 2005-03-07 15:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1684 | EMBLEM: GOI OFFICIAL REPORTS IFRC READY TO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for International Organizations Roni Ya'ar told poloff late March 18 that he had just learned during a visit to Geneva and Bern that IFRC will shortly announce its intention to convene an international conference, for late September or early October, to amend th [...] | 2005-03-21 12:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PREF PREL ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL |
05TELAVIV1731 | SHIMON PERES TELLS CODEL REID TO LOOK AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 20, Codel Reid and Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the economic future of Israel and post-disengagement Gaza, the U.S. position on Syria and Iran, the impact of the separation barrier on the lives of Palestinians, the run-up to the budget vote in [...] | 2005-03-22 16:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IS MNUC OREP PGOV PREF PTER SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE |
05TELAVIV1927 | REFERENDUM BILL FAILS, BUT VOTE LEAVES LIKUD BADLY [...] (C) The landslide defeat of the disengagement referendum bill in a 72-39 Knesset vote March 28 was achieved mainly with the help of opposition parties, whose votes countered the 27 Likud MKs who broke with Prime Minister Sharon and supported the bill. The split in Likud poses no threat to Sh [...] | 2005-03-29 15:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV2030 | CODEL DREIER'S MEETINGS WITH KNESSET MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 28 meeting immediately following the Knesset vote against a referendum on disengagement, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, a disengagement opponent, told Codel Dreier and the Ambassador that a divided Likud is in a state of "crisis." He lamented that disengagement could [...] | 2005-04-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV KWBG PREF PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV4112 | MFA DEMANDS EGYPT DO MORE TO PREVENT SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA Director General Ron Prosor stressed to visiting NEA A/S Welch, DNSA Elliott Abrams, and the Ambassador June 17 that Egypt is doing "less than the minimum necessary" to stop smuggling along the Egyptian-Gaza border. Prosor floated the idea of allowing the Badr Brigade [...] | 2005-06-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PTER KWBG EG JO IS GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV5103 | (S) ISRAELI MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: GOI [...] (S) Summary: Chief of Israeli Military Intelligence Aharon Ze'evi Farkash told A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that he was surprised by U.S. media reports on a U.S. National Intelligence Estimate that Iran could build its first nuclear weapon only by 2015. He noted that recent U.S. [...] | 2005-08-18 07:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | KPAL KWBG PREF PTER EG IR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
05TELAVIV5779 | FM SHALOM MEETING WITH CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom briefed CODEL Davis August 31 on the Government of Israel's Disengagement Plan, and anticipated costs associated with moving military forces and with developing the Negev and the Galilee. Asked about post-Disengagement scenarios and PM Sharon's d [...] | 2005-09-22 09:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAL EAID KWBG PREF IS IR LE EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV6333 | EMBLEM: GOI REJECTS MDA STATEMENT BUT WILL NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Israeli MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Daniel Meron told poloff November 1 that the Government of Israel (GOI) has made clear to the Swiss its rejection of the widely disseminated oral statement by MDA Chairman Noam Yifrach, but has not [...] | 2005-11-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY HUMANITARIAN AID |
05TELAVIV6467 | EMBLEM: ICRC DESCRIBES TIMELINE, PROGRESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During November 8 - 10 conversations with Poloffs, ICRC Head of Delegation Dominik Stillhart and Swiss Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Andrej Motyl expressed continuing ICRC and Swiss commitment to convening the December 5 - 6 conference on the Third Protocol, but also articulated [...] | 2005-11-14 11:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV6628 | ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON HAMAS IN ELECTIONS, PEACE [...] (C) Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland told NEA DAS Robert Danin November 18 that Hamas will continue to honor the tadiyah ("calm") as long as it believes it serves its interests. Eiland said the calm could be extended through Israeli general elections scheduled for March 2006, or [...] | 2005-11-23 12:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV PINS PREF PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
05TELAVIV6760 | EMBLEM: GOI LISTS NATIONS MAYBE WILLING TO SPEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Daniel Meron asked poloff December 2 to pass to the Department a list of nations that the GOI believes might be willing to speak publicly before or during the diplomatic conference in favor of adopting the Third Addit [...] | 2005-12-02 13:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY |
05TELAVIV6766 | EMBLEM: WHY THE GOI NEARLY BALKED [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Israel did not oppose the recent MDA-PRCS agreements, the issue hits the GOI at an unusually volatile transitional moment in Israeli domestic politics. During this tenuous period an issue such as this that touches on security, or the status of East Jerusalem and the settle [...] | 2005-12-02 17:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY INTERNAL PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV7008 | SHARON'S HEALTH BECOMES ELECTION ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon's hospitalization December 18 for a mild stroke has raised questions of age and health in the current pre-election political climate and raised differing preliminary views as to what effect Sharon's health problems will have on the Kadima party's future. Pol [...] | 2005-12-19 14:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL |
05THEHAGUE1786 | NETHERLANDS/MSF: DUTCH SEEK JOINT DEMARCHE IN KABUL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-23 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF PREL AF NL |
05THEHAGUE1987 | NETHERLANDS/UZBEKISTAN: DUTCH CONSIDERING OPTIONS [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with Tanja Roling (MFA, Uzbekistan/Kyrgystan regional desk officer) on an urgent basis July 15. She appreciated the advance information and promptly shared it within the MFA. The Dutch are already processing earlier requests from the UNHCR to resettle som [...] | 2005-07-15 10:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL NL KG UZ |
05THEHAGUE2039 | NETHERLANDS/UZBEKISTAN: FOLLOW UP ON RESETTLING [...] (C) Acting PolCouns followed up reftels with Anna Brinks (MFA, refugee assistance officer) on July 22, who revealed that the Dutch still have about 50 open places from their 2005 refugee quota of 500. For these spots they could consider individual cases "on a case by case ("dossier") basis" [...] | 2005-07-22 12:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM NL KG UZ |
05THEHAGUE2300 | NETHERLANDS: ASSURANCES ON UZBEK REFUGEES IN [...] Polmiloff discussed talking points per reftel at the MFA working level on August 19, stressing the need by the Kyrgyz Procurator General for an explicit assurance by the Netherlands (and Finland and Sweden) that the 15 Uzbeks detained in Kyrgyzstan are recognized as refugees under national law [...] | 2005-08-19 15:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KG NL PREF PREL UZ |
05THEHAGUE2444 | NETHERLANDS/UIGHURS: DUTCH WANT UNHCR INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) On September 2, POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche regarding the possible resettlement of 15 Uighur detainees from Guantanamo to Anneke Adema, Head of the Dutch MFA's Office of Human Rights Affairs. Adema said that she would circulate the request to the relevant Dutch ministries and provi [...] | 2005-09-08 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR MOPS KAWC NL |
05THEHAGUE2564 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: URGING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) On September 21, POLOFF shared reftel points with Stella Kloth, Sudan Desk Officer at the MFA and member of the Dutch Government's Sudan Task Force. Kloth was very interested in the points and promised to share them with her colleagues at the Dutch Embassy in Khartoum. 2. (SBU) Kloth [...] | 2005-09-21 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM EAID NL |
05THEHAGUE2694 | NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE ON CESSATION OF VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) On October 4, Charge raised reftel points on the need to counter the recent increase in violence in Sudan with Hugo Siblesz, Director General of Political Affairs at the MFA. Siblesz agreed that the situation was worrisome, and that it was important for parties to weigh in with both the [...] | 2005-10-06 10:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF SU EAID NL |
05THEHAGUE2860 | NETHERLANDS: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE [...] (C) National Security Advisor Rob Swartbol said October 21 that the Dutch are considering deploying a field hospital in conjunction with the Czechs as part of the international assistance relief efforts. The deployment could happen in "about a week" once the Dutch and Czechs finalize plans, he [...] | 2005-10-21 13:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NL NATO |
05THEHAGUE2934 | NETHERLANDS: NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS, EXPERTISE [...] (C) DAO contacts confirm that the Netherlands does not have any MI-17s, spare parts or relevant maintenance expertise on this type of Russian helicopter, and will be unable to provide assistance with regard to Pakistan's request. SCHOFER [...] | 2005-10-28 08:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS NL NATO |
05THEHAGUE3145 | NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH MAY SEND UNMIS TROOPS [...] (U) The Dutch recently moved a step closer to committing troops to the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). According to press reports, the Dutch cabinet on November 18 reached internal agreement to deploy 15 military observers, 15 police officers, and 5 staff officers to UNMIS for a one-y [...] | 2005-11-23 06:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF MARR SU NL |
05TRIPOLI332 | UNHCR OPERATIONS STRUGGLING IN LIBYA; BUT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) During a series of meetings over the last three months, the Tripoli-based UNHCR representative, Mohamed Hantosh Alwash, has conveyed information about local operations and ongoing negotiations with the Libyan government to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. UNHCR's primary interlocutor [...] | 2005-12-23 13:05:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF KPAL LY |
05VATICAN545 | VATICAN REACHES OUT TO PEOPLE WITH HIV/AIDS [...] Pope Benedict XVI feels close to AIDS sufferers and their families and has affirmed the commitment of the Catholic Church to caring for those with HIV/AIDS. The Pope described statistics on HIV/AIDS as "truly alarming." Benedict drew attention to World AIDS Day at his weekly general audi [...] | 2005-12-01 16:26:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SOCI KHIV KWMN VM VT |
05VATICAN548 | POPE CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION IN SUDAN AND GREATER [...] Pope Benedict XVI issued an appeal for national reconciliation in Sudan during an audience November 28 with Khartoum's Cardinal Archbishop, Gabriel Zubeir Wako. After greeting the cardinal's delegation, the Pontiff made the following statement: Begin text The cessation of the civil w [...] | 2005-12-06 09:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SU VT |
05VIENNA1239 | UNRWA EMERGENCY APPEAL: AUSTRIA TO INCREASE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-15 06:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL PREF PREL IS AU EUN |
05VIENNA2008 | SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] (C) EconPolOff conveyed reftel points to MFA Human Rights Bureau Director Engelbert Theuermann on June 15. Theuermann said the GoA had already notified the Swiss Government that it supported a diplomatic conference to adopt the Third Additional Protocol. Theuermann added that the GoA was sa [...] | 2005-06-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL AU ICRC |
05VIENNA2211 | BORDER MANAGEMENT: AUSTRIA HOSTS FOURTH MEETING ON [...] Summary. On June 6-7 2005, in Gumpoldskirchen, Austria, the Austrian Ministry of Interior (MOI) hosted the fourth meeting of the Central Asian Border Service Initiatives Group (CABSI),a component of the European Commission's border management program for Central Asia (BOMCA). Representative [...] | 2005-06-30 10:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR PBTS PREF ETTC KCRM AU ECRM |
05VIENNA2332 | VISA-WAIVER PROGRAM: PASSPORT-RELATED [...] ConGen delivered demarche per reftel on Friday, July 7, to Dr. Heinrich Pawlicek, head of the Interior Ministry's office responsible for passport matters. Our contact expressed some concern about compiling the requested information in the four weeks of peak vacation season, but promised to as [...] | 2005-07-12 06:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AU |
05VIENNA2344 | VISA-WAIVER PROGRAM: PASSPORT-RELATED [...] Per Reftel para 9, Post provides the following information regarding Austrian Lost and Stolen Passport (LASP) reporting procedures. This information concerns current procedures. 2. QUESTION a.Which office(s) at your post receive information on lost and stolen passports? If offices other [...] | 2005-07-12 13:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AU |
05VIENNA2646 | AUSTRIA'S VISA WAIVER PROGRAM CERTIFICATION [...] ON AUGUST 4, POST RECEIVED THE REQUESTED EXEMPLARS OF EACH TYPE OF THE MACHINE-READABLE PASSPORTS AUSTRIA WILL BE ISSUING IN OCTOBER 2005. (NOTE: AUSTRIA CHOSE NOT/NOT TO INCLUDE THE EMERGENCY PASSPORTS WITH THE EXEMPLARS BECAUSE THEY WILL SHORTLY BE REPLACED WITH MACHINE-READABLE EMERGENCY [...] | 2005-08-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AU |
05VIENNA2893 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-29 14:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR AU |
05VIENNA3427 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 21 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary level Director for Political Military Affairs. 2. (C) Hajnoczi said Austria had reached the limits of its capabilities in deploying 60 troops from the elite NBC unit to the [...] | 2005-10-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK AU AMEMR NATO |
05VIENNA3704 | AUSTRIA SUPPORTS ADOPTION OF THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (U) On 14 November, EconPolOff met with Bert Theuermann, Director for Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry, and Eva Schoefer from the same department to discuss adoption of a Third Additional Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Convention. If a vote is necessary, Theuermann said, Austria and the EU pl [...] | 2005-11-22 12:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ AU ICRC |
05VIENNA3834 | MDA: AUSTRIA CONFIRMS YES VOTE ON THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 20:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ AU ICRC |
05VIENNA602 | AUSTRIA: FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the annual TIP Report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 18. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination Police, M [...] | 2005-03-01 20:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AU |
05VILNIUS1136 | GOL CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL AID TO PAKISTAN VIA NATO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-21 15:58:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL LH |
05VILNIUS1265 | ANTI-TIP INITIATIVES IN LITHUANIA [...] Lithuanian law enforcement recently broke up two cross-border trafficking groups and announced the creation of a new department to increase international cooperation. Partly as a result of such increasingly frequent busts, media attention to TIP issues is growing. GOL representatives, NGOs, [...] | 2005-12-01 15:38:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB PREF LH |
05VILNIUS182 | LITHUANIA 2005 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuania is a country of origin, transit, and destination for international trafficking in women. Although the exact extent and magnitude of trafficking in persons (TIP) in Lithuania is unknown, Europol estimates that over 1,200 Lithuanian women are victims of human trafficki [...] | 2005-02-25 13:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF LH |
05VILNIUS326 | RUSSIAN ENVOY'S SHARPE TONGUE AND THREATS TO CUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's envoy to Lithuania has provoked high-level outrage and calls for his expulsion with sharp-tongued criticism of Lithuanians and thinly veiled threats to interrupt the country's energy supplies. Most local analysts believe the Russian's sudden high-profile gibes - after 1 [...] | 2005-03-25 16:03:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF LH RS |
05VILNIUS627 | LITHUANIA SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE ON TWO PRT ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The GOL has requested USG assistance in concluding an agreement with the Government of Afghanistan to establish a Lithuanian Special Mission. This agreement is a necessary precondition for the deployment of civilians [...] | 2005-06-15 14:42:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MCAP MARR PREF PGOV LH AF HR |
05VILNIUS683 | LITHUANIA TIP UPDATE: JANUARY-JUNE 2005 [...] The Government of Lithuania advanced its campaign against trafficking in persons during the first six months of 2005. Joint Lithuanian and British law enforcement efforts resulted in the breakup of a cross-border human trafficking chain that had sent women and girls to the UK. The Government [...] | 2005-06-29 15:14:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF LH |
05WARSAW1168 | POLAND: FIFTH ANNUAL (2005) TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 18-21 of REFTEL A. Embassy point of contact is POLOFF Tom Yeager (telephone: 48-22-504-2676, fax 48- 22-504-2613, e-mail yeagerta@state.gov). POLOFF (FP- 04) spent 65 hours collecting data and compiling report; Two POLFSNs spent [...] | 2005-03-02 15:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM |
05WARSAW4113 | Update on GOP's Anti-Trafficking Policies [...] Our discussions with Polish government officials, NGOs, and academic institutions reveal that the GOP has taken significant steps to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in Poland. For the first time ever, the GOP has allocated funds from the state budget for the implementation of the Nationa [...] | 2005-12-23 08:28:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM KJUS PL |
05WELLINGTON221 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 3/2005 [...] (SBU) Following are responses to the Trafficking in Persons report for New Zealand, keyed to reftel: Begin responses: 18. Overview: New Zealand fully complies with international standards to eliminate trafficking. New Zealand problems with internationally trafficked persons are qui [...] | 2005-03-16 02:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ |
05WELLINGTON404 | NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR MIGRANT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-23 02:56:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG NZ |
05WELLINGTON472 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR MDA: CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-16 03:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ NZ ICRC |
05WELLINGTON666 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is willing to consider taking in Uigher refugees from Guantanamo, but would at a minimum need a request from the UNHCR to start the process. Both Minister of Foreign Affairs Goff and Immigration Minister Swain will make the final decision of whether to admit the Uighe [...] | 2005-08-31 04:52:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR NZ |
05WELLINGTON848 | NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) Post on October 25 delivered the ref A demarche -- seeking New Zealand's contribution to earthquake relief and rehabilitation in Pakistan -- to the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID). Jane Coster of NZAID reported October 28 that New Zealand had contributed NZ $1.5 m [...] | 2005-10-28 02:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO |
05WELLINGTON855 | NEW ZEALAND SAYS G-4 AMBASSADORS DECLINE TO [...] (SBU) On October 28, Acting DCM conveyed Ref A points to Chris Anderson, Deputy Director of the South-South East Asia Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She urged that the G-4 Ambassadors visit with returned refugees during their upcoming trip to the Central Highlands, and [...] | 2005-11-02 03:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL NZ |
05WELLINGTON884 | NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON NATO SUPPORT [...] (C) Post's defense attache on October 28 delivered the ref C demarche -- encouraging New Zealand's contribution to the NATO relief effort in Pakistan -- to Air Vice-Marshal David Bamfield, vice chief of the New Zealand Defense Force (ref A). In a letter dated November 2, Air Marshal Bruce Fer [...] | 2005-11-14 03:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO |
05WELLINGTON944 | NEW ZEALAND ON MDA VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 04:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL NZ |
05YEREVAN1885 | ARMENIA: NONCOMMITTAL ON SUPPORT FOR NATO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-21 12:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK AM NATO |
05YEREVAN1911 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR PAK [...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding Pakistan's MI-17 helicopter operations to Deputy Minister of Defense General-Lieutenant Artur Aghabekyan. Aghabekyan contacted Chief Military Inspector General-Lieutenant Alik Mirzabekyan, who said that Armenia does not/not have MI-17 helicopters in it [...] | 2005-10-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS AM NATO |
05YEREVAN2022 | ARMENIA: LACK OF SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN RELIEF [...] (C) On multiple occasions since October 21, Armenian Defense and Foreign Affairs officials have not responded to our calls for military and other assistance -- which we think they are capable of rendering -- to the Pakistan relief effort. Early promises to answer requests for assistance (reft [...] | 2005-11-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS AM IN PK NATO |
05YEREVAN2028 | RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT: ARMENIA "LIKELY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-18 10:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL AORC IS SZ AM ICRC |
05YEREVAN857 | ARMENIA'S SOUTHERN PROVINCE: DEAD END? [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's Southern region of Syunik is a narrow swath of remote mountainous land, bound by the closed historical borders with Azerbaijan to the East and West, and stretching South [...] | 2005-05-16 05:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KHDP PHUM PGOV PREF ETRD AM IR |
05ZAGREB1142 | Addendum Nomination for Ambassador's Refugee Fund 2005 [...] Post appreciates allocation of funds for two projects under PRM's DONJI LAPAC PLAYROOM (USD 5000) 2. Background: The entire municipality of Lapac (354 square km, 2,300 inhabitants) previously had no functioning kindergartens until the Re Red Crescent established a playroom in 2003. The pl [...] | 2005-07-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF HR |
05ZAGREB1181 | Addendum Nomination for Ambassador's Refugee Fund 2005 [...] Post appreciates allocation of funds for two projects under PRM's Ambassador Refugee Fund. As per ref C, the refugee collective center in which an approved project was to be held will be closed by the GOC. Post is re-sending an alternative proposal and requests funding instead be allocated to [...] | 2005-07-18 08:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF HR |
05ZAGREB132 | A CONFIDENT CRAWL TOWARDS CLOSING THE REFUGEE FILE [...] (SBU) Meeting with Ambassador Frank and the Heads of Mission of the OSCE and UNHCR Missions and European Commission Delegation to Croatia for the first time in 2005, Croatia's National Refugee Coordinator (Minister of Maritime Affairs, Tourism, Transportation, and Development and National R [...] | 2005-01-28 09:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM HR |
05ZAGREB377 | Prosecutors Investigate Refugee Housing Scam [...] (SBU) In mid-February, the Croatian Office for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK) began investigating possible illegal sales of refugee Serb houses to the Croatian State Agency for Refugee Property (APN). Intermediaries in Serbia and Montenegro (SAM),supposedly representing Serb [...] | 2005-03-09 12:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV HR |
05ZAGREB646 | Nominations for Ambassador's Refugee Fund 2005 [...] Post is pleased to submit project proposals for PRM's Ambassador Refugee Fund. Projects were identified in consultation with UNHCR and others. Post is submitting a third project in the event that additional funding is available. GRADAC COLLECTIVE CENTER KINDERGARTEN (USD 5000) 2. Backgr [...] | 2005-04-26 11:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF HR |
06ABIDJAN1212 | LIBERIAN REFUGEE REPATRIATION ENTERS NEW PHASE [...] (U) Summary: Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa traveled to Liberia from October 10-19 to discuss ongoing Liberian refugee repatriation efforts. UNHCR figures show that a total of 80,617 Liberian refugees returned between November 2004 and September 28, 2006 and th [...] | 2006-10-31 15:12:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM LI IV |
06ABIDJAN1300 | COTE D'IVOIRE: AMBASSADOR'S DECLARATION FOR [...] During the last year, both disarmament of former combatants from the 2002 rebellion and the identification and registration of voters failed to materialize. As such, Cote d'Ivoire remains divided into three parts: the government-held south, the rebel- held north, and the UN controlled Zone o [...] | 2006-11-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF IV |
06ABIDJAN1323 | UN TRYING TO SORT OUT RECENT VIOLENCE IN DUEKOUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Francois Sonon, Head of the Duekoue Field Office for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),confirmed five deaths as a result of ethnic clashes between local Guere and Burkinabe in several villages just north of Duekoue in the Zone of Confidence (ZOC). [...] | 2006-11-29 17:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF IV |
06ABIDJAN1345 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIALS SIGNAL [...] (C) Summary. Finance Ministry officials are telling us that Cote d'Ivoire does not intend to pay the balance of the arrears Cote d'Ivoire owes the World Bank. Bank staff tell us the Bank would be willing to accept partial repayment, but will not resume normal assistance until it receives th [...] | 2006-12-07 07:28:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IMF IV PGOV PREF |
06ABIDJAN1346 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIALS SIGNAL [...] (C) Summary. Finance Ministry officials are telling us that Cote d'Ivoire does not intend to pay the balance of the arrears Cote d'Ivoire owes the World Bank. Bank staff tell us the Bank would be willing to accept partial repayment, but will not resume normal assistance until it receives th [...] | 2006-12-07 07:29:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IMF IV PGOV PREF |
06ABIDJAN136 | MORE ON VIOLENCE IN GUIGLO AND VULNERABILITY OF [...] (C) The humanitarian community is still reeling from the violent attacks that took place mid-January in Guiglo against their offices and staff. Providing basic emergency assistance to the camps of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Guiglo is the top priority, but security ov [...] | 2006-02-08 16:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PHUM WFP IV LI |
06ABIDJAN226 | COTE D'IVOIRE: 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Since a September 2002 coup attempt that evolved into a civil war, Cote d'Ivoire has been partitioned in two with the government maintaining control of the south and the ex-rebel New Forces controlling the north. Tensions between the two sides have lessened since the appointment of a new [...] | 2006-03-01 16:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IV |
06ABIDJAN227 | COTE D'IVOIRE: ILO-UNHCR TO PUBLISH REPORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: ILO and UNHCR will publish a report on the exploitation of refugee and displaced children in Cote d'Ivoire almost two years after its completion. ILO-UNHCR identified labor and sexual exploitation as the two main forms of exploitation for refugee and displaced children in Cot [...] | 2006-03-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL EAID SOCI IV |
06ABIDJAN460 | COTE D'IVOIRE: RECENT ATTACKS IN THE WEST PROVE [...] (C) Summary: UN agencies are concerned by a continuing series of inter-ethnic attacks that have occurred in recent weeks in western Cote d'Ivoire, mostly around the town of Bangolo. The attacks have resulted in several deaths, injuries, and some internal population displacement. The UN rep [...] | 2006-05-05 16:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KPKO PHUM IV |
06ABIDJAN649 | COTE D'IVOIRE WILL SUPPORT NEW RED DIAMOND EMBLEM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IV |
06ABIDJAN723 | UNHCR CLOSES TABOU TRANSIT CENTER [...] SUMMARY: RefCoord traveled to Tabou, Cote d'Ivoire, on June 27-30 to meet with UNHCR officials regarding their repatriation efforts and the pending closure of the Tabou Transit Center (TC). RefCoord also traveled to several surrounding villages and met with refugee representatives. Although [...] | 2006-07-07 12:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL IV |
06ABIDJAN906 | HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL FOR LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN [...] (U) Summary: Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) visited Guiglo from August 1-3 to meet with UNHCR field representatives and visit the Nicla Refugee Camp for Liberian refugees. There are approximately 10,500 Liberian refugees in the northern Refugee Welcome Zone (ZAR),of which 5,987 [...] | 2006-08-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IV |
06ABUDHABI3538 | DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-06 15:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF LE SU AE |
06ABUDHABI789 | UAE 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of March 2005 through March 2006. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of ref. A paragraphs 21-24. Embassy TIP points [...] | 2006-03-04 03:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE |
06ABUJA1145 | NIGERIA: MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-16 11:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC NI |
06ABUJA119 | MEETING WITH THE NSA EVENING OF 18 JANUARY 2005 [...] (S/NF) On January 18, 2006, Nigerian National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed told the Ambassador that he expected a quick resolution of the Delta hostage crisis. He said he would be a candidate for the presidency in 2007 if President Obasanjo steps down at the end of his second term an [...] | 2006-01-20 15:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREF PREL NI HOSTAGES |
06ABUJA232 | HOPES FOR PEACE AND TALK OF WAR AT DARFUR TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The pace of the Darfur Peace Talks has accelerated. The parties appear to have more of a negotiating mandate, and although red-lines remain, those committed to a settlement still outnumber the spoilers. International observer corps, enthusiasm about the improved op tempo, however [...] | 2006-02-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV PREF PHUM ASEC SU DARFUR |
06ABUJA567 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ON NIGERIA'S UNSETTLED [...] (S) Summary: During a March 10 call to discuss another issue, National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed gave his strongest signal yet that he has become disaffected from President Obasanjo over the Third Term issue. He also linked the Delta hostage crisis and the sectarian rioting in the Nort [...] | 2006-03-10 17:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREF PREL NI |
06ACCRA1688 | SOME TOGOLESE REFUGEES REPATRIATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent UNHCR registration revealed that the overall count of Togolese refugees who fled into Ghana's Volta Region in 2005 has decreased from 11,900 to 6,578. Refugees remain queasy about repatriating, despite evidence that several thousand have quietly done so already without [...] | 2006-07-24 08:44:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM TO BN GH |
06ACCRA1796 | KRISAN CAMP SHOWING SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morale at Krisan Refugee Camp has improved considerably since the previous Embassy visit eight months ago. While refugees exhibited renewed confidence in UNHCR and have apparently repudiated the camp's violent past, some problems with sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV),l [...] | 2006-08-03 14:23:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM GH |
06ACCRA248 | REFUGEES IN GHANA: STRENGTHENING UNHCR AND GOG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 23 meeting with Embassy officers, UNHCR Representative Luc Stevens welcomed USG support for his various refugee programs in 2006 and accepted our encouragement to work more closely with the GOG. Beyond money and staffing, his primary concern was the GOG wild card: [...] | 2006-01-30 14:38:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH LI PREF PREL TO |
06ACCRA518 | GHANA'S 2006 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) As requested ref A, post submits this cable as input for the sixth annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Ghana has problems with both domestic and international human trafficking. The GOG, international and local NGOs have combined efforts to focus on combating domestic trafficking in chi [...] | 2006-03-02 13:57:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH |
06ACCRA523 | AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO VOLTA REGION: REFUGEES, POVERTY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 15-16, Ambassador traveled to Ghana's Volta Region to meet the Regional Minister, make a donation to a USAID-funded school literacy program, highlight USG research on Leishmaniasis, and discuss refugee, Amcit and political issues with local contacts. The Volta Region [...] | 2006-03-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON GH PGOV PREF PREL SOCI |
06ACCRA547 | EMBASSY ENGAGES ON LIBERIAN REFUGEE REPATRIATION [...] (U) Summary: In a February 14 meeting with Liberian Ambassador to Ghana von Ballmoos, Ambassador expressed USG support for the new GOL and for repatriation of Liberian refugees. Ref Coord echoed these themes in a speech to graduates of a skills training program at Budumburam Refugee Camp. [...] | 2006-03-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL GH LI |
06ACCRA784 | REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR RWANDAN REFUGEE GERVAIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Accra requests authorization for a refugee referral to the U.S. Resettlement Program on behalf of Rwandan refugee Gervais Rutebuka, his wife, and their niece and nephew. Rutebuka fled Rwanda in 1994 and resided in Benin for eight years, where he obtained refugee status [...] | 2006-04-07 07:34:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM RW GH |
06ACCRA839 | AMBASSADOR EMPHASIZES US-GHANAIAN PARTNERSHIPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 26-29, Ambassador traveled to Ghana's Western Region to meet the Regional Minister, visit USAID-funded projects, observe Peace Corp programs, highlight USG and GOG maritime partnerships, and discuss refugee, Amcit, economic, and political issues with local contacts. Th [...] | 2006-04-11 15:05:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF KPAO GH |
06ADDISABABA1055 | AU SEIZED WITH CHAD-SUDAN AND SUDAN HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) will send a delegation to Ndjamena to gather more information on alleged Sudanese support for Chadian rebels in order to brief the Peace and Security Council (PSC),AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Amb. Said Djinnit told DCM April 17. Djinnit underto [...] | 2006-04-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF SU CD AU |
06ADDISABABA1154 | ETHIOPIA: REPORTS OF ATTACKS ON ANUAK REFUGEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative in Addis Ababa and other embassy contacts confirmed mid-April reports of Ethiopian troop movements along the Sudanese border in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia, but deemed media reports of widescal [...] | 2006-04-26 04:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL MOPS ET SU |
06ADDISABABA1578 | ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM ASKS FOR USG ASSISTANCE ON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge June 7 that the GOE was increasingly concerned about a growing armed population of an estimated 60 thousand ethnic Sudanese Nuer in the Gambella region of Ethiopia and believed the problem may be directly attributable to a GOS [...] | 2006-06-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO PREF SU |
06ADDISABABA2061 | ETHIOPIAN PASTORALISTS DISCUSS INTERNAL AND CROSS- [...] (U) SUMMARY: From July 16-18, the UN's Office of the Coordinator for Humanitarian Activities (UN OCHA) convened approximately 300 pastoralists from about 15 West and East African countries, as part of UN OCHA's DFID-funded Pastoralist Communications Initiative. The meeting provided a platform [...] | 2006-07-26 12:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PGOV PREF ET |
06ADDISABABA2073 | ETHIOPIAN PASTORALISTS GATHERING DISCUSS INTERNAL AND CROSS-BORDER CONFLICTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: From July 16-18, the UN's Office of the Coordinator for Humanitarian Activities (UN OCHA) convened approximately 300 pastoralists from about 15 West and East African countries, as part of UN OCHA's DFID-funded Pastoralist Communications Initiative. The meeting provided a platform [...] | 2006-07-26 14:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREF ET EAGR OPIC |
06ADDISABABA2256 | ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES EEBC MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge August 15 that Ethiopia was undecided about attending the August 24 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) meeting claiming that Eritrea had done little to show its interest in the process. The Charge told Tekeda that Eth [...] | 2006-08-16 12:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER ET |
06ADDISABABA2257 | ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES EEBC MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge August 15 that Ethiopia was undecided about attending the August 24 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) meeting claiming that Eritrea had done little to show its interest in the process. The Charge told Tekeda that Eth [...] | 2006-08-16 12:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER ET |
06ADDISABABA2812 | ETHIOPIA: BI-WEEKLY REPORT OCTOBER 13 2006 [...] The following reports compiled over the last two weeks illustrate the variety of economic, political, and social developments occurring in Ethiopia. POLITICAL --------- President Girma Outlines Commitment to Good Governance at Opening of Parliament 2. President Girma Wolde-Giorgis ad [...] | 2006-10-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON PREF KHIV ET |
06ADDISABABA2914 | THE ISLAMISTS BATTLE FOR BAIDOA AND BEYOND [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Meles met with Admiral Rick Hunt, DATT Don Zedler and Charge at our request October 30. We were particularly concerned by reports of the Council of Islamic Courts' (CIC) military preparations for an attack on Baidoa, and the possibility that even with Ethiopian mili [...] | 2006-11-02 05:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREF PTER SO ET |
06ADDISABABA658 | ETHIOPIA: POST REPLY TO TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Responses cued to reftel questions are provided below. QUESTION 21: OVERVIEW ---------------------- A. Ethiopia is a country of origin for internationally trafficked women, to a far lesser extent men, and a small number of children. Trafficking also occurs within the country's [...] | 2006-03-06 13:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF |
06ALGIERS1518 | USG RESPONSE TO IMMINENT FOOD SHORTAGE IN TINDOUF [...] (SBU) Marius Fortman, World Food Program (WFP) Country Director for Algeria, briefed us August 23 on the current state of food stocks for the Sahrawi refugees. Fortman said Sahrawi refugee camps near Tindouf would run out of food by the end of September absent additional donations. Fortman m [...] | 2006-08-26 07:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PBTS WFP AG |
06ALGIERS2025 | POLISARIO PERCEIVES CHANGE IN U.S. POLICY [...] (C) During a November 16-17 orientation visit to Sahrawi refugee camps in the Tindouf region of Algeria, NEA/MAG desk officer and poloff met with Polisario Secretary-General Mohamed Abdelaziz and Polisario Representative to the U.S. Mouloud Said. Abdelaziz provided his version of the history [...] | 2006-11-22 11:24:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PBTS PREF AG |
06ALGIERS2050 | FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN SAHRAWI REFUGEE CAMPS: A [...] (C) During a November 16-17 trip to the Tindouf region of Algeria, visiting NEA/MAG Algeria desk officer and poloff met with Sahrawi Red Crescent Society (SRCS) President Yahia Bohubaini and with UN World Food Program (WFP) representative Keddi Abdellah to discuss the status of food distributio [...] | 2006-11-28 16:44:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PBTS PREL AG |
06ALGIERS340 | NEA/MAG DIRECTOR'S DISCUSSION OF SAHRAWI REFUGEES [...] (C) During visiting NEA/MAG Director Jordan's February 26 courtesy call on MFA Multilateral Relations Director General Bouguerra, the latter engaged in spirited discussion of UNHCR's unilateral decision to cut food assistance to Sahrawi refugees and argued that a new census could not be carrie [...] | 2006-02-28 14:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF PHUM AG WI UN |
06ALMATY1070 | KAZAKHSTAN: IMAM NAZAROV DEPARTS FOR SWEDEN [...] (SBU) After receiving UNHCR refugee status, well-known Uzbek imam Abidkhan Nazarov and his extended family left Kazakhstan for Sweden on March 15. Despite the UNHCR's careful coordination with the MFA to avoid any immigration problems, at the last moment the KNB tried to block Nazarov's depar [...] | 2006-03-27 11:08:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF UZ KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY2291 | KAZAKHSTAN: UZBEK REFUGEE DETAINED BY AUTHORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstani security officials have detained an Uzbek citizen holding a UNHCR refugee certificate, purportedly in connection with crimes committed in Kazakhstan. UNHCR reports that the MFA has not responded formally to their numerous inquiries and requests for access, but has [...] | 2006-06-28 01:09:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF UZ KZ |
06ALMATY2545 | KAZAKHSTAN: PROGRESS ON UZBEK REFUGEE CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstani authorities granted UNHCR access to Uzbek refugee Gabdurafikh Temirbayev on July 11. UNHCR reports that Temirbayev is in good physical and mental condition. The GOK has also said that it will permit a joint review by the UNHCR and the Almaty procuracy of documentati [...] | 2006-07-13 15:21:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF UZ KZ |
06ALMATY2564 | KAZAKHSTAN: HOUSING DEMOLITIONS SPARK VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: A campaign by Almaty city authorities to demolish illegally-built houses has turned violent. Several residents of the Bakay neighborhood who resisted eviction on July 7 were wounded in clashes with the police. The residents were unable to prevent the authorities from demolishi [...] | 2006-07-14 14:28:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF UZ KZ |
06ALMATY2822 | KAZAKHSTAN OFFERS LEGAL STATUS FOR LABOR MIGRANTS [...] Summary: August 1 was the effective date of a new amnesty law allowing illegal laborers from CIS countries to obtain legal status in Kazakhstan. In order to qualify, employers of illegal laborers must submit application documents to the city migration police before December 31. Migrants will [...] | 2006-08-08 09:57:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG KZ |
06ALMATY2904 | KAZAKHSTAN: PROCURACY REJECTS UZBEK EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) UNHCR representative Cesar Dubon called the Ambassador on August 14 to report that after a joint review with UNHCR, the Procuracy General rejected Uzbekistan's request for the extradition of refugee Gabdurafikh Temirbayev (reftel). Temirbayev has been accepted for resettlement by Sweden [...] | 2006-08-15 03:05:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF UZ KZ |
06ALMATY598 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOK DENIES REFOULEMENT OF UZBEK [...] (C) Summary: Three months after a group of Uzbek citizens was forcibly returned to Uzbekistan from southern Kazakhstan, the Kazakhstani MFA formally responded to UNHCR's multiple inquiries with a flat denial of any GOK involvement. This contradicts previous, informal high-level GOK acknowledg [...] | 2006-02-14 11:33:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PTER KZ UZ |
06ALMATY808 | KAZAKHSTAN: UZBEK REFUGEES UNDER RENEWED PRESSURE? [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 meeting in Almaty, imam Abidkhan Nazarov of the Tukhtaboy mosque in Tashkent told Poloff that he fears that Uzbek and Kazakhstani authorities have recently intensified their efforts to locate him and his followers in Kazakhstan. Nazarov voiced his concerns three [...] | 2006-03-01 12:29:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PTER KZ POLITICAL |
06AMMAN1691 | JORDAN'S SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is political officer Jonathan Peccia (grade 4),phone number 202-536-4173, ext. 6597 or 962-6-590-6597, fax number 962-6-592-0159. Officer spent approximately 40 hours preparing the report. Pol FSN spent 16 hours preparing the report. [...] | 2006-03-07 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO |
06AMMAN177 | JORDANIAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS IRAQIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Most of the estimated 400,000 Iraqis living in Jordan are well-integrated. Following the November 9 Amman hotel bombings, however, the Iraqi Embassy reported several isolated physical attacks against Iraqis. Meanwhile, UN officials report an up-tick in the local detention of Ira [...] | 2006-01-09 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM IZ JO |
06AMMAN1830 | UNRWA STAKEHOLDERS RE-INVIGORATE AGENCY'S ADVISORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of 20 governments and observers from the European Commission, the PLO and the Arab League convened in an extraordinary meeting in Amman February 27-28 to re-invigorate the moribund governance structure of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine R [...] | 2006-03-13 08:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF KPAL KUNR PREL JO UNGA |
06AMMAN2046 | PALESTINIANS STRANDED AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of mid-day March 20, 89 Palestinians who left Baghdad with the assistance of an American NGO, were stranded in the no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts at the Karamah-Trebil crossing. The Jordanian Government is not admitting the Palestinians who claim [...] | 2006-03-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL XF IZ JO |
06AMMAN2061 | PALESTINIAN REFUGEES AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (U) Reached on March 21, Jordan,s Interior Minister, Eid al-Fayez, responded positively to the Ambassador,s request that UNHCR be granted access to the 89 Palestinian refugees now on the Jordan-Iraq border. His staff later confirmed to Ambassador that the minister had issued his authorizati [...] | 2006-03-21 14:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF KPAL IZ JO |
06AMMAN2234 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF GENERAL [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 28-29 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTA [...] | 2006-03-28 12:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREF |
06AMMAN3036 | SYRIA OFFERS TO ADMIT (SMALL) NUMBERS OF [...] (U) Embassy Damascus has cleared this message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Damascus and UNRWA each report that the SARG has in fact agreed to admit Palestinian refugees fleeing Iraq during Palestinian FM Zahar's April 20 visit to Damascus (ref A). However these UN agencies caution that the SARG i [...] | 2006-04-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL UNRWA UNHCR IZ SY JO |
06AMMAN3729 | AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES: FY06 FUNDING [...] Embassy Amman received applications from six Jordanian organizations seeking to participate in this year's Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees initiative (reftel). The Ambassador requests USD 19,457 to help an UNRWA-affiliated volunteer community rehabilitation center in Talbieh camp, an informal [...] | 2006-05-29 05:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO |
06AMMAN3985 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PRM'S GRANT TO NGO [...] (U) This message contains a monitoring and evaluation report on the $90,000 grant PRM awarded to the U.S. non-profit organization Seeds of Peace (SPRMCO05GR140) to help it extend its conflict resolution programming to Palestinian refugee youth residing in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza dur [...] | 2006-06-06 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID KPAL IS JO |
06AMMAN4440 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MDA VOTE IN GENEVA - JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-18 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM ICRC JO |
06AMMAN6781 | IRAQI POPULATION IN JORDAN INCREASING [...] (U) Informed estimates of the number of Iraqis here now range from 500,000 to one million. Jordan's Ministry of Interior estimates that approximately thirty thousand Iraqis have moved to Jordan in the first half of 2006. By comparison, about thirty thousand Iraqis moved to Jordan in all of 2 [...] | 2006-08-31 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREF ECON SMIG IZ JO |
06ANKARA1101 | TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR, SEEKS SECURITY [...] (C) MFA's Director General for Security Affairs, Hayati Guven, told us March 1 that Turkey is ready to engage on closing the Makhmour refugee camp and that it considers such a step as an important objective in its battle against the PKK. The GOT seeks assurances that there will be sufficient [...] | 2006-03-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF MOPS EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU |
06ANKARA1547 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, February 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Sunday [...] | 2006-03-24 08:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA1570 | PM ERDOGAN TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, DELIVER [...] (SBU) MFA Under Secretary Uzumcu told Ambassador that PM Erdogan will be visiting Khartoum March 28-29 for the Arab League summit. PM Advisor Ali Yakital, (who just returned 3 months ago as Turkish ambassador in Khartoum),confirmed Erdogan was invited as a guest of the Arab League in his ca [...] | 2006-03-24 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KAWC PHUM PREF SU TU |
06ANKARA1622 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Reported by Aksam on Thursday, March 2: TITLE: "The C [...] | 2006-03-27 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA1812 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Reported by Anadolu Ajansi on Friday, March 17: TITLE: [...] | 2006-04-05 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA183 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, December 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Friday [...] | 2006-01-18 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA1957 | TURKEY/SUDAN: PM ERDOGAN TO ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AND [...] (C) In a first for Turkey, PM Erdogan was invited to address the March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Khartoum on the Alliance of Civilizations. The GOT sees greater cooperation with the AL as a useful tool for helping to mediate regional disputes and increasing trade. Erdogan discussed increase [...] | 2006-04-11 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF EAID BMENA SU XA XW TU |
06ANKARA2445 | MDA: TURKISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) We met with Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Deputy Director General Tunc Ugdul May 2 to discuss ref A points on the upcoming 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva in June. He said he expected the GOT's position will likely remain the s [...] | 2006-05-03 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ TU |
06ANKARA2478 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Vatan on Monday, April 3: TITLE: Mobile [...] | 2006-05-04 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA2508 | MAKHMOUR: MFA OFFICIAL READY TO DISCUSS SECURITY [...] (C/REL GBR) Per ref b, we discussed the way forward on steps required to close the Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq with MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven on May 3. Guven reported that he was prepared to travel to Geneva for discussions with U.S. a [...] | 2006-05-05 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PREL PREF TU IZ UN |
06ANKARA2586 | TIP IN TURKEY: FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR OUTLINES RESEARCH, [...] (U) Ambassador hosted Fulbright scholar Dr. Cindy J. Smith May 5 for a lecture and discussion on trafficking in persons (TIP),attended by more than 60 government officials, international and domestic organization representatives, academics and others. Smith, from the University of Baltimore, [...] | 2006-05-09 13:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA2793 | MAKHMOUR: GOT CONTEMPLATING UNHCR OPERATIONS PLAN, [...] (C) UNHCR-Turkey informed us May 12 that UNHCR-Geneva had forwarded its draft Operations Plan for effecting durable solutions for the residents of Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq to the U.S. and Turkish permanent missions in Geneva, and that UNHCR-Turkey had forwarded the plan to MFA Di [...] | 2006-05-16 13:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PREL PREF TU IZ UN |
06ANKARA296 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, January 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Sunday, January 1: [...] | 2006-01-26 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA3103 | MAKHMOUR: GOT GENERALLY PLEASED WITH UNHCR [...] (C) We met May 26 with MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven to get Guven's readout of a May 24 GOT interagency meeting he chaired to discuss UNHCR's operations plan for effecting durable solutions for the residents of the Makhmour refugee camp in northern Ira [...] | 2006-05-26 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PREF PREL TU IZ UN |
06ANKARA3926 | TIP in Turkey: Media Attention from April 16 to May 31, [...] (U) Post is instituting a new summary format, which we hope will make the TIP-related media report more accessible. We welcome feedback. 2. (U) Summary: During the six-week reporting period, media attention on trafficking in persons (TIP) focused on several stories compiled and summarized [...] | 2006-07-06 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
06ANKARA4455 | TIP in Turkey: Media Attention from June 1 to 30, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-03 09:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
06ANKARA4469 | TIP in Turkey: Media Attention from July 1 to 31, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-03 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
06ANKARA5121 | TIP: TURKISH MFA EXPRESSES DISMAY AT REPORTED USG USE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA DDG for Expatriate Turks, Migration, Asylum and Property issues Akif Ayhan called us in on September 4 to express GOT dismay at the U.S. Representative to UNVIE's announced plans to show the documentary "Sex Slaves" at the UNDC in Vienna towards the end of September. While [...] | 2006-09-05 14:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF OIIP TU |
06ANKARA550 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, January 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Tuesday, January 17: [...] | 2006-02-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA5642 | MAKHMOUR: TURKEY IMPATIENTLY AWAITS IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA is pleased with UNHCR's revised operations plan for Makhmour, but frustrated that the Iraqi Government has yet to agree to provide security at the camp and that President Talabani has yet to respond to UNHCR on the issue. The GOT will propose changes to the tripart [...] | 2006-09-28 07:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA5743 | TIP: TURKEY STILL CONCERNED WITH "SEX SLAVES" [...] (SBU) Summary: To follow-up on the GOT's September 4 demarche (ref b) expressing dismay at USG-sponsored events showing the PBS Frontline film "Sex Slaves," we met with MFA DDG for Expatriate Turks, Migration, Asylum and Property Issues Akif Ayhan and Department Head Melih Ulueren on October 3 [...] | 2006-10-03 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF OIIP TU |
06ANKARA581 | UNHCR TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR [...] (S) UNHCR's Turkey office is ready to get to work on voluntary repatriation or local integration for residents of the Makhmour Camp in northern Iraq. However, the UNHCR-Turkey Representative pointed out obstacles to be overcome, such as accessing villages in southeast Turkey to which Makhmour [...] | 2006-02-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREF EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU UNHCR |
06ANKARA5866 | GOT FIRMLY PLACES BLAME ON GREECE FOR MIGRANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish MFA officials continue to place the blame for the deaths of at least six illegal migrants thrown into Turkish territorial waters on September 26 off the coast of Karaburun, Turkey on Greek coast guard officials. The GOT pointed to Greece's lack of cooperation with Turkey [...] | 2006-10-10 16:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV TU GR |
06ANKARA6250 | MAKHMOUR: TURKEY PREPARED TO DISCUSS TRIPARTITE [...] (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven told the DCM Nov. 1 that Turkey has reversed its position and is prepared to discuss its recommended changes with UNHCR on the draft Tripartite Agreement on the Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq. Guven has reques [...] | 2006-11-02 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PREL UNHCR PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA628 | TURKEY: COUNTER-TRAFFICKING UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Counter-trafficking efforts remain strong in Turkey with the kick-off of the USG-funded, International Office for Migration (IOM)-implemented and GoT-coordinated public awareness campaign, as well as the start of the EU-funded Twinning Project to strengthen institutions in the fight [...] | 2006-02-13 12:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
06ANKARA6614 | MAKHMOUR: TURKEY AWAITS ANSWERS FROM GOI BEFORE IT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA still must complete negotiations on the Makhmour camp Tripartite Agreement with UNHCR and will not discuss the agreement with the Iraqi government until the GOI formally responds to UNHCR's June 1 letter to Iraqi President Talabani. Turkey would welcome the U.S. signing [...] | 2006-12-08 06:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PREL PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA6726 | MAKHMOUR: PUSHING TOWARD CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is concerned that the Makhmour camp will remain open after some refugees repatriate to Turkey, or that non-returnees will simply be moved en masse to another camp in northern Iraq. UNHCR is struggling with how to persuade the Kurdish Iraqi authorities to resettle non-retur [...] | 2006-12-22 11:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PREL PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA721 | TURKEY/IRAQ: IRAQI POLITICAL LEADERS SEEK [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Summary and Comment. MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol informed DCM February 14 that Iraqi PM Jafari has been invited to Ankara and is expected to come after formation of the new government. At the same time, Moqtada al-Sadr and the [...] | 2006-02-16 10:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PREF ETRD IZ IR TU |
06ANKARA989 | TURKEY: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 3 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Linda Fenton, telephone number 90-312-455-5555 X 2513, fax number 90-312-468-4775. Fenton (FS-04) spent a [...] | 2006-02-28 13:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU |
06ANKARA990 | TURKEY: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 3 (septel). -------------------------------------------- Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers ------------------------------------------ [...] | 2006-02-28 13:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU |
06ANKARA991 | TURKEY: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 3 (septel). ------------------------------------ Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------------ [...] | 2006-02-28 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU |
06ANKARA999 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, February 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Wednesday, February [...] | 2006-02-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ASHGABAT105 | THE TURKMEN ARCHIPELAGO: A FORMER PRISONER [...] (C) On December 30, 2005 and January 4, 2006, Charge and Conoff met with Reuben Agabekyan, a former prominent ethnic Armenian businessman who was released in December 2005 after having served several years in prison on dubious charges, (and) who was seeking Post's assistance in helping him im [...] | 2006-01-23 11:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TX |
06ASHGABAT1156 | Demarche Delivered to Turkmenistan on Amending the Cuba [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 08:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF KLIG KSUM UNGA CU TX |
06ASHGABAT1177 | Demarche Delivered to Turkmenistan on Country Resolutions [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-13 03:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF KLIG KSUM UNGA TX |
06ASHGABAT257 | EMBASSY ASHGABAT SUBMISSION FOR 2006 [...] (U) The following is Embassy Ashgabat's responses to the 2005-2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Turkmenistan. The report follows the guidelines outlined in reftel. 2. (SBU) U.S. Embassy Ashgabat's point of contact for anti- trafficking in persons programs is: Ian Turner, Consular Off [...] | 2006-03-06 11:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TX |
06ASHGABAT295 | GOTX HEARS NO EVIL/SEES NO EVIL ON TRAFFICKING [...] (C) During her February 21-22 visit to Ashgabat, G/TIP Officer Megan Hall met with representatives of the Human Rights Committee of the Mejilis, Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) and the State Service for the Registration of Foreigners (SSRF) to learn about the GOTX's perspective on TIP. No [...] | 2006-03-17 09:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KCRM PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KWMN SMIG TX |
06ASHGABAT978 | Demarche Delivered to Turkmenistan on Sudan's Darfur [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 10:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF KLIG KSUM TX |
06ASMARA458 | GSE REMAINS UNYIELDING IN MEETINGS WITH WFP ON [...] This is an action request. See para 18. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. A high-level delegation from WFP/Rome visited Asmara and met with Ministers of the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) and donors. The visit was prompted by the issues previously described in Refs A and B. Meeti [...] | 2006-05-31 13:08:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF EGAD ER ET DJ |
06ASTANA32 | KAZAKHSTAN ENACTS LONG-AWAITED ANTI-TRAFFICKING AMENDMENTS [...] On March 2, President Nazarbayev signed into law a comprehensive set of anti-Trafficking in Persons amendments ("TIP amendments") drafted by an inclusive interagency anti-trafficking Working Group. The TIP amendments strengthen anti-trafficking provisions within the criminal code, the code o [...] | 2006-04-19 05:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREL PREF PGOV |
06ASUNCION216 | PARAGUAY: THE SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) This cable responds to the detailed questions regarding Anti-Trafficking in Persons efforts for Paraguay. OVERVIEW A. Paraguay is a source country for trafficked women and children, many of whom are smuggled across Paraguay's borders into the neighboring countries of Brazil and Arge [...] | 2006-02-28 17:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF PA |
06ASUNCION248 | PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON SIGNING THE THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-07 20:47:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ PA |
06ASUNCION490 | PARAGUAY ON SWISS CONFERENCE AMENDMENTS TO THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-10 14:54:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA |
06ASUNCION783 | PARAGAUY: PREPARATION OF THE UN HIGH LEVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-02 18:35:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF SMIG UNGA PA |
06ASUNCION909 | PARAGUAY: RESPONSE TO NEW UNFPA COUNTRY PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-06 23:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SOCI PA |
06ATHENS1550 | MDA: GREEK REPRESENTATION AT GENEVA/INTL [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points June 13 to Alexandros Rallis of the Greek MFA's Directorate for International Organizations (D1),which passed them to Greece's Ambassador in Geneva and former D1 head, Frangisko Verros. Greece will be represented in Geneva by Professor Kalliope Koufa. Cons [...] | 2006-06-16 11:31:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS GR |
06ATHENS1969 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered subject demarche to Ambassador Rallis, MFA D1 Directorate of the UN, International Organizations, and Disarmament. 2. (U) Ambassador Rallis informed poloff that FM Dora Bakoyianni will likely not represent Greece at the High Level Dialogue (HLD) on Migration [...] | 2006-07-28 12:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV GR EAID PREF SMIG UNGA |
06ATHENS572 | GREECE PART 1: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2006 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Overview" Section. This is the first of four cables. 3. SUMMARY: Greece has made signific [...] | 2006-03-01 05:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR TIP |
06BAGHDAD1153 | UPDATE ON PALESTINIANS ON JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 10 and 11. 2. (C) Summary: Following the March 18 exodus of 88 Palestinians from Baghdad, we have received news that at least 33 more have fled to the makeshift camp on the Iraqi side of the Jordanian border (23 individuals on April 1, and [...] | 2006-04-08 15:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL XF IZ JO |
06BAGHDAD1171 | REQUEST FOR EXCEPTION TO GUIDANCE ON PLO CONTACT [...] (C) Prior to receipt of ref A and the formation of the Hamas Government, Baghdad maintained an occasional, productive dialogue with Palestinian chief of mission Daleel al-Qasoos on matters pertaining to the Palestinian population in Iraq. We ceased any contact with al-Qasoos upon receipt of [...] | 2006-04-10 17:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OPDC PREF SMIG KPAL XF IS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1325 | BAGHDAD PLO REPRESENTATIVE ON SITUATION OF [...] (C) Summary: Pursuant to permission granted ref A, Baghdad RefCoord met with PLO chief of mission Daleel al-Qasoos on April 20 to discuss humanitarian issues relating to Palestinians in Iraq. Qasoos said that Palestinians in Iraq are fleeing towards the Jordanian border because 1) they face [...] | 2006-04-24 11:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC PREF SMIG KPAL XF IS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1433 | PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS REPS ON PALESTINIANS IN [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, Palestinian Human Rights Association (Jamyat Huquq al-Insan al-Filistinia) president Muhammed Abid Mutlak Mowsiq and a delegation of three other members expressed to RefCoord their continuing concerns about the security situation of Palestinians in Iraq. They promis [...] | 2006-05-01 12:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PINS PTER IZ JO SY |
06BAGHDAD1439 | REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAGHDAD REFUGEE [...] Country clearance is requested for the May 10 - 14 travel of Baghdad Refugee Coordinator Camille Hill to Jordan. Ms. Hill has filed an electronic request for travel form with ISU-Amman including requests for assistance with necessary hotel, regional air, and ground transportation arrangements [...] | 2006-05-01 18:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA PREF SMIG SY IZ |
06BAGHDAD1659 | 120 MORE PALESTINIANS AT AL WALID BORDER POINT [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the successful transfer of 290 Palestinians from Iraq to Syria on May 9 and 10, 120 more Palestinians have spontaneously migrated from Baghdad to the Iraq-Syria border. Syria has so far refused to admit them. Rumor has it that many more Palestinians plan to flee t [...] | 2006-05-18 16:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PINS IZ JO SY |
06BAGHDAD1684 | SNAPSHOT OF DISPLACEMENT IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Displacement of Iraqis spiked following the mid-Feburary bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra, but has now leveled off to a slower overall rate of growth. The main reasons for displacement include: death threats, lack of access to education, discriminatory firings, forcible e [...] | 2006-05-22 08:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM SMIG SOCI KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1924 | MANDAEANS SAY TARGETING IN IRAQ UNBEARABLE, [...] (C) Summary. On May 31, Sabian Mandaean spiritual leader Shaykh Sattar Jabbar al-Helo and President of Mandaean Associations Union Dr. Akram Arar, told EmbOffs that the situation for Mandaeans in Iraq had become intolerable. They indicated to EmbOffs that their community had experienced an in [...] | 2006-06-07 18:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PNAT KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD2028 | NEW MINISTER OF DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION BRINGS [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns, RefCoord and IRMO/MODM consultants had a positive initial meeting with the new Minister of Displacement and Migration Abd-al- Samad Rahman Sultan on May 31. Sultan was well informed about all the populations of concern to the Ministry, and expressed a desire for a conti [...] | 2006-06-15 11:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PNAT SMIG KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD2286 | ATTACK ON BAGHDAD PALESTINIANS KILLS FOUR [...] (C) On the morning of June 26, the Palestinian "compound" in Baghdad's Baladiat neighborhood was reportedly attacked by unknown assailants. Saeed al-Jafari from the Palestinian Human Rights organization told PolFSN that four residents were killed and nine injured in the melee. PLO representa [...] | 2006-06-29 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PINS PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ JO SY |
06BAGHDAD2377 | UNHCR IRAQ HEAD OF DELEGATION ENGAGES GOI [...] (C) Summary: New UNHCR-Iraq Head of Delegation Janvier de Riedmatten made his initial calls on GOI MOI, MFA, and MODM on July 1 and 2. He advised RefCoord and PolOff that although the GOI Ministries gave positive signals on willingness to help on Makhmour, they did not offer specifics. UNHC [...] | 2006-07-06 19:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PHUM UNHCR IZ |
06BAGHDAD2445 | MOI OFFICIAL SAYS WOMEN CANNOT OBTAIN PASSPORTS [...] (C) Summary. MOI Director of Nationality and Travel Yasseen al-Yassiri told PolOffs July 26 that Iraqi women were once again required to have their husbands' permission (or that of another male relative) in order to obtain a passport. This requirement, which was in effect during Saddam Hussei [...] | 2006-07-10 18:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINS PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD2446 | MOI OFFICIAL SAYS WOMEN CANNOT OBTAIN PASSPORTS [...] (C) Summary. MOI Director of Nationality and Travel Yasseen al-Yassiri told PolOffs June 26 that Iraqi women were once again required to have their husbands' permission (or that of another male relative) in order to obtain a passport. This requirement, which was in effect during Saddam Hussei [...] | 2006-07-10 18:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINS PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD2692 | GOI OPEN TO MAKHMOUR TRIPARTITE [...] (S) Per Department's instructions (ref A),on July 27, Acting PolCouns and RefCoord called on the Minister of Displacement and Migration (MODM) and the MFA Undersecretary - Multilateral Affairs to engage them on moving forward on resolving Makhmour through the GOT-GOI-UNHCR tripartite agreemen [...] | 2006-07-28 12:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREF PREL PTER TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD277 | PRM-FUNDED RELOCATION OF AL TASH KURDS TO ERBIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, RefCoord accompanied UNHCR to Kawa to monitor and evaluate the PRM-funded, UNHCR-implemented relocation site for Iranian Kurds formerly resident in the Al Tash refugee camp near Ramadi in Al Anbar governorate. All but a small percentage of the approximately 3000 A [...] | 2006-01-31 14:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID SOCI PHUM PREL IZ IR JO UNHCR PRM |
06BAGHDAD2869 | NINEWA: IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY (IIP) CALLS FOR EARLY [...] (C) Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leadership in Ninewa believes restoration of security is the most important task in Ninewa, and early elections (to replace the current Kurd-dominated Ninewa Provincial Government) would be the best first step to improve security. Only a fully representative gov [...] | 2006-08-09 10:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF MARR ECON IZ |
06BAGHDAD2992 | NINEWA: ADM REPORTS CONTINUED MARGINALIZATION OF [...] (C) PRT Team Leader Knight and IPAO Pope met Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) Mosul Director and Provincial Council Representative Gevara Zia and ADM Deputy Director for Mosul Toma Khowshaba at PRT offices on FOB Marez (Mosul) 12 August 2006. Zia and Khowshaba complain that Christians and [...] | 2006-08-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF IZ |
06BAGHDAD300 | (U) QUSHTEPE OFFICIALS COMMENT ON AL TASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, RefCoord accompanied UNHCR to Kawa to monitor and evaluate the PRM-funded, UNHCR-implemented relocation of Iranian Kurds formerly resident in the Al Tash refugee camp near Ramadi in Al Anbar governorate. Ref A covered assistance work at the camp. En route to the [...] | 2006-02-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PINR PINS PREL IZ IR JO UNHCR PRM |
06BAGHDAD3036 | KRG TELLS UNCHR THEY OPPOSE MAKHMOUR INTEGRATION [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR-Iraq officials Burgi Englbrecht and Charlie Lynch met August 6-8 with KRG officials and residents of the Makhmour refugee camp. According to Englebrecht and Lynch, KRG Deputy Prime Minister Omar Fattah Hussayn, KRG Minister of Interior Osman Haji Mahmud, and Chief of Staff [...] | 2006-08-21 08:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PHUM UNHCR IZ TU |
06BAGHDAD3060 | NINEWA: VICE PM AL-ZAWBA'I'S SURPRISE VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Salam al- Zawba'i made an unexpected trip to Mosul 16 August to discuss Tal'Afar issues with Ninewa Governor Kashmoula at the FOB Marez East (ex-Diamondback) MWR facility ('Palm Palace'). The DPM's trip was coordinated almost entirely through Iraqi channel [...] | 2006-08-23 10:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF IZ |
06BAGHDAD3122 | NINEWA: SCIRI REPORTS THREATS TO SHI'A AND KURD [...] (C) PRT Team Leader Knight and IPAO Pope met Ninewa leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) and Provincial Council member Mohammed Ibrahim at PRT offices on FOB Marez 19 August 2006. Ibrahim emphasized that SCIRI supports multiparty democracy, and that SCIRI does [...] | 2006-08-27 09:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF EAID IZ |
06BAGHDAD3283 | NINEWA: SHABAK PUSH FOR RECONCILIATION COUNCIL AND [...] (C) PRT Team Leader Knight and IPAO Pope met Shabak Democratic Party (SDP) leader and Council of Representatives member Dr. Hunain Qaddo at PRT offices on FOB Marez (Mosul) 21 August 2006. Hunain proposed a major reconfiguration of de- Ba'athification efforts since he believes social peace [...] | 2006-09-06 04:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF EAID IZ |
06BAGHDAD3539 | NINEQA: TURKISH CG BOTSALI VISIT TO MOSUL 19-20 [...] (SBU) Turkish Consul General for Mosul Huseyn Avni Botsali visited Mosul 19-20 Sep. While this visit was scheduled primarily to initiate contractor work to harden and rehabilitate the Consulate's facilities in Mosul, he held productive discussions on future GOT-Coalition economic and governa [...] | 2006-09-21 13:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL ECON EAID MARR PREF TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD3788 | FINDING THIRD COUNTRY RESETTLEMENT FOR MEK [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 16:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3794 | ATTACKS ON SHIA AREA DISPLACE 850 FAMILIES INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM) officials told RefCoord on October 10 that mortar and terrorist attacks against the mostly Shia area of Saba'a Al-Boor have resulted in the sudden displacement of 850 families (approximately 5,100 individuals, at six persons per famil [...] | 2006-10-12 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL PREF |
06BAGHDAD3807 | MFA DISAPPOINTED WITH TURKEY ON MAKHMOUR [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Mohammad Hamoud has agreed to meet in Baghdad with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) to discuss the future of the Makhmour refugee camp. Hamoud lamented that the Turkish Em [...] | 2006-10-13 10:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL PREF TU |
06BAGHDAD3936 | GOI AND KRG TO STUDY UNHCR MAKHMOUR CLEAN-UP PLAN [...] (C) Summary: Government of Iraq and Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) representatives agreed only to study the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) plan to expel the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) from the Makhmour refugee camp in order to restore its civilian character and [...] | 2006-10-20 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV IZ TU |
06BAGHDAD3958 | NINEWA: ASSYRIAN PATRIARCH VISIT AND PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) The Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East and his primary non-clerical interlocutor in Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Finance and leading Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) member Sarkis Aghajan Mamando 'Sarkesi', concur that Assyrian Christians enjoy unprecede [...] | 2006-10-22 08:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL PHUM PREF PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4017 | NINEWA: IIP CHAIR ON ELECTIONS, DISPUTED [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Team Leader Knight and other PRT members, Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) Chair Dr. Mohammad Shakir indicated that they expect legislation to schedule provincial elections will be addressed by the Council of Representatives (COR) shortly after Ramadan. Shakir also indi [...] | 2006-10-27 11:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREF PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD411 | REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAGHDAD REFUGEE [...] Country Clearance is requested for the February 19- March 4 travel of Baghdad Refugee Coordinator Camille Hill to Jordan and Syria. RefCoord is joining PRM/ANE Office Director Richard Albright and PRM/ANE Iraq Program Officer Liana Brooks-Rubin for meetings in Amman and Syria February 22 to [...] | 2006-02-11 07:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA PREF SMIG SY IZ |
06BAGHDAD4110 | TURKISH EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD INACTIVE ON PKK, [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs informed Turkish Embassy in Baghdad DCM Yazal about the recent meeting that UNHCR held with the GOI and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) regarding the future of the Makhmour refugee camp; Yazal was unaware of the meeting. Poloffs encouraged the GOT to engage with the [...] | 2006-11-03 11:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREF PREL PTER TU |
06BAGHDAD4371 | IRAQI PRIME MINISTER TO REVIEW PLAN TO RESTORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting in Erbil with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) on November 24, the Iraqi Minister for National Security Affairs (MNSA),Sharwan Waili agreed to ask the Iraqi PM to approve the use of Iraqi Security Forces ( [...] | 2006-11-27 18:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD4400 | FALLUJAH UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: PRT officials met with Fallujah leaders Mayor Jassim, Fallujah City Council (FCC) Secretary Abbas and Iraqi Police Chief Colonel Karim at the Fallujah IP District Headquarters 25 on November 25. They noted that the sectarian violence in Baghdad would likely lead to a greater inf [...] | 2006-11-29 13:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINS PGOV PREF IZ |
06BAGHDAD4471 | RRT ERBIL - ASSYRIAN AUTONOMY IN IRAQ - ANOTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Finance Sarkis Aghajan Mamando (Sarkis) told Erbil IPAO November 2, 2006 that he hoped the 'voice of the Assyrian nation' could reach the United States through this meeting. Sarkis, an Assyrian (Iraqi Christian),said Assyrian di [...] | 2006-12-06 20:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV ECON IZ |
06BAGHDAD4503 | KRG SINJARI CALLS FOR PKK AMNESTY, MAKHMOUR CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Interior Karim Sinjari told RRTOffs on December 4 and 5 that steps to resolve the presence of the PKK (the Kurdistan Workers Party) in Iraq are finally moving forward but face continuing difficulties with the Government of Turkey [...] | 2006-12-10 12:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PHUM PREF PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD4568 | Visit to Iranian Refugee Settlement in Iraqi Kurdistan [...] (SBU) RRT Officer and U.S. Civil Affairs Team Leader, 25th Infantry Division, visited Barika Refugee Open Settlement for Iranian Kurdish refugees in Sulaimaniyah Province in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on December 6. By way of background, the settlement is home to approximately 277 Iranian K [...] | 2006-12-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4748 | SECURITY OF PALESTINIANS IN BAGHDAD DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: Nine Palestinians were killed on December 13 when several mortars hit their housing compound in Baghdad. The hits were likely deliberate, and follow a series of attacks, kidnappings, threats and harassment against Palestinians. Iraqi officials lament this violence and admit th [...] | 2006-12-28 19:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF IZ |
06BAGHDAD4790 | UPDATE ON IRANIAN KURDISH REFUGEES IN IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY. The United Nations High Commission on Refugees Officer-in-Charge (UNHCR OIC) for Sulaimaniyah Province in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region told RRT Off he is working with local officials to obtain rights for Iranian Kurdish refugees to limited government employment, drivers licenses, [...] | 2006-12-31 09:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD734 | IRAQ: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is post's submission to the annual trafficking in persons report. Embassy point of contact is PolOff Lourdes Lamela, US phone 914-822-2901 and at email Lamelalm @ state.gov. This report reflects approximately 26 hours of preparation. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (U [...] | 2006-03-07 19:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PHUM PTER |
06BAGHDAD768 | REPORTS OF ATTACKS DRIVING FAMILIES OUT OF BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: A group of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Shia community in Nahrawan, east of Baghdad, told Poloff March 6 that hundreds of families had moved out of Nahrawan under threat from Sunni Arab terror groups. A USAID contractor NGO with substantial field expertise in mi [...] | 2006-03-09 16:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREF IZ |
06BAGHDAD918 | 89 BAGHDAD PALESTINIANS FLEE TO JORDAN BORDER [...] (C) Summary. According to representatives from the Palestinian Human Rights Organization, 89 Palestinians, including 42 children, left Baghdad by bus March 18 for the Jordanian border hoping to gain entry to Jordan. They were accompanied by two Christian Peacekeeping Team (CPT) members whose [...] | 2006-03-20 18:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PHUM PINS KCRS IZ PA JO |
06BAGHDAD979 | BAGHDAD PALESTINIANS RETURN TO IRAQ, BUT MORE [...] (C) Summary. On March 22, Iraqi Ministry of Interior Border Officials escorted the 88 Palestinians (note: not 89) out of the No Man's Land (NML) between the Iraqi and Jordanian border (ref A) and back into Iraqi territory. The Palestinians are now located in Trebil close to the border in Anbar [...] | 2006-03-24 15:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PHUM PINS KCRS IZ PA JO |
06BAKU1134 | AZERBAIJAN: UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Americas Desk Officer Elchin Bashirov on August 1. Poloff left the talking points as a nonpaper. Bashirov did not have any substantive comment on the High Level Dialogue, but said that he would brief the MFA leadership and inform Poloff of the MFA's [...] | 2006-08-02 08:58:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PREF SMIG UNGA AJ |
06BAKU1279 | IDP COMMUNITY SPEAKS OUT ON N-K NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 24, Poloff met with an IDP community that lives in abandoned train cars just outside the southern Azerbaijani city of Imishli. Although one man insisted that the only way to settle the N-K conflict is through war, most members of the community remain hopeful that a peace [...] | 2006-08-29 12:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PBTS PHUM KDEM AM AJ |
06BAKU1501 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) Summary. In a September 27 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hassanov reiterated the GOAJ commitment to improving the conditions of Azerbaijan's IDP population. Hassanov said that he has transformed the GOAJ relationship with the international donor commun [...] | 2006-10-16 04:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PBTS MARR SNAR AJ |
06BAKU309 | AZERBAIJAN 2006 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) As per reftel, paragraph 3 below begins Embassy Baku's submission on status of action the GOAJ has taken on combating human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) In preparing this report, Post has undertaken extensive contacts with international organizations, [...] | 2006-02-28 08:52:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PREF PGOV PHUM KFRD ASEC ELAB |
06BAKU660 | EU SPECIAL REP SEMNEBY ON EU SOUTH CAUCASUS POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Senior Advisor Steven Mann met with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby (Sweden) on April 22. Semneby provided a readout of his recent conversation with Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov, outlined the EU process for committing peacekeepers, [...] | 2006-05-01 12:24:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PREF PBTS PNAT AJ GG RU MD |
06BAKU733 | UN AGENCIES ENCOURAGE AZERBAIJAN TO PLAN FOR IDP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-18 12:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM AM AJ |
06BANGKOK1139 | MEETING WITH SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY ON NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary. In a February 23 meeting, a South Korean Embassy official said he had received no new instructions or information from Seoul regarding U.S.-ROK discussions about North Korean refugees, including on providing assistance to the Embassy if any suitable refugee cases arose or sharing [...] | 2006-02-24 11:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH KS KN DPRK |
06BANGKOK1340 | THAI RESPONSE ON NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. During March 3 conversations, Thai FM Kantathi and NSC Chief Winai said that the North Korean refugee issue was sensitive for Thailand. However, they indicated that the RTG was willing to work with the USG on discreet, case-by-case processing of North Korean refugees for U.S. re [...] | 2006-03-03 10:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM KN TH DPRK |
06BANGKOK1343 | AMBASSADOR RAISES MISSING HMONG MINORS [...] (C) Summary. During a March 3 meeting with Thai FM Kantathi Suphamongkol, the Ambassador raised the issue of the missing Hmong minors. He encouraged Kantathi to respond to the Lao argument that the Thai needed to take the next step and provide the Lao with basic facts about the deporation of [...] | 2006-03-03 10:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH LA |
06BANGKOK1600 | THAILAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA: SIGNING OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 09:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ |
06BANGKOK1625 | REFUGEES ARRIVE FROM SITE OF BURMA'S NEW CAPITAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 09:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PINS TH BM |
06BANGKOK1916 | KEEPING TABS ON PABS (THAILAND'S PROVINCIAL [...] Summary: Provincial Admissions Boards (PABs),nine member panels of Thai provincial officials and a UNHCR observer, were reconstituted late last year as a mechanism to regularize the status of unregistered persons in the nine Thai-Burma border refugee camps and then screen Burmese in Thailand [...] | 2006-03-30 09:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF TH |
06BANGKOK1970 | UNHCR DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER MEETING WITH THAI [...] (C) Visiting UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin briefed Ambassador on her March 31 meeting with Thai National Security Council chief General Winai Phattiyakul and MFA Permsec Krit Ganjana-Goonchorn regarding the missing Hmong minors. Following up on her March 29 meetings with Lao [...] | 2006-04-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PREF KCRM TH LA |
06BANGKOK2120 | EMBASSY BANGKOK NORTH KOREAN RESPONSE PLAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see action request para 6. 2. (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission and Political Counselor, along with a team of USG members who will have a role in assisting NKs at the Embassy, met on April 10 to discuss details of the walk-in operational plan. [...] | 2006-04-11 10:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF TH KN KS DPRK |
06BANGKOK2202 | SIX NORTH KOREANS APPROACH EMBASSY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Six North Koreans (NK) accompanied by two NGO representatives from the Evangelical Movement for North Korea presented themselves at U.S. Embassy Bangkok about 1100 on April 17. They were not accompanied by media and the Embassy ha [...] | 2006-04-17 11:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL AMGT KN KS TH DPRK |
06BANGKOK2296 | UPDATE ON SIX NORTH KOREANS [...] (C) Summary. In an April 20 meeting, ROK Embassy officials expressed familiar concerns about U.S. resettlement of North Korean refugees but indicated that they would be prepared to help in accordance with commitments the ROKG has made to the United States. In a subsequent UNHCR-ROK Embassy m [...] | 2006-04-20 23:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL KN KS TH DPRK |
06BANGKOK2329 | THAI GIVE OK ON U.S. RESETTLEMENT OF SIX NORTH [...] (C) Summary. The RTG has given formal approval for U.S. resettlement of North Korean refugees on a case-by-case, discreet basis and for U.S. resettlement of the first group of six North Koreans. However, Thai sensitivities about this issue remain. Any publicity would complicate the issue and [...] | 2006-04-21 08:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL TH KN KS DPRK |
06BANGKOK2565 | U.S.-BOUND NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES BELIEVE RELATIVES [...] (C) Refcoord and Deputy Refcoord met May 2 with the six North Korean refugees approved by DHS for U.S. resettlement to follow up on concerns expressed by some of the refugees in their separate resettlement interviews about the safety of relatives in North Korea (DPRK). 2. (C) All of the ref [...] | 2006-05-02 09:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL KN KS TH DPRK |
06BANGKOK3226 | THREE NORTH KOREANS APPROACH EMBASSY [...] (C) On May 27 at approximately 0900 local time, three women claiming to be North Koreans approached the Embassy. They were unaccompanied and spoke minimal English and no Thai. Using an Embassy emplopyee as interpreter, Refcoord, Deputy Refcoord, and Assistant RSO briefly interviewed the three [...] | 2006-05-29 23:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KN KS TH DPRK |
06BANGKOK3255 | STATUS ON THREE NORTH KOREANS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 6. 2. (C) On Saturday, May 27 after three North Korean (NK) women approached the Embassy Bangkok seeking resettlement to the United States, RefCoord accompanied them to UNHCR. That same day, UNHCR South Korean secoundee interviewed the three women [...] | 2006-05-30 11:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KNEP KS TH DPRK |
06BANGKOK351 | BGEN ALLEN'S MEETING WITH NSC SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) In his meeting with visiting OSD/ISA Principal Director for Asian and Pacific Affairs BGen John Allen, Thai National Security Council Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul outlined the RTG's strategic threat outlook, Thailand and ASEAN's frustration with the suprise move of the Burmese capit [...] | 2006-01-19 10:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PINR PTER PGOV TH BURMA GPOI DPRK |
06BANGKOK3534 | TWO NORTH KOREANS JUMP EMBASSY WALL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 10:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KNEP KS TH |
06BANGKOK3535 | NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan told Refcoord on June 14 that seven of the ten North Koreans who had been detained and released by Lao authorities (reftel) have now arrived in Bangkok and are staying at the shelter for North Korean refugees managed by a South Korean NGO. Utkan ex [...] | 2006-06-14 10:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL TH KN KS |
06BANGKOK3582 | NO DECISION FROM THAI ON U.S. RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) In a June 14 telephone conversation, the Ambassador raised the three North Korean refugees who are seeking U.S. resettlement (reftels) with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn. The Ambassador urged Krit to permit U.S. resettlement processing of the [...] | 2006-06-15 09:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PREL PHUM TH KS KN DPRK |
06BANGKOK3648 | ONE NORTH KOREAN AND ONE PRC NATIONAL APPROACH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 10:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KNEP KS TH |
06BANGKOK3664 | MDA DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarches (reftel A and B) on June 16 and June 19, 2006, respectively, to Mr. Dusit Manapan, Director of the Social Division of the Bureau of International Organization at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dusit was non-committal on whether Thailand will vote again [...] | 2006-06-20 07:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS TH |
06BANGKOK3746 | SIX NORTH KOREANS APPROACH EMBASSY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 7. 2. (C) On Friday, June 23 at approximately 1130 local time, five women, including one with a 6-year old daughter, approached the front gate of the Embassy and identified themselves as North Koreans. They were met and interviewed by Refcoord, AR [...] | 2006-06-25 23:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KN KS TH |
06BANGKOK3759 | UNHCR NOTIFIES EMBASSY OF INTEREST OF DETAINED [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 5. 2. (C) On June 26, UNHCR notified Embassy that a North Korean woman currently in the Immigration Detention Center (IDC) in Bangkok has expressed interest in U.S. refugee resettlement. UNHCR reported that in the course of the regular interview for [...] | 2006-06-26 07:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KN KS TH |
06BANGKOK3799 | OFFENSIVE IN KAREN STATE? A CROSS-BORDER AID [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs and Defense Attache met recently with a representative from an organization that provides cross-border assistance to conflict-affected populations in northern Karen State, Burma. He stated that though the number of casualties remains low, the ongoing military action is th [...] | 2006-06-28 01:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF TH BM |
06BANGKOK3842 | NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan told Refcoord on June 28 that the head of the Thai National Security Council, General Winai Phattiyakul, had told him the previous day that Thai intelligence was reporting that UNHCR was involved in the trafficking of North Koreans to Thailand. Ut [...] | 2006-06-29 07:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KN KS TH |
06BANGKOK3898 | REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR DR. SALAI TUN THAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 9. 2. (C) Per guidance in Reftel, Post is referring Burmese citizen, Dr. Salai Tun Than, for resettlement to the United States through the Department's Refugee Resettlement Program. Biographical information follows: Name: Salai Tun Than D/POB: [...] | 2006-07-03 05:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM TH BM |
06BANGKOK3948 | KAREN NATIONAL UNION AND KAREN NATIONAL LIBERATION [...] (U) This message responds to reftel request for information about Karen National Union (KNU) and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) activities in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border. 2. (C) Detailed, concrete information about KNU and KNLA activities in the seven camps where Karen [...] | 2006-07-05 08:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL TH |
06BANGKOK4445 | ONE NORTH KOREAN APPROACHED EMBASSSY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para.6 2. (C) On Monday, July 17 at midday, a young woman, accompanied by an associate of Reverend Chun Ki-won of the Evangelical Movement for North Korea Durihana Mission, approached the Embassy and asked to be resettled in the United States. Per usual [...] | 2006-07-24 08:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KNEP KS TH |
06BANGKOK4842 | UNHCR INFORMS EMBASSY OF INTEREST IN U.S. [...] (C) Over the past several days, UNHCR/Bangkok informed Embassy that three North Koreans in Bangkok's Immigration Detention Center have expressed interest in U.S. resettlement. UNHCR's ROK secondee has confirmed their North Korean nationality and obtained a written statement of their interst i [...] | 2006-08-09 00:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM KNEP KS TH |
06BANGKOK4932 | KAREN NATIONAL UNION AND KAREN NATIONAL LIBERATION [...] (C) This message is intended to supplement Ref a, which was a response to Ref d request for information about Karen National Union (KNU) and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) activities in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border. The information in this message was recently provided by [...] | 2006-08-11 08:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL TH BM |
06BANGKOK5058 | SCENESETTER FOR THE AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 2 VISIT [...] (C) Ellen, we look forward to your visit to Thailand. Bilateral relations with Thailand have been generally excellent. Thailand is a security treaty ally and has been firmly supportive of the Global War on Terror. American businesses have over $20 billion in direct investment in Thailand, an [...] | 2006-08-18 07:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL ASEC OTRA TH |
06BANGKOK5061 | REPORTS OF THAI DEPORTATION OF HMONG GROUP [...] (SBU) Embassy received reports August 16 from an NGO worker and a Hmong-American contact that some of the approximately 270 Hmong detained at seven police stations in Petchaboon Province for illegal entry into Thailand had been moved to the Lao border. 2. (SBU) A Thai Immigration official i [...] | 2006-08-18 08:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM TH LA |
06BANGKOK5157 | ARREST OF NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (C) Summary: On August 22, the Royal Thai Police (RTP) detained 175 North Koreans after raiding a house run by a South Korean church in Bangkok. Sixteen were subsequently released. The remaining 159 will be charged with illegal entry into Thailand and are currently being held at the Immigrat [...] | 2006-08-23 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL TH |
06BANGKOK5252 | INFORMATION ON KARENNI NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE PARTY [...] (U) This message responds to ref b request for reporting about the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP). It provides information about the KNPP's activities in refugee camps in Thailand. 2. (C) Detailed, concrete information about the KNPP's activities in the two refugee camps in Tha [...] | 2006-08-28 08:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF BM PTER |
06BANGKOK555 | THAI AGREE TO TAKE BACK HMONG DEPORTEES [...] (C) Summary: NSC Secretary-General Winai Phattiyakul told Ambassador on January 30 that Thailand would permit the return of the 27 Hmong currently imprisoned in Laos. General Winai reviewed with the Ambassador procedures that the Thai side would find acceptable; all of these appear to us c [...] | 2006-01-30 11:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH LA |
06BANGKOK5564 | EASTERN BURMA: GRIM FINDINGS ON HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] The findings of a recent survey of health indicators in eastern Burma reveal a severe health crises made worse by continuing conflict and widespread human rights abuses. On September 7, the Back Pack Health Worker Team (BPHWT),chaired by Dr. Cynthia Maung, released their report entitled: "C [...] | 2006-09-11 09:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF TH BM |
06BANGKOK5693 | THAI GOVERNMENT PERMITS 16 NORTH KOREANS TO [...] (C) On September 15, Deputy Refcoord spoke to MFA contact and received confirmation that the RTG had approved the processing of 16 interested NKs (ref e-mail). The RTG did not have a specific list of 16 in mind and was prepared to accept our proposal, as long as the list comprised NKs who had [...] | 2006-09-15 09:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM KNEP KS TH |
06BANGKOK5796 | VISIT OF PRM ASSISTANT SECRETARY SAUERBREY [...] (C) Summary. During an August 26-September 2 visit, PRM Assistant Secretary Sauerbrey informed the RTG of the USG decision to extend the material support waiver to Karen refugees in other camps in Thailand. Thai officials welcomed this development. A/S Secretary Sauerbrey requested RTG ap [...] | 2006-09-20 08:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM TH |
06BANGKOK6470 | ARREST OF NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (C) On October 24, 83 North Korean asylum seekers were picked up by Thai immigration officers in an apartment building in the northern Bangkok suburb of Pathum Thani. A South Korean NGO was taking care of them in that facility. A representative of the NGO was also taken into custody by the p [...] | 2006-10-25 08:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM TH KN KS |
06BANGKOK6854 | THAI PM PLANS TO LIFT MARTIAL LAW [...] (C) Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont told the Ambassador the RTG planned to lift martial law during the celebrations of the King's December 5 birthday, and might even take this step earlier. In a November 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Surayud indicated that he hoped to address unhel [...] | 2006-11-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KDEM TH BM KN |
06BANGKOK6907 | DEPORTATION OF 54 HMONG TO LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary. Thai officials did not respond positively to reftel demarche expressing opposition to the possible deportation to Laos of a group of Hmong held in Thai detention in Nong Khai. UNHCR told the RTG that is also opposes deportation and warned of a formal protest and press reports [...] | 2006-11-15 23:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL TH LA |
06BANGKOK6908 | REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR MR. ZAW MIN AND FAMILY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 9. 2. (C) Post is referring Burmese citizen, Mr. Zaw Min, for resettlement to the United States through the Department's Refugee Resettlement Program. Biographical information follows: Name: Zaw Min D/POB: September 22, 1964; Kh [...] | 2006-11-15 23:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM TH BM |
06BANGKOK6945 | ROK POLITICAL COUNSELOR UPDATE ON NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary. ROK Embassy Political Counselor Choi said on November 15 that differences within the RTG may account for the recent raid on the South Korean shelter for North Korean refugees. After discussions with the RTG, the ROK Embassy is now working with Thai Immigration to set up a new she [...] | 2006-11-17 02:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM KN KS TH |
06BANGKOK7418 | PRM ADMISSIONS OFFICE DIRECTOR MEETINGS IN BANGKOK [...] (C) Summary. End summary. 2. (C) During a December 4-8 visit to Bangkok, PRM Office of Admissions Director Terry Rusch met with DHS, UNHCR, CDC, IOM, and ROK Embassy officials to discuss refugee issues. She discussed current refugee processing issues with Overseas Processing Entity (OPE) s [...] | 2006-12-14 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH KN |
06BANGKOK7429 | UNHCR REGIONAL RESETTLEMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING [...] Terry Rusch, PRM Refugee Admissions Director, Mike Honnold, Bangkok Regional Refugee Coordinator and Jessica Adler, Deputy Regional Refugee Coordinator participated in the December 7 - 8 Regional Resettlement Strategic Planning Meeting organized by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refu [...] | 2006-12-15 03:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF |
06BANGKOK7437 | PRM ADMISSIONS OFFICE DIRECTOR MEETINGS IN BANGKOK [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with the Thai Ministry of Interior, visiting PRM Office of Admissions Director Terry Rusch stated U.S. interest in resettling North Korean refugees from Thailand, outlined USG plans for large-scale Burmese resettlement during the current fiscal year and pressed for a [...] | 2006-12-15 07:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH KN |
06BANGKOK827 | IJM MENDS FENCES, FACILITATES TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S.-based anti-trafficking NGO, IJM, is improving its image in Thailand and received qualified praise from NGO stakeholders during a final evaluation of its three-year TIP project funded by the Department of Labor. Separately, RTG police officials have credited IJM's instru [...] | 2006-02-10 10:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KWMN PREF PHUM TH |
06BANJUL253 | THE GAMBIA: FURTHER REPORT OF FIGHTING NEAR [...] (SBU) Reftel contains GOTG report of April 21 outbreak of violence, possibly involving forces of dissident MFDC commander Salif Sadio, in the Casamance region near the border with The Gambia. Subsequently, on April 25, a knowledgeable source, present in the Gambian village of Ndemba Jola, loca [...] | 2006-04-25 16:58:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS PREF SG GA |
06BANJUL259 | THE GAMBIA: MORE ON REPORTED FIGHTING NEAR GAMBIAN [...] (SBU) In April 26 conversation, Ambassador asked Interior Minister Baboucar Jatta about situation along The Gambia's border with Senegal's Casamance region, following recent reports of fighting -- most recently during night of April 24-25 -- in that area, involving forces of dissident MFDC com [...] | 2006-04-26 17:50:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS PREF CASC SG GA |
06BANJUL381 | THE GAMBIA:MDA DEMARCHE: PERSUADING OIC MEMBERS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ GA |
06BANJUL526 | REFUGEES FROM SENEGAL'S CASAMANCE REGION STREAMING [...] (C) As reported in ref A, the fighting that erupted between Senegal's military and MFDC rebels in Senegal's Casamance region has resulted in a large influx of refugees into The Gambia. According to our sources, the estimated number of refugees ranges from 2500 to 4500, with the latter being m [...] | 2006-08-23 17:18:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREF PHUM PINS SG PU PREL GA |
06BANJUL574 | THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON TIES WITH SENEGAL [...] (C) In September 15 discussion, Senegalese Ambassador Fall cited the improved tenor in Senegalese/Gambian ties in recent months, expressed certainty that Gambian President Jammeh would win re-election September 22 by a comfortable margin, and knocked down rumors of close ties between Senegalese [...] | 2006-09-16 10:33:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS PINS SG GA |
06BANJUL695 | THE GAMBIA: ONGOING TENSIONS WITH SENEGAL [...] (C) Senegalese Ambassador Fall noted heightened Sengalese/Gambian strains due to GOTG's support for dissident Casamance rebel MFDC leader Salif Sadio, coupled with Gambian actions against pro-conciliation MFDC elements such as Magne Dieme. Fall said Senegalese armed forces chief would visit h [...] | 2006-11-09 15:30:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PINS SG GA |
06BASRAH111 | BASRAH MANDAEAN LEADER EXPRESSES SERIOUS CONCERNS [...] (C) On June 29, the Regional Coordinator (RC) met with the spiritual leader of the Basrah Mandaean community, Shaykh Raad Gbashi at his request. Shaykh Raad is a contact of the Regional Embassy Office (see Ref A) and has met previously with the RC. At this meeting, Shaykh Raad said that his c [...] | 2006-06-30 07:53:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PNAT KDEM SMIG IZ JO SY |
06BASRAH113 | SUNNI TRIBAL LEADER CONCERNED ABOUT CONTINUED VIOLENCE [...] (C) On July 2, the Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Sheikh Adnan Majeed al-Ghanim, the head of the al-Ghanim tribe. The RC opened the meeting by expressing his wishes for the rapid recovery of the sheikh's son, who was wounded in an assassination attempt on June 12 in Basrah. The RC also i [...] | 2006-07-04 07:54:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF IZ |
06BASRAH140 | SUNNIS RETURNING TO BASRAH? [...] (C) Summary: The Regional Coordinator (RC) and poloff held separate meetings with three prominent Sunni leaders - Sheik Khalid al-Mullah, Sheik Yusif al-Hamdani and Sheik Adnan al-Ghanim - to determine if there has been any improvement in the security environment for Sunnis in Basrah All th [...] | 2006-08-28 09:32:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF IZ |
06BASRAH54 | SUNNI KILLINGS IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: Since March 30, 12 high-profile killings of Sunnis have taken place in Basrah. This cable builds on Ref A and discusses targeted killings of Sunnis in Basrah, as well as threats and intimidation campaigns against Sunni and Christian minorities. The local Shia government is at b [...] | 2006-04-12 09:08:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER SMIG SOCI KISL IZ |
06BASRAH66 | MODM BASRAH OFFICIAL ON IDP CAMP FOR DISPLACED SHIA [...] (C) Summary: On April 30, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) and PolOffs met with Abdul Kareen Salman, Director of Human Affairs from the Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM) for the Southern Region to discuss the issue of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in southern Iraq. Abdu [...] | 2006-05-05 10:00:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PREF SMIG SOCI EAID KISL IZ |
06BASRAH70 | SNAPSHOT OF DHI QAR: PROVINCE AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: The province of Dhi Qar is located about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad and has an estimated population of 1.85 million. More politically moderate and secular than the other Shia-dominated southern provinces, the influence of Shia religious political parties has grown in past mo [...] | 2006-05-07 14:00:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PINR ECON EAID ELAB KDEM KISL |
06BEIJING16823 | A/S SAUERBREY'S AUGUST 10 MEETING WITH UNHCR [...] (C) SUMMARY: VISITING PRM ASSISTANT SECRETARY ELLEN SAUERBREY MET AUGUST 10 WITH UNHCR ACTING REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE CHOOSIN NGAOTHEPPITAK TO DISCUSS NORTH KOREANS IN CHINA AND OTHER REFUGEE ISSUES. REVIEWING EFFORTS TO PUSH THE PRC TO LIVE UP TO ITS INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND COOPERATE [...] | 2006-08-15 13:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM KN KS CH TH |
06BEIJING21638 | AMBASSADOR RAISES REPORTED SHOOTINGS OF TIBETANS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador expressed to Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi the United States' deep concern about reports that Tibetans crossing into Nepal were fired upon on September 30 by a Chinese border patrol. Reports indicate a Tibetan nun and perhaps one other Tibetan were shot and ki [...] | 2006-10-12 10:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF CH |
06BEIJING8334 | CHINA INFORMED OF RELEASE TO ALBANIA OF FIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-06 00:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREF PTER CH AL |
06BEIRUT2427 | TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE URGES [...] (C/NF) In a 7/19 meeting, the Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General (PRSG),Geir Pedersen, told the Ambassador there is an urgent need to establish humanitarian corridors to southern Lebanon in order to address an "increasing humanitarian disaster" there. Among these routes wou [...] | 2006-07-20 16:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS EAID PREF PREL LE IS |
06BEIRUT2429 | TFLE01: SINIORA CONVOKES DIPLOMATIC CORPS TO [...] (U) In a terse but emotionally-tinged 7/19 address to the diplomatic corps, Prime Minister Siniora demanded an immediate end to hostilities between Hizballah and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF),a lifting of the Israeli naval blockade, and delivery of urgently-needed humanitarian assistance. [...] | 2006-07-20 16:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS EAID PTER PREF LE IS |
06BEIRUT2527 | TFLE01: PATRIARCH SFEIR WANTS DISPLACED SHIA TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 3 Ambassador and Emboff met with Patriarch Sfeir at his summer residence in Diman, North Lebanon. Concerned about sectarian tensions, Sfeir was adamant that displaced Shia in Beirut and Mount Lebanon must return to their villages without delay. Regarding Hizballah disarmam [...] | 2006-08-03 16:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PREF KDEM PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3176 | LEBANON: AOUN USES CONFERENCE ON THE DISPLACED TO [...] (C) A September 30 conference on Lebanon's long-displaced Chouf Christians highlighted corruption and failure in the management of the Ministry of the Displaced. But its more important goal was to provide a stage for Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun. Aoun took advantage of the plat [...] | 2006-10-02 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PREF PREL |
06BELGRADE1162 | Launch of the Serbian Social [...] Summary: The UNDP in Serbia organized a conference on July 18 to discuss the findings of the Social Vulnerability Report of Roma, Refugees, and IDPs. The conference brought together GOS, EU, and UNDP officials as well as NGO leaders to discuss how programs are/should be implemented to addr [...] | 2006-07-20 11:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
06BELGRADE1509 | MONTENEGRO ASSURES COOPERATION ON WAR CRIMES [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Williamson, Special Envoy for War Crimes Issues, met on September 14 with PM Djukanovic, President Vujanovic, the Chief State Prosecutor, the head of the security service, and a private lawyer handling claims for compensation of war crimes. The meetings went well, with [...] | 2006-09-19 08:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KAWC PGOV MW |
06BELGRADE366 | SERBIA-KOSOVO: LACK OF PREPARATION FOR POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Commissioner for Refugees of the Republic of Serbia Dragisa Dabetic told our REFCOORD March 2 that he was not prepared to receive an outflow of ethnic Serbs and other minorities from Kosovo. He said, however, that if Kosovo became independent, there would be a large outflow. Formulating [...] | 2006-03-09 05:56:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF SR |
06BELGRADE675 | MONTENEGRO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MORE [...] On April 20, the Superior Court of Bijelo Polje sentenced Rajko S. Djukovic from Pljevlja to three years in prison, and Branislav M. Brasnjo (also from Pljevlja) to two years and eight months and Elvir S. Kalac from Rozaje to two years and six months on charges of human trafficking, pursuant t [...] | 2006-05-03 08:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW |
06BELIZE200 | BELIZE: SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to Ref A "Checklist" paragraphs 21-24. 2. (SBU) Para 21: Overview of Belize's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Belize is a transit and destination country for international trafficked men, women and children, though apparently [...] | 2006-03-01 17:13:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BH |
06BISHKEK1329 | KYRGYZ INVESTIGATE REFUGEE ABDUCTIONS; UNHCR [...] (C) On September 14, Post contacted the Procurator General's Office for an update on the investigation into the reported abductions in mid-August of four asylum seekers from Osh. Procurator General Kambarli Kongantiyev had promised Ambassador on August 24 that there would be an investigation [...] | 2006-09-15 10:46:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
06BISHKEK1354 | OMBUDSMAN SPEAKS OUT AGAINST KYRGYZ-UZBEK SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 15 the Ambassador met with Ombudsman Tursunbai Bakir-uulu to discuss Kyrgyzstan's failing refugee regime, recent crackdowns on alleged extremists in the south, and Kyrgyz-Uzbek relations. Stating that the situation in the south seemed to be getting worse, Bakir-uulu [...] | 2006-09-21 11:51:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
06BISHKEK1373 | KYRGYZ TRIAL OF ALLEGED AKRAMIA MEMBERS BEGINS [...] (SBU) The Kyrgyz trial of Gulmira Maksudova, registered Uzbek refugee and daughter of Akramia founder, Akram Yuldashev, and three other alleged Akramia members (two Kyrgyz and one Uzbek national),started September 27 in Osh. The four were taken into custody on July 19, charged with illegally [...] | 2006-09-27 12:53:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
06BISHKEK1384 | KYRGYZ COURT ACQUITS, RELEASES ALLEGED AKRAMIA [...] (C) Two days after the Kyrgyz trial of Gulmira Maksudova and three other alleged Akramia members began, UNHCR was able to confirm, on September 29, that Maksudova and Jamshed Kadirov (also an Uzbek national) were surprisingly acquitted of all charges after both agreed to pay a 5,000 som (appro [...] | 2006-09-29 10:53:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
06BISHKEK1409 | KYRGYZ UPDATE ON MAKSUDOVA, YULDASHEVA RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) UNHCR reps in Bishkek have told us that following the release from custody of her daughter Gulmira Maksudova on September 29 (Ref A),Yogdoroy Yuldasheva has re-appealed to UNHCR to assist in resettling her other daughter, 14-year-old Muyassaroy Yuldasheva, first to Germany under the guard [...] | 2006-10-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
06BISHKEK1430 | KYRGYZ PROCURATOR GENERAL RESPONDS BUT PROVIDES NO [...] (SBU) In response to the Ambassador's request for information regarding five missing Uzbek asylum seekers (ref b),the Kyrgyz Procurator General's office wrote to us on October 10 that law enforcement officials in Osh were continuing to investigate the cases, but there was no new information r [...] | 2006-10-11 08:32:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
06BISHKEK1454 | KYRGYZ REFUGEE REGIME REMAINS ON EDGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 12 and 13, visiting PRM Officer and Poloff met with Kyrgyz Government officials, international organization representatives, and NGOs in Bishkek and Osh to discuss the refugee situation in Kyrgyzstan. Following recent extraditions and reported abductions (refs a and b [...] | 2006-10-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
06BISHKEK1589 | TRADE AND SECURITY ISSUES REVIEWED AT KYRGYZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19 and 20, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum visited three border posts along the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border: two closed crossings in the city of Karasuu and one in Osh, which is being reconstructed but remains open. The lack of Uzbek-Kyrgyz information-sharing across their border in [...] | 2006-11-13 03:29:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
06BISHKEK642 | UNHCR PREPARED TO RESETTLE FINAL FOUR UZBEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 18, UNHCR Bishkek Chief Carlos Zaccagnini told PolOff that France had agreed to accept the accused drug dealer who is one of four Uzbek refugees remaining in Kyrgyzstan. Zaccagnini said the decision to accept this refugee means that all four of the Uzbek refugees that h [...] | 2006-05-02 11:16:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM UZ KG |
06BISHKEK778 | BISHKEK PROPOSAL - 2006 AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post is pleased to propose PRM support through the Ambassador's Fund for Refugees for UNHCR efforts to mark World Refugee Day on June 20, particularly two cultural programs as well as an information campaign designed to highlight the rights of refugees and focus attention on th [...] | 2006-05-26 09:41:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF KG |
06BISHKEK867 | SUPREME COURT DENIES ASYLUM TO FINAL UZBEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 13, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of a lower court to deny refugee status to the last of the remaining four Uzbek refugees who have been in detention since summer 2005. The court decision brings to an end the asylum seekers' lengthy legal battle to remain in Kyr [...] | 2006-06-13 09:55:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM UZ RU KG |
06BOGOTA10608 | CONGRESS AND POLITICAL CLASS SHAKEN BY [...] (C) Summary. The arrest of three congressmen for paramilitary ties--and the prospect of more such arrests--has shaken the Colombian political class, and weakened President Uribe's congressional coalition. U Party insiders claim new leadership elections scheduled for November 26 will revive [...] | 2006-11-18 00:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA10976 | OPPOSITION CALLS FOR RESIGNATION OF FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. In a stormy Senate debate on November 29, opposition politicians called on Foreign Minister Araujo to resign "for the good of Colombia" due to alleged family ties to paramilitaries. The FM's brother, Senator Alvaro Araujo, called before the Supreme Court to answer allegations of [...] | 2006-12-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL PREF CO |
06BOGOTA11401 | PRESIDENT URIBE BACKS COURTS--AND PROVIDES [...] On December 20, at President Uribe's initiative, he and leaders from the Colombian Judicial branch agreed to create a special investigative unit within the Supreme Court to investigate political connections to ex-paramilitaries, and other allegations against government officials. Uribe promi [...] | 2006-12-21 19:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM PINR PINS PREF PREL CO |
06BOGOTA11404 | POLO: A VIABLE, LEFTIST--AND [...] (C) Summary. A non-violent, democratic, leftist political party--the Polo Democratic Alternative Party--has emerged as a serious political contender. A record turnout elected representatives to a Polo Congress held in early December, and the Polo's three main factions--the center-left, the [...] | 2006-12-21 20:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREF PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA11405 | URIBE CONGRESSIONAL COALITION MOVES TOWARDS AN [...] (C) Summary. In November, President Uribe's U Party elected Senator Carlos Garcia as its new president. Garcia is an effective deal maker with an independent streak. Uribe and Garcia succeeded in passing key legislation late in the recent Congressional term. But four dissidents in the U [...] | 2006-12-21 20:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREF PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA1967 | COLOMBIA'S SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Laura Kirkpatrick, phone number (57-1) 383-2168, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 50 hours preparing report. 2. (U) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 21-24 of reftel. Please note that answ [...] | 2006-03-04 00:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO |
06BOGOTA2237 | ANSWERS TO REMAINING QUESTIONS FOR COLOMBIA'S [...] (U) REF A responded to questions posed in REF B for the 2006 Annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons report. Para. 2 of REF A indicated that some questions from paragraphs 21.A., 23.E., and 23.I. of REF B were outstanding and would be answered when the information was provided. Answers to these q [...] | 2006-03-10 23:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO |
06BOGOTA4752 | INDIGENOUS PROTESTS TO BLOCK PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY [...] (C) On May 15-19, approximately 16,000 indigenous people and supporters in 9 Departments blocked major highways to protest perceived GOC failure to follow through on land agreements. The demonstrations, which GOC authorities said were instigated and supported by the FARC, also criticized pres [...] | 2006-05-30 19:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PHUM PREF PGOV PTER CO |
06BOGOTA8032 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ANDES REGIONAL [...] This is an action message. Embassy Panama see para. 4; Embassy Quito see paras. 5 and 6. 2. Embassy Bogota requests country clearance for Tom Targos, Andes Regional Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord),to monitor the programs and activities of the International Organization of Migration (IOM) a [...] | 2006-09-01 15:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA PHUM PREF PREL |
06BOGOTA824 | ICRC PLEASED WITH COLOMBIAN MILITARY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 14:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF MOPS CO |
06BOGOTA8663 | COLOMBIA HANDLES ECUADOR WITH KID GLOVES [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Camilo Reyes told us September 15 President Uribe has instructed the MFA to handle Ecuador with "kid gloves" leading up to Ecuador's presidential election on October 15. Security, emigration, GOC spraying of illegal coca on the border, and a surge in Colombian expor [...] | 2006-09-20 17:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR PHUM PREF EC VE CO |
06BOGOTA9445 | GOC CONTINUES TO UNCOVER MORE PARAMILITARY [...] (C) The GOC investigation stemming from the seizure of ex-paramilitary leader Jorge 40's computer continues to paint a disturbing picture of illegal activities on the North Coast, including murder, political corruption, and fraud. The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) arrested four depu [...] | 2006-10-13 16:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PREF CO |
06BOGOTA9795 | URIBE'S CONGRESSIONAL DISTRACTION [...] (C) President Uribe's congressional coalition is disorganized and increasingly ineffective; his legislative agenda has suffered, with key bills stalled. Opposition parties have taken the initiative in Congress and won several symbolic victories. Still, presidential advisors believe that thr [...] | 2006-10-23 19:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER CO |
06BRASILIA1213 | BRAZIL SUPPORTS AMENDING ICRC STATUTES-NOW [...] Poloff delivered reftels' talking points to Marcelo Bohlke of the MFA's United Nations Division on June 16. Bohlke, who will participate in the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, reiterated that the GoB has already signed the third protocol and intends to support amend [...] | 2006-06-19 18:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS BR |
06BRATISLAVA160 | SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy TIP Point of Contact: Name: Richard "Trey" Lyons Position: Political Officer Phone: 00421 2 5922 3210 Fax: 00421 2 5922 3109 E-mail: LyonsRN@state.gov 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES --------------------------------------------- --- A. A COUNTRY OF ORI [...] | 2006-03-01 07:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC |
06BRIDGETOWN383 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for int [...] | 2006-03-01 20:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF VC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN384 | TIP SUBMISSION - DOMINICA [...] (U) As requested in ref A, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Dominica for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked [...] | 2006-03-01 20:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF DO XL |
06BRIDGETOWN385 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. LUCIA [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Lucia for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally traffick [...] | 2006-03-01 20:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF ST XL |
06BRIDGETOWN386 | TIP SUBMISSION - BARBADOS [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficke [...] | 2006-03-01 20:43:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL |
06BRIDGETOWN387 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Kitts and Nevis for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationall [...] | 2006-03-01 20:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN388 | TIP SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Antigua and Barbuda for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationall [...] | 2006-03-01 20:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF AC XL |
06BRIDGETOWN389 | TIP SUBMISSION - GRENADA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post consulted with the Royal Grenada Police Force, Ministry of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Labor, and NGOs and has received no reports of any form of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) as defined in Reftel. There are no laws in Grenada concerning TIP. End Summary. Paragraph 21 - [...] | 2006-03-01 21:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF GJ |
06BRUSSELS1166 | BURMA'S HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DETERIORATING: EU [...] (SBU) Summary. The 2006 Burma/Myanmar Forum, sponsored by the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS),focused on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Burma. NGOs, international organizations, academics and government officials outlined the reasons for increased displacement in 20 [...] | 2006-04-05 16:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL EAID BM TH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1227 | RESPONSE TO EC COMMENTS AT 2006 BURMA/MYANMAR FORUM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-12 11:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BM EAID EU PHUM PREF PREL BE |
06BRUSSELS1435 | EU JHA COUNCIL FOCUSES ON VISA FEES, [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 27 agreed to raise the price of Schengen visas from EUR 35 to 60, while allowing for more favorable treatment of EU neighbors. "Countries with a European perspective" are eligible for reduced rates if they sign readmission agreement [...] | 2006-04-28 14:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PREF SMIG EAID KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS409 | EU ON AMIS REHATTING: BRUSSELS DONOR CONFERENCE? [...] (C) Summary. The EU agrees that AMIS rehatting to a UN peacekeeping operation should happen as soon as possible. Because of funding constraints, both the AU and the UN need to make important decisions this month. The UN has urged the Commission to host a donor conference in Brussels. While [...] | 2006-02-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF DPKO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS4158 | AFGHANISTAN: EUR A/S FRIED AND SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) IN A MEETING REQUESTED BY THE AFGHAN SIDE ON THE MARGINS OF THE OSCE MINISTERIAL IN BRUSSELS, EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED AND SCA DAS EVAN FEIGENBAUM TOLD DAVOOD MORADIAN, AFGHAN SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR TO FM SPANTA, THAT WHILE THE USG WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PARTNERS AND DONORS, THE [...] | 2006-12-15 16:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS MOPS PREF PGOV AF |
06BRUSSELS442 | MIGRATION MANAGEMENT: REGIONAL APPROACH FOR EU AND [...] (U) Summary. At a ministerial conference held on January 24-25, EU officials and counterparts from eastern and south neighbors launched the "Vienna Process" to improve migration management via a structured, regional dialogue and a joint program of action. Major themes of the conference -- whi [...] | 2006-02-09 11:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREL KCRM PREF PHUM ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |