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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03HANOI1043 |
MONITORING VISIT TO KY SON PHASE II PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Much to the relief of district officials and following extensive delays, the UNODC-funded Ky Son Phase II is up and running. Agriculture and livestock models -- the focus of the USG assistance to this project -- are being implemented in a number of communes dispersed around [...] |
2003-04-29 05:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV EAID LA VM UNODC CNARC |
| 07TASHKENT992 |
CENTRAL ASIANS AND AFGHANS TALK ABOUT PRECURSOR [...] (SBU) Representatives of the five Central Asian countries and Afghanistan participated in a conference on narcotics precursor chemicals May 3-4 in Tashkent. The conference, organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), was intended as the first step towards the developmen [...] |
2007-05-21 11:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL UNODC AF UZ |
| 08COLOMBO1074 |
SRI LANKA: RESULTS OF COLOMBO PLAN NOVEMBER 20 MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: At Colombo Plan's 262nd Council meeting on November 20, 2008, participating delegates deferred a decision on whether to grant Burma a three-year moratorium on payment of the annual membership fee and on two requests from Bangladesh to both have its arrears waived and obtain a temp [...] |
2008-11-28 04:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CPCTC SNAR UNODC CE |
| 08COLOMBO604 |
SRI LANKA: COLOMBO PLAN BUDGET PROPOSAL STILL PENDING [...] SUMMARY: In a meeting convened solely to approve the budget, the Colombo Plan failed to approve a proposed budget increase. Bangladesh, Japan, South Korea and the U.S. objected to the increase in membership dues. The remaining participating countries supported the increase. (Note: Burma lac [...] |
2008-06-23 09:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR CPCTC UNODC CE |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA650 |
UNODC PROJECT PROVIDES VEHICLE FOR PROMOTING LAW [...] Piracy has been a growing topic of discussion within the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and among member states involved in that organization. Many major donor countries which received a December 5 briefing on potential UNODC activities in this field believe there is an appropriate and [...] |
2008-12-11 13:32:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AU KCRM UNODC RUEHZO UK TZ DJ YM SO KE |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA659 |
UNODC PROJECT PROVIDES VEHICLE FOR PROMOTING LAW [...] Piracy has been a growing topic of discussion within the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and among member states involved in that organization. Many major donor countries which received a December 5 briefing on potential UNODC activities in this field believe there is an appropriate a [...] |
2008-12-18 15:12:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM UNODC UN AU UK TZ DJ YM SO KE |
| 08UNVIEVIENNA668 |
UNCAC WORKING GROUP MEETINGS: REVIEWING IMPLEMENTATION [...] SUMMARY: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted two intergovernmental expert working group meetings during the week of December 15 to promote implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). During the meeting of the Review of Implementation Working Group on December 15 [...] |
2008-12-23 15:56:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KCOR UNODC UN AU |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA1 |
EU ON "HARM REDUCTION": THROW US A BONE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-05 13:35:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR UNODC UN |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA105 |
UNODC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COSTA REITERATED CRIME [...] (u) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 13. 2. (c) Summary. INL Assistant Secretary (A/S) David Johnson, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Acting Director (AD) Ed Jurith, and Ambassador Schulte met with Executive Director (ED) Antonio Costa March 13 on the m [...] |
2009-03-16 11:57:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UNAUS KCRM SNAR AF UNODC |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA110 |
Vienna Adopts International Roadmap for Fighting Drugs [...] (U) The high-level segment of United Nations Commission on Narcotics Drugs (CND) met March 11 and 12 in Vienna to conclude the review of the commitments emanating from the 1998 UNGA Special Session (UNGASS) on international drug control. The Commission adopted a Political Declaration and Actio [...] |
2009-03-17 15:22:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM UNODC EAID SNAR UN AF RU |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA135 |
Cuba, Perhaps Germany Contest for UNODC FinGov [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 11-20 Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Cuba announced the candidacy of its Ambassador Norma M. Goicochea Estenoz for one of the two co-chairs of the UNODC Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov WG). The G-77 will not oppose her, nor allow for a competing candid [...] |
2009-03-31 12:10:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC CU GR |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA175 |
UNODC Director Costa on UN Crime Conventions [...] (SBU) INL Deputy Assistant Secretary Liz Verville and UNVIE Ambassador used an April 16 meeting with UNODC Executive Director Costa to underline U.S. interest in making the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), and the respective Conferences of Parties to the UN Conventi [...] |
2009-04-21 07:00:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA217 |
"Harm Reduction" Debate Politicizing INCB Elections? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting on May 6, Koli Kouame Secretary of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), expressed dismay over what he described as the NGO efforts to politicize the election of Board members. More specifically, Kouame believes the International Drug Policy Consortium ( [...] |
2009-05-08 15:14:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA351 |
MORE SUPPORT NEEDED FOR UNODC ANTI-PIRACY ACTIVITIES [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. At a July 22 meeting, UNODC Operations Division Director Francis Maertens told Charge that UNODC seeks additional voluntary contributions to expand its anti-piracy programs off the Somali coast to additional countries in the region, and to exte [...] |
2009-07-23 09:18:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM EWWT UNODC UN AU UK TZ DJ YM SO KE SE |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA358 |
Increasing Speculation on Future of UNODC Executive [...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations in Vienna are starting to discuss more openly their position on a potential one year extension of Executive Director Costa's term, as well as the possibility of other candidates. In the past week Charge has been approached by Canada, Sweden, Australia and France, al [...] |
2009-07-27 12:21:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC PREL PTER EAID UN AF PK CA RU |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA386 |
WHITHER A U.S. VISION FOR FINANCING AND GOVERNING UNODC [...] Summary: Following a year of difficult negotiations surrounding its creation, the UNODC working group on finance and governance issues (FinGov) is poised to hold its first meeting before mid September. With Cuban Ambassador Norma Goicochea Estenoz as one of FinGov's co-chairs, the U.S. faces [...] |
2009-08-13 07:00:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR KCRM UNODC CU |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA426 |
UNODC Lays Out Vision for Eventual Realignment [...] SUMMARY: Encouraged by member states to think more thematically, yet constrained by its biennial program plan, UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) management officials briefed the U.S. and select other member states on their latest attempts to rationalize UNODC's work, and their hopes to sec [...] |
2009-09-14 15:08:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA49 |
SECOND UNCAC WORKSHOP ON BRIBERY IN INTERNATIONAL [...] On January 28-29, 2009, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted the second open-ended experts workshop on International Cooperation between Public International Organizations and States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). Workshop participants discussed ways to imp [...] |
2009-02-05 12:02:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UN KCRM UNODC |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA556 |
Increasing U.S. Representation in Vienna-Based [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. representation at the IAEA was at 11.2% percent as of November 5, 2009, with U.S. citizens holding 84 of 749 positions subject to geographical distribution. While the percentage of Americans at the IAEA has decreased slowly over the past several years, the most recent num [...] |
2009-12-11 09:23:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KNNP IAEA UNODC |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA578 |
INL A/S JOHNSON MEETINGS ON AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) During a brief stopover in Vienna, INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson met on December 9 with UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa and with UNODC officials involved in regional and bilateral counternarcotics (CN) work with Iran. Ambassador Davies a [...] |
2009-12-18 11:44:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UN KCRM UNODC IR |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA99 |
ANTI-CRIME VISION FOR UNODC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In anticipation of this week's high-level meeting in Vienna on anti-drug issues, Antonio Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), issued a paper that paints a broad picture for UNODC's anti-crime work. On March 5, he provided a preview and briefing on this pape [...] |
2009-03-10 13:58:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UN KCRM UNODC |
| 10LONDON458 |
PHENYLACETIC ACID DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UK LIKELY TO SUPPORT RECLASSIFICATION [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-26 15:04:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UNODC SNAR UK |
| 10SANAA367 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST SUPPORT FOR UN [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-22 09:30:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNODC CNC SNAR YM |