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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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08BELGRADE225 | SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH [...] (SBU) On March 6, Refcord met with UNHCR Serbia Representative Lennart Kotsalainen and deputies Angelita Cecere (Senior Program Officer) and John Young (Senior Protection Officer) to review core UNHCR activities in the coming months. Kotsalainen said there had been no population movements into [...] | 2008-03-11 15:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SR KV |
08BELGRADE263 | SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH [...] (SBU) On March 14, refcord attended a Danish Refugee Council (DRC) an internally displaced persons (IDP) coordination session in Belgrade. DRC, in coordination with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) regularly meets with IDP representatives across Serbia, usually ahead [...] | 2008-03-19 11:59:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SR KV |
08BELGRADE264 | SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH [...] (SBU) On March 14, refcord attended a Danish Refugee Council (DRC) an internally displaced persons (IDP) coordination session in Belgrade. DRC, in coordination with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) regularly meets with IDP representatives across Serbia, usually ahead [...] | 2008-03-19 12:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SR KV |
08BELGRADE299 | SERBIA: SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH BISHOP IRINEJ ON KOSOVO AND [...] (SBU) Novi Sad Bishop Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) said although the Church disagreed with U.S. policy on Kosovo, he renounced recent violence and said the Church should continue dialogue with the diplomatic community. Irinej did not feel Kosovo independence was a utopia and w [...] | 2008-03-27 09:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF SR |
08BELGRADE397 | SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: APRIL [...] (SBU) On April 11, refcoord participated in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) bi-monthly Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) working group featuring the Kosovo Ministry's Coordination Center President Vuko Antonijevic. Participants included a number of IDP associations [...] | 2008-04-18 15:52:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL KV SR |
08BELGRADE428 | SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT APRIL [...] (SBU) Budget woes were a principal concern of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Deputy Director for Europe Udo Janz in a April 23 meeting with refcoord to discuss UNHCR next steps in the Balkans. Janz said that the falling dollar had resulted in a $14-million loss for UNHC [...] | 2008-04-30 09:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PHUM PREL SR KV PREF |
08BELGRADE482 | SITREP BOSNIA FROM BELGRADE: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) On April 21 and 22, Belgrade based Regional Refugee Coordinator for the Balkans traveled to Bosnia to meet with local officials and to discuss concerns facing displaced persons and returnees. Durable solutions for refugees and displaced persons and sustainability of return continue to b [...] | 2008-05-15 06:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM BK |
08BELGRADE517 | SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MAY 15 [...] (SBU) Budget and staffing cuts for 2009 continue to afflict The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Serbia. Representative Lennart Kotsalainen told refcoord May 15 he had reluctantly agreed to cut six local positions and one international post, per UNHCR Geneva instructio [...] | 2008-05-27 14:10:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SR KV |
08BELGRADE53 | Serbia's Kosovo Minister Pledges No Violence and No [...] (SBU) Serbia's Kosovo Minister Samardzic told UK, US, French, German and Italian COMs on January 11 that Serbia was committed both to no-violence and no-recognition of Kosovo. In response to a UK-headed "Quint" demarche, Samardzic said EU and U.S. policy toward Serbia was stuck in a Milosevic [...] | 2008-01-11 17:47:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM KV SR |
08BELGRADE534 | SERBIA: APPLICATION FOR FY 2008 PRM JULIA V. TAFT FUND TO [...] (U) Embassy Belgrade proposes granting $20,000 of the FY 2008 PRM Julia V. Taft Fund for Refugees to the Kucevo Home for Elderly in eastern Serbia to install an elevator. The project fills a critical assistance gap in Serbia and will enable an appropriate facility to shelter an additional 30 [...] | 2008-06-02 08:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM SR |
08BELGRADE630 | PRM TRIP REPORT: CROATIA'S PROGRESS ON REFUGEE RETURN, [...] (SBU) Belgrade-based Regional Refugee Coordinator for the Balkans traveled to Croatia, June 10-13, to assess the status of refugee returns and to discuss concerns of displaced persons and returnees. Meetings with representatives of the Government of Croatia, the United Nations High Commission [...] | 2008-06-24 17:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM HR REFUGEES |
08BELGRADE70 | SERBIA: UNHCR REFINES CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR POPULATION [...] (SBU) The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Belgrade continues contingency planning and preparations for possible population displacements from Kosovo into Serbia, in consultation with Serbian Government, NGOs, and donors. UNHCR officials told emboff that, while the g [...] | 2008-01-18 06:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM KV SR |
08BELMOPAN147 | BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Responses are keyed to the checklist (paras 27-32) in reftel A. 2. (SBU) Overview of Belize's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons A. Belize is a transit and destination country for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. Trafficking occurs within the cou [...] | 2008-03-13 20:18:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH |
08BELMOPAN148 | BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 20:18:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH |
08BELMOPAN149 | BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 20:18:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH |
08BERLIN1436 | GERMANY: OPEN TO GREATER COOPERATION WITH THE U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Officials at the German Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF) told visiting S/CRS Deputy Coordinator Larry Sampler October 16 that they would welcome greater cooperation with S/CRS and invited the U.S. to send one or more representatives to a December 11-12 internatio [...] | 2008-10-23 07:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM PREF UNDP UN |
08BERLIN1547 | GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. GOALS FOR NOVEMBER 19 AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A talking points regarding the November 19 international conference on Afghan refugees in Kabul to MFA Office Director for Afghanistan Affairs Director Ruediger Koenig on November 14. Koenig noted that Germany took the conference very seriously, although nobody from B [...] | 2008-11-17 10:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM AF PK IR GM |
08BERLIN240 | GERMANY/TIP - MINISTRIES WELCOME ACTION GUIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government officials from key federal ministries welcomed the recommendations in G/TIP's "Action Guide to Combat Trafficking in Persons" for Germany. They highlighted a series of steps taken in 2007, including finalization of the second Federal Action Plan to Combat Violence a [...] | 2008-02-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PREL |
08BERLIN256 | GERMANY - 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission point of contact is Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127). 2. (SBU) [...] | 2008-03-03 08:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV GM |
08BERLIN421 | GERMANY INCREASES CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSIST IRAQI [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to Iraq Unit head Dr. Ruediger Lotz and desk officer Thomas Lenferding on March 31. Dr. Lotz expressed appreciation for the information and noted that in the coming days, a number of announcements regarding assistance for Iraqi refugees would be made. Lotz a [...] | 2008-04-03 12:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IQ GM |
08BERLIN507 | GERMANY CONSIDERS OPENING DOORS TO IRAQI CHRISTIAN [...] (C) In the past several weeks, German politicians have begun a serious debate to allow up to 30,000 Iraqi Christian or other religious minorities to resettle in Germany, with German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (CDU) pressing the hardest for swift action. On April 17, 2008, the state [...] | 2008-04-23 08:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IQ EUN PHUM PREF |
08BERLIN750 | TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO KEY GERMAN MINISTRIES [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR G/TIP. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (U) On June 4, Global Affairs Officer and Embassy Legal Advisor delivered ref A points informing regarding the TIP Report's release and Germany's tier ranking to key officials in the German MFA, Family Ministry, In [...] | 2008-06-06 12:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PREL |
08BERN122 | TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:55:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ |
08BERN179 | TIP - SWITZERLAND: Supplement [...] (U) The Federal Office of Police has adjusted its organization and hired new staff to step up the fight against trafficking in persons and child sexual abuse. At the operational level, the former investigative unit "Pedophilia-Human Trafficking-Migrant Smuggling" in July 2007 was split up int [...] | 2008-04-17 14:56:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB SZ |
08BISHKEK211 | KYRGYZSTAN 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Bishkek's 2008 Trafficking in Persons report. The report follows the response format outlined in reftel. U.S. Embassy Bishkek trafficking point of contact: Valerie J. Chittenden, Consul Tel: (996-312) 551-241 x 4441 Fax: (996-312) 551-264 Email: ChittendenVJ@stat [...] | 2008-02-29 11:38:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC KG |
08BISHKEK226 | OIC POINTS DELIVERED TO KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered Ref A points on the appointment of Sada Cumber as U.S. Special Representative to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) to MFA Western Countries Department Counselor Askhat Ryskulov on March 5. Ryskulov thanked us for the points and said he would pass the informa [...] | 2008-03-06 09:57:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL OIC SMIG KG |
08BISHKEK392 | Kyrgyz Women Debate Merits of Legalized Prostitution [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Women's Political Discussion Club, which wields increasing influence in Kyrgyz politics, held a heated discussion on prostitution in Kyrgyzstan and plans to raise the issue in Parliament. Widely reported as an effort to "legalize" prostitution, it is, in fact, an effort to ra [...] | 2008-04-22 05:51:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN PREF KG |
08BISHKEK555 | KYRGYZSTAN'S PROJECT FOR JULIA V. TAFT FUND FOR [...] Embassy Bishkek requests from PRM $8,000 under the Julia V. Taft Fund for Refugees FY 2008 to purchase furniture, toys, and medical equipment for Bishkek's refugee reception center. BACKGROUND ---------- 2. In 2006-2007, the UNHCR office in Bishkek implemented a project, co-funded by [...] | 2008-05-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID KG |
08BISHKEK576 | KYRGYZSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IOM ELECTION [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Western Countries Director Kanat Tursunkulov on June 2. Tursunkulov noted that Ministry had our previous demarches in support of Ambassador Swing's candidacy, and he said that the Ministry would consider our latest points. 2. (SBU) On June [...] | 2008-06-05 10:29:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREF PREL SMIG KG |
08BISHKEK604 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KYRGYZ EXTRADITION OF UZBEK [...] (C) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche on June 11 to Askhat Ryskuklov, Counselor in the Western Countries Department of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A/DCM expressed serious concern over the May 14 extradition to Uzbekistan of Erkin Holikov, an Uzbek asylum seeker who was in prison in [...] | 2008-06-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KG |
08BOGOTA100 | GOC TRIES TO DEFINE RULES OF THE GAME FOR [...] Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said on January 8 that the GOC would only accept future international "humanitarian missions" to free Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)-held hostages if commission members agreed to three GOC conditions: respect the GOC, be discreet, and main [...] | 2008-01-09 11:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO |
08BOGOTA1001 | URIBE'S 84 PERCENT APPROVAL RATING SPURS [...] (U) A Gallup poll taken March 4-6, shows President Uribe with an all-time high 84 percent approval rating. Only 13 percent disapproved of his performance, the lowest figure since 2002. The poll was taken prior to the Rio Group meeting in Santo Domingo, and pollster Jorge Londono said the Rio [...] | 2008-03-14 16:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER DR EC VZ CO |
08BOGOTA1059 | FARC-ELN ABUSES CREATE HUMANITARIAN NEED IN ARAUCA [...] In the first weeks of 2008, fighting between the FARC and ELN led to the displacement of over 4000 people in Arauca department. The FARC is trying to wrest oil-rich areas from the ELN, using selective assassinations and displacement. Meanwhile, the ELN pressured fleeing residents to stay. Int [...] | 2008-03-18 20:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA1145 | (C) COLOMBIA'S STRATEGY TO EXPLOIT INFO FROM FARC [...] (C) Defense Minister Santos and Vice Minister of Defense (VMOD) Jaramillo told the Ambassador the GOC plans to selectively leak information from FARC computers connecting Presidents Chavez and Correa and their Governments to the FARC over the next 4-6 weeks, as INTERPOL completes its verificat [...] | 2008-03-27 22:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PREL PHUM MOPS VZ EC CO |
08BOGOTA1178 | URIBE OFFERS THE FARC NEW HOSTAGE EXCHANGE PROPOSAL [...] (C) The GOC offered on March 27, to release an unspecified number of prisoners requested by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),even those accused of serious crimes, if the FARC released its hostages--starting with Ingrid Betancourt. Reports that Betancourt remains gravely ill [...] | 2008-03-28 23:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PREL PHUM CASC VZ CO |
08BOGOTA1223 | GOC OK'S FRENCH MEDICAL MISSION FOR INGRID--AWAITS \ [...] (C) President Uribe approved a request from French \ President Sarkozy to deploy a medical "humanitarian mission" \ to Colombia to save FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt. Uribe \ did not provide details, but said the GOC would halt military \ operations once the French provided the coordinates for th [...] | 2008-04-02 21:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PREF PHUM CASC MOPS FR CO |
08BOGOTA1267 | FRENCH HOSTAGE MISSION ON HOLD DUE TO FARC \ [...] (C) FARC spokesman Rodrigo Granda issued a statement on \ April 3 dashing hopes the FARC would release hostage Ingrid \ Betancourt. XXXXXXXXXXXX told us there \ was "no possibility" the French medical mission in Bogota \ would succeed in reaching Betancourt. He added that \ President Uribe had i [...] | 2008-04-04 22:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PREF PHUM CASC FR SP CO |
08BOGOTA129 | ICRC RECOVERS FARC HOSTAGES CLARA ROJAS AND [...] (U) Summary. At 1100 EST on January 10, an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) mission recovered FARC-held hostages Clara Rojas and Consuelo Gonzalez de Perdomo in a remote area approximately 120 miles southeast of San Jose de Guaviare. Two Venezuelan helicopters -- flying under IC [...] | 2008-01-10 18:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF VZ CO |
08BOGOTA1304 | NEW ARRESTS IN PARA-POLITICAL SCANDAL GENERATE [...] (U) Three additional members of Congress, including a former Senate president, were arrested for alleged ties to paramilitaries, bringing to 28 the total of members jailed in the scandal. Twenty-six others remain under investigation. Key members of the GOC coalition are among those detained. [...] | 2008-04-08 17:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA1311 | FARC REJECTS FRENCH HUMANITARIAN MISSION TO AID [...] (U) The FARC issued a communique, dated April 4, rejecting a French mission to provide urgent medical care to FARC-held hostages, including Ingrid Betancourt. The FARC communique accused President Uribe and the French Government of "bad faith," saying the group would not be blackmailed. The FA [...] | 2008-04-09 21:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PREF MOPS CASC FR CO |
08BOGOTA1389 | URIBE MEETS WITH ELN'S GALAN WITH HOPE OF REVIVING [...] (C) President Uribe met with ELN member Francisco Galan at the Narino Palace on April 3 to discuss options to revive the ELN peace process. Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us Uribe authorized Galan to meet with ELN leaders to try to resuscitate the peace process and reiterated GOC support for [...] | 2008-04-14 22:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PREF MOPS CO |
08BOGOTA1517 | URIBE-SUPREME COURT TENSIONS RISE OVER [...] (C) Preliminary investigations by the Supreme Court of Senate President Nancy Patricia Gutierrez and U Party President Senator Carlos Garcia for alleged paramilitary ties led President Uribe to call on April 17 for "objectivity" in the Court. Uribe voiced "total support" for the judiciary, b [...] | 2008-04-23 21:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO |
08BOGOTA1535 | URIBE REBUTS QUESTIONABLE ARO MASSACRE TESTIMONY [...] President Alvaro Uribe told the media on April 23 that testimony by convicted criminal Francisco Villalba that Uribe was involved in the 1997 paramilitary El Aro massacre was not credible and invented to obtain judicial benefits. On October 22, 1997, 15 people in Ituango, Antioquia were massa [...] | 2008-04-24 19:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM PTER CO |
08BOGOTA1568 | PARA-POLITICAL SCANDAL COMPLICATES POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-28 22:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA164 | GOC CAPTURES ELN COMMANDER "PABLITO" [...] (C) Colombian authorities captured Carlos Marin Guarin (aka "Pablito") a commander of the country's second largest terrorist group, the National Liberation Army (ELN),on January 7. Defense Minister Santos said Pablito was the key figure in the ELN's military structure, adding that his captur [...] | 2008-01-11 21:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PTER PREL PREF PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA1705 | EX-CONGRESSWOMAN ACCUSES GOC OF BRIBERY IN URIBE'S [...] (C) Former Representative Yidis Medina plead guilty to charges that the GOC bribed her to approve the constitutional change that allowed President Uribe's first reelection. She accused Social Protection Minister Palacio, Prosecutor General Iguaran, and former Interior Minister Pretelt of prov [...] | 2008-05-08 22:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA1714 | GOC CLARIFIES PLAN TO USE RAUL REYES COMPUTER [...] (C) Defense Minister Santos told the Ambassador on May 5 that the GOC appreciated U.S. efforts to safeguard information in the Raul Reyes computers. He said V/MOD Jaramillio is managing the GOC strategy to release the Reyes data, and is privately briefing select governments on the files. Onc [...] | 2008-05-09 18:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA172 | ICRC/WFP ASSESSMENT OF IDP CONDITIONS AND AID [...] The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation and the World Food Program (WFP) mission released a study of the humanitarian response to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Colombia. The two-year study, conducted in eight municipalities with the highest IDP populations, cite [...] | 2008-01-14 13:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL ICRC CO |
08BOGOTA1722 | CONGRESSWOMAN GUILTY OF TAKING BRIBES IN 2004 [...] (U) The Supreme Court accepted former Congresswoman Yidis Medina's guilty plea on bribery charges related to her 2004 vote to change the Constitution to allow President Uribe's 2006 reelection. She faces a minimum of two years in prison. The Court also sent its case files to the Prosecutor Gen [...] | 2008-05-12 22:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER PHUM PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA1764 | COLOMBIA EXTRADITES 14 EX-PARA LEADERS TO THE U.S. [...] (U) The GOC extradited 14 ex-paramilitary leaders, including Salvatore Mancuso, Diego Murillo, and Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, on May 13 to the United States to face narcotrafficking and money laundering charges. President Uribe said he extradited the fourteen due to due to their continued involvemen [...] | 2008-05-13 22:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA191 | COLOMBIANS REJECT CHAVEZ' PROPOSALS ON FARC AND [...] The GOC rejected President Chavez' January 10 statement urging that the FARC and ELN be removed from international lists of terrorist groups and receive "belligerent status" from the international community. President Uribe later said he would be willing to seek the FARC's removal from intern [...] | 2008-01-15 19:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO |
08BOGOTA1920 | UNHCR AND GOC AGRICULTURE MINISTER SIGN IDP LAND [...] The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) signed an agreement on April 7 with the GOC's Agriculture Ministry to implement joint projects to protect and restore land rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs). UNHCR believes the new accord complements previous agreements to a [...] | 2008-05-21 22:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL CO |
08BOGOTA2166 | AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 11 MEETING WITH HOSTAGES AND [...] (C) Free Country Foundation (Pais Libre) Executive Director Olga Lucia Golez Cardona told the Ambassador on June 11 her human rights group seeks more resources and support for kidnapped victims and their families. She voiced concern that the extradition of former United Self-Defense Forces of [...] | 2008-06-16 23:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM CASC FR CU CO VZ |
08BOGOTA2178 | URIBE THIRD TERM ISSUE DOMINATES REFORM EFFORT, [...] (C) Key presidential advisors told us President Uribe has not decided whether to seek a third term, but agreed he would have to make his intentions clear in the second half of 2008. Several GOC coalition and opposition leaders plan to run in 2010, including Cambio Radical leader German Vargas [...] | 2008-06-17 19:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA2293 | FARC INTENTIONS ON HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE REMAIN \ [...] (C) On June 21-22 the FARC released proof of life videos \ for two Colombian hostages, and the media reported renewed \ French contacts with the FARC Secretariat--a claim discounted \ by the French Embassy in Bogota. XXXXXXXXXXXX \ told us the GOC received a message from a reliable contact \ who c [...] | 2008-06-24 22:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA2318 | COLOMBIA-ECUADOR RELATIONS: ONE STEP BACK [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe, angry over critical statements from Presidents Rafael Correa and Daniel Ortega, announced on June 23 that the GOC would delay the previously agreed-on resumption of diplomatic relations with Ecuador. The GOE responded by suspending indefinitely the renewal of bilate [...] | 2008-06-25 23:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO |
08BOGOTA2373 | URIBE CALLS FOR NEW ELECTIONS AFTER COURT [...] (SBU) President Uribe addressed the nation at midnight on June 27, calling for the "repetition of the 2006 presidential elections." His speech was prompted by the Supreme Court's request--in its ruling sentencing former Congresswoman Yidis Medina to 47 months of house arrest for selling her vo [...] | 2008-06-27 23:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA2387 | POLO PARTY: FAR LEFT CONSOLIDATES POWER [...] (C) The opposition Polo Democratico Party is becoming increasingly dominated by the far-left, with Party moderates such as former Bogota May LuchoGarzon distancing themselves from the group. The Party's decision to fire moderate Secretary General Daniel Garcia Pena ahead of a critical Party C [...] | 2008-07-01 21:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA2403 | COLOMBIAN MILITARY RESCUES AMERICAN HOSTAGES, [...] Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos announced on July 2 that the Colombian military had rescued American hostages Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell, along with Ingrid Betancourt and eleven members of the Colombian security forces, from the FARC. Military intelligence rescue [...] | 2008-07-03 00:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM FR CO |
08BOGOTA2404 | COLOMBIAN MILITARY RESCUES AMERICAN HOSTAGES AND [...] Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos announced on July 2 that the Colombian military had rescued American hostages Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell, along with Ingrid Betancourt and eleven members of the Colombian security forces, from the FARC. Military intelligence rescue [...] | 2008-07-03 00:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM FR CO |
08BOGOTA2406 | COLOMBIAN MILITARY RESCUES AMERICAN HOSTAGES, [...] Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos announced on July 2 that the Colombian military had rescued American hostages Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell, along with Ingrid Betancourt and eleven members of the Colombian security forces, from the FARC. Military intelligence rescue [...] | 2008-07-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM CU FR VZ CO |
08BOGOTA2425 | COLOMBIA TOUTS HEROIC RESCUE SUCCESS OF HOSTAGES [...] President Uribe touted the successful July 2 military rescue mission of the three Americans, Ingrid Betancourt, and eleven members of the Colombia security forces. He called on the FARC to release the remaining hostages and seek peace. The operation - planned for months - incurred no casualtie [...] | 2008-07-03 23:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM FR CO SP |
08BOGOTA243 | GOC REACTS TO CHAVEZ "AGGRESSION TOWARDS COLOMBIA" [...] The GOC issued a formal communique on January 16 demanding that Venezuelan President Chavez "cease his aggression against Colombia." Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo, who was held hostage by the FARC for nearly six years, read the communique, which was prompted by Chavez' comments accusing th [...] | 2008-01-17 22:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PINR PHUM PREL PREF CO VZ |
08BOGOTA2506 | GOC ANNOUNCES END OF MEDIATORS, SEEKS DIRECT \ [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, President Uribe formally \ notified the European Ambassadors that he was terminating \ European facilitation efforts with the FARC, emphasizing that \ the decision reflected GOC concerns with facilitators Jean \ Pierre Gontard and Noel Saez rather than \ government-to-gove [...] | 2008-07-11 22:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO PTER PREL PREF FR SP SZ |
08BOGOTA2535 | URIBE'S POPULARITY AT ALL TIME HIGH AS [...] (C) After the successful July 2 rescue of 15 hostages from the FARC, President Uribe's approval rating reached a record 85 percent. Seventy-four percent of Colombians approved of a third Uribe term. The Constitutional Court rejected the Supreme Court's request that it review the legality of t [...] | 2008-07-14 17:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA2568 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S JULY 7 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Shannon conveyed President Bush's gratitude to President Uribe for the Colombian military's successful rescue of the three U.S. and twelve Colombian hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The operation reflects the transformation that has occurre [...] | 2008-07-15 20:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN PGOV PREF PTER MARR SNAR KJUS CO |
08BOGOTA2578 | GOC REACHES OUT TO FARC, BUT WILL CONTINUE [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us the GOC has reached out to establish direct contact with the FARC, but does not feel any pressure to move quickly on a peace process. The GOC believes Cano is isolated from other Secretariat members, and will continue military efforts to kill or capture him. [...] | 2008-07-16 20:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA259 | FARC - WITH CHAVEZ GUIDANCE - CHANGES TACTICS BUT [...] (C) The FARC continues to push its historic goals--belligerent status, removal from international terrorism lists, and GOC acceptance of a demilitarized zone (despeje)--but seems to have adopted more flexible tactics. Abandoning its previous isolation, over a five-month period the FARC has re [...] | 2008-01-18 23:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF VZ CO |
08BOGOTA2598 | URIBE CONFIDANT JAIME BERMUDEZ SWORN IN AS NEW [...] (C) President Uribe named Jaime Bermudez Merizalde Foreign Minister on July 17, replacing Fernando Araujo. Bermudez, a close Uribe confidant and Colombia's ambassador to Argentina since September 2006, was President Uribe's communications director in the 2002 presidential campaign and througho [...] | 2008-07-17 23:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PINR CO |
08BOGOTA2647 | COLOMBIAN MARCHES HIGHLIGHT FARC'S ISOLATION, PUT [...] (C) Summary: The participation of millions of Colombians in anti-kidnapping and anti-FARC marches on July 20 showed the FARC's isolation and led to calls from across Colombia's political spectrum for the group to start peace talks with the GOC. In his remarks at the opening of Congress, Pres [...] | 2008-07-24 13:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA3007 | NO END IN SIGHT TO URIBE-SUPREME COURT POWER [...] (C) President Uribe used a statement by Senator Nancy Patricia Gutierrez accusing Auxiliary Supreme Court Magistrate Ivan Velasquez of irregularities in his para-political investigations, to slam the Supreme Court for "judicialclientalism" and nepotism. Uribe urged Congress to proceed with ju [...] | 2008-08-15 17:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
08BOGOTA3079 | NO PROGRESS IN GOC PEACE OVERTURES TO FARC AND ELN [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told us the GOC continues efforts to contact FARC leader Alfonso Cano to start peace talks, but has made no progress. Restrepo's contact with the group communicated with lower-level FARC, but has not obtained a meeting with the FARC leader. Restrepo [...] | 2008-08-20 18:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA3278 | SHOW OF RESILIENCE LIKELY BEHIND RECENT FARC [...] (C) Summary: Colombian officials accused the FARC of carrying out several deadly bombings in Cali, Bogota and in Antioquia province. These attacks were likely designed to demonstrate the terrorist group's continued resilience after a string of high profile, tactical GOC victories. President [...] | 2008-09-03 20:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA3338 | URIBE KEEPS THEM GUESSING ON POSSIBLE THIRD TERM [...] (C) President Uribe has not yet announced whether he will seek a Constitutional amendment that would allow a possible third Uribe term, but he repeated on September 3 that "it is not good to perpetuate yourself in power." Presidential Advisors Jose Obdulio Gaviria and Mario Eastman told us Uri [...] | 2008-09-05 21:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA335 | UNHCR COACHES COLMIL IN PROTECTING CIVILIANS [...] The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is offering nationwide workshops with Colombian military and police to reinforce awareness of their duty to protect civilians and and avert displacement. The seminars present core principles of humanitarian law, followed by discussion [...] | 2008-01-28 16:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM MARR CO PREF |
08BOGOTA3506 | COLOMBIA'S DISPLACEMENT PARADOX [...] (U) Despite significant security, economic, and political gains in Colombia since 2002, new displacements continue at high levels. The GOC registered more than 321,000 new displacements in 2007, and nearly 160,000 have registered in the first seven months of 2008. International organizations [...] | 2008-09-18 23:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL CO |
08BOGOTA3521 | (C) GOC SEEKS TO "NORMALIZE" RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bermudez announced that he would meet with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Maduro in mid-October to discuss trade and a full range of bilateral issues. Vice FM Reyes told us the GOC wants to use the meeting to "normalize" relations through existing bi-national forums to addres [...] | 2008-09-19 20:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO VE EC |
08BOGOTA3537 | URIBE CONTINUES TO KEEP ALL OPTIONS OPEN ON [...] (C) President Uribe continues to keep all options open on a possible third presidential term. He urged Congress to shelve the proposal for a constitutional change to allow a third term after it was presented on September 10, but congressional leaders said Congress is legally required to consi [...] | 2008-09-22 19:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA3584 | FARC UNIVERSITY RECRUITMENT EFFORTS UNDER [...] (C) Summary: Colombian officials are investigating reports that the FARC is stepping up recruitment efforts at Colombian universities. The controversy was sparked by leftist Senator Piedad Cordoba's address to Bogota university students on September 4, in which she urged them to rise up agai [...] | 2008-09-24 15:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA3710 | SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 14-16 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the U.S. presidential campaign, and speculate on what the outcome of the campaign might mean for U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). As a bridge [...] | 2008-10-08 22:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM PTER ETRD SNAR CO |
08BOGOTA3795 | NO MOVEMENT IN SIGHT ON PEACE TALKS WITH FARC AND [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us there will likely be no movement on peace talks with the FARC until the first half of 2009 at the earliest, adding that talks with the ELN also remain "highly doubtful." FARC leader Alfonso Cano is focused on consolidating internal control of the group, [...] | 2008-10-17 15:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA3896 | U/S BURNS OCT 14-16 VISIT TO COLOMBIA: GOC LOOKS [...] (U) Under Secretary Bill Burns met with President Uribe and Foreign Minister Bermudez during his October 14-16 visit to Colombia. President Uribe underscored the importance to Colombia of the Colombia Free Trade Promotion Act (CTPA) and continued USG support in its fight against the Revolution [...] | 2008-10-27 16:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA4083 | COLOMBIAN COUNTERPROPOSAL TO U.S. DEFENSE [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On October 23 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Colombia (GOC) delivered its official response to Embassy Bogota on the Defense Cooperation Agreement text that we proposed on August 13. The GOC counterpropos [...] | 2008-11-12 16:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PREF PTER MASS CO |
08BOGOTA4092 | SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 20-22 VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the results of the U.S. presidential election, and speculate on the impact on U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). The Government of Colombia (GOC [...] | 2008-11-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM MARR MASS CO |
08BOGOTA4215 | SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 8-9 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the transition period to President-elect Barack Obama, and speculate on what the outcome might mean for U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). The [...] | 2008-11-25 13:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM PTER ETRD SNAR CO |
08BOGOTA4231 | NARINO--PROGRESS ON SECURITY AND ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) The poor, coca-growing department of Narino--which borders Ecuador along the Pacific coast--has seen significant security gains against the FARC, ELN, and new illegal armed groups since 2006. Governor Navarro Wolff and local security officials told us the illegal armed groups have been pus [...] | 2008-11-25 19:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO SNAR |
08BOGOTA4261 | URIBE THIRD TERM SETBACK: 2010 REELECTION REJECTED [...] (U) The First Commission of the Colombian House of Representatives rejected in a razor thin vote on November 26, a proposal to change the constitution to allow President Uribe to run for a third term in 2010. The Commission later approved language that would allow Uribe to seek reelection in [...] | 2008-11-26 22:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA4307 | COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR JULY-AUGUST, 2008 [...] (S) The success of operation "Jaque" on July 2 and the blows delivered to the FARC Secretariat over the past six months left the terrorist organization weakened and demoralized, resulting in record numbers of desertions. Still, the FARC continued to maintain between 8,000 and 12,000 fighters, [...] | 2008-12-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM MASS MARR CO |
08BOGOTA4338 | PEACE PROSPECTS WITH FARC REMAIN BLEAK [...] (C) GOC Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us the FARC has not responded to GOC outreach efforts. He thinks the FARC may make a gesture to influence Colombia's 2010 presidential elections, as well as overtures to Venezuela and other Latin countries, but only if it first scores a military success [...] | 2008-12-05 19:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA4371 | URIBE WARNS AGAINST FARC AND ELN PEACE "TRAP" [...] (SBU) President Uribe publicly warned on December 6 that talk of new hostage releases and a humanitarian accord is a "trap" laid by the FARC with the support of an unnamed Colombian political leader. The latter is a reference to Senator Piedad Cordoba, who is leading a group of "intellectuals [...] | 2008-12-10 20:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA4577 | GOC REPORTS ON WEALTH TAX EXPENDITURES [...] (C) The Colombian Ministry of Defense (MOD) reported in November 2008 that the four-year "wealth tax" imposed on Colombia's richest citizens and enterprises to fund the democratic security policy would total $3.7 billion from 2007-2011. Approximately 80% is directed towards the internal confl [...] | 2008-12-24 15:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER MASS MCAP CO |
08BOGOTA4588 | URIBE REJECTS INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) The FARC announced on December 21 their intention to release six hostages to a group of Colombian "intellectuals" led by Piedad Cordoba, and reiterated its demand for a demilitarized zone. Cordoba said President Chavez should participate in the process, but President Uribe quickly rejecte [...] | 2008-12-24 19:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA5 | HOSTAGE RECOVERY MISSION ON HOLD AFTER GOC SAYS IT [...] The Venezuelan-led, international mission to recover three FARC-held hostages was put on hold on December 31 after President Uribe announced the GOC "hypothesis" -- backed by extensive circumstantial evidence -- that the reason for the FARC's delay in releasing the hostages was that the group [...] | 2008-01-02 20:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO |
08BOGOTA51 | PEACE COMMISSIONER RESTREPO CHIDES CHAVEZ ON [...] (C) GOC Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told the Charge on January 3 that Venezuelan President Chavez will continue to use the humanitarian exchange issue to create problems, but said the GOC plans to make him pay a high political cost for his recent unsuccessful hostage rescue missio [...] | 2008-01-04 20:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO |
08BOGOTA533 | EMBASSY SUPPORTS SOUTHCOM RECOMMENDATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary. Embassy concurs with the U.S. Southcom recommendation that Palanquero Air Base represents the best location for a possible Cooperative Security Location (CSL) in Colombia. We request that the Department expedite approval fo [...] | 2008-02-11 23:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR PREF PREL SNAR MOPPS CO |
08BOGOTA54 | DNA EVIDENCE CONFIRMS IDENTITY OF "EMMANUEL" BORN [...] Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran confirmed at a press conference on January 4 that results from DNA testing indicate with "high probability" that the boy in state custody known as Juan David Gomez Tapiero is Emmanuel, the son of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) hostage Clara Roja [...] | 2008-01-04 21:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO |
08BOGOTA595 | GOC CONSIDERS WAYS TO REVIVE ELN TALKS [...] (C) Summary. GOC Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told us the National Liberation Army (ELN) remains wedded to Venezuelan President Chavez and has expressed no interest in resuming peace talks. Still, Restrepo said the GOC would like to revive negotiations on the basis of previous GOC [...] | 2008-02-14 21:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PTER KAID CO |
08BOGOTA644 | COLOMBIA DENIES MEDEVAC REQUEST [...] (C) On February 12, Post delivered all points in reftel to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes, who confirmed that the GOC's decision was with Vice Foreign Minister Camilo Reyes. Post followed up on three occasions to encourage the GOC to accept the U.S. request. On Feb [...] | 2008-02-22 20:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL SMIG CO |
08BOGOTA683 | GOC TO FACILITATE NEW FARC HOSTAGE RELEASE, [...] (C) President Uribe said the GOC will facilitate the possible release of four more political hostages held by the FARC, including allowing Venezuelan helicopters to use San Jose de Guaviare airport. Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us the February 21 meeting with Uribe and French FM Kouchner [...] | 2008-02-25 21:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER PHUM OAS BR CU FR PM SP SZ |
08BOGOTA800 | COLOMBIAN FORCES KILL FARC'S KEY LEADER, SPURRING \ [...] (U) Summary: The GOC announced March 1 that its military \ forces killed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) \ Secretariat member Raul Reyes in a cross-border operation in \ \ SIPDIS \ Ecuador. Reyes' death shattered the FARC's myth of \ invincibility, and boosted popular support for Pr [...] | 2008-03-04 00:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PTER CASC SP PM FR VZ SZ CO |
08BOGOTA827 | COLOMBIA RESPONDS CALMLY TO VENEZUELA AND ECUADOR [...] (C) After Venezuela's announcement on March 4 that it would close its border with Colombia, the GOC re-stated that it would not send troops to the Venezuelan or Ecuadorian borders. Ecuadorian President Correa confirmed in a Colombian radio interview that he authorized GOE contacts with the FA [...] | 2008-03-05 01:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER MOPS VZ SP FR SZ EC CO |
08BOGOTA839 | MARCH 5 UPDATE ON COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR [...] (C) Colombia's border with Venezuela remained partially closed on March 5, as the GOV confirmed that its troop deployments on the border were 90 percent complete (reftel). The border with Ecuador remained open. The GOC reiterated that it would not deploy troops to its borders. GOC Deputy Fo [...] | 2008-03-05 23:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER MOPS VZ EC SP FR SZ CO |
08BOGOTA903 | MARCH 6 UPDATE: COLOMBIA DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR AND [...] (U) Venezuela continued to restrict the import of Colombian goods and people into Venezuela in response to the GOC's March 1 attack against the FARC in Ecuador (reftel). Still, the flow of food and other perishable products continued. Businessmen reported GOV authorities were lifting restrict [...] | 2008-03-06 21:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PTER MOPS ETRD VZ FR SP SZ EC NU |
08BOGOTA919 | MARCH 7 UPDATE ON COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR, [...] (C) The flow of goods and people into Venezuela along the Colombian border was further restricted on March 7, but passage of food and perishables continued. The Colombia-Ecuador border remained open. The Ambassador reiterated to Acting Foreign Minister Mejia and Defense Minister Santos the USG [...] | 2008-03-08 00:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER VZ SP FR SZ EC CO |
08BOGOTA940 | COLOMBIA'S EIGHT ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Scott Fagan, phone number (57-1) 383-2122, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 48 hours preparing the report. 2. (U) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. ------- SUMMARY --- [...] | 2008-03-10 22:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO |
08BOGOTA941 | MARCH 10 UPDATE ON COLOMBIA DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR, [...] (C) Colombia's borders with Venezuela and Ecuador returned to normal March 8-9, following the March 7 Rio Group resolution of the crisis over the GOC's March 1 attack against the FARC in Ecuador. Venezuela agreed to renew diplomatic relations with Colombia; Ecuador said it would consult wit [...] | 2008-03-10 22:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER VZ EC CO |
08BOGOTA989 | ELN LEADERSHIP SPLIT BRINGS PROPOSAL FOR MINI [...] (C) ELN spokesman Francisco Galan is frustrated with the group's dithering on GOC peace proposals, and is considering splitting from the group. He is seeking a meeting with President Uribe to gain the president's approval of a plan to pursue regional peace initiatives with ELN fronts in Narin [...] | 2008-03-13 19:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
08BOGOTA996 | MARCH 13 UPDATE: COLOMBIA DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR [...] (C) The GOC used a March 10-12 visit to Colombia by OAS SYG Insulza and the OAS Commission examining the March 1 GOC attack against the FARC in Ecuador to provide a "frank and detailed" briefing on the attack. Presidential advisor Jorge Eastman told us Insulza seemed impressed by the GOC's br [...] | 2008-03-13 22:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER OAS VZ SP FR SZ EC |
08BRASILIA1266 | BRAZIL FOREIGN MINISTRY ON BOLIVIA SITUATION [...] (C) PolCounselor delivered ref A demarche on September 22 to the Brazilian Foreign Ministry South America 1 Division (Mercosul countries) Chief, Minister Joao Luis Pereira Pinto, who is handling all of South America in the absence of his counterpart who handles the Andes and Under Secretary for [...] | 2008-09-22 21:16:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PREF BR BO |
08BRATISLAVA163 | SLOVAKIA PREPARED TO RESETTLE EIGHT CUBAN MIGRANTS [...] (C) The Director of Slovakia's Ministry of Interior (MOI) Office of Migration, Bernard Priecel, confirmed to Poloff on April 7 that Slovakia will take steps within the next month to resettle eight Cuban refugees currently living at Guantanamo. The GOS accepts USG offers to provide for transpo [...] | 2008-04-10 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SMIG PHUM CU LO |
08BRATISLAVA265 | SLOVAKIA STILL UNDECIDED ON IOM DG NOMINEE [...] (U) Post conveyed reftel points to Tomas Hrbac, Chief of the Section of Specialized Agencies of the UN System and Other International Organizations, MFA. Hrbac stated the U.S. candidate, Ambassador Bill Swing, was one of two candidates the GoS was considering for Director General of the Inte [...] | 2008-06-05 13:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG AORC LO |
08BRATISLAVA456 | SLOVAKIA: TIP TRAINING UNDERWAY [...] Summary: As part of its 2008-2010 National Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons, the Government of Slovakia, in cooperation with the NGO community, developed an extensive training program for NGO workers, law enforcement officials, religious workers, and community social workers. The [...] | 2008-10-06 16:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC |
08BRATISLAVA93 | SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY ---------------------------- A. Slovakia is steadily moving forward in its fight against TIP. In addition to allocating a substantial increase in anti-TIP funding (by multiplying it fourfold, from USD 91,000 to USD 364,000) the Government of Slovakia (GOS) has increased bot [...] | 2008-03-03 16:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC |
08BRIDGETOWN120 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. LUCIA [...] (U) As requested (ref A),below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Lucia for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for internationa [...] | 2008-02-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG PREF ST XL |
08BRIDGETOWN121 | TIP SUBMISSION - DOMINICA [...] (U) As requested (ref A),below are Post's responses to questions regarding Dominica for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for international [...] | 2008-02-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG PREF DO XL |
08BRIDGETOWN132 | 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. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or desti [...] | 2008-03-03 16:07:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF XL VC |
08BRIDGETOWN162 | TIP SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Antigua and Barbuda for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked m [...] | 2008-03-11 12:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN163 | TIP SUBMISSION - BARBADOS [...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, o [...] | 2008-03-11 12:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL |
08BRUSSELS1090 | U.S.-EU AFRICA TROIKA ADDRESSES SUDAN, CHAD, HORN, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 08:46:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EUN |
08BRUSSELS1106 | EU MAINTAINS MEK ON TERRORIST LIST [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Council of the European Union issued its semi-annual review of terrorist-related groups and individuals July 15. Despite the UK's domestic de-listing of the Mujahedin-E Khalq (MEK) on June 24, the Council decided to maintain the MEK on its list. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) T [...] | 2008-07-22 09:05:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREF PINR ETTC EFIN KTFN IR IZ EUN UK |
08BRUSSELS1165 | EU SAYS PROTECTION OF IRAQI REFUGEES SHOULD BE PROVIDED IN [...] EU Ministers in the July 24 JHA Council adopted conclusions on Iraqi refugees that underlined the priority of creating the conditions for refugees to go back home and included no call to take in more Iraqi refugees in the EU Member States. The French Presidency reported on the drafting of a E [...] | 2008-07-29 11:04:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN |
08BRUSSELS1278 | TFGG01: BELGIUM OFFERS MIL OBSERVERS FOR OSCE'S [...] (C) The military adviser to Minister of Defense Pieter De Crem informed us that the GoB is consulting with OSCE about the latter's efforts to expand its group of military observers in Georgia from the current eight to a possible one hundred and has offered to contribute ten Belgian military of [...] | 2008-08-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE MOPS PREF GG RU BE |
08BRUSSELS1329 | EU: GEORGIA HUMANITARIAN AID DELIVERY SUCCESSFUL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-28 07:23:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL GG EAID EUN |
08BRUSSELS1538 | EU-27 AGREE ON IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM PACT; DEAL NEAR ON [...] EU ministers in the September 25 Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council agreed on a European Pact on Immigration and Asylum to be endorsed by EU leaders at their mid-October European Council meeting. The Pact sets out principles to manage legal migration based on labor market needs of the ind [...] | 2008-10-01 15:33:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN |
08BRUSSELS158 | BELGIAN INTERIOR MINISTER EXPECTED TO HEAD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-31 16:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PREF SMIG BE |
08BRUSSELS1587 | EU MIGRATION PACT: WHAT'S IN, WHAT'S OUT [...] Summary: EU heads of state are expected to approve the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum at the Oct. 15-16 European Council summit. Not a legally-binding document, the Pact gives overarching policy direction. Member states will then pass national legislation to operationalize the goals [...] | 2008-10-14 15:03:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG EUN |
08BRUSSELS1742 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU OPEN TO U.S. APPROACH FOR [...] (SBU) The European Union is broadly in agreement with U.S. goals for the November 19 International Conference on the Return and Reintegration of Afghan Refugees, according to two officials at the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) to whom RefCoord delivered reftel message Novemb [...] | 2008-11-14 17:12:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL EUN |
08BRUSSELS1745 | EU PREPARING FOR PIRACY MISSION, NO PLAN FOR [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU expects to launch its first naval operation by mid-December, when it will begin counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa. The operation, dubbed Atalanta, will be commanded from an Operational Headquarters at Northwood, UK, with a Force Headquarters afloat. The [...] | 2008-11-17 14:05:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET | EAID EUN EWWT PHSA PREF PREL XA XO XW ZP |
08BRUSSELS1749 | BELGIUM AND THE CONGO PART TROIS: MFA CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: PolEconCouns and Poloff joined MFA Congo Contacts for a wide ranging discussion on Belgium's latest efforts to end the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our contacts said Foreign Minister De Gucht would fly to New York November 25 and 26 to attempt to bolster the MO [...] | 2008-11-18 18:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG BE |
08BRUSSELS1853 | EU COUNTRIES PLEDGE TO TAKE IN SOME 10,000 IRAQI REFUGEES [...] EU ministers in the November 27 JHA Council pledged to take in, "as a signal of solidarity, up to around" 10,000 Iraqi refugees in particularly vulnerable situations. Reception will take place on a voluntary basis, taking account of the capacities of the individual Member States and of "the o [...] | 2008-12-05 16:18:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN |
08BRUSSELS1930 | BELGIUM NOTIFIED OF FRIED-ANTONOV MEETING ON CFE [...] (C) On December 15, Poloff delivered reftel notification of the planned Fried-Antonov meeting in Geneva on December 17 to Francois De Kerchove, deputy director of the Department of Security Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Kerchove said that the news of the Fried-Antonov meeting [...] | 2008-12-18 17:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PREF PARM NATO RS BE |
08BRUSSELS224 | DEPLOYMENT OF EU FORCE TO CHAD HANGS IN BALANCE [...] (C) Summary: France is fully committed to deploying the EU military force to Chad/CAR (EUFOR) and appears to have the backing of HiRep Solana, the Slovenian Presidency, and others, according to contacts at the EU and various member state PermReps. But Austria and Sweden are increasingly hesit [...] | 2008-02-08 18:16:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF ESDP CD EUN |
08BRUSSELS325 | LIECHTENSTEIN SET TO JOIN SCHENGEN AREA [...] In addition to discussions of the Visa Waiver Program and the question of the MOU with the Czech Republic (SEPTEL),EU Interior ministers in the February 28 JHA Council gave their backing to Liechtenstein's entry into the Schengen area in spite of the tax fraud scandal now affecting the princi [...] | 2008-03-04 09:26:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN |
08BRUSSELS451 | EU NOT REVEALING ITS HAND YET ON 08 FUNDING FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 16:07:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM EAID EUN |
08BRUSSELS532 | BELGIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSIST IRAQI REFUGEES -- [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel points April 8 to Jan Meuleman, Attach, Directorate-General for Development Cooperation, Special Programs in the Belgian Ministry for Cooperation and Development. Meuleman thinks Belgium intends to again contribute money to UNHCR this year, but said budget disc [...] | 2008-04-09 05:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL EAID IZ SY BE |
08BRUSSELS535 | EU: NO LARGE INCREASE IN IRAQI REFUGEE ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: EU officials told Ambassador James Foley, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues, in meetings April 1-2 that the Commission is looking at only modest increases over 2007 for assistance to Iraqi refugees and IDPs in 2008. The EC,s reasons include obstacles to monitoring assis [...] | 2008-04-09 05:24:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EUN |
08BRUSSELS701 | EU MIGRATION POLICY ELUSIVE [...] France, which will assume the rotating EU presidency on July 1, has made migration one of its top presidency priorities, with President Sarkozy saying the EU should speak with one voice on migration policy. But moves toward a common migration policy reveal tensions over Commission versus memb [...] | 2008-05-09 14:32:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EUN |
08BRUSSELS847 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 09:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREF PREL SMIG BE |
08BRUSSELS868 | EU MINISTERS AGREE ON "RETURN DIRECTIVE" [...] EU Interior Ministers in the June 5 JHA Council recorded their agreement on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying non-EU nationals (the "Return Directive"). The Council encouraged Member States to "voluntarily" take on refugees from Iraq, focusing on [...] | 2008-06-09 12:17:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN |
08BRUSSELS870 | (S//NF) IRAN/TERRORISM: EU LIKELY TO REMOVE MEK [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Triggered by a recent UK court decision, the EU is debating whether to remove the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, also included on the U.S. list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations) from the EU's terrorist designation list as early as the end of June. Delisting cou [...] | 2008-06-09 14:43:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREF PINR ETTC EFIN KTFN IR IZ EUN UK |
08BRUSSELS903 | REFUGEE NUMBERS PROVE DIFFICULT MEASURE OF EUFOR [...] (U) Summary: Three months into the European Union's military mission to Chad and Central African Republic (EUFOR),officials at the Operational Headquarters (OHQ) told USEU officers the mission has been more logistically challenging than expected, but is fulfilling its goal of protecting refug [...] | 2008-06-13 15:00:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EUN |
08BUCHAREST178 | QROMANIAQS EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 14:34:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF SMIG ELAB EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD |
08BUCHAREST183 | ROMANIA'S EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW: ------------------- A. Romania is a country of origin and transit for trafficking in persons (TIP). While the majority of TIP cases pertain to international trafficking between Romania and Western Europe, there are cases of domestic trafficking as well. Victims ) primar [...] | 2008-03-10 13:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
08BUDAPEST269 | HUNGARY UNAWARE OF MARCH 14 BEIRUT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 07:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER PARM HU |
08BUDAPEST517 | HUNGARY CURRENTLY SUPPORTING MCKINLEY FOR IOM [...] PolOff delivered reftel information to the MFA International Organizations and Human Rights Department Head, Attila Zimanyi on May 23. He confirmed that Hungary currently supports the present Director General (DG),Brunson McKinley, for a third term. Zimanyi commented that Hungary has been g [...] | 2008-05-28 13:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG AORC HU |
08BUENOSAIRES144 | BOLIVARIAN VISION FOR ARGENTINE CATARACT PATIENTS [...] Argentines needing cataract surgery are traveling to Bolivia for treatment by Cuban doctors. A leading Buenos Aires newspaper reported that approximately 17,000 Argentine citizens crossed the border for that reason over the past two years, although that figure is likely inflated. The GOA wil [...] | 2008-02-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI EAID PREF PROP TBIO AR CU VZ |
08BUENOSAIRES426 | ARGENTINA - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM LOBBIES GOA OFFICIALS FOR SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting Ambassador William Swing met with Argentine Minister of Interior Florencio Anibal Randazzo and then followed up with the MFA's Director General for Multilateral Affairs Raul Ricardes on March 31 to discuss his candidacy for Director General of the International Organi [...] | 2008-04-04 19:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL PREF SMIG KJUS AR |
08BUENOSAIRES729 | SEEKING ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR IOM CANDIDATE AMB. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 17:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF SMIG IOM AR |
08BUJUMBURA396 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL PAYNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Burundi comes as the country grapples with the many challenges facing nascent democracies. The last remaining rebel group, the PALIPEHUTU-FNL, signed a cessation of hostilities agreement in May following several weeks of violent attacks that left over 100 people d [...] | 2008-07-31 19:39:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP MARR PGOV PREF PREL BY |
08CAIRO1231 | EGYPT ALLEGEDLY DEPORTS POSSIBLE ERITREAN [...] (SBU) Summary: While we cannot confirm Amnesty International allegations that Egypt has deported hundreds of Eritreans seeking refuge in Egypt, our UNHCR contacts say that convincing circumstantial evidence shows that Egypt deported at least some Eritreans to either Eritrea or Sudan between Ju [...] | 2008-06-15 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EG ER |
08CAIRO1258 | EGYPT'S APPROACH ON ERITREAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS [...] (U) This is an action cable. For action requested, see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: On June 18, the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit USG concern over continuing reports that Egypt is deporting Eritreans likely eligible for refugee protections to Eritrea. Aboul Gh [...] | 2008-06-18 15:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM EG ER |
08CAIRO1316 | EGYPT: HEADING OFF FUTURE FORCIBLE RETURNS OF [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3 for action requested. 2. (C) It is too soon to tell if Egypt's recent forced repatriation of Eritreans likely eligible for refugee protections (ref B) is a one-time occurrence or portends a full-scale reversal of Egypt's so-far gen [...] | 2008-06-25 11:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL EG ER |
08CAIRO1322 | EGYPT: LIMITED UNHCR ACCESS TO ERITREAN ASYLUM [...] (C) On June 23, we again pressed MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Refugees Tarek El Maaty for the GOE to cease forced repatriations of Eritrean asylum seekers and to allow UNHCR complete access to those held in Egyptian custody. El Maaty, uncomfortable and defensive, stressed that most of the [...] | 2008-06-25 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL EG ER |
08CAIRO1388 | EGYPT: STILL INCOMPLETE UNHCR ACCESS TO ERITREANS [...] (SBU) On July 1, the Ambassador told Deputy Foreign Minister Wafaa Bassim that the USG is concerned that the GOE was still not providing the UNHCR complete access to Eritrean asylum seekers in Egyptian custody. UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative for Protection Katharina Lumpp had confirmed [...] | 2008-07-02 12:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL EG ER |
08CAIRO1414 | EGYPT: CONSIDERING NAVAL SUPPORT TO WFP FOR HORN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 12:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM EAID EG |
08CAIRO1567 | EGYPT: ESSENTIAL INTERESTS IN THE NILE BASIN AND [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian officials emphasize that Egypt is a leader not only in the Arab world but also in Africa. Outside of projecting regional weight, though, Egypt's core interests in Africa center on maintaining security of Nile water resources and managing the often illegal flow of people a [...] | 2008-07-24 12:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF SENV EWWT EAGR EG ET SU SO |
08CAIRO1651 | EGYPT: NEW APPROACH ON ERITREAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE has acknowledged that it returned 167 Eritreans that it claims did not need refugee protection to Eritrea, claims to have "set free" 87 who were arrested in Egypt but who carried UNHCR refugee identification cards, and is disputing UNHCR designated refugee status for 130 [...] | 2008-07-31 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EG ER IS |
08CAIRO1762 | VOLUNTARY RETURN OF IRAQIS FROM CAIRO TO BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Iraqi Embassy in Cairo and the Cairo office of the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) confirmed August 10 media reports that approximately 1000 Iraqis, many of whom have UNHCR refugee status, will return to Iraq from Egypt this week. The Iraqi Embassy, Egyptian Minist [...] | 2008-08-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IZ EG |
08CAIRO1972 | EGYPT AND REFUGEES: "WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE A [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister Tarek el-Maaty told us that Egypt is searching to find the best approach to dealing with its refugee problems, and does not want to be seen as a "stepping stone" to the West. Recently, there has been an upsurge in shootings at the border as Egypt [...] | 2008-09-08 13:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREF PREL PGOV ER SU EG |
08CAIRO203 | EGYPTIAN DELEGATION TO THE VIENNA FORUM TO FIGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-05 15:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG EG |
08CAIRO204 | EGYPT: CHAD SITUATION "COMPLICATED," WILL CONSIDER [...] (C) We asked MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid for the GoE to demarche the Sudanese government to cease its support Chadian rebels on February 6. Per reftel demarche, we stressed that the Sudanese were providing more support to Chadian rebels than before, inflaming an alre [...] | 2008-02-06 09:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH EG SU |
08CAIRO2053 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ASYLUM SEEKERS IN EGYPT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. We delivered the demarche on asylum seekers in Egypt to Tarek el-Maaty, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Refugees (reftel A). El Maaty stated that the GOE regrets the deaths of those on the border, bu [...] | 2008-09-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS ER EG |
08CAIRO2271 | REFUGEE PROTESTS OUTSIDE UNHCR CAIRO OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR's Deputy Regional Representative told us October 27 that recent refugee protests, outside the Cairo UNHCR office have grown and become more vocal. Refugees and asylum seekers are upset by the lack of resettlement options and the insufficiency of UNHCR's financial and healthca [...] | 2008-10-29 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL SU SO EG |
08CAIRO234 | CHAD: EGYPTIAN LEADERS SAY CHAD, SUDAN EQUALLY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-10 07:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH EG SU |
08CAIRO2384 | EGYPT'S VIEWS ON BORDER SHOOTINGS AND REFUGEE [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Egyptian MFA's Refugee Office, Tarek el-Maaty, told us on November 13 that he was frustrated with a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report condemning Egypt for the shooting of migrants on the Egypt-Israel border. He blamed the U.S. and Israel for asking Egypt to secu [...] | 2008-11-19 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV SU ER SO EG |
08CAIRO2478 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR'S REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Saad Al Attar, UNHCR's Regional Representative in Cairo on November 25. Al Attar told the Ambassador about UNHCR's challenges to meet its responsibilities given a lack of funding, the situation of Iraqi refugees in Egypt, and UNHCR's dealings with the Gove [...] | 2008-12-04 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV SU ER IZ EG |
08CAIRO2525 | EGYPT TAKING STEPS TO ADDRESS AND COMBAT HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mark Lagon, the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, visited Egypt on November 14-17 and met with numerous Egyptian government officials, UN organizations, representatives, and NGO leaders involved in combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP [...] | 2008-12-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB PREL |
08CAIRO2578 | CODEL HASTINGS' CAIRO MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: In December 6 meetings, senior Egyptian government officials told Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) that the incoming U.S. administration should focus on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process "from day one." FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit told Hastings that the Barcelona Process has been completely dis [...] | 2008-12-30 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS OSCE PHUM KCRM OREP EUN PREF |
08CAIRO2583 | EMBASSY TRYING TQLT EGYPTIAN REFOULEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Cairo is engaging with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Egyptian State Security (SSIS),and UNHCR to halt the Government of Egypt's (GOE) forced repatriation of Eritrean migrants. On December 23, the Ambassador asked the MFA to give UNHCR access to the Eritr [...] | 2008-12-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL ER EG |
08CAIRO281 | EGYPT DENIES REFOULEMENT OF SUDANESE RETURNED FROM [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Refugees Tarek El Maaty told us on February 12 that in late December 2007, Egypt had released the group of 48 African migrants that Israel had returned to Egypt in August 2007 after they illegally crossed the Sinai border into Israel, and that none [...] | 2008-02-13 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL EG IS SU |
08CAIRO408 | EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Aaron Berman, phone 20-2-2797-2550, fax 20-2-2797-2181, bermanad@state.gov. Pol LES spent approximately 75 hours on TIP-related activities and in preparation of the TIP report. Poloff spent approximately 160 hours; ECPO Minister [...] | 2008-02-28 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG |
08CAIRO410 | EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Aaron Berman, phone 20-2-2797-2550, fax 20-2-2797-2181, bermanad@state.gov. Pol LES spent approximately 75 hours on TIP-related activities and in preparation of the TIP report. Poloff spent approximately 160 hours; ECPO Minister [...] | 2008-02-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG |
08CAIRO479 | EGYPT: AFRICAN MIGRANTS TO ISRAEL CONTINUE, [...] (C) Summary: Egypt faces a continuing problem with African migrants attempting to migrate illegally to Israel. Since the beginning of 2008, Eritreans, always a component of the equation, have been making the attempt in greater numbers. Sudanese continue to represent the bulk of migrants, enc [...] | 2008-03-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PHUM PREL EG ER IR SU |
08CAIRO596 | IRAQI REFUGEES: AMBASSADOR FOLEY ASKS ARAB LEAGUE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues James Foley pressed Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef on March 24 for Arab League member states to pledge financial commitments for Iraqi refugees at the March 29 Arab League Summit in Damascus. He noted that refugees, particul [...] | 2008-03-26 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF EG IR |
08CAIRO786 | EGYPT BALANCING EMPLOYMENT, ILLEGAL MIGRATION WITH WORKERS [...] (U) This is a joint US Embassy Cairo-US Embassy Tripoli message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Egyptians have long sought economic betterment by working - usually illegally - in Libya. Although constantly changing Libyan labor restrictions resulted in the return of some Egyptian workers to Egypt in [...] | 2008-04-16 14:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ECON EG LY |
08CAIRO839 | EMBASSY CAIRO SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 13:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM AMGT EG IZ |
08CAIRO91 | EGYPT: IOM CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Hany Dimitri of the MFA International Organizations office on January 21, emphasizing Ambassador Swing's qualifications for the IOM Director General position and explaining the U.S. position against the incumbent. Dimitri said that the GOE would study the IOM c [...] | 2008-01-21 13:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG EG |
08CAIRO965 | ADDRESSING AFRICAN MIGRANTS/REFUGEES AND KILLINGS [...] (C) Summary: GOE interlocutors provide a varied and contradictory explanation of when force can be used against migrants seeking to cross illegally from Egypt into Israel, but all say that GOE security personnel use deadly force due to the difficulty of distinguishing between migrants and ter [...] | 2008-05-11 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL EG ER IS SU |
08CAIRO968 | MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON COUNTER-TERROR LAW, [...] (C) Summary: In a May 7 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Habib Al Adly offered no indication as to whether the Egyptian government will enact new counter-terror legislation by May 31, or instead simply re-extend the existing Emergency Law, in force since 1981. Adly i [...] | 2008-05-12 12:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER PGOV PREF EG |
08CAIRO982 | CHANGE IN EMBASSY CAIRO SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 12:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM AMGT EG IZ |
08CANBERRA1138 | DEMARCHE - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE RETURN [...] (U) Jon Merrill, Director of the Afghanistan section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told PolOff November 12 that Australia stands shoulder to shoulder with USG on the International Conference on the Return and Reintegration of Afghan Refugees. He said that Australia is [...] | 2008-11-12 05:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF |
08CANBERRA1238 | SURGE IN BOAT PEOPLE BECOMES POLITICAL ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Opposition is blaming a surge in the number of illegal boat people on the Rudd Government's relaxation of the former Howard Government's border protection policies. Since the policy toward illegal refugees was changed in August, six people-smuggling boats traveling from Ind [...] | 2008-12-08 06:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SMIG PREF AS |
08CANBERRA240 | SUPPLEMENTAL TIP QUESTIONAIRE RESPONSE - AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) Below are supplemental responses to the questions posed in ref A, which were initially answered in ref B. The answers correspond to the question numbers in ref A. PART I: OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING B. Sex Trafficking Arrests ----------------------- On Ma [...] | 2008-03-12 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC AS |
08CANBERRA520 | RUDD TO BOOST SKILLED IMMIGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rudd government plans to significantly boost Australia's migration program to address labor shortages in the Australian economy. The Skilled Migration Program will be expanded by 30 percent. The Government is also considering boosting unskilled migration, including a labor s [...] | 2008-05-20 07:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREF ELAB SMIG AS |
08CASABLANCA146 | MOROCCO CELEBRATES WORLD REFUGEE DAY: AN OVERVIEW [...] Summary: Although Morocco struggles with large populations of migrants and refugees, organizations such as UNHCR and the Friendship and Solidarity Organization (FSO) are moving towards further solidarity between Moroccan nationals and those who have adopted Morocco as their home. To this end, [...] | 2008-07-15 11:34:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG PREF PREL SOCI ELAB MO |
08CASABLANCA28 | NUMBER OF IRAQI REFUGEES IN MOROCCO GROWING [...] (SBU) During a January 29 meeting, UNHCR Chief of Mission Johannes Van Der Klaauw told poloff that nearly fifteen percent of UNHCR's recognized refugees in Morocco are Iraqi. Van Der Klaauw said the Iraqis began to arrive in significant numbers in early 2007. So far, he said, he has register [...] | 2008-02-05 12:40:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PINR PREL PHUM PREF |
08CASABLANCA33 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED:UN.GIFT AND VIENNA FORUM TO HUMAN [...] (C) On February 11, poloff discussed the UN.GIFT and Vienna Forum to Human Trafficking (reftel) with MFA Director of Consular and Social Affairs Ambassador Jaouad El Himid and encouraged Moroccan participation in the Forum. 2. (C) El Himdi informed poloff that a Moroccan delegation would be [...] | 2008-02-14 13:59:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KWMN MO |
08CASABLANCA39 | MOROCCO: 2008 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable responds to action request (reftel) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2007 to March 2008. ------------------------------------- Morocco Headed in the Right Direction ------------------------------------- [...] | 2008-02-27 12:42:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KFRD KCRM KWMN MO |
08CASABLANCA71 | CLANDESTINE MIGRANTS FACE GROWING ASSAULTS [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, assaults have plagued the sub-Saharan community in Rabat. In one case, according to reports, a Nigerian clandestine migrant resisted arrest during a periodic roundup and was severely beaten before being taken into custody. As a result of the beating, the migrant [...] | 2008-04-10 15:10:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF SMIG MO |
08CHENNAI214 | ANDHRA PRADESH: AN ANTI-TRAFFICKING MODEL FOR INDIA [...] Summary: The South Indian state Andhra Pradesh has made great strides in combating trafficking in persons. In what anti-trafficking NGOs describe as a "paradigm shift," the police, prosecutors, and the judiciary have all actively participated in training programs sponsored by the United Nati [...] | 2008-06-25 11:01:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI IN |
08CHENNAI387 | SRI LANKAN REFUGEES STILL ARRIVING, POST RECOMMENDS PRM [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 12 and 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: The recent escalation of Sri Lanka's war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has not resulted in the expected flood of new refugees to India. Nonetheless, refugees continue to arrive at a steady, but mod [...] | 2008-11-24 08:13:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PTER PHUM SOCI IN CE |
08CHENNAI39 | LITTLE SUPPORT FOR TAMIL TIGERS IN INDIA DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent events in Sri Lanka, including the Sri Lankan government's decision to formally withdraw from the ceasefire agreement and target the Tamil Tiger leadership, have been widely covered in Tamil Nadu media. Despite the coverage, India's Tamils remain lukewarm to the occasion [...] | 2008-02-04 10:52:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER IN CE |
08CHENNAI51 | FIRST EVER USG VISIT TO INDIAN CAMPS FOR SRI LANKAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 30, Consulate staff visited two camps for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, marking the first official visit to the camps by representatives of the U.S. government. The visit reflects the growing openness of Indian government authorities, particularl [...] | 2008-02-14 03:18:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IN |
08CHIANGMAI10 | STAFFDEL YEO FOCUSES ON REFUGEES, IDPS AND BURMESE POLITICAL [...] (C) In meetings with Staffdel Yeo, some politically active Burmese exile groups requested stronger U.S. sanctions against Burma, claimed to play a significant role in organizing recent protests inside Burma, and asked for U.S. support for a constitution they drafted as an alternative to the Bu [...] | 2008-01-14 09:00:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI TH BM |
08CHIANGMAI110 | BURMESE ASYLUM SEEKERS FORCIBLY RETURNED; NOT HANDED OVER TO [...] (C) Though the precise timing of events is still unclear, the Thai Government returned some 70 Burmese asylum seekers from two refugee camps to Burma sometime between the evening of July 16 and the morning of July 17. Thai authorities escorted the group to the Eh Tu Ta camp for internally disp [...] | 2008-07-17 11:15:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM BM TH |
08CHIANGMAI125 | THA-BURMA CROP SUBSTITUTION PROPOSAL ADVANCING, SLOWLY [...] (C) Thai and Burmese officials met in mid-August to explore a Burmese request for Thai assistance in crop substitution and poverty alleviation in drug-producing border areas. While the project reportedly has the backing of the Thai King, progress is slow as the Burmese have yet to meet the Th [...] | 2008-08-21 06:26:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PHUM PREF TH BM |
08CHIANGMAI17 | KARENNI REFUGEE CAMP FEELING SQUEEZED [...] (C) At the Karenni refugee camp where a violent clash with security forces last December left one refugee dead, order has been restored but follow-up actions promised by local officials have proceeded unevenly. A post-clash formal dialogue involving camp residents, local Thai authorities, and [...] | 2008-02-01 02:43:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM SOCI TH BM |
08CHIANGMAI185 | THE NORTH KOREA-THAILAND REFUGEE PIPELINE: A TALE OF TWO [...] (C) The number of North Koreans seeking resettlement to a third country via Thailand is expected to continue to rise, despite a drop in the number of North Koreans arrested in early 2008, according to officials in Chiang Rai Province, which borders both Laos and Burma. Though these same inter [...] | 2008-12-04 07:09:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PINR BM LA CH KS KN TH |
08CHIANGMAI192 | MINORITY HILL TRIBES STILL PLAGUED BY STATELESSNESS, THOUGH [...] Roughly half of Thailand's estimated 900,000 hill tribe minorities lack citizenship. This statelessness contributes significantly to their disadvantaged status. In recent years the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has made strides to improve citizenship eligibility for highlanders, including pass [...] | 2008-12-19 09:39:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG PREF PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR KCRM KWMN TH |
08CHIANGMAI2 | DEATH OF KARENNI REFUGEE HIGHLIGHTS UNDERLYING CAMP [...] (C) The December 15 shooting death of a Karenni refugee at Ban Nai Soi Camp highlights underlying, on-going tensions in the camp between residents and Thai security officials, according to the camp commander and Thai National Intelligence Agency contacts. Though the camp commander has been tra [...] | 2008-01-03 07:30:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM MOPS BM TH |
08CHIANGMAI24 | RECENTLY ARRIVED BURMESE MONKS TELL THEIR STORY [...] (C) The demonstrations in Burma in August and September 2007 were spontaneous and organized mainly from inside the country, according to several participants who recently migrated to Thailand. Many monks were detained and sent to labor camps, they told StaffDel Yeo and visiting Rangoon PolOff [...] | 2008-02-08 09:41:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM BM TH |
08CHIANGMAI27 | KNU SECRETARY GENERAL ASSASSINATED [...] (C) Though the assassination of Karen National Union Secretary General Mahn Sha is most likely the result of SIPDIS infighting among Karen groups, we cannot discount entirely the possible involvement of elements of the Burmese military and perhaps local Thai officials. The Thai police are [...] | 2008-02-15 10:18:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL PREF PHUM SNAR BM TH |
08CHIANGMAI30 | BURMA SEEKS THAI HELP FOR CROP SUBSTITUTION IN [...] (C) Thai and Burmese officials are exploring Thai assistance to northeastern Burma's Shan State in the form of crop substitution and poverty alleviation in drug-producing areas. This would mirror a previous program that had some success in Shan State from 2002-05 before abruptly ending shortly [...] | 2008-02-28 08:13:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR TH BM PHUM PREF |
08CHIANGMAI32 | SNAPSHOT OF NORTHERN KAREN STATE PROVIDES LITTLE HOPE [...] (C) A snapshot of Burma's northern Karen State provided by a recently returned Free Burma Rangers relief mission provides an overall bleak assessment for the local populace there. The ethnic Karen, although not facing an increase in fighting with Burma Army troops, are contending with contin [...] | 2008-03-03 07:53:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PHUM PREF TH BM |
08CHIANGMAI34 | THAI-LAO BORDER CHECKPOINT GIVES GLIMPSE INTO [...] (C) A visit to a small Thai-Lao border checkpoint revealed good cross-border cooperation, predictable trade patterns, and little or no illegal migration. However, the local Thai military commander reported that narcotics trafficking networks in the region were increasingly shifting their tran [...] | 2008-03-04 09:16:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PREF ETRD TH LA |
08CHISINAU175 | MOLDOVA: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Responses are keyed to questions in ref A, which requests post's contribution to the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) Summary: Anti-TIP efforts in the Republic of Moldova mostly were undertaken by NGOs and international organizations (IOs),primarily because [...] | 2008-02-21 14:52:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD KCRM PREF MD |
08CHISINAU554 | MOLDOVA IS INCLINED TO SUPPORT SWING AS IOM DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF SMIG AORC MD |
08COLOMBO1070 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS PROBLEMS IN EASTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on November 25, Ambassador discussed current U.S. concerns about the situation in Sri Lanka with Foreign Minister Bogollagama. After praising GSL cooperation with the UN and ICRC over delivering food supplies to the population of the Vanni, Ambassador noted that incr [...] | 2008-11-26 11:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS PREF CE |
08COLOMBO1071 | Internally Displaced Persons in Mannar Living in Detention [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Sri Lanka's push to regain military control over Mannar district met with success in early 2008. The government may soon approve return of displaced persons to their homes within the district. However, over 800 persons, most originating from Jaffna and Kilin [...] | 2008-11-26 11:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PREL CE |
08COLOMBO1082 | Sri Lanka Northern Districts Floods Disaster [...] The week of November 24, 2008, heavy rains pelted northern and eastern districts of Sri Lanka affecting more than 240,000 people. These heavy rains, caused by a cyclonic weather system, further aggravated the already challenging humanitarian situation in these same districts into a crisis aff [...] | 2008-12-01 03:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF CE |
08COLOMBO113 | AMBASSADOR IN SRI LANKA'S EAST: DISARM PARAMILITARY GROUPS [...] Ambassador and AID officer visited Batticaloa in Sri Lanka's volatile Eastern Province on January 22-24 to attend the opening of a vocational training center funded by private American donations; open two USAID funded facilities; and meet with local officials, donors, and INGO representatives. [...] | 2008-01-30 11:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF EAID PINS CE |
08COLOMBO114 | SRI LANKA: RISING VIOLENCE IN NORTH KILLS STUDENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An LTTE artillery bombardment of the Palaly base near Jaffna thwarted an attempt by Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Army Commander Sarath Fonseka to land there on January 28, forcing their aircraft to return to Colombo. Government forces responded by bombing the LTTE a [...] | 2008-01-30 11:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
08COLOMBO1145 | USAID TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM IN SRI LANKA [...] USAID /Sri Lanka has completed all projects related to the tsunami disaster of 2004, and funds of $134.6 million have been fully expended. The initial response to the tsunami during the first few months immediately following the disaster focused on emergency relief, providing basic necessitie [...] | 2008-12-18 05:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF EAID CE |
08COLOMBO152 | SRI LANKA: PARLIAMENTARIANS TO ATTEND THE UN.GIFT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 10:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG CE |
08COLOMBO215 | SRI LANKA: THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Mission's submission for the eighth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Amy Trimble, telephone +94-11-249-8822, fax +94-11-249-8820. Paragraph 27: Sri Lanka Overview ----- [...] | 2008-02-29 07:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE |
08COLOMBO328 | MALDIVES: THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Mission's submission for the eighth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Maldives follows. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Mission point of contact is Poloff Amy Trimble, telephone +94-11-249-8822, fax +94-11-249-8820. Paragraph 27: Maldives Overview ------- [...] | 2008-04-01 00:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD MV |
08COLOMBO517 | SRI LANKA TO CONSIDER SUPPORTING IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 05:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AORC PREF SMIG CE |
08COLOMBO564 | SRI LANKA: FOREIGN MINISTRY CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-09 12:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AORC PREF SMIG CE |
08COLOMBO825 | UN CHIEF REPORTS HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN NORTH [...] (C) Summary: UN Resident Representative Neil Buhne provided Ambassador a readout of a quiet two-day trip he took to Kilinochchi August 27-29. Buhne told the Ambassador the humanitarian situation was worse than expected. He met some families that had been forced to move up to 20 times as a res [...] | 2008-09-02 11:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PHUM PGOV EAID CE |
08COLOMBO849 | GSL ORDERS ALL INGOS AND UN OUT OF VANNI FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: At the September 8 Consultative Committee of Humanitarian Affairs (CCHA),the Government of Sri Lanka confirmed that all UN and international NGO expatriate staff will have to leave the LTTE-controlled areas effective immediately with their key equipment (vehicles, communication [...] | 2008-09-09 08:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV EAID CE |
08COLOMBO860 | AMBASSADOR REVIEWS US CONCERNS REGARDING SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: In a September 11 meeting, the Ambassador briefed the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollogama on US concerns regarding the rapidly evolving situation in northern Sri Lanka. He expressed concern that the Government Agents would not be able to replace the UN in managing the massive [...] | 2008-09-11 11:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM CE |
08COLOMBO868 | DEFENSE SECRETARY AND PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SHARE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-15 11:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PREF EAID CE |
08COLOMBO882 | CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A Sri Lankan Civil Society Group that traveled to Vavuniya September 11 and 12 to assess conditions for establishing a humanitarian hub for internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the north, reported to Colombo-based diplomats that an increasing number of abductions, disappeara [...] | 2008-09-18 05:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV EAID CE |
08COLOMBO883 | HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SRI LANKA'S NORTHERN PROVINCE: [...] (U) Summary: As the Sri Lankan military makes headway into the Northern Province, UN Agencies and INGOs have been requested by the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to pull back to Vavuniya as their safety and security cannot be guaranteed. As a result, the security and humanitarian situation f [...] | 2008-09-18 06:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE |
08COLOMBO985 | CO-CHAIRS MEET WITH FOREIGN MINISTER TO ON [...] (C) Summary: At the request of Co-Chair Ambassadors, Foreign Minister Bogollagama met with the Co-Chair Ambassadors on October 29 to discuss the humanitarian situation in the north and progress towards a political solution to Sri Lanka's conflict. The Co-Chairs urged continued humanitarian acc [...] | 2008-10-30 08:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV CE |
08CONAKRY470 | GUINEA PM BALKS AT MEETING SIERRA LEONE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Guinea Prime Minister Tidiane Souare on August 26 declined an offer by Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma to meet August 28 in Conakry to discuss narcotics trafficking issues. The refusal comes less than 10 days after the PM assured Charge and a representative of SL President Koroma that [...] | 2008-08-27 15:38:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREF PREL SNAR GV |
08COTONOU309 | BENIN'S FY 2008 PROPOSAL FOR THE TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] SUMMARY: Based upon consultation with UNHCR/Benin, Embassy Cotonou requests FY08 funding in the amount of 8.2 million FCFA (approximately $19,700) from the Taft Fund for Refugees to fund micro-credit projects intended for urban-based refugees and Togolese refugees at the Agame refugee camp. [...] | 2008-05-28 06:43:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID BN TO |
08COTONOU478 | BENIN'S FY 2008 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES OBLIGATION REPORT [...] On July 31, 2008, Ambassador Gayleatha B. Brown approved and signed the Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) grant documents for the Association for the Promotion of Development Initiative (ALiDe). 2. The project awarded is from the Taft Fund for Refugees to fund micro-credit projects [...] | 2008-08-08 11:21:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID BN TO |
08COTONOU69 | IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 05:00:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC BN EUN PREF PREL SMIG |
08DAKAR1285 | Rains Cause Flooding in Dakar's Suburbs [...] (SBU) Summary: Severe rainfall from June through late September 2008 destroyed hundreds of homes, leaving thousands of people homeless or displaced in the highly populated Dakar suburbs of Pikine, Thiaroye, Guediawaye, Medina Gounass, Diamaguene, Dalifort, and Yeumbeul. As a result of flash f [...] | 2008-11-06 17:05:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM ECON SENV SG |
08DAKAR188 | SENEGAL: HESITANT REFUGEES RETURN TO MAURITANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 29, a group of 101 Mauritanian refugees returned home voluntarily under the auspices of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). These refugees have been living in Senegal since being deported in 1989 by the Government of Mauritania. While some refu [...] | 2008-02-19 15:35:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PINS KDEM PHUM ECON SG |
08DAKAR195 | GUINEA BISSAU: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Guinea-Bissau is a source of children trafficked for begging primarily in Senegal. Muslim Koranic teachers or their intermediaries convince parents to send children purportedly for a religious education. Those children are routinely beaten and subjected to harsh treatment; often their [...] | 2008-02-21 21:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG PU |
08DAKAR196 | GUINEA BISSAU: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Guinea-Bissau is a source of children trafficked for begging primarily in Senegal. Muslim Koranic teachers or their intermediaries convince parents to send children purportedly for a religious education. Those children are routinely beaten and subjected to harsh treatment; often their [...] | 2008-02-21 21:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG PU |
08DAKAR262 | SENEGAL: ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) As was the case in previous years Senegal continues to devote, time, resources and attention to combat trafficking in persons. 2. (U) responses are keyed to questions in reftel Begin TIP report PARA 27: OVERVIEWS OF A COUNTRY'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS A. Senega [...] | 2008-03-04 14:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SG |
08DAKAR364 | Ambassador Swing Meets OIC Members [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a two-day visit to Senegal to promote his candidacy for the position of director-general of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on the margins of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Summit in Dakar, Ambassador William L. Swing met with key mem [...] | 2008-03-26 11:57:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF SG |
08DAMASCUS144 | UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER GUTERRES REVIEWS IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres visited Damascus February 12 though February 15 for the second time in as many years. Guterres' visit included meetings with President al-Asad, UN Country Team members, heads of diplomatic missions, hundreds of Iraqi refugees [...] | 2008-02-28 06:43:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SY IZ |
08DAMASCUS162 | SRYIA: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) THe following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Hilary C. Dauer. Office Telephone: (963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax: (963) (11) 3391-3999. Officer spent 30 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured to answer refte [...] | 2008-03-06 16:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
08DAMASCUS165 | SRYIA: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) THe following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Hilary C. Dauer. Office Telephone: (963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax: (963) (11) 3391-3999. Officer spent 30 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured to answer refte [...] | 2008-03-10 07:54:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
08DAMASCUS167 | HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQI REFUGEES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is a trip report by PRM Jay Zimmerman. The international community's response to the needs of Iraqi refugees has expanded the numbers and scale of humanitarian agencies in Syria, however, humanitarian space remains confused and uncoordinated. Local UNHCR represen [...] | 2008-03-11 08:48:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | HU PREF PREL |
08DAMASCUS175 | PROJECT SUMMARY FOR PROPOSAL RESPONSE TO RFP [...] (U) As requested by G/TIP (reftel),Post submits summary information for the proposal submitted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in response to RFP GTIP-07-AW-003-112307. The proposal was the only one submitted and Post recommends it for funding. The entire proposal w [...] | 2008-03-13 15:00:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
08DAMASCUS225 | IRAQI PALESTINIAN REFUGEES DEPART FOR CHILE - MANY [...] (U) Summary: On April 2, UNHCR Syria representatives informed PolOff that 38 Iraqi Palestinian refugees will be departing Syria for Chile on April 5 for final resettlement. According to UNHCR representatives and Chilean Embassy contacts, all 116 Iraqi Palestinians chosen for resettlement from [...] | 2008-04-03 15:18:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SY IZ |
08DAMASCUS233 | TWO NGOS WITHDRAW FROM SYRIA, CLAIM "NO REFUGEE [...] (SBU) Summary: Save the Children UK (part of Save the Children worldwide Alliance) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) announced on April 2 that they would not be continuing negotiations with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) over an MOU to begin Iraqi refugee assistance programs and wo [...] | 2008-04-08 14:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ |
08DAMASCUS236 | DAMASCUS REFUGEE SITREP 1 [...] (SBU) This is an action request, see para 10. 2. (SBU) This cable reflects Embassy Damascus's efforts to update the Department on all of Post,s continuing efforts to facilitate the resettlement of Iraqi refugees through Syria. The Embassy's role has expanded since last year because of the p [...] | 2008-04-09 16:23:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ |
08DAMASCUS250 | SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES AND IDPS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-14 11:56:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EG IZ LE PHUM PREF PREL SY JO |
08DAMASCUS278 | DAMASCUS REFUGEE SITREP 2 [...] (SBU) This is the second in a series of Embassy Damascus,s updates on Iraqi refugee processing in Syria. 2. (SBU) FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT: Post thanks PRM and DHS/USCIS for authorizing funds to improve the interviewing rooms (ref A). Post's Facilities Manager is coordinating with the cont [...] | 2008-04-24 15:57:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ |
08DAMASCUS328 | SARG SAYS IT WILL ALLOW AMCITS TO ENTER FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Confirming a May 10 phone conversation (reported REF A),MFA Chief of Protocol told CDA in person May 11 that the SARG would, for humanitarian reasons, allow entry of U.S. citizens (both non-official and official) without the usual visa entry requirement (REF B). Dabbagh stat [...] | 2008-05-12 11:57:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PREF PREL SY CASC |
08DAMASCUS370 | IN A SIGN OF CHANGING TIMES U.S. NGO OPENS CLINIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 25, PRM-funded U.S. NGO International Medical Corps (IMC),with the support of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC),inaugurated its first primary health care clinic in Syria. IMC is one of four PRM-funded NGOs to work in Syria and thus far the only U.S. NGO to sign a me [...] | 2008-05-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ |
08DAMASCUS442 | SCENE SETTER FOR AMB FOLEY: EBBS AND FLOWS OF REFUGEE ASSISTANCE/RESETTLEMENT IN SYRIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Since your October 2007 visit to Damascus, there have been significant changes, both positive and negative, with respect to how international organizations and the SARG are coping with the Iraqi refugee population. Assistance continues to flow in and the UN country team, in coor [...] | 2008-06-19 14:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL SY IZ |
08DAMASCUS453 | SARG BEMOANS INADEQUATE IRAQI REFUGEE ASSISTANCE, [...] (C) Summary: During a 90-minute discussion, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues James Foley briefed Syrian Deputy FM Faisal Mikdad on his mission to assess Iraqi refugee assistance needs and programs. Foley acknowledged that Syria had borne a large economic and social burden in host [...] | 2008-06-25 16:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ |
08DAMASCUS461 | SYRIA: AMBASSADOR,S FUND FOR REFUGEES NOMINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has received a $20,000 proposal from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and the entire East (GOPA) for two projects we would like to submit for funding through the Taft program: (1) a $20,000 program to provide vocational training and education to 80 vulnerable Ira [...] | 2008-06-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SY |
08DAMASCUS469 | IRAQI EMBASSY OUTLINES REFUGEE RETURN INITIATIVE [...] Summary: The June 23-26 visit of Ambassador Foley and his subsequent meeting with Iraqi diplomats highlighted the Iraqi government's ambitious plan to facilitate the return of significant numbers of Iraqi refugees residing in Syria. Iraqi diplomats here reported that the GOI is prepared to sp [...] | 2008-07-02 15:27:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SY IZ |
08DAMASCUS482 | SEIDNAYA PRISON RIOTS STIR CONSPIRACY THEORIES [...] (C) Summary: During a July 5 routine sweep by military police trainees at the Sednaya Prison (located 20 miles NW of Damascus),violence erupted between inmates and guards and resulted in some 25 deaths and 90 injuries. As of COB on July 7, the hostage crisis was still continuing. The SARG i [...] | 2008-07-07 17:52:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREF PREL SY |
08DAMASCUS496 | SYRIAN MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY ON EXPANDING IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: Following up on Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues James Foley's June 24-26 visit (reftel),Husam Alaa, MFA Chief of Staff for D/FM Faisal Mikdaad, told Charge July 16 the SARG had decided to respond favorably on increased resettlement for Iraqi refugees. He reported th [...] | 2008-07-10 14:56:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ |
08DAMASCUS630 | IOM BAGHDAD'S UNCLEARED VISIT JEOPARDIZES EXPANDED [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: During a discussion on the possibility of allowing IOM Damascus to host a trainer from outside Syria, Husam Alaa, Syrian MFA Chief of Staff for D/FM Faisal Miqdad, informed Charge September 3 that two IOM officials had entered [...] | 2008-09-04 14:34:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ |
08DAMASCUS666 | SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER "GETS TOUGH" WITH SARG [...] (C) Summary: The September 17 visit to Damascus of Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos, portrayed by the Spanish Embassy as an opportunity for Spain to "get tough" with the SARG, lasted less then a day. Moratinos held short meetings with President Asad and Foreign Minister Muallem and [...] | 2008-09-22 14:56:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PROG PREF PREL SY |
08DAMASCUS675 | IOM CONCERNED ABOUT REFUGEE REPATRIATION AND LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: During an introductory call on IOM Chief of Mission Maria Rumman, Rumman relayed to Charge recent conversations between IOM staff and representatives of the Iraqi government which principally focused on how the GOI could best repatriate its citizens that have sought refuge in Syri [...] | 2008-09-26 19:46:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF IO SY |
08DAMASCUS676 | SYRIAN TALKING HEADS EXPRESS ANGER OVER PRESIDENT [...] (C) President Bush's two-sentence critique of Syria during his farewell speech to the UN General Assembly was rebuffed by a barrage of negative remarks from the government-owned daily Al-Thawra. Print media aside from Al-Thawra was generally muted on the subject but several independent journa [...] | 2008-09-26 19:49:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PROG PREF PREL SY |
08DAMASCUS72 | CHILEANS TO RESETTLE IRAQI PALESTINIAN REFUGEES [...] (C) On January 22, PolOff met with Deputy Head of the Chilean Mission to Syria, Arturo Giadala, who confirmed reports that his country would be resettling over 100 Iraqi Palestinian refugees currently residing in the Al-Tanf refugee camp. (Note: There three camps near the Iraqi border where Ir [...] | 2008-01-31 15:41:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SY IZ |
08DAMASCUS792 | SARG PREVENTING DISTRIBUTION OF WFP RICE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG officials at the Syrian port of Lattakiya are holding a portion of a World Food Program (WFP) shipment of Indian rice, purchased with PRM funds and intended for distribution to Iraqi refugees in Syria. The Syrian government claims the rice is contaminated with small rocks a [...] | 2008-11-10 15:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV IZ SY |
08DAMASCUS820 | SARG NOT BUDGING ON EMBARGOED WFP RICE FOR IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: World Food Program (WFP) Regional Director Daly Belgasmi briefed us on the latest developments surrounding two separate rice donations embargoed by the SARG. Finding no other solution, Belgasmi reported the remaining PRM-funded rice would be re-exported. A visibly upset Belgasm [...] | 2008-11-19 15:32:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV IZ SY |
08DAMASCUS847 | 2008 UN DROUGHT APPEAL FOR SYRIA [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable, see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UNFAO (Food and Agriculture) Syria Representative Abdullah Bin Yehia is seeking USG commitment to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 2008 Drought Appeal. Yehia proposes to use money from the appe [...] | 2008-11-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON FAO PGOV PHUM PREF SY |
08DAMASCUS857 | WFP COUNTRY DIRECTOR DISMISSED, STATUS OF [...] (C) WFP Country Representative Pippa Bradford informed Post on November 26 that she had been placed on administrative leave effective immediately. Bradford also informed us that she had been barred from her office and from communicating with her staff in Syria, adding she had only come to lea [...] | 2008-12-01 13:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV IZ SY |
08DAMASCUS874 | MORE WFP RICE TO BE RE-EXPORTED: SARG PROXIES [...] Summary: The World Food Program (WFP) reported to us its plans to re-export the Vietnamese rice, destined for the Iraqi refugee population, in accordance with Syrian demands. This comes after several weeks of WFP working to find a solution to a SARG decision to refuse import. A close associa [...] | 2008-12-04 17:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV IZ SY |
08DAMASCUS94 | DOUBTS ABOUT NUMBER OF IRAQI REFUGEES IN SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: In a move we are concerned will negatively affect USG efforts to gain support for Iraqi refugees in Syria, some European embassies, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),and other NGOs are quietly challenging SARG and UNHCR estimates of 1.5 million Iraqi refugees i [...] | 2008-02-07 17:31:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ |
08DARESSALAAM282 | ICTR: CLOSURE, LEGACY AND BRINGING FUGITIVES TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador Clint Williamson from the Office of War Crimes Issues (S/WCI) visited the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania from April 5 to 8. He discussed the Tribunal's completion strategy and urged all concerned to remain efficient and fo [...] | 2008-05-05 03:23:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TZ |
08DHAKA1151 | ADDRESSING THE ROHINGYA REFUGEE SITUATION IN THE [...] (U) Previous international assistance for Burmese Muslim Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh has focused largely on those who have been formally registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). While this approach has improved the well being of the registered refugees, i [...] | 2008-11-04 09:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREF PREL BG BM |
08DHAKA1321 | IN RUN-UP TO ELECTIONS NORTH BENGAL IS EAGER FOR [...] (SBU) Voters in North Bengal are eager for change, but are not united on the type of change they want. In the run-up to Bangladesh's parliamentary elections December 29, parliamentary candidates, businessmen, educators and civil society leaders in three districts of Rajshahi Division reveal [...] | 2008-12-21 04:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL PREF BG |
08DHAKA240 | HIGH-LEVEL UNHCR OFFICIAL VISITS TO VIEW PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Dhaka office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is continuing to seek a long-term solution for Rohingya refugees living in camps in southeastern Bangladesh. Janet Lim, UNHCR's Asia and Pacific Director, visited Dhaka to discuss long-term options for resolving the [...] | 2008-02-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF BG |
08DHAKA290 | EMBASSY DHAKA INPUT TO EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) covers anti-trafficking efforts by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) from April 2007 to March 2008. Paragraph two begins text. Embassy point of contact is Kapil Gupta, Political/Economic Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x 2206, IVG post-code: 583, fax [...] | 2008-03-04 11:23:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG |
08DHAKA380 | ADCM MEETS BANGLADESH'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director General for UN Affairs requested a meeting with A/DCM to discuss the GOB,s previous request for US support for the Bangladesh candidate for WIPO Director General, Dr. Toufiq Ali. (REFTEL A.) Beyond WIPO, topics discussed included [...] | 2008-03-27 08:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIPR KPKO GTIP PREF BG |
08DHAKA409 | SIGNS OF CHANGE IN ROHINGYA CAMPS, BUT LONG-TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY. The plight of Burmese Rohingyas living in southeastern Bangladesh is dire, but the government of Bangladesh is taking some steps to improve conditions. In a recent visit to the region, POLOFF visited the official and unofficial Rohingya camps and met with local UN representatives [...] | 2008-04-07 10:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF BG |
08DHAKA459 | EMBASSY DHAKA UPDATED INFORMATION FOR EIGHTH ANNUAL [...] This cable provides updated information provided by the Government of Bangladesh regarding its efforts against trafficking in persons (TIP) in the April 2007 to March 2008 reporting period. Embassy point of contact is Kapil Gupta, Political/Economic Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x 2206, I [...] | 2008-04-23 11:24:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG |
08DILI216 | MISSION DILI COMMENTS ON UNFPA CPD FOR TIMOR-LESTE [...] In response to reftel, US Mission Dili offers the following comments on UNFPA's Country Program Document for Timor-Leste for 2009-13. 2. General: In general, the proposed Country Program Document (CPD) is analytical, well written and reality/evidence based. The document aptly incorporate [...] | 2008-08-28 09:24:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SOCI TT |
08DILI288 | TIMOR-LESTE: IDP REINTEGRATION ON TRACK DESPITE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Since April 2008, the Government of Timor-Leste's Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS) has closed 33 of 54 internally displaced persons (IDP) camps erected after over 100,000 people fled their homes during the 2006 political-military crisis. The GOTL and NGOs estimate that over 50,000 I [...] | 2008-11-07 12:21:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI TT |
08DILI70 | WHEELS UP FOR TIMOR-LESTE CUBAN MEDICS [...] (C) Summary. On February 24, the government of Timor-Leste facilitated the departure of four Cuban doctors to the U.S. under the Special Public Benefit Parole Program (SBPB). Timor-Leste appreciates the support of the Cuban medical mission's 200-plus doctors and nurses operating in the country [...] | 2008-03-04 03:53:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM CU ID TT |
08DJIBOUTI1042 | UNHCR DJIBOUTI RECIEVES OFFICIAL VISIT FROM GENEVA [...] SUMMARY: Mr. Mengesha Kebede, UNHCR's Deputy Director of the Bureau for Africa in Geneva visited Djibouti. He emphasized the need for closer coordination among UN agencies, donors, host governments, and regional actors to prepare for possible large scale migrations resulting from conflict and [...] | 2008-12-31 04:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG EAID SO ET DJ XA |
08DJIBOUTI223 | DJIBOUTI FACES CONTINUED INFLUX OF SOMALI REFUGEES DESPITE [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports a continued influx of refugees from south and central Somalia to Djibouti. Meanwhile, UNHCR completed the repatriation of 1,853 Somali refugees to Somaliland. END SUMMARY. REFUGEES FROM SOUTH AND CENTRAL SOMALIA --- [...] | 2008-03-10 18:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG SO ET DJ XA |
08DJIBOUTI377 | DJIBOUTI FM DISCUSSES SOMALIA, ERITREA-ETHIOPIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 16 meeting, AF/E Director James Knight and GODJ Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Youssouf reaffirmed the importance of a strong U.S.-Djibouti partnership, and discussed Djibouti's part in several regional issues, including the current situation in Somalia, a re [...] | 2008-04-17 09:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF ECON DJ SO ER ET |
08DJIBOUTI437 | REFUGEE SURGE: DJIBOUTI FEELS THE WOES OF [...] (U) Djibouti, by most measures, is one of the more stable countries in the Horn of Africa. As a result it has become an attractive destination for refugees and immigrants from the entire region, but particularly Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea. Due to increased turmoil and instability in south [...] | 2008-05-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | ASEC DJ PREF PTER SMIG SO |
08DJIBOUTI439 | DJIBOUTI - IMPACT OF SOMALI REFUGEES AND YEMEN-BOUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the National Office of Assistance to Refugees and Disaster Stricken People (ONARS)--the Government of Djibouti (GoDJ) office in charge of refugee affairs--reported the ongoing arrival of refugees/m [...] | 2008-05-07 09:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG EAID SO ET DJ YM XA |
08DJIBOUTI442 | DJIBOUTI - INFLUX OF SOMALI REFUGEES STRAINS RESOURCES AND [...] SUMMARY: Ethiopia-based Regional Refugee Coordinator (REFCOORD) and Washington-based Refugee Officer Matthew Austin recently visited Djibouti on separate occasions to survey the refugee situation and assess the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) activities. During these visi [...] | 2008-05-07 15:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID SMIG SO ET DJ XA |
08DJIBOUTI532 | WORLD REFUGEE DAY CELEBRATIONS MARRED BY SECURITY LAPSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),EmbOffs, and Camp Lemonier planned a June 18 donation of clothing, toys, and shoes to refugees in Djibouti in a show of support for United Nations World Refugee Day (WRD). The U.S. convoy, consisting of the Refugee Officer, [...] | 2008-06-18 18:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAO DJ |
08DJIBOUTI544 | LOCAL PRESS WHITE-WASHES WORLD REFUGEE DAY SECURITY LAPSE [...] RTD broadcast a two-minute news segment in Somali during the June 18 evening news. The tagline stated that UNHCR gave clothing, shoes, and toys to children at the Ali-Addeh refugee camp in southwest Djibouti in preparation for the celebration of World Refugee Day. RTD reported that the donat [...] | 2008-06-23 05:22:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAO DJ |
08DJIBOUTI550 | DJIBOUTI - SOMALI REFUGEE INFLUX EXACERBATES FOOD [...] SUMMARY: The unforeseen influx of refugees since November 2007 from Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea has strained the capacity of the Government of Djibouti (GoDJ) and the two primary international organizations supporting refugees in Djibouti. World Food Program (WFP) struggles to meet the dema [...] | 2008-06-25 09:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID EAGR SMIG SO ET DJ XA |
08DJIBOUTI568 | DJIBOUTI FACES NEW REFUGEEE INFLUX CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: The Chargee and the Refugee Officer met with representative 2. On June 15, Chargee and the Refugee Officer met with Ann Encontre, R MIGRANTS CAUGHT IN CROSS FIRE ----------------------------- 3. Migrants from Somalia reportedly continue to transit through Djibou FEARED IMPA [...] | 2008-06-30 16:14:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG EAID SO ET DJ XA |
08DJIBOUTI569 | DJIBOUTI FACES NEW REFUGEEE INFLUX CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: The Chargee and the Refugee Officer met with representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),and the National Office of Assistance to Refugees and Disaster Stricken People (ONARS) to discuss the challenges Djibouti faces associated with the recent Djibo [...] | 2008-07-01 09:40:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG EAID SO ET DJ XA |
08DJIBOUTI631 | DJIBOUTI TAKES STEPS TO ADDRESS GROWING REFUGEE BURDEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: WFP officials report observing an estimated 5,000-20,000 refugees and assumed asylum-seekers in urban areas of Djibouti--a significant burden on a country whose total population numbers approximately 600,000. To address the growing number of refugees crossing into Djibouti from th [...] | 2008-07-29 15:03:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SMIG SO DJ |
08DJIBOUTI632 | DJIBOUTI: UNHCR REJECTS TAKING CUSTODY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Citing security issues, UNHCR has rejected a request from the Government of Djibouti to take up to 39 Eritrean military defectors/deserters to Djibouti's sole refugee camp, currently dominated by Somalis and Ethiopians. Nevertheless, UNHCR is expected to register the Eritrean def [...] | 2008-07-29 15:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MOPS DJ ER |
08DJIBOUTI638 | DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: SEPARATE UN AND ACP [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to Djibouti's appeal to the international community, the United Nations Secretariat and the Brussels-based African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group) have dispatched separate fact-finding missions to examine ways to reduce tensions with Eritrea, follow [...] | 2008-08-03 17:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MOPS KPKO ER DJ ET |
08DJIBOUTI685 | DJIBOUTI: ICRC REPORTS 19 ERITREAN POWS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reports having interviewed 19 Eritrean prisoners-of-war (POWs) and 40 defector/deserters in Djibouti, as a result of June 11 border hostilities between Djibouti and Eritrea. The future of these former Eritrean troops remains un [...] | 2008-08-26 16:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MOPS KPKO ER DJ ET |
08DJIBOUTI767 | DJIBOUTI: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INTERVIEWS ERITREAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of Human Rights Watch (HRW) granted permission to interview Eritrean defectors/deserters now under GODJ control reported that there are currently 46 defectors/deserters in Djiboutian custody, along with an unknown number of prisoners of war. HRW representatives sa [...] | 2008-09-21 14:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF PHUM DJ ER |
08DJIBOUTI842 | DJIBOUTI - UNHCR RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM DONORS [...] SUMMARY: Post awarded a USD 20,000 grant to American-led NGO LIFE International to assist refugees in Djibouti with skills training. The UNHCR mission in Djibouti received donations from donor countries and NGOs during the holy month of Ramadan, and also received non-food items originally inten [...] | 2008-10-27 08:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID DJ XA |
08DJIBOUTI854 | DISASTER DECLARATION DJIBOUTI 2009 [...] SUMMARY. Several years of continuous drought, lack of social protection, and high food prices have eroded the livelihood and food security situation of pastoralist and urban poor households in Djibouti, as evidenced by high malnutrition rates country-wide (reaching 25-34 percent in some areas) [...] | 2008-10-30 06:50:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PREF DJ |
08DJIBOUTI864 | ICRC ON ERITREAN POWS AND ITS WORK IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY: With regional support from Nairobi, Djibouti's very small International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) office continues to play an active role in monitoring prison conditions, transmitting messages between refugees and their families, and helping to train Djiboutian security f [...] | 2008-11-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF DJ ER |
08DJIBOUTI890 | DJIBOUTI: UNHCR ON NEW PROGRESS, ERITREAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the standoff over the Djibouti-Eritrea border continues, UNHCR is working to interview and document 71 Eritrean defectors/deserters in Djiboutian custody. This year, the GODJ and UNHCR are facing the annual winter refugee influx with a new border refugee reception center, a r [...] | 2008-11-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SMIG EAID SO ET DJ |
08DOHA132 | CHAD: DOHA EMBASSY OFFICER MEETING WITH CHADIAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: PolOff met at the Embassy February 11 with Jebren Issa, the Chadian rebel group "Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD)'s" self-described international spokesman. Issa, a naturalized British citizen, asked for USG assistance in his group's cause against the cur [...] | 2008-02-13 08:13:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH SU QA |
08DOHA171 | QATAR: INPUT FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Subsequent to the demotion of Qatar to Tier-3 status last year, information and statistics from Qatari Government and quasi-government stakeholders have been more difficult to obtain. All government stakeholders, including the National TIP Coordinator and the TIP shelter, have been instr [...] | 2008-02-28 13:16:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ELAB QA |
08DOHA172 | QATAR: INPUT FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Paragraph 29. PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS: A. (SBU) Does the government assist foreign trafficking victims, for example, by providing temporary to permanent residency status, or other relief from deportation? If so, please explain. - In 2005, the government opened a shelte [...] | 2008-02-28 13:17:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ELAB QA |
08DOHA244 | QATAR: ADDITIONAL INPUT FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL [...] (U) The information below, which Post either received in the past week from from the Qatar National Office for Combating Trafficking in Humans (TIP Office) or otherwise just became available, details additional efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in Qatar during the reporting period [...] | 2008-03-31 13:11:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ELAB QA |
08DOHA256 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador James Foley, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues, delivered reftel demarche March 26 to Ambassador Abulla Al-Jabor, MFA Acting Director for European and American Affairs at the MFA. Al-Jabor, noting that he was standing in for colleagues currently on travel, undertook [...] | 2008-04-03 11:03:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL QA |
08DOHA284 | QATARI ORGANIZATION ASSISTING IRAQI REFUGEES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador James Foley, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues, met with the Director of Reach Out to Asia (ROTA),Omnia Nour, March 27 in Doha. As part of his tour of the region, Ambassador Foley intended to request ROTA's support for UN appeals for assistance to Iraqi r [...] | 2008-04-09 06:23:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL QA SY |
08DOHA756 | QATAR BRIEFS P5 AMBASSADORS ON ITS ARAB-AFRICAN [...] (SBU) Al-Mahmood's 40-minute briefing loosely described a three-stage process designed to "stop the fighting," bring the parties into negotiation, and address the cross-border conflict. The first stage, nearing its end, involved Al-Mahmood's recent fact-finding trip to Sudan and some of the [...] | 2008-10-26 11:19:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF QA SU |
08DOHA760 | FRENCH GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ON QATARI INITIATIVE [...] (C) France's Special Envoy for the Peace Negotiations on Darfur, Isaa Maraut, who has been temporarily posted to the French Embassy in Doha until at least December to interface with the Government of Qatar on its Darfur initiative, told P/E Chief October 27 that Qatar's approach to Darfur was [...] | 2008-10-28 04:46:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM QA SU |
08DUBAI92 | POSSIBLE SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST AMCIT TIP ACTIVIST AND HER [...] (C) Summary and comment: A simmering conflict between an outspoken human rights activist (dual national AmCit/Emirati) and management of the newly established Dubai Foundation for Women and Children (DFWC, reported reftel) boiled over into public view with a front page article and two inside st [...] | 2008-03-13 16:19:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB AE |
08DUBLIN106 | IRELAND - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Summary: On the verge of passing new comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation, Ireland made great strides during the reporting period to shore up protections against trafficking in persons (TIP) in the country. In addition to the new Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007, which [...] | 2008-03-03 10:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EI |
08DUBLIN175 | IRISH AID FOR IRAQI REFUGEES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL EI |
08DUBLIN223 | IRELAND ACCEPTS CUBAN REFUGEES; PASSES MUTUAL LEGAL [...] (SBU) Sean Aylward, Secretary General of the Irish Department of Justice, Equality, and Law Reform told the Embassy April 22 that the way had been cleared to immediately resettle 11 Cuban refugees who have been sheltering at Guantanamo. He added that the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bi [...] | 2008-04-29 10:15:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF CJAN EUN KCRM KJUS KTIA KFRD KWMN EI |
08DUBLIN436 | IRELAND WILLING TO CONSIDER RESETTLING GUANTANAMO [...] (S) Summary: On July 15, 2008 Ambassador-at Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met Michael Flahive, Assistant Secretary in the Irish Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and Darach Mac Fhoinnbhairr (MAC-FIN-BAR),Director, America,s Section, Department of Foreign Affairs t [...] | 2008-07-24 12:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF CJAN EUN KJUS KTIA EI |
08DUBLIN566 | IRELAND UNLIKELY TO RESETTLE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) EUR/WE Office Director Pamela Spratlen reviewed the status of Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson's presentation to the Irish government on July 15, 2008, in which Williamson requested the Government of Ireland to accept one or more detainees from Guantanamo who coul [...] | 2008-10-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF CJAN EUN KJUS KTIA KAWC EI |
08DUBLIN59 | IRISH DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL ATTEND UN.GIFT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG EI |
08DUBLIN707 | IRELAND/CUBA: UPCOMING MINISTERIAL VISIT AND [...] (C) Summary. Ireland's Foreign Minister publicly announced plans for an official visit to Cuba in mid-February, a first for any Irish Minister. He also signaled Ireland's willingness to accept Guantanamo detainees as part of an EU response to any plan to close Guantanamo proposed by the inco [...] | 2008-12-30 07:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER CU EI MX |
08DURBAN27 | XENOPHOBIA IN DURBAN: KZN OFFICALS AND CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Beginning the week of May 19, local police, officials and NGO's confirmed the spread of violence targeting foreign nationals in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province. By May 27, while fearful foreign nationals continued to seek safety away from their homes, no new incidents of violence agai [...] | 2008-05-30 18:10:00 | Consulate Durban | CONFIDENTIAL | SF ASEC CASC PGOV PHUM PREF CG BY RW |
08DURBAN30 | IFP LEADER ON INCREASED TENSIONS WITH ANC, DANGER OF TWO [...] (C) CG met June 3 with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Secretary General Musa Zondi. Zondi expressed concern about rising tensions with the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN),particularly over the issue of changing Durban's street names, including one currently named for IFP Founder/President Mangosuthu [...] | 2008-06-04 16:51:00 | Consulate Durban | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF PHUM PREF PREL |
08DURBAN33 | UPDATE ON CIVILIAN DISPLACEMENT FROM XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE IN [...] (U) On 20 June, Pol/Econoff visited sites throughout the greater Durban area hosting displaced persons from last month's wave of xenophobic violence to assess the current levels of displacement and identify any immediate humanitarian needs. Hundreds of the original 1750 displaced persons in re [...] | 2008-06-26 15:26:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED | SF PGOV PHUM PREF CG BY RW ABLD |
08DUSHANBE1317 | TAJIKISTAN: AFGHAN REFUGEE UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: According to government data through August, the number of new arrivals claiming asylum in Tajikistan, mainly from Afghanistan, had reached 957 persons, 212 more than in all of 2007. UNHCR reports that the Tajik government is denying status to a higher percentage of refugees often for [...] | 2008-10-17 06:47:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM UNHCR TI AF |
08DUSHANBE86 | TAJIKISTAN PLEADS FOR HELP TO RESOLVE SELF-INFLICTED COTTON FINANCE CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rahmon's top policy advisors, Erkin Rahmatulloev (Foreign Affairs) and Matlubkhon Davlatov (Economic Affairs),requested a meeting with the Ambassador January 4 to smooth the way for the Tajik delegation's meetings with International Monetary Fund and World Bank offi [...] | 2008-01-14 06:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAGR PREF TI IMF |
08DUSSELDORF10 | GERMAN STATE MAINTAINS COMMITMENT TO COMBAT FORCED [...] (SBU) Summary: North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW),Germany's most populous state, appears to be successfully combating trafficking in persons for the purposes of sexual exploitation. Using both traditional and innovative methods, NRW experienced a decrease in the number of trafficking in persons ca [...] | 2008-02-25 14:05:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM ELAB KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG GM |
08FESTTWO1 | NDJAMENA 001: AN EERIE NORMALCY RETURNS [...] Summary: Life is slowly returning to what passes for normal in N'Djamena as Chadian citizens emerge from hiding or flight to view the newest scars on this historically war-torn city. The U.S. Embassy transferred operations from a temporary site at the French base to the Chancery and other fa [...] | 2008-02-17 15:50:00 | US Delegation FEST TWO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF CASC SU CD |
08FESTTWO12 | NDJAMENA 006: EU PRESSURES CHAD ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. As a result of EU and French pressure (linked with the expected upcoming visit of French President Sarkozy, possibly accompanied by an EC official),the Government of Chad has publically agreed to set up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the disappearances of political l [...] | 2008-02-22 18:05:00 | US Delegation FEST TWO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SU CD |
08FESTTWO13 | NDJAMENA 005: CIVIL SOCIETY WARNS OF PRECARIOUS POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of the February 2-3 "Battle of N'Djamena," Chadian civil society is expressing new levels of concern at the deteriorating human rights situation and the apparent single-minded determination of President Deby to proceed with a military solution to what they perce [...] | 2008-02-22 18:15:00 | US Delegation FEST TWO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SU CD |
08FESTTWO14 | NDJAMENA 006: DAS SWAN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT DEBY [...] (C) Summary. In discussions with the President of Chad and other GOC officials, Deputy Assistant Secretary Swan stressed that the time was ripe for moving forward on internal political dialogue and expressed USG support for regional initiatives to end the cycle of violence in Chad. President [...] | 2008-02-27 11:39:00 | US Delegation FEST TWO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SU CD |
08FESTTWO2 | N'DJAMENA 002: FRENCH AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT DEBY WARN [...] (S) Summary. The French here believe that they have credible evidence of direct Sudanese involvement in the most recent Chadian rebel attack on N'Djamena. Rebel forces are still in eastern Chad, and reportedly are being rearmed and resupplied by Sudan. The Ambassador presented his credentia [...] | 2008-02-18 15:53:00 | US Delegation FEST TWO | SECRET | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SU CD |
08FESTTWO6 | N'DJAMENA 002: FRENCH AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT DEBY WARN [...] (S) Summary. The French here believe that they have credible evidence of direct Sudanese involvement in the most recent Chadian rebel attack on N'Djamena. Rebel forces are still in eastern Chad, and reportedly are being rearmed and resupplied by Sudan. The Ambassador presented his credentia [...] | 2008-02-18 17:25:00 | US Delegation FEST TWO | SECRET | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SU CD |
08FESTTWO9 | N'DJAMENA 003: DISCUSSION WITH CHINESE AMBASSADOR [...] Ambassador met with Chinese Ambassador Wang Yingwu Feb 19. This reports highlights of their discussion. 2. Security/Stability: Wang said that he believed the rebels would not succeed in attacking the capital again, despite their continued presence on Chadian soil and widespread persistent [...] | 2008-02-20 11:59:00 | US Delegation FEST TWO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SU CH CD |
08FREETOWN102 | SIERRA LEONE 2008 TIP SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Sierra Leone lost momentum in the fight against trafficking in 2007. The run-up to the national elections, and the elections themselves in August and September, 2007, distracted many government officials from their duties, including on the TIP front, and their interest and attention was n [...] | 2008-03-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SL |
08FREETOWN255 | SECURING VOTES OF NON GENEVA-BASED IOM MEMBERS FOR [...] (SBU) On May 28, DCM spoke with the Director General of Sierra Leone's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Umaru Wurie to thank Sierra Leone for supporting the candidacy of Ambassador Swing as IOM DG. DCM urged that Sierra Leone ensure that an official delegate is present in Geneva to cast [...] | 2008-06-02 13:34:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREF PREL SMIG SL |
08FREETOWN484 | WALK-IN: DUTCH NATIONAL WANTS TO PROVIDE NARCOTICS [...] (S/NF) On September 25, 2008, at 1441 hours, local time, ARSO Freetown was contacted by Post's Public Affairs Officer stating that there was a person at the main gate who would like to speak with someone in the Security Section in regards to information that they have. ARSO Freetown met Adrian [...] | 2008-09-30 15:13:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CVIS PINR PREF PTER |
08GABORONE1140 | GOB STILL NOT READY TO TREAT HIV POSITIVE REFUGEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Botswana provides free antiretroviral therapy (ART) to over 90% of its citizens who need it, but the GOB does not include non-citizens resident in Botswana, including registered refugees, in its national ART program. Botswana's cabinet agreed to extend the ART program to regis [...] | 2008-12-30 07:02:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KHIV PHUM TBIO BC ZI |
08GABORONE511 | BOTSWANA PREPARES FOR HORDES OF ZIMBABWEAN ASYLUM [...] The Office of the President organized a fact-finding trip to Francistown and environs June 15-17 to familiarize members of the diplomatic community with their plans to process and care for potentially thousands of Zimbabweans fleeing the violence in their country. Those participating were myse [...] | 2008-06-24 15:28:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | BC PGOV PREF ZI |
08GABORONE577 | BOTSWANA PRESENTS ITS REQUEST LIST FOR MILITARY [...] (S) This is an action request; please see paragraph 10. 2. (S) Summary: The GOB, through the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) has provided July 14 to this Mission a list of the specific request for security assistance in the form of military hardware and equipment, as first elicited by the GOB [...] | 2008-07-15 15:51:00 | Embassy Gaborone | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PREF MARR MASS MCAP ASEC BC ZI |
08GENEVA1092 | GREENTREE AGREEMENT FOLLOW-UP MEETING: PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 15 meeting in Geneva of the Follow-up Committee on Implementation of the Greentree Agreement, Cameroon and Nigeria agreed that things were going smoothly with the transfer of authority on the Bakassi Peninsula. Cameroon noted its effort systematically to catalogu [...] | 2008-12-18 09:32:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM PINR CM NI |
08GENEVA1094 | KENYA: KEY DONORS STRATEGIZE ABOUT SOMALI REFUGEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 18 meeting hosted at the U.S. Mission, key donor government representatives discussed the current challenges facing Somali refugees in Kenya. They agreed to seek a briefing from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Deputy High Commissioner after [...] | 2008-12-18 14:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SO KE PGOV EAID |
08GENEVA1095 | UNHCR DISCUSSES IRAQ SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Radhouane Nouicer, UNHCR MENA Director, expressed concern to U.S. Mission officers that the UN was not moving aggressively to ensure logistical security inside Iraq for UNHCR and other UN agencies. Nouicer feared the UN may decide to withdraw again to Amman and coordinate its Ir [...] | 2008-12-18 16:52:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM IR |
08GENEVA233 | ICRC REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT TO RETURN TO OGADEN [...] (C) Summary: Refugee Officer (RefOff) met with ICRC officials to discuss ICRC's ongoing efforts to obtain clarification from the Government of Ethiopia (GOE) as to why ICRC was expelled from the Ogaden some eight months ago. ICRC reported that their meeting with the State Secretary of Foreig [...] | 2008-03-27 15:06:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF ICRC ET |
08GENEVA319 | ICRC DONOR SUPPORT GROUP VISIT TO SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary: Geneva-based Refugee Officer (RefOff) Nick Hilgert traveled to Sri Lanka from March 31 to April 5 with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Donor Support Group (DSG) to visit ICRC project sites. The DSG is made up of donors who contribute more than $10 million an [...] | 2008-04-29 14:20:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV EAID CE |
08GENEVA360 | GENEVA-BASED HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES FIND IT TOUGH TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zimbabwe's Mission in Geneva has taken a hard line on Geneva-based UN bodies' efforts to address the situation in the country. In a meeting with officials of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),Zimbabwe's ambassador here had harsh words for High Commiss [...] | 2008-05-16 15:09:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF UNHRC ELAB ZI |
08GENEVA537 | GREENTREE AGREEMENT FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE MEETING: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 11 meeting of the Greentree Agreement Follow-up Committee attended by the U.S. and other witness states, Nigeria and Cameroon reaffirmed their commitment to carrying out the transfer of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon on August 14, although both also said they neede [...] | 2008-07-15 10:17:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM CM NI |
08GENEVA566 | ANNUAL TRIPARTITE CONSULTATIONS ON REFUGEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: PRM/A,s Director and Deputy Director, along with USCIS, HHS and NGO representatives, attended the June 30 ) July 2 Annual Tripartite Consultations on Refugee Resettlement hosted by UNHCR in Geneva. Some 170 participants representing 29 governments (both those currently resettling [...] | 2008-07-22 15:28:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF |
08GENEVA628 | UNHCR AND IOM ON EGYPTIAN DEPORTATIONS OF ERITREANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel request, RMA Officials discussed Egyptian deportations of Eritreans with UNHCR and IOM. UNHCR,s Middle East and North Africa Bureau (MENA) Director, Radhouane Nouicer, acknowledged that UNHCR is having difficulties obtaining access to detained Eritreans, noting that t [...] | 2008-07-30 09:04:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV EG |
08GENEVA758 | IFRC: STRUGGLING WITH NEW APPROACH TO MIGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) recently appointed Thomas Linde to the newly created position of Special Representative on Migration. Charged with the task of developing a policy document for the IFRC and the national Red Cross a [...] | 2008-09-08 12:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF EAID IFRC |
08GENEVA768 | IOM PROTOCOL BREACH [...] (C) Summary: Officials at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) expressed their assurances that IOM staff will not travel to Syria again without prior authorization of the Syrian authorities and were quite surprised at the tough line taken by the Syrian Ambassador in Geneva over t [...] | 2008-09-10 14:48:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SY IZ |
08GENEVA775 | UNHCR:HC GUTERRES ON AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, IRAN [...] (SBU) UNHCR High Commissioner Guterres painted a grim picture of the situation in Northwestern Pakistan during a briefing to key donors. Describing the situation there as the most worrisome in the world at the moment, he called on the International Community to support both the current govern [...] | 2008-09-16 15:46:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF EAGR EAID IR PGOV PHUM PK PREF |
08GENEVA936 | AMB. FOLEY DISCUSSES IRAQ REFUGEE ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador James B. Foley, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues, visited Geneva from October 28-30 to meet with Geneva humanitarian organizations and donor missions. He was accompanied by Shirley Woodward from PRM/ANE. Foley held meetings with officials from UNHCR, IC [...] | 2008-11-07 14:18:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM |
08GEORGETOWN148 | EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy Georgetown's submission of information requested in reftel for the 2008 Annual Trafficking in Persons Report. After a full review of the available information, Post has found that Guyana is not/not a country of origin, transit, or destination for a "significant" [...] | 2008-03-17 12:25:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD GY |
08GUATEMALA1478 | UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR COMPARES DHS TO GESTAPO [...] In a November 7 speech in Guatemala City, Jorge Bustamante, UN Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Immigrants (and a Mexican national),compared the actions of U.S. officials to deport illegal aliens from the United States with the Gestapo's repressive actions against Jews in Nazi Germa [...] | 2008-12-02 10:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UN KHLS PREF PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA242 | G-TIP DISCUSSES HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN GUATEMALA [...] (U) Summary: G-TIP Western Hemisphere Reports Officer Barbara Fleck visited Guatemala February 13-15 during a week-long regional trip. Fleck met with government officials and civil society leaders to discuss anti-trafficking efforts and the congressionally mandated Trafficking in Persons (TIP [...] | 2008-02-27 19:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN PREF SMIG PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA327 | GUATEMALA'S INPUT FOR 2008 TIP REPORT (APRIL 2007 [...] Post submits the following information (keyed to ref A) on anti-trafficking efforts undertaken by the Guatemalan government between April 2007 and March 2008 in the areas of prevention, protection and assistance to trafficked victims, and investigation and prosecution of traffickers. While ch [...] | 2008-03-13 22:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT |
08GUATEMALA763 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON IOM DG CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 19:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SMIG AORC XR XM XL CA GT |
08HANOI100 | UNHCR SAYS MONTAGNARD CAMPS MAXED; STATELESS KHMER PLAN [...] (SBU) In a January 23 farewell call with Ambassador Michalak, retiring UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan reviewed the progress UNHCR had made in Vietnam over the last several years. Working cooperatively with the GVN, the USG and the international donor community, Utkan said UNHCR had h [...] | 2008-01-30 00:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF CB VM |
08HANOI203 | UNHCR SAYS GVN TROUBLED BY ONGOING MONTAGNARD EMIGRATION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Giuseppe de Vincentis and Vietnam Officer-in-Charge Vu Anh Son met with the Ambassador on February 19 to discuss the need for a timely solution to the growing UNHCR Montagnard camp population in Cambodia. De Vincentis said UNHCR was not in a [...] | 2008-02-21 08:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF CB VM |
08HANOI793 | UPDATE ON RELEASE OF BUI KIM THANH FOR EVALUATION [...] (SBU) As reported in reftel, IOM will send a psychiatrist from Bangkok during July 15-17 to conduct Ms. Bui Kim Thanh's psychiatric evaluation as the next step in her P-1 processing. Poloff contacted Ministry of Public Security (MPS) official Dao Tam Chau to inform him of the scheduled July 16 [...] | 2008-07-09 09:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
08HARARE186 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (TIP) - ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- -- 27 A. (SBU) Zimbabwe is a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked men, women and children. Women and children are trafficked for labor and [...] | 2008-03-10 15:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ZI ASEC |
08HARARE553 | ZIM HUMANITARIAN CRISIS GROWS: WITH UN AGENCIES [...] (U) The humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe continues to worsen. Politically motivated violence continues unabated. Humanitarian space continues to shrink. Access to the most vulnerable populations remains restricted. All this, combined with a high level of uncertainty, and exacerbated by the Z [...] | 2008-06-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE593 | ACTION REQUEST: OCHA ZIMBABWE NEEDS HELP [...] (C) In the wake of the Mugabe regime's continued crackdown on political and humanitarian space, it is increasingly clear that the UN Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Zimbabwe are ill-equipped for the significant challenges prese [...] | 2008-07-03 16:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE598 | EMBASSY HELPS OVER 300 IDPS, MORE IN NEED AS [...] (C) On July 3, 308 displaced Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters came to the U.S. Embassy after being locked out of the MDC headquarters, Harvest House. Through considerable effort, Mission staff transferred about 64 women and 68 children to existing safe houses in Harare that day [...] | 2008-07-07 16:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI |
08HARARE602 | UNHCR WANTS TO PLAY A ROLE WITH IDPS WHILE RUWA [...] (C) Charge and poloff met with UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Resident Coordinator Marcellin Hepie on July 8 to discuss the ongoing IDP situation and how the U.S. Embassy had responded to the plight of over 300 IDPs that sought assistance on July 3 (Reftel A). Hepie indicated that U [...] | 2008-07-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM ZI |
08HARARE709 | MDC/DONORS MEET TO DISCUSS AID PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) On August 15, at the request of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),MDC leadership met with major donors that support the World Bank's Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) to discuss post-transition economic recovery and development strategies. The meeting was an opportunity for the MDC a [...] | 2008-08-21 13:29:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI |
08HAVANA397 | GOC PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN TARGETS OPPOSITION, USINT [...] (C) The GOC wrapped up a three-day marathon of attacks on the dissident community and on USINT with a second press conference at the Foreign Ministry (MINREX) led by FM Perez Roque. The campaign had been launched at another MINREX conference on Monday, May 19 (REF XXX). Perez-Roque devoted [...] | 2008-05-23 16:03:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREF |
08HAVANA460 | VISIT TO CUBA OF BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM [...] (C) Poloff met with Brazilian DCM Vilmar Coutinho (please protect) to discuss the May 30-31 visit to Cuba of Brazilian foreign minister Celso Amorim. Amorim's visit was a follow-up to Brazilian President Lula da Silva's January 2008 visit to Cuba (Reftel). In addition to meeting with his co [...] | 2008-06-17 14:41:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF ETRD CU BR |
08HAVANA484 | WALL JUMPER [...] (U) SUMMARY: AT 4:16 AM ON JUNE 23, ROLANDO PEREZ PERALTA, A 37 YEAR-OLD MALE CUBAN, SCALED THE TWELVE FOOT FENCE SURROUNDING THE U.S. INTERESTS SECTION'S ANNEX HOUSING THE REFUGEE UNIT, AND ENTERED THE PROPERTY. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY APPREHENDED BY USINT GUARDS, WHO CALLED THE REGIONAL SECURIT [...] | 2008-06-23 22:06:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CU PREF |
08HAVANA536 | CUBA PROVIDES EVIDENCE TO ASSIST U.S. PROSECUTION [...] (C) Summary: On July 4, 2008, Cuban officials from the Ministry of Interior (MININT) requested to meet with USINT's Coast Guard representative to present a case evidence package in reference to a June 16, 2008, illegal smuggling event which resulted in a collision of two vessels and the death [...] | 2008-07-08 21:56:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR CVIS PHUM PREF CU |
08HAVANA542 | INFORMAL POLL OF REFUGEE APPLICANTS SHOWS WOEFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: FROM MAY 20 TO JUNE 20, USINT REFUGEE UNIT CONDUCTED AN UNOFFICIAL AND UNSCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF 236 CUBAN ADULTS (OVER AGE 21) WHO WERE PRINCIPAL APPLICANTS FOR REFUGEE STATUS. RESULTS REVEALED THAT OVER HALF OF THOSE SURVEYED COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY OF SEVEN PROMINENT CUBAN DISSIDENTS/OP [...] | 2008-07-09 20:51:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR PREF CU |
08HAVANA894 | 10 NOVEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT [...] USINT officer transferred 28 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Ocracoke to Cuban authorities on November 10 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 9:30 am local time to transfer the migrants. USINT officer briefed the returnees and provi [...] | 2008-12-02 20:25:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU |
08HAVANA922 | 22 NOVEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT [...] USINT officer transferred 12 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Ocracoke to Cuban authorities on November 22 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 9:30 am local time to transfer the migrants. USINT officer briefed the returnees and provi [...] | 2008-12-15 12:45:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU |
08HELSINKI159 | FINLAND: REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Leena Pylvanainen, Regional Manager of the Finnish MFA's Office of Middle East and North Africa, and to Ilkka Rentola, Counsellor, Unit for Human Rights Policy and Irma Lescelius, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, April 2. Pylvanainen said Finland alloca [...] | 2008-04-09 06:53:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL FI |
08HELSINKI247 | FINLAND ON IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (U) PolOff delivered the "Securing Support for U.S. Candidate for IOM Director General" demarche to Counsellor Ilkka Rentola of the MFA,s Unit for Human Rights Policy on Jun 4. 2. (C) Rentola stated that the GoF's current discussion is focused on support for the Canadian candidate Sergio Ma [...] | 2008-06-05 10:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF SMIG AORC FI |
08HELSINKI574 | FINLAND: IRAQI HUMAN SMUGGLING CASES [...] SUMMARY. Iraqi asylum cases in Finland are on the rise, following a shift in the Government's refugee policy. As the Iraqi population rises, Finnish officials encounter instances of people trying to circumvent refugee processes abroad to reunite with family and former neighbors now resident in [...] | 2008-12-19 11:32:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PBTS SMIG FI |
08HOCHIMINHCITY1093 | 6TH HUMANITARIAN RESETTLEMENT PROCESS JOINT WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Summary: During the sixth and final Humanitarian Resettlement process (HR) Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on November 14, the USG and GVN evaluated the HR process, its impact, and modalities for bringing it to conclusion. The GVN stated that exemplary bilateral cooperation on the proc [...] | 2008-12-24 08:01:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY30 | 5TH HUMANITARIAN RESETTLEMENT PROCESS JOINT WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Summary: During the fifth Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on December 13, discussion centered on plans to conclude the process and was generally productive. The two sides agreed on a final round of Public Information Outreach (PIO) throughout southern Vie [...] | 2008-01-07 05:30:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPAO VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY414 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS LEADERS ROLL OUT WELCOME MAT IN DAK LAK [...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's two-day trip to Dak Lak March 17-18, Central Highlands officials spoke positively about their recent Voluntary Visitor (VolVis) trip to the United States, reiterating their desire to promote more two-way exchanges. While skeptical about the perceived credibility of [...] | 2008-04-23 04:12:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF SOCI ECON EAGR VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY447 | DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, ARRESTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Demonstrations continued in the Central Highlands this week, with reports of clashes between ethnic minority groups and GVN authorities in Gia Lai, Dak Lak and Kon Tum provinces. Discontent over land expropriation and zoning policies and encouragement from "hostile foreign elem [...] | 2008-04-25 10:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY472 | ARVN VETERANS TODAY [...] (U) Summary: The day to day differences between the lives of veterans of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and other Vietnamese citizens are slight in most of Vietnam today. An atmosphere of latent mistrust and lingering hostility still exists in some poorer areas. Geography and eco [...] | 2008-05-12 09:15:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREF PHUM PGOV VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY480 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DEMONSTRATIONS DWINDLING [...] (SBU) Summary: Reports of civil unrest in the Central Highlands are dwindling, but tensions between ethnic minorities, Kinh majority residents and local authorities remain. One contact estimates 20-30 "instigators" remain in custody in Gia Lai. Post is following up on reports of fatalities i [...] | 2008-05-15 09:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY61 | HUMANITARIAN RESETTLEMENT PROCESS DISTILLED [...] (U) Summary: Roughly eighteen months into the two year Humanitarian Resettlement (HR) process application period, the pool of potential viable applicants appears to be almost exhausted, as shown by an overall approval rate (ratio of total applications to approved cases) of only two percent. T [...] | 2008-01-14 03:31:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM CVIS PREL VM |
08HOCHIMINHCITY693 | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO ARREST MONTAGNARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Six ethnic minority "instigators" of mass demonstrations were arrested by authorities in Gia Lai province this month, according to a recent government news report. Post contacts confirmed the arrests, but say only two now remain in custody. While official reports call the deta [...] | 2008-07-29 09:09:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM |
08HONGKONG403 | HONG KONG NGO'S CONCERNED ABOUT PRISON LABOR AND [...] (C) Summary: Work study programs in China are among the most troubling, under researched and uncorrected human trafficking cases there, but exploitation in prison labor programs, as well as abuses of Indonesian foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong contribute to the problem in the region. Th [...] | 2008-03-05 01:06:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF |
08ISLAMABAD13 | PROPOSALS FOR EXPEDITED DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: As instructed by Principals December 28, this cable outlines proposals to enhance and expedite military and development projects for Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and adjacent Pakistan-Afghan border areas. These include projects with the Pakistan military, [...] | 2008-01-02 16:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL ECON EAID PREF |
08ISLAMABAD1404 | AMBITIOUS UNHCR STRATEGY FOR AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is revising its strategy for Afghan refugees to complement voluntary repatriations. It includes regulatory mechanisms to allow Afghans in Pakistan to better support themselves; development of refugee affected hosting areas [...] | 2008-04-02 06:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PK AF |
08ISLAMABAD1982 | SUPPORT TO IOM DG CANDIDATE IS UNKNOWN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL AORC PREF SMIG |
08ISLAMABAD2051 | CODELS LEVIN AND CASEY DISCUSS BORDER SECURITY AND AID WITH PM GILANI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PINR PREF PK |
08ISLAMABAD2316 | USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Defense Policy Eric Edelman and Ambassador met with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on June 2. USDP Edelmen stressed the U.S.'s long-term commitment to Pakistan and discussed how the U.S. might assist Pakistan in addressing the growing security threat posed [...] | 2008-07-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MASS PREF PK |
08ISLAMABAD2798 | HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN BAJAUR [...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 2. (C) Summary: One of our goals with the Pakistani government and military has been to improve their ability to execute all the elements of a successful counter-insurgency (COIN) strategy simultaneously. The current fighting in Bajaur, and the floo [...] | 2008-08-22 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL EAID PREF PTER MOPS |
08ISLAMABAD2803 | HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 19, Health and Human Services Secretary Leavitt met with Prime Minister Gilani at the Prime Minister's official residence. The Prime Minister talked about the importance of the health and education sectors in Pakistan's efforts to combat terrorism. He emphasized that [...] | 2008-08-25 00:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PREF PGOV SOCI PK |
08ISLAMABAD2876 | BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: Ref A laid out the opportunity that the current situation in Bajaur and Rajanpur presents to achieve some of our counterterrorism goals. While mission's long term programs are designed to pursue those same goals, we are missing the immediately-available funding that would allow u [...] | 2008-08-29 14:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD2894 | "SUSPENSION" NOT CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) Summary. During a September 2 meeting with Ambassador, Interior Minister Malik insisted that there was no "cease-fire" in the tribal areas but only a one-month suspension of air operations during Ramadan. This was in response to parliamentarians' complaints about collateral damage and [...] | 2008-09-02 13:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK PREF |
08ISLAMABAD2962 | WAY FORWARD ON BAJAUR AND COIN STRATEGY [...] (C) Reftels laid out the opportunity that the current situation in Bajaur presents to help the Pakistani government implement a comprehensive counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy, and our recommended approach for helping them get there. While the circumstances on the ground have changed somewhat, [...] | 2008-09-08 14:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS PREF PINR PK |
08ISLAMABAD3027 | PRM VISIT TO PAKISTAN: JULY 14-24 [...] (SBU) Summary: This is a report from PRM/ECA Deputy Director Nancy Iris and Program Officer Amy Wendt's visit to Pakistan July 14-24. The GOP is looking to the international community for a renewed commitment to assist with the impact Afghan refugees have had on Pakistan's environment, infras [...] | 2008-09-15 09:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK PREL PHUM PREF |
08ISLAMABAD3068 | FATA UPDATE - 17 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Military operations continue in Bajaur Agency, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) continue to move in and out as the situation evolves. International organizations and NGOs are providing aid outside the Agency, but local Pakistani government (GoP) authorities still recommen [...] | 2008-09-19 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER PREL PHUM MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3183 | TASKINGS FOR IDP/REFUGEE INFORMATION [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassy Islamabad and Embassy Kabul. 2. (C) In recent weeks, Embassy Islamabad and the Regional Refcord in Embassy Kabul have received requests, both orally and through e-mails, from the DAO and USSOCOM (and its XXXXXXXXXXXX contractor) requesting information on ca [...] | 2008-10-06 05:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PREF PK |
08ISLAMABAD3332 | LASHKARS FORMING, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE AWAKENING [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In various agencies within the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and parts of the Northwest Frontier Province, local communities are raising homegrown security forces to fight militants, known as lashkars. These lashkars are fully supported logistically by their lo [...] | 2008-10-21 12:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
08ISLAMABAD3419 | FATA UPDATE - 24 OCTOBER 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani military operations in Bajaur continue, but Inspector General Frontier Corps MG Tariq Khan says his forces are making good progress. They have cleared most of the main towns and the main road, and say they have taken the town of Lowi Sam, although attacks by militants c [...] | 2008-10-30 02:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3584 | FATA UPDATE - 13 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3627 | FATA UPDATE - 13 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani military and Frontier Corps have made progress in clearing the main north-south corridor in Bajaur and forces are poised to move into Mohmand Agency to begin operations. The latest attack on the Salarzai tribe served to underscore the need for adequate post-conflict se [...] | 2008-11-18 10:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER MOPS PK |
08ISLAMABAD3630 | PAKISTAN'S VIEWS ON AFGHAN REFUGEE CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: On November 13, Poloff and DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Imran Siddiqui, responsible for human rights issues within the United Nations division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Siddiqui saw the November 19 international conference on Afghan refugees as "positive" b [...] | 2008-11-18 11:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL AF PK |
08ISLAMABAD3676 | EMBASSY ISLAMABAD REFUGEE AFFAIRS SECTION WEEKLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is a Refugee Affairs weekly activity report for November 10 - 14. The recent spate of violence in Peshawar has caused the United Nations to drawn down international staff at their Peshawar offices; other NGOs in Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) have limited oper [...] | 2008-11-22 08:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3678 | SPOT REPORT ON MOHMAND AGENCY [...] (C) Summary: Preliminary operations against militant forces by the Pakistan military have begun in Mohmand agency within the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Local news sources and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) report that the numbers of those internally displaced persons (I [...] | 2008-11-24 02:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK |
08ISLAMABAD3711 | FATA UPDATE - 21 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Operations continued in Bajaur Agency as the military continued to move to the southern border. In Mohmand Agency, Pakistan air assaults continued on the northern border and limited unit movement on the southern border to cordon and search for militants on a house-by-house basis. [...] | 2008-11-26 14:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK MOPS |
08ISLAMABAD3889 | FATA UPDATE - 19 DECEMBER 2008 [...] (C) Summary. Consulate Peshawar personnel report that rocket attacks are becoming a near-daily occurrence throughout Peshawar, but continue to result in little damage and very few deaths. Government of Pakistan (GoP) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) officials have noted to Ambassador an [...] | 2008-12-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK |
08ISTANBUL373 | TURKEY,S HOUSING MARKET BRACES FOR 2008 [...] (U) Summary: Attendees in Istanbul at the annual meeting of the Association of Real Estate Investment Companies (GYODER) were pessimistic about the housing market in Turkey. Both external and internal problems have doused the red-hot Istanbul real estate market to a degree where even some opt [...] | 2008-07-11 08:41:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ENIV PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI |
08ISTANBUL416 | NO EASY WAY OUT FOR MANY ASYLUM SEEKERS IN TURKEY [...] Summary: In meetings with asylum seekers and Istanbul-based refugee officials, we confirmed the GOT does not recognize "political migrants" from non-European countries as "refugees" under the Geneva Convention on Refugee Status. Rather, it assigns them temporary "asylum seeker" status, denyin [...] | 2008-08-06 09:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV AA TU PHUM |
08ISTANBUL481 | WHY ARE THERE SO FEW IRANIANS IN IZMIR? [...] (C) Summary: Local police officials, human rights experts, and Izmir-based diplomats and consular agents told us that Izmir does not host a large or active Iranian community. A police official estimated the number of legal Iranian residents as "fewer than 1,000,", while a human rights exper [...] | 2008-09-09 07:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PHUM PREF TU IR |
08ISTANBUL538 | IRAN PRESSES FOR GREATER ENERGY COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. At an Iraq Neighbor's Process Energy Working Group (WG) meeting in Istanbul on October 11, Iranian Secretary of the Iran-Iraq Economic Development Headquarters Hassan Danaeifard said that Iran is eager to help Iraq "overcome its current obstacles." (Non-Iranian issues discusse [...] | 2008-10-20 09:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG IR IZ PGOV PREF PREL TU |
08ISTANBUL540 | IRANIAN AND AFGHAN REFUGEES IN TURKEY: A SNAPSHOT [...] (C) Summary: We met October 8-10 with UNHCR, provincial, municipal, and police officials, an NGO, and Iranian Baha'i families in Van province in southeast Turkey, to look at conditions facing Iranian refugees. Van hosts between 1700 and 2100 registered refugees, mostly Iranian and Afghan. So [...] | 2008-10-23 05:17:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PINS PREL IT TU |
08ISTANBUL589 | AFGHANISTAN'S ISTANBUL CG COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: Afghan CG in Istanbul Azzim Nasser-Zia said his biggest challenge is dealing with smuggled Afghan citizens. Some pay up to USD 10,000 to be smuggled from Afghanistan through Turkey to Europe; most are caught before entering the EU. Turkish police send up to 600 such Afghans a [...] | 2008-11-21 13:22:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PINS PGOV PHUM TU IR AF |
08ISTANBUL601 | IRAN/ETHNIC GROUPS: AN ETHNIC RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (S) Summary: An Iranian-Azeri journalist told us November 29 that the June 2006 ethnic Azeri demonstrations against authorities in northwest Iran were "an awakening" for the Azeri ethnic movement and led the regime to conclude it was a threat to stability. He described a diffuse ethnic move [...] | 2008-12-02 14:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PREF PHUM PINS IR TU AZ |
08JAKARTA415 | INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia took a major step forward in fighting trafficking in persons (TIP) in April 2007 with the signing into law by President Yudhoyono of a tough, comprehensive Law on the Eradication of the Criminal Act of Trafficking in Persons. Police and prosecutors began using the n [...] | 2008-02-29 08:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAB EAID ID |
08JEDDAH335 | OIC OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON COUP IN MAURITANIA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-13 16:01:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PREF PREL KISL AJ GG MR TU SA |
08JERUSALEM1050 | UNRWA'S JUNE 2008 ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING [...] (SBU) UNRWA's Advisory Commission held its biannual meeting June 10-11 in Damascus to discuss current developments affecting Palestinian refugees, UNRWA's financial situation, ongoing management reforms, and the development of UNRWA's 6-year, Medium-Term Strategic Plan. End Summary. UNRWA D [...] | 2008-06-20 11:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL |
08JERUSALEM1149 | UNRWA EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT FUNDING SHORTFALLS FOR FOOD [...] (SBU) UNRWA Deputy Commissioner General Filippo Grandi, briefing donors at UNRWA's annual food aid meeting in Jerusalem on June 30, expressed concern about shortfalls in donor funding for its food program. The regular food program, funded outside UNRWA's regular budget, aims to support roughly [...] | 2008-07-02 12:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL |
08JERUSALEM1612 | 25 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE STANDS DEMOLISHED BY IDF IN [...] (C) Summary. On August 12, according to Palestinian contacts, the IDF demolished 25 fruit and vegetable stands along route 90 in the northern Jordan Valley. This is the first significant demolition in the West Bank since late March. End Summary. 2. (C) Local produce vendors in the Jorda [...] | 2008-08-28 12:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF ECON EAGR KPAL KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1712 | IDF DEMOLISHES 32 STRUCTURES IN AL-MUARRAJAT [...] (C) Summary. The IDF demolished 32 bedouin structures east of Ramallah on September 9 in the second significant West Bank demolition in a month. End summary. 2. (SBU) On September 9, IDF soldiers demolished 32 structures in the al-Muarrajat bedouin encampment, south of route 449 between [...] | 2008-09-12 14:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KPAL KWBG IS |
08JERUSALEM1841 | ADDITIONAL ORDERS FOR DEMOLITION OF BEDOUIN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to UNRWA, COGAT officers delivered demolition orders for 38 structures at the Milehat-Ka'abneh bedouin encampment in area C on September 22. Bedouin resident in the area told Poloff they have been living seasonally in this location since 1985 and expressed concern [...] | 2008-10-03 14:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM1980 | IDF DEMOLISHES HOMES IN TWO WEST BANK BEDOUIN [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 29 and 30, IDF soldiers demolished 25 structures in two Bedouin communities: one south of Hebron in Umm al-Khair, and one east of Ramallah in Mughayir al Dir. The demolitions leave 142 people, including 71 children, homeless. These are the first demolitions of inh [...] | 2008-10-30 15:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM2045 | ROCKETS STRIKE ISRAEL AS ISRAEL MAINTAINS GAZA [...] (C) Summary. Gaza militants fired at least 13 rockets into Israel on November 14, lightly injuring an Israeli in Sderot and damaging four buildings. An IAF airstrike injured two PIJ militants near Bayt Lahiya. The GOI has closed all of Gaza's crossings (most have been closed since November [...] | 2008-11-14 15:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG IS PHUM PTER PREF PREL |
08JERUSALEM2122 | GAZA CROSSINGS OPEN FOR A DAY, BUT POWER PLANT NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 24, the GOI allowed limited humanitarian and commercial shipments, and power plant fuel into Gaza. The crossings were closed again on November 25 due to rocket fire. Erez crossing was open to limited traffic November 24-25. The Gaza power plant is not yet operati [...] | 2008-11-25 15:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PTER PREF |
08JERUSALEM2173 | UN Launches 2009 Consolidated Appeal for the West Bank and [...] (U) Summary: The UN launched the 2009 Consolidated Appeal (CAP) for the West Bank and Gaza on November 26. The USD 462 million appeal focuses on humanitarian response and assistance to an increasing number of vulnerable Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Most of the appeal is for food, [...] | 2008-12-01 15:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL |
08JERUSALEM2178 | PRM ACTING A/S WITTEN ATTENDS UNRWA'S ANNUAL HOSTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) held its semiannual Advisory Commission (AdCom) meeting November 17 and its annual Hosts and Donors Meeting November 18-19 in Amman to discuss current developments affecting Palestinian refugees, UNRW [...] | 2008-12-02 14:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL |
08JERUSALEM2261 | GAZA: QASSAMS POUND NEGEV; ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLS [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and other militants in Gaza fired 27 Qassam rockets and four mortars into Israel December 17-18. One Qassam struck Sderot and injured three Israelis, according to local press. According to Gaza contacts, Israeli airstrikes hit near Jabaliya Re [...] | 2008-12-18 15:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PTER PHUM ECON PREF |
08JERUSALEM2265 | PA OFFICIALS CONCERNED EVICTION ORDERS FOR BEDOUIN [...] (C) Summary. Members of the Jahalin bedouin tribe living in area C, along the main road connecting Jerusalem and Jericho, received demolition orders from the IDF on December 8, and verbal instructions to demolish their homes no later than December 15. Palestinian residents and senior PLO and [...] | 2008-12-18 16:20:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF KWBG KPAL IS |
08JERUSALEM600 | UNRWA PROPOSES COMPROMISE ON WEST BANK PROTESTERS' [...] (SBU) Summary. Protests continue in all 19 West Bank Palestinian refugee camps over dissatisfaction with UNRWA assistance. UNRWA Acting Director for West Bank Operations Sami Mshasha told RefCoord April 3 that UNRWA has proposed a compromise to the camp committees to allow food distribution [...] | 2008-04-08 12:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV IS |
08KABUL1028 | Jalozai Refugees Returning . . . For Now [...] (SBU) Summary. 1,135 families (6,474 individuals) have returned to Afghanistan from the Jalozai refugee camp in Pakistan since March 1, 2008. Due to adverse conditions in Afghanistan, some returnees may try to go back to Pakistan very soon. 2. (U) Almost two-thirds of Jalozai residents w [...] | 2008-04-25 05:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK AF |
08KABUL1297 | Iran Encourages IRoA to Employ Refugee Returnees [...] (SBU) Iran and Afghanistan recently concluded a draft memorandum of understanding (MOU) that obliges the latter to accept set numbers of Afghan refugee graduates of Iranian universities into civil service employment (REFTEL). Iran's ostensible goal for the MOU is to encourage the return of ref [...] | 2008-05-28 09:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IR AF |
08KABUL1313 | Proposal for 2008 Julia Taft (Ambassador's) Fund [...] (SBU) This is a proposal for value-added production training from Zardozi, an Afghan non-profit organization. The project would train 20-30 women in eastern Afghanistan in value-added textile production for international and domestic markets. This project will bring the current value-added [...] | 2008-05-31 10:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PREL AF |
08KABUL143 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S [...] (C) Your visit to Kabul takes place as parliament reconvenes to work on the election calendar and law and to reconsider the media law which President Karzai recently sent to parliament with questions. You will see Karzai's new governance initiatives beginning to show results. Your visit pre [...] | 2008-01-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON PTER SNAR KPAO PREF EAID AF |
08KABUL1493 | Afghanistan's Refugee Absorption Reaches Saturation [...] (SBU) Summary: Since January 1 of this year, 143,737 Afghan refugees - the vast majority from Pakistan - have repatriated to Afghanistan with assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). While the numbers are relatively low compared to recent years, Afghanistan' [...] | 2008-06-19 06:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK IR AF |
08KABUL156 | Iran Suspends Deportations In Face Of Strong Afghan [...] (SBU) Iran has suspended its deportation of Afghans after the Afghan government protested in the media and summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires twice to demand a halt to the mid-winter expulsions. In the first two weeks of January, Iran deported more than 9,000 Afghans, who were forced over [...] | 2008-01-17 02:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IR AF |
08KABUL1701 | "HYBRID" VOTER REGISTRATION BEGINS OCTOBER 6 [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will pursue a &hybrid8 voter registration. Voters who have registration cards from 2004/5 may use these cards at the polls. New voters and voters who lost their card, must register for a new, enhanced voter card. The IEC, [...] | 2008-07-07 10:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREF AF |
08KABUL1817 | Iran: Another Wave of Deportations? [...] (SBU) Summary: Per a July 12 letter from the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MORR) office in Tehran, Iran will start deporting 85,000 Afghans at the beginning of the Persian month of Asad (July 22). Iran has already deported over 166,000 Afghans since January 1, 2008, mostly yo [...] | 2008-07-19 12:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IR AF |
08KABUL2127 | Afghanistan: Refugee, Internally Displaced, Deportee, and [...] (SBU) Summary: Continued security concerns in rural Afghanistan, notably in Helmand Province, have prompted an increase in internally displaced persons (IDPs) seeking a safe haven in Kabul city. Press reports indicate that families who had taken temporary shelter around Lashkar Gah and Kandah [...] | 2008-08-13 01:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK AF |
08KABUL2146 | NGO SECURITY IN LIGHT OF ATTACK ON IRC STAFF [...] (U) On August 13, masked gunmen killed four employees of the International Rescue Committee: three female ex-patriates, including one American, and their male Afghan driver. Another Afghan colleague was injured but survived. According to the media, IRC, and UN contacts, the IRC group was trav [...] | 2008-08-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER AF |
08KABUL2236 | November 2008 Conference on Afghan Refugees [...] (SBU) Summary: The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IROA) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will co-host the International Conference on Return and Reintegration in Kabul on November 19, 2008. The conference will address the difficult issues related to the Afghan re [...] | 2008-08-22 02:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK AF |
08KABUL2357 | NGO RESOLVE IN WAKE OF KILLINGS BUT VIOLENT [...] (C) Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are showing resolve in the face of the recent killings of aid workers, but the violence is continuing. Even at the memorial service for the three female expatriate International Rescue Committee (IRC) staffers and their Afghan driver, the IRC Country [...] | 2008-08-28 17:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER AF |
08KABUL2361 | Competent Response to Pakistani Refugees From Bajaur [...] (U) Summary: Beginning the week of August 6, Afghan refugee and Pakistani families living in Bajaur and Mohmand Tribal Agencies in Pakistan began fleeing into Afghanistan due to Pakistani military operations. UNHCR estimates approximately 2,000-3,000 refugee families have crossed into Kunar p [...] | 2008-08-29 03:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK AF |
08KABUL2779 | Kunar Preparing for Influx of Refugees from Bajaur [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Kabul/Embassy Islamabad cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: An estimated 180 Afghan families living in Pakistan have fled into Afghanistan's Kunar province after Bajaur Agency issued an October 3 order directing all Afghans to leave within three days. Kunar Province's Dep [...] | 2008-10-17 03:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF ETRD EFIN AF PK TI |
08KABUL28 | Afghanistan Aids Pakistanis Fleeing Kurram Violence [...] (U) Afghan media reported January 2 that President Karzai had ordered an inter-ministerial humanitarian needs assessment in anticipation of more Pakistani refugees fleeing Sunni-Shia fighting in Kurram Agency. The Minister of Refugees and Repatriation is leading an assessment team to the Terza [...] | 2008-01-03 03:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM PK AF |
08KABUL568 | Afghan Refugee Camp Closures in Pakistan: Scenarios and [...] (SBU) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is developing a contingency plan for Pakistan's refugee camp closures and foresees three possible scenarios involving the return of 130,000, 266,000 or 400,000 refugees, respectively. NGOs are hesitant to commit resources until th [...] | 2008-03-05 10:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF |
08KABUL579 | IRAN EDUCATES, FUNDS, AND SUPPORTS PLACEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. The Afghan Graduates Association, with the support of the Iranian government, is working to place Hazara Afghan refugee university students educated in Iran into positions within the Afghan government and private sector. Iran has committed to providing salaries, contacts, and visa [...] | 2008-03-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IR AF |
08KABUL585 | UNHCR Moves to Zone Defense in Afghanistan But Donors Have [...] (SBU) Summary. UNHCR is urging donors to concentrate their refugee assistance projects in distinct geographic zones. Their proposal would have major donors working around ongoing efforts of the Japanese in the east, the Germans in the north, and the Italians in the west. Major donors who are [...] | 2008-03-08 03:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF |
08KABUL71 | 2007 IN REVIEW [...] (SBU) 2007 was a year of important progress, but also continued challenge. The good news was on the battlefield, the economy, and strengthened local and national institutions. The bad news was increased terrorism, increased drug cultivation, and corruption. Afghanistan already is seeing leade [...] | 2008-01-07 08:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID SNAR ECON KPAO PREF AF |
08KABUL734 | AFGHANISTAN'S 2008 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for each group; how they were trafficked, to where, and for what purpose. Does the trafficking occur within the country's [...] | 2008-03-24 05:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF AF |
08KABUL770 | AFGHANISTAN'S 2008 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for each group; how they were trafficked, to where, and for what purpose. Does the trafficking occur within the country's [...] | 2008-03-26 13:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF AF |
08KABUL85 | Afghanistan Assists Pakistani Refugees [...] (U) The Afghan government and international community - through the auspices of the Afghan Red Crescent and an Afghan government interagency disaster management committee - are providing food, tents, blankets, fuel, cash, and other humanitarian assistance to the families crossing the border to [...] | 2008-01-08 03:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM PK AF |
08KABUL95 | IRAN THREATENS UNREGISTERED AFGHANS WITH [...] (C) On January 2, Iran launched the latest salvo in its scare campaign against unregistered Afghans in Iran by warning that these illegal migrants would be arrested and put into prison camps for up to five years. Iran issued this threat after Afghans ignored the recently-announced "No-Go Area [...] | 2008-01-08 11:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PREF IR AF |
08KABUL97 | IRAN THREATENS UNREGISTERED AFGHANS WITH [...] (C) On January 2, Iran launched the latest salvo in its scare campaign against unregistered Afghans in Iran by warning that these illegal migrants would be arrested and put into prison camps for up to five years. Iran issued this threat after Afghans ignored the recently-announced "No-Go Area [...] | 2008-01-08 11:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PREF IR AF |
08KAMPALA1090 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (JULY 12-31, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2008-08-05 13:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA1163 | NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA DELEGATION MEETING DATE SLIPS [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Envoy Joachim Chissano remains optimistic, despite the uncertainties, that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony will show up for a meeting with his own LRA delegation on August 24. Chissano requested a date change from August 20/21 so that he could attend. [...] | 2008-08-20 08:25:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS CG UG SU |
08KAMPALA1228 | NORTHERN UGANDA: KONY REQUESTS ANOTHER MEETING WITH LRA [...] (SBU) Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony has requested that UN officials make arrangements for another meeting with his negotiators to discuss the Final Peace Agreement (FPA). UN Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joachim Chissano's Office in Kampala is making arrangements for [...] | 2008-09-04 13:31:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
08KAMPALA1267 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (August 1-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to soci [...] | 2008-09-09 13:06:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA1359 | NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA LEADER ELUSIVE, ATTACKS IN DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony did not show up for another meeting that he requested with northern Ugandan religious and traditional leaders on September 17. The Ugandan Government was not surprised at the turn of events. Given that Kony often reaches out to [...] | 2008-09-29 15:24:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
08KAMPALA1367 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 1-30, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2008-10-06 12:52:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA1376 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 1-30, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide informati -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PEACE AND RECONCILIATION PROCESSES -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony again failed 3. (SBU) Northern traditional and religi [...] | 2008-10-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA1389 | NORTHERN UGANDA: CARITAS DEFENDS ITS ROLE IN THE PEACE [...] Summary: Catholic NGO Caritas Uganda answered Government of Uganda (GOU) critics in a published newspaper advertisement that explained the organization's role in providing food and supplies to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) under the auspices of the Juba Peace Process. Caritas felt it nece [...] | 2008-10-16 13:08:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PREL EAID MOPS UG |
08KAMPALA1390 | NORTHERN UGANDA: WHAT A DIFFERENCE TWO YEARS MAKES [...] (SBU) Summary: Northern Uganda, once dubbed "the world's worst forgotten humanitarian crisis" by U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator Jan Egeland, is now emerging from one of Africa's most brutal conflicts. Today's northern Uganda is dramatically different than it was in 2006. The majority of inte [...] | 2008-10-16 13:12:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL EAID MOPS UG |
08KAMPALA1449 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (October 1-31, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2008-11-04 10:18:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA1469 | NORTHERN UGANDA: WHITHER THE PEACE PROCESS? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chief Mediator of the Juba Peace Process, Government of Southern Sudan Vice President Riek Machar, held a stakeholders' conference in Kampala on November 5 aimed at creating a roadmap for the stalled process between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Ugan [...] | 2008-11-10 05:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS CG UG SU |
08KAMPALA1558 | NORTHERN UGANDA: GOU PULLS OUT OF JUBA PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Juba Peace Process has ended after Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony refused to sign the Final Peace Agreement (FPA) on November 30. On December 1, Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Mediator Riek Machar, UN Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joachim Chissa [...] | 2008-12-02 13:07:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS CG UG SU |
08KAMPALA1567 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (NOVEMBER 1-30, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social s [...] | 2008-12-05 05:09:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA1613 | CONTENTIOUS UGANDAN BY-ELECTION AND ITS LESSONS FOR 2011 [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 4, Uganda conducted another controversial by-election in Wakiso District to replace a ruling party parliamentarian (reftels). With increasing opposition inroads in the district, the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party pulled out heavy hitters, such as F [...] | 2008-12-18 06:11:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KDEM ASEC EAID UG |
08KAMPALA197 | NORTHERN UGANDA: U.N. ENOVY ON RESUMPTION OF TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: U.N. Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joachim Chissano visited Kampala from January 25-27 to meet with President Museveni on the resumption of talks in Juba. He also pushed to secure a letter from Museveni to Congolese President Kabila reflecting a change in the January 31 [...] | 2008-02-01 08:24:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS CG UG SU |
08KAMPALA235 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (January 1-31, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social s [...] | 2008-02-06 10:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA351 | UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008 [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking In Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FS-02) spent 30 hours and political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 1 [...] | 2008-03-04 11:03:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UG |
08KAMPALA36 | UGANDA: Local resources meet the needs of Kenyan [...] (SBU) On January 7, 2008, Refugee Assistant spoke with Ugandan Red Cross officer, Will Obeka and to GoU Refugee Officer David Kazungu regarding the influx of Kenyans into Uganda. The Uganda Red Cross led the national response to the current influx of Kenyan refugees in Uganda's Malaba, Musafa [...] | 2008-01-08 10:44:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PINS UG |
08KAMPALA360 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (FEBRUARY 1-29, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social s [...] | 2008-03-05 07:32:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA412 | LRA-GOU PEACE AGREEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR NORTHERN [...] (U) Summary: The Final Peace Agreement (FPA) between the Government of Uganda and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) awaits signature, possibly by March 28. The parties will return to Juba during the week of March 24 to determine the signature date. Whether or not the document is signed, the peace [...] | 2008-03-18 14:42:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CG EAID PHUM PREF SU UG |
08KAMPALA5 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (December 1 - 31, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2008-01-03 08:27:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA552 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 1-April 18, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2008-04-22 07:20:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA555 | NORTHERN UGANDA: ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO MEET KONY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) negotiators and northern elders will attempt to meet with LRA leader Joseph Kony on May 10. According to the LRA delegation's reported new leader, James Obita, large crowds and likely international pressure scared Kony off on April 10. The LRA [...] | 2008-04-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU CG CT |
08KAMPALA565 | Uganda refugee official on Kenyan, Sudanese [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 18, 2008, RefCoord met with Carlos Twesigomwe, Commissioner for Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister, Uganda. The Commissioner reaffirmed his government's commitment to Kenyan and Congolese refugees in its borders and praised UNHCR ef [...] | 2008-04-24 05:58:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PINS UG |
08KAMPALA59 | NORTHERN UGANDA: PEACE PROCESS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) delegation plan to meet leader Joseph Kony from January 15-17 to present the outcome of the consultations held in Uganda. The logistical and financial preparations for the planned larger meeting of 300 Ugandans with Kony have been st [...] | 2008-01-15 12:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU CG |
08KAMPALA647 | KONY FAILS TO MEET NORTHERN UGANDAN LEADERS [...] (SBU) Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony failed to meet with his negotiating team and northern Ugandan religious leaders and elders at Rikwangba, which had been set originally for May 10. Kony did not show up on May 10 reportedly due to the LRA's own internal meetings in Garamba [...] | 2008-05-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU CG CT |
08KAMPALA727 | Uganda: UNHCR Preparing for Congolese Returns to DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 29, 2008, RefCoord met with acting UNHCR country Representative, Montserrat Vihe, in Kampala. Vihe said that the Government of the DRC had invited the Government of Uganda to attend tripartite discussions in Kinshasa in the coming weeks. The GoU, in anticipation of the [...] | 2008-06-04 12:52:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PINS UG CG |
08KAMPALA735 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (MAY 3-30, 2008) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social se [...] | 2008-06-05 11:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG |
08KATHMANDU1016 | NEPAL: PM DAHAL AFFIRMS DESIRE TO WORK WITH U.S. [...] (C) On September 9, in her first meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal since he took office, the Ambassador reviewed a range of bilateral issues between the United States and Nepal and sought his support. These ran the spectrum from stopping human rights violations by the Maoists' Young Co [...] | 2008-09-11 12:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF ECON EAID ENRG SNAR |
08KATHMANDU1048 | SCENESETTER AND TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH [...] (C) During your meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal on the margins of the 63rd UN General Assembly, you should raise the following issues: (1) Government of Nepal (GON) plans; (2) progress in the peace process and UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) operations; (3) reining in the Maoist Young Com [...] | 2008-09-19 09:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON EINV MARR PREF KSEC |
08KATHMANDU123 | TIBETAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL: ANOTHER CASE OF NEAR [...] (SBU) Nineteen Tibetan refugees who were arrested by Nepali officials on January 15 and threatened with refoulement are now at the Tibetan Refugee Reception Center in Kathmandu. United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) officials agreed this was a serious near-abrogation of the gent [...] | 2008-01-29 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL NP CH |
08KATHMANDU145 | NEPAL: MFA CONFIRMS NO CHANGE IN POLICY ON TIBETAN [...] (C) The Under Secretary for UN Affairs at the Foreign Ministry confirmed to the Political/Economic Chief February 1 that the Government of Nepal has not changed its policy on Tibetan refugees. The reported threat in mid-January by Nepali officials of refoulement to China for 19 refugees (reft [...] | 2008-02-01 12:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL CH NP |
08KATHMANDU305 | CRACKDOWN ON TIBETAN PROTESTERS IN NEPAL CONTINUES [...] (C) Approximately 100 Tibetan refugees gathered the morning of March 17 in front of United Nations (UN) House in Lalitpur, Kathmandu's twin city, to protest peacefully the recent reports of killings in Tibet. According to eyewitness accounts police baton-charged the protesters at 11 a.m. and [...] | 2008-03-17 11:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF CH NP |
08KATHMANDU313 | 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
08KATHMANDU324 | FOREIGN SECRETARY ADMITS NEPAL UNDER PRESSURE FROM [...] (SBU) On March 19 Deputy Chief of Mission Randy Berry raised U.S. concerns with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya regarding the Government of Nepal's recent crackdown on peaceful protests by Tibetans. While under pressure from China, the Government of Nepal (GON) confirmed minimal force [...] | 2008-03-19 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF CH IN NP |
08KATHMANDU479 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] Nepal's population is particularly vulnerable to food insecurity and the rising cost of food equates to increased hunger in Nepal. Over the last few decades Nepal has become a food deficit country. Yields per hectare have not kept pace with the population growth. In fact, Nepal has the low [...] | 2008-05-01 05:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PREF IN NP |
08KATHMANDU489 | NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA TRYING TO BALANCE [...] (C) As instructed (reftel),the Ambassador used a May 1 meeting with Prime Minister Koirala to express official U.S. concern about the treatment of Tibetans by Nepali authorities. She urged the Prime Minister to ensure the right to peaceful protest was maintained. Foreign Secretary Acharya r [...] | 2008-05-01 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CH IN NP |
08KATHMANDU514 | REPORT ON OUTREACH TO DISSIDENTS AND ACTIVISTS FOR [...] Since arriving at post in August 2007 Ambassador Powell has held at least ten meetings with Tibetans living in Nepal. Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey also held two meetings with Tibetans during her visit to Nepal in November 2007. 2. The Ambassad [...] | 2008-05-06 10:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PREF CH NP |
08KATHMANDU563 | NEPAL SCENESETTER FOR SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) You are arriving in Kathmandu during a historic transition. Nepal will likely complete its two-year long evolution from a kingdom to a republic within days of your arrival, but many other central issues remain unresolved. The Maoists won the largest share of the April 10 Constituent Assem [...] | 2008-05-21 12:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID PREF KDEM NP |
08KATHMANDU585 | NEPAL: OHCHR AND UNHCR SEE GRAVE PROBLEMS BENEATH [...] (C) On May 25, the Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal told South and Central Asia Deputy Assistant Secretary Feigenbaum that Nepal's recent election and its human rights stance in international circles had created a misleading picture of the country's human rights [...] | 2008-05-27 11:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PTER KDEM BT CH NP |
08KATHMANDU683 | NEPAL SUPPORTS IOM DG CANDIDATE SWING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 10:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF AORC SMIG NP |
08KHARTOUM100 | USAID-FUNDED TRANSITION PARTNER ACCUSED OF VIOLATING [...] (SBU) Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI),a USAID assistance partner, will close out its program in Sudan on January 31, 2008. After a week of negotiations with the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Affairs Commission (HAC) over disposition of assets, DAI was told by HAC that i [...] | 2008-01-24 09:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1026 | SOUTHERN KORDOFAN - LACK OF INTEGRATION MAY SPUR VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. In a July 4 telephone conversation, Dr. Ahmed Saed, SPLM Minister of Finance for Southern Kordofan State told a USAID field officer that the security situation in the Nuba Mountains IQQ',H{&y=utee, and thus is charged with finalizing the recruitment and salary payment of ad [...] | 2008-07-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1031 | MISSERIYA TRIBAL LEADER TELLS CDA "DON'T IGNORE US!" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CDA Fernandez warned traditional Misseriya leader Sidiq Babo Nimer that the Misseriya risk being branded as aggressors if they resort to violence in Abyei and he urged that they argue their case carefully and reasonably. Sidiq praised Embassy efforts to engage the Misseriya, an [...] | 2008-07-10 08:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF EAID SOCI KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM1083 | SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRENDS IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (U) SUMMARY. The growth of the international community in and around El Fasher over the past several years has had many socio-economic consequences, both intended and unintended. In general, the international presence has been both a blessing and a curse: there are more jobs, but filling them [...] | 2008-07-18 07:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1084 | CORRECTED COPY - SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRENDS IN NORTH DARFUR [...] (U) SUMMARY. The growth of the international community in and around El Fasher over the past several years has had many socio-economic consequences, both intended and unintended. In general, the international presence has been both a blessing and a curse: there are more jobs, but filling them [...] | 2008-07-18 08:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1133 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ISMAIL REFLECTS ON BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 29 meeting with CDA Fernandez, a sarcastic Sudanese Presidential Advisor and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Mustafa Othman Ismail expressed his frustration with the failed U.S.-Sudanese bilateral discussions, claiming that S/E Williamson was ordered to end the nego [...] | 2008-07-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1152 | RIVAL FACTION DEVELOPING IN SLM/MM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior leaders within the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) appear ready to break off from Minnawi and form their own parallel movement, according to senior SLM/MM loyalists in two separate meetings with poloff on July 31. These leaders, including the Deputy C [...] | 2008-08-01 09:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM1201 | FUR LEADERS CLEAVE TO SPLM, OUTLINE PRIORITIES [...] (C) CDA Fernandez met on August 7 with traditional Fur tribal leaders from Nyala in South Darfur, Ahmed Rajal (Maqdoum of the Fur) and Suleiman Ishaq just returning from an SPLM-organized conference in Juba of Sudan's marginalized people (including Darfuris, Easterners like the Beja, and Nubia [...] | 2008-08-07 11:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1202 | EASTERN SUDAN LEADER WARNS OF "HIDDEN FAMINE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 7, the State Minister of Transportation, Mubarak Mabrouk Salem, and former Eastern Front leader of the "Rashaida Free Lions" rebel group, told CDA Fernandez that a famine is developing in Eastern Sudan. He stated that GoS officials have ignored or even covered up this [...] | 2008-08-07 14:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM1229 | KASSALA STATE- HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION AND CONCERNS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Between August 3 and 5, USAID staff visited Kassala State in eastern Sudan. During the trip, the USAID team delivered mosquito nets requested by a local teaching hospital, and met with local implementing partners and UN agencies to discuss aspects of the humanitarian situation in [...] | 2008-08-14 13:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1248 | SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH OCHA [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On August 14, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Chief, Mike McDonagh, briefed Special Envoy Williamson on the current state of affairs in Darfur and Abyei. Regarding Abyei, McDonagh noted progress with the pullout of the SPLM and SAF and the dep [...] | 2008-08-17 15:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1249 | US SPECIAL ENVOY MEETING WITH THE NGO STEERING COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On August 13, SE Williamson met with the NGO Steering Committee to discuss the Committee's concerns regarding humanitarian aid programs throughout Sudan, particularly in Abyei and Darfur, as well as recent issues including the referral to the ICC for an arrest warrant against President Ba [...] | 2008-08-17 15:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1250 | SUMMER 2008: TRENDS ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION IN SUDAN [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: During July and August, USAID's field officers provided information and analysis on sector trends throughout Sudan. Examining the issues of safety and insecurity, food security, nutrition, health, returns, integration, and political process on a broader scale offers a chance [...] | 2008-08-17 15:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1289 | FIGHTING IN KALMA CAMP, SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) On August 25, USAID staff received reports of fighting and casualties in Kalma internally displaced person (IDP) camp, South Darfur. As of 1100 hours, implementing partners and the UN-African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reported ongoing fighting, fires, and undetermined casua [...] | 2008-08-25 12:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1300 | UPDATE ON FIGHTING IN KALMA CAMP, SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: On August 25, USAID staff received reports of fighting and casualties in Kalma internally displaced person (IDP) camp, South Darfur (REFTEL). UNAMID stated that armed IDPs had set up human shields and fired first on GOS forces assembled outside the camp, and UNAMID managed [...] | 2008-08-26 15:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1303 | KALMA IDP CAMP UPDATE [...] (SBU) UNAMID sources confirmed that 33 IDPs were killed on August 25, with 31 buried inside the camp following the fighting, and two dying at the hospital in Nyala. The embassy received an unconfirmed report from Fur tribal leaders that of the 33 dead, 11 women were killed, two of whom were pr [...] | 2008-08-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1327 | GOSS VICE PRESIDENT MACHAR ON ELECTIONS AND ICC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar maintains that the SPLM has committed itself to elections at all costs, and that the party has refused to allow itself to be held hostage by declining implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. The VP claim [...] | 2008-09-01 13:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV PREL PREF DPKO SOCI UNSC AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1328 | INTERNATIONAL NGOS IN DARFUR FACE "SHRINKING HUMNATITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior UN humanitarian officials report that, despite improved cooperation with the Khartoum Government, international NGOs (INGOs) in Darfur are facing increased scrutiny and harassment from state authorities, possibly in connection with ICC prosecutor Ocampo's request that [...] | 2008-09-01 13:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV PREF PHUM ASEC AU UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1329 | REGIME INSIDER ACKNOWLEDGES KALMA CAMP MASSACRE, [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez called on MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq September 1 to discuss the Kalma Camp attack. CDA Fernandez told Siddiq that events in Kalma camp in South Darfur constituted a massacre of civilians, including many women and children, and urged the GOS to bring the perpet [...] | 2008-09-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID KPKO PHUM PREF PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1351 | NEW ABYEI ADMINISTRATOR REVIEWS HIS PLANS WITH CDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly designated Abyei Administrator Arop Mayak told CDA Fernandez that his immediate plans include establishing an environment that will permit the IDPs to return soon, reestablishing security, and promoting ethnic reconciliation between all the groups in the area. CDA Fernand [...] | 2008-09-04 09:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1374 | BASHIR TELLS FM "I HAVE DECIDED TO FIGHT ICC TO [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese President Al-Bashir told FM Alor on September 8 that he intends to confront rather than challenge the international community on the International Criminal Court (ICC). He also expressed displeasure with Alor and decided that VP Taha should make his case at UNGA. Deng Alor [...] | 2008-09-08 16:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1377 | DARFUR - NGOS AT THE END OF THEIR ROPE [...] (U) Between August 27 and 31, a USAID officer visited El Fasher and Nyala and met with partner organizations to discuss the current challenges facing the humanitarian organizations in Darfur. In the meetings, relief agencies reported a notable and concerning up tick in harassment and bureaucra [...] | 2008-09-09 04:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1388 | FORMER DARFUR CEASEFIRE REPS AFRAID FOR LIVES AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Claiming that the International Criminal Court is using information they collected in their previous duties, ex-representatives of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) fear GoS reprisal, including detention, unexplained disappearances, and targeted assassinations. Contacts alleged th [...] | 2008-09-12 11:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO UNSC AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1391 | JANJAWEED DOMINATE NORTH DARFUR PUNITIVE CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Janjaweed and Arab militias have dominated the Birmaza and Deisa attacks in North Darfur, according to multiple contacts. One advisor to infamous janjaweed leader Musa Hilal told locally employed staff that SAF directed Arab militias to intentionally target Zaghawa strongholds i [...] | 2008-09-12 11:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO UN AU SU |
08KHARTOUM1428 | POST-2011 SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE COULD LEAVE KHARTOUM IDP'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Little attention is being paid to the mechanics of an initially non-violent break-up if, as widely expected, Southern Sudan votes for independence in the 2011 referendum. Several IDP experts have raised the possibility that Northern anger towards Southerners could be directed at [...] | 2008-09-21 14:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV EAID KIRF KPKO SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM1439 | CDA DISCUSSES SECURITY FOR HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WFP Deputy Regional Representative Monika Midel emphatically denied that the WFP had sought GoS military action in North Darfur to provide security for humanitarian operations there. She confirmed the existence of black markets in Chad and Darfur where hijacked humanitarian s [...] | 2008-09-23 07:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF EAID ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU CD |
08KHARTOUM1460 | MISSERIYA CONTINUE SEARCH FOR PEACE BENEFITS [...] (SBU) A growing influx of arms into Misseriya areas of Southern Kordofan State and continued feelings of disenfranchisement among Misseriya over perceived losses in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) have contributed to increased tensions in this tense region. There is a crucial need to sh [...] | 2008-09-29 07:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM1533 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH UNAMID SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to UNAMID Joint Special Representative Adada, relations with the GoS, narrowly-defined, have turned the corner and UNAMID deployment is accelerating, with 14,000 peacekeepers expected to be on the ground by year,s end. He agreed that harassment of humanitarian NGOs in [...] | 2008-10-17 12:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM156 | USAID-FUNDED PARTNER REQUIRED TO HAND OVER USAID PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) has been implementing a wide range of programming including civic education, protection, capacity building for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the provision of tangible peace dividends in Sudan over the past three years. The week of J [...] | 2008-02-01 11:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1603 | SPLM/NCP JOINTLY CONFRONT CORRUPTION THROUGH POLITICAL [...] (U) Recent events in Southern Kordofan state serve as a reminder of the divided, partisan nature of the state administration and the continued potential for widespread conflict to erupt. Tensions between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Minister of Finance, who is pursuing financ [...] | 2008-10-31 10:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM170 | TFCD01: CONCERN FOR SUDAN'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CH SU |
08KHARTOUM1714 | ABYEI ADMINISTRATION AFTER TWO WEEKS: SO FAR, SO GOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the UN Head of Office for Abyei, the new Abyei Administration has made a good start since its arrival in the area two weeks ago. The Administration has drafted a budget, but is still not receiving the oil revenues promised in the Roadmap Agreement. It also is pre [...] | 2008-11-26 11:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID ECON ASEC KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1752 | SUDAN - U.N. UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL HOLMES BRIEFS DONOR [...] Summary: On November 29, U.N. Under-Secretary General (U/SYG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes briefed the donor community in Khartoum on his recent trip to Sudan, which included visits to all three Darfur states, the Three Areas, and Southern Sudan, as we [...] | 2008-12-04 12:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM1767 | ADMINISTRATOR MAYOK DESCRIBES PROGRESS, PROBLEMS IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 6 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Abyei Administrator Arop Mayok described the situation there as "ok, generally." IDPs are returning only slowly, but his Administration is working to reduce Dinka-Misseriya tensions and planning is well underway for this year's m [...] | 2008-12-10 13:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID ECON ASEC KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM1792 | GOSS VIEWS ON ABYEI VIOLENCE, CONCERNS OF SPILLOVER ALONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 13 meeting with the Juba diplomatic corps, select Abyei Commissioners and GOSS Ministers placed responsibility for the December 12 gun battle in Abyei town (ref. A) on the Government of National Unity's (GNU) rejection of international assistance for the Abyei [...] | 2008-12-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF MOPS EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM204 | UNHCR HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF "PROTRACTED" REFUGEES IN EASTERN [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Assistant Secretary General for Protection Erika Feller told the diplomatic community on February 7 that the purpose of her visit to eastern Sudan was to highlight the problem of "protracted" refugees. The Geneva-based Feller [...] | 2008-02-10 13:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM239 | MORE BLUSTER FROM PARTY LEADER NAFIE [...] (C) Addressing a massive rally February 18 in Sodiri, on the Kordofan/Darfur border, Presidential Advisor and National Congress Party leader Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie lashed out at the US administration and said that Secretary Rice should "lick her elbow" (do the impossible) if she believes that Suda [...] | 2008-02-19 13:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SU AU PGOV UN |
08KHARTOUM269 | WEST DARFUR: SAF AND JEM CLASHES WORSEN ALREADY FRAGILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Since December 2007, renewed clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in areas north of El Geneina, West Darfur, have increased insecurity, limited humanitarian access to the area, and displaced at least 56,000 residents, accord [...] | 2008-02-25 09:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM281 | S/E WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH ABYEI ADMINISTRATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his November 26 meeting with Special Envoy Williamson, SPLM-appointed Abyei administrator and Darfur Task Force member, Edward Lino, stated that Abyei, though currently stable, was near explosion only days ago. According to Lino, the National Congress Party has attempted to d [...] | 2008-02-26 18:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM313 | ABYEI'S MISSERIYA LEADERS TELL THEIR SIDE OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 3, eight hereditary leaders of the Oulad Kamal branch of the Misseriya Arab tribe of Kordofan told CDA Fernandez that they would appreciate urgent U.S. mediation for Abyei, that their tribe is not a "puppet of the NCP," and that the SPLA needs to immediately withdraw sou [...] | 2008-03-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM322 | NORTH KORDOFAN STRESSED BY NEIGHBORING DARFUR CONFLICT [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to numerous Sudanese contacts on a recent trip to the North Kordofan cities of El-Obeid and An-Nahud, the Darfur conflict clearly is stressing the neighboring state's economy and infrastructure. Although North Kordofan shares many of the same factors that bred violence [...] | 2008-03-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ECON EAID SOCI MOPS SU |
08KHARTOUM324 | LRA PEACE TALKS CONCLUDE, AWAIT SIGNING OF FINAL AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) signed agreements on the two outstanding agenda items: the Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration and the Implementing Commitments and Mechanisms. The Government of Southern Sudan mediator, Vice President Ri [...] | 2008-03-04 14:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF UG CG SU |
08KHARTOUM328 | SPLM MP ON POSSIBLE ABYEI AGREEMENT, BORDER CLASH [...] (SBU) Summary: According to ethnic-Misseriya SPLM MP Mohamed Gour, the most recent armed clash in the Abyei region was the result of growing friction between poorly disciplined local SPLA units and young Misseriya herdsmen. He confirmed that the SPLM and NCP have reached agreement on a joint [...] | 2008-03-05 14:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SOCI MOPS SU |
08KHARTOUM339 | DARFUR REBELS WON'T RUSH TO PEACE AT EXPENSE OF POLITICAL [...] (SBU) The factions of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) must re-unite across tribal lines before any negotiations can begin with the Sudanese Government, a commander allied with SLA/Abdulshafie told Poloff in El Fasher. Discussions among the field commanders allied with SLA/Abdulshafie, SLA/Unit [...] | 2008-03-09 08:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF SU |
08KHARTOUM340 | SLM/ABDUL WAHID TO LAUNCH OFFICE IN ISRAEL [...] (U) Summary: Abdul Wahid Al Nur has announced that the SLM will open an office in Tel Aviv and praised the Israeli government for giving refuge to Darfur to protect them from genocide. While NCP officials and much of the Sudanese media condemned Al Nur's statements, reaction in Darfur is larg [...] | 2008-03-09 12:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF SU |
08KHARTOUM372 | KING OF EL FASHER ON THE PEACE AND RECONCILIATION COUNCIL, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Malik (King) of El Fasher said the Peace and Reconciliation Commission in North Darfur has had some success in fostering reconciliation among Arab and African tribes, but lacks major funding from the GoS to carry out its work. The King also spoke about the census and called fo [...] | 2008-03-13 12:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KEDEM PREF SU |
08KHARTOUM382 | THE CENSUS SHOULD NOT GO FORWARD IN DARFUR, OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Both the Umma Party and SPLM believe that now is not the time to conduct a census in Darfur. Their concerns echo those of civil society in North Darfur - that peace, stability and the return of IDPs to their homes must take place before an accurate and thorough census can go for [...] | 2008-03-15 11:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KEDEM PREF SU |
08KHARTOUM384 | CENSUS IN DARFUR IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Central Bureau of Statistics office in North Darfur cited many obstacles to carrying out the census. Aside from security, transportation, communication, and logistical concerns, the CBS hasn't received confirmation from the local community, especially the native administrati [...] | 2008-03-16 05:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KEDEM PREF SU |
08KHARTOUM389 | IDPS REJECT PARTICIPATION IN THE CENSUS AND ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The native administration of sheikhs and umdas in Darfur say that IDPs will not participate in the census nor the elections. They believe that the time is not right to conduct a census or the elections due to the massive displacement of the people of Darfur. Additionally, they [...] | 2008-03-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KEDEM PREF SU |
08KHARTOUM392 | DARFUR - UNOFFICIAL SETTLEMENTS NEAR SEKELE PRESENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: New settlements near Sekele (near Nyala, South Darfur) originated in October 2007 as a result of GNU HAC efforts to relocate IDPs who fled Kalma camp following inter-tribal violence in that camp. While the GNU HAC completed the resettlement process, approximately 500 additional fa [...] | 2008-03-16 15:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM399 | SLA/MM STUDENTS TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE CENSUS [...] (SBU) SLA/Minni Minnawi (SLA/MM) student supporters reject the census and are organizing campaigns against it at universities in Darfur as well as in SLA/MM political offices. Regarding university politics, the students described NCP harassment including freezing of student body elections at E [...] | 2008-03-17 12:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM41 | AL-SAMANI: NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND POLITICAL ISSUE, NOT SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a sometimes tense meting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Linda Greenfield-Thomas on January 12, State Minister for Foreign Affairs al-Samani al-Wasila maintained that construction on the new embassy compound (NEC) had been blocked in response to political, bila [...] | 2008-01-13 16:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SU AU PGOV UN |
08KHARTOUM42 | FOREIGN MINISTER ALOR: NEW MARCHING ORDERS FROM [...] (C) Summary: In a January 12 meeting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the newly sworn in Foreign Minister (FM) Deng Alor said President Bashir had personally tasked him with taking the lead in improving bilateral relations between Sudan and the United S [...] | 2008-01-13 16:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SU AU UN PGOV |
08KHARTOUM481 | SUDAN - SURGE IN RETURNS EXPECTED PRIOR TO CENSUS [...] In a March 27 meeting in Khartoum, a UN Mission in Sudan Returns, Reintegration, and Recovery (UNMIS RRR) official identified a new and potentially troubling trend of return convoys organized by the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). According to UNMIS RRR, the first GOSS-organized movement [...] | 2008-04-01 15:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM540 | ABYEI: GOSS-SPONSORED RETURNS UPDATE [...] On April 2, USAID staff visited a reception center in Abyei town that had received approximately 3,000 Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS)-sponsored returnees from Khartoum. According to UN Mission in Sudan Return, Reintegration, and Recovery (UNMIS RRR) staff, the returnees arrived with house [...] | 2008-04-07 14:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM585 | NO PROGRESS ON JMST CHIEF MEDIATOR; POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two meetings with poloffs on April 14, the AU's Chief Mediator of the JMST, Sam Ibok, stated that there are no promising candidates for the position for UNAMID's Chief Mediator now that Mohamed Sahnoun has declined the job. Ibok also stated that he would be leaving his posi [...] | 2008-04-15 12:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM615 | UNAMID'S JMST REACHES OUT TO THE U.S. LOOKING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY On April 20, UNAMID's Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST) Chief of Staff Yassir Sabra told poloffs that there is a "window of opportunity" for engaging the rebels and the Government of Sudan (GoS) on security issues with a meeting planned for late May possibly in Geneva. Sabra al [...] | 2008-04-21 13:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU |
08KHARTOUM624 | ABYEI UPDATE: UNMIS OBSERVERS ACTIVITIES RESTRICTED BEFORE [...] (SBU) The 14-day period during which UNMIS peacekeepers were permitted to patrol outside of the town of Abyei ended on April 21, without being renewed by Sudan's Joint Military Commission (JMC). The JMC did grant UNMIS specific authority to travel from Abyei town to Higlig in order to meet and [...] | 2008-04-23 12:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM625 | MINNAWI ON CENSUS, BILATERAL TALKS, AND PROPOSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 21, Senior Assistant to the President, Minni Minnawi, told CDA Fernandez that the census will not be accurate in Darfur, that the U.S.-Sudan bilateral negotiations legitimizes the NCP and marginalizes minority political voices, and that a recent aborted trip to Juba make [...] | 2008-04-23 12:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM630 | SOUTHERN KORDOFAN - HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] (U) Begin Summary: From April 5 to 15, a USAID/OFDA program officer conducted site visits in Kadugli, Abu Gebeha, Talodi, and Kauda areas in Southern Kordofan State. The USAID/OFDA officer monitored USAID/OFDA-funded programs, particularly in the rural health sector, and met with humanitarian [...] | 2008-04-24 08:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM648 | DETERMINED UNHCR ENGAGES EXIGENT GNU [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent meetings between USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) officials and USAID/OFDA partner U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) officials in Khartoum and Nyala reveal that the Government of National Unity (GNU) has methodically challenged UNHCR in it [...] | 2008-04-28 13:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM654 | WFP TO REDUCE DARFUR FOOD AID RATIONS IN MAY [...] (U) On April 14, the UN World Food Program (WFP) informed key donors that in May it would be forced to nearly halve the general food aid ration distributed in Darfur, due to ongoing banditry against contracted commercial vehicles resulting in decreased commodity dispatches. WFP issued a press [...] | 2008-04-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM692 | URFF ARAB REBEL REPRESENTATIVES SEEK SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 4 in Khartoum, three representatives of the Arab-dominated United Revolutionary Forces Front (URFF) told poloffs that their individual rebel group and the larger umbrella group of which they are a part, the United Resistance Front (URF),are both weak and need support. The [...] | 2008-05-06 10:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM701 | EASTERN SUDAN - IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY, IT WOULD BE THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Charge Fernandez traveled to Kassala, in eastern Sudan, May 4-5 to meet with local political representatives and tour two locations ripe for USAID help: the flood-prone Al Gash River and the horrifically rundown Kassala hospital. This was the first trip to Kassala by a U.S. chief [...] | 2008-05-07 11:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI SU |
08KHARTOUM704 | IDPS FACE CHALLENGES ON ISSUE OF RETURN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The issue of whether to remain in camps or return to their homelands is one that internally displaced persons (IDPs) continue to struggle with as the conflict in Darfur stretches into its fifth year. Fresh displacements highlight the dangers of returning too soon, however even h [...] | 2008-05-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM705 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY REFUTES GOS IDP RETURN CLAIMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent local radio reports, based on a statement attributed to the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) office in El Fasher, stated that as many as 4000 internally displaced persons in North Darfur were voluntarily returning to their villages. Separately, the North Darfur HAC commis [...] | 2008-05-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM723 | UNAMID STRUGGLES TO BRIDGE GAPS WITHIN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As local civil society institutions begin to emerge in Darfur, tensions between traditional government-supported institutions and newer donor-funded non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are rising. Resentment and distrust have hampered the development of a cohesive civil societ [...] | 2008-05-12 12:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM737 | HEAVY FIGHTING BETWEEN SPLA AND SAF IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy fighting has broken out and continues between SPLA and SAF forces in the town of Abyei, despite UNMIS efforts to broker a ceasefire. With both the NCP and SPLM distracted by other crises, the UN is concerned that the situation could deteriorate further if the fighting sp [...] | 2008-05-14 16:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM74 | ISMAIL: CHADIAN MILITARY ESCALATION RISKS PUSHING [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Mustafa Othman Ismail warned of growing Sudanese exasperation at what they see as Chadian military escalation on the Darfur border. He also expressed Sudanese frustration at obstacles to Sudanese diplomats performing their work in the U.S. and warned of possible counte [...] | 2008-01-20 10:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL AU UN CD SU |
08KHARTOUM745 | ABYEI UPDATE: FIGHTING SUBSIDES, BUT HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between SAF and SPLA (reftel) subsided on May 15 and late in the day the sides agreed to a mutual withdrawal. Casualty numbers from May 13-14 fighting are unknown, but the town reportedly sustained heavy damage and the UN estimates that as many as 30,000 people (virtu [...] | 2008-05-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM748 | UNDERCOUNTING, INTIMIDATION MAR DARFUR CENSUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With the census officially completed, international organizations are taking stock of census results. While UNAMID, with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),is preparing a detailed analysis of the exercise and expected results, preliminary observations indica [...] | 2008-05-16 11:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM760 | SUDANESE WILLING TO RESTRAIN THEMSELVES, FOLLOW [...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to President Al-Bashir, Dr. Nafie says that Sudan will not retaliate militarily against Chad for the Chadian-supported JEM rebel attack on Omdurman but will rather seek to isolate JEM and have it be condemned internationally. He admitted that Chadian rebels could u [...] | 2008-05-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PREF PREL PTER CD SU |
08KHARTOUM761 | THE GOS HARDLINE WILL SOON CHANGE, SAYS AL-TURABI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, Popular Congress Party leader Hassan al-Turabi told CDA Fernandez on May 18 that the Government of Sudan's (GoS) current hardline approach and rhetoric in the wake of the Omdurman attack is temporary. The GoS will soon change its tone and be open to negotiations with K [...] | 2008-05-18 14:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CD SU |
08KHARTOUM762 | MAY 18 ABYEI UPDATE: SPORADIC FIGHTING AMIDST EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The situation in Abyei remained quiet as of mid-day May 18, after renewed fighting on May 16-17. SAF remains in the town, despite a UN-brokered mutual withdrawal agreement with the SPLA "police forces," which departed the town May 17. The Ceasefire Joint Monitoring Commission [...] | 2008-05-19 04:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM763 | DARFUR HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent bombings targeting civilians in rebel-held areas of North Darfur have accompanied a deteriorating human rights situation throughout the region. Human rights advocates have also noted an increase in the incidence of rape, as well as domestic violence, often taking place in [...] | 2008-05-19 05:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM769 | A "BILL OF RIGHTS" FOR DARFUR'S IDPS [...] (C) As the United States considers further discussions with Sudan on issues related to the conflict in Darfur, the challenge remains to comprehensively address all aspects of this bloody, complex and contradictory crisis. The Darfur crisis is unusual: some rebel commanders receive/received gen [...] | 2008-05-19 11:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EAID UN SU |
08KHARTOUM770 | HIGHLIGHTING ABYEI IN US-SUDAN BILATERAL [...] This is an action message. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their tribal surrogates and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and their proxies over the disputed oil-rich area of Abyei claimed more lives and displaced more people this week t [...] | 2008-05-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EAID SU |
08KHARTOUM772 | SPLM TAKES THE HIGH ROAD IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM is using the current humanitarian and security crisis in Aryei town"tk highlighd NCQ intrajsigefce"of thQJAbiai kssue"ane pmucD gvrnbu3t$~dg^qsvQh4 eQu)ktfb&'bl$XalQ ibmtneIa.aAa%jQjnQwxo 'cYb@,aQhd]cm"~7Qkdf.oth+,sFQ_px(hV\Q^"G"ldtr ies to respond to the humanitarian cri [...] | 2008-05-19 15:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM774 | GOSS CALLS FOR USG INTERVENTION ON ABYEI [...] (SBU) Government of Southern Sudan Ministers Barnabas Benjamin (Regional Cooperation) and Luka Biong Deng (Presidential Affairs) requested US assistance on Abyei at a GOSS/UN/USG coordination meeting on Abyei relief efforts May 19. More specifically, they called for direct and immediate engage [...] | 2008-05-19 15:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM775 | MFA INFORMS OF SPLA "SURPRISE ATTACK" IN ABYEI, [...] (C) MFA Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq called in CDA Fernandez on May 20 to inform him of military escalation in the contested region of Abyei by the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) after a purported compromise had been achieved on May 18. Siddiq said that SPLA units armed with heavy wea [...] | 2008-05-20 10:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EAID SU |
08KHARTOUM78 | DARFUR RIZEIGAT LEADER FEARS BEING PULLED INTO THE [...] (C) Over lunch with emboffs January 16, NGO activist and leading Rizeigat figure Waleed Madibbo expressed his frustration with the Wali of South Darfur over his refusal to allow a planned reconciliation conference to go forward. The conference, which Madibbo had previewed with CDA Fernandez la [...] | 2008-01-21 11:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF SU AU UN |
08KHARTOUM783 | ARAB REBEL LEADER PROMISES MORE ATTACKS ON GOS [...] (C) SUMMARY On May 19 and 20, Anwar Ahmed Khater, the leader of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) (and "Darfur's emerging Arab leader" according to one Darfur expert),told poloff that Chadian officials and JEM leaders attempted to recruit his Arab rebel movement prior to JEM's May 10 a [...] | 2008-05-21 11:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM787 | SPLM ANGER FOLLOWING MAY 20 BATTLE IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM remains divided over Kiir's decision to limit SPLA forces from Abyei, and senior leadership, including Foreign Minister Deng Alor, are among a faction favoring a more aggressive response. Outrage over SAF conduct intensified following May 19 SAF interference with the r [...] | 2008-05-21 13:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM793 | TDRA IN NEED OF REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) created the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) and the six commissions tasked with implementing the various components of the agreement. In general, the commissions are plagued by poor administration and weak leadership, and characteri [...] | 2008-05-22 13:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM807 | USAID ASSESSMENT OF ABYEI IDPS IN AGOK [...] Begin Summary: On May 24, a USAID team including officers from USAID's Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) conducted a one-day assessment of the humanitarian situation in and around Agok in southern Abyei Area. The Agok area is curr [...] | 2008-05-27 07:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM816 | NORTH DARFUR ATTACKS APPEAR TO TARGET SLA/MM [...] (SBU) A spate of attacks in North Darfur has resulted in the deaths of at least 13 Sudanese Liberation Army/Minni Minawi (SLA/MM) rebels in the last week. According to UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS),fighting erupted on May 20 in Kafoud between SLA/MM and SLA/Free Will (SLA/FW),[...] | 2008-05-28 10:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID MOPS KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM817 | TDRA IN NEED OF REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) created the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) and the six commissions tasked with implementing the various components of the agreement. In general, the commissions are plagued by poor administration and weak leadership, and characteri [...] | 2008-05-28 11:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM821 | DARFUR PLANNED COMPENSATION SCHEME FAULTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Compensation is the number one issue raised by virtually every segment of society in Darfur. To implement components of the Agreement dealing with reparations and compensation, the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) established the Darfur Compensation Commission (DCC). Although it w [...] | 2008-06-01 13:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM834 | DARFUR ELECTION COALITIONS EMERGE FROM SKEPTICISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following the widely criticized census exercise, Darfuris remain wary of the prospects for elections mandated for next year. In a series of meetings, North Darfur political leaders told FieldOff that Darfur political parties are generally ill-prepared to participate, and most r [...] | 2008-06-04 11:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM842 | S/E WILLIAMSON MEETS WITH NYALA WOMEN AND CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 31 meeting, Nyala women and civil society leaders told U.S. Presidential Special Envoy Richard Williamson that delays in implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) were disproportionately impacting women and children. They detailed training they had undertaken in [...] | 2008-06-05 09:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM847 | DARFUR STUDENTS BEATEN AND DORMITORIES DESTROYED FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to eyewitnesses and participants, Sudanese security services violently broke up a Darfuri student protest at Khartoum University on June 5. Security forces beat the protestors with iron bars, threw several Molotov cocktails into the crowd, and fired handguns into the [...] | 2008-06-08 05:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM857 | DARFUR ZAGHAWA PREDICT ANOTHER REBEL ATTACK ON KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While El Fasher Zaghawa report that they have not experienced increased harassment or threats against them since the May 10 attack on Omdurman, they claim that Khartoum-based Zaghawa still are targeted for arbitrary abuse. Despite the repercussions, local Zaghawa civilians supp [...] | 2008-06-09 11:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM MOPS KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM859 | NCP AND SPLM SIGN ABYEI ACCORD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the evening of June 8, with great fanfare before an assembled audience of media and diplomatic community representatives, President of the Government of National Unity (GoNU) Omar Bashir and First Vice President Salva Kiir announced the completion of a new road map agreement [...] | 2008-06-09 14:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM877 | SOUTHERN SUDAN HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - NORTHERN BAHR EL [...] Summary: From May 19 to 23, a USAID team, including officers from the Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA),reviewed the humanitarian situation in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State (NBEG). The team looked at the problem of malnutrition a [...] | 2008-06-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM889 | NCP AND SPLM DISCUSS THEIR AGREEMENT ON ABYEI [...] (C) Two key NCP-SPLM leaders discussed on June 11 the June 8 Accord on Abyei, its implementation, and whether the parties would welcome the return of Special Envoy Williamson to assist with Abyei negotiations. The SPLM and the NCP agreed that the new accord is a positive step. The SPLM went so [...] | 2008-06-15 11:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KPKO PHUM UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM892 | CHADIAN REBELS DISCUSS LATEST OFFENSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 15 at 13:00, representatives of the National Alliance (NA) told poloffs that contrary to other reports, Chadian rebels control Goz Beida and are on the verge of entering Abeche. NA representatives requested U.S. mediation in the conflict, stating that they are ready to [...] | 2008-06-15 13:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM893 | ABDUL WAHID'S KHARTOUM REP DISCUSSES MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY In a discrete June 12 meeting with poloff, the head of SLA-Abdul Wahid's Khartoum's office boasted of Abdul Wahid's military strength, extensive and multi-layered organization throughout Sudan, and overall popularity in Darfur. He also strongly criticized UNAMID, Special Envoys [...] | 2008-06-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM905 | NORTH DARFUR KEY ACADEMIC INDICATOR SHARPLY DECLINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Tasked with reviewing and monitoring the performance of state ministries, the State Legislative Council recently discovered a little noticed but sharp decline in the percentage of students passing the exam from primary to secondary school last year in North Darfur. Ministry of E [...] | 2008-06-18 14:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SCUL SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM925 | ABYEI ROADMAP IMPLENTATION: DSRSG HAQ OUTLINES UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 21, DSRSG for Humanitarian Affairs for told CDA that security is gradually being reestablished in Abyei as the JIU moves into position. The UN expects about half of the IDPs to begin to return immediately when they are told it is safe. UN priorities are to assist IDPs [...] | 2008-06-22 14:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID SOCI KPKO SU |
08KHARTOUM932 | WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MINNI? (AND OTHER SIGNS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rumors have circulated that the leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement, Minni Minnawi, traveled to Chad, withdrew from the Darfur Peace Agreement, and instructed his field commanders to prepare for war. On June 23, Minnawi publicly dispelled his rumored travel to Chad (saying [...] | 2008-06-24 06:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM940 | UNAMID DARFUR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT DELAYED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNAMID Acting Human Rights Chief Joanna Oyediran told FieldOff June 24 that the first UNAMID human rights report, which was due to be published in July, had been delayed until September. The human rights office was "taking a bit more time to work out content" for the report, bu [...] | 2008-06-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM945 | ABYEI IDPS: HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] Begin Summary: On June 20 and 21, a team from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) conducted a follow-up assessment of Agok area, where an estimated 27,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Abyei have been displaced to since mid-May. The USAID team reported a [...] | 2008-06-25 13:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
08KHARTOUM955 | UN RESIDENT COORDINATIOR ON ABYEI ROADMAP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Resident Coordinator in Abyei reports gradual progress there, with an ethnic-Dinka police force being formed, unexploded ordinance collected, and remains of the dead being retrieved. He reported that no land mines have been found, contrary to earlier reports. He argued [...] | 2008-06-27 11:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID KPKO UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM958 | NORTH DARFUR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHOWS POTENTIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. The most recent session of the North Darfur Legislative Council officially ended on June 25 following an extension to finish all business before a four-month recess. Although handicapped by a narrow mandate, and dominated by the ruling National Congress Party (NCP),the appointed [...] | 2008-06-29 09:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM969 | DARFURI MILLIONAIRE PHILANTHROPIST DISCUSSES MODEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 27, Darfuri millionaire entrepreneur Sadiq Adam Abdullah (aka Sadiq Widaa') told poloff in London that his successful investment in his hometown of Kalimendo, North Darfur can serve as a model for development in all of Darfur. Widaa' encouraged the CDA and USAID Mission [...] | 2008-07-01 11:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM972 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER LESS THAN HELPFUL ON ABYEI [...] (C) Summary: In an exchange at times collegial, at times heated, CDA Fernandez met the State Minister of Foreign Affairs Al-Samani Al-Wasila on July 1 at the GOS Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pressing him for progress implementing the Abyei Roadmap and urgent GOS action to improve security along [...] | 2008-07-02 07:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KPKO PHUM UNSC SU |
08KHARTOUM973 | JEM'S SENIOR LEADERS DISCUSS POLITICAL PROCESS (PART I of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 27-28, three senior Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leaders in London separately met poloff and discussed Darfur's political process. Leaders appeared confident of JEM's position following their May 10 attack on Omdurman, though frustrated by the stalled political p [...] | 2008-07-02 08:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM974 | JEM'S SENIOR LEADERS DISCUSS REBEL UNIFICATION AND EXTERNAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 27-28, three senior Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leaders in London separately met poloff and discussed JEM's ideas on rebel unification; its relations with the SPLM, SLM/Minni Minnawi, Chad, and Libya; and JEM's expectations for the content of any peace deal. Thes [...] | 2008-07-02 09:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM98 | SUDAN'S TOP BUSINESSMAN SAYS HE'S FED UP WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 22 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Sudan's leading businessman, Osama Daoud Latif, appeared unusually frustrated with the Sudanese Government, concluding that "a lot of people feel it is time for this government to go." Daoud described the governing regime as internally [...] | 2008-01-23 14:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM983 | SLA/UNITY AND SLA/AW APPEAR INTERNALLY DIVIDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 26, the SLA/Unity's erratic spokesman, Mahjoub Hussein, told poloff in London that his rebel movement is planning a massive attack ("the flood") on Khartoum. In a separate meeting with Hussein's colleague, SLA/Unity's Humanitarian coordinator Suliman Jamous said he was [...] | 2008-07-04 12:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
08KHARTOUM985 | EU SPECIAL ENVOY WARNED BY GOS REGIME ABOUT IMPACT [...] (C) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with EU Special Envoy to Sudan Torben Brylle on July 2 to discuss EU concerns about possible ICC indictments of senior Sudanese government officials. Brylle recounted his meeting the same day with security chief Salah Ghosh, who warned him that Sudan is not afrai [...] | 2008-07-04 12:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KPKO PHUM UNSC SU |
08KIGALI137 | RWANDA 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Post submits the following information for the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report. Responses are keyed to reftel. ------------- 27. CHECKLIST ------------- A. Rwanda is a source country for small numbers of women and children trafficked for sexual exploitation, domestic labor, and, i [...] | 2008-02-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB RW |
08KIGALI258 | RWANDA: UNHCR MANAGING SCARCITY AND INCREASED [...] (U) Summary: Managing the Congolese refugee population in Rwanda presented a significant challenge to UNHCR and its implementing partners. Congolese continue to arrive in the camps, and the camp birth rate adds significantly to the refugee population. The camps are overcrowded, with space a [...] | 2008-04-10 12:19:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF RW |
08KIGALI265 | RWANDA: REFUGEES BEING RECRUITED BY DRC ARMED [...] (C) Summary: On March 11 2008, RefCoord met with staff of both UNHCR and UNICEF-Rwanda who expressed the conviction that representatives of armed groups from the DRC traveled to Rwanda on more than one occasion to recruit adolescent refugees as fighters. Although refugees refused to make off [...] | 2008-04-10 15:44:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RW |
08KIGALI377 | PROPOSALS FOR FY 2008 AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR [...] (U) Embassy Kigali submits the following two proposals for consideration for funding by the FY 2008 Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees. Note: Post will submit more detailed information on each project to PRM via unclass e-mail. Project: Concrete Drainage System and Spring Capping Description: T [...] | 2008-05-30 11:41:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF RW |
08KIGALI510 | RWANDA - EVIDENCE OF NKUNDA RECRUITING FROM [...] (C) CDA Sim received an internal UNHCR Kigali report July 30 detailing efforts by associates of renegade General Laurent Nkunda to recruit combatants from Congolese refugee camps in Rwanda. The report (text below),which does not identify sources of information at Gihembe refugee camp, indica [...] | 2008-07-30 16:48:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF RW |
08KIGALI560 | RWANDA - DEMARCHE ON EASTERN CONGO [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminali dismissed concerns about the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (ref A). In particular, she rejected any notion that the Government of Rwanda (GOR) continued to support Laurent Nkunda and the CNDP and allowed them [...] | 2008-08-14 15:56:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF RW |
08KIGALI763 | RWANDA: UNHCR SEES INCREASED POPULATION MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) Officials from the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) in Kigali told poloffs October 29 that since the morning of October 28 some 1200 individuals had crossed from North Kivu into Rwanda near Gisenyi, and that more were amassing on the border. The individuals had declined [...] | 2008-10-29 16:07:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF RW |
08KIGALI768 | FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali briefed the local diplomatic corps October 29 on events in eastern Congo and the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) relations with the DRC. Museminali claimed that Rwandan armed forces had not fired in response to a Congolese armed forces (FARDC) [...] | 2008-10-31 10:57:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF RW |
08KINGSTON130 | URGENT MEDEVAC REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 19:24:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU PHUM PM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL |
08KINGSTON192 | JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MEDEVAC REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 13:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU PHUM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL |
08KINSHASA1002 | SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS WITH NATIONAL [...] (S) Summary: National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe told AF Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley and PolCouns November 6 that the GDRC had already started on a multi-step process designed to lead to the resumption of full diplomatic relations between the DRC and Rwanda within [...] | 2008-11-13 06:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1004 | INTERNATIONAL FACILITATION MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the International Facilitation (IF) and MONUC Force Commander Gaye met on November 11 in Goma to discuss various issues. EU Special Representative Roeland van de Geer provided a brief overview of the Nairobi Summit, emphasizing that the IF will support Oba [...] | 2008-11-13 10:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1005 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 13, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-13 10:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1007 | GOMA NOTES - NOVEMBER 14 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in Goma and Surrounding Area ------------------------------------- [...] | 2008-11-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1015 | GOMA NOTES - NOVEMBER 17 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security and Humanitarian Situation ----------------------------------- 2. (SBU) [...] | 2008-11-17 13:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1024 | Eastern Congo Developments: Nkunda- [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) Summary: During his November 16 meeting with UN Special Envoy Obasanjo, CN [...] | 2008-11-18 12:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1026 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 19 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) The CNDP announced publicly on Tu [...] | 2008-11-19 15:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1032 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 20 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) UNDSS reported sporadic shooting [...] | 2008-11-20 13:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1033 | USAID/DART Update 2 on the Humanitarian [...] Begin summary: As of November 19, the situation in Goma, North Kivu was calm. On November 18, the National Congress of the Defense of the People (CNDP) announced plans to pull back approximately 40 km in order to provide a corridor for humanitarian assistance. As of 0800 hours on November 2 [...] | 2008-11-20 16:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF CG |
08KINSHASA1034 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 21 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) At a November 21 morning briefing [...] | 2008-11-21 11:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1038 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 24 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) Summary: CNDP rebel leader Laurent Nkunda presented new local administrato [...] | 2008-11-24 12:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1044 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 25 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) A senior MONUC military official [...] | 2008-11-25 10:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1049 | BEHIND THE LINES: A VISIT TO NKUNDA LAND [...] (SBU) Summary: CNDP Chairman Laurent Nkunda held his first public rally in the recently captured town of Rutshuru on November 22. Goma Poloff made the 80-kilometer drive from Goma with a MONUC escort, observing few signs of combat and generally relaxed residents along the crowded corridor. [...] | 2008-11-25 16:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1050 | UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE GREAT LAKES OBASANJO [...] (C) Summary: UN Great Lakes Envoy Olusegun Obasanjo briefed Kinshasa-based diplomats November 15 on his meetings with Angolan President dos Santos and with senior DRC officials, including President Kabila. Dos Santos told Obasanjo that there were no Angolan troops in the DRC, except for a f [...] | 2008-11-26 07:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPAO |
08KINSHASA1052 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 26 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) After three days of relative calm [...] | 2008-11-26 11:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1057 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 28 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC Goma reported that CNDP too [...] | 2008-11-28 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1060 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 1 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC security sources in Goma re [...] | 2008-12-01 11:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1064 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 2 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to MONUC contacts in Go [...] | 2008-12-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1066 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 3 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) At a December 2 briefing in Goma, [...] | 2008-12-03 11:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1070 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 4 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC told Goma poloff on Decembe [...] | 2008-12-04 09:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1078 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 5 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) At a December 4 Kinshasa briefing [...] | 2008-12-05 11:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1081 | DRC and Rwanda Agree on Plan to Combat the FDLR [...] (SBU) Following two days of meetings in Goma December 4-5, DRC Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba and Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali issued a Joint Communiqu (full text at paragraph 5) in which both sides announced a joint "comprehensive operational plan" against the FDLR. T [...] | 2008-12-08 11:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1082 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 8 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) OCHA Goma reported that FARDC ele [...] | 2008-12-08 12:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1087 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 9 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to information from NGO [...] | 2008-12-09 15:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1089 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 10 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Nairobi Talks ------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC and the international community con [...] | 2008-12-10 11:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1094 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 11 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) The DART team reported that MONUC [...] | 2008-12-11 15:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1095 | SLOW START TO GDRC-CNDP NAIROBI TALKS [...] (SBU) According to a MONUC contact, the Nairobi talks between the CNDP and GDRC focused almost exclusively on procedures, with virtually no progress. On substance, the CNDP opted for a maximalist strategy, calling into question the DRC constitution and its institutions, including the national [...] | 2008-12-11 19:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1103 | GOMA NOTES - SUMBEIWO'S MEETING WITH NKUNDA [...] (SBU) Retired Kenyan General Sumbeiwo, in his capacity as chief mediator for SGSE Obasanjo's peace efforts in the eastern DRC, met with CNDP Chairman Laurent Nkunda and approximately 15 members of his North Kivu administration on December 11 in the context of the negotiations that were being h [...] | 2008-12-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1104 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 15 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) At the December 12 UN security br [...] | 2008-12-15 11:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1106 | CNDP REACTS TO GROUP OF EXPERTS REPORT [...] CNDP spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa mass mailed a press statement as an attachment to an e-mail dated December 14, 2008 with his organization's reaction to the recently-released report by the UN Group of Experts on alleged GOR and GDRC collaboration with armed groups in North Kivu. Unofficial emb [...] | 2008-12-15 16:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1109 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 16 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to MONUC sources, FARDC [...] | 2008-12-16 11:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA111 | French Foreign Minister visits DRC [...] French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner pledged France's support for the Kivus conference's Acte d'Engagement during his January 25-26 visit to Kinshasa and Goma and announced his government's intention to open two new consulates in the DRC to assist in implementing the peace process. Followi [...] | 2008-02-01 11:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CG FR |
08KINSHASA1113 | CNDP CLAIMS FDLR BEHIND ATTACK ON ITALIAN NGO AND THREATENS [...] (U) CNDP spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa mass mailed a press statement as an attachment to an e-mail dated December 16, 2008 with his organization's reaction to the December 15 attack on an Italian NGO vehicle in CNDP-controlled territory (reftel). The statement also catalogues CNDP allegations of [...] | 2008-12-16 18:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1115 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 17 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC briefers reported on Decemb [...] | 2008-12-17 09:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1127 | GOMA NOTES - MASISI UNDER THREAT? [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC has long suspected that the CNDP will make another attempt to take Masisi, located along a strategic road that controls access to the west and south. It has been reinforcing its positions in the town, and established a model relationship with the non-integrated 81st Brig [...] | 2008-12-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1133 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 18 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. North Kivu Security Situation ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) According [...] | 2008-12-18 16:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1136 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 19 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. North Kivu Security Situation ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC and o [...] | 2008-12-19 08:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1142 | CNDP - GDRC: ONE STEP FORWARD, TEN STEPS BACK? [...] CNDP Spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa disseminated by e-mail the following message regarding the latest round of GDRC-CNDP negotiations in Nairobi. 2. Begin CNDP message (unofficial Embassy translation from the French): Negotiations Bulletin, December 20, 2008 One step forward, ten steps b [...] | 2008-12-22 07:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1146 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 22 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) Given increased activity by both [...] | 2008-12-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1150 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 23 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC confirmed that CNDP and PAR [...] | 2008-12-23 12:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1154 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 24 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Note: Due to seasonal holidays, our next report will appear on December 29. End not [...] | 2008-12-24 09:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1163 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 29 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) The CNDP continued to accuse the [...] | 2008-12-29 10:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1166 | CNDP REQUESTS DRC PARLIAMENT ROLE IN NAIROBI [...] CNDP Spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa sent a letter, dated December 25, requesting that the presidents of the DRC National Assembly and Senate, Vital Kamerhe and Leon Kengo wa Dondo, respectively, participate as facilitators in negotiations between the CNDP and GDRC in the Nairobi political talks. [...] | 2008-12-29 15:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1169 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 30 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to MONUC sources, DRC [...] | 2008-12-30 14:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1172 | EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 31 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) During meetings in Goma on Dece [...] | 2008-12-31 10:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA14 | Goma Report January 7, 2008 - [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kivus Conference, which opened January 6 in Goma, will probably not get down to substance for a few days and is likely to continue later than the projected finish date of January 14. The relative satisfaction of Tutsis with their prominent role in the Conference is in con [...] | 2008-01-08 13:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA1428 | DRC RESPONSE TO MSF REPORT ON ANGOLAN ABUSE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) published a report describing atrocities being committed by Angolan forces against Congolese citizens in Angola. PolOff discussed the report with MSF reps on December 6 to discuss the report. On December 12, a Caritas representativ [...] | 2008-01-01 08:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF AO CG |
08KINSHASA150 | IOM reports continued Angolan abuse of Congolese expellees [...] Summary: Angolan abuses of Congolese expellees are continuing, International Organization for Migration (IOM) officials report following a January 28-February 1 MONUC investigative mission to Kasai Occidental. IOM has requested U.S. assistance to help establish a transit center to receive Con [...] | 2008-02-11 14:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL AO CG |
08KINSHASA154 | Joint Monitoring Group Task Force, Goma, February 8 [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting of the Nairobi process's Joint Monitoring Group Task Force February 8 in Goma was a bit testier than usual. The Rwandan side leveled charges of co-location of FDLR and FARDC forces, regretted that the Congolese government was not living up to its timetable of actions to [...] | 2008-02-12 06:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PREF CG RW |
08KINSHASA16 | Goma Report January 8, 2008 - third day of Kivus Conference [...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent Protestant clergyman who is in contact with Nkunda told poloff Nkunda holds to the commitments he made with Special Envoy Tim Shortley but is worried about potential negative effects of the Kivus Conference. The clergyman confirms that Nkunda is willing to send his [...] | 2008-01-09 15:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA194 | UNSG Representative on IDP rights visits DRC [...] Walter Kalin, The UN Secretary General's Representative on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs),called for a sustainable solution for displaced people during his February 12-22 visit to the DRC. At a briefing for the international diplomatic corps in Kinshasa on February 22 [...] | 2008-02-25 13:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM CG |
08KINSHASA2 | Goma situation report for January 1, 2008 [...] (SBU) One Indian battalion of about 300 men is responsible for Masisi and Walikale Territories in the "Petit Nord" area of North Kivu. This area is about 31,000 square kilometers of terrain (roughly three times larger than Kosovo, with a comparable population density),most of which is mounta [...] | 2008-01-02 14:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA209 | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 2008 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) This message contains Embassy Kinshasa's responses to questions in reftel, paragraphs 27-30, on trafficking in persons. 2. (SBU) Begin responses to paragraph 27. A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or chi [...] | 2008-02-29 12:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG CG |
08KINSHASA21 | Goma Report January 9, 2008 -- fourth day of [...] (SBU) Summary: Vital Kamerhe, speaking to international observers, said that the Kivus Conference, which picked up in pace January 9, would operate at two levels, with the real work taking place in side discussions with the armed groups (especially CNDP). It was essential that the Conference [...] | 2008-01-10 14:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA24 | Goma Report for January 10 - Day five of Kivus [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kivus conference will be extended until January 20. CNDP threatened to boycott but is apparently now willing to continue attending. Three heavyweights -- Kamerhe, Ruberwa, and Mbusa -- gave contrastingly positive speeches, each emphasizing that the conference represented [...] | 2008-01-11 11:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA246 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of central Africa a [...] | 2008-03-12 07:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM MARR ASEC |
08KINSHASA335 | GOMA NOTES 04/04/08 - SRSG DOSS BRIEFS THE HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: SRSG Doss described the UN Security Stabilization Strategy as an effective framework for coordinating North Kivu diplomatic, political, military and humanitarian initiatives an April 4 briefing in Goma. He said that MONUC will give timely briefings to NGOs on military movements [...] | 2008-04-08 13:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CG |
08KINSHASA36 | Joint Monitoring Task Force (JMG-TF) [...] Reftels are reports on prior meetings of the JMG-TF. 2. Following are highlights of the Task Force Meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group held in Goma on January 4, 2008. Goma Report January 11, 2008: Task Force of the Joint Monitoring Group 3. Summary: At the meeting of the Task For [...] | 2008-01-14 14:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA374 | GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 18TH MEETING OF THE JMG TASK [...] (SBU) Summary: Rwanda told the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) during its April 18 session in Goma that it should be more active and consider meeting in the field as a matter of course, but drew no support. UN agencies led presentations on reducing negative impact on IDPs and retur [...] | 2008-04-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS PHUM KPKO CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA382 | 30,000 NEW NORTH KIVU IDPS FOLLOWING FARDC CLASHES [...] (SBU) Summary: Reports indicate that recent skirmishing in North Kivu between the FARDC and FDLR and PARECO forces are responsible for 30,000 new internally displaced persons (IDPs). UNHCR confirmed a halt in distribution of aid to the Kinyandoni I, Kinyandoni II, and Kiwanja camps near Rutsh [...] | 2008-04-28 17:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS PREL KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA392 | Kabila, SRSG/P-3 plus two and Angola discuss East, [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 2 President Kabila met with SRSG Doss, ambassadors of the P-3 plus 2 nations, and Angola, the first meeting in this format in 2008. Kabila and the European ambassadors expressed disappointment - without explicitly blaming each other - for slow movement on economic devel [...] | 2008-05-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA508 | RECOMMENDATION: PRM FY 2008 AMBASSADORS FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] Embassy Kinshasa requests $20,000 from the Ambassador's Fund for Refugees for rehabilitation of Moba Hospital in Moba, Katanga province. This project will improve the health facilities for the only hospital in an area of high refugee return. It has the potential to reach a large number of th [...] | 2008-06-09 09:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF CG |
08KINSHASA513 | GOMA NOTES 06/07/08: UN SECURITY COUNCIL VISITS GOMA [...] (SBU) Visiting UNSC ambassadors, including Ambassador Garvelink representing the U.S., listened with interest and appreciation June 7 to arguments advanced by Apollinaire Malu Malu, President of the Independent Electoral Commission and National Coordinator of the Amani Program, for support to [...] | 2008-06-10 07:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN |
08KINSHASA526 | WOMEN FOR WOMEN DRC: MONITORING AND EVALUATION [...] The following monitoring and evaluation report assesses Cooperative Agreement SPRMCO07CA150 for $234,015 awarded to Women for Women (WFW) to support its program "Stronger Women, Stronger Nations: Ending Violence Against Women in Eastern Congo." RefCoord met with WFW National Director Christi [...] | 2008-06-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID UNHCR CG |
08KINSHASA528 | UNSC GETS FIRST HAND LOOK AT DRC CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Security Council ambassadors held meetings in Kinshasa and Goma June 7-8. Three themes emerged in their discussions in Kinshasa: democracy-building, the Goma and Nairobi processes, and sexual violence. President Kabila impressed the ambassadors with his command of issues [...] | 2008-06-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN |
08KINSHASA537 | Meeting with Rene Abandi June 14, 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary. USAID and OCHA representatives met with CNDP spokesman Rene Abandi June 14 to raise concerns regarding several recent developments, including a CNDP letter attacking NGOs, its demand for involvement in humanitarian decisions in its territory, withdrawal of its forces from the a [...] | 2008-06-17 15:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN |
08KINSHASA548 | FRENCH SECRETARY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VISITS DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: French Secretary for Human Rights Rama Yade re-extended an invitation to President Kabila to visit France, announced a 300,000 euro grant to assist street children in Kinshasa and made a side trip to Bukavu during her June 8-11 visit to the DRC visit. The French hope Kabila wi [...] | 2008-06-24 11:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI CG FR |
08KINSHASA568 | DAY OF CELEBRATION: EMBASSY INAUGURATES SCHOOL [...] Summary: PolOff inaugurated a school May 27 in Buburu, Equateur which was rehabilitated by the FY2007 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees. Local officials and the entire town of Buburu welcomed, with much fanfare, the arrival of the Embassy-UNHCR delegation. They visited UNHCR's Refugee Transit C [...] | 2008-07-08 13:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV CG UN CF |
08KINSHASA570 | DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR reports repatriation of over 10,600 Congolese as of June 2008. There are currently over 338,000 Congolese refugees in neighboring countries and over 176,000 refugees from other countries in the DRC. Repatriation of Congolese from Tanzania has recently halted, repatriati [...] | 2008-07-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG TZ UG ZA UN |
08KINSHASA598 | NEW WAVE OF CONGOLESE EXPULSIONS FROM ANGOLA [...] (SBU) Summary: According to reliable sources, Angolan forces have expelled more than 60,000 Congolese in the first six months of 2008. A CARITAS-Germany representative and a MONUC Joint Military Analysis Center (JMAC) analyst told PolOff July 8-9 that Angola is expelling Congolese nationals [...] | 2008-07-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL AO CG |
08KINSHASA63 | ON THE ROAD TO BETTER DRC AND UGANDA RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-December 2007, representatives to the 5th Session of the Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) between the governments of Uganda and the DRC met in Kampala to discuss a wide array of issues in their bilateral relationship. On December 27, PolOff and EconOff met with Minister [...] | 2008-01-23 06:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PREL PREF PBTS CG |
08KINSHASA630 | GDRC receives surrender July 31 of RUD soldiers [...] (SBU) The recent surrender of 67 Rassemblement pour l'Unit et la Democratie (RUD) soldiers in a public ceremony in North Kivu on July 31 was a small but potentially significant victory for DDRRR. The ceremony took place in the vicinity of Luofu in Lubero district. In attendance were the DRC M [...] | 2008-08-05 06:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN |
08KINSHASA683 | UNHCR EXPANDING ITS ACTIVITIES IN NORTH KIVU [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy's Political Officer in Goma spoke with the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) leadership in Goma, Coordinator for the East Karl Steinacker and Head of Sub-Office Ibrahima Coly. After years of minimal involvement in North Kivu, UNHCR is ramping up programs in the c [...] | 2008-08-20 09:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN |
08KINSHASA7 | Joint Monitoring Task Force (JMG-TF) [...] Refs (A) and (B) are reports on two prior meetings of the JMG-TF. 2. Following are highlights of the Task Force Meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group held in Goma on January 4, 2008. Participants ------------ 3. Moderator: Gernot Sauer, Acting Head of MONUC's Goma Office Rwande [...] | 2008-01-07 11:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA713 | Goma Report August 28 - [...] (SBU) Summary: By the end of the day, MONUC had not ascertained responsibility for the clashes that occurred in the Rutshuru area August 28, nor the extent of casualties or collateral damage. Political damage was clear: CNDP did not attend the North Kivu working group on disengagement. Howe [...] | 2008-08-29 09:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA719 | Goma Report August 31 - Assessing [...] (SBU) Summary: Exchanges of fire flared up on August 28, 29, and 30 along various points east of the Goma-Rutshuru road where FARDC and CNDP forces have been separated by a buffer zone and relatively quiet for several months. The spark appears to have been a major theft of cattle from the CN [...] | 2008-09-02 12:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA720 | Goma Report: August 29 meeting of Joint [...] Summary: Rwandan side called for faster deployment of FARDC battalions to combat FDLR. DRC side said it regretted missing deadlines but pointed to progress, e.g., in increased rates of repatriation of FDLR. End summary. 2. In another amicable meeting of the Task Force of the Joint Moni [...] | 2008-09-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA728 | Goma Report September 3 - Stoning of [...] (SBU) Summary: The international facilitation team traveled via MONUC convoy September 2 to three sensitive areas along the confrontation line between FARDC and CNDP in Rutshuru territory, hoping to affirm FARDC withdrawal from two newly occupied positions. FARDC still occupies those positio [...] | 2008-09-04 07:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA734 | Goma Report September 5: CNDP Captures Katsiru [...] (SBU) Summary: CNDP launched a three-pronged attack at dawn September 5 and drove FARDC out of Katsiru. The International Facilitation team has urged FARDC and CNDP to begin urgent military talks to get forces back to positions held two weeks ago. CNDP insists on such talks taking place at [...] | 2008-09-08 07:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA736 | Goma Report September 6 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: CNDP continued northward September 6 and occupied Nyanzale with no resistance. MONUC's North Kivu brigade reacted with uncharacteristic firmness. CNDP has evacuated the FARDC's 7th brigade headquarters at Nyanzale and promised to evacuate the town within hours. End Summary. [...] | 2008-09-08 08:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA739 | Goma Report September 8: Continued [...] (SBU) Summary: Clashes occurred in yet another area September 8, with CNDP occupying Numbi just across the provincial border in South Kivu. North Kivu brigade fired on CNDP north of Nyanzale September 7, to keep CNDP elements from moving on Kikuku. On the other hand, CNDP had withdrawn from [...] | 2008-09-09 08:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA740 | Minutes of the August 29 meeting of [...] Following are the official minutes of above-captioned meeting. A reporting cable on the meeting is contained at reftel. 2. Begin minutes SUMMARY OF MINUTES OF THE MEETING Joint Monitoring Group 37TH Meeting of the TASK FORCE Goma, 29 August 2008 The thirty seventh meeting of the [...] | 2008-09-09 17:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA741 | Goma Report September 9: [...] (SBU) Summary: A force of at least 200 CNDP on September 9 reached Kayala, 20 km south of the strategic town of Kanyabayonga, and could reach that town by dawn September 10. Meanwhile, CNDP withdrew from Numbi in South Kivu. End Summary. 2. (SBU) At the end of day September 9, poloff me [...] | 2008-09-09 18:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA746 | Goma Report September 10 - [...] (SBU) Summary: CDNP forces on September 10 remain within striking distance of the strategic town of Kanyabayonga (well north of the normal area of CNDP control),but MONUC has strengthened its presence there and CNDP has not moved further north. Meanwhile, heavy fire erupted in the hills wes [...] | 2008-09-11 09:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA756 | Text of September 11 CNDP statement [...] As indicated reftel, the CNDP issued a statement September 11 in the form of a letter addressed to SRSG Alan Doss in which it promises a unilateral withdrawal from territories occupied "in recent days." Following are embassy's unofficial translation of the statement (para 2),as well as the o [...] | 2008-09-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA757 | Goma Report September 12: [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 12 the MONUC military facilitated CNDP withdrawal from recently-occupied areas, giving CNDP an ultimatum of 12:00 September 13 to make a complete withdrawal. EU Special Envoy van de Geer will meet CNDP at Kimoka September 13. FARDC's willingness to make a reciproc [...] | 2008-09-13 13:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA758 | Chairman's summary of September 1, 2008 Special [...] Introduction Representatives of the signatories of the Nairobi Communique of 9 November 2007 met on 1 September 2008 in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to assess progress made in the implementation of the Communique. This was the fifth meeting at Special Envoy level [...] | 2008-09-13 14:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA759 | Kabila reaffirms commitment to Amani Process [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila came for an infrequent visit to Goma September 13 following CNDP's unilateral declaration of withdrawal and summoned P-5 ambassadors for a tour d'horizon September 14. Kabila was clear in his support for the Amani process which, it was announced at the meeting [...] | 2008-09-15 09:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA769 | Goma Report September 16 [...] (SBU) Summary: The only area of continued firing remains the Ngungu-Kirtoshe area. Nkunda and CNDP are not communicating with EU special envoy Van de Geer. MONUC has presented a plan for zones of separation to the government, to include FARDC departure from positions in Rutshuru buffer zone [...] | 2008-09-16 11:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA770 | SEPTEMBER 16 SPOT REPORT: FIGHTING NEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting near Kirotshe September 16 is worse than first indicated, with FARDC bringing in tanks. It is not clear if FARDC is planning to go on offensive just when MONUC had presented plan for separation of forces. Meanwhile, a MONUC armored personnel carrier overturned north [...] | 2008-09-16 16:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA775 | Government approves, begins implementation of [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC, with support from the international facilitation (U.S., EU),unveiled September 18 to the GDRC a North Kivu disengagement plan which the government has accepted and begun to implement. The plan calls for withdrawal from forward positions occupied August 28-29. Implemen [...] | 2008-09-19 14:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA777 | Goma Report September 20: [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC launched an early morning offensive September 20 into CNDP terrain north of Sake and in the course of the day was repelled by CNDP. The MONUC base at Kimoka was caught in the crossfire. This grave violation of the ceasefire came a half day after the Minister of Defense [...] | 2008-09-22 06:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA778 | Goma Report September 19: Masisi Fighting [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC helicopters fired on CNDP four miles south of Masisi, forestalling a possible CNDP move on Masisi or Katale. Minister of Defense warned the facilitation team that it had only two more days to get Nkunda's agreement to the disengagement plan and then use of force ("contrai [...] | 2008-09-22 06:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA779 | Text of September 18 CNDP statement [...] The National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP),the insurgent group in North Kivu led by Tutsi General Laurent Kabila, issued the a statement September 18. An unofficial English translation of the statement is at para. 2. The original text in French is at para. 3. 2. Begin u [...] | 2008-09-22 06:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA780 | Text of September 21 CNDP statement on the [...] The National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP),the insurgent group in North Kivu led by Tutsi General Laurent Kabila, issued the a statement September 18. An unofficial English translation of the statement is at para. 2. The original text in French is at para. 3. 2. Begin u [...] | 2008-09-22 06:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA786 | Goma report September 22: Restiveness [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC launched indiscriminate barrages from Sake into the western heights September 22, uncoordinated with MONUC. Corpses arriving in Goma September 21 stirred angry mobs in the city, and MONUC restricted movement of its civilian employees. Both the government and CNDP appear [...] | 2008-09-23 06:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA797 | Goma Report September 23: [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite FARDC's misbehavior at Sake September 20 and 22, MinDef promised September 23 that FARDC would withdraw, as scheduled in the disengagement plan, from forward positions in the Rutshuru corridor beginning September 25. However, the populace is still blocking MONUC in the [...] | 2008-09-25 06:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA799 | Amani Program Steering Committee meets 23 [...] (U) The Amani Steering Group, tasked with monitoring progress on the implementation of the Goma agreements of January, 2008 (the "Actes d'Engagement") met September 23 in Bukavu, capital of the province of South Kivu. The selection of Bukavu follows a decision by Denis Kalume, Interior Minist [...] | 2008-09-25 11:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA8 | Kivus Conference opens in Goma without Kabila; [...] (SBU) Summary: The ceremonial opening on January 6 of the projected week-long Conference on North and South Kivu (reftel) kept to a positive script. Absent at the opening ceremony was President Joseph Kabila; he did now show, it is believed, because of security concerns. After gaining secur [...] | 2008-01-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA800 | Goma Report for September 24: More FARDC [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC attacked CNDP on a new front September 24, adding to its ceasefire violations over the past week. North Kivu brigade commander feels duped by FARDC. The city of Goma remained quiet throughout the day. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Despite another reaffirmation by the gover [...] | 2008-09-25 15:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA805 | Goma Report for September 25: [...] Summary: Of 100,000 civilians displaced or re-displaced (50 percent) in the Petit Nord in the first two weeks of September, 65 percent had returned by the third week. Ngungu was the main exception. Humanitarian workers are beginning to return to the area (keeping apart of MONUC except where [...] | 2008-09-26 07:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA806 | Goma Report September 25: Further FARDC [...] (SBU) Summary: On the day FARDC was meant to have started withdrawing from the eastern zone of separation, September 25, it penetrated further into CNDP territory in the northern sector. A demonstration against MONUC and U.S. NGOs may occur September 26 in Rutshuru. End Summary. 2. (SB [...] | 2008-09-26 09:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA808 | Goma Report September 26: Signs of [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC appears September 26 to have begun withdrawal from the eastern (Rutshuru) zone of separation. FARDC and the territorial administrator helped quell a demonstration in Rutshuru. CNDP has counterattacked in the northern zone. End Summary. 2. (SBU) FARDC showed the f [...] | 2008-09-29 08:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA809 | Goma Report September 28: [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC has done some withdrawing from the Rutshuru corridor, while pounding away at CNDP sites near Rugari and reinforcing its hold on Tongo. Meanwhile, CNDP has occupied much of the buffer zone at Ngungu, making commencement of the southern zone of separation doubtful. End Su [...] | 2008-09-29 09:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA810 | Goma Report September 27: Trouble [...] (SBU) Summary: After the FARDC's sweep into CNDP territory in the northern sector, CNDP has responded with a move back toward Nyanzale. FARDC continues to hold the key CNDP town of Tongo, but has partially withdrawn from the Rutshuru zone of separation. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On Septemb [...] | 2008-09-29 09:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA814 | Goma Report September 29: At meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: Facilitation members joined a MONUC-CNDP meeting near Bunagana September 29, in which CNDP refused to consider any further withdrawals from proposed zones of separation until FARDC ceases all military action and withdraws to pre-August 28 positions. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2008-09-30 07:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA818 | Goma Report September 30: North [...] (SVB) Summary: General Rawat told facilitation team September 30 that after a month of fighting, CNDP appeared to have weakened, but there was still no likely military solution. Chief of army staff Kayembe told him he was amenable to direct military talks between CNDP and Etumba. EU rep Du [...] | 2008-10-01 16:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA819 | Text of September 23 CNDP [...] The National Congress for the Defense of the People (Congres National pour la Defense du Peuple -- CNDP),the insurgent group in North Kivu led by Tutsi General Laurent Nkunda, issued a letter September 23 addressed to Alan Doss, head of the UN Mission in the Congo (MONUC) and the UN Secretary [...] | 2008-10-01 16:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA838 | Goma Report October 3: Belligerent [...] (SBU) Summary: North Kivu has had it fourth quiet day militarily October 3, even while Nkunda has called for national liberation, and FARDC claims an imminent CNDP attack, for which North Kivu brigade sees no evidence. The little ceasefire augurs well, but the belligerent language augurs bad [...] | 2008-10-03 16:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA840 | Goma Report October 4: Nkunda on Okapi; [...] (SBU) Summary: Nkunda gave an interview to MONUC's radio Okapi October 4 which was even more truculent than his BBC interview, and complained when Okapi refused to air it. Acting SRSG Mountain came to Goma and assured Abbe Malu Malu that MONUC would continue with the Amani program, with a fo [...] | 2008-10-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA841 | MONUC's October 3 Statement [...] (SBU) On October 3 the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) issued a statement criticizing the decision by Laurent Nkunda, leader of the insurgent group known as CNDP ("Congres National pour la Defense du Peuple" in French) to withdraw from the Amani process and redefine [...] | 2008-10-06 13:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA843 | RENEWED FIGHTING IN ITURI PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been renewed fighting in Ituri Province, as LRA rebels attacked DRC villages September 17-26 and the previously dormant Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FPRI-Force Patriotique de Resistance in Ituri) attacked FARDC positions and villages south of Bunia beginnin [...] | 2008-10-06 14:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PREF PHUM CG |
08KINSHASA844 | Minister of Foreign Affairs convokes [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mbusa Nyamwisi convoked UN Security Council P-5 representatives on October 4 to make an official statement on the situation in the eastern part of the Congo and to discuss GDRC preoccupations with Laurent Nkunda's recent belligerent declarat [...] | 2008-10-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA845 | October 3 discussion with Colonel Mamba, [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma poloff spoke October 3 with the head of the Congolese delegation to the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force, Colonel Augustin Mamba. Mamba claimed the RUD disarmament in Kasiki was overall a success story. He explained that working together with certain figures that [...] | 2008-10-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA864 | Goma Report October 8: Heavy Fighting in [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy fighting erupted October 8 in the Rutshuru region. CNDP overran a FARDC brigade head-quarters near Rumangabo, apparently inflicting heavy casualties and capturing significant amounts of military equipment. MONUC told post that CNDP almost certainly initiated the fightin [...] | 2008-10-09 16:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA868 | Goma Report October 9: Rutshuru fighting subsides; CNDP [...] (SBU) Summary: There were no major incidents on October 9, following heavy fighting on October 8. Stating it was responding to the SRSG's request, CNDP announced it would withdraw from the FARDC base at Rumangabo. There were anti-MONUC demonstrations by students in Kisangani, the first such [...] | 2008-10-10 11:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA881 | Democratic Republic of Congo -- FY 2009 Disaster [...] (U) Summary: Fighting between government forces and armed groups controlling territory in rural areas in Orientale, North Kivu and South Kivu Provinces resulted in additional population displacements in FY 2008, with most of those displaced expected to be unable to return to their homes for mu [...] | 2008-10-14 13:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF CG |
08KINSHASA884 | Goma Report October 10: North Kivu Calm; [...] (SBU) Summary: North Kivu was generally calm October 10, but fighting between FARDC and the Popular Front for Justice in Congo (FPJC-Front Populaire pour la Justice au Congo) in Ituri provoked momentary fear of an FPJC attack on Bunia. Demonstrations against MONUC continued in Kisangani, but [...] | 2008-10-15 12:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA931 | GOMA NOTES: CNDP RETAKES RUMANGABO [...] (SBU) Summary: The CNDP has retaken the FARDC base at Rumangabo, as well as the town of Rumangabo. The CNDP claimed its actions were 'pre-emptive.' The fighting died down by nightfall October 26, but there is concern that the Goma-Rutshuru road will be blocked, something MONUC has consisten [...] | 2008-10-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA940 | GOMA SITUATION REPORT - CONTINUING CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: As of the morning of October 28, MONUC's no movement order was still in effect. Violent demonstrations started late in the morning of October 27 between the town center and the Goma airport, resulting in one civilian death outside of a MONUC transit camp, when a soldier from th [...] | 2008-10-28 14:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA944 | GOMA UPDATE OCTOBER 28-29: GOMA QUIET, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting has resumed the morning of October 29 near Kibumba. On October 28, approximately 200 CNDP troops entered the Virunga Forest, although it was uncertain whether they were headed south towards Goma or west to link up with other CNDP forces near Sake. There are conflictin [...] | 2008-10-29 12:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA946 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 29, 2008, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-29 20:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA951 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 30, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa's EAC met at 9:00am to discuss the situation in Goma (septel). RSO noted that there were reports the evening of October 29 of fleeing FARDC and [...] | 2008-10-30 11:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA953 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 30, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Poloff spoke with MONUC contact in Goma at 1:45 p.m. who said that the situation in town appeared to be much improved. People were moving about in the streets and [...] | 2008-10-30 17:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA954 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 31, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USG personnel recently evacuated to Gisenyi have not received permission to return to Goma at the present time. 3. (SBU) USG staff member based in Gisenyi rep [...] | 2008-10-31 11:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA959 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 3, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) On the evening of November 1, Charge consulted with EAC members, as well as RSO Kigali and the Department's Operations Center, regarding the status of USG personn [...] | 2008-11-03 11:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA962 | CHARGE'S OCTOBER 31 VISIT TO GOMA IN THE AFTERMATH [...] (C) Summary: Goma remains calm, but with fewer people on the streets. The FARDC has effectively collapsed in the region, leaving Nkunda in control of large swaths of area north and west of Goma. Nkunda will most likely not attack Goma, as the city does not threaten his operations in North K [...] | 2008-11-03 16:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA963 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 3, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID officer TDY in Goma/Gisenyi reported that banks in Goma have now reopened, a sign of normalization. All bank cash had reportedly been transferred to Kinsha [...] | 2008-11-03 16:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA964 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 4, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) The EAC met today at 11:00 AM and decided to maintain the current mandate that USG employees return to Gisenyi during nighttime hours (septel). Efforts will be m [...] | 2008-11-04 11:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA965 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 4, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC continues to reinforce Goma, to include armored personnel carriers at key locations, although troop levels appear to be less than optimal. MONUC military c [...] | 2008-11-05 07:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA967 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 5, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID officer TDY in Goma/Gisenyi attended a MONUC military briefing the afternoon of November 4, at which it was confirmed that the GDRC curfew for Goma (applyin [...] | 2008-11-05 11:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA971 | DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent fighting between the CNDP and FARDC has displaced an estimated 250,000 IDP's since the end of August. Approximately 10,000 Congolese have crossed into Uganda over the last several weeks. UNHCR staff has just resumed operations in and around Goma. LRA activity has recen [...] | 2008-11-05 15:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG CF TZ UG ZA UN |
08KINSHASA972 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 5, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID officer TDY in Goma/Gisenyi reports continued calm in Goma. However, because the possible impact of the PARECO-CNDP fighting (reftel) is unclear, OCHA has [...] | 2008-11-05 16:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA974 | CNDP THREATENS TO END ITS UNILATERAL CEASE- [...] (SBU) Post received a scanned copy of November 3 letter from CNDP Chairman Laurent Nkunda to MONUC SRSG Alan Doss, in which the CNDP states that, unless certain conditions are met, it might end its unilateral cease-fire. These conditions are: GDRC commitment to the cease-fire; an end to FDLR [...] | 2008-11-05 17:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PREF PHUM CG |
08KINSHASA980 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 6, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-06 11:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA983 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 6, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-06 16:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA984 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 7, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-07 11:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA990 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 10, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-10 10:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA995 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 10, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-10 16:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA996 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 12, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-12 11:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KINSHASA997 | Foreign Minister Thambwe's November 11 [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba convoked ambassadors November 11 for a briefing on the summits in Nairobi on November 7 and in Johannesburg on November 9. Nairobi had reaffirmed the Amani and Nairobi processes as the "only framework" for resolving the conflict in the ea [...] | 2008-11-12 15:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG |
08KINSHASA999 | SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 12, 2008, [...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...] | 2008-11-12 16:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
08KOLKATA116 | TIBETANS ARGUE OVER A THIRD RINPOCHE AS CALLS FOR A [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 27-30 visit to Darjeeling and adjoining towns, ConOff spoke with the Tibetan community about the unrest in Lhasa, and attended an enthronement ceremony for a possible Third Reincarnation of the Domogeshi Rinpoche. ConOff also visited the Tibetan Self-Help Center [...] | 2008-04-10 10:00:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF IN CH NP |
08KOLKATA134 | THE EFFECT OF NEPAL'S MAOIST VICTORY ON INDIA'S LEFT [...] (SBU) Summary: Eastern Indian security officials are concerned about the implications of the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPNM)'s victory in the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) elections for regional stability. Indian leaders have sought to put the best face on the CPNM's success, [...] | 2008-04-28 04:10:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PREF PGOV PINR IN NP |
08KOLKATA329 | ORISSA POST VIOLENCE - SECURITY, RECONCILIATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Orissa state government is currently engaged in ensuring security, coordinating relief efforts and facilitating reconciliation in Kandhamal district. The government reports 40 deaths and 134 injuries statewide in the violence that began on August 23 with the murder of Hindu [...] | 2008-12-04 11:46:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI IN |
08KOLKATA330 | ORISSA POST VIOLENCE - SECURITY, RECONCILIATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Orissa state government is currently engaged in ensuring security, coordinating relief efforts and facilitating reconciliation in Kandhamal district. The government reports 40 deaths and 134 injuries statewide in the violence that began on August 23 with the murder of Hindu [...] | 2008-12-04 13:55:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI IN |
08KOLKATA353 | ORISSA ORGANIZATION CANCELS PROPOSED STATE-WIDE CHRISTMAS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 19 the Laxmanananda Saraswati Shrandhanjali Samiti (LSSS),a body of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Orissa, cancelled its proposed statewide strike for December 25. It had previously threatened to strike on the Christian religious holiday if the Orissa state gove [...] | 2008-12-24 08:08:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI IN |
08KOLKATA55 | TEN YEARS GO BY, BURMESE STILL ON TRIAL IN INDIA [...] (SBU) It has been ten years since 34 Burmese nationals from Arakan state were arrested and jailed by the Indian Government. The Solidarity Committee for Burma's Freedom Fighters (SCBFF),joined by activists, Burmese monks, and a crowd of 50-70 people, staged a public rally in Kolkata on Februa [...] | 2008-02-15 11:40:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PREF IN |
08KOLKATA95 | IN MIZORAM AND BURMA BAMBOO FLOWERING MAY BRING FAMINE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Northeast Indian state of Mizoram, wedged between Burma and Bangladesh, is at the height of an acute food and grain shortage due to the destruction of crops by an exploding rat population. Approximately every [...] | 2008-03-18 11:19:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID PREF PGOV EAGR IN BG BM |
08KOLKATA98 | DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA'S NORTHEAST STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH [...] (SBU) March 4-11, ConGen visited the remote northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh (AP) to assess the area's regional security, social and economic development issues. India continues to dispute China's claims to AP and is now seeking to develop the state's infrastructure to integrate i [...] | 2008-03-18 14:12:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL EAGR EAID SENV SNAR CH IN |
08KUALALUMPUR1010 | AMBASSADOR RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFICKING OF [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Ambassador raised allegations of trafficking of Burmese refugees during his November 11 call on Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, noting U.S. Senate concerns and urging Malaysia to take action on this issue. Polcouns highlighted the refugee trafficking alle [...] | 2008-11-13 09:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM KTIP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR147 | MALAYSIA'S EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Malaysia made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons during this reporting period, marking a positive shift from previous years. Malaysia's drafting, passage, and enactment of a comprehensive anti-trafficking in persons law represents an important advance in Malaysia's co [...] | 2008-03-04 00:04:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC MY |
08KUALALUMPUR373 | FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR PRM AMBASSADORS, FUND FOR [...] Post submits for funding consideration the following proposal from Kumpulan A.C.T.S. Bhd. (an acronym for A Call to Serve, hereafter ACTS.) Post enjoys a successful working relationship with ACTS, which has appropriately used previous USG funds. The proposed grant would provide critical fund [...] | 2008-05-13 06:49:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF MY |
08KUALALUMPUR399 | IMMIGRATION DETAINEES RIOT AFTER RELA BEATS [...] (C) Some 60 to 70 detained suspected illegal immigrants rioted at Lenggeng Immigration Detention Center (IDC) on April 21, setting fire to the temporary administration building according to press and firsthand accounts. Malaysia's Head of Immigration Enforcement claimed the riot started after [...] | 2008-05-16 06:08:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PINR KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR495 | TWO BURMESE ALLEGE TRAFFICKING EXPERIENCE AT [...] (C) Summary: Two Burmese refugees met with us and alleged that low-level Malaysian Immigration officials sold and delivered them into the custody of armed Thai nationals at the Thai-Malaysian border. UNHCR has received similar firsthand reports from other refugees. On June 6, we shared inf [...] | 2008-06-12 07:23:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV SMIG KCRM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR58 | EMBASSY RAISES RELA ROLE WITH MALAYSIAN IMMIGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of Malaysia's People's Volunteer Corps (RELA) began taking up guard duties at immigration detention centers beginning January 15, according to press reports. Government officials describe RELA's assignment as a stop-gap measure while responsibility for the immigration [...] | 2008-01-24 09:25:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF MY |
08KUALALUMPUR786 | STAFFDEL LUSE ENGAGES PM'S OFFICE, MFA ON [...] (SBU) Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staffer Mr. Keith Luse met with GOM officials at the Prime Minister's Office, the Foreign Ministry's Southeast Asia Office, and at the Southeast Asia Regional Center for Counter Terrorism (SEARCCT) August 27-29. Luse raised concerns ab [...] | 2008-09-09 09:14:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PTER KDEM KTIP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR799 | STAFFDEL LUSE DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING OF BURMESE [...] (C) Keith Luse, Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Malaysia August 25-31 to investigate reports of the trafficking of Burmese refugees to Thailand and the alleged involvement of Malaysian Immigration officials in such trafficking, as previously reported by [...] | 2008-09-10 09:56:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL KTIP BM TH MY |
08KUALALUMPUR934 | AMBASSADOR URGES MINISTERS TO ADDRESS BURMESE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador on October 8 wrote to both Foreign Minister Rais Yatim and Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar, drawing the ministers' attention to reports of the trafficking of refugees from Malaysian immigration detention camps to Thailand and urging Malaysian government actions to address [...] | 2008-10-22 09:51:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM KTIP TH MY |
08KUWAIT284 | KUWAIT'S 2008 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. --------- OVERVIEW: --------- 2. (SBU) Please find below responses to questions in paragraph 27 of reftel: A. Kuwait is a destination coun [...] | 2008-03-12 12:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN MSIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KU |
08KUWAIT378 | KUWAIT ASKED TO ASSIST IRAQI REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador James Foley met in Kuwait March 27 with the heads of the GOK,s Humanitarian Operations Center, the Red Crescent Society and UNHCR,s regional office to discuss enhanced support to Iraqi refugees in the region. Kuwait has demonstrated a readiness over the past five years [...] | 2008-04-07 12:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID IZ KU |
08KUWAIT663 | LEBANON: KUWAIT RESPONSE ON JUNE 23 [...] (C) In response to reftel request seeking host country support for the June 23 reconstruction conference on Lebanon's Nahr Al-Barid refugee camp, Econcouns spoke with Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki, MFA Director of Arab Affairs, on June 5. Al-Mubaraki said he had just met with the Lebanese CD [...] | 2008-06-11 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON KU PREF PREL |
08KYIV1226 | UKRAINE: FAMILY OF SLAIN JOURNALIST IHOR [...] (C) Summary: The son of journalist Ihor Aleksandrov, killed in 2001 for his critical reporting on officials in Donetsk Oblast, told EmbOffs that he and his family continue to seek justice in his father's case and that he now fears for his and his family's safety. Both the lawyer of Mryoslav [...] | 2008-06-23 15:13:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF UP |
08KYIV401 | UKRAINE: UNHCR APPEALS FOR RELEASE OF CHECHEN [...] (U) This is an action request - See paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary. The UNHCR informed the Embassy about its appeal to President Yushchenko to prevent the extradition of Chechen Refugee Lema Susarov to Russia and to release him from detention so that he can be resettled to Finland. Susarov [...] | 2008-02-21 12:16:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF UP |
08LAGOS211 | NIGERIA: BAKASSI ATTACKS RESULT IN REFUGEES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 06:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM NI |
08LAGOS224 | NIGERIA: BAKASSI REFUGEES REMAIN IN NEED [...] (C) Acting Consul General spoke on June 22 with Dr. Theo Osin Oyuko (protect throughout),Executive Director of the Cross River State Youth Assembly. He said that the individual from his organization who has been in Ikang, where the refugees are sheltering in a school, has noted a decrease in [...] | 2008-06-26 12:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KDEM PBTS SMIG NI CM |
08LAGOS243 | NIGERIA: BAKASSI REFUGEE SITUATION IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Acting Consul General spoke July 7 with Nzam Ogbe, Chief of Staff to the Governor of Cross Rivers State. Ogbe said that the refugee situation had stabilized and that the situation was under control. The Governor had visited Ikang, where the refugees are sheltering in a primary school, and [...] | 2008-07-10 06:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KDEM PBTS SMIG NI CM |
08LAGOS358 | NIGERIA: FORMER BAKASSI RESIDENTS ADEQUATELY CARED [...] 1. (SBU) Summary: While the Red Cross and others estimate that 9,500 families or between 40,000 and 70,000 people have left the Bakassi Peninsula for Nigeria since the completion of the August 14 handover to Cameroon, only a small fraction of that number of people were observed in a recent tour [...] | 2008-09-08 11:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF CM NI |
08LAPAZ1427 | NEW EU POLICY ADDS TO BOLIVIA'S MIGRATION CRISIS [...] (U) The EU's June 18th decision to require its members to either regularize or expel undocumented immigrants hit hard in Bolivia, a country with around a quarter of its population abroad and 500,000 of these migrants currently residing in Europe. The Bolivian Government responded with threa [...] | 2008-06-26 14:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL PREF PGOV ECON |
08LAPAZ2483 | BOLIVIA: PANDO SIEGE LIFTED, SIEGE LIGHT BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: Although the government lifted the state of siege in Pando Department (state) November 23 without incident and released 16 of 38 Pando prisoners November 24, the military maintains a strong presence in the department with the permanent addition of nearly 2,000 security personnel. [...] | 2008-11-26 17:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM PREF KDEM BL |
08LIBREVILLE139 | SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Poloff Leslie Doumbia, Tel: 241-76-20-03, Mobile: 241-07-91-02-21, Fax: 241-74-55-07. To prepare this report, Political Officer Leslie Doumbia spent approximately 2 hours and two Locally Engaged Staff (LES) in Sao Tome and Principe spe [...] | 2008-03-18 13:01:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
08LIBREVILLE146 | GABON: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008 [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Poloff Leslie Doumbia, Tel: 241-76-20-03, Mobile: 241-07-91-02-21, Fax: 241-74-55-07. To prepare this report, Poloff Leslie Doumbia spent 25 hours, Political Assistant Cedric Pehoua spent 15, DCM Nathan Holt spent five 5 hours, and Amb [...] | 2008-03-25 11:42:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
08LILONGWE131 | 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. The government of Malawi remains committed in its fight against trafficking but continues to suffer from a lack of resources. The GOM has a strong working relationship with International Organizations (IOs) and NGOs and continued to provide social, counseling, and rehabilitation serv [...] | 2008-03-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID MI |
08LILONGWE218 | MALAWI - UNHCR CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR ZIMBABWE REFUGEES [...] (U) Summary: UNHCR Malawi told emboff that they have contingency plans in place in the event that sustained post-election violence forces Zimbabwean refugees into Malawi. Due to close historic and family ties, Zimbabwean migrants have so far blended into Malawian society and few have shown up [...] | 2008-04-14 14:16:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF KDEM ZI MI |
08LILONGWE348 | MALAWI: UP TO 20,000 AFFECTED BY SOUTH AFRICAN XENOPHOBIC [...] (SBU): Summary: An estimated twenty thousand Malawians have been affected by the xenophobic violence in South Africa. Since the attacks began May 11, five Malawians have been killed and many others left injured or homeless. The GOM provided buses that have evacuated nearly 1,000 of the countr [...] | 2008-06-13 10:41:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL SF MI |
08LIMA395 | Peru: 2008 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Peruvian Government continues to demonstrate a commitment to comply with basic TIP standards by making significant efforts in the areas of prevention, prosecution, and protection. Its achievements include: -- One person sentenced to 12 years in prison for commercial se [...] | 2008-03-05 12:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PE |
08LIMA590 | AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING VISITS PERU IN SUPPORT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador William Swing was in Peru April 2-3 seeking support for his candidacy for the position of Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Ambassador Swing had a cordial and productive meeting with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Gonzalo Gutie [...] | 2008-04-04 19:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IO PE PHUM PREF PREL |
08LISBON1724 | PORTUGAL DECLINES RESETTLEMENT REQUEST [...] (C) Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI) Refugee Advisor Pedro Barreto stated that Portugal has already filled its annual quota of 30 slots for asylum seekers and cannot accept the migrants from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base this year. Barreto added that Portugal had received more than 100 a [...] | 2008-07-18 09:58:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SMIG PO |
08LISBON2769 | PORTUGAL URGES EU TO ACCEPT GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (U) Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado sent the letter below to his European Union counterparts December 10 calling for an EU response to help the U.S. close the Guantanamo detention center, specifically by accepting detainees for resettlement. (U) Begin text of letter: Lisbon, 10 Dec [...] | 2008-12-12 14:27:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PREF PO CU |
08LJUBLJANA101 | SLOVENIA: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008 [...] (U) This message transmits post's contribution to the Department of State's eighth annual report on Trafficking in Persons. Responses below are keyed to questions in paras 27-30 of reftel A. Embassy POC is Political Officer Albert Kraaimoore; tel. 386-1-200-5676, fax 386-1-200-5650. Based o [...] | 2008-03-03 11:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMJN PHUM PREF SMIG SI |
08LJUBLJANA270 | SLOVENIA TO SUPPORT EITHER SWING OR RICCARDI FOR [...] On June 3, MFA Division for International Organizations and Human Security Minister Counselor Robert Golobinek told Emboff that Slovenia had narrowed its choices of candidates for the position of International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director to either the U.S. candidate, Ambassador Bi [...] | 2008-06-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG AORC SI |
08LJUBLJANA43 | SLOVENIA TO SEND DELEGATION TO UN.GIFT VIENNA FORUM [...] (U) On February 1, Emboff delivered reftel points to Teja Valencic, MFA Minister Plenipotentiary for Division for International Organizations and Human Security, who stated that Sandi Curin, Ministry of Interior Undersecretary and National Coordinator for the Interdepartmental Working Group fo [...] | 2008-02-01 14:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SI |
08LOME271 | INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MIGRATION [...] (SBU) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Leopold Gnininvi at a small dinner on June 6 regarding Ambassador Swing,s candidacy as IOM Director General. Gnininvi had just returned from the TICAD Conference in Tokyo. 2. (SBU) At Gnininvi,s request, Ambassador followed up with a phone call o [...] | 2008-06-09 12:20:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORD PREF PREL SMIG TO |
08LONDON1087 | UNITED KINGDOM BEGINS RELOCATION OF SOME IRAQI [...] (C) Summary. The first three participants in HMG's program to relocate selected Iraqi employees who worked for the British Government in Iraq arrived in the UK on April 8. According to John Burran, head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Office on Assistance to Iraqi Locally Employ [...] | 2008-04-16 13:22:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EU IZ UK |
08LONDON1433 | IRAN: UK GRANTS ASYLUM TO VICTIM OF TEHRAN [...] (C) Summary: Reversing an earlier decision, and in the wake of considerable coverage in the UK press, the Home Office on May 20 granted asylum to a gay Iranian teenager who had claimed persecution by Iranian authorities. The HMG decision was not a finding of systematic persecution of homosex [...] | 2008-05-22 12:38:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EU IR NL UK |
08LONDON1567 | UK UNDECIDED ON IOM VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 14:28:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG AORC UK |
08LONDON2822 | DRC: UK FOCUSING ON POLITICAL SOLUTION, MAKING [...] (C) Parliament is pressing HMG for deployment of additional troops to MONUC, but the Foreign Office is concentrating on a political solution to the crisis and increased MONUC flexibility, FCO Great Lakes Team Leader David Hall and DRC Desk Officer Oliver Craven told us November 7. HMG will not sup [...] | 2008-11-07 16:53:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINR PREF PINS KPKO RW CG UK |
08LONDON2837 | SOMALILAND/SOMALIA: SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT, UK [...] (SBU) In a November 8 discussion on U.S. policy in Somalia, Somaliland Diaspora leaders representing over twenty UK-based Somali organizations said that security and development in Somaliland are their main concerns. They offered the following political and development policy suggestions: [...] | 2008-11-10 16:31:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS EAID PREF PINR SO UK |
08LUSAKA492 | ZAMBIA: CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR ZIMBABWEAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Zambian Minister of Home Affairs Shikapwasha and the UNHCR Representative in Zambia told DCM on May 5 that contingency plans and preparations were well underway to receive up to 25 thousand Zimbabwean refugees in southern Zambia. The GRZ has identified a site in Siavonga (on Lake Kari [...] | 2008-05-06 13:13:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PREL ZI ZA |
08LUSAKA498 | ZAMBIA: UNHCR LAUNCHES CONGOLESE REPATRIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 5, DCM joined Zambian Government (GRZ) officials and members of the Lusaka diplomatic corps to launch the 2009 repatriation of Congolese refugees in Zambia. UNHCR's 2008 goal is to repatriate 19,336 refugees, transported 400 at a time three times per week through Decem [...] | 2008-05-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF KHIV ZA CG |
08LUSAKA564 | ZAMBIA PREPARING FOR 25,000 ZIMBABWEANS FLEEING SOUTH [...] Information Minister Mike Mulongoti confirmed to local press that the GRZ was making preparations to receive 25,000 Zimbabweans fleeing the violence in South Africa. Mulongoti was responding to reports published by Agence France Presse (AFP) on May 26 which indicated the Red Cross Society was [...] | 2008-05-28 12:37:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SF ZI ZA |
08LUSAKA977 | No more free lunch - World Food Program to scale back [...] The Zambia Daily Mail, a government newspaper, reported on 30 September 2008 that the World Food Program (WFP) will "stop feeding refugees in Zambia." Though erroneous, this story contains a kernel of truth. EmbOff has learned that WFP and UNHCR have a new feeding plan for Angolan refugees in [...] | 2008-10-01 14:56:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF ZA AO |
08LUXEMBOURG65 | LUXEMBOURG WILL NOT ATTEND MARCH 14 BEIRUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER MASS PARM SY IS LE |
08MADRID1190 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-10 09:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KDEM SNAR BL SP |
08MADRID1280 | SPAIN: ALLEGED DETAINEE FLIGHTS ISSUE BLOWS UP IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A hot issue in the Spanish press since 2005, the detainee transfer flights that allegedly transited Spain from 2002 until 2006 have once again hit the headlines. The most recent flurry of reporting began November 30 when El Pais, Spain's leading newspaper, printed several stories bas [...] | 2008-12-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREF PGOV PTER KPAO SP |
08MADRID225 | EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Pursuant to REFTEL A, the following is input from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Political Officer Matt Osborne, Tel. (34) 91-587-2294, Fax. (34) 91-587-2391. Staff hours spent in preparation of this report are [...] | 2008-02-28 16:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP |
08MANAGUA1057 | NICARAGUA: IOM TIP CONFERENCE UNDERSCORES NEED TO [...] (SBU) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) convened a regional workshop with funding from the Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) July 22 to 23 focusing on strengthening regional cooperation for the recovery and reintegration of victims of hu [...] | 2008-08-19 17:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG PREF NU |
08MANAGUA304 | NICARAGUA: EIGTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) During the April 2007 to March 2008 reporting period, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) maintained efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in the areas of prevention, raising awareness, and detection, but made little progress in terms of victim assistance and the prosecution and c [...] | 2008-03-12 18:45:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG NU |
08MANAMA144 | POST INPUT FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Bahrain continues to struggle with trafficking in persons, but has taken some positive steps during the past year. The King signed into law new anti-trafficking legislation that carries stiff penalties. Prosecutors and police officers have received training on identification and prot [...] | 2008-03-10 05:15:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BA |
08MANILA2262 | LOOKING AHEAD TO GLOBAL FORUM ON MIGRATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: DFA has provided a dipnote inviting high-level Embassy participation at the upcoming Global Forum on Migration and Development, to be hosted October 27-30 in Manila by the Philippine government. Per reftel guidance, Embassy representation at the Forum will be limited to an obse [...] | 2008-10-02 09:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL RP SMIG |
08MANILA2536 | DCM, USAID DIRECTOR SURVEY IDP CAMP, URGE END OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of our efforts to call attention to the plight of internally displaced peoples in Mindanao and encourage the government and Muslim insurgents to end fighting, the Deputy Chief of Mission and USAID Director traveled to the remote epicenter of the government-rebel conflict a [...] | 2008-11-10 11:47:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM RP |
08MANILA2546 | 2008 GLOBAL FORUM ON MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: The Global Forum on Migration and Development held in Manila October 27-30 was a major international undertaking for the Philippines and was attended by government delegations from 164 nations and 220 delegates from civil society groups. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo delivered [...] | 2008-11-12 09:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL RP SMIG |
08MANILA2615 | ANNOUNCING U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR EVACUEES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On her November 21 visit to an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in central Mindanao, the Ambassador called for an end to fighting between government forces and separatist Muslim rebels and expressed continued U.S. support for the people of Mindanao, especially those fleeing [...] | 2008-11-26 09:12:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM RP |
08MANILA539 | PHILIPPINES: INPUT FOR THE 2008 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from April 2007 to March 2008, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Barry Fullerton, FullertonTB@state.gov, [...] | 2008-03-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG RP |
08MAPUTO191 | MOZAMBIQUE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Mozambique is a source and possibly a destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The use of forced and bonded child laborers is a common practice in Mozambique's rural areas, often with the complicity of family me [...] | 2008-03-03 08:33:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD ASEC PREF MZ |
08MAPUTO373 | MOZAMBIQUE-UNHCR CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Poloff met on 4/21 with head of the UNHCR mission in Mozambique, Victoria Akyeampong to discuss UNHCR initiatives concerning Zimbabwe since the March 29 elections. Akyeampong noted that a UNHCR team from Geneva had recently visited Mozambique to work with the GRM on a contingency plan for [...] | 2008-04-28 15:47:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG PREF MZ ZM |
08MAPUTO381 | UNHCR-MOZAMBIQUE FOCUSES ON LOCAL INTEGRATION, [...] (U) Poloff met recently with head of the UNHCR mission in Mozambique, Victoria Akyeampong to discuss the first-of-its-kind UNHCR pilot transition program for operations at the Maratane refugee camp in Nampula Province. Akyeampong described the 2006-2008 UNHCR country plan which focuses on prov [...] | 2008-04-30 08:59:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SMIG MZ |
08MAPUTO487 | MOZAMBICAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 22, as the xenophobic violence in South Africa entered its second week, the Mozambican government (GRM) declared a state of emergency to deal with a massive influx of thousands of Mozambican citizens fleeing the violence. GRM border immigration authorities stated that from [...] | 2008-05-23 16:49:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SMIG PREF MZ ZM |
08MAPUTO546 | SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF ZIMBABWE CRISIS [...] (U) The crisis in Zimbabwe continues to have political, economic, and humanitarian spillover effects on Mozambique. While the Mozambican government (GRM) denies that Zimbabwean refugees enter Mozambique, NGOs paint a different picture. Border controls at the Machipanda crossing at the Zimbabwe [...] | 2008-06-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG PREF MZ ZM |
08MAPUTO616 | NUMBER OF ZIMBABWEAN POLITICAL REFUGEES ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs recently met with the UNHCR representative in Maputo to discuss the Zimbabwe political situation's affect on Mozambique and subsequently visited the Mozambique/Zimbabwe border towns of Machipanda, Manica, and Chimoio on June 26-27 to gauge the situation on the ground prior [...] | 2008-07-02 12:21:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SMIG PREF PGOV MZ ZM |
08MASERU73 | LESOTHO: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following extensive interviews with local experts, law enforcement officials, and members of Lesotho's civil society, post has not identified a substantiated case of trafficking in persons in the Kingdom of Lesotho. In drafting this report, sources informed post of a case involvi [...] | 2008-03-10 17:38:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG LT |
08MEXICO1302 | MEXICO WRESTLING WITH CUBAN MIGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. In FY 2007, 11,625 Cubans reached the U.S. southwest border via Mexico. While some entered Mexico legally, the majority entered illegally by way of the Yucatan Channel -- a much less patrolled route than the Straits of Florida to the north. Until recently, Mexico had enforce [...] | 2008-04-29 22:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KCRM MX CU |
08MEXICO1582 | MEXICO ON U.S. CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR SWING FOR IOM [...] (SBU) Poloff encouraged Mexico per Ref (A) to support the candidacy of Ambassador Swing for IOM General Secretary in speaking May 22 to the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),Julian Juarez Cadenas. Juarez noted that the U.S. Perm [...] | 2008-05-22 21:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG MX |
08MEXICO1613 | MIGRATION, VIOLENCE AND OAXACA,S ECONOMY [...] Summary: Concerns about domestic violence, migration and Oaxaca's failing economy collide in Oaxaca where poloff met with state government officials, indigenous human rights organizations and local artisans to discuss current problems during a recent visit. State government officials were co [...] | 2008-05-27 22:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EAID ECON MX PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG |
08MEXICO199 | AMBASSADOR LAGON APPLAUDS PROGRESS, IDENTIFIES [...] Summary: On January 9-12, Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),met with Mexican immigration officials and NGOs in Tapachula, Chiapas to discuss trafficking in persons (TIP),especially with regard to Central Americans entering Mexi [...] | 2008-01-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | APER ELAB KWMN MX PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG |
08MEXICO3102 | CUBAN-MEXICAN MOU ON MIGRATION: GOOD NEWS, BAD [...] (C) Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque will sign an MOU with Mexico today that could have Cuba taking back significantly greater numbers of the illegal Cubans detained en route to the U.S. each year by Mexican immigration authorities. He will also extend an invitation to President Cald [...] | 2008-10-20 17:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF KMIG KCRM CU MX |
08MEXICO359 | MEXICO TO ATTEND UN.GIFT AND THE VIENNA FORUM TO [...] Graciela Gomez Garcia, Director for the International Crime Prevention Unit at Mexico's Foreign Ministry (SRE),told PolOff February 8 that Mexico's newly appointed Special Prosecutor for Violent Crimes Against Women, Maria Guadalupe Morfin Otero, would lead Mexico's delegation to the upcoming [...] | 2008-02-08 23:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PREF SMIG MX |
08MEXICO721 | EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) The mission's point of contact on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is Poloff Janelle Guest. She may be reached by telephone at (52) (55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52) (55) 5080-2247 or GuestJR@state.gov). Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organization [...] | 2008-03-11 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF SMIG |
08MEXICO722 | EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF SMIG |
08MINSK151 | EMBASSY MINSK SUBMISSION FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] (U) This is Embassy Minsk's submission for the eighth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. 2. (SBU) This report identifies anti-TIP NGOs and international organizations by name. However, for security reasons, post requests that the Department protect their identity and not p [...] | 2008-02-29 14:22:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BO |
08MINSK88 | UN.GIFT AND VIENNA FORUM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 15:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BO |
08MONTEVIDEO130 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - URUGUAY 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Uruguay made robust efforts to combat trafficking in persons, but the problem still exists. A lack of resources continues to impede existing and new programs against trafficking, but international and USG-funded efforts have met some of these shortfalls. In [...] | 2008-03-07 14:36:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB UY |
08MONTEVIDEO132 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - URUGUAY 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Uruguay made robust efforts to combat trafficking in persons, but still needs help in strengthening its enforcement capabilities. A lack of resources continues to impede existing and new programs against trafficking, but international and USG-funded efforts h [...] | 2008-03-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB UY |
08MONTEVIDEO169 | URUGUAY LIKELY TO BACK SWING FOR IOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Swing was well-received by the Foreign Minister, Gonzalo Fernandez, and other key GOU officials during his March 27-28 visit. Fernandez confirmed that Uruguay would give the utmost consideration to Ambassador Swing's candidacy. Other key MFA officials were very ple [...] | 2008-04-02 19:54:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM SMIG MARR MOPS UY |
08MOSCOW159 | RUSSIA: XENOPHOBIA REMAINS SERIOUS PROBLEM [...] (SBU) Xenophobia continues to be a problem in the Russian Federation. In the last year, the number of violent incidents against those who are not Russian or who do not look Russian did not increase as dramatically as it has in the past, but the small but steady increase reveals an intractable [...] | 2008-01-23 03:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI SMIG RS |
08MOSCOW177 | ICRC HOPES ITS PRESIDENT'S MOSCOW VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Moscow January 14-16, the International Committee of the Red Cross President sought to "upgrade" relations between the Geneva- based organization and the Russian Federation as well as encourage a more systematic, concerted Russian approach to solving the cases of the countr [...] | 2008-01-25 07:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PINR ICRC RS |
08MOSCOW1862 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH WARNS GOR ON VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 25 press conference in Moscow, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned that if the Russian government continues to use counterinsurgency techniques in Ingushetiya and does not address previous human rights violations, the situation there could deteriorate to the same level t [...] | 2008-07-01 13:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PTER KDEM KJUS SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW2370 | TFGG01: MINIMAL BACKLASH FOR GEORGIAN DIASPORA [...] (C) Summary: Despite current hostilities, we see no evidence of a repeat of the fall 2006 anti-Georgian campaign in Russia. On August 12, Georgian Charge in Moscow told us that the Georgian community in Russia was suffering no backlash from the outbreak of hostilities. We also have not hea [...] | 2008-08-13 03:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM PREF PINR RS GG |
08MOSCOW2429 | TFGG01: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SPLIT OVER RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Moscow offices of internationally-based human rights organizations have publicly questioned the GOR's figures for the number of dead and wounded from the conflict in South Ossetia. In an August 14 roundtable with Charge, home-grown activists have hewn m [...] | 2008-08-15 11:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2440 | TFGG01: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION FOR SOUTH OSSETIANS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross operating in Russia report that conditions for Ossetian conflict victims who have fled to the North Caucasus remain satisfactory. While the UN is still at the needs assessment stage, in part because the Ru [...] | 2008-08-16 09:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PINR ICRC RS |
08MOSCOW2488 | TFGG01: NO SYSTEMATIC HARASSMENT OF ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Georgian diplomats and a representative of the Georgian community in Moscow confirmed to us August 20 that they have not yet observed any significant or systematic increase in anti-Georgian harassment by Russian authorities or from the Russian public at large. While noting that th [...] | 2008-08-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL RS GG |
08MOSCOW2490 | TFGG01: NORTHERN CAUCASUS REPUBLICS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's northern Caucasus republics have supported Moscow's intervention in South Ossetia by offering to take in refugees from the conflict, donating humanitarian assistance and sending volunteer fighters. An internet-based news service, however, has picked up discontent from [...] | 2008-08-20 16:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR RS GG |
08MOSCOW2561 | TFGG01: INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES FINALLY GET ACCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to heavy criticism in the Western press about the lack of access by representatives of international humanitarian and human rights groups to South Ossetia, the Russian government relented and allowed the International Committee of the Red Cross, UNHCR and the Counc [...] | 2008-08-26 13:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR RS GG |
08MOSCOW2566 | TFGG01: OSSETIAN IRREGULAR MILITIAS PRIMARILY [...] (SBU) Summary: There have been numerous reports of violence against ethnic Georgians both in South Ossetia and around the town of Gori committed by "irregulars" -- unorganized militias who followed behind the Russian army into South Ossetia. A human rights activist who was in South Ossetia [...] | 2008-08-26 14:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PINR RS GG |
08MOSCOW2692 | UNHCR WORRIES TRADITIONAL CASELOAD WILL SUFFER DUE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a conversation with Refcoord, UNHCR Russia's new Deputy Country Representative worried that donors' focus on recent displacements in the Caucasus will undermine the refugee agency's efforts to provide life-sustaining support to its core caseload of urban refugees. He agreed [...] | 2008-09-08 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW2951 | COMPARATIVE CALM IN CHECHNYA AS KADYROV [...] (C) Summary: A September 22-24 visit to Chechnya, the first by an Embassy political officer in almost two years, showed that life -- in Groznyy, at least -- has achieved a surface normalcy and that people were more interested in solving their own "day-to-day" problems than worrying about pol [...] | 2008-10-06 08:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PREF EAID RS |
08MOSCOW2989 | VIOLENCE IN INGUSHETIYA ESCALATES [...] (C) Summary: Ingushetiya continues to be the most dangerous place in the North Caucasus, especially for government officials, their families and representatives of law enforcement bodies. The possibility of a full-fledged blood feud is strong, especially after a local court ruled October 6 [...] | 2008-10-08 14:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR EAID PREF RS |
08MOSCOW3088 | USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE STILL NEEDED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent trip to the North Caucasus, poloff spent three days in Chechnya and two in Ingushetiya monitoring humanitarian assistance programs funded by the Department's Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM). Beneficiaries of the programs, internally-displace [...] | 2008-10-20 13:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF EAID KDEM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW3089 | INSURGENTS IN INGUSHETIYA TARGET FEDERAL TROOPS [...] (SBU) Summary: The internet-based Caucasian Knot has confirmed only three deaths from an attack on a convoy of federal troops in Ingushetiya, not the 50 claimed by the jihadist Kavkaz Center website and the opposition Ingushetiya.org website. While initial reports of major casualties appear [...] | 2008-10-20 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR KCRM PREF KS |
08MOSCOW3137 | HUMANITARIANS WARY AS VIOLENCE SPREADS TO NORTH OSSETIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Unknown attackers blew up a local official's car in front of a downtown hotel in the relative safe haven of Vladikavkaz. Expatriate humanitarians living and working in North Ossetia and its neighboring republics acknowledge a generally deteriorating regional security situation [...] | 2008-10-24 13:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PTER EAID RS |
08MOSCOW3213 | WORLD VISION INCREASING ITS INGUSHETIYA SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of a series of incidents (reftels) indicative of a worsening safety picture in Ingushetiya, World Vision Russian Federation is working to improve its staff's security. Unlike some other PRM implementing partners, the agency does not intend to move its North Caucasus [...] | 2008-10-31 13:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PTER EAID RS |
08MOSCOW3344 | TAFT GRANT RECIPIENT MARKS PROJECT COMPLETION [...] (U) Summary: The Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy (MPC) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony November 17 to celebrate successful renovations on its new Parish Center, a social services office and refuge for mainly African refugees and vulnerable migrants in Russia's capital. Approximately 35 attendees, [...] | 2008-11-19 08:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF KIRF EAID RS |
08MOSCOW3736 | FREE AT LAST? IVANOVO UZBEKS WIN AT ECHR [...] (U) Summary: Since their June 2005 arrest in connection with violent unrest in Andijan, 13 ethnic Uzbeks have been in limbo, caught between the threat of refoulement to Uzbekistan and an offer of refugee status in Sweden. In a decision announced December 15, the European Court of Human Rights [...] | 2008-12-24 06:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL SMIG OEXC RS |
08MOSCOW530 | NORTH CAUCASUS SECURITY: CHECHNYA BETTER, OTHERS [...] (C) Summary: While the security environment in Chechnya has stabilized sufficiently to allow the Danish Refugee Council to base its operations in Grozny, Ingushetiya and Dagestan are experiencing increased violence due to separatist and extremist activities, high unemployment rates, easy avai [...] | 2008-02-27 12:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PGOV ASEC RS |
08MOSCOW703 | SPATE OF HATE CRIMES RESULTS IN WORDS BUT LIMITED [...] (SBU) Summary: A string of deadly hate crimes committed since the beginning of the year has alarmed NGOs and compelled Putin to speak out against xenophobia and nationalism. If the rate of fatalities resulting from hate crimes continues through the end of the year, the total number will be [...] | 2008-03-13 16:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI SMIG RS |
08MUSCAT184 | EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Oman has taken a number of actions to address trafficking in persons (TIP) since the release of last year's report. The government completed drafting a comprehensive anti-TIP law, which will establish a national committee to combat TIP. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) published [...] | 2008-03-03 09:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT245 | APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSIST IRAQ REFUGEES: [...] (U) Post delivered reftel information via diplomatic note on March 30 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urging the government of Oman to provide humanitarian assistance for Iraqi refugees. Pol/Econ Chief also highlighted the pressing need for such assistance to Humaid al-Ma'ani, Office Direc [...] | 2008-03-30 11:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IZ MU |
08NAIROBI148 | KENYA: JANUARY 15, 2008 STATUS REPORT [...] (U) AS OF 01/15 1900 HOURS (NAIROBI TIME): SECURITY: NATION-WIDE, CALM BUT TENSE. NO INCIDENTS REPORTED. POLICE REMAIN DEPLOYED AND ACTIVE, ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN NAIROBI AROUND THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING WHERE THE NEW PARLIAMENT CONVENED TODAY TO ELECT A SPEAKER AND DEPUTY. MAJOR TRAFFIC DISR [...] | 2008-01-15 15:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KE PGOV PREF |
08NAIROBI1732 | SOMALIA - FURTHER NUTRITIONAL DECLINE [...] Increased levels of malnutrition and food insecurity have deepened the humanitarian crisis across Somalia. Chronic emergency levels of malnutrition are exacerbated by rising food prices, below-normal April-June (gu) rainfall, poor rainfall distribution, market disruptions, protracted conflict [...] | 2008-07-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO |
08NAIROBI184 | KENYA: JANUARY 16, 2008 STATUS REPORT [...] AS OF 01/16 1800 HOURS (NAIROBI TIME): SECURITY SITUATION: HEAVY RAIN AND ODM'S SUCCESS YESTERDAY IN ELECTING ITS CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER AND DEPUTY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT MAY HAVE TAKEN SOME STEAM OUT OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS TODAY. IN NAIROBI, DEMONSTRATORS BEGAN TO MOBILIZE AROUND 1400; POL [...] | 2008-01-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KE PGOV PREF |
08NAIROBI1851 | Tapping Water in Kenya's Arid North Eastern [...] In Kenya's arid North Eastern Province, livelihoods have centered on pastoralism (the practice of herding livestock) for hundreds of years. The traditionally lucrative and relatively stable pastoralist lifestyle which relies on a nomadic or semi-nomadic lifestyle came under severe threat at [...] | 2008-07-30 11:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS SENV EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PREF SOCI KE |
08NAIROBI1854 | Tapping Water in Kenya's Arid North Eastern [...] In Kenya's arid North Eastern Province, livelihoods have centered on pastoralism (the practice of herding livestock) for hundreds of years. However, decades of gradual sedentarization (a shift from nomadism to permanent settlement) have created new dependencies and a more fragile ecosystem. [...] | 2008-07-31 06:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS SENV EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PREF SOCI KE |
08NAIROBI2140 | PRIME MINISTER, DEFENSE MINISTER BRIEF CODEL PAYNE [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on August 7-8, CODEL Payne discussed a wide range of issues with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Defense Minister Mohammed Yusuf Haji, Trade Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Minister of Higher Education Sally Kosgei, former President Daniel arap Moi, Nobel laureate Wanga [...] | 2008-09-10 16:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM ASEC ETRD PREF KE |
08NAIROBI2182 | Somalia - International Contact Group Meeting [...] On September 16, the International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) met in Djibouti. Formerly co-chaired by the United States and Norway, the ICG is now chaired by United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative (SRSG) for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah. This was the first ICG meeting [...] | 2008-09-17 10:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO |
08NAIROBI2441 | SOMALIA - REFUGEES SWELL DADAAB CAMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: The arrival of 45,000 new Somali refugees since January 2008 to the three Dadaab refugee camps in Eastern Kenya has exacerbated tensions between the local community and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) over jobs, service contracts and the environmental [...] | 2008-10-28 08:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PREF EAID SO KE |
08NAIROBI2760 | HEIGHTENED INSECURITY AT DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) On December 8 around 8:40 a.m a German development aid organization (GTZ) ambulance was attacked by gunmen. The GTZ ambulance was traveling from the Dadaab NGO compound to Hagadera refugee camp with 7 people on board. The UN-mandated government of Kenay (GOK) police escort for all vehic [...] | 2008-12-11 12:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KE PGOV PREF PREL |
08NAIROBI76 | KENYA: JANUARY 8 STATUS REPORT [...] (U) As of 01/08 1700 hours (Nairobi time): Security: Nation-wide, calm but tense. No skirmishes reported. ODM "postponed" planned rally for today and has indicated it may hold one on Thursday, pending outcome of international mediation of a political settlement. Police remain in force in w [...] | 2008-01-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC KE PREF |
08NAIROBI763 | KENYA: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following information is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. -------------------------------------- Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -------------------------------------- 2. A. (SBU) Kenya is a source, transit, and destination country for t [...] | 2008-03-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC KE |
08NASSAU193 | THE BAHAMAS -- EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) As requested in reftel, please find Post's responses to questions for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. --------------------------------- Para 27 -- OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) A: Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or desti [...] | 2008-03-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BF |
08NASSAU470 | BAHAMAS SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM DG IN [...] (SBU) Ambassador Siegel delivered reftel demarche points requesting GCOB support for Ambassador Bill Swing, U.S. candidate for Director-General of IOM, to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Brent Symonette during a conversation on May 30. The Minister indicated that hi [...] | 2008-06-23 20:37:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREF PREL SMIG BF |
08NDJAMENA106 | FRENCH READY FOR ONE LAST CHAD EVACUATION, ACTIVE IN PROMOTING POLITICAL REFORM PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the French Charge D'Aaffaires, a reprise of the February 2-3 attack on N'Djamena is less likely, particularly in view of the thinning Zaghawa forces Timan Erdimi's RFC. France is ready to perform another evacuation if need be, but a second evacuation would trigger t [...] | 2008-03-20 13:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF CD SU CASC |
08NDJAMENA108 | EASTERN CHAD: EUFOR OUTPACING MINURCAT, IMPROVING SECURITY [...] SUMMARY. Despite earlier delays, the European Mission in eastern Chad has now leapfrogged impressively ahead of the UN police training mission which provides the raison d'etre for its presence. Hopes are pinned on the recent arrival of UN Special Representative Victor Angelo to speed up MINUR [...] | 2008-03-20 16:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV ASEC CD SU |
08NDJAMENA111 | NEW SRSG FOR MINURCAT/EAST CHAD GIVES AMBASSADOR [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) New MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo briefed ambassador 3/21 on progress since he arrived two weeks ago, especially signing a Status of Mission Agreement with the GOC, after having successfully for now resisted GO [...] | 2008-03-25 10:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF MARR EAID UN EU SU CD |
08NDJAMENA117 | HAVING DEFENDED DEBY, JEM/CL MOVES TO SOLIDIFY NEW UMBRELLA [...] (SBU) Summary. JEM/Collective Leadership fought on behalf of President Deby's government during the February rebel offensive in order to prevent Sudan from using Deby's collapse to "finish off" the Darfur conflict, JEM/CL Chairman Bahar Idriss Abu Gharda told Poloffs on March 25. Abu Gharda cl [...] | 2008-03-27 12:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF UN AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA119 | CHAD FOREIGN MINISTER: GIVE BORDER MONITORING MORE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide ranging meeting with Chad Foreign Minister Allam-mi the Ambassador broached the topic of what messages the United States might usefully convey to Chadian rebels that approached us. Allam-mi urged commitment to the Sirte accords and asked for U.S. assistance in putting [...] | 2008-03-28 12:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF SU CD |
08NDJAMENA122 | JAMOUS: DEBY STRONG, ABDELWAHID AL NUR WEAK, AND DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Due to recent defections within two of the major Chadian opposition movements, President Idriss Deby's Government "faces no major danger" in the next year, SLA/Unity leader Suleiman Jamous told Poloffs on March 25. He nonetheless warned that Deby's overthrow at the instigation o [...] | 2008-03-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF UN AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA123 | DARFUR: TENSIONS MOUNT BETWEEN JEM AND URF REBELS [...] (C) Two Darfur rebel movements--JEM and the URF--are on the verge of "war" and conflict has erupted between their forces in Chad in recent weeks, according to the chief URF commander. While JEM's military strength is declining as a result of a recent Sudanese offensive and widespread defectio [...] | 2008-03-28 14:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID CD SU |
08NDJAMENA149 | PRESIDENT DEBY ON TALKING TO REBELS, THREAT [...] (C) President Deby told Ambassador April 8 that he welcomed U.S. interest in engaging with Chadian rebel factions to encourage them to lay down weapons and seek a peaceful solution to their grievances. Deby asked the United States to support ongoing regional efforts to reduce tensions between [...] | 2008-04-09 15:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF MARR MASS SU CD |
08NDJAMENA165 | CHAD'S NEW PRIME MINISTER: MR. RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: Youssouf Saleh Abbas, Chad's new Prime Minister (and former International Visitor) sees himself as a patriot with a "visceral" attachment to national unity. He brings to the position experience in national reconciliation and credibility (as a former member of the MDJT rebel group) [...] | 2008-04-18 18:09:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF SU CD |
08NDJAMENA166 | CHAD: LOGISTICS CHALLENGES AS RAINY SEASON LOOMS, AND PORT [...] Regional Food for Peace Officer (RFFPO) Dan Suther visited Chad 9-18 April to assess WFP's logistical operation for eastern Chad. WFP/Chad has a difficult task ahead providing seven months of food for over 400,000 refugees and IDPs before the end of June: distributing May-June rations as well a [...] | 2008-04-18 18:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV CD CT LY SU |
08NDJAMENA18 | ESCALATING TENSIONS AS A CONFIDENT DEBY ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: On January 5, Chadian President Deby delivered a blunt and confrontational speech to a pro-government rally accusing Sudan of trying to destabilize Chad by backing Chad's rebel groups. Meanwhile, news media reported on January 7 that Chadian forces bombed rebel bases along the Dar [...] | 2008-01-08 14:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL CD SU |
08NDJAMENA197 | REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE TO CHADIAN NATIONAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) THE USG COULD SIGNIFICANTLY SUPPORT THE "OPENING" OF THE CHADIAN INTERNAL POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT PROCESS BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE COMMISSION SET UP TO SHED LIGHT ON EVENTS FOLLOWING THE FAILED REBEL ATTACK O [...] | 2008-04-30 13:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CD UN PREF PHUM EU SU |
08NDJAMENA198 | JEM RECRUITING IN CHAD REFUGEE CAMPS [...] (SBU) On Friday, April 25 the Ambassador raised reftel points with Minister Mahamat Ali Nassour. (Nassour is the outgoing Minister of Defense and was formerly Minister of the Interior). Nassour served as the Chair of the Darfur Cease-Fire Commission when it was based in Chad and continues to [...] | 2008-05-02 09:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF SU CD |
08NDJAMENA201 | CHAD: NGO HEAD KILLED IN APPARENT CARJACKING [...] (SBU) The UN and NGO community is assessing the security environment in eastern Chad after the tragic death of a Save the Children representative in an apparent carjacking attempt on the heavily traveled Abeche-Adre corridor. With banditry rising in eastern Chad, EUFOR/MINURCAT's ability to pr [...] | 2008-05-06 16:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV CD MARR MOPPS CT SU |
08NDJAMENA228 | NEW SRSG FOR MINURCAT/EAST CHAD GIVES AMBASSADOR [...] (C) The PRM Chad Program Officer met with UN Mission to the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) Police Commissioner Antero Lopes to discuss the status of MINURCAT,s deployment. The deployment has been delayed several months but seems to be finally picking up speed under the current [...] | 2008-05-22 09:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF MARR EAID UN EU SU CD |
08NDJAMENA248 | THE FIRST 30 DAYS: CHAD'S NEW "GOVERNMENT OF [...] (SBU) In its first month in office, Prime Minister Youssouf Saleh Abbas's new "government of National reconciliation" has brought key former opposition figures into the cabinet; welcomed the reformed opposition coalition back to participation in the electoral reform process; seen the Commissio [...] | 2008-06-05 13:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EFIN ECON SU LY CD |
08NDJAMENA259 | UK AMBASSADOR TO CHAD SHOULD VISIT CHAD REGULARLY TO [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) THE UK AMBASSADOR TO CHAD, WHO IS RESIDENT AS HIGH COMMISSIONER IN YAOUNDE, SHOULD VISIT CHAD REGULARLY TO REINFORCE BOTH THE UN AND EU PKO MISSIONS HERE. A REGULAR VISIT BY UK AMBASSADOR WOULD SERVE USG INTERESTS BY DEMONSTRATING BROA [...] | 2008-06-20 08:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM UK EU UN CD |
08NDJAMENA276 | SRSG SEEKS CHANGES TO MINURCAT MANDATE TO PREPARE -- FOR EXPANDED UN PKO TO REPLACE EUFOR IN CHAD, CAR. [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: SRSG Victor Angelo briefed UNSC member Chiefs of Mission July 3 on the upcoming report of the UNSYG on the UN Mission to Chad and CAR. He requested that UNSC member Chiefs of Mission alert capitals and PermReps of the changes [...] | 2008-07-07 12:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PREF PHUM UN EU LY CT CD SU |
08NDJAMENA292 | FORMIN FAKI SAYS GOC SEEKS BIGGER UN [...] (C) FORMIN Faki told Ambassador July 14 that although Chad was committed to the Dakar Accord process, the GOC was becoming less confident in the "practicability" of implementation of the process's key piece -- military observers along the Chad-Sudan borders to identify violations by governmen [...] | 2008-07-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MARR KPKO UN EU |
08NDJAMENA299 | MINURCAT - SRSG SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO KEEP IT IN [...] (U) This is an Action Message: See Para 6. 2. (C) SRSG Victor Angelo (PROTECT) asked me yesterday in confidence yesterday for USG assistance regarding the renewal of MINURCAT,s mandate, required before 25 September. Angelo asked for USG help (A) in overcoming reticence within the UN bure [...] | 2008-07-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MARR KPKO UN EU FR SU CD |
08NDJAMENA334 | LIBYAN AMBASSADOR BRIEFS ON TRIPOLI'S "TRILATERAL [...] (C) Libyan Ambassador Emhemmed Shlback briefed me on Libya,s recent &Trilateral Initiative8 to bring peace between Chad and Sudan August 5. Shlback said that Qaddafi believed that the time was now ripe to try to bring the two feuding leaders back to the more productive relationship they once [...] | 2008-08-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF UNAUS EU SU LY FR CD |
08NDJAMENA336 | LIBYAN AMBASSADOR BRIEFS ON TRIPOLI?S [...] (C) Libyan Ambassador Emhemmed Shlback briefed me on Libya?s recent ?Trilateral Initiative? to bring peace between Chad and Sudan August 5. Shlback said that Qaddafi believed that the time was now ripe to try to bring the two feuding leaders back to the more productive relationship they once [...] | 2008-08-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF UN EU SU LY FR CD |
08NDJAMENA381 | CHAD CHRONICLE: AUGUST 2008 [...] INVESTIGATION INTO THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 EVENTS: PRESIDENT DEBY SAYS HE WILL "FOLLOW UP" RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT. THE COMMISSION INVESTIGATING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 SUBMITTED ITS REPORT TO PRESIDENT DEBY ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5. IN RECEIVING THE REPORT, PRESIDENT D [...] | 2008-09-02 17:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON EFIN IBRD PHUM UN LY CD |
08NDJAMENA396 | THERE WILL BE BLOOD: A RAINY-SEASON [...] (C) Chadian rebels nearly took the capital last February and attacked in force again in the east in June. The rebellion's order of battle has changed since then, with the Zaghawa RFC suffering major defections and a new "Quadruple Alliance" of UFDD, FSR, UFCD, and UFDD/F replacing the old "Tri [...] | 2008-09-05 11:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MASS PREF ASEC |
08NDJAMENA40 | CHAD: UPDATE ON EUFOR/MINURCAT IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Chadian Foreign Minister Allam-mi told diplomats January 16 that Chad welcomed EUFOR/MINURCAT for the development dividend that the force was expected to bring and stressed that the force had "no hidden agenda to destabilize a neighbor." Although Allam-mi assured diplomats that [...] | 2008-01-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSCR CD CT SU PREF PREL |
08NDJAMENA411 | CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 8-12, 2008 [...] FOLLOWING SIGNATURE ON AUGUST 18, 2008 OF A PROTOCOL ANNEXED TO THE SIRTE ACCORD, 22 OFFICERS FROM THE REBEL "RASSEMBLEMENT DES FORCES DE CHANGEMENT" (RFC) ARRIVED IN NDJAMENA TO BEGIN REINTEGRATION INTO GOVERNMENT SERVICE. THE DELEGATION WAS LED BY COLONEL ISAACK BACHAR TOGOU, RFC'S DEFENSE CO [...] | 2008-09-15 09:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA439 | CHAD: CHARGE PRESSES MINISTER ON RECRUITMENT/CHILD [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge met September 24 with newly appointed Chadian Minister of Human Rights H.E. Abderaman Djasnabaille to press the Minister on human rights problems, specifically on child recruitment. Djasnabaille welcomed continued dialogue with the U.S. and the international community on [...] | 2008-09-25 14:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD |
08NDJAMENA441 | CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 15-26, 2008 [...] THERE WAS MUCH PRESS DISCUSSSION DURING THE WEEK REGARDING REPLACEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE BY AN EXPANDED UNITED NATIONS PRESENCE. DESPITE GIVING SPACE TO OXFAM CRITICISMS SAYING THAT NO IMPROVEMENT OF THE SECURITY SITUATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON THE GROUND AS WELL AS OXFAM'S ALLE [...] | 2008-09-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA451 | CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 29 - OCT 3, 2008 [...] EDUCATION -------------- SCHOOLS RESUMED ON OCTOBER 01, 2008. HOWEVER, REGISTRATION IS VERY SLOW AND SOME CLASSROOMS ARE NOT READY FOR STUDENTS. REPORTEDLY MANY PARENTS FIND IT DIFFICULT TO PAY SCHOOL FEES FOR CHILDREN IN ADDITION TO BUYING UNIFORMS AND SCHOOL MATERIALS. A GROUP OF UNIV [...] | 2008-10-03 09:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA461 | EUFOR - POISE AND PROMISE IN CHAD'S TROUBLED EAST [...] (C) Summary. The European Peace Keeping Force (EUFOR) in eastern Chad is operational and robust. Well equipped with APCs, tracked vehicles and helicopters, but even resorting to horses during te height of the rains, EUFOR patrols circulate egularly throughout the operational zone. Troopsassure [...] | 2008-10-10 08:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EU UN KPKO CD CT SU |
08NDJAMENA466 | CHAD CHRONICLE: Oct 6-10 [...] ECONOMY ------------------------------------- TO CELEBRATE THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE CHAD/CAMEROON OIL PIPELINE, THE CHADIAN GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED A THREE DAY CONFERENCE DUBBED "CHAD INTERNATIONAL OIL, MINING AND ENERGY"(CIOME 2008) WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF ATTRACTING INVESTOR [...] | 2008-10-10 11:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA478 | BRIEFING THE AFRICAN UNION MISSION [...] (C) Summary. I advised the visiting African Union mission members whose mandate is to find ways to reduce tension between Chad and Sudan that the prospects for improved relations between the two capitals were marginal, probably only cosmetic, pending the outcome of projected fighting with rebe [...] | 2008-10-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF AU CD SU |
08NDJAMENA481 | CHAD CHRONICLE: Oct 13-17 [...] MR. ALAIN LE ROY, UN DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL FOR PEACKEEPING OPRTATIONS, MET WITH PRESIDENT DEBY ON OCTOBER 14. SPEAKING TO THE PRESS AFTER THE MEETING, MR. LE ROY DECLARED THAT THE AIM OF HIS VISIT WAS TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE MINURCAT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE OVER FROM EUFOR ON MARCH [...] | 2008-10-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA493 | WORLD BANK TEAM IN CHAD VISIT SEEKS STRONG [...] (C) A World Bank "technical" team is in Chad for a two-week visit to conduct a dialogue with the government designed to lead to a fuller resumption of ties and activities, but much will depend on the GOC's willingness and ability to meet minimum Bank criteria. The team will probe the GOC's c [...] | 2008-10-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF ECON ETRD PHUM CD |
08NDJAMENA494 | FRENCH SEE RESPITE FROM EARLY REBEL ASSAULT, [...] (C) The French here doubt that Chad rebels, discouraged and disunited, will attack in force before the New Year, and believe that of the rebel formations, only the Ouaddaian UFCD group led by Hassabalah was stronger than in February. Intra- Chadian diplomacy had undermined the Erdimi's Zaghaw [...] | 2008-10-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MARR UN SU LY FR ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA500 | MORE MINURCAT TRAINED GENDDARMES AND POLICE [...] (U) DCM attended the October 28 graduation parade for 111 Chadian policewomen (and men) assigned to MINURCAT's DIS (Integrated Security Detachment) police force. Under the joint field direction of MINURCAT and their Chadian commanders, these graduates of the specialized UN training course are [...] | 2008-10-28 15:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PREF PGOV PHUM CD |
08NDJAMENA501 | SRSG BRIEFS ON MINURCAT II AND GROWING INSTABILITY [...] (C) SRSG Victor Angelo told AMB and DCM Oct 28 that his negotiations with the GOC regarding the composition and mandate for a reinforced MINURCAT II were progressing satisfactorily, but that he still needed to convince some in UN HQ in New York regarding his own conception of the reconfigured [...] | 2008-10-29 11:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MARR KPKO PINR PGOV UN SU CD |
08NDJAMENA508 | LIBYAN TO FLY CHAD AND SUDANESE AMBASSADORS TO [...] (C) Libyan Ambassador Emhemmed Shlback told Ambassador October 30 that the GOL would facilitate the return of a Chadian Ambasador to Khartoum and a Sudanese Ambassador to Ndjamena by bringing a special plane from Libya to Chad November 4. The plane, with Amb Shlback on board if necessary tak [...] | 2008-10-31 11:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF LY SU CD |
08NDJAMENA510 | EU WORKING TO KEEP CHAD ON TRACK FOR 2009 [...] (C) The Chief European Union Representative in Chad believes that the electoral reform process that he is spearheading can result as planned in communal/legislative elections in 2009, but that success is by no means assured at this point. The EU Ambassador believes that enough momentum has de [...] | 2008-10-31 11:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PREF EU PINR IBRD EIB CD |
08NDJAMENA511 | DAKAR CONTACT GROUP MEETING SET FOR NDJAMENA [...] (U) Embassy received a diplomatic note on October 30 from the Chadian Foreign Ministry advising that the 6th ministerial meeting of the contact group charged with implementing the Dakar Accord of 13 March 2008 between Chad and Sudan would meet in Ndjamena on November 15. The ministerial meeti [...] | 2008-10-31 11:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF CD SU |
08NDJAMENA516 | CHAD CHRONICLE: NOV 3-7 [...] US ELECTION 2008 --------------------------------------------- -------- --- "THE WHITE HOUSE PAINTED BLACK" SAID L'OBSERVATEUR NEWSPAPER ABOUT THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA. SEVERAL ARTICLES FOCUSED ON HOW OBAMA WON THE ELECTION AND THE AMERICAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM. THE HEADLINE PIECE CONCLUDE [...] | 2008-11-07 11:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA517 | CHADIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES COMPLAIN GOC NOT [...] (SBU) The main association of Chadian opposition parties, the CPDC, complained to the Ambassador that the GoC is not implementing the August 13 Accord (the electoral reform agreement signed in August 2007) in good faith, and that therefore credible elections could not be held in 2009. They m [...] | 2008-11-07 11:29:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF EU FR AU UN CD |
08NDJAMENA518 | FRENCH SUPPORT COORDINATION ON UN FOLLOW-ON [...] (SBU) EMBASSY SUPPORTS THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO COORDINATE WITH THE FRENCH ON CHAD POLICY IN GENERAL AND ON PKO ISSUES IN PARTICULAR. 2. (SBU) FROM OUR PERCH HERE, THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS KEY OBJECTIVES OF SUCH COORDINATION REGARDING THE UN FOLLOW-ON FORCE (MINURCAT II) [...] | 2008-11-10 10:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PKO PREF PREL FR CD |
08NDJAMENA526 | CHAD CHRONICLE: Nov 10-14 [...] CHAD-SUDAN RELATIONS AND REGIONAL COOPERATION ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- ----- ---CHAD AND SUDAN EXCHANGED AMBASSADORS DURING THE WEEK. 2008. CHADIAN AMBASSADOR TO SUDAN, BAHARADINE HAROUN, WENT TO KHARTOUM ON A LIBYAN FLIGHT AND SUD [...] | 2008-11-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD |
08NDJAMENA527 | MINURCAT-TRAINED CHADIAN POLICE AND GENDARMES [...] USAID OFDA Field Officer reported from Eastern Chad on the status of the deployment of the DIS (Integrated Security Detachments),the Chadian police and gendarmes trained by MINURCAT to provide security inside the refugee camps in Eastern Chad, to the field. 2. As of November 7, some 430 of [...] | 2008-11-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PHUM MARR KPKO UN CD |
08NDJAMENA530 | CHAD OPPOSITION, PESSIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTION [...] (C) The leaders of the main opposition parties told AMB November 12 that they are increasingly pessimistic that legislative and communal elections will be held in 2009, primarily because, absent external pressure, they say that President Deby has no real interest in electoral reform or the ho [...] | 2008-11-17 13:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF UN EU SU CD |
08NDJAMENA532 | CONTACT GROUP MTG IN NDJAMENA MAINTAINS DAKAR [...] (C) The November 15 Meeting of the Contact Group for implementation of the Dakar Accord achieved its core objectives of furthering confidence-building between Chad and Sudan, and maintaining the CG's deliberate progress toward a border monitoring and observation mission. On the ground there wa [...] | 2008-11-17 14:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PKO UNAUS AU SU LY CD |
08NDJAMENA533 | POTENTIAL VISIT OF MRS. CINDY MCCAIN TO CHAD [...] (SBU) Embassy N,Djamena has learned from AF/C that Mrs. Cindy McCain intends to visit Chad December 1-4, 2008 on a private, humanitarian mission. We would like some clarification so that we may be as supportive of this visit as possible. Below are questions to which we request answers. (a [...] | 2008-11-17 14:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PREF PHUM ASEC AMGT AFIN UN CD |
08NDJAMENA541 | SUDAN REBEL RECRUITMENT SURGE IN REFUGEE CAMPS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL MARR KPKO KTIP UNAUS CD |
08NDJAMENA546 | FOREIGN MINISTER CITES CHADIAN DIPLOMATIC AND [...] (C) Chadian Foreign Minister Faki told Ambassador and DCM November 19 that he attributed last week's Dakar Contact Group meeting's success to incremental steps taken during the past six months to repair Chad's relations with Sudan, but cautioned that more needed to be done, especially de-fangin [...] | 2008-11-20 11:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
08NDJAMENA571 | CHAD AMB UPBEAT ON REBEL THREAT AND CHAD-SUDAN [...] (C) Chad Ambassador to the U.S. Adam Bachir told Ambassador and DCM December 1 that he would carry a letter from President Deby to President-Elect Obama's Chicago Transition Office proposing a meeting in DC between the two Presidents after January 20, 2009, to discuss regional security issues. [...] | 2008-12-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR LY SU PREF CD |
08NDJAMENA573 | CHAD - TWO KEY ELECTION-RELATED LAWS PASSED BY [...] (SBU) The process leading up to future elections is proceeding in a typically desultory, Chadian fashion, but it is indeed proceeding. Only one of the seven draft laws sent by the Comite de Suivi to the Government is still stuck in the GOC apparatus, and it is one that the opposition does not [...] | 2008-12-11 07:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR CD |
08NDJAMENA582 | JEM "FOREIGN SECRETARY" COMMENTS ON ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 14, the Justice and Equality Movement's "Foreign Secretary" Bushara Suliman Nour, based in Ndjamena, labeled recent JEM military movements in Darfur as "routine" and "strictly within our areas," but later asserted that JEM could easily attack and control all three st [...] | 2008-12-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM MARR KPKO PINR PGOV AU UN SU |
08NDJAMENA583 | DEBY'S TONE MORE CONCILIATORY TOWARD SUDAN AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Deby's December 10th speech marking Freedom and Democracy Day contained a more conciliatory tone toward the Government of Sudan and Chadian rebels than previously, even as he presided over a massive demonstration of the GOC's ongoing military rearmament campaign. De [...] | 2008-12-16 15:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM MARR PINR EAID UN SU CD |
08NDJAMENA584 | CHAD - UN'S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF HUMAN [...] SUMMARY: Three of the four human rights NGOs contacted by Embassy N'Djamena are aware of and have contributed to the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review. Given that the three human rights organizations are not even the major Chadian human rights NGOs, it seems that the mechani [...] | 2008-12-17 10:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF UNHRC CHAD |
08NDJAMENA81 | JEM REBELS: DEBY'S SAVIOUR AND BUDDING NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of the Sudanese rebel group JEM told N'Djamena Emboffs on March 7 that JEM was well on the way to becoming an inclusive Sudanese national movement. They acknowledged that JEM forces had come to the aid of President Deby during the February 2-3 rebel attacks on N'D [...] | 2008-03-07 16:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF SU CD |
08NDJAMENA83 | GOC ASKS FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPMENT FOR EASTERN [...] (U) AMBASSADOR CALLED MARCH 4 ON YOUSSOUF SALEH ABBAS, PRESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND RECENTLY APPOINTED SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR MINURCAT AND EUFOR IN CHAD, AND AS SUCH, CHIEF OF A NEW GOC AGENCY, THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL FORCES IN CHAD (CON [...] | 2008-03-10 13:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF EAID CD EU |
08NEWDELHI1018 | CONGRESS PARTY WOES CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary: With little political headway on the civil nuclear initiative and election defeats in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, and the Northeast (refs A,B,C,D,E),good news for the Congress Party has been in short supply in recent months. The latest piece of bad news: rising food prices, whi [...] | 2008-04-08 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ECON PREF CH IN |
08NEWDELHI1333 | DALAI LAMA REQUESTS BUSH TO VISIT LHASA DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 10 meeting, the Dalai Lama requested Poloff to convey a request to President Bush to visit Lhasa during the President's August 2008 Beijing visit. He characterized the April 27-29 China-Tibet talks as "productive," noting that China's representatives adopted a "softer" [...] | 2008-05-14 12:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KIRF CH IN |
08NEWDELHI1375 | CHINA'S ATTACKS ON DALAI LAMA ALARM TIBETAN MPS [...] Send a fact-finding delegation to access the real situation inside Tibet. Urge upon the UN to do the same. 2. Impress upon China to stop killings & uphold the Fundamental Human Rights inside Tibet. 3. Facilitate International medical communities / organizations to render medical assistance t [...] | 2008-05-21 03:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | CH IN KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
08NEWDELHI1779 | GAY RIGHTS IN GANDHI-LAND [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, several hundred gay activists plan to march in three Indian cities (New Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore) in what is anticipated to be the largest display of gay pride in a country where homosexuality is considered illegal or "against the order of nature." Incidentally, [...] | 2008-06-27 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI IN |
08NEWDELHI1795 | TIBETAN YOUTH SEE POTHOLES IN THE MIDDLE PATH - [...] (C) Summary. A May visit to six Tibetan settlements across north and northeastern India underscores concerns that frustrated and dissatisfied Tibetan youth and concurrent Indian separatist movements could pose serious problems for the future viability of Tibetan settlements. A widening generational [...] | 2008-06-30 10:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SOCI CH IN |
08NEWDELHI2238 | VULNERABLE TIBETANS BULLIED BY NEIGHBORS - PART 2 [...] (C) Summary. In discussions with Refcord and Poloff earlier this summer, Tibetan settlement leaders in Northeastern India discussed day-to-day intimidation by average Indians as well as by Indian separatist movements. In most settlements, bullying neighbors have taken advantage of Tibetans, t [...] | 2008-08-18 08:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CH IN |
08NEWDELHI2447 | PRC DEMARCHE ON TIBETAN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: [...] (SBU) On September 11, Chinese Political Counselor Hu Zhaoming delivered a demarche to PolCouns regarding Chinese annoyance and disapproval of the USG's Tibetan Scholarship Program (TSP). Hu further expressed the PRC's displeasure with the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs' consulting [...] | 2008-09-11 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | IN CH PHUM PREF KPAO SCUL |
08NEWDELHI2498 | ORISSA VIOLENCE: CALM RESTORED BUT TENSION REMAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Orissa state government, aided by the central government which provided additional security forces, has stopped the unrest in riot torn areas following the violence that shook the state when a prominent Hindu leader was assassinated on August 23. The peak of the violence w [...] | 2008-09-17 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KIRF SOCI IN |
08NEWDELHI2670 | TIBETANS' SITUATION SUFFERABLE, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary. During a series of visits to Tibetan settlements in six Indian states in May, June, and September, EmbOffs and visiting Refcoord learned that, overall, Tibetans fare better than other refugee populations in India, especially in the areas of primary and secondary education. Unfort [...] | 2008-10-07 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CH IN |
08NEWDELHI2884 | DHARAMSALA DISQUIET: AS EIGHTH ROUND FAILS, [...] (C) Summary: During meetings over the past two weeks, Tempa Tsering, Representative of the Dalai Lama, updated PolOff on recent developments that have catapulted Tibet into the international headlines. Tsering stressed that the Dalai Lama's renewal of his demanding travel schedule proves his [...] | 2008-11-07 12:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF IN CH |
08NEWDELHI2911 | BHUTAN READY FOR PRAGMATIC, IF NOT FORMAL, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley, during his November 5-7 visit to Bhutan to attend the coronation of King Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuck as Bhutan's new king. The former King expressed pessimism about the new government in Nep [...] | 2008-11-13 07:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | BH IN KDEM MARR NP ODIP PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF |
08NEWDELHI2912 | BHUTAN READY FOR PRAGMATIC, IF NOT FORMAL, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley, during his November 5-7 visit to Bhutan to attend the coronation of King Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuck as Bhutan's new king. The former King expressed pessimism about the new government in Nep [...] | 2008-11-13 07:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | BH IN KDEM MARR NP ODIP PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF |
08NEWDELHI3002 | ENDORSEMENT FOR MIDDLE WAY LEAVES TIBETANS IN [...] (C) Summary. On November 17-22, over 560 Tibetans gathered in the north Indian hill station of Dharamsala - capital of the "government-in-exile" - to consider fundamental questions on the future strategy of the Tibetan movement. The conclave, called by the Dalai Lama, required Tibetan exiles [...] | 2008-11-26 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM IN CH |
08NEWDELHI3016 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN DECEMBER 2008 VISIT [...] (U) Senators McCain, Lieberman, and Graham: On behalf of Ambassador Mulford and the Country Team, I warmly welcome you to Bhutan. Your visit comes at the end of a historic year for the small Himalayan nation, marked by the successful transition to a constitutional monarchy and the coronation [...] | 2008-11-28 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | BH CH IN KNNP PGOV PREF PREL |
08NEWDELHI3187 | LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON IMPRESSES CODEL MCCAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The December 3-5 visit to Bhutan of Senators McCain, Lieberman, and Graham demonstrated strong U.S. support for the tiny Himalayan kingdom as this historic year draws to a close. The delegation met with the current and former Kings, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the [...] | 2008-12-19 06:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KNNP BH IN CH |
08NEWDELHI739 | INTERNAL MIGRATION POSES DAUNTING CHALLENGE FOR [...] (U) Summary: A skirmish last week in Parliament underscored a grave challenge facing India in the coming years: large internal migrations caused by the widening gap between successful states and failed states. This displacement of people has the potential for significant political, economic [...] | 2008-03-11 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL PREF PINR PINS PROP SOCI |
08NEWDELHI790 | DELHI DIARY, MARCH 10-14 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 10-14, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Changes His Story -- CBI Has Nothing to Show for its Tytler Enquiry -- Supreme Court Avoids Meddling in Politics [...] | 2008-03-14 13:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR PINS PREF PHUM SMIG SOCI MOPS |
08NEWDELHI824 | TIBETAN REFUGEES: INDIA RELEASING DETAINEES, [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on March 19. Responding to SIPDIS reftel points, Menon stated that the Indian government has spoken with both the Dalai Lama's representatives and four Tibetan non-governmental organizations and assured them th [...] | 2008-03-19 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CH NP IN |
08NEWDELHI849 | BHUTAN: THE LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON PLANS FOR [...] (U) Summary: On a January 31 ) February 3 trip to Bhutan, SCA/INS desk officer and Poloff met with Bhutanese government officials and political figures to discuss the current political and social climate in the country ahead of its National Assembly (lower house) elections on March 24. Despite [...] | 2008-03-24 06:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT |
08NEWDELHI882 | TIBET CLAMP DOWN AND PROTESTS PUT INDIA IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tibet remains a front-burner challenge in New Delhi more than 10 days after protests at the Chinese Embassy and a protest march out of Dharamsala led to the arrest of over 200 Tibetans. After another protest at the Chinese Embassy led to more arrests on March 21, the Indian press rep [...] | 2008-03-26 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM CH IN |
08NEWDELHI906 | DALAI LAMA FEARS INFLUX OF HAN CHINESE WILL WIPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 28 meeting with the Ambassador, His Holiness the Dalai Lama sketched out two scenarios for Tibet: a positive scenario, where the PRC agrees to dialogue and permits a degree of Tibetan autonomy; and a negative scenario, where the PRC continues to flood Tibet with eth [...] | 2008-03-28 14:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL CVIS CH IN |
08NEWDELHI932 | DELHI DIARY, MARCH 17-28 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 17-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Terrorists Strike Again in Jammu and Kashmir After a 5 Month Lull -- Congress Strikes Out -- Yet Another Joint Indo-Russian Defense Project Hits t [...] | 2008-03-31 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF SCUL SOCI TBIO MASS |
08NEWDELHI971 | WELCOME TO THE WORLD'S NEWEST DEMOCRACY: BHUTAN [...] (SBU) Demonstrating a strong commitment to a transition to democracy, Bhutan went to the polls on March 24 to provide a lop-sided victory for the Druk Pheuensum Tshogpa (DPT),one of the two parties in contention. DPT president Jigme Y. Thinley is expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister sho [...] | 2008-04-02 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT |
08NIAMEY178 | NIGER: DCM MEETS WITH UN SECGEN SPECIAL ENVOY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 15:30:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PREF EAID NG |
08NIAMEY433 | NIGER: HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR RECONCILIATION ON THE [...] (C) Summary: The GON official responsible for implementing the 1995 peace accord is disappointed that there had not been any GON follow-up to the MNJ's release of hostages. He thought the President's April 24 speech marking the end of the 1990s rebellion and the Communication Minister's state [...] | 2008-04-17 11:40:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF NG |
08NIAMEY689 | NIGER: UNITED NATIONS (UN) SECRETARY GENERAL [...] Summary. UN Secretary General SA on Conflict Prevention, Jan Egeland, made a June 5-6 visit to Niger to investigate the nexus between climate change issues and conflict. UN Development Program (UNDP) Senior Representative Khardiata Lo N'Diaye (concurrently the senior UN system official in Nige [...] | 2008-07-10 09:39:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS SOCI EAID PREF NG UN |
08NICOSIA180 | TURKISH CYPRIOT-ADMINISTERED AREA -- EIGHTH ANNUAL [...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified -- not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2007 - March 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Amy E. Dahm, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3345, Fax: (357) [...] | 2008-03-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CY |
08NICOSIA181 | REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS -- EIGHTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified -- not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2007 - March 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Amy E. Dahm, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3345, Fax: (357) [...] | 2008-03-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CY |
08NICOSIA212 | CYPRUS TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 11:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL CY |
08NICOSIA425 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS EUROPEAN CANDIDATE FOR IOM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 13:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG AORC CY |
08NICOSIA99 | CYPRUS WILL ATTEND VIENNA FORUM TO FIGHT HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG CY |
08NOUAKCHOTT449 | MFA SAYS RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL WILL REMAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV MR IS |
08NOUAKCHOTT683 | A BARREN HOMECOMING: THE REFUGEE SITUATION IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Living conditions of the approximately 5,000 Mauritanians who returned to their homeland in 2008 after ethnic-based fighting in the country,s 1989-1992 "Passif Humanitaire" remains sub-standard with little hope for improvement. Despite claims of the opposite by junta leaders -- [...] | 2008-11-18 19:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID ECON MR |
08OSLO20 | NORWAY AND IRAQ: QUIETLY CONSIDERING INCREASED AID [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 07:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL IZ NO |
08OSLO270 | NORWAY AND HEALTH CARE WORKER MIGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON has not yet passed any domestic legislation on health care migration (Note: Domestic legislation concerning such migration has, to our knowledge, also not been rejected by the Norwegian parliament, the Storting). Along with potential domestic legislation, Norway has [...] | 2008-05-14 10:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL SOCI NO |
08OSLO377 | NORWAY CONTINUES ITS SUBSTANTIAL AID TO THE HORN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, Norway shares our concern about the crisis in the horn of Africa, and is currently the third largest donor in Somalia. Norway does not have the naval materiel or manpower to escort WFP ships around the horn, and claims not to have good access to information [...] | 2008-07-03 13:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | EAID PREF DJ ER ET KE SO NO |
08OTTAWA1427 | CANADIAN INTERIM RESPONSE ON AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (SBU) On November 7, Deputy Pol/C conveyed reftel demarche points to James Gilmour, regional policy officer of the Afghan Task Force at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Gilmour promised to canvas colleagu [...] | 2008-11-07 18:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM IR PK AF CA |
08OTTAWA189 | CANADIAN CONCERN OVER CHAD AND SUDAN [...] (SBU) FM Bernier issued a statement February 4 in response to recent developments in Chad, which said: "Canada strongly condemns the attacks by rebel groups in Chad and, in particular, in N'Djamena. We join newly elected African Union President Jakaya Kikwete in expressing our deep concern w [...] | 2008-02-06 19:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH SU CA |
08OTTAWA199 | CANADA'S DELEGATION TO THE VIENNA FORUM ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Advisor on International Crime Kim Cowan, Canada shares the U.S. view that the Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking is an expert/technical conference and should not result in a political declaration. [...] | 2008-02-07 21:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KWNM CA |
08OTTAWA346 | CANADA'S TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW OF CANADA'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Canada is principally a transit and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). NGOs estimate that approximately 2,000 people are subject to trafficking into Canada each year. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has [...] | 2008-03-07 19:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD CA |
08OTTAWA423 | CANADA EXPECTS TO UP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR IRAQI [...] (C) In response to ref a demarche, Director of the Gulf and Maghreb Division Dennis Horak confirmed to PolMinCouns on March 25 that the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade was working hard to convince the Canadian International Development Agency to increase Canada's contri [...] | 2008-03-26 19:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM CA IZ |
08OTTAWA429 | CANADA EXPRESSES CONCERNS, ANNOUNCES AID TO SUDAN AND CHAD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 17:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF EAID CA CD SU |
08OTTAWA473 | CANADA TO SUPPORT AMBASSADOR SWING FOR IOM [...] (C) Ross O'Connor, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, confirmed to PolMinCouns on April 8 that Canada would support the U.S. candidate for the next Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),Ambassador William Swing. He admitted that there had be [...] | 2008-04-08 15:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM CA |
08OTTAWA645 | CANADIAN IMMIGRANTS ON THE RISE, BUT SO ARE "LOST" [...] (U) Summary: In addition to accepting an increasing number of immigrants (especially high-skilled workers),Canada is also a growing destination for asylum seekers and refugees. Canada has successfully managed its immigration policies to maintain a reputation as a successful model of diversity [...] | 2008-05-09 18:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PTER PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA774 | ASYLUM CLAIMS FROM THE AMERICAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexican citizens are now the largest single nationality claiming asylum in Canada, increasingly citing narco-violence instead of sexual discrimination. Haiti, Colombia, and the United States follow as source countries; the four countries account for 50% of asylum claims in Cana [...] | 2008-06-09 17:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL CO MX HA CA |
08OTTAWA977 | CANADIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE HORN OF AFRICA [...] (U) In response to reftel demarche by PolMinCouns on June 30 to Director General for Africa David Angell of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, DFAIT's Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Lisa Stadelbauer confirmed on July 18 that Canada "shares the United States' [...] | 2008-07-18 22:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PREF DJ ER ET KE SO CA |
08OUAGADOUGOU679 | MALIAN TUAREGS WILL REMAIN IN BURKINA FASO UNTIL GOBF [...] (U) Summary: As of late July, around 1,990 Malian Tuareg seeking refugee asylum were living at various locations around Burkina Faso, the majority of them in a refugee camp in Djibo, in Northern Burkina Faso. These asylum seekers are currently living off donations from local and international [...] | 2008-07-23 16:16:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ML UV |
08PANAMA120 | PANAMA: URGENT MEDEVAC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) "Let me raise this request with (First VP and FM) Samuel Lewis," Lewis' Senior Advisor Adolfo Ahumada told POLCOUNS on February 8 in response to reftel request for GOP assistance. Ahumada underscored (twice) in a brief conversation the "political sensitivities" that would need to be overc [...] | 2008-02-08 19:23:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM SMIG BF CO CS CU DR JM MX PM |
08PANAMA520 | PANAMA: RESETTLEMENT OF CUBAN MIGRANTS PROTECTED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. --------------------------------------------- ----- Panama Inquires Into "Exceptional" Nature of Cases --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (C) The degree to which it could be demonstrated that the Cuban migrants protec [...] | 2008-06-24 19:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SMIG CU IT PM |
08PARAMARIBO76 | UN.GIFT: MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the demarche to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division on February 1, 2008. Hubard appeared skeptical but had no immediate comment. 2. (U) Post will report any reaction from Government of Suriname. SCHREIBER HUGHES [...] | 2008-02-26 12:14:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF NS |
08PARIS1070 | IOM DG CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR BILL SWING: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 12:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREF PREL SMIG FR |
08PARIS1144 | FRANCE WILL ATTEND VIENNA CONFERENCE ON NAHR [...] (U) Embassy passed reftel message on the Vienna conference on Nahr al-Barid to the French MFA's equivalent to the NEA bureau as well as to the staff of French Cooperation Ministeron Alain Joyandet June 9. The French MFA had already publicly saluted the Austrian initiative in a June 5 statem [...] | 2008-06-17 07:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM KPAL UNRWA FR LE |
08PARIS1293 | AID FOR HORN OF AFRICA: FRANCE DISCUSSING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 13:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF DJ ER ET KE SO FR |
08PARIS1306 | HORN OF AFRICA: FURTHER ON FRENCH ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 14:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF DJ ER ET KE SO FR |
08PARIS1331 | BETANCOURT "INSIDER" HINTS AT FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Board Member of the Committee in Support of Ingrid Betancourt told Poloff on July 11 that former hostage/presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt will focus her energy on securing the release of all remaining FARC and ELN hostages in Colombia and he strongly hinted Betancourt wo [...] | 2008-07-11 19:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM FR EUN PGOV PTER PREF CO SP |
08PARIS137 | CUBAN MIGRANTS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SMIG FR IC UK |
08PARIS2012 | DRC/FRANCE: "NO NEW TROOPS -- FOR NOW" [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DRC deskoff Laurent Chevallier on November 3 said that France did not at present support sending new forces to DRC. Instead, MONUC should be reorganized and redeployed to address security concerns in North Kivu. The French are working to promote EU-AU consultations that w [...] | 2008-11-03 17:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINS PINR MARR CG FR |
08PARIS455 | NOMINATION OF ANTI-TIP HERO JEAN CLAUDE MBVOUMIN [...] (U) Post nominates Jean Claude Mbvoumin as a 2008 anti-TIP hero. Mr. Mbvoumin founded and runs the Soccer Culture Solidarity Association (Associate Culture Foot Solidaire (CFS)),which seeks to raise awareness and combat trafficking in young soccer players from Africa. As a former soccer pl [...] | 2008-03-12 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF USAID FR |
08PARIS628 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (S) Summary: The French generally reacted favorably to reftel message on Western Sahara in meetings we held with the French Presidency and the MFA April 1 and 2. The key first priority seems to be engaging UNSYG Personal Envoy Peter van Walsum and other key Secretariat officials to encourag [...] | 2008-04-04 14:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PREF MARR UNSC FR MO AG |
08PARIS671 | SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] | 2008-04-11 10:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS676 | SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] | 2008-04-11 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS677 | SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] | 2008-04-11 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS678 | SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] | 2008-04-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS679 | FRENCH MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) French MFA desk officer Olivier Masseret on April 9 took note of the main points of our latest message on Iraq (reftel) and said he would include them in briefing papers being assembled for FM Kouchner, who will represent France at the upcoming Iraq neighbors meeting in Kuwait. He indica [...] | 2008-04-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF FR IQ |
08PARIS681 | SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] | 2008-04-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS683 | SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] | 2008-04-11 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS684 | FRENCH MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) French MFA desk officer Olivier Masseret on April 9 took note of the main points of our latest message on Iraq (reftel) and said he would include them in briefing papers being assembled for FM Kouchner, who will represent France at the upcoming Iraq neighbors meeting in Kuwait. He indica [...] | 2008-04-11 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF FR IQ |
08PARIS686 | FRENCH MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) French MFA desk officer Olivier Masseret on April 9 took note of the main points of our latest message on Iraq (reftel) and said he would include them in briefing papers being assembled for FM Kouchner, who will represent France at the upcoming Iraq neighbors meeting in Kuwait. He indica [...] | 2008-04-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF FR IQ |
08PARIS687 | SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] | 2008-04-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS688 | SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] | 2008-04-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS690 | FRENCH MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) French MFA desk officer Olivier Masseret on April 9 took note of the main points of our latest message on Iraq (reftel) and said he would include them in briefing papers being assembled for FM Kouchner, who will represent France at the upcoming Iraq neighbors meeting in Kuwait. He indica [...] | 2008-04-11 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF FR IQ |
08PHNOMPENH315 | QUIET, SMOOTH CAMBODIAN DEPORTATION OF EIGHT [...] (SBU) Eight Montagnard Vietnamese citizens departed a UNHCR site in Phnom Penh by minivan headed for the Cambodia-Vietnam border on April 9, 2008 as part of a forced repatriation. All eight persons came to the UNHCR Cambodia after May 1, the cutoff date for Montagnard arrivals to be consider [...] | 2008-04-09 04:10:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF CB VM |
08PHNOMPENH316 | (C) TWO NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES HEADED TO THE U.S., [...] (C) Summary: Two North Korean refugees in Cambodia have been approved for U.S. resettlement and are scheduled to depart for the U.S. on April 16. Police Commissioner Hok Lundy granted exit permission for the two individuals on April 9, after receiving the request only a few days before. Of th [...] | 2008-04-09 05:10:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KS KN CB |
08PHNOMPENH347 | TWO MONTAGNARDS DEPORTED FROM CAMBODIA, TWO RAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 25 deportation, two Montagnard Vietnamese citizens who arrived at the UNHCR in Cambodia after May 1, 2007 quietly boarded a Cambodian Government-arranged minivan at a Phnom Penh UNHCR site and headed for the Vietnam border. However, sometime during the previou [...] | 2008-04-28 02:10:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF CB VM |
08PHNOMPENH375 | P-1 SUBMISSION OF REFUGEE REFERRAL [...] (SBU) Post submits the following name of a North Korean individual for consideration for resettlement to the U.S.: Choi Chun-Hui (alternate spellings: Choi Chun-Hee, Coi Cun Hui) - (F) - DOB: 11 June 1969 - POB: Hamgyung Buk-Do, Moosan-Gun, Moosan. MUSSOMELI [...] | 2008-05-06 08:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF ASEC PREL PHUM KN KS CB |
08PHNOMPENH570 | CAMBODIA ELECTIONS: SMALLER PARTIES REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: While the ruling and main opposition parties vie for ground in the public spotlight during the month-long campaign period before Cambodia's July 27 National Assembly elections, the country's lesser-known parties are seeking votes without much ado. Smaller party representatives [...] | 2008-07-15 02:12:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF CB |
08PHNOMPENH590 | MONTAGNARD DEMONSTRATION AT UNHCR SITES ENDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Some 250 Montagnard individuals demonstrated outside of two UNHCR sites in Phnom Penh on Friday, July 18, shouting "Freedom!" and expressing concerns over conditions in Vietnam and complaints about the living conditions at the UNHCR sites. The demonstration took place minutes [...] | 2008-07-22 11:50:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM CB |