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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03AMMAN1049 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): JORDANIAN [...] (SBU) On February 17, Poloff delivered reftel points and copies of OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) questionnaires to Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's IO Department. On February 18, Poloff followed up on this issue with Jusuf Bataineh, the MFA's action officer on CWC issues. Bataineh [...] |
2003-02-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ABUD JO AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 03COLOMBO1312 |
Mission conveys talking points and CWC [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-29 02:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ABUD MV CWC OPCW |
| 03THEHAGUE1877 |
EMERGENCY PAYMENT REQUEST [...] DUE TO MONTHEND AND TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THAT POST WILL NOT BE ABLE TO INITIATE ANY PAYMENTS BEFORE JULY 28, POST REQUESTS EMERGENCY PAYMENT TO BE MADE AS FOLLOWS: 2. AMOUNT PAYABLE: EUR 14,085,883 3. VENDOR: OPCW PROGRAMME BUDGET ACCOUNT 4. DEBITOR/CREDITOR CODE: 1404 [...] |
2003-07-24 09:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AORC PARM OPCW CWC |
| 03THEHAGUE1958 |
FY 2002 OPCW PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED [...] AS AUTHORIZED IN REFTEL, POST FORWARDED EURO 130,469.19 FOR PAYMENT INTO OPCW'S PROGRAMME AND BUDGET ACCOUNT 40.47.74.881, VIA VOUCHER NUMBER 2563BZ02677, DTD. 08/01/2003 2. TOTAL AMOUNT IN USD 146,759.49 (AT RATE OF EXCHANGE: EURO 0.889 IS 1 US DOLLAR) IS CHARGED TO THE FOLLOWING FISCAL [...] |
2003-08-05 11:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AORC PARM OPCW CWC |
| 04ABUDHABI1941 |
Chemical Weapons Convention demarche [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM AROC ABUD CWC CBW OPCW TC |
| 04ACCRA1232 |
GHANA'S PROGRESS ON CWC ARTICLE VII: DEMARCHE [...] On Wednesday, June 9, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to the Director of International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, John Kuleke, regarding Ghana's commitment to fulfill its national implementation obligations under Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). PolO [...] |
2004-06-10 11:14:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM AORC ABUD CWC CBW OPCW |
| 04AMMAN6416 |
DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING THE CWC: JORDAN [...] PolOff delivered reftel talking points July 28 to Samer Naber, Legal Advisor for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Naber stressed Jordan's support for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and promised to formulate a response to our points after consulting with relevant GOJ officials. Post wi [...] |
2004-07-29 07:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD JO AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 04AMMAN6505 |
IMPLEMENTING THE CWC: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ABUD JO AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 04GUATEMALA1464 |
GOG RESPONSE TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Sylvia Corrado on June 8. Corrado asserted that GOG wished to respect its obligations to Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention, but that she was not aware of any current legislation. Corrado will bring up the CW [...] |
2004-06-14 17:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD ES GT AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 04SANAA1512 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DEMARCHE TO [...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 6/19 and per reftel guidance briefly reviewed ROYG obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Noman was familiar with issue, noting that 2-3 months ago he [...] |
2004-06-22 11:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ABUD AROC CWC CBW OPCW YM |
| 04THEHAGUE1224 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - IRANIAN [...] (C) On May 17, Gholamhossein Dehghani and S. Ali Mohammad Mousavi of the Iranian delegation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons met with the U.S. delegation to provide Tehran's answers to the U.S. questions passed to the Iranian delegates on the margins of the March 2 [...] |
2004-05-19 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM AORC IR OPCW CWC CBM |
| 04THEHAGUE812 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DELIVERY OF [...] (S) On the margins of the March 23-26 Executive Council session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the U.S. delegation delivered to the Iranian delegation the cover letter (signed by Ambassador Javits) contained in paragraph 8 of reftel and the list of questions in [...] |
2004-03-30 10:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM AORC IR OPCW CWC CBW |
| 05AMMAN1578 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION AND [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref a talking points February 24 to Bashir Khassawneh, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Legal Department. Khassawneh said the GOJ was well aware of its obligations under Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and was currently determining if existing legi [...] |
2005-02-24 14:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ABUD JO AROC CWC OPCW |
| 05CAIRO4120 |
CWC: EGYPT SENDING NON-GOVERNMENTAL [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed ref B demarche with MFA cabinet member responsible for disarmament Sherif Kamel, who reported back on May 31 that Egypt would not send a governmental representative to the OPCW regional workshop in Cyprus June 13-15. Although the GOE would not participate officially, h [...] |
2005-06-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EG OPCW CBW CWC |
| 05COLOMBO413 |
SRI LANKA: PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTING ARTICLE VII [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-24 10:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM CE CWC OPCW |
| 05COLOMBO414 |
MALDIVES: STATUS OF ARTICLE VII IMPLEMENTATION [...] Poloff presented reftel demarche by fax to Foreign Secretary Abdul Hameed Zakariyya on February 23. On February SIPDIS 24 poloff received the following reply by fax from Ahmed Rasheed, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Begin text of reply: We have so far identified a nationa [...] |
2005-02-24 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MV CWC OPCW |
| 05GABORONE227 |
BOTSWANA RESPONSE: SLOW IMPLEMENTATION OF CWC [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-15 08:24:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD BC AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 05HANOI835 |
VIETNAM: IAEA Additional Protocol and Other Arms [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST for NP and EAP/EP. Please see Paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: We met with our primary GVN arms control and nonproliferation counterpart April 6 to discuss a wide range of outstanding arms control/nonpro issues and the constraints faced by the GVN. [...] |
2005-04-08 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ABUD VM AROC CWC CBW OPCW APEC |
| 05KINGSTON687 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-10 19:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM PARM ABUD ES CWC CBW OPCW |
| 05MANAMA295 |
BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] Pol/Econ chief February 28 delivered reftel demarche concerning implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention Article VII to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al Umran. Al Umran requested additional information about the provisions of Article VII, and we directed him to the Organizat [...] |
2005-03-02 13:20:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD BA AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 05PARIS5575 |
USUNESCO: UPCOMING KEY SENIOR POSTS [...] Given the Director General's campaign for re- election and the uncertainty of UNESCO's budget, senior post openings at UNESCO are unpredictable. It is worth noting at this point however, that now that US citizens are in the ADG Education position and the Deputy ADG of External relations posit [...] |
2005-08-18 16:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PARM PREL CWC UNESCO OPCW |
| 05QUITO391 |
ECUADOR ON CWC: NATIONAL AUTHORITY IN PLACE, [...] In response to Reftel, the Embassy February 15 delivered non-paper to Ruben Herrera, the Technical Agencies representative in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs directorship general. In a follow-up telcon February 17, Herrera refuted a Reftel assertion, claiming Ecuador had in fact established i [...] |
2005-02-17 17:18:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD ES EC AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 05YEREVAN2030 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: ARMENIA MISSES [...] (C) Following what appeared to be good progress toward implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), Armenian MFA Global Security and Non-Conventional Issues Acting Division Head Karen Matirossian told us during a recent meeting that, as he had predicted in March (ref B), the GOAM w [...] |
2005-11-18 11:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ABUD AM AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 05YEREVAN371 |
ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO CWC ARTICLE VII DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-03 10:29:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ABUD AM AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 06ACCRA2623 |
NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered talking points per Ref A on October 27 to the MFA's Supervising Director for Multilateral, Passport and Legal Affairs, Kwesi Quartey. Quartey noted that Ghana was totally committed to preventing chemical weapons from reaching the wrong hands. Its failure to pass implem [...] |
2006-10-31 16:04:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF BWC GH |
| 06AMMAN8964 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC JO |
| 06ASTANA607 |
KAZAKHSTAN: MFA WILL PUSH FOR ACTION ON CWC, BWC [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA International Security Section Advisor Kayrat Sarzhanov on November 16. Sarzhanov stated that the GOK understands the necessity of implementing measures to uphold its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention. Other agencies have caused dela [...] |
2006-11-20 09:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC KZ |
| 06ASUNCION1186 |
PARAGUAY: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-29 13:44:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW BWC CWC OPCW PA |
| 06BANGKOK6666 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CWC - SEEKING SUPPORT FOR US [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nichamon Agrasuta of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Nichamon noted that Thailand "does not have any objection" to the extension request. BOYCE [...] |
2006-11-03 03:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW TH |
| 06CARACAS3437 |
DEMARCHE ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-20 21:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW BWC CWC OPCW VE |
| 06CONAKRY1824 |
GUINEA'S UNIONS PUT STRIKE ON HOLD, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's CNTG-USTG union coalition has decided that it will not call a general strike during December. Ongoing negotiations have resulted in government concessions on retirement-related issues. With the upcoming end-of-year celebrations, union leadership believes that the cos [...] |
2006-12-20 09:52:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM CWC PREL PGOV OPCW CBW GV |
| 06COTONOU1199 |
BENIN: CWC IMPLEMENTATION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On October 26 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points to Thomas Adoumasse, Director of the MFA's Office of International Organizations. 2. (SBU) On December 7 Pol/Econ Chief asked Mr. Bienvenu Houngbedji of the MFA's International Organizations office to provide additional in [...] |
2006-12-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF BWC BN |
| 06DARESSALAAM1059 |
COMPLIANCE DIPLOMACY VISIT TO DAR ES SALAAM: DR. [...] (U) SUMMARY: VCI/PDAS Ford and his VCI team visited Dar es Salaam June 19-23, 2006, to hold compliance diplomacy discussions with key host country interlocutors and embassy staff on the U. S. approach to verification, compliance assessment, and compliance enforcement of arms control, nonprol [...] |
2006-06-27 12:39:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PHARM UNGA CDG NPT IAEA CWC OPCW |
| 06DARESSALAAM1425 |
CHEMCIAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION HELP [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-22 13:17:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF TZ |
| 06DARESSALAAM1501 |
CWC IMPLEMENTATION: SLOW PROCESS UNDERWAY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tanzania believes it is on track to submit draft legislation implementing its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) before the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) meets on November 7, officials told Poloff Augus [...] |
2006-09-07 07:05:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF TZ |
| 06DARESSALAAM1762 |
TANZANIA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE [...] (U) Suleman Saleh, Assistant Director for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, promised to determine the status of Tanzania's legislation on Chemical Weapons and inform the Embassy about the legislation's status by November 6. With the upcoming Eleventh Session of the Chem [...] |
2006-10-31 03:46:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF BWC TZ |
| 06DARESSALAAM1883 |
TANZANIA: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION LEGISLATION [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is making steady progress toward implementing its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). In late October, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) finalized draft legislation for [...] |
2006-11-30 12:40:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF TZ |
| 06DARESSALAAM385 |
TANZANIA'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-28 10:36:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD AF TZ AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 06DOHA1743 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION [...] DCM delivered ref demarche to Dr. Hassan al-Hamadi, Head of the Legal Affairs Department at the MFA, on December 13. Al-Hamadi said that Qatar has an inter-agency committee (of which he is a member) charged with implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention. "You will see it becoming more active [...] |
2006-12-14 10:35:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC QA |
| 06GEORGETOWN1216 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CWC [...] EmbOff delivered reftel talking points on November 6 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Affairs Director Jackie Hamer and followed up on November 14. Hamer had no substantive response but promised to follow up on the issue. ROBINSON [...] |
2006-11-16 12:15:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW BWC CWC OPCW GY |
| 06GUATEMALA2246 |
GUATEMALA: CWC DEMARCHE ON U.S. REQUEST TO EXTEND [...] (C) In a follow up to October 30 delivery of reftel demarche, Poloff met November 3 with Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN Affairs in the Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Affairs Directorate, and again on November 7 to seek further clarification. During the November 3 meeting, Carranza opi [...] |
2006-11-08 18:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW GT |
| 06GUATEMALA2247 |
GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON CWC NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-08 18:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER CBW CWC OPCW OAS GT |
| 06JAKARTA13564 |
CWC: STATUS OF INDONESIAN IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION [...] POLOFF met with Daniel Simanjuntak of the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs on December 13 to present reftel points and discuss the status of Indonesia's implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Simanjuntak sai [...] |
2006-12-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW ID |
| 06KABUL5770 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF [...] (SBU) Polmiloff discussed reftel message December 10 with Ismail Amerkhil, MFA UN Desk. Amerkhil said that Afghan draft CWC implementing legislation has been developed by a GOA interagency commission. The draft legislation currently is at the MOD, which has responsibility for forwarding the [...] |
2006-12-10 11:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM CWC OPCW PREL AF |
| 06KATHMANDU3149 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL [...] (SBU) On December 4, Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Shanker Bairagi, Under Secretary for the Europe and Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressing the need for the Government of Nepal (GON) to promulgate and enact implementing legislation for the Chemical Weapon [...] |
2006-12-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC NP |
| 06MANILA4512 |
PHILIPPINES ON U.S. REQUEST TO EXTEND DESTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Poloff on October 27 delivered reftel demarche requesting an extension of the destruction deadline under the Chemical Weapons Convention to Department of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) Director Jesus Domingo and Assistant Director Gunther Sales. Do [...] |
2006-10-27 10:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW |
| 06MANILA4910 |
MEETING NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OBLIGATIONS OF THE [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for International Political, Legal & Security Affairs Jesus "Gary" Domingo, draft legislation to implement Philippine obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention is currently under review by Foreign Secretary Romulo. Doming [...] |
2006-12-06 08:26:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC JA AS RP |
| 06MAPUTO1498 |
Mozambique: Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-17 11:43:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF BWC MZ |
| 06MEXICO6248 |
CWC EXTENSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-02 00:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW |
| 06NEWDELHI3300 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-12 09:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW IN |
| 06PARIS4215 |
FRANCE PRAISES U.S. TRANSPERENCY IN DRAFT DECISION [...] (U) Poloff delivered talking points June 16 to Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) action officer, Etienne Sur. In a follow-up conversation June 19, Sur said that the GoF was pleased with the language in the U.S. Request for establishment of a revised date for the final deadline for destructio [...] |
2006-06-19 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC CBW OPCW FR |
| 06RABAT2063 |
MOROCCO ON U.S. REQUEST TO EXTEND 100 PERCENT [...] (U) On November 3, Poloff presented reftel demarche concerning Morocco's support for the U.S. request and draft decision document to extend the 100 percent destruction deadline to MFA Chief of the United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane. In response, Farhane said he did not envision any pro [...] |
2006-11-06 13:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW MO |
| 06RABAT2064 |
MOROCCO PROVIDES UPDATE ON CWC NATIONAL [...] (U) Per reftel, Poloff met November 3 with Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to urge Morocco to fulfill its Article VII national implementation obligations, including the implementation of national legislation that criminalizes activiti [...] |
2006-11-06 13:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW MO |
| 06SANSALVADOR2853 |
EL SALVADOR: COMPLIANCE WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-28 21:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW BWC CWC OPCW ES |
| 06TRIPOLI626 |
(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge discussed Reftel points (concerning U.S. Chemical Weapons Destruction Assistance to Libya) with senior Qadhafi advisor and General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (GPCFLIC) Secretary Abdulati al-Obeidi October 31. Their discussion [...] |
2006-11-02 10:09:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PARM PREL OPCW CWC LY |
| 06WARSAW2333 |
CWC: POLAND SUPPORTS U.S. REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF [...] (C) Post provided reftel talking points November 2 to Janusz Wawrzyniuk, CWC action officer in the MFA Security Policy Department. Wawrzyniuk responded on November 6, stating that the MFA was prepared to support fully the U.S. request for an extension to April 29, 2012 of the CWC 100 percent [...] |
2006-11-06 11:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PL CWC OPCW |
| 07AMMAN1413 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - JORDAN/U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-29 16:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW MARR MASS MOPS KTIA JO |
| 07AMMAN4578 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) From 2005 through 2007, the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has held a series of meetings with Iraqi officials to assist them in preparing for accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) (Ref A). The Technical Secretariat (TS) hosted the fourth and final me [...] |
2007-11-15 12:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC IZ JO |
| 07BAGHDAD2819 |
GOI RECEIVES U.S./UK COMMENTS TO CWC INITIAL [...] (C) PolMilOff and other EmbOffs met with Minister of Science and Technology Raid Fahmi Jahid, Director General Mohammed Jawad Al Sharaa (Head of the National Monitoring Directorate), Dr. Muhaned Kareem Al-Hilli (Chief, Chemical Department, NMD), and other MOST officials August 20 to discuss pr [...] |
2007-08-23 06:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | CW IZ PARM PGOV PREL OPCW |
| 07BEIJING6155 |
CHINA APPROVES SHANGHAI PORT FOR MEGAPORTS PILOT [...] (SBU) The Chinese State Council has approved the deepwater port of Yangshen in Shanghai as the Chinese location for the Megaports pilot program, MFA International Organizations Department Officer Song Jia told Poloff on September 19. FM Yang Jiechi will notify Secretary Rice of the Chinese de [...] |
2007-09-19 10:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH |
| 07HELSINKI112 |
FINNISH RESPONSE - CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche Feb. 15 to Jani Raappana, Counselor for Chemical and Biological Disarmament in the MFA's Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non- Proliferation. 2. (SBU) Although Finland has received no "official" word that Iran intends to put forward a candidate [...] |
2007-02-16 13:14:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR FI |
| 07PARIS433 |
CWC: FRANCE SHARES OPPOSITION TO IRAN AS EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Poloff met February 2 with Frederick Junge, desk officer in the office of Chemical and Biological Weapons Disarmament at the MFA and delivered reftel demarche. Junge said the MFA shares the USG's strong opposition to Iran as Executive Council Chair of the Organization for the Prohibition [...] |
2007-02-05 10:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR FR |
| 07SEOUL332 |
CWC: ROK SUPPORT REQUESTED TO BLOCK IRAN BECOMING [...] (SBU) On January 31, Poloff delivered reftel instructions to Kim Jae-woo, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim stated that the ROK Ambassador at the Hague did not discuss the possibility of South Korea running for the Executive C [...] |
2007-02-02 08:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR KS |
| 07STATE162259 |
CLARIFYING IRAQ'S ACCESSION TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (C) On November 26, President Talabani's office issued a press statement indicating that the presidential council endorsed the Council of Representatives vote ratifying accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Post is requested to seek clarification of Iraq's actual position in the [...] |
2007-11-30 20:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
| 07THEHAGUE204 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Javits spoke with the Ambassadors of the UK, France, Germany, Japan and South Korea, as well as OPCW Director General Pfirter on the unacceptability of Iran as the Chair of the OPCW Executive Committee. There was unanimous acceptance of that position, nuanced differe [...] |
2007-02-02 13:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR |
| 07THEHAGUE256 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): UPDATE ON [...] (C) On February 6, Japanese Ambassador Komachi reported to Ambassador Javits about his discussions with Malaysian Ambassador Ariffin. Ariffin said she was aware of Iran's interest in becoming EC chair, but admitted that it would be hard to build an Asian Group consensus around an Iranian ca [...] |
2007-02-09 15:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR |
| 07THEHAGUE298 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ASIAN GROUP [...] (C) On February 15, Malaysian Amb. Ariffin spoke with Amb. Javits and reported that Indian Amb. Sabharwal had expressed a strong desire to serve as the EC Chair. Ariffin said that South Korea and the Philippines will not compete, and absent some unforeseen development, the Asian Group candid [...] |
2007-02-16 14:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR |
| 07THEHAGUE344 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ASIAN GROUP [...] (C) On February 22, Malaysian Ambassador Ariffin reaffirmed to Ambassador Javits that there is no/no expressed support in the Asian Group to select Iran as the group candidate to be the EC Chair. She added that her canvassing of the group indicated it had now moved toward Philippine Ambassad [...] |
2007-02-23 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBM IR |
| 08BAGHDAD1249 |
POSSIBLE MUSTARD GAS CACHE LOCATED IN FALLUJAH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following a lead from a local source, Coalition Forces located a metal tank buried under two meters of concrete near Fallujah in Anbar province on March 18. A non-intrusive test resulted in a positive reading for the blister agent mustard (HD). The tank appears to be intact. Fu [...] |
2008-04-23 01:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | CWC IZ OPCW PARM PREL |
| 08BAGHDAD3428 |
IRAQ ENACTS CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (SBU) After long administrative delays, legislation authorizing the Government of Iraq to accede to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (Chemical Weapons Convention - CWC) was published in the Offici [...] |
2008-10-27 15:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OPCW CWC IZ |
| 08LONDON1749 |
FCO INFORMS USA THE UAE RATIFIES BIO WEAPON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-01 14:52:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KTIA OPDC CWC OPCW UK |
| 08LONDON1761 |
CWS/BWC: CLOSE ALLIES MEETING, JUNE 17-18, 2008 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-02 14:28:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PARM AORC CWC OPCW GM FR IZ UK |
| 08TRIPOLI466 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): CONVERSION OF THE RABTA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITY [...] (C) Summary: The GOL's lead interlocutor on CWC issues told us: 1) conversion of the Rabta chemical weapons production facility would not be completed until December 2009 (which the GOL appears to have known since early 2006), 2) the GOL would not submit a new National Paper at the upcoming June 2 [...] |
2008-06-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH JA IT LY |
| 08TRIPOLI574 |
U.K. VISIT TO RABTA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-14 15:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW IT UK LY |
| 09BEIJING2194 |
CHINA WELCOMES BILATERAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel nonpaper and demarche accepting China's longstanding invitation to hold Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) consultations in China to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological Weapons Division Deputy Director Yu Dunhai on August 3. Yu said t [...] |
2009-08-03 06:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CH JP |
| 09BEIJING2873 |
CHINA: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel nonpaper and demarche requesting China to include subject matter experts in its delegation for bilateral CWC consultation with the United States to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological Weapons Division Director Yang Yi on October 15. [...] |
2009-10-15 02:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH AL JA |
| 09BERLIN1224 |
CWC BWC CLOSE ALLIES MEETING SEPTEMBER 28-29, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Meetings of Close Allies have always been valued for providing a useful venue for a frank exchange of views on, and an opportunity to coordinate approaches to, biological and chemical weapons-related issues. This meeting showed the need to re-invigorate the process, from the p [...] |
2009-09-30 11:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW GM |
| 09PARIS373 |
BW/CW ALLIED CONSULTATIONS, PARIS, MARCH 4-5, [...] (SBU) The Close Allies (U.S., UK, France, Germany) met in Paris on March 4-5 to discuss issues related to chemical and biological weapons nonproliferation/arms control. The meeting focused on priorities, strategy and tactics on near-term issues, longer-term goals for the BWC and CWC, includin [...] |
2009-03-13 14:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW |
| 09STATE105819 |
CWC: GUIDANCE FOR THE 58th SESSION OF THE OPCW [...] (U) This document provides guidance for the U.S. delegation to the Fifty-eighth Session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Executive Council (EC). The three significant political items on the agenda are: Appointment of a new Director-General, the Draft Program [...] |
2009-10-10 00:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW |
| 09STATE107329 |
CWC: SPECIAL GUIDANCE FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The contest for OPCW Director- General is unexpectedly coming to a rapid conclusion. As a result of the fifth straw poll, conducted Thursday, October 15, the Turkish candidate (Ahmet Uzumcu) is the clear leader. Further straw polls will be conducted on Friday, October 16, to [...] |
2009-10-16 01:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW |
| 09STATE115619 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): FOLLOW UP ON [...] (U) This is an action request for the U.S. Delegation in The Hague and for Embassy Tripoli; see paragraphs 4 and 5. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (SBU) A demarche sent in September 2009 (Ref A) defined transparency measures for Libya,s future communications on Chemical Weapons Con [...] |
2009-11-09 20:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW |
| 09STATE14143 |
CWC: GUIDANCE FOR THE 55th SESSION OF THE OPCW [...] (U) This document provides guidance for the U.S. delegation to the Fifty-fifth Session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Executive Council (EC). There are many issues of routine business before the EC. The agenda items that could become politically charged i [...] |
2009-02-16 00:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW SIPDIS |
| 09STATE23254 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): INFORMATION [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Baghdad, The Hague for the CWC Delegation and Embassy London; see paragraphs 6 and 7. The contents of this cable are sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (SBU) Iraq submitted its instrument [...] |
2009-03-12 12:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW IZ |
| 09STATE30848 |
CWC: GUIDANCE FOR APRIL 1-2, 2009 CHEMICAL [...] (U) This document provides guidance for the CWC Delegation in The Hague for three consultation sessions on chemical industry issues being held by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on April 1-2, 2009. The April 1, 2009 session will address inspection results for ot [...] |
2009-03-31 17:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW |
| 09STATE52991 |
CWC: GUIDANCE FOR MAY 25-26, 2009 CHEMICAL [...] (U) This document provides guidance for the CWC Delegation in The Hague for three consultation sessions on chemical industry issues being held by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on May 25-26, 2009. The May 25, 2009 session will provide information from the Techn [...] |
2009-05-22 20:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW |
| 09STATE58248 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S. COMMENTS [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (U) The primary means by which the Technical Secretariat (T.S.) provides information to States Parties on implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) verification requirements is the Verification Implementation Report (VIR). Annual [...] |
2009-06-05 19:03:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL CWC OPCW |
| 09STATE59827 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) This is an action request for the U.S. Delegation in The Hague and for Embassy Tripoli; see paragraphs 9 through 11. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (U) There are two major tasks under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) that Libya has yet to complete: conversion of the fo [...] |
2009-06-10 18:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LY PARM PREL CWC OPCW |
| 09STATE81056 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): FINALIZED [...] Action Request in Paragraph 7. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department requests Embassy to pursue the following objective: -- Deliver to the Government of Canada the finalized copy of a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on the conduct of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) challeng [...] |
2009-08-04 18:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CA |
| 09STATE94247 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): FINALIZED [...] Action Request in Paragraph 7. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department requests Embassy to pursue the following objective: -- Deliver to the Government of Kuwait the finalized copy of a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on the conduct of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) challeng [...] |
2009-09-10 18:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PARM PREL CWC CBW OPCW KU |
| 09THEHAGUE436 |
CWC: INDUSTRY CLUSTER MEETINGS, JULY 9, 2009 [...] SUMMARY: Both industry consultations on July 9 included presentations and discussion of new technical data gathered to aid consultations, along with a continuation of discussions from the May consultations on low concentration limits for Schedule 2A/2A* chemicals and enhancements to the OC [...] |
2009-07-20 11:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL EIND OPCW CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE437 |
CWC: SUMMARY WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Led by its new Chairman, Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco Tonda (Mexico), the 57th Executive Council (EC-57) ran smoothly, ended early, and moved forward its most important issue -- the selection process for a new Director-General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapo [...] |
2009-07-20 11:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW |
| 09THEHAGUE443 |
CWC: IRAQ ISSUES DURING OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] (C) In a series of bilateral meetings surrounding Executive Council 57 (EC-57) the week of July 13, members of the U.S. delegation met with Iraqi Ambassador Siamand Banaa, new Iraqi delegate to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Muhanned Al-Miahi, Iraqi Foreign Mi [...] |
2009-07-21 18:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC IQ |
| 09THEHAGUE481 |
CWC: U.S.-CHINA CONSULTATIONS: RESPONSE FROM [...] (C) On August 7, Delreps Granger and Smith met with Chinese Deputy PermRep Chen Kai and Chinese delegate Xu Feng to deliver reftel points. Delrep informed Chen of Washington's positive response to China's standing invitation for bilateral discussions in Beijing and site visits to Nanjing and [...] |
2009-08-10 16:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CH JA |
| 09THEHAGUE564 |
CWC: GUIDANCE REQUEST FOR CONTACT WITH THE [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 3. 2. (SBU) During the July session of the OPCW's Executive Council (EC), Delrep Granger was elected to chair consultations on financial matters (ref A). Also with the new leadership of the Executive Council that began in July, Iran, representing the [...] |
2009-09-17 14:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR OFDP PARM PREL OPCW |
| 09THEHAGUE584 |
CWC: UPDATE ON DIRECTOR-GENERAL (DG) SELECTION [...] (SBU) Dr. Robert Mikulak, ISN/CB Director and U.S. Representative to the Executive Council (EC), visited The Hague September 24 to consult with key delegations on the selection of a new Director- General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Accompanied by [...] |
2009-09-28 07:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE597 |
CWC: WRAP-UP FOR TWO WEEKS FROM SEPTEMBER 21 TO [...] (SBU) In the run-up to the 58th Executive Council (EC-58), the frequency and number of meetings at the OPCW has increased. This cable covers the two weeks from September 21 to October 2 including the regular weekly meeting of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG); a range of budget co [...] |
2009-10-02 18:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE604 |
CWC: SCENE-SETTER FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 58TH [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paras 16-18. ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (SBU) While the selection of a new Director- General is consuming all the attention of delegates (ref A), the agenda for Executive Council 58 (EC- 58) [...] |
2009-10-06 18:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AORC OPCW CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE627 |
CWC: SCHEDULE 2A/2A* LOW CONCENTRATION LIMITS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the Canadian proposal (ref A) and the subsequent reinvigoration of discussions on Schedule 2A/2A* low concentrations, a series of consultations were held in The Hague prior to and during the 58th session of the Executive Council (EC-58). While consensus emerged around [...] |
2009-10-21 14:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL EIND OPCW CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE632 |
CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION, [...] (SBU) The 58th session of the Executive Council (EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was a remarkable success. The Council approved by consensus a recommendation to the Conference of States Parties (CSP) to appoint Ahmet Uzumcu of Turkey to be the next Direc [...] |
2009-10-22 18:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL AORC EIND OPCW CWC AU FI GM ID TU |
| 09THEHAGUE634 |
CWC: U.S.-CHINA NOVEMBER CONSULTATIONS DISCUSSED [...] (SBU) Delreps met separately with members of the Chinese and Japanese delegations in an effort to seek further clarification on the scope of the scheduled visit to Beijing (November 4-7, 2009) for CWC bilateral consultations on implementation and compliance issues (refs A and B). In an effort [...] |
2009-10-23 09:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OPCW CWC CH JA |
| 09THEHAGUE638 |
CWC: LIBYA'S REQUEST TO EXTEND THEIR DESTRUCTION [...] (C) The Libyan request to extend their intermediate and final deadlines for the destruction of their declared chemical weapons (CW) was approved by the Executive Council (EC) on October 16, but only after questions were raised privately by the U.S. and the UK, and publicly by the European Uni [...] |
2009-10-26 08:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC LY |
| 09THEHAGUE639 |
CWC: LIBYA'S REQUEST TO EXTEND THEIR DESTRUCTION [...] (C) The Libyan request to extend their intermediate and final deadlines for the destruction of their declared chemical weapons (CW) was approved by the Executive Council (EC) on October 16, but only after questions were raised privately by the U.S. and the UK, and publicly by the European Uni [...] |
2009-10-26 08:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC LY |
| 09THEHAGUE658 |
CWC: OPCW TOP STRUCTURE TRANSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the transition to a new Director-General (DG) in July 2010, much of the top structure in the Technical Secretariat (TS) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is expected to change. The top structure includes the Deputy Director-General (DDG) an [...] |
2009-10-30 17:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM OPCW CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE706 |
CWC: ARTICLE X ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION WORKSHOP [...] (U) Delrep attended the Eleventh Annual Workshop on Coordination of Article X Assistance and Protection held November 1-3 in Doha, Qatar. The workshop was co-sponsored by the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) and the Qatari National Committee for the Prohibition of Weapons, Qatar's CWC Nationa [...] |
2009-11-20 14:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE719 |
CWC: SCENE-SETTER FOR THE 14TH CONFERENCE OF THE [...] (SBU) The 14th Conference of the States Parties (CSP) should smoothly wrap up the year's worth of activities of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), as intended in the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). This year, unlike many in the past, the Executive Council (EC) [...] |
2009-11-27 17:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EIND OPCW CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE754 |
CWC: OPCW WORKSHOP ON OTHER CHEMICAL PRODUCTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: In conjunction with its annual meeting for National Authorities (ref A), the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) hosted a workshop on other chemical production facilities (OCPFs) in The Hague on November 25. Washington experts from State/VCI and Commerce [...] |
2009-12-17 11:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE764 |
CWC: ASD WEBER DELIVERS PRESENTATION ON U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request: see paras 12, 18 and 24. ------------ INTRODUCTION ------------ 2. (SBU) Senior Department of Defense representative Andrew Weber (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs) visited The Hague November 30 - D [...] |
2009-12-22 15:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE768 |
CWC: TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT PLANS FOR EXPERTS [...] (C) On December 22, Delreps met with senior Technical Secretariat (TS) officials to discuss plans for the trilateral meeting with Iraqi and U.S. experts January 12-13, 2010, on the status of the Iraqi chemical weapons bunkers (reftel). Senior TS staff had met with the Director-General (DG) an [...] |
2009-12-23 16:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC IZ |
| 09TRIPOLI490 |
ITALY SAYS GOL DELIBERATELY STALLING ON SIGNING CHEMICAL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-18 10:40:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PARM PREL PGOV CWC OPCW LY |
| 09TRIPOLI795 |
LIBYA'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION CHIEF DEFENDS EXTENSION REQUEST REF: A) STATE 100809; B) TRIPOLI 490 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-05 15:40:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PGOV CWC OPCW LY |
| 09TRIPOLI933 |
LIBYA RESPONSE: FOLLOW UP ON TRANSPARENCY MEASURES FOR THE ANNUAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION CONFERENCE REF: A) State 115619; B) Tripoli 795 TRIPOLI 00000933 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW LY |
| 10BAGHDAD364 |
CW DESTRUCTION PLAN IN IRAQ: NO MONEY AND SHIFTING [...] (C) Summary. During a February 7 meeting with PMOff and a United States Forces - Iraq (USF-I) J-3 representative, Dr. Mohammed Al Sharaa, Director General of the Iraqi National Monitoring Directorate (INMD), claimed the GOI did not forward prior chemical munitions find reports to the Organiz [...] |
2010-02-11 15:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC IZ |
| 10LONDON341 |
CWC: UK STILL IN INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS ON CHALLENGE [...] (C/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and associated non-papers to Tsui-Ling Yu, Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Desk Officer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), on February 2. In a follow-up meeting on February 12, Yu said that the FCO had discussed this matter with Clive Rowlan [...] |
2010-02-12 17:20:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL CWC CBW OPCW KTIA UK |
| 10STATE15563 |
CWC: GUIDANCE FOR THE 59th SESSION OF THE OPCW [...] (U) The fifty-ninth session of the Executive Council (EC-59) will involve much routine Council business. Several politically loaded issues, both on and off the agenda, are likely to receive significant attention on the Council floor and on the margins. The issue of "how and when" to initiate [...] |
2010-02-20 01:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW IZ |
| 10STATE7952 |
CWC: GUIDANCE FOR CONSULTATIONS ON SITUATIONS [...] (U) The October 13-16, 2009 session of the Executive Council (EC-58) established a facilitation to develop guidelines ?for the security and destruction of chemical weapons(CW)that come into the possession and/or control of a State Party or States Parties in situations not foreseen by the conve [...] |
2010-01-27 03:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW |
| 10STATE9964 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: HOST COUNTRY [...] (U) Action Request in Paragraph 8. --------- OBJECTIVE --------- 2. (C-REL U.K.) Department requests Embassy to pursue the following objective: -- Work with the Government of the United Kingdom to finalize an exchange of letters to clarify differing interpretations of our 1997 Host [...] |
2010-02-01 17:02:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CBW KTIA PARM PREL UK OPCW CWC |
| 10THEHAGUE107 |
CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 19, 2010 [...] (SBU) As preparations advanced for the Executive Council meeting (EC-59) February 22-26 (reftel), facilitators held informal consultations on Article XI and the Report on the Status of Implementation of the External Auditor's Recommendations. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) held [...] |
2010-02-19 17:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AORC OPCW CWC |
| 10THEHAGUE20 |
CWC: TEMPLATE: WASHINGTON ADDRESSEES ONLY [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Delreps called on Executive Council (EC) Chairman Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco (Mexico) on January 12 in advance of Lomonaco's first round of informal consultations on issues related to meeting the 2012 deadline for destruction of [...] |
2010-01-14 16:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
| 10THEHAGUE21 |
CWC: EC CHAIR ON MEETING THE 2012 DEADLINE FOR CW [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Delreps called on Executive Council (EC) Chairman Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco (Mexico) on January 12 in advance of Lomonaco's first round of informal consultations on issues related to meeting the 2012 deadline for destruction of [...] |
2010-01-14 16:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
| 10THEHAGUE29 |
CWC: WRAP-UP FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 15, 2010 [...] (U) This includes an action request: see para 12. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) As delegations return to The Hague from the long holidays, work at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is picking up speed. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) hel [...] |
2010-01-15 16:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
| 10THEHAGUE51 |
CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 22, 2009 [...] (SBU) The Executive Council (EC) Chairman's consultation January 21 on issues related to the final destruction deadline dominated the week's agenda as the first official meeting at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the new year. Delreps met with the Russian d [...] |
2010-01-27 17:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KTIA OPCW CWC |
| 10THEHAGUE61 |
CWC: MEETING WITH THE OPCW DIRECTOR-GENERAL ON [...] (C) At the request of OPCW Director-General (DG) Pfirter, Delreps Beik and Granger met with him and Chief of Staff Ekwall on January 28 to discuss Iraq. The Iraqi Ambassador had asked the DG to encourage assistance from the United States and other countries for Iraq's chemical weapons (CW) d [...] |
2010-01-29 16:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
| 10THEHAGUE65 |
CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 29, 2010 [...] (SBU) After the positive opening meeting of the destruction deadline consultation (Ref A), delegations at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) turned their attention to the next potentially difficult consultation on "situations not foreseen" by the Chemical Weapons [...] |
2010-02-01 17:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA OPCW CWC |
| 10THEHAGUE79 |
CWC: MEETING WITH IRAQI AMBASSADOR ON IRAQ'S [...] (U) This contains an action request: see para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Delreps met with the Iraqi Ambassador on February 3 to follow up on the trilateral technical discussions in January on amending Iraq's initial chemical weapons (CW) declaration and preparing a destruction plan for presentati [...] |
2010-02-05 15:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC IZ |