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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04ROME1042 |
WFP ASSUMES OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR UN [...] AS REPORTED REF A, WFP MADE A COMMITMENT AT THE UN'S FIFTH SESSION OF THE HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE ON MANAGEMENT (HLCM) HELD IN NEW YORK JUNE 12-13, 2003, TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ADMINISTERING AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR UN AGENCIES IN HUMANITARIAN, AND "OTHER" ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT DIRECT [...] |
2004-03-17 07:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF KUNR WFP ACABQ UNHCR ICAO AVIATION |
| 04ROME2845 |
UPDATE ON USG/WFP CARGO PREFERENCE EXEMPTION FOR [...] Summary. WFP, USAID and USDA are close to reaching an agreement on a mechanism to implement separate tracking of US cargo preference premium payments to conform to WFP auditor recommendations and ensure that WFP does not apply its indirect support cost (ISC) rate against the cargo preference [...] |
2004-07-22 11:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC EWWT WFP ACABQ MARITIME |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1549 |
UN SEEKS FUNDS FOR EXPANDED UNIFIL MISSION [...] The Security Council, by its resolution 1701 (2006) of August 11, 2006, decided to supplement and enhance the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in numbers, equipment, mandate and scope of operations, thereby authorizing an increase in the force strength of UNIFIL from 2,000 to a [...] |
2006-08-16 19:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO AORC ACABQ IS LE |
| 06USUNNEWYORK896 |
ACABQ SCRUTINIZES SYG'S PROPOSALS ON PEACEKEEPING [...] Summary: The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) concluded its three-month long winter session on April 13, 2006. While the Committee largely focused on the budgets and administrative matters of the UN's peacekeeping missions as well as the Support Account a [...] |
2006-05-01 17:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC KPKO |
| 07ABIDJAN297 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM, INTERNAL [...] EmbOff demarched Ambassador Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue, MFA Director of the Office of UN and International Organizations, concerning the U.S. position opposing certain elements of the UN General Assembly Fifth and Sixth Committees' recommendations on reform measures for the UN's internal system [...] |
2007-03-20 19:08:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC PREL UNGA IV |
| 07AMMAN1217 |
UN REFORM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-18 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ACABQ PREL UNGA JO |
| 07ASUNCION283 |
PARAGUAY ON UN REFORM/INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-04 21:17:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA |
| 07ATHENS545 |
GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ACABQ AORC APER UNGA |
| 07BAKU313 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-16 04:51:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA AJ |
| 07BEIJING1757 |
CHINA WILL CONSIDER UN REFORM POINTS ON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-15 08:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ACABQ UNGA CH |
| 07BEIJING1842 |
UN REFORM: CHINA BELIEVES REFORM ISSUES SHOULD BE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-19 11:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ACABQ UNGA CH |
| 07BISHKEK268 |
DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM DELIVERED TO KYRGYZ MFA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-15 12:06:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA KG |
| 07BRIDGETOWN334 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "UN Reform: Internal Administration of Justice" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0222, Barbados #0223, Dominica #0224, St. Kitts #0225, St. Lucia #0226, and St. Vincent #0227) on March 15, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes [...] |
2007-03-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ACABQ AORC UNGA APER XL |
| 07BRIDGETOWN335 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "UN Reform: Internal Administration of Justice" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0222, Barbados #0223, Dominica #0224, St. Kitts #0225, St. Lucia #0226, and St. Vincent #0227) on March 15, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes [...] |
2007-03-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ACABQ AORC UNGA APER XL |
| 07BRIDGETOWN336 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "UN Reform: Internal Administration of Justice" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0222, Barbados #0223, Dominica #0224, St. Kitts #0225, St. Lucia #0226, and St. Vincent #0227) on March 15, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes [...] |
2007-03-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ACABQ AORC UNGA APER XL |
| 07BRIDGETOWN337 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "UN Reform: Internal Administration of Justice" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0222, Barbados #0223, Dominica #0224, St. Kitts #0225, St. Lucia #0226, and St. Vincent #0227) on March 15, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes [...] |
2007-03-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ACABQ AORC UNGA APER XL |
| 07BUCHAREST308 |
RESPONSE ON UN REFORM WILL DEPEND ON EU CONSENSUS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-16 07:14:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA RO |
| 07BUENOSAIRES501 |
ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM, INTERNAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-15 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA |
| 07COLOMBO435 |
SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNAL UN REFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-16 09:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ACABQ AORC APER UNGA |
| 07DARESSALAAM389 |
DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM DELIVERED IN TANZANIA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-20 03:44:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA |
| 07DARESSALAAM431 |
TANZANIA FORWARDS UN REFORM QUESTIONS TO LEGAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Begum Taj, Head of the Multilateral Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), told Poloff on March 22 that she had forwarded the USG concerns about the proposals to reform the UN's Internal Administration of Justice to MFA's Legal Department. Taj said that Ir [...] |
2007-03-26 05:32:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA TZ |
| 07GEORGETOWN279 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN REFORM: INTERNAL [...] (U) Poloff and DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Elizabeth Harper, Director General of Guyana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Harper promised to look at the points closely and discuss it with the Minister of Foreign Affairs (who concurrently serves as Guyana's Permanent Re [...] |
2007-03-15 19:24:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ACABQ UNGA GY |
| 07JAKARTA734 |
INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM [...] PolCouns delivered reftel demarche March 14 to Mohammad Hery Saripudin, Deputy Director in the Directorate of International Security and and Disarmament Affairs in the Department of Foreign Affairs. Saripudin agreed to convey the non-paper to the appropriate office. We will report any subst [...] |
2007-03-14 06:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA ID |
| 07KATHMANDU543 |
DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-14 11:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA NP |
| 07KINSHASA120 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRC - SUSAN MCLURG [...] Post grants country clearance and welcomes the visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo of Minister Counselor Susan McLurg, United States Mission to the United Nations, February 10 - 17, 2007 to participate in the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ). 2. [...] |
2007-01-31 14:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ACABQ CG |
| 07LAPAZ718 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN REFORM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-15 16:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA BL |
| 07MADRID502 |
SPAIN HAS DOUBTS ABOUT SOME UN REFORMS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Subdirector General for the UN Juan Manuel Gonzales de LINARES Palou on March 15. Linares appreciated USG concern on this matter and said that the most important point of UN reform was to do no harm to the organization. He agreed with th [...] |
2007-03-16 14:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA SP |
| 07NEWDELHI1346 |
DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: INDIA DEFERS TO ITS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-20 14:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ACABQ AORC APER UNGA IN |
| 07OSLO255 |
NORWEGIANS WILL CONSIDER UN REFORM POINTS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-14 16:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA NO |
| 07PRAGUE285 |
CZECHS WILL SUPPORT EU POSITION ON UN REFORM OF [...] (C/NF) MFA Director of UN Department Jan Kara told Poloff on March 16 that he believes the EU's new position on the reform of the UN's international administration of justice is consistent with the U.S. position explained in reftel. (He did not know whether the substance of the EU position has [...] |
2007-03-16 15:28:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC PREL APER ACABQ UNGA EZ |
| 07PRETORIA1015 |
DEMARCHE ON UN INTERNAL JUSTICE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on reform of the UN internal administration of justice on March 15 to Department of Foreign Affairs Director for International Cooperation Henk van der Westhuizen. Van der Westhuizen thanked PolOff March 19 for the information on the U.S. views. He said th [...] |
2007-03-20 15:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA ACABQ SF |
| 07QUITO644 |
UN INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered the points in reftel on UN reform and the internal administration of justice to MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on March 15. Puma noted she was preparing instructions for New York and thanked us for the information. She agreed that it appeared [...] |
2007-03-20 12:04:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ACABQ AORC EC PREL UNGA UN |
| 07ROME552 |
ITALY WILL CONSIDER UN INTERNAL JUSTICE REFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-20 14:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA ACABQ AORC APER IT |
| 07SKOPJE235 |
MACEDONIA TO FOLLOW EU POSITION ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-22 09:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA MK |
| 07TALLINN178 |
ESTONIA: UN REFORM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On March 15, we delivered reftel points to Kirke Kraav, MFA Director for the International Organizations and Regional Cooperation Division, and Minna-Liina Lind, UN Desk Officer, on the USG's concerns over proposals to reform the UN's internal system of Administration of Justice. The GOE agr [...] |
2007-03-19 11:30:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA |
| 07TELAVIV806 |
ISRAEL GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. OBJECTIVES ON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-15 07:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA IS |
| 07THEHAGUE486 |
NETHERLANDS/UN REFORM: INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 16 to MFA UN and IFIs Political and Legal Affairs Division Head, Peter van der Vliet. The MFA, according to van der Vliet, will be concerned with any measure that has significant financial implications or that might allow employee unions to bypass the 5t [...] |
2007-03-19 14:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ACABQ AORC APER UNGA NL |
| 07USUNNEWYORK592 |
UN BOARD OF AUDITORS SKIRTS SERIOUS REVIEW OF UNDP [...] At the insistence of one member of the ACABQ (rumored to be the French member), the ACABQ met with the Board of Auditors (BOA) to discuss the Board's response to ACABQ's request to complete the audit of the UN's voluntarily funded programs in the DPRK. The US member and others made clear dur [...] |
2007-07-20 17:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AID AORC KUNR UNDP UNFPA UNICEF UNOPS |
| 07USUNNEWYORK803 |
UN/CMP REVISITS SINGLE PHASED APPROACH TO UN [...] This is an action cable see paragraph 8. 2. The CMP renovation project is reportedly over budget by $220 million. Over the past two weeks, senior level officers within the UN Secretariat, including the UN's Capital Master Plan Office, have told State Department officials and representative [...] |
2007-09-28 17:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD ACABQ AORC UNGA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK818 |
USUN REQUESTS GUIDANCE FROM DEPARTMENT ON THE UN [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. The UN Secretary General's proposed budget for the 2008-2009 biennium is $4.4 billion. This represents a 5% increase over the previous budget of $4.2 billion for the 2006-2007 biennium. In addition to the proposals contained in the proposed prog [...] |
2007-10-05 20:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC UNGA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK848 |
SYG BAN BRIEFS USUN ON CAPITAL MASTER PLAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) In a meeting on October 5, SYG Ban briefed Ambassador Khalilzad on his revised strategy for the UN's Capital Master Plan (CMP) -- the renovation of the UN's New York headquarters which is necessary in part to bring UN buildings [...] |
2007-10-10 23:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ACABQ UNGA KUNR |
| 07VIENNA667 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UN REFORM OF INTERNAL [...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on March 15 to Peter Huber, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Deputy Director for International Organizations. Huber said that the points we made were valuable and worthy of rethinking. Specifically, Huber mentioned that in regard to the issue of the Office of [...] |
2007-03-16 14:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ACABQ APER PREL UNGA |
| 07YEREVAN320 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA AM |
| 07ZAGREB253 |
DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered ref points on March 14 to Andrej Dogan, UN Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. There was no immediate substantive response. Bradtke [...] |
2007-03-15 12:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREL ACABQ UNGA HR |
| 08STATE112716 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST: IRAQI PLEDGE FOR UNAMI COMPOUND [...] (C) This is an action request. The Department requests that Embassy approach the GOI at the most senior levels to urge GOI commitment to funding the costs of the new UNAMI compound in Baghdad. UN political leadership is still awaiting a response to letters sent by SYG Ban to PM Maliki, Presi [...] |
2008-10-22 22:38:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AORC ACABQ IZ |
| 08USUNNEWYORK10 |
UN BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT: GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS [...] Summary: In the early morning hours of December 22, 2007, the General Assembly passed the 2008-2009 biennium budget, along with resolutions on the financing of two newly established peacekeeping missions. After intense negotiations, the General Assembly adopted a final appropriation of $4,1 [...] |
2008-01-04 20:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD ACABQ AFIN AORC PGOV UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK256 |
NEED FOR DECISION ON APPROACH TO UN BUDGET [...] (C) This is a guidance request - see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Secretariat has presented UN Member States with additional budget items ("add-ons") to the 2008-2009 biennium budget adopted in December 2007. A small number of these add-ons are expected to be decided by the membership th [...] |
2008-03-20 19:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR ACABQ AMGT UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK375 |
STRATEGY ON UN HARMONIZATION AND SPECIAL [...] (C) This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary: USUN proposes to employ a two-track approach to reaching an agreement on harmonization of conditions of service for UN field staff. One track is to seek concurrence of member states, particularly the G-77, on the harmonizat [...] |
2008-04-24 22:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR ACABQ AMGT UNGA |
| 09CHISINAU123 |
Judge Pantiru-in Romania since 2001 [...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel request for information on Tudor Pantiru, candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal, is given below. 2. (SBU) Judge Pantiru left his position with the European Court of Human Rights in 2001, when the present Party of Communists government took office, and now live [...] |
2009-02-24 09:16:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ACABQ AORC APER KUNR PREL UNGA MD RO |
| 09DUBLIN88 |
FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTE ON JUDICIAL POSITIONS: [...] The information below is in response to reftel questions on the candidacy of Mary Faherty for the UN appeals tribunal: Q: Judicial expertise, particularly any experience in the area of administrative and employment law. A: Candidate received her LLB in 1984. Prior to being appointed to th [...] |
2009-02-26 15:19:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER KUNR PREL UNGA |
| 09HAMBURG5 |
INFORMATION ON UN DISPUTE TRIBUNAL GERMAN CANDIDATE THOMAS [...] (U) Per request in reftel, ConGen Hamburg spoke with local legal and government contacts regarding Dr. Thomas Laker's candidacy for the UN Dispute Tribunal. Our responses to the questions in reftel paragraph 6 are provided below. 2. (SBU) Question 1: Please provide views on the candidat [...] |
2009-02-26 13:36:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER KUNR PREL UNGA |
| 09KINGSTON528 |
JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF [...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated June 30, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/101/41) "Ref. No: 50/101/41 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of J [...] |
2009-07-08 15:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC PHUM PREL JM XL |
| 09LONDON535 |
UK TO FOLLOW P-5 AGREEMENT ON FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTE [...] (SBU) Mark Rush, Internal Policy Officer in the International Organizations Department of the FCO told Post that HMG expects to follow the P-5 agreement and support the USG's candidate and also expects the USG to support its two candidates - Goolam Hoosnan Kader Meeran for the UN Dispute Trib [...] |
2009-02-27 15:59:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ACABQ AORC APER KUNR UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1006 |
UNGA FIFTH COMMITTEE: GRIDLOCK ON UN COMMON SYSTEM [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 7, 11, and 13. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During the last few weeks, the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly has been meeting informally to discuss the UN Common System of salaries and benefits. The Committee has been unable to adopt a resolution [...] |
2009-11-09 16:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ACABQ UN UNGA KUNR |
| 09USUNNEWYORK252 |
MEETING WITH SUSAN MCCLURG, CHAIR OF THE ACABQ [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met March 9 with Susan McClurg (Amcit), Chair of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), to discuss the overall work of the Committee and its role in considering administrative and budgetary proposals of the UN as well as advising the [...] |
2009-03-12 20:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ KUNR UNGA |