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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04WELLINGTON643 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR T. RAMSEY AND E. [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Ramsey, Desk Officer for NZ and Samoa, and Ed Rindler, INL, to transit New Zealand as part of the delegation attending the U.S. Post-Pacific Islands Forum Dialogue in Apia, Samoa. Mr. Ramsey will be in Auckland on August 7th, and Mr. Rindler will be [...] |
2004-07-29 21:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA WS AS NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON860 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO NIUE FOR NOAA OFFICIAL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service Official Richard K. Nygard to travel to Alofi, Niue, October 25 - 29, 2004. The purpose of travel is to re-establish and install Tsunami Tide System. 2. [...] |
2004-10-13 23:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA WS NE NZ |
| 05MADRID2209 |
OPPOSITION HITS MORATINOS ON WESTERN SAHARA/MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary. FM Moratinos faced vigorous opposition criticism this week for declining to condemn Morocco's refusal to admit two Spanish political delegations seeking to visit Laayoun as a demonstration of support for the Sahrawis. The opposition Popular Party has been the most vocal critic, [...] |
2005-06-08 15:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO WS SP |
| 05PARIS1612 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO ALGERIAN UNCHR RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-10 17:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL FR AG MO WS UN |
| 05PARIS3766 |
MFA ON ALGERIAN RELATIONS WITH FRANCE AND MOROCCO, [...] Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb Anne Mohsen, during a recent meeting with us, described French relations with Algeria as unaffected by controversy over the 1945 Setif massacre, with progress on track towards conclusion of a bilateral friendship treaty by year-end. Mohsen suggested [...] |
2005-06-01 10:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AG WS MO TS FR |
| 05RABAT1052 |
WESTERN SAHARA: ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The economy of Western Sahara is based almost entirely on fishing for export, which employs two-thirds of the local workforce, along with small bits of mining, agriculture and tourism. Existing infrastructure is good and cash flow is buoyed by a large military presence, tax brea [...] |
2005-05-18 15:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIS ETRD MO PGOV PINR PREL WS EINV PBTS |
| 05RABAT1177 |
POLISARIO SELLING OIL EXPLORATION PERMITS IN [...] (C) Summary: The Polisario "government" of the putative Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) has issued a call for bids on oil exploration licenses over the length of the Western Sahara territory, including offshore zones where U.S. firm Kerr McGee has been operating under Moroccan licenses [...] |
2005-06-07 19:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PBTS MO WS |
| 05WELLINGTON224 |
NIUE COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EDWARD H. YOUNG, JR. [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA National Weather Service officials Edward H. Young, Jr. and James C. Weyman to travel to Niue, April 11-18, 2005. The purpose of travel is to attend the Pacific Islands Global Climate Observing System meeting and the Regional Meteorological Services [...] |
2005-03-17 01:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA WS NE NZ |
| 05WELLINGTON241 |
NIUE COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AKAPO K. AKAPO, APRIL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA National Weather Service official Akapo K. Akapo to travel to Niue, April 11-18, 2005. The purpose of travel is to attend the Pacific Islands Global Climate Observing System Meeting and the Regional Meteorological Services Directors Meeting. 2. E [...] |
2005-03-22 18:44:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY KSCA WS NE NZ |
| 06PARIS1370 |
NEA/MAG DIRECTOR JORDAN REVIEWS MAGHREB ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: NEA/MAG Director William Jordan's February 27 meetings with MFA counterparts addressed the Western Sahara conflict, Moroccan-Algerian relations, human rights issues in Tunisia, and Libya. On Western Sahara, MFA officials agreed with Jordan on the need for Morocco to be more forw [...] |
2006-03-03 19:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AG MO TU WS FR |
| 06RABAT742 |
MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] An EU-Morocco fisheries agreement signed in July 2005 has been delayed due to opposition from some EU governments about whether the deal should include fishing grounds off the disputed Western Sahara. Last year, after six years of talks, the GOM signed a $160 million, four-year deal that wou [...] |
2006-04-21 15:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIS EWWT KFLU KHIV MO WS |
| 06WELLINGTON253 |
SAMOA ELECTIONS: AUSTRALIA AND NZ PREDICT MORE OF [...] (C) Summary: Officials of New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian High Commission (Australian HC) in Wellington have been closely watching Samoa's elections. Both anticipate that a high number of election petitions and a large volume of candidates (especi [...] |
2006-04-03 05:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ WS |
| 06WELLINGTON384 |
SAMOAN GOVERNMENT: NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA [...] (C) Summary: Officials for New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australia High Commission in Wellington continue to follow closely the implications of Samoa's March 31 general election. Both recognize the potential for improved governance following the announceme [...] |
2006-05-18 05:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ WS |
| 06WELLINGTON865 |
R/V KILO MOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST, [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 00:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT AS FJ NC NH FR TN WS NZ |
| 07ALGIERS829 |
ALGERIAN NEGOTIATOR SKEPTICAL ABOUT UPCOMING [...] (C) Abdallah Bali, former Algerian ambassador to the UN and now counselor to the Foreign Minister, told Ambassador and visiting NEA DAS Gray on June 10 that he would be part of the Algerian delegation attending the June 18-19 talks on the Western Sahara organized by UN Special Representative Va [...] |
2007-06-12 10:00:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AG MO WS |
| 07APIA27 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RAYMOND W. MILLAR [...] (SBU) Post grants country clearance for Foreign Service National Investigator (FSNI) Raymond W. Millar for travel to Apia, Samoa, from February 19-25, 2007, in order to conduct background investigations and security interviews and to train FSNI Apia. 2. (U) Post understands that no assistan [...] |
2007-02-16 04:04:00 | Embassy Apia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC OTRA NZ WS |
| 07APIA29 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RSO JAMES P. DOHERTY [...] (SBU) Post grants country clearance for Regional Security Officer (RSO) James P. Doherty for travel to Apia, Samoa, from February 19-23, 2007, in order to conduct a constitutent post visit. 2. (U) Post understands that no assistance from the Embassy is requested. If necessary the Embassy ca [...] |
2007-02-17 01:48:00 | Embassy Apia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC OTRA NZ WS |
| 07APIA50 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RSO JAMES P. DOHERTY AND FSNI RAYMOND [...] Post grants country clearance for RSO James P. Doherty and FSNI Raymond Millar April 16 -20, 2007 to visit Apia, Samoa to meet Samoan Police regarding an ongoing investigation and toprovide constituent post services. 2. Post understands that no assistance from the Embassy is requested. If n [...] |
2007-04-14 03:37:00 | Embassy Apia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC NZ WS |
| 07NEWDELHI1973 |
DEMARCHE ON SAMOA LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRY STATUS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-25 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EAID ECON UNGA WS IN |
| 07RABAT1688 |
MOROCCO COMMITTED TO NEXT ROUND OF SAHARA TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: MFA Chief of Staff and I/O Chief Nasser Bourita confirmed PolCouns November 1 Morocco's determination to pursue UN-sponsored negotiations with the POLISARIO Front, and to clarify the issue of time and place for the next round. He said this can only begin when Morocco's new govern [...] |
2007-11-02 12:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MO WS |
| 07SUVA463 |
GEF CEO EXPOUNDS 100 MILLION USD PACIFIC ALLIANCE FOR [...] SUMMARY: GEF CEO Monique Barbut laid out her vision for the GEF Pacific Alliance for Sustainability (GEF-PAS) on September 10 at a one-day event for GEF focal points in advance of the annual SPREP meeting in Apia. Barbut explained that GEF-PAS, a country-driven sub-regional program, could prov [...] |
2007-09-23 20:14:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIN EAID WS XV GEF |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1189 |
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY GRADUATES SAMOA FROM LDC [...] In its December 17 session, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus draft resolution A/62/L.33 entitled, "Graduation of Samoa," submitted under Agenda item 43. The resolution takes note of a July 2007 decision by the Economic and Social Council that endorsed a recommendation by the Commi [...] |
2007-12-20 16:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV WS |
| 07USUNNEWYORK283 |
WOLFF-FASSI FIHRI MEETING AND SUBSEQUENT CONTACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: April 11 was a day of intense activity on the Moroccan Western Sahara initiative. In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff, MFA Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri requested US assistance in helping solidify Moroccan public and political party opinion in support of this initiative by convinc [...] |
2007-04-11 22:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WS |
| 07VILNIUS289 |
LITHUANIA AGREES SAMOA SHOULD GRADUATE FROM LDC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-26 15:33:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON AORC LH WS |
| 07WELLINGTON335 |
NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SAMOA AS LDC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-24 06:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID ECON UNGA WS NZ |
| 07WELLINGTON375 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR C. STEVEN MCGANN, MAY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP/ANP Director C. Steven McGann to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand May 17 and May 21 - 23, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy and New Zealand Government officials. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have b [...] |
2007-05-16 23:30:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT WS NZ |
| 07WELLINGTON48 |
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CLAUDIA MCMURRAY, ARDEN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Delegation Members Claudia A. McMurray, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environment and Scientific Affairs (OES); Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Science Foundation; Glyn T. Davies, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bu [...] |
2007-01-12 03:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AS WS NZ |
| 08APIA47 |
DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-06 01:16:00 | Embassy Apia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM WS |
| 08APIA58 |
PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT EMBASSY OVER ARREST OF ASSOCIATE [...] Summary: At 10:00am November 10 approximately 2,000 peaceful protesters marched to the Embassy to deliver a petition for the release of Associate Cabinet Minister and prominent businessman Hans Joachim (Joe) Keil. Mr. Keil was arrested in September in the U.S. on suspicion of passport fraud. [...] |
2008-11-13 05:04:00 | Embassy Apia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC WS |
| 08PARIS202 |
FRENCH MFA ON WESTERN SAHARA BEFORE VAN WALSUM'S [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau indicated January 29 that France is increasingly impatient with UN-led talks on Western Sahara and believes the process may even be moving backward. She blamed part of French frustration on UN Personal Envoy Peter van [...] |
2008-02-04 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER FR MO AG MR WS |
| 08SUVA455 |
First Pacific Island Climate Change Roundtable Meeting [...] Summary: The South Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) convened the first Pacific Roundtable on Climate Change (CCRT) in Apia, Samoa from 14 - 17 October with funding from the Government of Switzerland. 133 participants from governments, regional organizations, academia, civil society [...] |
2008-12-04 19:28:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KGHG XV WS SZ |
| 08USUNNEWYORK558 |
UN PLANS TO LET GO WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY VAN WALSUM [...] (C) UN DPA U/SYG Lynn Pascoe provided Amb Wolff June 24 with an update on the UN approach to the Western Sahara. Pascoe said he had collaborated with the SYG's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Peter Van Walsum, on a memo of options now before SYG Ban. Pascoe said the memo proposed three al [...] |
2008-06-24 21:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AG MO WS |
| 09APIA12 |
SAMOA H1N1 CASES INCREASE, SAMOAN PRIME MINISTER POSSIBLE [...] SUMMARY: Samoa H1N1 cases escalate to 29 confirmed; Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi among suspected cases. 2. The Samoa Ministry of Health confirmed thirteen additional individuals to have tested positive in Samoa for the H1N1 influenza to bring the tally of confirmed positive ca [...] |
2009-07-16 04:20:00 | Embassy Apia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO CASC AMED KFLU ASEC PGOV PINR WS |
| 09APIA7 |
FIJI COUP 2009: A SAMOAN VIEW [...] Summary: Samoa, and those in Samoa, have a keen interest in Fiji, observing events there through a Polynesian prism-when a member of the Pacific family acts out, other family members can and should be the most critical, "outsiders'" criticisms are considered less valid (and perhaps also less v [...] |
2009-04-17 23:20:00 | Embassy Apia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI PINR WS |
| 09STATE102411 |
COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - SAMOA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-01 18:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC WS |
| 09USUNNEWYORK975 |
THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES INDIGENOUS ISSUES [...] SUMMARY: Addressing the Committee for the first time as Special Rapporteur on human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, James Anaya said the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP), adopted by the General Assembly two years ago, provided a clear normative framew [...] |
2009-11-02 14:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA BH MY WS VE CO |
| 09WELLINGTON320 |
Embassy Wellington: Samoa/New Zealand Situation Report [...] (SBU) SUMMARY - On September 29, 2009, Embassy Wellington's Emergency Action Committee met to discuss the recent earthquake off the coast of Samoa and ensuing tsunamis in the region. Embassy Wellington remains in contact with Embassy Apia, providing support and communication assistance as appr [...] |
2009-09-30 06:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC NZ WS |
| 10APIA2 |
CHINA AID TO SAMOA: A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND-OR WHAT [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-02 05:07:00 | Embassy Apia | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV PREL WS |