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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09UNVIEVIENNA180 | IAEA/DG RACE: BELGIUM TO THROW HAT IN THE RING [...] (C) Following earlier reports (ref a) of a possible Belgian candidacy for IAEA Director General, the Belgian Mission confirmed April 24 that the nomination of Jean-Pol Poncelet, though not yet official, would be submitted either later the same day or early April 27 (the last day for nominatio [...] | 2009-04-24 11:44:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA182 | IAEA BUDGET: G-77 OPENS DOOR TO SAFEGUARDS, CLOSES [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Member States have refined their positions in preparation for the April 27-28 meeting of the Program and Budget Committee (PBC). There is growing support for a real increase, but Member States await a U.S. position to galvanize the discussion. Individual European hardliner [...] | 2009-04-24 13:31:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA189 | IAEA/DG RACE: FIVE CANDIDATES AT CLOSE OF [...] (S) As of the close of nominations April 27, there are five official candidates for IAEA Director General: Yukiya Amano (Japan),Abdul Minty (South Africa),Luis Echavarri (Spain),Jean-Pol Poncelet (Belgium) and Ernest Petric (Slovenia). No further candidates can join the race at this junct [...] | 2009-04-28 16:28:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA190 | IAEA/DPRK: INSPECTIONS DIRECTOR DOUBTS NORTH KOREA [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (S) Director of Safeguards Division Operations A, Marco Marzo, told MsnOff on April 28 that he did not believe North Korea could have begun reprocessing the spent fuel by April 25, as the DPRK claims. (Note: North Korea publicly announced on A [...] | 2009-04-28 17:26:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC IAEA KN KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA191 | IRAQ SEEKS IAEA/PACT PARTNERSHIP TO LAUNCH NATIONAL CANCER [...] In March 2009, after a five month lag, Iraq's Ministry of Health (MOH) resumed discussions with the IAEA Program of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) to create a short, medium, and long-term plan to implement a national cancer therapy program. After consultation with multiple IAEA offices that [...] | 2009-04-29 06:41:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA192 | IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 EXPERTS MEETING USEFUL MECHANISM FOR TECHNICAL DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-29 11:35:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC IR IAEA KNNP MNUC |
09UNVIEVIENNA193 | IAEA/IRAQ: FORMALLY FINDING IRAQ IN COMPLIANCE [...] (S) Key IAEA officials advised MsnOff in separate discussions that there is no question within the IAEA Secretariat that Iraq is in full compliance with its safeguards obligations. However, Laura Rockwood of the IAEA's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) noted that the Agency has not "formally" com [...] | 2009-04-29 15:54:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC IAEA IZ KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA196 | IAEA/TC: TECHNICAL COOPERATION REFORM PRIORITIES [...] (C) As the Mission continues to monitor TC projects, participate in Future of the Agency discussions, and attend regional TC planning meetings, several management shortcomings have come to light: a lack of transparency, lack of sustainable project planning, a lack of measurable performance ind [...] | 2009-04-30 12:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID |
09UNVIEVIENNA198 | IAEA/RANF: RUSSIA SEES PROGRESS; BEIJING [...] (SBU) Sumamry: Ambassador's recent bilateral exchanges in Vienna and Beijing on multilateral nuclear fuel arrangements included encouraging signs for pragmatic discussion in the June IAEA Board of Governors meeting, paving the way to positive Board action in September. Advancing the dialogue [...] | 2009-04-30 15:34:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG PREL KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA199 | UNIDO PRIORITIZES ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND REFORMS IN NEW [...] (U) UNIDO Director-General Kandeh Yumkella on April 7 briefed member states on his 2010-11 budget proposal, which maintains zero real growth overall while increasing funding for poverty reduction, energy and environment programs, and further efficiency-enhancing measures. Member states reacte [...] | 2009-05-04 13:16:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND ENRG EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KUNR KGHG |
09UNVIEVIENNA2 | IAEA/DG: NOMINATIONS DEADLINE CLOSES WITH ONLY [...] (C) At the close of the December 31 deadline, only Japan and South Africa had submitted nominations for IAEA Director General, Japanese Governor Yukiya Amano and South African Governor Abdul Minty. This ends all speculation about other candidates emerging in the first round of voting. The Boa [...] | 2009-01-05 15:23:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL IAEA KNNP JA SF |
09UNVIEVIENNA201 | U.S. STIRS UP IAEA BUDGET TALKS, LEAVES THE WAY [...] (SBU) Summary: (This is a guidance request. Please see paragraphs 15 - 17.) The U.S. delegation achieved its primary goal during budget negotiations at the IAEA this week to leave the door open to a "meaningful, real increase." While the U.S. was alone in its strong appeal for a budget incr [...] | 2009-05-04 15:29:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA204 | IAEA/TC: TC RESOURCE MOBILIZATION STRATEGY AND METHODOLOGY [...] (U) Summary: The IAEA's Technical Cooperation (TC) Department remains bound by convention and inadequately ambitious with regard to identifying new funding sources and partnership models. TC efforts to elaborate a resource mobilization strategy reflect awareness that major contributors (espec [...] | 2009-05-06 09:36:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG TRGY EAID KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA208 | PAKISTAN - IAEA AND UNODC EFFORTS TO HELP GOP COUNTER [...] (SBU) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has several ongoing activities with Pakistan that deal with nuclear and radiological security, training, regulatory development, safety, and equipment certification. Another Vienna-based International Organization, UNODC, is engaged with Paki [...] | 2009-05-07 15:30:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PTER KNNP ENRG TRGY IAEA KCRM SNAR PK |
09UNVIEVIENNA209 | IAEA/DG RACE: ECHAVARRI MAKES A STRONG SHOWING [...] (C) Spanish DG candidate Luis Echavarri emerged the clear "winner" over Belgian candidate Jean-Pol Poncelet in a joint meeting of the two candidates with the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) May 6. Drawing on his 25 years of experience in the nuclear field, Echavarri demonstrated solid [...] | 2009-05-07 16:39:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA211 | IAEA CONSULTANCY ON LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES OF [...] IAEACouns called on IAEA Deputy Director General (DDG) for Nuclear Energy Yury Sokolov on May 7 to discuss U.S. concerns about the referenced consultancy meeting and to deliver letter per para 3 of reftel. 2. Sokolov disputed that the timing of the May 14-15 consultancy was so "short-noti [...] | 2009-05-08 10:48:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP RU |
09UNVIEVIENNA213 | International Scientific Studies Project and the [...] The heart of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is the International Monitoring System (IMS) to detect nuclear explosions, to be set up and run by the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). The IMS from the very beginning was heavily dependent on scientific experts to set u [...] | 2009-05-08 13:30:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KTBT PARM ENRG |
09UNVIEVIENNA219 | IAEA BOARD CHAIR TAKES THE BUDGET IN HAND [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat has developed a new budget proposal for 2010-2011 that takes the previous proposal of a 23 percent increase over two years and "stretches" it over four years. The effort is likely a face-saving measure that recognizes the reality of the global economic dow [...] | 2009-05-11 12:39:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA221 | IAEA/SAFEGUARDS/BUDGET: LEADING WITH OUR STRONG [...] (SBU) DDG for Safeguards Olli Heinonen recently told MsnOff that he has been approached by "many Missions" to inquire about "stretching out" the funding for the requested upgrades to the Safeguards Analytical Laboratories (SAL),in particular replacement of the Nuclear Materials Laboratory (N [...] | 2009-05-11 15:07:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA227 | DEEPENING IMPASSE IN IAEA BUDGET TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Member States met on May 13 to "get down to business" on the budget. European hardliners have not relinquished their calls for a "revised" budget proposal based on zero growth. Nor has the G-77 progressed beyond general support for increases in technical cooperation and [...] | 2009-05-13 15:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA239 | CTBTO: Preliminary Data on DPRK Alleged Nuclear Test [...] The Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) held a special technical briefing May 25 to provide initial data from the International Monitoring System (IMS) on the alleged DPRK nuclear test. Thirty-nine seismic stations (23 primary stati [...] | 2009-05-26 15:00:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KTBT PARM ENRG |
09UNVIEVIENNA240 | IAEA Symposium on Nuclear Security Relates Terrorism Threat [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA Nuclear Security Symposium, attended by over 500 participants representing over 90 countries, dealt with issues involved in protecting nuclear and other radioactive materials from the hands of criminals and provided a forum for discussions with nuclear security counterpa [...] | 2009-05-26 16:25:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA241 | IAEA/BOARD/GC:TOUR D'HORIZON WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM had a generally positive exchange of views May 19 with Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on priority issues for the June Board of Governors meeting and in anticipation of Egypt becoming the NAM Chair in July. The President's upcoming visit to Cairo and the perception that U.S.- [...] | 2009-05-27 11:11:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EG IAEA IR IS KNNP PARM PREL TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA243 | NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCES: TOP-LEVEL APPROACHES TO [...] (SBU) At the conclusion of his meeting with U.S. House oF Representatives leaders Waxman and Lowey on May 26 (septel to follow),IAEA Director General (DG) ElBaradei engaged for several minutes separately with Ambassador and Msnoff on tactics for Board of Governors consideration of nuclear fue [...] | 2009-05-27 16:25:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG KNNP EG SA |
09UNVIEVIENNA244 | IAEA/DG RACE: BOARD MEETS THE FIVE CANDIDATES [...] (C) The five DG candidates each performed respectably at the informal Board session May 26 with no clear winner (full text of remarks emailed to Department.) Japanese candidate Amano tailored his intervention for G-77 consumption, highlighting that the IAEA should not be a nuclear watchdog bu [...] | 2009-05-27 16:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA245 | CTBTO: Update on DPRK Alleged Nuclear Test as of 27 May [...] Please see para six for guidance requests. 2. The Chair of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) convened a meeting of the Preparatory Commission May 26 to discuss the claimed DPRK nuclear test. All delegations that spoke were strongly [...] | 2009-05-28 12:20:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KTBT PARM ENRG |
09UNVIEVIENNA247 | CTBT: VIENNA P5 MEETING AT WORKING LEVEL -GUIDANCE [...] (U) The French Mission to international organizations in Vienna convened an initial meeting of P5 representatives to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) on April 30. Participants in the meeting spent most of their time delineating what might or might not profitably be done [...] | 2009-05-28 15:01:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KTBT AORC PARM |
09UNVIEVIENNA251 | IAEA: SECOND ANALYTIC TRAINING SESSION PROVIDES [...] (S) Summary. In response to a continuing request from the IAEA Safeguards Department for assistance in improving its analytic methods, the National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC),with the close support of CIA's Sherman Kent School, sponsored training for IAEA Safeguards officials in analy [...] | 2009-05-29 15:43:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA253 | IAEA: JUNE BOARD PREVIEW AND ANALYSIS [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) The June 15-19 IAEA Board of Governors meeting will take place amid continuing uncertainty over the Director General election and budget negotiations (ref a.) Nevertheless, Mission will endeavor to take advantage of favorable attitudes toward the Pre [...] | 2009-05-29 19:27:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA259 | IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: HIGHLIGHTS OF 2009 U.S. SUPPORT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) The U.S. Support Program (USSP) annual review meeting with the IAEA Department of Safeguards (SG) highlighted the new and ongoing 2008-2009 SG R&D Programme projects for which U.S. and other Member State support has been or will be requested. The overarching theme was the on-going shift [...] | 2009-06-05 10:01:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC |
09UNVIEVIENNA260 | IAEA/DG RACE: CAMPAIGN UPDATE FROM AMANO [...] (S) Taking stock in advance of the June 9 straw poll, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano provided Ambassador Schulte an update June 5 of Japan's world-wide wide campaign. The GOJ is pulling out all the stops on Amano's behalf, including contacts by PM Aso and at the FM level. Among the undec [...] | 2009-06-05 12:06:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA265 | IAEA/IRAN: DG REPORTS MORE OF THE SAME [...] (C) The IAEA Director General's (DG) June 5 report on Iran, which confirms a lack of continuing cooperation that seems to have become the "status quo," again identifies Tehran's failures to abide by UN Security Council and Board requirements. Conveying a "matter of fact" tone, the report [...] | 2009-06-08 15:38:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA267 | LATEST IAEA PROPOSAL FRUSTRATES BUDGET HAWKS [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA budget hawks (UK, Germany, France, et. al.) are frustrated and annoyed that the IAEA Secretariat has not submitted a revised budget based on Zero Real Growth (ZRG). To their dismay, Board Vice Chair Feruta circulated a third budget proposal June 5 featuring a 12.7 percent [...] | 2009-06-09 12:33:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA268 | IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO MAKES A STRONG SHOWING IN [...] (S) The results of the June 9 informal straw poll -- Amano 20, Minty 11, Echavarri 4, and Poncelet and Petric both 0 -- place Amano in good stead for the formal vote, which the Board Chair announced would be held over a two-day session on July 2-3. Certainly, the momentum is with Amano and man [...] | 2009-06-09 13:25:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA269 | IAEA/IRAQ: IRAQ SEEKING U.S. GUIDANCE FOR JUNE [...] (SBU) Iraqi Ambassador Aqrawi told Ambassador Schulte on June 8 that Baghdad had instructed him earlier in the day to seek an Agenda item at the June 15-19 Board of Governors meeting on Iraqi compliance. Aqrawi shared that Board Chair Feroukhi discouraged a new agenda item at this late stage [...] | 2009-06-09 15:02:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA IZ KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA27 | IAEA PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS - FORCING THE ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary: The issue of Program Support Costs (PSCs) at the IAEA has become increasingly irksome. The IAEA's unpublished policy of charging 7 percent PSCs has grown to include even the cost-free experts on loan to the IAEA from Member States, while continuing to exempt donations to the T [...] | 2009-01-23 15:28:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA AORC KNNP TRGY UN PREL CN UK |
09UNVIEVIENNA270 | IAEA GIVES SOME INSIGHT INTO THE NEW 2010-2013 NUCLEAR [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: The IAEA Office of Nuclear Security (ONS) is making a good faith effort to involve Member States in developing the next Nuclear Security Plan (NSP) for 2010 - 2013. A draft outline discussed initially June 4 and 5 follows the new organization structure ONS put forward in the draf [...] | 2009-06-10 14:00:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA271 | IAEA/IRAQ: IRAQ COMPLIANCE AT JUNE 2009 BOARD [...] (SBU) Ambassador Schulte passed ref A advice to Iraqi Ambassador Aqrawi on June 10, for which Aqrawi was grateful. Ambassador Schulte advised him to make a statement at the June Board of Governors meeting under Any Other Business (AOB) requesting the Secretariat to prepare a report on Iraq's [...] | 2009-06-10 16:05:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA IZ KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA273 | IAEA GIVES SOME INSIGHT INTO THE NEW 2010-2013 NUCLEAR [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: The IAEA Office of Nuclear Security (ONS) is making a good faith effort to involve Member States in developing the next Nuclear Security Plan (NSP) for 2010 - 2013. A draft outline discussed initially June 4 and 5 follows the new organization structure ONS put forward in the draf [...] | 2009-06-12 13:17:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA275 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: BORROWING TO FUND IAEA [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (U) Summary: Member States recognize the IAEA's infrastructure needs, but many are under instructions to reject the budgetary increases that would resolve them. As budget negotiations intensify, Canada, France, Germany, the [...] | 2009-06-15 12:54:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA276 | CODEL LOWEY AND WAXMAN,S VISIT WITH IAEA AND CTBTO [...] (SBU) Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) challenged IAEA DG ElBaradei's assessment of the threat Iran poses to Israel in a May 26 private meeting. ElBaradei used the opportunity to reiterate his views about international fuel banks, explain the IAEA's auth [...] | 2009-06-15 14:32:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC MNUC PREL TRGY IR IAEA KNNP SY KN |
09UNVIEVIENNA279 | DG ELBARADEI FUELS THE BUDGET DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Director General ElBaradei intervened during a session of the ongoing Board of Governors meeting to deliver an impassioned plea in favor of a budget increase. ElBaradei said "two decades" of zero growth had restricted the IAEA's ability to do its job, and warned that Member [...] | 2009-06-17 14:58:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA281 | IAEA/JUNE BOARD: IRAQ SEEKS A CLEAN SLATE FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary. During June 17 IAEA Board of Governors deliberations, Iraq requested that an item be added to the September Board meeting agenda that addresses the cooperation between Iraq and the IAEA related to implementation of Iraq's IAEA safeguards obligations. Iraq asked for member state [...] | 2009-06-17 17:35:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA IZ KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA282 | IAEA/IRAN: SAFEGUARDS TECHNICAL BRIEFING STRESSES [...] (SBU) On June 10, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG) June 5 report on Iran. The briefing largely repeated the points covered in the report, but also offered more details on safeguards implementation at the Natanz cent [...] | 2009-06-18 06:27:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA285 | NUCLEAR SAFETY: REPORT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE JOINT [...] The Third Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was broadly successful for U.S. interests. The meeting was more widely attended than last time, and the quality of the national reports and the discussions [...] | 2009-06-18 13:13:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KNNP AORC |
09UNVIEVIENNA286 | IAEA/ELBARADEI UNPLUGGED: DIRECTOR GENERAL'S [...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging intervention following Iranian Ambassador Soltanieh's customary diatribe at the conclusion of the Iran agenda item at the ongoing IAEA Board of Governors meeting, Director General (DG) ElBaradei took Iran to task amid the DG's "general reflections" on the health and [...] | 2009-06-19 06:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG MNUC IR IAEA PREL PINR KNNP KN SY |
09UNVIEVIENNA287 | NUCLEAR SAFETY: REPORT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE JOINT [...] The Third Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was broadly successful for U.S. interests. The meeting was more widely attended than last time, and the quality of the national reports and the discussions [...] | 2009-06-19 07:32:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KNNP AORC |
09UNVIEVIENNA292 | IAEA/DPRK/BOARD OF GOVERNORS: BROAD CONDEMNATION [...] (SBU) The IAEA June Board of Governors registered universal condemnation and deep concern regarding the DPRK's nuclear test. Fourteen statements (representing 22 of 35 Board members) were delivered under the Agenda item on the Application of Safeguards in the DPRK: Six party partners, the EU, [...] | 2009-06-22 12:47:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KN KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA293 | IAEA/IRAN: BOARD URGES COOPERATION AND [...] (SBU) The June 17 IAEA Board of Governors discussion on Iran, although overshadowed by Director General(DG) ElBaradei's concluding intervention scolding Iranian Ambassador Soltanieh for Tehran's lack of engagement with the IAEA (reftel),highlighted the need for Iran to begin full cooperati [...] | 2009-06-22 15:21:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA298 | IAEA/BOARD OF GOVERNORS: SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) This cable reports on discussion of the routine safeguards agenda items from the Board of Governors: item 5a (Conclusion of safeguards agreements and additional protocols),5b (the Safeguards Implementation Report for 2008) and 5c (Staff of the Safeguards Department to be used as Agency In [...] | 2009-06-23 14:39:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP AORC TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA299 | IAEA: JUNE BOARD WRAP UP [...] (SBU) Despite Mission's efforts to improve the divisive atmosphere in the IAEA Board of Governors, a public row between Director General Elbaradei and Israel under the Syria agenda item detracted from this objective (ref d),as did continued divisions over the IAEA budget, which were likewise t [...] | 2009-06-24 06:35:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA300 | IAEA: JUNE BOARD WRAP UP [...] (SBU) Despite Mission's efforts to improve the divisive atmosphere in the IAEA Board of Governors, a public row between Director General Elbaradei and Israel under the Syria agenda item detracted from this objective (ref d),as did continued divisions over the IAEA budget, which were likewise t [...] | 2009-06-24 06:36:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA301 | IAEA JUNE BOARD: MOVES FUEL BANKS FORWARD [...] (SBU) In its debut as formal item on the IAEA Board of Governors agenda, the issue of nuclear fuel assurances concluded with the IAEA Secretariat empowered to continue developing select proposals and with the way cleared for continued Board discussions and eventual Board action. For the first [...] | 2009-06-24 14:55:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RU IN GR |
09UNVIEVIENNA302 | COPUOS: Adoption of SAFETY FRAMEWORK FOR NUCLEAR POWER [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the June 3-12, 2009 session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS),the joint Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (STSC)-International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Framework for the Use of Nuclear Power Source (NPS) Applications i [...] | 2009-06-24 14:58:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA UNGA UNPUOS AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP OTRA AU VE |
09UNVIEVIENNA306 | SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY EXPECTATIONS FOR IAEA, CTBT [...] (C) In anticipation of the Swedish EU Presidency, UNVIE held bilateral consultations June 24 with Swedish Mission counterparts to preview upcoming issues at the IAEA, UNODC and CTBTO; the Swedes also made a pitch for U.S. reentry into UNIDO. Sweden expects a difficult Presidency focused on ec [...] | 2009-06-26 15:03:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY PTER SNAR EAID |
09UNVIEVIENNA31 | Breaking the UNGASS Impasse on "Harm Reduction" [...] (U) This is an action message for INL/PC and IO/T. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Negotiations for the UNGA special session have hit an impasse, created by EU insistence on adding the controversial term "harm reduction" to various parts of the draft UNGASS actio [...] | 2009-01-27 16:21:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC UK CO RS JA CA FR SW GM |
09UNVIEVIENNA310 | IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO EYES NARROW VICTORY WHILE [...] (S) Entering the final days before the July 2-3 balloting, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano shared the same assessment of the race on June 29 as he has previously but tempered by some new concerns. Japan still calculates "around 20" commitments. Factoring in a 20-30 percent average margin f [...] | 2009-06-29 15:46:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA311 | IAEA PROVIDES CLARIFICATIONS TO ITS REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary. Msnoff delivered reftel points to Karen Steinmaus, Acting Head of the IAEA's Satellite Imagery Analysis Unit (SIAU),noting that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is willing to assist the IAEA with its request for worldwide mapping products, subject to certain pa [...] | 2009-06-30 11:33:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA AORC KNNP TRGY MNUC |
09UNVIEVIENNA313 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: POSSIBLE IAEA BUDGET DEAL [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see paragraphs 11-12. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recognizing the deadlock in IAEA budget negotiations, the Board Vice Chair will present IAEA Member States with yet another budget proposal on July 1. This will be the fourth budget proposal since Director [...] | 2009-06-30 14:51:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EAIO UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA318 | IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO WINS NARROW VICTORY DUE TO ONE [...] (C) Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano narrowly won the required two-thirds majority in a final "confidence" vote July 2. One abstention in the final tally (23 "Yes" 11 "No" and 1 abstention) lowered the margin for victory to 23 votes. This completes the "Selection Stage" of the DG election [...] | 2009-07-02 15:27:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA319 | IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) With resounding and sustained applause, the Board of Governors appointed Japanese Ambassador Yukiya Amano as the IAEA Director General-designate July 3 by acclamation. More than three dozen statements of congratulations, including on the part of the G-77, NAM, EU, all regional groups, and [...] | 2009-07-06 12:21:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
09UNVIEVIENNA320 | ACTION REQUEST: IAEA BUDGET TALKS HIT WALL, [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: Mission is concerned that a months-long effort to achieve an increase in the IAEA budget is increasingly likely to end in failure. Hewing to a policy of zero growth, France and Germany have blocked Mission's effor [...] | 2009-07-06 16:12:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA321 | IMPACT OF AMANO "DOWRY" ON IAEA BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: Now that Yukiya Amano has been elected to the post of IAEA Director General, many IAEA Member States expect Japan to flood the Agency with cash. There is some truth to this perception, thought the actual amounts may not amount to a "flood." Japan privately supports a budget inc [...] | 2009-07-07 15:11:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA322 | IAEA LEADERSHIP TEAM TRANSITION AND U.S. INFLUENCE [...] (C) Summary: The IAEA transition that will come as DG ElBaradei's term ends November 30 provides a once-a-decade opportunity to overcome bureaucratic inertia, modernize Agency operations, and position the new director general for strong leadership from the DG's office. Yukiya Amano's arrival [...] | 2009-07-07 15:59:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA325 | ASSURANCE OF NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY: RUSSIAN REVIEW [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Russian Ambassador Zmeyevskiy and Russian Counselor Karasev on June 30, Charge suggested that it would be productive to convene soon the supporters of nuclear fuel assurances to discuss potential next steps, given the outcome of the June Board meeting (reftel). Zmeyevs [...] | 2009-07-08 15:31:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RU IN |
09UNVIEVIENNA326 | IAEA/GC: BREAKING THE MIDDLE EAST LOGJAM - REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) New Zealand Ambassador Jennifer Macmillan, designated to be the 2009 IAEA General Conference (GC) President, sounded despondent July 1 about the prospects of breaking the logjam in the GC on Middle East issues. She warned Charge of a "poiso [...] | 2009-07-08 16:08:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA327 | IAEA: WHAT IS BEING DONE IN FOOD SECURITY [...] (U) The IAEA has played an important if obscure role in securing the world's food supply for nearly fifty years. Its projects have addressed a wide variety of agricultural concerns and provided innovative solutions using nuclear technology. In partnership with FAO, the Vienna-based Joint Divi [...] | 2009-07-09 09:56:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID EAGR |
09UNVIEVIENNA328 | IAEA BUDGET TALKS DISINTEGRATE AS EURO "HAWKS" [...] (SBU) Summary: The European position on the IAEA budget increase has hardened. They no longer describe funding for Safeguards and Security as "priorities," but merely "desirable." The G8 process has had no affect on their zero growth position. If anything, the "budget hawks" have gained mo [...] | 2009-07-09 16:01:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA329 | IAEA NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS DEPARTMENT REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT [...] (U) Msnoffs met with Andy Garner, Programme Co-Ordinator, Office of the IAEA Deputy Director General for Nuclear Applications (NA),to discuss two IAEA requests: for USG assistance in strengthening the on-going Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) research at the FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnolo [...] | 2009-07-10 07:56:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG TRGY EAID KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA331 | IAEA/DG: AMANO SKETCHES AMBITIOUS TRANSITION AGENDA [...] (C) IAEA Director General-designate Yukiya Amano expressed gratitude for U.S. support during a July 9 congratulatory lunch and engaged Charge in a wide-ranging discussion of senior personnel, budget and compliance issues. Amano attributed his election to support from the U.S., Australia and F [...] | 2009-07-10 15:41:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA TRGY JA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA332 | IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL HAS NEW PERSPECTIVE ON VINCA SITE [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: IAEA Director General ElBaradei visited the Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences in Serbia and came away with a new level of concern and attention to the repackaging, transportation, and reprocessing of nuclear fuel from Serbia to the Russian Federation. He has set a new target [...] | 2009-07-13 06:31:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA333 | IAEA GC/MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR REVIEWS [...] (C) Having just returned from Tel Aviv consultations on IAEA General Conference (GC) Middle East issues, Israeli Ambassador Michaeli provided an assessment to Charge July 10 of this year's versions of the "Egyptian" Middle East Safeguards (MES) and the Israel Nuclear Capabilities (INC) resolut [...] | 2009-07-13 15:19:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA339 | IAEA BUDGET TALKS IN NEED OF SALVATION [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA budget negotiations in Vienna are seized up; a consensus outcome is readily imagined but key local players lack the authority to effect it. Germany and France have not budged from their zero growth positions, though French representatives told us they have recommended fle [...] | 2009-07-16 12:58:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA343 | IAEA/GC: ARAB GROUP APPEALS TO OBAMA ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) A coterie of Vienna Arab Group Ambassadors (Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and the Palestinian Authority) and the local Arab League (AL) representative appealed directly to Charge July 16 for U.S. support, or at least "understanding," of their draft IAEA General Conference resolution on "Israeli [...] | 2009-07-17 14:06:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA344 | IAEA ENERGIZING FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Hitching his wagon to the President's priority issue, IAEA DG-designate Amano is expressing his ambition that the Agency figure substantively in the concept and conduct of the global nuclear security summit in March 2010. Apparently spurred by Amano, IAEA DDG Taniguchi and Nuclear Securi [...] | 2009-07-17 15:41:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PTER KNNP TRGY MNUC |
09UNVIEVIENNA345 | IAEA/DPRK: NORTH KOREAN INTEREST IN RADIATION [...] (C) During a meeting on July 16, Canadian Msnoffs reported that a North Korean official had approached a Canadian uranium mining company at the International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, an IAEA-sponsored event held in Vienna June 22-26, 2009. A South Korean M [...] | 2009-07-20 11:06:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KN KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA347 | UNCITRAL Reviews Revised Model Law on Procurement [...] (U) SUMMARY: The forty-second session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) met in Vienna from June 29 to July 17, 2009. During the Commission meeting, a Committee of the Whole was formed to engage in a second reading of the revised UNCITRAL model law on procu [...] | 2009-07-22 15:13:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA348 | IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: U.S. CONSULTANT DEVELOPS [...] (C) Joyce (Ceil) van Berkel, a Sandia National Laboratories retiree and former U.S. cost-free expert to IAEA, carried out a two-week consultancy at the IAEA to help develop an analytic methodology for assessing a State,s industrial infrastructure that could be applicable to the nuclear fuel cy [...] | 2009-07-22 15:15:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA353 | IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ISRAEL AND EGYPT TALK ABOUT [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michaeli briefed Charge July 22 on his consultations that morning with Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on Middle East GC issues. Michaeli was encouraged that Fawzi agreed to receive Michaeli, who delivered a conciliatory message from capital on reengaging in negotiations. The [...] | 2009-07-23 15:07:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA356 | UNCITRAL Adopts Insolvency Practice Guide At Commission [...] (U) Summary and Background. The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) held its forty-second session in Vienna from June 29 to July 17, 2009. UNCITRAL is composed of 60 member states, including the United States. The session was also attended by 26 observer states, [...] | 2009-07-24 15:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA357 | IAEA: CHARGE TALKS FUEL ASSURANCES AND BUDGET WITH [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires and MsnOff met with Director General-Elect Amano and two officers from the Japanese mission on July 24 to update Amano on U.S. positions on Fuel Assurances and the ongoing negotiations regarding the IAEA budget. The atmosphere of the meeting was warm throughout, with [...] | 2009-07-24 15:51:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG PREL TRGY IR IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA36 | UPDATE ON UNGASS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Ambassador deployed Ref A guidance verbatim with Namibian Ambasssador Selma Ashipala-Musavyi. 2. (C) She asked if the pause involved the whole negotiations or just "harm reduction." Per guidance, Ambassador said that we were requesting a pause in negotiations. She said that she unde [...] | 2009-01-30 13:34:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KCRM PGOV SNAR UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA362 | IAEA BUDGET: FRAGILE CONSENSUS BUILDING AROUND [...] (U) This is an action request for IO; please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: After five months of budget negotiations, IAEA Member States appear to be moving toward a consensus to increase the IAEA's Regular Budget by 5.4 percent from 2009 to 2010, a level that satisfies minimal U.S. objec [...] | 2009-07-30 12:10:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA364 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - CAPITALIZING ON THE JUNE 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat remains under instruction from DG ElBaradei to work on arrangements for assuring last-resort access to nuclear fuel supply for countries facing a politically motivated cut-off. Specifically, the Secretariat is assembling technical responses to issues raised [...] | 2009-07-30 16:13:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC ENRG TRGY IAEA RU |
09UNVIEVIENNA367 | IAEA/NA: UPDATE ON HUMAN HEALTH PROGRAM [...] (U) The IAEA's human health program seeks to enhance the capabilities of Member States for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of health problems. The basis for these activities is Article II of the IAEA Statute. It calls on the Agency to "accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic en [...] | 2009-08-03 12:04:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID EAGR |
09UNVIEVIENNA368 | SUBDUED BOARD APPROVES IAEA BUDGET INCREASE, EYES [...] (SBU) Summary: Budget negotiations at the IAEA concluded successfully on August 3 with a Board of Governors' agreement to approve an increase of 5.4 percent. The dozen statements from a wide range of Member States mostly focused on their "disappointment" with the end result. They also previe [...] | 2009-08-03 14:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA369 | IAEA/IRAQ: WITH IRAN IN THE BACKGROUND DG [...] (S) Following Iraq's ref request for Iraq to be added to the IAEA's September Board agenda for purposes of confirming Iraq's compliance with its safeguards agreement, IAEA DG ElBaradei sent a letter to the Iraqi Foreign Minister reiterating the Agency's 2008 Safeguards Implementation Report c [...] | 2009-08-04 13:00:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC IAEA IZ KNNP IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA373 | IAEA/SAFEGUARDS ANALYTICAL LABORATORY: PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) IAEA and "Friends of SAL" met July 29-30 to provide Member States with an update on the Agency's Safeguards Analytical Laboratory (SAL) planning and needs. (Note: Friends of SAL is an informal group of Member States that closely follow the Secretariat's efforts to ensure a highly capab [...] | 2009-08-05 10:05:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA374 | D/NCPC MEETING WITH IAEA DG-DESIGNATE AMANO [...] (S//NF) Summary. Ambassador Kenneth Brill, Director of the National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC),on August 5 met with IAEA Director General-designate, Yukiya Amano, to emphasize to Amano the U.S. government's commitment to support the IAEA in its efforts to ensure the safe, secure, an [...] | 2009-08-06 11:05:00 | UNVIE | SECRET//NOFORN | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA377 | IAEA/DPRK: DG REPORT SUMMARIZING IAEA ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) The Director General released his annual report on Application of Safeguards in the DPRK (GOV/2009/45-GC(53)/13) ahead of the September 2009 Board meeting and General Conference. The DPRK disallowed implementation of the ad hoc monitoring and verification arrangement in the DPRK on Apri [...] | 2009-08-07 13:44:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA KN KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA38 | FY 2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] Per Reftel instructions, Mission sent inquiries to the following UN bodies in Vienna and has received their responses. ------ UNIDO ------ 2. The United Nations International Development Organization (UNIDO) provided UNVIE with a 2008 list of NGOs with consultative or observer status. [...] | 2009-01-30 15:43:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA380 | IAEA/ENERGY: HOW DOES THE IAEA FIT INTO THE UN ENERGY [...] (U) After years of debate over the IAEA's proper role in nuclear power promotion, the Agency today enjoys broad agreement among Member States that the IAEA should encourage consideration of nuclear power as a sustainable energy option. To assist states in optimizing a national energy mix, IA [...] | 2009-08-10 15:33:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG TRGY SENV EAID KNNP IAEA UNIDO |
09UNVIEVIENNA384 | IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ONGOING EFFORTS AT CONSENSUS [...] (C) Mission consultations with Israel, Egypt, France, the GC Presidency and others continue to reflect Arab League confidence that it can defeat a "no action motion" this year on its "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INC) resolution. For example, the Arabs claim to have prompted consensus within th [...] | 2009-08-12 13:58:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS XF |
09UNVIEVIENNA387 | IAEA RESPONSE TO USG PROPOSAL TO FORMALIZE NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA's Office of Nuclear Security (ONS)has accepted a USG proposal to formalize annual USG-IAEA/ONS nuclear security program review and planning meetings. ONS indicated that ONS top management would be available to participate in the first such meeting in October 2009, in W [...] | 2009-08-13 13:57:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA KNNP TRGY AFIN ABUD AORC |
09UNVIEVIENNA391 | IAEA/NA: AGENCY HAS A ROLE IN FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Though most widely known to the general public as the nuclear nonproliferation watchdog agency, the IAEA is having an increasing impact on environmental policy. Most, if not all, of its activities in this area are focused on marine and terrestrial environmental issues, and are funneled thr [...] | 2009-08-14 14:04:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC KNNP ENRG TRGY TPHY KGHG |
09UNVIEVIENNA397 | IAEA/BOG: September Board Preview and Analysis [...] (SBU) The traditional focus of the September 7-11 Board of Governors meeting is preparation for the IAEA General Conference (GC) the following week. The Board approves DG reports in core programmatic areas: nuclear safety, security and nuclear applications. However, we expect this will largel [...] | 2009-08-21 15:16:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA399 | UNVIE Registers U.S. Intent on UNCITRAL with WEOG Chair [...] Per reftel action request, on August 24 UNA officers raised the issue of U.S. reelection to the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) with Harry Macdonald, from the United Kingdom (UK) Permanent Mission, which is current WEOG Chair in Vienna. UNA officers previewed our intent to [...] | 2009-08-24 15:19:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECIN ETRD PREL UN UNCITRAL |
09UNVIEVIENNA400 | IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: SUPPORTING THE GC PRESIDENT,S [...] (C) Like-minded Missions (Canada, U.S., Australia, Sweden, UK, France) meeting August 19 were generally supportive of GC President Macmillan's (New Zealand) effort to broker a single GC resolution on the Middle East. Sweden (EU Presidency) is cautiously optimistic that Egypt is open to the ide [...] | 2009-08-24 15:57:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA402 | IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ARAB GROUP REJECTS GC PRESIDENT'S GOOD OFFICES [...] (C) The Arab Group (Lebanon and Syria) flatly rejected General Conference President Macmillan's efforts toward a consensus single resolution on the Middle East, standing by the Arab League Ministerial directive for a separate resolution naming Israel. Although both Egypt and Israel were more [...] | 2009-08-26 15:57:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP PARM PREL XF |
09UNVIEVIENNA410 | IAEA/General Conference: Train wreck or New Dawn ? [...] (SBU) Traditionally, the September 14-18 53rd IAEA General Conference (GC) serves as a platform for promoting U.S. priorities on core IAEA issues, nuclear safety and security, strengthened safeguards and peaceful use of nuclear energy. While we will continue to promote these priorities, we fea [...] | 2009-08-28 13:51:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA413 | IAEA/EGYPT/GC: TIME RUNNING OUT ON GC PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) During an introductory call on Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on August 31, Fawzi told Ambassador Davies that Egypt will circulate the text of its annual Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution "when Cairo is ready," and indicated he thought that could be as early as "this time next week." T [...] | 2009-09-01 06:47:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA415 | COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY (CTBT): On-Site [...] This cable reports discussions of On-Site Inspection (OSI) issues that took place during the first half of the thirty-third session of Working Group B (WGB-33),August 17 - 25. International Monitoring System (IMS) and International Data Centre (IDC) and OSI discussions taking place during th [...] | 2009-09-03 06:48:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORC KTBT IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA418 | IAEA/GC: MIDDLE EAST MORASS [...] (C) The state of play on Middle East GC issues leading into the week of the September Board just before the IAEA General Conference is grim. GC President Macmillan's effort toward a consensus approach based on elements of a single resolution is on temporary life support, though she is not pre [...] | 2009-09-04 16:16:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA419 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - FEW VOICES LIKELY TO RISE IN [...] (C) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat will not release a discussion paper on assurance of nuclear fuel supply in time for the September meeting of the BoG, and few Member States other than the U.S. appear troubled over this inaction. The Board Chair wishes to avoid a re-heated version of the Jun [...] | 2009-09-04 16:29:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ENRG PREL KNNP TRGY IAEA NAM |
09UNVIEVIENNA423 | UNIDO Formally Invites U.S. to December General Conference [...] Summary. Attending the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 2009 bi-annual General Conference as an official observer, while demonstrating U.S. interest in learning more about the organization's work, is procedurally straightforward, involving a simple registration form and a namepla [...] | 2009-09-11 12:31:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KUNR KGHG |
09UNVIEVIENNA425 | IAEA/BOG: September Board Wrap-Up [...] (SBU) USDEL to the September 7-10 Board of Governors met our core objectives with respect to spotlighting Iran and Syria's failure to comply with NPT safeguards. Despite an alarmist note struck by international media about Iran's breakout capability, Board delegations welcomed a moderated U.S. [...] | 2009-09-14 14:57:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA427 | IAEA/DPRK: BOARD REMAINS CONCERNED OVER NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) The IAEA September Board of Governors registered grave concern over the DPRK's escalatory actions, particularly the September 4 letter to the President of the UN Security Council announcing the DPRK was in the "final stage" of enriching uranium and undertaking weaponization of newly ext [...] | 2009-09-15 12:05:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA KN KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA428 | NSC's Holgate Steers Vienna toward the Nuclear Security [...] (SBU) Summary: Laura Holgate, NSC Senior Director for WMD Terrorism and Threat Reduction, visited Vienna to explain and build support for President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit in April (reftel). Holgate also laid the groundwork for the first "Sherpa Meeting" in the lead-up to the Summit, s [...] | 2009-09-15 12:40:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL PTER KCRM IAEA ENRG TRGY UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA43 | IAEA SAFEGUARDS: SUPPORTING NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES [...] (S) The IAEA Safeguards Department's Division of Technical Support, Novel Technologies Unit (NTU) is compiling a database of all identifiable "indicators and signatures" of nuclear fuel cycle activity (including for weaponization of nuclear material). The NTU plans subsequently to undertake a [...] | 2009-02-03 12:26:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA431 | IAEA - REPORT ON IAEA CONSULTANTS MEETING ON IAEA MEETING [...] SUMMARY: A September 7-11 meeting of consultants from Member States concluded discussion and drafting of the IAEA document "Recommendations on the Security of Radioactive Material and Associated Facilities (RM)". Key points of discussion centered on scope of the document, boundary with the ot [...] | 2009-09-21 13:37:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM AORC |
09UNVIEVIENNA433 | PC-600: U.S. DELEGATION DISCUSSES POSSIBLE JOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An interagency delegation from Washington met with officials from the Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) of the Preparatory Commission (PrepCom) for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna to discuss prospective funding issues and PTS priori [...] | 2009-09-22 12:54:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KTBT PARM |
09UNVIEVIENNA434 | IAEA SAFEGUARDS: "FUTURE OF THE AGENCY" [...] (SBU) Summary: The two days of informal "Future of the Agency" discussions in the IAEA Board Room on the topic of "Safeguards and Verification" rehashed many North-South issues, with Iran voicing a list of complaints while the IAEA defended itself and Western allies insisted on the importance [...] | 2009-09-22 16:03:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA435 | IAEA/IRAN: SEPTEMBER BOARD KEEPS THE SPOTLIGHT ON [...] (SBU) The September 7 IAEA Board of Governors discussion on Iran balanced between praising Tehran's recent cooperation with the IAEA and noting that more must be done. Although the usual Iran friendlies highlighted Tehran's decision to improve safeguards at Natanz and provide access to the [...] | 2009-09-22 16:05:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA436 | PC-600: U.S. DELEGATION DISCUSSES POSSIBLE JOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An interagency delegation from Washington met with officials from the Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) of the Preparatory Commission (PrepCom) for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna to discuss prospective funding issues and PTS priori [...] | 2009-09-22 16:05:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KTBT PARM |
09UNVIEVIENNA438 | IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST OUTCOMES: THE GOOD, THE BAD [...] (C) Arab Group and Iranian triumphalism over the narrow passage (49-45-16) of the Israeli Nuclear Capabilities (INC) resolution should not eclipse two major positive outcomes on Middle East issues at the September 14-18 IAEA General Conference: U.S.-EU brokered agreement between Israel and Egy [...] | 2009-09-23 11:07:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA EG IS IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA44 | MOVING FORWARD ON THE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY [...] (C) Summary. With the United States one of nine countries whose ratification is necessary for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) to enter into force, the new Administration's promise of a change in US policy has drawn great attention in Vienna. Although good progress has been made in r [...] | 2009-02-03 12:26:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KTBT PARM MNUC |
09UNVIEVIENNA440 | UNIDO DG Yumkella: UNIDO and U.S. Share Common Vision [...] SUMMARY. The U.S. and UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) share common philosophies and visions when it comes to "greening" industry, improving the developing world's trade capacity and access to markets, and environmental sustainability, according to Director General Yumkella. In [...] | 2009-09-23 15:12:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KGHG |
09UNVIEVIENNA442 | THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT SHERPA MEETING IN VIENNA [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Assistant to the President and U.S. Sherpa Gary Samore outlined the preliminary agenda of the Summit and solicited initial reactions from participants in a September 15 first Sherpa meeting. Samore explained to representatives of nearly all 37 Summit-invitee countries t [...] | 2009-09-24 07:56:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL PTER KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA447 | IAEA/IRAN: INITIAL JUSCANZ REACTION TO QOM [...] (C) Ambassador Davies briefed JUSCANZ (Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) counterparts, joined by Board-member ROK, September 28 on the disclosure of the Qom enrichment facility and solicited views on next steps at the IAEA. He stressed the imperative for immediate access by the IAEA, and [...] | 2009-09-28 16:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA450 | IAEA/General Conference: Resolutions Wrap-Up [...] (SBU) Once again, and despite best efforts by USDEL, Middle East issues (ref a) overshadowed much of the substantive agenda of the September 14-18 IAEA General Conference. Among the five core technical resolutions referred to the Committee of the Whole, or COW, -- omnibus safety, nuclear appli [...] | 2009-09-30 15:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA452 | IAEA/General Conference: Side Events [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the 2009 IAEA General Conference several side events were scheduled by the Technical Cooperation (TC) and Nuclear Applications (NA) departments and the Office of Nuclear Security (ONS). Msnoffs attended four events of interest to the USG: 1) the unveiling of a new Technica [...] | 2009-10-02 12:48:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA453 | 2009 IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Director General ElBaradei opened the IAEA General Conference on September 14 with a valedictory address looking back on his 12-year tenure. He observed that the IAEA has made considerable progress in many areas, from improving access to energy, food and water for people in need, to helpin [...] | 2009-10-02 14:31:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN |
09UNVIEVIENNA454 | Meeting of UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration -Revision [...] (U) Summary. The UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group II (on Arbitration) continues its revision of the 1976 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. The Working Group (WG),which had completed a second reading of Articles 1-26 at prior sessions, met in Vienna September 14-18, [...] | 2009-10-02 14:32:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA455 | MEETING OF UNCITRAL WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRATION - REVISION [...] Summary. The UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group II (on Arbitration) continues its revision of the 1976 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. The Working Group (WG),which had completed a second reading of Articles 1-26 at prior sessions, met in Vienna September 14-18, 200 [...] | 2009-10-02 14:32:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA456 | 2009 IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Director General ElBaradei opened the IAEA General Conference on September 14 with a valedictory address looking back on his 12-year tenure. He observed that the IAEA has made considerable progress in many areas, from improving access to energy, food and water for people in need, to helpin [...] | 2009-10-02 14:33:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN |
09UNVIEVIENNA457 | IAEA/IRAN: CONSULTING BOARD MEMBERS ON QOM [...] (C) Following outreach to JUSCANZ (ref a) and EU Ambassadors earlier in the week, P-3 Ambassadors/Charges continued consultations on the disclosure of the Qom enrichment facility September 30-Ocotober 1 with the majority of Board members, the Egyptian NAM Chair and Malaysian Board Chair Arshad [...] | 2009-10-02 15:20:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA468 | UNCITRAL Sorieul Hails U.S. Support, More Needed [...] UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) benefits from unwavering U.S. support, and hopes that it can count on the U.S. for support for an increased budget as well as political assistance in helping UNCITRAL strike the right balance between its technical work and political visibility [...] | 2009-10-14 08:23:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA475 | IAEA/General Conference - NRC Bilateral Meetings [...] (U) SUMMARY: From September 14-17, 2009, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko participated in the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria. During the week, he conducted 20 bilateral meetings with foreign regulatory counterparts and members of the IAEA Secretariat. [...] | 2009-10-16 15:12:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA476 | IAEA/General Conference: NRC Meetings with IAEA staff and [...] (U) SUMMARY: From September 14-17, 2009, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko participated in the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria. During the week, he conducted 20 bilateral meetings with foreign regulatory counterparts and members of the IAEA Secretariat. [...] | 2009-10-16 15:12:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA477 | TEHRAN RESEARCH REACTOR: PRC AMBASSADOR SAYS [...] (S) Summary: Chinese Ambassador Hu Xiaodi told Ambassador October 16 that China had expressed to Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Baqeri its hope that the proposed IAEA deal to transfer Iranian LEU for further enrichment abroad and fabricate fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) would succ [...] | 2009-10-16 16:06:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | ENRG PREL KNNP AORC IR RS FR CH |
09UNVIEVIENNA478 | IAEA: AMANO READY FOR PRIME TIME [...] (SBU) In several meetings with USG officials before he departed Vienna at the end of the IAEA General Conference, DG-designate Amano displayed remarkable congruence of views with us on conducting the Agency's missions in safeguards verification, nuclear security, and promoting peaceful uses of [...] | 2009-10-16 16:12:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA487 | IRAN/TRR: INITIAL REACTION FROM JUSCANZ AND OTHER [...] (C) Ambassador Davies reviewed the outcome of the pentagonal (Iran, Russia, France, U.S.) IAEA-led talks on refueling the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) and next steps in separate briefings with JUSCANZ (Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand plus ROK) October 22 and a subset of influential IAEA [...] | 2009-10-23 17:04:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL IAEA KNNP IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA491 | OPPONENTS TO IAEA 2011 BUDGET GROWTH MOBILIZING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a speech October 21 at the U.S. Institute for Peace, Secretary Clinton implied USG support for a further increase in the IAEA's budget and authorities. Formal negotiations among Member States to determine the 2011 level will not begin until later this winter, but the UK and [...] | 2009-10-29 15:24:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA497 | MIXED EXPECTATIONS FOR SALEHI'S RETURN TO IAEA [...] (C) Atomic Energy Organization of Iran head, Ali Akbar Salehi, previously served in Vienna as Iran's Permanent Representative to the IAEA, thus many diplomats in Vienna already know him well. Although at least one IAEA official is optimistic that Salehi will bring greater cooperation from Ir [...] | 2009-11-03 14:48:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | PREL AORC SA IR KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA499 | IAEA/TC: Cooperation on Food Safety in Latin America and [...] (U) SUMMARY: IAEA Technical Cooperation (TC) efforts to advance nuclear applications for food security in Latin America are exemplary within the Agency for their regional integration and partnering, but much work lies ahead. Under TC Director for Latin America Juan Antonio Casas-Zamora's lead [...] | 2009-11-04 15:20:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG TRGY XL XM KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA50 | IAEA/GAZA/DEPLETED URANIUM: ISRAEL RESPONDS [...] (C) Following the IAEA's receipt of letters from the Arab group and from the Palestinians calling for IAEA assistance in the wake of alleged Israeli use of depleted uranium munitions (DU) in Gaza (see reftel),the IAEA Secretariat sent Israel a letter "inviting" Israel to submit "any comment [...] | 2009-02-05 16:03:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC MNUC PREL SENV IAEA XF IS |
09UNVIEVIENNA500 | IAEA/TC: LATIN AMERICA AND CARRIBEAN REGIONAL STRATEGIC [...] (U) In order to solidify its relationship with the IAEA, members of the Regional Cooperative Agreement for the Advancement of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARCAL) agreed to a regional strategic profile (RSP) for 2007-2013 that serves as a basis for the prepa [...] | 2009-11-05 12:18:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG TRGY XL XM KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA504 | IAEA/TC: The U.S. Continues to Support Technical [...] (U) Ambassador Davies met with IAEA Technical Cooperation DDG Cetto and TC Regional Directors October 30 to signal the USG's continued willingness to work closely with the TC Division and ensure sound project development and transparency of the TC Program. DDG Cetto spoke at length about the b [...] | 2009-11-06 15:13:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA505 | IAEA NOVEMBER TACC/BOARD: PREVIEW AND ANALYSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The November 26-27 Board of Governors meeting will be the last Board session for Director General ElBaradei before handing over the reins to Yukiya Amano December 1. With this impetus to reflect on the institution, U.S. positions in the Board should be prefa [...] | 2009-11-06 15:59:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA506 | ANYTHING LEFT TO SQUEEZE FROM THE IAEA'S "FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Member States are looking forward - some with relief - to the final session of the year-long Future of the Agency (FOA) process on November 19 - 20. The Brazilian chair of the process will circulate and then formally submit a report to the March Meeting of the Board of Governor [...] | 2009-11-06 16:03:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA507 | IAEA/PACT: WHO ENVOY FOR CANCER PREVENTION NANCY BRINKER [...] (U) SUMMARY: WHO Envoy Ambassador Nancy Brinker spoke at a PACT-hosted event entitled "The Globalization of Cancer" on October 20, 2009, painting a picture of how cancer will increasingly burden low income and developing countries. Brinker also consulted IAEA officials about implementing the [...] | 2009-11-09 11:06:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI EAID KNNP AORC IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA509 | IAEA BUDGET: DEPUTY DG SHARES VIEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Deputy Director General David Waller contributed his views on the 2011 budget process, focusing on issues of sequencing, financing capital investments, and building alliances among G8 countries. Waller described DG ElBaradei's recent meetings in Washington as "very positiv [...] | 2009-11-09 14:09:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA52 | DOUBLING THE IAEA BUDGET? WHERE TO PUT THE MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Administration's stated aim of doubling the IAEA's budget has ignited high expectations within the IAEA Secretariat and high anxiety among most other Member States. Anticipating a change in U.S. approach, DG ElBaradei has instructed managers to build significant increases in [...] | 2009-02-06 14:16:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA524 | IAEA/IRAN: DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) The Director General's (DG) November 16 report on Iran identifies a number of new issues of concern, including the disclosure of the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP) near Qom, and highlights Iran's continued failure to abide by UN Security Council and Board resolutions, including by [...] | 2009-11-18 07:08:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA525 | UNCITRAL SECURED TRANSACTIONS NEGOTIATIONS NEARING [...] Summary. Excellent progress was made during the November 2-6 United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group (WG) discussions on a Supplement to the 2007 UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions ("the Guide") that deals with security rights in intellect [...] | 2009-11-18 15:22:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA529 | IAEA/SYRIA/BOG TECHNICAL BRIEFING: AGENCY [...] (SBU) The IAEA Technical Briefing on Syria did not yield many new details beyond those in the Director General's November 16 report. The Secretariat made its pitch for the need to continue the Al Kibar investigation, repeating its outstanding requests for specific Syrian cooperation. DCM as [...] | 2009-11-20 16:09:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA SY |
09UNVIEVIENNA53 | IAEA/MARCH BOARD: LIKE-MINDED PERSPECTIVES ON IRAN [...] (S) At an Australian-hosted meeting February 4, like-minded Ambassadors (EU3, U.S., Canada, Japan, New Zealand) saw little prospect of a Board resolution on either Iran or Syria. No one is advocating a March Board resolution on Iran so long as Russia and China's stances remain unchanged. Fra [...] | 2009-02-06 15:33:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | PARM PREL AORC IAEA KNNP IR SY |
09UNVIEVIENNA530 | IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING LARGELY FOCUSES ON [...] (C) On November 18, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG)November 16 report on Iran. The briefing largely repeated the points covered in the report, but also offered more details on the IAEA's inspection of the Fordow Fue [...] | 2009-11-20 16:23:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA532 | IAEA/IRAN: BOARD MOVES TOWARD FIRST RESOLUTION [...] (S) Summary: At a German-hosted P5 1 HOMs meeting November 24, Russia agreed to proceed with a Board of Governors resolution on Iran based on the German elements discussed in Brussels. In contrast to Russian flexibility, Chinese Ambassador Hu was still uninstructed and was surprised at the p [...] | 2009-11-23 16:06:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC IAEA KNNP IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA535 | IAEA/BOG - RUSSIAN NUCLEAR FUEL RESERVE APPROVED [...] (U) Summary: The years-long IAEA debate over the creation of an international nuclear fuel reserve finally came to a head at the Board of Governors' Thanksgiving session. Rather than have the Board act on a Secretariat recommendation, Russia chose the tactic of seeking approval of its plan by [...] | 2009-11-30 16:59:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP AORC TRGY IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA536 | IAEA:REPLACEMENT NEEDED FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] (C) UNVIE requests development of a U.S. position on a candidate to replace Deputy Director General Taniguchi as the head of the Department of Safety and Security at IAEA. The current DDG,s contract ends August 2010, but will leave office sooner. IAEA Director General-elect Amano could make [...] | 2009-12-01 14:15:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA537 | IRAN TO PRESIDE AS PRESIDENT OF UNIDO GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nominated by Asia Group without objection, Iranian Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh is poised to be elected by acclamation at the upcoming December 7-11 UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) General Conference. Along with Iran's upcoming chairmanship of the Commission o [...] | 2009-12-01 15:07:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KGHG |
09UNVIEVIENNA538 | IAEA/IRAN: BOARD OF GOVERNORS CRITICIZE FAILURES [...] (SBU) The main event in the November 26-27 Board session was the adoption of the first Board resolution on Iran since February 2006 with the support of all P5 1 partners and by an overwhelming vote of 25-3-6 abstentions, with one absence (septel). Leading up to this, the Board debate on the [...] | 2009-12-02 14:34:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA54 | GUIDANCE DELIVERED ON UNGASS REVIEW NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 6. 2. (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Charge delivered verbatim reftel points to CND chairperson Namibian Ambassador Selma Ashipala-Musavyi on USG support for needle exchange programs as part of a comprehensive strategy to reduce HIV/AIDS. Per r [...] | 2009-02-06 15:43:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KCRM PREL SNAR AU UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA540 | STAFFDEL KESSLER EXAMINES IRAN, SYRIA, AND [...] (S) Summary: HFAC staffers Richard Kessler and David Fite received from IAEA Secretariat November 10 information on the Iran case that tracked with the tone of the subsequent Director General's reporting on Iran to the Board of Governors. The STAFFDEL heard that contact with Iran over "possible mil [...] | 2009-12-02 17:17:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | PREL KNNP AORC IR SY KN IN |
09UNVIEVIENNA541 | IAEA Budget Kick-Off Reveals Old Fissures, New Rifts [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the Budget Working Group was short and perfunctory, but elicited four telling statements from the G-77, EU, U.S., and Canada. Subsequent conversations also revealed much about the issues facing Member States as they aim for intense budget negotiations Januar [...] | 2009-12-03 08:59:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA PREL UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA544 | IAEA/IRAN: BOARD ADOPTS RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) The IAEA Board of Governors passed a resolution censuring Iran's nuclear program on November 27 , marking the first time since Iran was referred to the UN Security Council in February 2006 that the Board has taken formal action on Iran. The German-sponsored resolution had the support [...] | 2009-12-03 15:10:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA545 | IO A/S BRIMMER,S FIRST CALL ON DG AMANO AND [...] (C) IO A/S Esther Brimmer, accompanied by IO DAS Nerissa Cook, was among the first to welcome newly instated IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano on his first day in office December 1. She assured Amano of full U.S. support to make his tenure a success, for which Amano was grateful. Amano outl [...] | 2009-12-04 08:00:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP PREL UN JA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA546 | IAEA: NOVEMBER 2009 TACC AND BOARD TC WRAP-UP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 08:54:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA547 | PC524: CTBTO 33RD SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY [...] (U) Summary. The 33rd Session of the Preparatory Commission of the CTBTO proceeded more smoothly than expected. There was little discussion of the recommendations coming to the PrepCom from Working Group B (WGB) and Working Group A (WGA),and the PrepCom approved all recommendations quickly [...] | 2009-12-04 12:15:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORC KTBT |
09UNVIEVIENNA549 | IAEA/BOG: North Korea and Other Issues at the November [...] (SBU) The November 26-27 Board of Governors session concluded with two significant accomplishments: passage of a resolution formally censuring Iran's nuclear program by more than a two-thirds vote (25-3-6 abstain, 1 absent),the first such resolution to be adopted since the February 2006 referr [...] | 2009-12-04 12:30:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY NK |
09UNVIEVIENNA55 | IAEA: DG RACE UPDATE [...] (S) Japanese IAEA Governor Amano told Ambassador Schulte February 4 he was "more optimistic" as to his ability to clinch the two-thirds vote required for election as Director General. With the Board Chair having nearly completed her consultations, 13 countries claimed to be undecided but among [...] | 2009-02-06 16:12:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF |
09UNVIEVIENNA553 | AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAN DESCRIBES ELECTIONS AS [...] (C) Summary. On December 3, former Austrian Ambassador to Tehran Michael Postl (please protect) debriefed MsnOff on his final calls on Iranian officials as he left post. He noted that former Presidents Khatami and Rafsanjani both had extracted themselves from the normal political scene and [...] | 2009-12-09 13:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AU AORC KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA555 | IAEA: DG AMANO CITES SAFEGUARDS AND BUDGET [...] (S) U/S for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher, accompanied by Special Assistant Jim Timbie, pledged full U.S. support to newly instated IAEA Director General Amano in an introductory call December 4. Amano confirmed his planned trip to Washington January 11-12 and welcome [...] | 2009-12-10 08:39:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC IAEA KNNP TRGY PREL UN JA IR |
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 |
09UNVIEVIENNA557 | FUTURE OF THE AGENCY SPUTTERS BUT WON'T GO OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 19 final meeting of the Future of the Agency (FOA) broke no new ground, though it did provide yet another platform for Iran to bemoan "some Member States' insistence on politicizing the IAEA." The remaining time was dedicated to the question of Board composition an [...] | 2009-12-11 14:47:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP PREL IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA56 | IAEA: SOUTH AFRICA WILLING TO GIVE UP U.S. ORIGIN HEU [...] (SBU) Acting on REFTEL A, Ambassador Schulte passed the USG non-paper on security of nuclear and radiological material to South Africa's IAEA Governor, Ambassador Abdul Minty, on February 4 during a lunch meeting. Ambassador Minty expressed gratitude for the offer and said he was open to coope [...] | 2009-02-09 10:16:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY SF |
09UNVIEVIENNA560 | Assistant Secretary Brimmer Meets with UNODC, UNIDO [...] Summary. In December 1 meetings with Antonio Costa, Executive Director of UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),and Kandeh Yumkella, the Director General of the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer [...] | 2009-12-15 07:33:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA561 | U/S TAUSCHER DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH CTBTO EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Tauscher met December 4 with Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Executive Secretary Tibor Toth in Vienna. The main discussion topic was the prospect of ratification of the Treaty in the U.S. Senate. Tauscher told ExecSec Toth that the President's [...] | 2009-12-15 11:28:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORC KTBT |
09UNVIEVIENNA563 | IAEA: THE AMANO TRANSITION, SITREP 1 [...] (U) UNVIE will report in weekly to bi-weekly installments, or as events warrant, on the personnel and management transition at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under its new Director General. This is the first telegram in a series that will extend into early 2010. 2. (SBU) D [...] | 2009-12-15 12:42:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP JP AR |
09UNVIEVIENNA564 | GUIDANCE REQUEST ON MONGOLIAN NWFZ [...] (C) Following the November Board session in which Mongolia supported both the Board resolution censuring Iran and the Russian LEU bank resolution, Mongolian Ambassador Enkhsaikhan approached Ambassador Davies December 11 on the longstanding issue of the establishment of a Mongolian Nuclear Weap [...] | 2009-12-15 14:16:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA MG |
09UNVIEVIENNA567 | IAEA/SAFEGUARDS ANALYTICAL LABORATORY: SECOND [...] (SBU) The IAEA hosted on December 7 a successful second workshop on the Agency's upgrades to its Safeguards Analytical Laboratories (SAL). The Clean Laboratory Extension (CLE) is fully funded and should be completed by the end of 2010. This extension will house the Japanese-funded Large Geom [...] | 2009-12-16 09:11:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA568 | IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: YEAR-END ROUND-UP OF DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 25, Msnoff and STATE/ISN colleagues met with Neville Whiting, IAEA Section Head responsible for implementing safeguards in the United States, to discuss prospects for safeguards implementation at the Louisiana Energy Services (LES - a U.S. subsidiary of Urenco) gas [...] | 2009-12-16 14:22:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP TRGY ENRG AORC IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA57 | IAEA TO PROPOSE LARGE BUDGET INCREASE FEBRUARY 13 [...] (U) This a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Top officials at the IAEA have informed Mission they will propose a 20 percent increase in the IAEA budget when the 2010-2011 draft budget document is released on Friday, February 13 (strictly protect). Mission reques [...] | 2009-02-09 12:49:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA571 | MEETING WITH IAEA TO DEMO URANIUM DATABASE AND [...] (S) Summary: At a December 9 meeting, IAEA Deputy Director General for Safeguards (DDG) Heinonen reaffirmed the IAEA's long-term willingness to participate with the U.S. in a joint effort to maintain a database of global signatures of uranium yellowcake (and other forms of uranium). Represent [...] | 2009-12-17 09:10:00 | UNVIE | SECRET//NOFORN | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA572 | UNIDO GENERAL CONFERENCE: YUMKELLA WINS REELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Working-level Mission Officers and Acting UN Counselor attended the December 7 - 11 UNIDO General Conference as informal guests, sitting at the rear and dispensing with name plates. The overall tone of the five-day Conference was positive. Resolutions reflected this year's th [...] | 2009-12-17 11:27:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KGHG |
09UNVIEVIENNA574 | MEETING WITH IAEA TO DEMO URANIUM DATABASE AND [...] (S//NF) Summary: At a December 9 meeting, IAEA Deputy Director General for Safeguards (DDG) Heinonen reaffirmed the IAEA's long-term willingness to participate with the U.S. in a joint effort to maintain a database of global signatures of uranium yellowcake (and other forms of uranium). Repre [...] | 2009-12-17 14:34:00 | UNVIE | SECRET//NOFORN | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA577 | IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: REQUEST TO SUPPORT ROBUST OPEN [...] (C) In November 12 meeting, Michael Barletta (AmCit),Senior Safeguards Information Analyst in the Division of Information Management, described assistance he would like from the United States to support the IAEA in undertaking the open source information collection and analysis necessary to u [...] | 2009-12-18 10:15:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA58 | IAEA/IRAQ: DISPOSITION OF IRAQI DOCUMENTS AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: Reflecting U.S. concerns regarding the sensitivity and security of old INVO documents, records and hardware still stored at the IAEA, the U.S. (DOE) recently funded U.S. expert Bill Domke (DOE/LLNL) to conduct a preliminary review of the records and provide a recommendation on [...] | 2009-02-10 14:31:00 | UNVIE | SECRET//NOFORN | AORC IAEA PARM PREL KNNP IZ |
09UNVIEVIENNA582 | UNCITRAL Working Group on Procurement Makes Progress [...] SUMMARY. At its December 7-11 meeting, the UNCITRAL Working Group on Procurement made significant progress in a second reading of the current draft revisions to the 1994 Model Law, but did not cover all of the articles. The remaining articles should be addressed at the next meeting in Apri [...] | 2009-12-22 13:17:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AU AORC EINV ETRD UN UNCITRAL |
09UNVIEVIENNA583 | AMANO'S METHODICAL, "SOFT" WAY FORWARD ON FUEL BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: DG Amano told EU Ambassadors the process for further considering an IAEA-administered international nuclear fuel bank (INFB) should be transparent; decisions on how to move forward rested with the Board Chair and Member States. A Secretariat paper addressing implementation issu [...] | 2009-12-22 13:17:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY PREL ENRG KNNP AORC IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA61 | IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY PUSHING FOR JUNE VOTE [...] (C) Summary: With the date for an election of the next IAEA Director General still undecided, South African candidate Abdul Minty has told us that in line with his campaign plan he will push to defer any vote until June -- which would be too late to develop a new slate of candidates in the eve [...] | 2009-02-12 11:22:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA JA SF |
09UNVIEVIENNA62 | RESPONSE TO ANNUAL STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND BUDGET DATA [...] AS PER REFTEL, POST SENT RESPONSE TO TASKER VIA FAX ON 04 FEB 09 AND BY UNCLASSIFIED POUCH ON 12 FEB 09. REGISTRATION NUMBER IS: 3049670. 2. POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS IS UNA COUNSELOR, SOCHING TSAI WHO CAN BE REACHED VIA EMAIL AT: TSAIS@STATE.GOV OR BY TELEPHONE: 011-43-1-31339-4751. [...] | 2009-02-12 11:26:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER AU |
09UNVIEVIENNA64 | ADVOCATING NEEDLE EXCHANGE AND MEDICATION-ASSISTED [...] (SBU) Per Ref A instructions, Charge approached CND chair Ambassador Ashipala on Friday, Feb 6 to explain change in the USG position regarding the ongoing UNGASS review negotiations (Ref B). On the same day Missionoffs shared with Russia and Japan highlights of the new USG position: support fo [...] | 2009-02-13 15:49:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KCRM PREL SNAR AU UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA65 | IAEA PROPOSES UNPRECEDENTED, 23 PERCENT BUDGET [...] (U) The IAEA released its biennial budget document on February 15, proposed an unprecedented, 23 percent increase. The increase would bring the IAEA regular budget from just under 300 million Euros in 2009 to 368 million in 2010 and 383 million in 2011. The proposed increase is split roughly [...] | 2009-02-17 13:14:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA67 | IAEA MARCH BOARD: PREVIEW AND ANALYSIS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 16:57:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA68 | BEIJING CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR ENERGY PROMISES TO BE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A brief conference update was presented by the IAEA and the Permanent Mission to China to showcase the upcoming International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Energy for the 21st Century in Beijing, China on April 20-22, 2009. A Chinese rep expanded upon conference logistics as [...] | 2009-02-18 17:04:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA73 | IAEA/IRAN: DG REPORTS TEHRAN,S CONTINUED LACK OF [...] (SBU) The IAEA Director General's (DG) February 19 report on Iran describes the dichotomy between Iran's lack of cooperation with the IAEA -- the stalled investigation on possible military dimensions (PMD) issues and the refusal to allow IAEA access to some declared nuclear facilities -- an [...] | 2009-02-20 14:43:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA74 | IAEA BUDGET KICK-OFF LESS CONTENTIOUS THAN [...] (U) Summary: The IAEA opened 2010-2011 budget negotiations with an informal presentation on February 20. Most Member States expressed concern over the size of the proposed increase, but were not as aggressive as Mission had expected. Members of the G-77 took particular issue with the proposed [...] | 2009-02-20 14:54:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
09UNVIEVIENNA75 | POLITICS SATURATE OPENING OF "FUTURE OF THE [...] (U) Summary: The initial meeting of the year-long, Future of the Agency (FOA) process got off to a disappointing - if predictable - start. Most Member States had not given thought to specific issues and their statements were overtly political and unconstructive. Only the U.S. and Canada offe [...] | 2009-02-20 15:03:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA AORC KNNP UN PREL |
09UNVIEVIENNA76 | IAEA: MOVING NUCLEAR SECURITY INTO THE MAINSTREAM [...] (SBU) In 2001, shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the IAEA Board of Governors began a process of strengthening the Secretariat's role in preventing nuclear terrorism. The Agency has since adopted a "Nuclear Security Plan," the latest version of which expires at the end of 2009. [...] | 2009-02-20 15:45:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA PTER |
09UNVIEVIENNA78 | COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY (CTBT): On-Site [...] (SBU) Summary: REFTEL requested U.S. Delegation provide detailed reporting of the on-site inspection (OSI) discussions at Working Group B (WGB)-32 of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization. As instructed delegation was primarily in a listening and information gathering mode, and avoided [...] | 2009-02-24 15:04:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORC KTBT IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA80 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS AT [...] (SBU) This is a guidance request. Per reftel, the simmering issue of Program Support Costs (PSCs) may come to the fore sooner rather than later. A Canadian contribution of nearly 4 million USD for the Nuclear Security Fund is on hold pending release of an official PSC policy, and there is so [...] | 2009-02-25 13:22:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC UN PREL AS CA |
09UNVIEVIENNA82 | IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING IS SOUNDING BOARD [...] (SBU) On February 24, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG) report on Iran that largely repeated the same points covered in the report, but also offered a more detailed explanation about how the "error" on the additional l [...] | 2009-02-25 17:18:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA83 | UK BACKING OFF "PRINCIPLES" AT MARCH 17-18 NUCLEAR FUEL [...] (SBU) IAEACouns shared ref a points with British Deputy Head of Mission Carol Cliff February 23. Cliff confirmed her general agreement with U.S. reservations about the adoption of a statement of principles at the March 17-18 London conference "Multilateral Approaches to the Fuel Cycle." "If a [...] | 2009-02-26 06:47:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC |
09UNVIEVIENNA86 | VIENNA PERMREPS URGE U.S. ACTION ON CTBT, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of recent lunches, eighteen Vienna PermReps provided Ambassador their advice to the new Administration on advancing the multilateral agenda here, especially in the IAEA. Common themes and thought-provoking perspectives, especially from NAM/G-77 counterparts, include [...] | 2009-02-27 10:50:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC TRGY MNUC KNNP XF |
09UNVIEVIENNA89 | SENIOR SENATE INVESTIGATOR WALKS THE HALLS OF [...] (SBU) Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Senior Investigator Doug Frantz relied on his journalistic experience and extensive network of contacts to conduct an unconventional, one-man staffdel to Vienna February 9 - 13. Engaged by SFRC Chairman John Kerry (whom he knew in connection to t [...] | 2009-03-04 09:55:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA AORC KNNP UN PREL PARM TRGY JA |
09UNVIEVIENNA9 | IAEA; WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION WITH DIRECTOR [...] (C) Ambassador Schulte presented IAEA Director General ElBaradei with the U.S. instrument of ratification for the Additional Protocol on January 6, 2009. Ambassador used the occasion to query the DG on priorities for the remainder of ElBaradei's tenure (November 30, 2009),in particular how he m [...] | 2009-01-13 07:35:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM MNUC KNPP IR SY TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA91 | IAEA/DPRK: SUPPORT FOR SIX-PARTY PROCESS AND [...] (SBU) North Korea has been on the agenda of every IAEA Board of Governors meeting since inspectors were kicked out of the country in December 2002. For the March 2009 Board meeting no written report was issued by the Secretariat on this item, and the Director General's introductory remarks w [...] | 2009-03-06 13:36:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA KN KNNP |
09UNVIEVIENNA93 | IAEA/IRAN: BOARD URGES TEHRAN TO COOPERATE [...] (SBU) A joint six-country (P5 1) statement on Iran, the first of its kind at an IAEA Board of Governors meeting, had a salutary effect on the tenor of the March 3 Board deliberations on Iran. This statement of unity took Board members and Iran by surprise and the majority of the Board wel [...] | 2009-03-06 14:50:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA94 | IAEA/MARCH BOARD: DG ELECTION SET FOR MARCH 26-27 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 14:59:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA JA SF |
09UNVIEVIENNA95 | IAEA MARCH 2009 BOARD OF GOVERNORS: AOB DISCUSSION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Renewed leadership by the Director General, announcements of financial pledges, and calls for more dialogue from potential beneficiary states advanced us toward future IAEA Board action to implement reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF) mechanisms under IAEA auspices. The Boar [...] | 2009-03-06 15:39:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA |
09UNVIEVIENNA96 | IAEA: MARCH BOARD WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) USDEL was broadly successful in using the March 2-5, 2009 IAEA Board of Governors meeting as a platform to enunciate the new Administration's support for the IAEA and renewed commitment to multilateral cooperation. U.S. interventions conveyed the overarching objective of building a robus [...] | 2009-03-06 15:41:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09USEUBRUSSELS1177 | World Customs Organization (WCO) Establishment of [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 15:50:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AORC CTM SCCC |
09USNATO256 | NATO COMES TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF THE U.S. [...] (C) Summary and Comment: NATO's Political Committee met June 10 to discuss the U.S. initiative to use the OSCE Ministerial in Corfu to launch a positive, wide-ranging dialogue on European security. France and Germany used the meeting to present and solicit Allied input on previously existing n [...] | 2009-06-12 18:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL AORC XG RS |
09USOSCE141 | TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT A CHARTER FOR THE OSCE? [...] Many countries, led by Russia, have long argued that the legal status of the OSCE should be upgraded to that of a full-fledged international organization. Doing so would remove legal uncertainties hanging over the personnel, improve efficiencies and reduce costs. While there is a general c [...] | 2009-06-15 15:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE AORC PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK10 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF 2009 REGULAR BUDGET [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note dated December 30, 2008 from the Secretary General requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN regular budget for 2009 in the amount of $598,292,101. The note also refers to o [...] | 2009-01-06 21:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN ABUD |
09USUNNEWYORK1000 | UNGA/C-5: ICSC REPORTS ON COMMON SYSTEM: PROPOSAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 20 October, the Fifth Committee convened for a formal meeting to consider the report of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) pertaining to the U.N. Common System (Agenda item 139). The key issue pertained to the ICSC,s recommendation to introduce end-of-service sev [...] | 2009-11-06 20:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1001 | UNGA/C-5: PATTERN OF CONFERENCE: DELEGATES DISCUSS [...] SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee formally convened for the introduction of agenda item 135, Pattern of Conferences, on 16 October. A perceived lack of conference support for regional groups was a key concern articulated on the statements by the G77/China and the African Group. Professional staffi [...] | 2009-11-06 20:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1003 | U.S. RE-ELECTED TO UN'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL [...] The United Nations General Assembly held elections on October 16 to fill 18 vacancies on the UN's Economic and Social Council for the three-year term beginning January 1, 2010. All candidates have been endorsed previously by their respective regional groups and were uncontested. Elected were [...] | 2009-11-06 21:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA ECOSOC PREL GH CN ZA RW EG BG MG |
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 |
09USUNNEWYORK1014 | UNGA 5TH COMMITTEE REVIEWS 2010-2011 BUDGET: G77 [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 29, the Secretary General introduced his 2010-2011 proposed budget in a formal meeting of the Fifth Committee which continued Friday, October 30th. Developing countries called for increased funds to address poverty and to reach targeted spending goals on development. [...] | 2009-11-12 14:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1015 | UNGA/C-5: UNGA FIFTH COMMITTEE MEETS ON OIOS: [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee formally convened to consider Item 140 on the Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) and the annual report of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC),and Agenda Item 141 on the implementation of GA resolutions 48/ [...] | 2009-11-12 15:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1021 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR TWO [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated October 29, 2009 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Ope [...] | 2009-11-12 20:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
09USUNNEWYORK1024 | ELECTIONS IN UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: U.S. ELECTED TO [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly held elections on November 3, 2009 to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs of the Assembly and other UN administrative and budgetary bodies: the Committee for Program and Coordination, the UN Commission on International Trade Law (U.S. was re-elected [...] | 2009-11-13 00:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1027 | UN INVITES INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AS [...] On October 19, the UN General Assembly invited the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to participate as a Permanent Observer in the sessions and the work of the Assembly. The United States was one of over 100 co-sponsors of this initiative that had begun in 2008. Prince Albert II of Monaco [...] | 2009-11-13 00:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA KOLY SCUL SOCI AORC |
09USUNNEWYORK1031 | UNGA/C-5: G77 AND OTHERS ATTACK U.S. FOR ARREARS, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recently, Under Secretary General Angela Kane briefed the Fifth Committee during a formal session on Item 134: Improving the financial situation of the United Nations. Following this briefing, the Fifth Committee held another formal meeting to discuss this issue and received update [...] | 2009-11-13 19:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1034 | UNGA/C-5 SUBSIDIARY BODY ELECTIONS: LUCRETIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee held elections on November 6 for appointments to several subsidiary bodies. Lucretia Myers of the United States won re-election to the International Civil Service Commission for a four year term (2010-2013). Along with Myers, candidates from Italy and Germany d [...] | 2009-11-13 22:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1039 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TURNS TO SPORTS [...] The UN General Assembly on October 19 called upon all Member States to cooperate in efforts to use sport as a tool for peace, to proclaim the Olympic Truce during the Olympic Winter Games (Vancouver, 2010),and welcomed the historic holding of soccer's World Cup for the first time in Africa ( [...] | 2009-11-16 20:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA SOCI AORC KOLY SCUL |
09USUNNEWYORK1049 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES U.N. SUPPORT FOR NEW OR RESTORED [...] On November 9, the General Assembly debated Agenda Item 11: Support by the U.N. system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies. Qatar introduced resolution A/64/L.12 which was later adopted by consensus without vote. 2. The interventions from [...] | 2009-11-17 21:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1052 | SIXTH COMMITTEE DELIBERATES OVER PRINCIPLE OF [...] Summary: The Sixth Committee finished general debate on Agenda Item 84: The Scope and Application of the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction on October 21. Over forty-five delegations took part in the discussions with most agreeing that there exists no clear definition of universal jurisdic [...] | 2009-11-18 15:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK106 | UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-10 14:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
09USUNNEWYORK1062 | SIXTH COMMITTEE DEBATES AND ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON [...] Summary: The Sixth Committee concluded debate on Agenda Item 78: Criminal Accountability of U.N. Officials and Experts on Mission with twenty-two Member States delivering interventions on the subject. The major issue boils down to whether an international convention is needed to ensure no ju [...] | 2009-11-23 15:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1063 | GENERAL DEBATE ON THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF [...] Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ),addressed the General Assembly on October 29 and 30. Twenty-seven Member States addressed the General Assembly on the issue with Georgia exercising its right of reply. All of the interventions praised the ICJ for its [...] | 2009-11-23 15:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1064 | UNGA/C-5: FUNDING FOR AMISOM, CAPITAL MASTER PLAN, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee recently held a series of formal meetings on procurement, After-Service Health Insurance (ASHI),support for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),and the Capital Master Plan (CMP). The U.S. delivered a statement noting its support for AMISOM and cond [...] | 2009-11-23 19:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK107 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR TWO [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated February 4, 2009 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex one contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as fol [...] | 2009-02-10 14:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
09USUNNEWYORK1071 | UNGA/C-5: REGULAR BUDGET/PKO SCALES: E.U. [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee held informal meetings on November 20th on the Scales of Assessment for the Regular Budget and for Peace Keeping Operations. In the Regular - Budget scales debate, the G-77 proposed increasing the cap on assessments from 22 percent to 25 percent, while the Euro [...] | 2009-11-25 15:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1074 | DEBATE ON THE REVITALIZATION OF THE GENERAL [...] Summary: On November 19 and 20, the General Assembly debated agenda item 118: Revitalization of the General Assembly. Most of the over twenty-eight Member States who spoke agreed on the need for full implementation of existing resolutions, streamlining the agenda items and continuing themati [...] | 2009-11-30 16:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1075 | UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING U.S. ASSESSMENTS [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a note and attachment dated 11 November 2009 from the Secretary-General requesting payment of U.S. assessed contributions which remain outstanding. The note states that as of 6 November 2009, amounts assessed [...] | 2009-11-30 16:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
09USUNNEWYORK1076 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $848,443 TO THE TRUST FUND [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $848,443.00 to the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (VC),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of October 26, 2009 payments owed [...] | 2009-11-30 16:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
09USUNNEWYORK1077 | UN ORGANIZATIONS ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-30 16:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN UNDP UNFPA UNDEF |
09USUNNEWYORK1078 | UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-30 16:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
09USUNNEWYORK1079 | SIXTH COMMITTEE DEBATES AND ADOPTS REPORT ON [...] Summary: On November 12, the Sixth Committee debated Agenda Item 164: Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country. Following the debate, the Committee adopted the resolution without a vote and recommended it to the General Assembly. End Summary. 2. Sweden, on behalf of t [...] | 2009-11-30 20:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK108 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $5.1 MILLION TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $5,136,968 to the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of December 4, 2008 payments owed ar [...] | 2009-02-10 14:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
09USUNNEWYORK1086 | GENERAL COMMITTEE ADDS MORE ITEMS TO 64TH UNGA [...] On November 24, the General Committee of the General Assembly convened to discuss the organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items. President of the General Assembly Ali Treki presented the following four items for addition to the agenda of the 64th session of the Gen [...] | 2009-12-02 22:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK109 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $973,433 TO THE TRUST FUND [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $973,443 to the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (VC),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of December 8, 2008 payments owed are [...] | 2009-02-10 14:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
09USUNNEWYORK11 | U.S. EFFORTS TO REFORM UN HUMAN RESOURCES [...] SUMMARY: The recently concluded main session of the sixty-third United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on human resources management (HRM) reform that will result in significant changes in hiring mechanisms and conditions of service for field staff. The resolution (to be issued [...] | 2009-01-08 17:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1100 | UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 22:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
09USUNNEWYORK1101 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 22:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN UNFF |
09USUNNEWYORK1111 | UN ORGANIZATIONS ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-10 13:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN UNDP UNIFEM |
09USUNNEWYORK1114 | SIXTH COMMITTEE RECONVENES ON OBSERVER STATUS ONLY [...] Summary: On December 9, the Sixth Committee reconvened to consider agenda items 169: Observer status for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) in the General Assembly and 171: Observer status in the General Assembly for the Council of Presidents of the General Assembly. The [...] | 2009-12-11 21:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1116 | UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 14:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
09USUNNEWYORK1117 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $4.1 MILLION TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $4,174,714.00 to the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of November 23, 2009 payments o [...] | 2009-12-14 14:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
09USUNNEWYORK1122 | UNGA/C-5: SCALES DEBATE FOR REGULAR BUDGET AND PKO [...] (U) SUMMARY: No consensus has been reached during recent informal meetings of the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee of the UN General Assembly on both the regular budget and peacekeeping (PKO) scales of assessments. On the regular budget scales, the EU proposal failed to gain any [...] | 2009-12-15 20:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1125 | SIXTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE FOR THE 64TH [...] Summary: On December 14, the Sixth Committee concluded debate on agenda items 169: Observer status for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) in the General Assembly and 171: Observer status in the General Assembly for the Council of Presidents of the General Assembly. Saudi [...] | 2009-12-17 13:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1127 | GA ADOPTS 6TH COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS AND CREDENTIAL [...] Summary: On December 17, the General Assembly took action on 16 resolutions recommended by the Sixth Committee on topics ranging from universal jurisdiction to rule of law to criminal accountability of U.N. officials and experts on mission. All of the resolutions were adopted without a vote. [...] | 2009-12-17 23:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1138 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES/ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON [...] Summary: On December 4, the General Assembly debated agenda items 76a: Oceans and the law of the sea and 76b: Sustainable fisheries, with over 42 Member States addressing the Assembly. Interventions focused mainly on combating piracy; stopping illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fis [...] | 2009-12-19 00:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1163 | UNGA-C/5: SECRETARY GENERAL ADDRESSES THE FIFTH [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Secretary General came before the Fifth Committee on December 7th in order to further present his biennium budget, recognizing the need to scrutinize finances in the midst of the global economic crisis, while emphasizing that cuts should target operational costs and not tho [...] | 2009-12-29 13:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1169 | EU: AMBASSADOR RICE PRESSES PERMREPS TO PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice urged Permreps from the European Union on December 15 to consider moving to the endgame in their effort to reach a consensus with the G-77 over scales of assessment and the regular budget. (See Reftel for details on negotiations.) Rice said that the U.S. had so fa [...] | 2009-12-30 22:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC UNGA EU |
09USUNNEWYORK12 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated January 7, 2009 concerning the financing of four peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as foll [...] | 2009-01-08 20:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
09USUNNEWYORK134 | FY2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to reftel requests regarding the annual Section 102 (g) Foreign Relations Authorization Act pedophilia certification regarding UN agencies and their affiliated NGOs. As requested, Mission requested required confirmations from the following UN agencies: ECOS [...] | 2009-02-13 18:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM SOCI |
09USUNNEWYORK17 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-12 17:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
09USUNNEWYORK194 | MEETING OF UNCITRAL WORKING GROUP ON REVISION OF [...] Summary. UNCITRAL Working Group II met in New York February 9-13 to continue its second reading of the draft revised model arbitration rules. The Working Group completed its review of nine articles: 18 through 26. (The draft text currently contains 41 articles.) Considerable discussion was [...] | 2009-02-27 21:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN |
09USUNNEWYORK247 | PACIFIC ISLAND PERMREPS LAY OUT CONCERNS ON STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Ambassador Rice's March 5 hosted lunch for her counterparts from 11 UN member states representing Pacific island nations, the islanders expressed optimism for the new U.S. Administration after feeling drift in recent years. They called for enhanced partnership with the U.S. w [...] | 2009-03-11 18:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SENV KGHG AORC UNGA EAID XV |
09USUNNEWYORK274 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated March 6, 2009 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follo [...] | 2009-03-18 13:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
09USUNNEWYORK285 | SUBJECT: UN - FINANCING AMISOM - RECENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 9-11. 2. (U) Summary: This cable reviews recent developments, previews upcoming action in the Fifth Committee (C5),and requests the Department's guidance on steps to be taken on a number of issues arising out of adoption of SCR 186 [...] | 2009-03-19 18:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL UNGA KPKO SO |
09USUNNEWYORK30 | UN SUCCEEDS IN LAUNCHING NEW ADMINISTRATION OF [...] SUMMARY: At the main session of the sixty-third UN General Assembly, the Fifth Committee adopted a resolution (A/RES/63/253) that completely overhauls the organization's internal justice system for resolving employment-related disputes. Building on a framework resolution from the previous Gen [...] | 2009-01-16 22:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AMGT PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK34 | UN - GA NEGATES AUDITORS RECOMMENDATION ON USE OF [...] Summary: Following extensive negotiations in the Fifth Committee on the report of the UN Board of Auditors (BOA)during the main part of the 63rd GA, the General Assembly rejected the recommendation in the BOA report on "language proficiency." Adoption of the recommendation would have made flu [...] | 2009-01-21 15:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK360 | CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST RESUMED SESSION OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The first resumed session of the 63rd General Assembly for the Fifth Committee (March 2-27) concluded late evening on March 27th. The Fifth Committee took action on a number of proposals and approved an additional $17.97 million to the 2008-2009 regular budget which brings the r [...] | 2009-04-07 18:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK368 | SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON REGISTRAR RESIGNS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 17:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER AORC AMGT UNSC LE |
09USUNNEWYORK395 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TRAVEL OF BRUCE C. [...] (U) USUN Management and Reform Counselor Mr. Bruce C. Rashkow will be in Geneva to attend the spring consultative level meeting (CLM) of the Geneva Group of major UN contributors from April 22-24. 2. (SBU) USUN would appreciate if U.S. Mission Geneva could provide country clearance. Mr. Ra [...] | 2009-04-14 22:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ASEC KUNR UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK402 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USG DELEGATION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 18:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON OTRA SENV |
09USUNNEWYORK440 | AMB. RICE MEETS WITH ITALIAN MFA'S SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary - In an April 28 meeting between Ambassador Rice and the Italian MFA's Secretary General Ambassador Giampiero Massolo, Ambassador Rice expressed her condolences for the recent earthquake devastation in Abruzzo, and agreed with Ambassador Massolo's request for continued and close [...] | 2009-04-29 19:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KUNR US IT UNSC |
09USUNNEWYORK444 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USG DELEGATION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 20:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC OTRA |
09USUNNEWYORK450 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 13:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
09USUNNEWYORK472 | AMB. RICE MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT OF BOTSWANA [...] (C) Summary - In a May 4 meeting between Ambassador Rice and the former President of Botswana Festus Mogae, Ambassador Rice and President Mogae discussed a range of issues including climate change, recent elections in South Africa, succession plans in Zimbabwe, and the strain of the financial [...] | 2009-05-07 20:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EAID KGHG KDEM US BC ZU UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK48 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-26 20:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
09USUNNEWYORK49 | UNIFEM ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-26 20:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNIFEM |
09USUNNEWYORK496 | U.S. ELECTED TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States won election to the UN Human Rights Council on May 12 with 167 votes cast in our favor during secret balloting, with a vote count that was among the highest the United States has ever received in a vote in the General Assembly. Also elected by the General Ass [...] | 2009-05-13 09:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC UNGA PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK50 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THE [...] This is an action cable please see paragraph 5. 2. USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) two notes from the SYG dated January 23, 2009 concerning the financing of the International Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Territory of [...] | 2009-01-26 20:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
09USUNNEWYORK501 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated May 8, 2009 concerning the financing of four peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follow [...] | 2009-05-14 13:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
09USUNNEWYORK505 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS NY STATE GOVERNOR PATERSON [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the request of the UN Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-Moon, Ambassador Rice arranged a meeting between the SYG and NY State Governor David Paterson to solicit cooperation from the State on security issues pertaining to the UN's Capital Master Plan (CMP). Both the SYG and Governor [...] | 2009-05-14 20:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ASEC AMGT UN |
09USUNNEWYORK511 | MEETING OF THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE [...] On May 13, 2009, UK Ambassador Sawyer hosted a breakfast meeting for the Five Principal Contributors to the UN (B-5) on the Peacekeeping Budget. Attending were: UK - Ambassador Sawyer with Wasim Mir and Simon Thomas; U.S. - Ambassador Wolff and MR Counselor Bruce Rashkow; France - Ambassador [...] | 2009-05-15 20:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AMGT AORC KPKO UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK518 | EU INITIATIVE TO ENLIST US SUPPORT REGARDING [...] (U) As a follow up to the scale of assessment discussion that occurred in Geneva in April 2009 among the Directors of the International Organization Bureaus from the capitals of the G7 Members (US, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada),the Japanese Mission hosted a meeting on May 1 [...] | 2009-05-19 13:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
09USUNNEWYORK522 | NPT, CTBT, FMCT DISCUSSED AT P-5 LUNCH IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: Anatoly Antonov, Director for Arms Control, Russian MFA, hosted Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control Rose Gottemoeller (also U.S. Head of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) delegation meeting in New York) and other P-5 NPT PrepCom Delegati [...] | 2009-05-20 14:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK544 | ECOSOC ELECTIONS TO 21 UN BODIES [...] SUMMARY: ECOSOC elected membership to 21 of its subsidiary bodies on May 18. The United States was elected to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Balloting was necessary for only the International Narcotics Control Board; elected were experts from India, France, Thailand [...] | 2009-06-01 14:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECOSOC UN AORC INCB |
09USUNNEWYORK562 | FOLLOW UP ON G-7 INITIATIVE ON REGULAR AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 28, 2009, the Canadian Mission hosted a follow up meeting of the G7 at the level of Fifth Committee experts to the scale of assessment discussion that occurred in Geneva in April 2009 among the Directors of the International Organization Bureaus from the capitals of the G7 [...] | 2009-06-04 14:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
09USUNNEWYORK593 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BASIL OTTLEY TO [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Basil Ottley, Department of Interior, Office of Insular Affairs. Mr. Ottley requests permission to observe sessions of the C-24 Meetings between June 14 and 16, 2009 concerning Puerto Rico's political status. 2. As per normal USG pra [...] | 2009-06-13 02:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS PNAT UNGA AORC |
09USUNNEWYORK597 | LIBYA'S TREKI ELECTED UNGA PRESIDENT; QADDAFI TO [...] Summary: The UN General Assembly elected Libyan diplomat Ali Treki to serve as its president in the forthcoming session. Also elected by acclamation were 21 vice presidents. The bureaus of the Assembly,s six Main Committees were elected with a few remaining vacancies to be filled soon. In [...] | 2009-06-16 14:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC LI PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK633 | AMB. RICE ADDRESSES UN SMALL STATES FORUM [...] Summary - At the June 23 Forum of Small States (FOSS) held within Singapore's Mission to the United Nations, Ambassador Rice delivered remarks and participated in a discussion on development, security, democracy, climate change, the financial crisis, and the role of the United Nations in helpi [...] | 2009-06-27 00:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC PGOV KUNR UNGA SN |
09USUNNEWYORK640 | AMB RICE'S JUNE 29 MEETING WITH CHAIR OF NPT [...] (C) Ambassador Rice met with Zimbabwean PermRep Chidyausiku on June 29 to discuss his work as chair of the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom). Chidyausiku said the U.S. had been very helpful during last month's PrepCom meeting. In response to the Ambassador's question as to what more the U. [...] | 2009-06-30 20:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNGA NPT IAEA |
09USUNNEWYORK651 | UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE ADOPTS PEACEKEEPING MISSION [...] Summary: Following weeks of sometimes contentious negotiations, the Fifth Committee, on June 23rd, reached agreement on the 14 peacekeeping operation (PKO) budgets financed under the peacekeeping scale of assessments and on other peacekeeping-related requirements for the UN peacekeeping fina [...] | 2009-07-03 00:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IS LE PREL UNGA YI |
09USUNNEWYORK655 | G7 FOLLOW-UP MEETING ON UN REGULAR BUDGET SCALES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 17:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
09USUNNEWYORK656 | UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE CLOSING STATEMENTS REFLECT [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Concluding several weeks of intense negotiations in New York, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) recommended to the General Assembly a record setting $7.8 billion peacekeeping budget for the coming year. In closing remarks, representatives from the G-77 as a grou [...] | 2009-07-07 18:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK660 | UN: COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMMING AND COORDINATION [...] SUMMARY. The Committee for Program and Coordination (CPC) concluded its 49th session on July 2 and adopted its report containing recommendations for ECOSOC and the General Assembly. See A/64/16 (Pending publication see E/AC.51/2009/L.4/Add.1-10). The CPC Report will be considered by ECOSOC dur [...] | 2009-07-08 21:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR UNGA CPC |
09USUNNEWYORK663 | G-7 FOLLOW-UP MEETING ON UN PEACEKEEPING BUDGET [...] (C) On 2 July 2009, the Japanese Mission hosted a meeting of the Fifth Committee delegates of the G-7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the U.S.) to exchange views regarding negotiation of the peacekeeping scale of assessment during the upcoming fall session of the [...] | 2009-07-09 15:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
09USUNNEWYORK67 | UN - GA STRENGTHENS THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL [...] Summary: The General Assembly, on December 24, 2008, took action on the SYG's proposal on strengthening the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) by approving 49 of the 101 posts requested by the SYG. USDel, working closely with U-SYG Pascoe's office and like-minded States, succeeded in signi [...] | 2009-01-30 16:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK68 | UN - GA LAUNCHES NEW ICT SYSTEM AND STRATEGY AND [...] Summary: The General Assembly, on December 24, 2008, took action on the proposals contained in several reports from the Secretary-General on the Secretariat,s information and communications technology (ICT) systems. The reform of the Organization's ICT systems was one of the reforms identif [...] | 2009-01-30 16:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK696 | PROTECTING U.S. EQUITIES ON UN SCALES OF ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-16 21:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
09USUNNEWYORK716 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 1540 COMMITTEE COMPREHENSIVE [...] (C) Ambassador Wolff on July 21 delivered demarche points (reftel) to Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Deputy Permanent Representative. Dolgov said the position of the Russian mission in New York remained unchanged, i.e. Russia could not accept the addition of the G8 Global Partnership, Austral [...] | 2009-07-23 14:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC RU |
09USUNNEWYORK733 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated 26 June 2009 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follow [...] | 2009-07-30 23:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
09USUNNEWYORK734 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 23:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
09USUNNEWYORK735 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR 15 [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and four related annexes from the SYG dated July 27, 2009 concerning the financing of 15 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows [...] | 2009-07-30 23:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
09USUNNEWYORK746 | G-7 PLUS EU MEETING ON THE UN BUDGET SCALES OF [...] On 30 July 2009, the UK mission hosted a meeting of the G-7 working group on the scales of assessment, which consists of the Fifth Committee delegates of the G-7 and, for the first time, Sweden, the incumbent EU president. Attendees included Chris Plunkett for Canada, Gregory Cazalet for Fra [...] | 2009-08-04 22:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
09USUNNEWYORK756 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETING WITH PERM REPS OF PACIFIC [...] (SBU - NO FORN) Ambassador Rice met August 5 at USUN with Perm Reps of Nauru (coordinator of Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) in New York),Fiji and Tonga to discuss several issues, including the security implications of climate change. The delegation expressed disappointment tha [...] | 2009-08-07 21:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON SENV KGHG AORC UNGA EAID XV |
09USUNNEWYORK8 | ELECTIONS FOR NEW UN APPEALS AND DISPUTE TRIBUNALS [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. Summary: On December 24, the General Assembly adopted a resolution (A/RES/63/253) establishing a new administration of justice system for the United Nations, adopting statutes that govern a new UN Dispute Tribunal (UNDT) and a new UN Appeals T [...] | 2009-01-06 17:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK843 | G7 AND EU MEETING ON THE SCALES OF ASSESSMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 4, 2009 the Canadian Mission, hosted a meeting to discuss the next steps in the joint strategy for the scales debate this fall. The attendees were: Wasim Mir for the UK, Gregory Cazelet for France, Masatoshi Sugiura and Akihiro Okochi for Japan, Thomas Mangartz for Ge [...] | 2009-09-17 21:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT AORC UN |
09USUNNEWYORK845 | MUCH ADO ABOUT PAGE LIMITS IN UN COMMITTEE ON [...] Summary: From 8-14 September 2009, the Committee on Conferences convened in New York to review the draft calendar of conferences and to discuss the administrative and logistical considerations pertaining to conference servicing. Of particular contention were issues relating to the scheduling o [...] | 2009-09-18 17:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL UN UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK85 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH NEW ZEALAND PERMREP [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an introductory call by Ambassador Rice, New Zealand PermRep Rosemary Banks lobbied for U.S. support for former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark's candidacy to become Administrator of the UN Development Program. Banks also urged the U.S. to join the UN Human Rights Counc [...] | 2009-02-03 15:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KGHG KUNR PHUM PREL NZ |
09USUNNEWYORK87 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR UNAMID [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated January 30, 2009 requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) for the period [...] | 2009-02-03 17:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
09USUNNEWYORK873 | MADAGASCAR DELEGATION EXCLUDED FROM GENERAL DEBATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar's unconstitutional president, Andry Rojoelina, was scheduled to speak in the General Debate in the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 25th. He was blocked by a vote, following a point of order raised by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, acting in their role of president of [...] | 2009-10-05 22:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA AORC AF |
09USUNNEWYORK876 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR UNDC REPRESENTATIVES [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to the following UNDC Representatives. Who will be here to observe the UNGA First Committee (Disarmament) meetings October 7-October 23. Jeffrey Gelman plans to attend October 14-16; Matthew Sharp plans to attend October 19-October 21, (O [...] | 2009-10-07 15:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PARM UNDC |
09USUNNEWYORK878 | UNGA 63 CLOSES WITH PARTING SHOTS; UNGA 64 OPENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Outgoing President of the 63rd General Assembly (PGA) Miguel D'Escoto's lengthy farewell address continued his year long theme of criticizing the USG and supporting actions by Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador. In contrast, the brief opening statement of the incoming 64th PGA, Dr [...] | 2009-10-07 17:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AORC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK884 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR SUSAN [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Ambassador Susan Burk, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Michael Scott Davis, Deputy Director, (ISN/MNSA). They will participate in bilateral and multilateral meetings on the Nuclear Non-prolifera [...] | 2009-10-09 14:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK885 | UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPT. 24 A.M.) [...] SUMMARY: During the September 24 morning meeting of the UNGA General Debate, heads of state or governments from Comoros, Ghana, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, Lithuania, Cyprus, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Panama, Switzerland, Spain, Japan, Turkey, and Israel spoke. Common themes we [...] | 2009-10-09 18:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA AORC PGOV CN GH BK RW LH CY TP SL PM |
09USUNNEWYORK886 | UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 25 PM) [...] SUMMARY: During the eighth plenary meeting of the general debate of the General Assembly, the last of the presidents of countries spoke and governmental representatives began to represent their countries. The representative from Madagascar was unable to speak after an objection by Southern Af [...] | 2009-10-09 18:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL PGOV ECON AORC KPKO YI FM CF WZ |
09USUNNEWYORK887 | UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 25 AM) [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Debate continued on September 25 on a range of topics from climate change to UN reform (particularly Security Council membership),the Israel-Palestine dispute and multilateralism. The following heads of state or government spoke: Zimbabwe; Nauru; Palau; Estonia; Cote [...] | 2009-10-09 21:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ECON PGOV PREL AORC KPKO US ZI NR PS |
09USUNNEWYORK888 | UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 23 PM): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The September 23rd afternoon session of the General debate saw the U.S. delegation walk out of Iranian President Ahmedinejad's fiery diatribe against the U.S. and Israel. The Iranian President derided capitalist economic systems, defended recent election results, and condemned bo [...] | 2009-10-09 21:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL PGOV ECON AORC KPKO SW UK IT AR |
09USUNNEWYORK89 | FIFTH COMMITTEE ACTION ON THE 2008/2009 BUDGET [...] Summary: The main session of the 63rd General Assembly concluded early morning on December 24, 2008. The Fifth Committee considered an extraordinary number of proposals most of which were deferred from the Main session of the 62nd General Assembly (GA). At the outset of the session, the Orga [...] | 2009-02-03 22:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KUNR PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK890 | GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: CUBA AND MYANMAR SPEAK [...] SUMMARY: The eleventh plenary meeting of the 64th UN general assembly was held on the morning of September 28. The following countries spoke: San Marino, Namibia, Peru, Myanmar, Mexico, Bahrain, Cuba, Tunisia, Eritrea; Syria; Niger; Sudan; Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Oman; Belize; Sin [...] | 2009-10-10 02:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON KPKO UNGA AORC SM WA PE BM |
09USUNNEWYORK891 | UN GENERAL DEBATE BEGINS: OVER 100 HEADS OF STATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-11 14:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA ECON PGOV AORC KPKO US LY UG QA |
09USUNNEWYORK897 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $281,717.67 TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $281,717.67 to the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MF),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of 02 September 2009 payment [...] | 2009-10-13 21:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
09USUNNEWYORK898 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated 26 August 2009 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as foll [...] | 2009-10-13 21:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
09USUNNEWYORK899 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR UNIFIL [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated 11 September 2009 requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for the period from 1 Septembe [...] | 2009-10-13 21:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
09USUNNEWYORK9 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF 2009 ASSESSMENT FOR CAPITAL [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated December 30, 2008 requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN Capital Master Plan (CMP) for 2009 in the amount of $75,534,800. The note also [...] | 2009-01-06 21:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN CMP |
09USUNNEWYORK900 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $31,190,549.34 TO THE [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $31,190,549.34 to the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MF),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of 02 September 2009 paym [...] | 2009-10-13 21:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
09USUNNEWYORK902 | UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 21:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
09USUNNEWYORK907 | UN GENERAL DEBATE BEGINS: OVER 100 HEADS OF STATE [...] SUMMARY: Over 100 heads of state and government participated in this year's United Nations General Debate, which opened on September 23, including President Obama for his first Assembly appearance. Most interventions addressed the economic impact of the financial crisis, nuclear disarmament an [...] | 2009-10-13 23:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ECON PGOV PREL AORC KPKO US LY UG QA |
09USUNNEWYORK917 | G77 OPPOSES CHANGES TO THE REGULAR BUDGET SCALES [...] This is an action request. See para 16. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Beginning with the last meeting of the G7 plus EU Group (G7 Group) on scales at the margins of the Fall meeting of the Geneva Group CLM (GG),the subject of scales has begun in earnest in the 64th General Assembly (GA). At the GG [...] | 2009-10-15 21:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UN UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK926 | SUBJECT: U.N. GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES SEPT 29: [...] SUMMARY: The final session of the 64th General Assembly general debate focused on non-proliferation, climate change, multilateralism, Security Council reform, the financial crisis, and sustainable development. Several countries reflected on the importantance of preventing piracy on the high s [...] | 2009-10-19 16:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ECON PGOV PREL AORC KPKO ER GJ NU NO |
09USUNNEWYORK95 | DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF US CANDIDATE TO SPECIAL [...] (U) On February 4, Deputy Permanent Representative Alejandro Wolff spoke to U.N. Under Secretary General Patricia O'Brien in support of the candidacy of Justice Shireen Fisher for the judicial vacancy in the Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, drawing from the points in Ref [...] | 2009-02-04 22:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KAWC KJUS NL PREL SL |
09USUNNEWYORK960 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 14:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
09USUNNEWYORK961 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSED CONTRIBUTION [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 4. 2. USUN has faxed to IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt a note from the United Nations dated 8 October 2009 requesting payment in the amount of $1,249,361.00 for the third session of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties of the Treaty on the Non-Proli [...] | 2009-10-29 16:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK982 | UNGA: UN PASSES 18TH ANNUAL RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In plenary session on October 28, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) passed its 18th annual resolution condemning the United States economic and commercial embargo on Cuba. The Foreign Minister of Cuba delivered a hostile, cold-war style intervention, blaming the United States for pr [...] | 2009-11-03 14:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ECON UNGA CA |
09USUNNEWYORK994 | UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 25 AM) [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Debate continued on September 25 on a range of topics from climate change to UN reform (particularly Security Council membership),the Israel-Palestine dispute and multilateralism. The following heads of state or government spoke: Zimbabwe; Nauru; Palau; Estonia; Cote [...] | 2009-11-05 23:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ECON PGOV PREL AORC KPKO US ZI NR PS |
09VALLETTA367 | MALTA: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 14:09:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS MT |
09VATICAN119 | POPE TURNS UP THE HEAT ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Pope Benedict addressed the opening of the World Food Summit urging leaders to care for the world's hungry and protect the environment. Similarly, at the UN General Assembly, the Vatican nuncio stressed the need for a comprehensive international energy policy that protects the enviro [...] | 2009-11-19 15:33:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC BEXP EAGR ENRG FAO PGOV PREL SENV UN DA SF |
09VATICAN125 | COPENHAGEN CLIMATE SUMMIT: VATICAN CHARITIES PLAN BIG [...] Summary: (SBU) Caritas Internationalis, the international federation of national Caritas groups (Catholic Church-affiliated aid organizations),will send a large delegation to Copenhagen to press for strong action on climate change. Caritas will also promote its "Grow Climate Justice" campai [...] | 2009-12-01 16:26:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC SENV BEXP EAGR ENRG PREL UN DA SF VT |
09VIENNA1064 | IOM TO INVITE THE SECRETARY FOR EU [...] The Charge and Poloff met August 17 with IOM Vienna Head Andreas Hallbach and other IOM staff. Hallbach informed the Charge about the IOM's intention to invite Secretary Clinton and Anti-Trafficking Coordinator Luis CdeBaca to the upcoming EU Ministerial Conference "Towards Global EU Action A [...] | 2009-08-21 07:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KTIP KWMN KCRM SMIG OVIP AORC AU |
09VIENNA1152 | AUSTRIA UNDECIDED ON ORAL STATEMENT BEFORE ICJ ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 12:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL ICJ KV AU |
09VIENNA1170 | AUSTRIA ON MIDDLE EAST AT IAEA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 14:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP IAEA AORC AU |
09VIENNA118 | AUSTRIA: POCS FOR NPT-RELATED ISSUES [...] In response to reftel, Embassy points of contact for NPT issues are as follows: -- Dean Yap, Econ/Pol Counselor; office phone: (43) (1) 31339-2201; email: YapJD@state.gov. -- Phil Kaplan, Political Unit Chief; office phone: (43) (1) 31339-2114; email: KaplanPW@state.gov. 2. Government [...] | 2009-02-03 15:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09VIENNA1361 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO FIGHT GLOBAL H1N1 [...] Econpoloff delivered reftel demarche requesting assistance to Hubert Hrabcik, Director of Public Health. Hrabcik's office had no substantive response. However, Clemens-Martin Auer for the Ministry of Health told Austrian national television on October 12 that, in the event Austria does not u [...] | 2009-10-19 15:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL KFLU WHO AU |
09VIENNA1421 | AUSTRIA SUPPORTS U.S. ICSC CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 14:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA AU |
09VIENNA1463 | International Maritime Organization: Austria Likely To [...] On September 30, Post conveyed ref B demarche to the Austrian Ministry of Transportation, Innovation, and Technology (MTIT) -- which has the lead on this issue -- and to Austria's MFA. 2. On October 8, we followed up with the MFA department head of for Environment and Transportation, who said [...] | 2009-11-18 15:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK AU |
09VIENNA1480 | AUSTRIA TO MAKE ORAL PRESENTATION AT KOSOVO ICJ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL ICJ KV AU |
09VIENNA1529 | DPRK HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW: AUSTRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 10:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA KN AU |
09VIENNA153 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON NPT REVIEW CYCLE [...] Polchief discussed reftel A points February 9 with Andreas Launer, MFA Unit Chief for IAEA, CTBTO Prep Com, and NPT. Launer said the GOA is encouraged by the emphasis of the new USG on multilateralism and disarmament. Though disarmament and non-proliferation are separate, they are mutually re [...] | 2009-02-11 16:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09VIENNA241 | AUSTRIA INCLINED TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 16:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09VIENNA448 | AUSTRIA SUPPORTS US POSITION ON MADAGASCAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 09:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID PGOV MA AU |
09VIENNA693 | AUSTRIA NONCOMITTAL ON CANDIDACY FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 10:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA AU |
09VIENTIANE263 | LAOS:WILL CONSIDER SUPPORTING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] Per reftel request, on June 3 econoff met with the MFA's UN Division Director Viengsavanh Sipraseuth. Ms. Viengsavanh indicated that she would be in touch with the Lao UN mission to discuss the election and that the Government of Laos was interested in supporting its friends and partners. Al [...] | 2009-06-02 10:43:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA LA |
09VILNIUS120 | UN JUDICIAL POSITIONS: LITHUANIAN, U.S. CANDIDATES [...] (C) We delivered Reftel B information to Rita Kazragiene, head of the MFA's United Nations and Global Policy Division on February 23. She told us February 25 that the GOL would support the U.S. candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal (UNAT) if the USG would commit to supporting Lithuania's candi [...] | 2009-02-27 14:02:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KUNR UNGA PREL LH |
09VILNIUS262 | (S) LITHUANIA WILL LIKELY VOTE FOR AMANO FOR IAEA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 10:37:00 | Embassy Vilnius | SECRET | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA LH |
09VILNIUS442 | LITHUANIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT AMCIT CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 07:13:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL LH |
09VILNIUS446 | LITHUANIA HOPES FOR SMOOTHER IAEA GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA LH |
09VILNIUS47 | BALTIC STATES PRESENT THEIR CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO [...] Summary: Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas on January 21 presented Lithuania's UNESCO Ambassador Ina Marciulionyte as the three Baltic states' common choice to become UNESCO's next Director General, and sought support for her candidacy from foreign ambassadors resident in Vilnius. End summary. [...] | 2009-01-23 13:29:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNESCO LH |
09VILNIUS648 | LITHUANIA: OUTREACH FOR DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 15:46:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AORC SOCI LH |
09WARSAW1121 | POLAND: UNGA ICSC ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PL |
09WARSAW1198 | POLES WELCOME U.S. APPROACH ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) The GOP appreciates the U.S. approach to the December 7 meeting of the UN Human Rights Council, per reftel, as well as Washington's broader engagement strategy with North Korea. Urszula Rasnowiecka of the MFA's Asia-Pacific Department said she hoped that such recent developments would stim [...] | 2009-12-07 18:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA KN PL |
09WARSAW144 | POLAND APPROVES ANTARCTIC TREATY MEASURES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-10 13:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KSCA KTIA AORC SENV TPHY PL |
09WARSAW210 | POLAND WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN APPEALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09WARSAW227 | POLAND: GET NPT BACK ON TRACK [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel questions, Szymon Bochenski of the Polish MFA's Security Policy Department told us February 19 that Warsaw's top priority for the current Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) review cycle was to strengthen unity among NPT participants and bolster the treaty [...] | 2009-03-02 16:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09WARSAW368 | POLAND TO FILE ICJ BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO [...] (C) Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has given the political-level green light to the MFA Legal Department to proceed with a "written statement" to the International Court of Justice supporting independence for Kosovo. According to the MFA's Marek Madej, who was involved in drafting the do [...] | 2009-04-07 13:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KV PL |
09WARSAW405 | POLAND: SUPPORTS US ON MADAGASCAR [...] (C) Benedykt Pasik, a counselor in the MFA's Department of Africa and the Middle East, told us that Poland generally backs U.S. policy on Madagascar. While refraining from officially labeling Andry Rajoelina's actions a coup, Pasik said the GOP supports halting all EU assistance to the curren [...] | 2009-04-15 14:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV AORC SZ FR NO MA PREL PL |
09WARSAW579 | POLAND SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 12:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PL |
09WARSAW896 | POLAND UNDECIDED ON WHETHER TO FILE ORAL ICJ BRIEF [...] (C) Polish MFA is divided on the issue of filing an oral ICJ brief in support of Kosovo. Legal Department advisors are arguing in favor of the U.S. position, while the Central and South Europe and Eastern Departments want to take relations with regional partners such as Serbia and Russia int [...] | 2009-09-02 19:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KVIR PL |
09WARSAW897 | POLAND: CONCERNED ABOUT MIDDLE EAST AND IAEA [...] (C) Szymon Bochenski of the Polish MFA's Security Department told us on August 25 that Poland shares U.S. concerns that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference (GC) is becoming mired in an overly politicized Arab-Israeli debate on the Middle East issue which is distrac [...] | 2009-09-02 19:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS |
09WARSAW938 | POLAND SUPPORTS U.S. ON NONPROLIFERATION ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland strongly backs the U.S. administration's efforts to strengthen nuclear nonproliferation mechanisms and move forward on arms control negotiations. In particular, Polish MFA officials view the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference as an opportunity to strengthe [...] | 2009-09-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09WARSAW966 | POLAND READY TO EXPAND THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] (C) The GoP fully agrees with reftel views and believes that Iranian authorities are running out of time to engage in a substantive, comprehensive dialogue with the West. MFA Iran desk officer Piotr Kozlowski told us Poland would do what it could to persuade Iran to be more forthcoming rega [...] | 2009-09-18 15:16:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR PL |
09WELLINGTON113 | NEW ZEALAND WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AMANO FOR [...] (C) On May 8, Acting DCM met with Jillian Dempster, Deputy Director of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) International Security and Disarmament Division to discuss reftel points. Dempster said that New Zealand will support Japanese candidate Ambassador Yukiya Aman [...] | 2009-05-11 02:40:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA PREL NZ |
09WELLINGTON129 | NEW ZEALAND UNDECIDED ON CRITICAL UN ELECTION [...] Per reftel, Poloff delivered demarche to Mr. Tom Kennedy, Policy Officer, United Nation and Human Rights and Commonwealth Division (UNHC) in New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affaris and Trade (MFAT). Biographic information on Ms. Myers and background information were also delivered. 2. [...] | 2009-06-07 22:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09WELLINGTON305 | New Zealand Will Support U.S. Candidacy For the [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 13:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK NZ |
09WELLINGTON49 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: FIFTH [...] (SBU) In response to reftel action request, on February 24 Poloff met with Nik Kiddle, Deputy Director of the United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),to discuss the candidacy of Judge Coral Shaw of New Zealand for [...] | 2009-02-26 22:46:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA NZ |
09WINDHOEK387 | NAMIBIA INCLINED TO SUPPORT US IMO CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note on September 28. On October 22, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officer Veendapi Kamupingene stated to econoff telephonically that Namibia was "inclined" to support the re-election of the United States to the International Maritime Organizat [...] | 2009-10-23 09:23:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AA AORC EWWT IMO PHSA UK WA |
09YAOUNDE789 | RECENT DEMARCHES DELIVERED // ZFR // [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC EG IS EAID |
09YAOUNDE805 | RECENT DEMARCHES DELIVERED: CAMEROON [...] (U) Post delivered reftel recent demarches to Ministry of External Relations (MINREX) Director for Americas Joe Nzume, covering the U.N. General Assembly agenda, the ESTA and Travel Promotion Act, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) list of goods produced by child l [...] | 2009-09-24 11:04:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC EG IS EAID |
09YEREVAN203 | ARMENIA ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 12:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PGOV PREL ENRG AORC KNNP UNGA IAEA NPT |
09YEREVAN667 | ARMENIA: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] (C) On September 24, DCM delivered reftel demarche seeking to expand the number of countries encouraging Iran to take advantage of the P5 1 proposal to Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian. The DCM stressed the United States' and international community's continuing concerns with Iran's [...] | 2009-09-25 07:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AORC IR AM |
09YEREVAN86 | NO CHANGE TO ARMENIAN POLICY ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) DCM raised the Kosovo recognition issue (reftel) with Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian on Februay 10. Kirakossian said that Armenia's policy on the issue remains unchanged -- the GOAM does not rule out recognizing Kosovo at some point, but has no plans to do so in the [...] | 2009-02-13 12:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KV AM |
09ZAGREB105 | CROATIA PROVIDES VIEWS ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Andrej Dogan, Head of the Department for International Security at the Croatian MFA, responded to reftel during a 23 February meeting. The GOC approaches the review process with its own three pillars in mind: universality, commitment to strengthening non-proliferation regimes, a [...] | 2009-02-24 07:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA NPT |
09ZAGREB114 | CROATIA TO SUPPORT MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS [...] (C) On February 27, Poloff presented reftel demarche regarding our candidate for the UN Appeals court to Vesna Vukovic, head of the MFA's UN office. In a follow-up conversation with Poloff on Monday March 2, she indicated that Croatia will support Judge Mark Painter in the March 2 vote. BRAD [...] | 2009-03-02 15:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KAWC KJUS UNGA HR |
09ZAGREB543 | CROATIA TO SUBMIT ORAL BRIEF ON KOSOVO AT ICJ [...] (U) This is an Action Request - see para 3. 2. (SBU) Following up on FM Jandrokovic's September 1 comments to EUR DAS Jones (septel) that Croatia is inclined to provide an oral briefing at the ICJ on Kosovo's independence, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points to Amb. Davor Vidis, MFA Director [...] | 2009-09-03 10:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL ICJ HR KV |
09ZAGREB545 | CROATIA PREFERS JOINT BULGARIAN/HUNGARIAN/CROATIAN [...] (SBU) While reftel reports that Croatia was inclined to provide an oral briefing at the ICJ on Kosovo's independence, MFA State Secretary Davor Bozinovic informed charge this morning that Croatia would now prefer to undertake this oral argument jointly with Bulgaria and Hungary. Bozinovic ex [...] | 2009-09-04 08:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC HR PREL ICJ KV |
09ZAGREB599 | CROATIAN INCLINED TO SUPPORT US CANDIDACY TO IMO [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche, diplomatic note, and aide memoire to the Tihomir Lulic the Head of Section for International Security in the Croatian MFA. Lulic noted that, while a formal decision has not yet been made, Croatia was inclined to support the US candidacy for category "A" given [...] | 2009-10-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK HR |
09ZAGREB636 | CROATIAN CANDIDATE FOR ACABQ- JASMINKA DINIC [...] (U) Post urges the Secretary of State to give full consideration to the candidacy of Ms. Jasminka Dinic to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ). Ms. Dinic has worked directly with the Fifth Committee for more than eight years (1997-2001 and 2006 to present) [...] | 2009-10-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA HR |
09ZAGREB679 | CROATIA WILL SUPPORT US FOR IMO CATEGORY A [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 10:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA USCG UK HR |
09ZAGREB79 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CROATIA ON UNSCR 1540 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 09:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC HR |
10ABUDHABI110 | UAE SEEKS SUPPORT FOR ITU AND RRB MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) On January 6, post received a diplomatic note from the MFA requesting US support for its International Telecommunication Union (ITU) membership and the nomination of Nasser bin Hammad, Senior Manager for International Affairs at the UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, for Radio [...] | 2010-01-25 12:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS AORC AE |
10ABUDHABI158 | UAE PREPARING FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (SBU) On January 31, EconOff and Dutch Charg???? Huib de Bliek delivered Ref A demarche encouraging the UAE to attend February's Nuclear Security Summit third Sherpa meeting in The Hague to Ambassador Hamad Al Kaabi, MFA Special Coordinator for International Nuclear Cooperation and UAE IAEA Per [...] | 2010-02-01 13:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL AE |
10ABUJA194 | NIGERIA TO ATTEND THE FEBRUARY 9-11 SHERPA MEETING IN THE [...] (SBU) Embassy Political Counselor, ESTH Officer (note taker) and Dutch Economic and Trade Officer jointly delivered ref A points to the Director General of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) and recently-appointed Sherpa for the April 12-13 Nuclear Security Summit Professor Shemsi [...] | 2010-02-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL UNGA |
10AMMAN272 | PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 14:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PGOV AORC NPT JO |
10ANKARA172 | TURKEY'S VIEWS ON NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT'S [...] (SBU) Together with Dutch Embassy PolCouns Sander Jansen, we delivered the note verbale contained in reftel to MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section Chief Mustafa Yurdakul, Turkey's sous-Sherpa. Yurdakul confirmed that he has registered Dr. Hakan Fidan, Turkey's Sherpa for the Nuclear [...] | 2010-02-03 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC ENRG MNUC PGOV |
10ANKARA200 | TURKEY: CITES COP15 OUTREACH ON U.S. SPECIES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP TU |
10ANKARA209 | TURKEY: USMISSION GENEVA CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. USMission Geneva Charge d'Affaires Griffiths and Deputy Legal Adviser Mansfield visited Ankara February 1 to discuss the defamation of religions resolution and draft treaty being planned by the OIC in the UN Human Rights Council. They met with Turkey's Ambassador for Human Rights [...] | 2010-02-09 08:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF UN TU AORC |
10ANKARA293 | CITES COP15 OUTREACH: TURKEY SUPPORTS All US-PROPOSED [...] (SBU) On January 27, we delivered reftel A points to the MFA, which shared the information with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MEF) (reftel B). Having sought and received comments from all relevant GOT agencies on the U.S. proposals for CITES COP15, MEF informed us on February 23 th [...] | 2010-02-23 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP TU |
10ASHGABAT157 | TURKMEN POLICE, CUSTOMS OFFICERS VISIT LONDON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An INL-funded familiarization trip for Turkmen Customs and Police officers to the UK took place from January 26-30, yielding positive results. While in London, the participants met with MP Viscount Waverly of th [...] | 2010-02-02 11:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SNAR AORC PGOV XG XT TX |
10ASMARA11 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - ERITREA'S RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 05:40:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA ER |
10ASMARA12 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - ERITREA'S RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 05:49:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA ER |
10BANDARSERIBEGAWAN38 | BRUNEI CIRCLING WITH INTEREST USG SHARK PROPOSAL FOR CITES [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, DCM delivered demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations, Ms. Florence Chong. Ms. Chong indicated that the Government of Brunei is interested in attending COP 15 but has not yet determined which GoB officials will attend. Ms. Chong stated [...] | 2010-02-25 00:02:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP BX |
10BEIJING229 | CHINA SENDING DELEGATION TO THIRD NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (SBU) PolOff and Dutch Embassy counterpart delivered reftel demarche and Note Verbale requesting China's participation in the third Sherpa meeting scheduled for February in The Hague to prepare for the April Nuclear Security Summit to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Divisio [...] | 2010-01-28 07:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM IAEA EAID TBIO NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC |
10BEIJING349 | CHINA ON U.S. PROPOSALS AT CITES COP 15 [...] (U) Post relayed on February 2 the background information and points regarding U.S. proposals at the March 13-25 Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) contained in REF A to the CITES Management Authority Office of the China State Fore [...] | 2010-02-10 04:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD KSCA CITES AORC UNEP CH |
10BERLIN113 | GERMANY WELCOMES POINTS ON NPT REVCON AND NSS, BUT [...] (SBU) German MFA desk officer for nuclear energy Joerg Polster welcomed Reftel points distinguishing the April Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) and the May Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (NPT RevCon). These points, he said, will be helpful, for example, in responding to press [...] | 2010-01-26 17:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EAID TRIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MUNC |
10BERLIN149 | GERMANY OUTLINES GOALS FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Germany has two main objectives for the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) sherpa meeting in The Hague. Germany hopes to get closer to a consensus on the NSS communiqu and work plan and also would like to come to an agreement on a summit schedule that will please Merkel's Ch [...] | 2010-02-02 16:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MUNC |
10BERLIN162 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO CITES COP15 DEMARCHE [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 10. 2. (U) Summary. On January 27, Econoff conveyed reftel points and non-paper on U.S. proposals for the upcoming CITES COP15 to Gerhard Adams and Karoline Hess in the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuc [...] | 2010-02-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP GM |
10BERLIN225 | Berlin Response to Annual Request for Data on UN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 16:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OECD POLUN UNESCO GM |
10BOGOTA119 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CITES PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff delivered reftel demarche to representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Environment, and the INCODER - the Ministry of Agriculture's fisheries management agency on January 29. Colombia will support the U.S. proposals on sharks but it has not finalized it [...] | 2010-02-01 19:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP CO |
10BOGOTA136 | TFHA01: COLOMBIAN RESPONSE TO HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE [...] (SBU) The Government of Colombia (GOC) sent an Air Force B-727 to Haiti to participate in humanitarian relief operations on the morning of January 14. The flight carried 7 doctors, 20 search and rescue officials, and emergency food and medical supplies. Colombian officials said the flight was [...] | 2010-01-14 23:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR MARR PREL KPKO AORC CO HA |
10BOGOTA343 | GOC SUPPORTS ALL U.S. CITES PROPOSALS EXCEPT BOBCATS [...] (U) The GOC has consolidated its response to the U.S. CITES proposals in ref A. They will likely support all the proposals with the exception of the proposal to delist the lynx rufus from Appendix II. They are still considering the proposal due to concerns over how it would affect a rare Colo [...] | 2010-02-25 15:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP CO |
10BRASILIA136 | BRAZILIAN PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO CITES COP-15 DEMARCHE - [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL, Science Counselor briefed Brazilian Ministry of External Relations'(MRE) Environment Division Director Paulino Carvalho (who has replaced Fernando Coimbra) and Officer Renato Leonardi about the U.S. proposals to the March 13-25 Fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP-15) for [...] | 2010-02-05 18:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP BR |
10BRASILIA31 | Preparing for the Nuclear Security Summit [...] (SBU) In conjunction with Netherlands ChargC) Frans Van Rijn, ChargC) d'Affaires Lisa Kubiske presented the Note Verbale and points contained in reftel to Ministry for External Relations Under Secretary for Political Affairs Vera Machado. Machado said that the GOB supports the Nuclear Securit [...] | 2010-01-29 20:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM IAEA AORC MNUC PREL BR |
10BRATISLAVA61 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO U.S. CITES PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Slovakia's lead CITES negotiator, Dana Kmecova, the Slovaks will almost certainly follow consensus EU positions on U.S. proposals being made at the upcoming conference. She told us that the EU positions will not be finalized until a March 3 meeting, but that she exp [...] | 2010-02-11 14:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP LO |
10BRIDGETOWN5 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON PUBLICIZING U.S. RECORD OF COOPERATION [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines on December 21, 2009. Talking points were also relayed verbally to Prime Ministers Denzil Douglas and Baldwin S [...] | 2010-01-07 14:44:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC XL |
10BRUSSELS142 | BELGIUM: PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 17:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC |
10BRUSSELS159 | BELGIUM: RESPONSE TO CITES COP-15 OUTREACH ON U.S. SPECIES [...] Economic officers delivered reftel points on February 5 to Georges Evrard, Amelie Knapp and Miet van Looy, Belgium's Animal Welfare and CITES Team at the Belgian Federal Public Service Department of Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment. Evrard will lead the Belgian delegation of experts [...] | 2010-02-09 18:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP BE |
10BRUSSELS62 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - A/S [...] The EU delegation will consist of Director General Stefano Manservisi, Joana Cruz, Christopher Camp, and Klaus Rudischhauser. 2. The contact information provided for the meetings is Joana Cruz at 32 498 982 657 and Christopher Camp at 251 911 510 977. 3. The EU delegation will ar [...] | 2010-01-20 14:04:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OVIP PREL XA |
10BRUSSELS66 | EU SUPPORT FOR G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST WMD [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her January 11 meeting with EU officials, Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, sought EU support for extending and expanding the mandate of the G-8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction and ensu [...] | 2010-01-21 04:47:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ENRG ETTC AORC EUN MNNC PARM TBIO KGIC |
10BRUSSELS76 | EU SUPPORT FOR G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST WMD [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her January 11 meeting with EU officials, Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, sought EU support for extending and expanding the mandate of the G-8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction and ensu [...] | 2010-01-22 04:46:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ENRG ETTC AORC EUN MNNC PARM TBIO KGIC |
10BUCHAREST55 | CITES DEMARCHE TALKING POINTS DELIVERED [...] Post delivered reftel points to the office of Mr. Silviu Megan, Romania's National CITES Representative in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, on January 29. However, the Ministry informs us that Mr. Megan is traveling extensively and is unavailable to meet before the February 5 deadlin [...] | 2010-02-02 09:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP RO |
10BUCHAREST79 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO CITES DEMARCHE TALKING POINTS [...] This is an Action Request for the Department; please see paragraph 6. This is a follow-on cable to post's original response on this issue (ref B). 2. Econoff met with Mr. Silviu Megan, Romania's National CITES Representative in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, on February 10 to [...] | 2010-02-12 07:51:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP RO |
10BUDAPEST47 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO CITES COP15 DEMARCHE ON U.S. SPECIES [...] On January 25, post conveyed reftel points and non-paper on U.S. proposals for the upcoming CITES COP-15 to Zoltan Czirak, Counselor at the Ministry of Environment's Department of Biodiversity. On January 27, Mr. Czirak provided a written response, as well as information on Hungary's delegati [...] | 2010-01-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP |
10BUENOSAIRES184 | ARGENTINA'S RESPONSE TO CITES COP 15 DEMARCHE [...] On February 16, ESTCouns delivered reftel demarche to the Environment Secretariat's CITES representative Guillermo Lingua and CITES experts Maria Tonelli and Luis Arenas. All three will be part of Argentina's delegation at COP 15. While Lingua did not expect any Argentine objections to the US [...] | 2010-02-17 18:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP AR |
10BUENOSAIRES76 | Argentina Interested in Hosting Small Arms and Light Weapons [...] (U) Action request for Department in para 5. 2. (U) Deputy Pol Couns discussed the proposal (reftel) to co-host with Argentina a regional conference on small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) traffic with Alberto Dojas, Deputy Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office on Internat [...] | 2010-01-27 19:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PREL MASS AR |
10CAIRO139 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT SHERPAS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 15:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL EG |
10CAIRO310 | EGYPTIAN RESPOND TO CITES COP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP EG |
10CAIRO328 | Invitation for Egyptian Participation in NNSA Doha Workshop [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-21 08:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY ENRG KNNP EG AORC |
10CANBERRA136 | YES ON COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS PROPOSAL [...] Australia fully supports moving phenylacetic acid from Table II to Table I of the Annex of Chemicals to the 1988 UN Convention. The Department of Health and Aging's Acting Director for Treaty Compliance Darren Jones told us that Australia is will vote in favor of the change. Both the import [...] | 2010-02-25 07:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SNAR UNCND |
10CANBERRA61 | HIGH MARKS FOR PROPOSAL ON NPT WITHDRAWAL [...] (C/NF) Australia is very enthusiastic about the proposal to dissuade the abuse of the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) withdrawal provision outlined reftel cable. While Australia would like to see the measures go farther in some cases, they would be satisfied even if the NPT Review Conference ( [...] | 2010-01-22 06:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL UNGA |
10CANBERRA67 | AUSTRALIA FEELS WELL-INFORMED ON NUCLEAR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia has been very happy with the level of dialogue in advance of the Nuclear Security Summit and NPT Review Conference (RevCon). Officials clearly understand the distinction between the two and what the United States hopes to accomplish at each. Some worry that Thailan [...] | 2010-01-28 04:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC ENRG MNUC PGOV AS |
10CANBERRA78 | AUSTRALIAN SHERPA LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia will take part in the Nuclear Security Summit's third Sherpa meeting in The Hague. The Australian Sherpa expressed concerns over French objections to the discussion of MOX fuel and Non-Aligned Movement criticism of the Nuclear Security Summit. Australia hopes that [...] | 2010-02-02 07:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC |
10CHISINAU78 | MOLDOVA DOES NOT SUPPORT BOBCAT PROPOSAL; [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Officer delivered REFTEL points to Octavian Calmac, Deputy Minister of Economy, and to Inga Podoroghin and Ala Rotaru in the International Cooperation and European Integration Division Policy Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation Department in the Ministry of Environment. 2. [...] | 2010-02-12 05:30:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC MD |
10COLOMBO134 | SRI LANKA NABS DRUG TRAFFICKERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Media is reporting and contacts confirm that Sri Lankan Police and Customs officials have seized over 40 kilos of heroin in the past week in three different drug busts. On February 15, Customs officials reported they had arrested two Pakistani nationals with 83 packets of heroin [...] | 2010-02-24 04:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | APER AORC ECON KUNR UN CE |
10COLOMBO66 | COLOMBO PLAN JANUARY SESSION READOUT [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Ambassador (and current Colombo Plan Council President) led a discussion about the Eminent Persons' Report at the 267th session of the Colombo Plan Council held January 20. Despite its impressive work plan, the Colombo Plan has languished in recent years with little funding [...] | 2010-01-29 03:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AORC ECON KUNR UN CE |
10COLOMBO99 | SRI LANKA SUPPORTIVE ON CITES SHARK PROTECTION [...] EconOff delivered reftel points to Mr. G. Piyasena, Secretary of Sri Lanka's Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, on February 2, and followed up on February 8. Piyasena noted that a representative from the Sri Lankan Embassy in Manilla would attend the CITES meeting, although he could [...] | 2010-02-08 11:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP CE |
10COPENHAGEN70 | CITES: DANES SUPPORT SHARKS, SNAKES, CORAL; AGAINST LYNX [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to demarche points in reftel, Denmark's likely head of delegation to the CITES COP-15 meeting in Doha indicated - pending final EU positions - that her government is likely to support the USG positions on sharks, coral and snakes, but oppose the USG on polar bears a [...] | 2010-02-08 12:50:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP DA |
10DARESSALAAM46 | TANZANIA ATTENDANCE AT AU SUMMIT [...] President Jakaya Kikwete will lead Tanzania's delegation to the Jan-Feb 2010 AU Summit in Addis Ababa. He will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Bernard Membe, MFA Africa Director Amb. Frances Malambugi, and others to be named later. Travel dates and contact information are not currently av [...] | 2010-01-22 07:36:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC TZ |
10DARESSALAAM97 | CITES: TANZANIA PUSHES FOR IVORY SALES [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a January 28 meeting with Econoff, Tanzania Director of Wildlife Erasmus Tarimo sought U.S. support for Tanzania's proposal to "downlist" the African elephant at the upcoming CITES meeting, so as to permit Tanzania to sell its ivory stockpile. Tarimo expressed mild interest in [...] | 2010-02-02 12:38:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KSCA CITES AORC UNEP TZ KE |
10DHAKA112 | BANGLADESH ENDORSES U.S. PROPOSALS FOR CITES COP15 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 07:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV AORC |
10DJIBOUTI77 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - DJIBOUTIAN PRESIDENT GUELLEH [...] (SBU) On January 24, Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf informed Ambassador that President Ismail Omar Guelleh will lead Djibouti's delegation to the 2010 African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. 2. (SBU) Arrival and departure times are currently unknown. Contact information: Presumably [...] | 2010-01-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP AORC DJ AU |
10EFTOLONDON223 | UK COMMITTED TO DISTINGUISHING NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Judith Gough, Head of Security Policy Group at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),and Rhydian Phillips, Deputy Head of CBRN Security at the FCO, on January 21. In a follow-up meeting on January 29, Phillips said that the UK shared the U.S. con [...] | 2010-01-29 15:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PARM PREL EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG |
10EFTOLONDON224 | UK TO SEND FIVE REPRESENTATIVES TO NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel joint demarche to Rhydian Phillips, Deputy Head of CBRN Security at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on January 29, along with Political Counselor Birgitta Tazelaar of the Embassy of the Netherlands. Phillips thanked the U.S. and the Netherlands for the [...] | 2010-01-29 15:37:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG |
10FREETOWN35 | DELEGATION TO AU SUMMIT FROM SIERRA LEONE, [...] Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided the Embassy with a list of the following delegates to the annual African Union: President Ernest Bai Koroma: Hon. Haja Zainab H. Bangura - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Int. Cooperation Hon. Alhaja Ibrahim B. Kargbo - Minister of Information & Communi [...] | 2010-01-25 13:36:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP AORC SL |
10GENEVA80 | The Global Framework for Climate Services [...] SUMMARY: The WMO hosted an intergovernmental meeting in Geneva on January 11-12, 2010, to approve the terms of reference and endorse the composition of a task force of high-level, independent advisors who will conduct consultations and make recommendations on the components of a Global Framew [...] | 2010-01-28 08:13:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG WMO AORC |
10GUATEMALA242 | Guatemala Demarche on CITES for COP15 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to the Sub-Secretary and Fauna Expert at the National Council for Protected Areas (CONAP). Officials speculated, but could not confirm, that the GoG would support the U.S. proposals on coral, the polar bear, the bobcat and the Asian snake study. Likewise, r [...] | 2010-02-05 19:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP GT |
10HANOI104 | VIETNAM CONSIDERING US SPECIES PROPOSALS FOR CITES COP 15 [...] (SBU) Summary: The head of the Vietnamese CITES Management Office stated that the Government of Vietnam (GVN) had not yet met to review the U.S. proposals (reftel),but thought they looked good in principle, particularly as he felt they had little relationship to Vietnam. The GVN will hol [...] | 2010-01-28 07:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP VM |
10HANOI106 | Joint Demarche Delivered on Preparations for Third Sherpa [...] (SBU) On January 27, PolOff, together with the Dutch Charge Collett, met with MFA International Organizations Assistant Director General Do Hung Viet to deliver reftel A demarche regarding the Third Sherpa Meeting in the Hague on February 9-11. PolOff and Collett highlighted the importance of t [...] | 2010-01-29 03:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL VM |
10HANOI200 | Information on the Nuclear Security Summit [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 09:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL VM |
10HARARE64 | DEMARCHE TO GOZ ON CITES COP 15 [...] The Ambassador delivered the Demarche (Ref) and talking points to Zimbabwe Minister of Environment Frances Nhema on January 29. 2. Nhema responded that in principle he had no objections to any of the U.S. proposals. He said that customarily, with regard to CITES, the GOZ canvasses the Af [...] | 2010-02-01 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP ZI |
10KAMPALA35 | UGANDA: AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - A/S MEETING REQUEST [...] (U) President Yoweri Museveni, Defense Minister Crispus Kyonga and Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa will be attending the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. The Ugandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not provided exact travel dates for the President or Ministers but has indicated that [...] | 2010-01-22 10:09:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP AORC XA UG |
10KAMPALA91 | UGANDA: PHENYLACETIC ACID DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 13:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC SNAR UG |
10KATHMANDU114 | NEPAL DISCUSSING U.S. CITES PROPOSALS [...] Post delivered reftel talking points to the CITES Authority of Nepal, Mr. Gopal Prasad Upadyaya, Director General of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation. Upadyaya said he will convey Nepal's position after discussions in the Ministry. 2. On corals, Upadyay said it i [...] | 2010-02-08 02:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP XD NP |
10KIGALI51 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - RWANDAN ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) President Kagame has accepted A/S Carson's invitation to meet at the AU summit (reftel). Government of Rwanda is still working out details on the trip but has provided post the following information: Composition of delegation - President Paul Kagame, Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwab [...] | 2010-01-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP AORC XA RW |
10KINSHASA11 | In first meeting with dips since MONUC's new mandate [...] (C) Summary: During a January 15 meeting with senior diplomats to the DRC, SRSG Alan Doss confirmed that President Kabila was "anxious to see a drawdown plan" for MONUC. Doss said he did not support the creation of a GDRC SSR Coordinator, which, in Doss' view, was impractical and also risked [...] | 2010-01-20 17:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PHUM AORC PREL MOPS MCAP CG |
10KINSHASA15 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - DRC Delegation [...] (U) Poloff passed information in para 4 of reftel to the GDRC Director of the Bureau of African and Middle-Eastern Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (SBU) Responses to requests for information in para 6 of reftel follow: Composition of delegation - [...] | 2010-01-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP AORC XA CG |
10KINSHASA158 | DRC RESPONSE TO CITES COP15 OUTREACH ON U.S. SPECIES [...] (U) In response to ref A, Econoff delivered demarche talking points to DRC Minister of Environment, Conservation of Nature and Tourism Jose Endundo on February 1. 2. (U) Endundo applauded the USG's commitment to save endangered species, and for its commitment to conservation of nature [...] | 2010-02-08 13:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP CG |
10KINSHASA25 | CHOD Outlines Military Reform Plans [...] (C) Summary: Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Didier Etumba Longila discussed plans to reform the military during a January 26 briefing to select UNSC ambassadors and senior MONUC officials. The FARDC plans to organize its national defense into three geographical zones headquartered in [...] | 2010-01-28 08:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MCAP PREL KCRS AORC MARR PHUM PINS CG |
10KUALALUMPUR66 | MALAYSIA: JOINT DEMARCHE WITH DUTCH ON NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Poloff and Netherlands embassy DCM Soer met with MFA Under Secretary for Non-Proliferation Bala Chandran Tharman on January 27 to discuss the upcoming Sherpa meeting in the Hague for the Nuclear Security Summit(ref A). U/S Bala, who is the Sous Sherpa for the GOM's delegation, acknowledg [...] | 2010-02-04 03:20:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EAID IAEA NPT AORC MNUC PREL UNGA MY |
10KUWAIT103 | GOK TO ATTEND MARCH CITES CONFERENCE IN DOHA [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points about the U.S. initiatives for the 15th meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (COP15) taking place March 13-25 in Doha to Captain Ali Al-Haider, Deputy Director General for Kuwait's Environmental Public Authority on January 31st. Al-Haider affirmed [...] | 2010-02-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KU SENV ENRC KSCA CITES AORC UNEP |
10KYIV198 | UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO CITES COP-15 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points to Volodymyr Domashlinets, Ukraine's CITES representative at the Ministry of Environmental Protection, on February 1. Domashlinets said Ukraine will support the U.S. proposals on sharks, corals, polar bears, and a snake trade. The Ministry of Environmental P [...] | 2010-02-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP UP |
10LILONGWE176 | MALAWI: RESPONSE TO US CITES PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 11:16:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP MI |
10LILONGWE42 | MALAWI: AU SUMMIT PARTICIPATION [...] MFA Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni confirmed to Poloff on 21 January that Malawi's delegation will consist of President Bingu wa Mutharika, Minister of Foreign Affairs Etta Banda, MFA Principal Secretary Anthony Livuza, and himself. Chiunguzeni stated that other GOM Ministers [...] | 2010-01-21 09:43:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC OVIP AU MI |
10LIMA227 | Peru Response: OAS Reform and Mandate for Next Secretary [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to MFA Director for OAS Affairs Carlos Ortega. Ortega expressed interest in USG plans to raise issues of concern at the March 3 Permanent Council meeting, and said he would consult with his colleagues regarding reftel talking points. Post w [...] | 2010-02-26 19:02:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KDEM OAS PE |
10LIMA256 | Peru to Consider USG Cites Proposals [...] SUMMARY: EconOff and REO Hub Officers met with officials from the Ministry of External Relations, Ministry of Environment, Vice Ministry of Fisheries of the Ministry of Production and Export, and the Peru Ocean Institute (IMARPE) regarding reftel CITES proposals. Visiting OES Marine Science O [...] | 2010-02-09 13:26:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP PE |
10LISBON45 | PORTUGAL ON CITES COP15 U.S. SPECIES PROPOSALS [...] Poleconoff and Economic Assistant delivered reftel talking points to Ana Zuquete, Joao Loureiro, and Paulo Carmo of the Portuguese Institute for Conservation of Nature and Biodiversity, who will be the Portuguese delegation to CoP15 and share issue responsibilities. Loureiro will lead the de [...] | 2010-01-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV AORC ECON PO |
10LISBON47 | PORTUGAL ILZSG, ICSG STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] Per reftel, below are staff lists and extrabudgetary data on the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) and the International Copper Study Group (ICSG). 2. STAFF LISTS -------------- * * * * * ILZSG * * * * * NAME POSITION CITIZENSHIP GRADE Jorge, [...] | 2010-01-29 15:52:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR AORC APER ECON PO |
10LISBON55 | PORTUGAL: INTEREST ON EXTERNAL BORROWING ON FY2010 [...] Neither the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) nor the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) (both non-deferred organizations) incurred interest costs associated with external borrowings for CY 2010. Per ref A, a written statement to that effect provided by the secretary genera [...] | 2010-02-08 18:34:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN PO |
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 |
10LONDON77 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - UK DELEGATION [...] (SBU) The following delegation will represent the UK Government at the African Union summit: - Baroness Glenys Kinnock, Foreign Office Minister for Africa - Norman Ling, Her Majesty's Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union (mobile: 251.91.120.3081) - Fiona Robertson, Private Secr [...] | 2010-01-14 17:32:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA UK |
10LUXEMBOURG49 | LUXEMBOURG RESPONSE TO CITES COP15 OUTREACH ON U.S. SPECIES [...] (U) Eric Muller, MFA desk officer for the Americas delivered GOL response concerning reftel points to Pol/Econ Chief Feb. 22. Muller explained that he had coordinated the GOL response with Luxembourg's Ministry for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, which covers the environment. [...] | 2010-02-25 09:42:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP LU |
10MADRID138 | ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] (U) ECON sent fax and left repeated voicemail messages with Carmen Molina, Director of Human Resources at the UN's World Tourism Organization, to request the reftel budgetary and personnel information. After multiple non-responsive inquiries, ECON is forced to assume that as in prior years the [...] | 2010-02-04 11:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OCED POLUN UNESCO SP |
10MADRID139 | SPAIN: INFORMED OF DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES FOR NSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF on February 1 met LTC. Anibal Villalba Fernandez, an adviser to President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on foreign and security issues, to review Ref A points on the different objectives for the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) that President Obama will host in the Washington [...] | 2010-02-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC |
10MADRID140 | SPAIN PROVIDES EU RESPONSE TO CITES PROPOSALS [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche talking points to Manuel Calderon, Head of the Scientific Evaluation Section for CITES of Spain's Office of Biodiversity in the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs on January 25. On February 3, Calderon responded to the US proposals, explaini [...] | 2010-02-05 09:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP SP |
10MALABO16 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA: AU SUMMIT PARTICIPATION [...] MFA Director General of International Organizations Angel Mokara Moleila informed Poloff on 22 January that Equatorial Guinea's delegation to the AU Summit will consist of: --President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo --Minister of Foreign Affairs Pastor Micha Ondo Bile --MFA Vice Minister Eustaquio N [...] | 2010-01-22 16:46:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP AORC EK |
10MANILA187 | ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND OTHER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 01:14:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD APECO UNESCO RP |
10MASERU37 | LESOTHO'S RESPONSE TO CITES DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 06:23:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP LT |
10MEXICO382 | Mexico on Preparing for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed January 28 the U.S. approach to the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (Ref. A and B) and the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit (Ref. C) with Julian Juarez Cadenas, Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the [...] | 2010-02-04 20:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA EAID TBIO AORC CDG PGOV |
10MEXICO444 | GOM Consulting Internally on Reintroducing 2005 HRC [...] Poloff met February 8 with GOM Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) Director for Women's Affairs Norma Contreras to present a USG proposal that Mexico reintroduce one of the resolutions it sponsored in the Human Rights Council in 2005. This "Resolution on Women and Property" (CHR, CHR 20 [...] | 2010-02-09 15:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC MX UN PHUM KWMN SOCI |
10MOSCOW162 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 15:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP IAEA AORC MNUC CDC UNGA TBIO RS |
10MOSCOW200 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOR ON HELIUM-3 SHORTAGE FOR [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche orally to Aleksey Ubeyev, Deputy Director of International Cooperation Department, at Rosatom on January 14. After consulting with the Department (ref B),post delivered slightly abridged written talking points also to Ubeyev on Jan 19. As Ubeyev is curren [...] | 2010-01-28 11:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PARM RS |
10MOSCOW268 | NO RUSSIAN RESPONSE YET TO U.S. CITES PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP RS |
10MOSCOW273 | RUSSIAN SHERPA SEEKS SMOOTH NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 15:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARK AORC EAID ENRG IAEA MNUC TBIO UNGA NPT |
10MOSCOW381 | NONPAPER DELIVERED: PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 14:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL UNGA |
10MUSCAT17 | OMANIS AWARE OF U.S. RECORD OF COOPERATION ON THE PEACEFUL [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-16 22:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID IAEA AORC ENRG MU |
10NAIROBI124 | African Union Summit -- Kenyan Delegation [...] Per para six reftel request, Moses Wetangula, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will lead the Kenyan delegation to the AU Summit from January 28-30. President Kibaki will lead the delegation from his arrival in Addis Ababa on January 30 to his departure on February 2. No flight information is avai [...] | 2010-01-23 02:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP AORC KE |
10NAIROBI246 | KENYA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ELEPHANTS; COP-15 DEMARCHE [...] Summary: In a February 1 meeting, the GOK sought U.S. support for its proposal to extend the ivory trade ban. The GOK said it has broad African support for the proposal. In the same meeting, econoff delivered reftel talking points on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Speci [...] | 2010-02-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP KE |
10NASSAU122 | The Bahamas: CITES COP15 Outreach on U.S. Species Proposals [...] (U) PolCouns delivered reftel points to Philip Weech, director of the Bahamas Science, Environment and Technology Commission at the Ministry of Environment and Eric Carey, Director of the Bahamas National Trust. Mr. Weech noted that a formal response on the position of the GCOB with respect t [...] | 2010-02-08 19:52:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP BF |
10NDJAMENA78 | CHAD LIKELY TO SUPPORT USG AT CITES-COP15 [...] (SBU) Ministry of Environment Director of Fauna and National Parks M. Daboulaye Man Ymary Djaingue provided GOC feedback February 4 on reftel demarche. Daboulaye stated that Chad would attend the March 13-25 COP-15 and noted his professional recommendation that the GOC support the USG proposa [...] | 2010-02-08 08:08:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP CD |
10NEWDELHI155 | INDIA SUPPORTS NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT, FURTHER [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director of Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Amandeep Singh Gill stated January 27 that the Government of India (GOI) was looking forward to a positive and productive Nuclear Security Summit and confirmed that Prime Minister [...] | 2010-01-28 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN AORC CDG |
10NEWDELHI373 | MEA UNRESPONSIVE ON INDIAN CANDIDATE TO HEAD UN [...] (U) On February 24, PolOff reached out to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) United Nations Political Division (UNP) in an effort to gain more information about Kamlesh Vikamsey, the Indian candidate to head the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). Sanjay Rana, the Director of [...] | 2010-02-26 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN PREL AMGT IN |
10OSLO70 | Norway's view on U.S. CITES Proposal [...] (U) Ministry of Environment and Development Senior Advisor Mette Svenningsen told PolOff February 3 that Norway would not be prepared to comment on reftel until the end of February. She said the GoN would host a discussion February 15 with Norwegian NGO's to encourage their input for the u [...] | 2010-02-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP NO |
10OTTAWA81 | Canada Supports U.S. Position on Phenyl Acetic Acid at UN [...] (SBU) Canada is "supportive" of U.S. efforts to tighten controls on phenyl acetic acid at the upcoming UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (UNCND) and is willing to help in "rounding up likeminded countries," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) contacts. Ther [...] | 2010-02-24 21:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR UNCND AORC CA |
10OTTAWA83 | CANADIAN AUDITOR GENERAL DECLINES OIOS NOMINATION [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on February 25, Auditor General of Canada Shelia Fraser said that she was "deeply honored" that the USG had nominated her as a candidate for the head of the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). She asked, however, that the USG withdraw her nomination. S [...] | 2010-02-25 18:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC AMGT CA |
10OTTAWA95 | Canada Strongly Supports U.S. Approach to OAS Reform, [...] (C/NF) Canada "strongly supports" the U.S. approach to OAS reform and the mandate for the next OAS Secretary General (reftel),according to Jeff Marder, Director of South American and Inter-American Relations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Marder added th [...] | 2010-02-26 23:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM OAS AORC CA |
10PARAMARIBO114 | Government of Suriname delayed in preliminary response to [...] (SBU) On February 11, Post delivered the talking points (reftel) via diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) requesting that they be forwarded to the Ministry of Physical Planning, Land, and Forestry Management; Ministry of Labor, Technology, and Environment; Ministry of Transp [...] | 2010-02-18 21:21:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP NS |
10PARIS111 | REPORT OF THE 119TH NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY STEERING [...] SUMMARY: The OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Steering Committee met October 29-30, 2009 at OECD headquarters in Paris. Chairman Richard Stratford (U.S.) was reelected as Chair of the Steering Committee. The meeting took place against a backdrop of developments which indicate heightened inter [...] | 2010-02-02 14:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG KNNP TRGY ISCA IEA OECD |
10PARIS115 | Request for Guidance on USG Bluefin Tuna Policy in CITES [...] (SBU) Since January 2009 when the USG listed France as a country that tolerates Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, French public attention to the depletion of Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna stocks has grown. More importantly, Prince Albert of Monaco has asked m [...] | 2010-02-02 17:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP |
10PARIS146 | French Response to US CITES COP 15 PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 4, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs told us that France agrees with the U.S. proposal on coral and shark, opposes the proposal on bobcat (because of look-alike concerns) and is still considering its position on polar bears. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On February [...] | 2010-02-08 14:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP |
10PARIS220 | OECD: ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING AND BUDGET DATA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 12:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD APER OECD |
10PARIS49 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: FRENCH WORKING WITH USAU TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA FR |
10PARIS9 | EEB A/S FERNANDEZ ADVOCATES GREATER FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: EEB Assistant Secretary Jose W. Fernandez co-chaired the December 7-8 OECD Global Forum on International Investment and underscored the importance of foreign direct investment for global economic recovery. He discussed the upcoming OECD 50th Anniversary and OECD support for th [...] | 2010-01-06 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON EINV OECD |
10PARISFR204 | UNESCO-OBIANG PRIZE FOR LIFE SCIENCES [...] In October 2008, UNESCO's Executive Board approved creation of the UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences. The action was controversial. EU members with support from the United States delegation objected to naming a prize after a noted human rights [...] | 2010-02-22 10:23:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC PHUM UNESCO XA EK |
10PHNOMPENH81 | CAMBODIA RESPONSE TO CITES COP-15 DEMARCHE [...] ESTHOff delivered Reftel materials to Suon Phalla, Deputy Director of the Cambodian CITES Management Authority, who distributed the U.S. proposals to relevant officials in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) and Ministry of Environment (MOE) for comment. Suon said that [...] | 2010-02-03 06:11:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP CB |
10PORTLOUIS32 | MAURITIUS SEEKS AU AND SMALL ISLAND STATE CONSENSUS ON THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD. [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 02:37:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SENV ENRG MP KGHG |
10PORTOFSPAIN208 | OAS Elections: Trinidad Supports Current SYG and ASYG [...] (SBU) MFA Director of Affairs of the Americas Delia Chatoor told us February 24 that Trinidad and Tobago (TT) supports the candidacies of Jose Miguel Insulza for OAS SYG and Albert Ramdin for ASYG and has informed Santiago of that support. Chatoor said the decision was made at the highest lev [...] | 2010-02-24 19:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KDEM OAS TD |
10PRAGUE48 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON CITES COP15 [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on January 25 to Czech Environment Ministry Head of CITES Management Authority Jan Kucera. Mr. Kucera told us that the EU Council will present joint EU positions for the CITES meeting. Since the Council has yet to present its position, Mr. Kucera offered the [...] | 2010-01-28 14:02:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA SENV AORC EZ |
10PRETORIA147 | A/S CARSON MEETING REQUEST WITH SOUTH AFRICANS AT [...] (SBU) PolCouns passed A/S Carson's request for a meeting with President Zuma on the margins of the AU Summit to Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) USA Director on January 15, and included contact information for USAU acting DCM Maybury. DIRCO officials acknowledged [...] | 2010-01-22 17:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA SF |
10PRETORIA210 | PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 14:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC ENRG MNUC PREL |
10PRETORIA211 | PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 14:22:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC ENRG MNUC PREL |
10PRETORIA339 | SOUTH AFRICA'S RESPONSE TO U.S. CITES PROPOSALS [...] (U) Environment, Science and Technology Officer delivered reftel points on U.S. CITES proposals to Elise Haber, Deputy Director for Conservation in the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and Sonja Meintjes, Deputy Director for Biodiversity Compliance in the Departme [...] | 2010-02-18 14:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AORC CITES KSCA UNEP |
10QUITO61 | Ecuador agrees to support U.S. CITES shark proposal and [...] (Summary) Ecuador's head delegate to the March CITES COP-15 in Doha, Qatar, told the Embassy January 29 that the GoE will support both U.S. CITES proposals on sharks and sent a letter confirming Ecuador's support. In discussions January 27 the Vice-Minister of the Environment told emboff [...] | 2010-02-04 17:16:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP EC |
10RABAT67 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARATIONS FOR THE NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 07:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG |
10RABAT97 | MOROCCO UNDECIDED ON CITES PROPOSALS, WILL NOT [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered Ref A demarche to Hayat Mesbah, Head of the Service of Conservation of Wild Flora and Fauna of Morocco's High Commission for Water and Forests and Combating Desertification on January 28, inviting Morocco's comments on the U.S. proposals for the Convention on Internatio [...] | 2010-02-05 16:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS ETRD AORC KSCA CITES MO |
10RIGA27 | LATVIA CONCURS WITH U.S. COMMITMENT TO CORE NPT [...] (SBU) Summary: Latvia is in full accord with the U.S. Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty goals of strengthening non-proliferation, promoting disarmament and fostering the development of peaceful nuclear energy. Latvia supports the universality of the NPT and the Additional Protocol. Latvian o [...] | 2010-01-15 15:40:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG KNNP |
10RIGA62 | LATVIA WILL CONSIDER US CITES PROPOSAL; MAY NOT ATTEND [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 15:42:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP LG |
10RIYADH145 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: PREPARATIONS FOR THE NUCLEAR [...] (U) Poloff and Netherlands Embassy DCM Menno Lenstra met with Naif Al-Sudairy of the Disarmament department at the MFA on January 31 to discuss preparations for the Nuclear Security Summit per reftel. 2. (U) Al-Sudairy said that the Saudis planned to attend all preparatory meetings for th [...] | 2010-02-01 12:39:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC |
10ROME142 | CITES: ITALY STILL FIGHTING ON CORAL, SAYS EU LIKELY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Italy is still fighting a losing battle within the European Union (EU) on corals. The GOI has asked the EU Council to reconsider its decision to co-sponsor the U.S. proposal listing Corallium under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Appendix II, [...] | 2010-02-05 16:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV CITES EFIS AORC KSCA UNEP IT |
10SANAA367 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST SUPPORT FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 09:30:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNODC CNC SNAR YM |
10SANSALVADOR248 | EL SALVADOR STILL CONSIDERING CITES COP 15 DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 17:49:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP ES |
10SANSALVADOR95 | EL SALVADOR TO SUPPORT AMPHETAMINE CONTROLS [...] (U) Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials on February 24 to discuss El Salvador's support for the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs vote to increase control over illicit amphetamine precursor phenylacetic acid. Egriselda Gonzalez of MFA's Multilateral Affairs Office told [...] | 2010-02-26 22:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SNAR KCRM ES |
10SANSALVADOR97 | El Salvador Supports U.S. OAS Priorities [...] (C) Summary: El Salvador supports our priorities for the next OAS Secretary General (SYG) but we should not expect the Salvadorans to use the March 3 OAS candidate forum to set forth aggressively priorities for the next SYG and ASYG. End Summary. 2. (C) Joaquin Maza, MFA Director Genera [...] | 2010-02-26 23:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KDEM OAS ES |
10SANTIAGO160 | CHILE: MAY HAVE CONCERNS WITH CITES COP-15 PROPOSALS; [...] (SBU) ESTHoff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Environment Directorate (MFA/DIMA) CITES Coordinator Nancy Cespedes on January 27. Cespedes informed ESTHoff that Chile may have some concerns with the proposals, e.g., Chile trades in coral and is concerned with identifying [...] | 2010-02-05 16:48:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP CI |
10SANTODOMINGO296 | Dominican Republic Response to CITES COP-15 Demarche [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 19:36:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP DR |
10SANTODOMINGO51 | GODR Health Assistance Following Haiti Earthquake [...] Summary: On 04 Feb 2010, the Dominican Public Health Ministry (SESPAS) provided the Embassy statistics indicating that 50,647 people have received some kind of medical attention (29,467 vaccinated, plus 21,180 others) in the "framework" of the GoDR's "Contingency Plan to Help Haiti." SESPAS h [...] | 2010-02-05 20:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AMED SMIG AEMR AORC HA DR |
10SANTODOMINGO65 | OAS REFORM AND MANDATE FOR NEXT SECRETARY GENERAL (DOMINICAN [...] (C) Charge, accompanied by Pol-Econ Counselor, on 24 February 2010, delivered the demarche on "OAS Reform and Mandate for Next Secretary General" (Reftel) to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso and Vice Minister Juan Manuel Trullols. The Foreign Minister said that the Dominican Governm [...] | 2010-02-25 18:34:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OAS KDEM AORC DR |
10SEOUL133 | ROKG WILL PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 06:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC |
10SEOUL75 | DG SHIN DONG IK TO TRAVEL TO MANILA FOR NPT [...] (SBU) On January 14, PolOff delivered reftel non-paper on Dissuading Abuse of the NPT Withdrawal Provision to Kim Sung-eun, Second Secretary, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. On January 20, Kim notified PolOff that Shin Dong-Ik, Director Genera [...] | 2010-01-20 05:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL UNGA |
10SINGAPORE107 | PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: [...] (C) EP Counselor passed reftel demarche outlining the differences between the April Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) and the May Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to MFA International Organizations Deputy Director Chin Siew Fei. Chin said Singapore is well aware of the differenc [...] | 2010-01-27 08:35:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM TBIO IAEA AORC ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL NPT |
10SINGAPORE110 | REDI CENTER'S FUTURE UNCERTAIN AS USG FUNDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dr. Daniel Miller and Dr. Adrienne Goodrich-Doctor of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) met with CDA and Ministry of Health (MOH) officials on December 3 and 4, 2009 to discuss the future of the Regional Emerging Diseases Intervention (REDI) Center and recent c [...] | 2010-01-27 09:17:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KFLU TBIO PREL PGOV SN |
10STATE13842 | COPUOS: GUIDANCE FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION TO THE [...] Following is guidance for the USDEL to the 47th session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (STSC) of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). 2. Space Applications Program (SAP) and implementation of UNISPACE III: Generally, the work of the SAP and follow-up [...] | 2010-02-17 14:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA UNGA UNCOPUOS AORC KNNP AU |
10STATE15561 | COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 7 and 8. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During the January 2010 Department of State-led delegation to the Gulf region, the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) provided information on the potential for cooperation with [...] | 2010-02-20 01:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP ENRG TRGY MU BA KU SA |
10STATE18188 | IAEA: GUIDANCE FOR USDEL TO IAEA BOARD OF [...] The Department appreciates Mission,s analysis and recommendations for the March IAEA Board of Governors (BoG) meeting (reftel). Instructions for U.S. delegation (USDEL) follow. U.S. position papers and any statements may be modified as the USDEL believes appropriate. USDEL should also deliv [...] | 2010-02-26 17:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG IAEA KN KNNP TPHY TRGY XP |
10STATE18444 | USUN: MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR S/CT [...] (U) Department requests mission clearance for S/CT Ambassador Benjamin and S/CT Senior Advisor on Multilateral Engagement Eric Rosand for March 1, 2010. Amb Benjamin will give a talk at the International Peace Institute ("International Counterterrorism Policy in the Obama Administration: A S [...] | 2010-02-26 22:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KTFN PTER |
10STATE2544 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST - MAXINE HILLARY AND [...] Mission clearance is requested for Ms. Maxine Hillary and Ms. Kathleen Milton. Ms. Hillary and Ms. Milton will be traveling to New York to attend the International Expert Group meeting on Indigenous Peoples which is taking place on January 12-14. Point of contact at the Mission is Brian Kidw [...] | 2010-01-11 21:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC |
10STATE2567 | UPDATED MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST - MAXINE [...] Mission clearance is requested for Ms. Maxine Hillary and Ms. Kathleen Milton. Ms. Hillary and Ms. Milton will be traveling to New York to attend the International Expert Group meeting on Indigenous Peoples which is taking place on January 12-14. Point of contact at the Mission is Brian Kidw [...] | 2010-01-11 21:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC PREL |
10STATE3353 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - A/S CARSON MEETING REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) Summary: Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson will lead the United States delegation to the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from January 30-February 2, 2010. Action addressees are requested to inform their host governmen [...] | 2010-01-13 16:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA |
10STATE4712 | INVITATION TO DOE/NNSA EVENT ENTITLED "REGIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and the United States Department of State are sponsoring a Regional Energy Planning and Nonproliferation Workshop in Muscat, Om [...] | 2010-01-15 23:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP ENRG TRGY MU SA BA KU TC JO QA MO AG TS |
10STATE9859 | ICES ANNUAL MEETING, 21-22, OCTOBER 2009, AND PICES [...] SUMMARY: The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES, http://www.ices.int) is the oldest intergovernmental organization in the world concerned with marine and fisheries science. ICES is the prime source of advice on the marine ecosystem to governments and international regul [...] | 2010-02-01 13:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC DA KS PICES SENV TPHY ICES |
10STOCKHOLM40 | DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NUCLEAR SUMMIT AND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 13:13:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC ENRG MNUC PGOV SW |
10STOCKHOLM43 | SWEDES RECEIVE DEMARCHE ON CITES COP15 OUTREACH ON [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 09:35:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV AORC ECON SW |
10STOCKHOLM45 | SWEDEN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD SHERPA MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 13:33:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC ENRG MNUC PGOV SW |
10STOCKHOLM58 | SWEDES UNWILLING TO PRESENT POSITION ON CITES [...] (SBU) Marie Dahlstrom, Desk Officer, Division for Natural Resources, the Swedish Ministry of the Environment, told Emboff on February 11 that Sweden would not reveal its position on any of the U.S. species proposals prior to the CITES COP15 meeting, citing EU membership as the reason. Dahlstro [...] | 2010-02-12 06:37:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA SENV AORC ECON SW |
10TALLINN56 | ESTONIA DISAGREES WITH U.S. ON STATUS OF LYNX; SUPPORTS [...] Econ Specialist delivered REFTEL points to Kadri Alasi, Chief Expert of the Nature Conservation Department of the Ministry of the Environment and Jaan Salulaid, U.S. Desk Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Alasi informed that she will represent Estonia at the March 13-25 Conference of [...] | 2010-01-29 12:59:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP EN |
10TASHKENT55 | Uzbekistan: Karimov Decree Offers Opportunities, But [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek President Karimov signed a decree on January 11 calling for strengthened bilateral cooperation with the U.S. following the ABC meetings in Washington. The decree, which has since leaked to the press, tasks all Uzbek government entities with facilitating the implementation of [...] | 2010-02-01 13:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC UZ |
10TBILISI69 | GEORGIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PEACEFUL USE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 13:13:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG KNNP |
10TELAVIV218 | PREPARATIONS FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT THIRD [...] (SBU) Per reftel, emboffs discussed with Dutch DCM Roelof Buffinga on January 27 preparations for the February 9-11 Nuclear Security Summit Sherpa meeting in The Hague. Buffinga noted that the Dutch embassy had received reftel demarche a week earlier. Given conflicting schedules, he asked to [...] | 2010-01-29 14:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC |
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 |
10TIRANA87 | ALBANIA: CITES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Embassy contacted the CITES representative for Albania, the Director of Nature Protection Policies in the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration before February 5th demarche deadline. Post was informed that Albania may send a representative to the meeting in Qatar but had no [...] | 2010-02-16 05:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC AL |
10TOKYO280 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO U.S. CITES PROPOSALS [...] Econoff delivered points on terrestrial proposals contained in ref to Ministry of Environment Nature Conservation Bureau Senior Assistant Director Keiji Nakashima February 2 and points on marine proposals to Fisheries Agency of Japan Ecosystems Conservation Office Assistant Director Hideki Mo [...] | 2010-02-10 07:43:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP JP |
10TRIPOLI96 | LIBYAN ATOMIC ENERGY HEAD ELABORATES ON FUNDING REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR MEDICINE CENTER REF: 09 TRIPOLI 886 TRIPOLI 00000096 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 15:59:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA PGOV LY |
10TUNIS58 | FOREIGN MINISTER MORJANE TO HEAD TUNISIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC XA TS |
10UNESCOPARISFR165 | UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL'S INFORMATION SESSION [...] Summary: At UNESCO Director-General Bokova's first information session for member states on February 4, the Director-General reiterated her intention to protect cultural property in Haiti and help rebuild that country's educational system. Bokova also reaffirmed her intention to work on girl [...] | 2010-02-11 14:47:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNESCO SCUL SENV AORC HA |
10UNESCOPARISFR187 | HAITI EARTHQUAKE: UNESCO MEETING ON SAVING HAITI'S [...] Summary. UNESCO, February 16, convened a meeting to bring together Haitian government officials, representatives of museums and cultural experts and representatives of other UNESCO member states to discuss the impact of the January 12 earthquake on Haiti's cultural heritage. The Haitian Minist [...] | 2010-02-17 17:19:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KPKO HA PREL SCUL UNESCO |
10UNESCOPARISFR197 | HAITI EARTHQUAKE: DISCUSSION WITH UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] Ambassador met UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova February 19 to review issues stemming from the Haiti earthquake. Bokova began by discussing her plans to visit Haiti March 9-10. She said she planned to visit cultural sites on March 9 (accompanied by the Canadian Governor),spend the night [...] | 2010-02-19 16:36:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KPKO HA PREL SCUL UNESCO |
10UNESCOPARISFR51 | TFHA01 UNESCO STAFF IN HAITI [...] (U) UNESCO has set up a task force to deal with the crisis in Haiti and to determine the well being of its 14 person staff in Port au Prince. As of last evening, all four members of UNESCO's international staff in Haiti were accounted for - safe and sound: one Italian, one French, one from Ivo [...] | 2010-01-14 15:33:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AORC EAID UNESCO HA |
10UNESCOPARISFR87 | UNESCO ASKS US TO PROTECT HAITI'S MUSEUMS [...] Summary. UNESCO contacted U.S. Mission UNESCO and the Department, January 25, seeking help to protect and preserve Haiti's cultural artifacts. Citing the large U.S. military presence in Haiti, the UNESCO Culture Section asked whether some U.S. troops could be deployed to protect cultural sit [...] | 2010-01-27 07:41:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KPKO SCUL HA PREL UNESCO |
10UNROME10 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On January 29, WFP reported to the Mission that: -- There were no security incidents reported against WFP staff or implementing partners during the January 25-29 period. -- WFP has no intention to res [...] | 2010-01-29 16:59:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP AORC EAID PREF UNHCR |
10UNROME12 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 2, WFP reported that artillery/mortar exchanges between militants and the TFG over the weekend in Mogadishu did not impact WFP operations as there was no shelling in the vicinity of the port w [...] | 2010-02-02 18:21:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP AORC EAID PREF UNHCR |
10UNROME17 | MISSION STRATEGY TO INCREASE U.S. EMPLOYMENT AND PROMOTE [...] In our ongoing effort to increase U.S. employment and promote gender parity at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),Mission requested a meeting with the FAO Human Resource (HR) Director, Tony Alonzi. Alonzi briefed Mission officers on efforts to increase U.S. geographic representat [...] | 2010-02-12 08:39:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER FAO |
10UNROME18 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) WFP continues to express concerns over intensified fighting and shelling in Mogadishu. Although not targeted, WFP fears spillover into the port area where WFP is currently operating its feeding operation [...] | 2010-02-16 17:46:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP AORC EAID PREF UNHCR |
10UNROME25 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD 2010 FIRST REGULAR [...] The 2010 First Regular Session of the WFP Executive Board was held in Rome from February 8-11. Highlights from the session included: the election of a new Executive Board Bureau, an update on Haiti, guest speakers OCHA Under Secretary General Sir John Holmes and economist Jeffrey Sachs, and a [...] | 2010-02-23 15:15:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | WFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN |
10UNROME26 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: SOMALIA OPERATIONS SITUATION UPDATE AS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 23, WFP disseminated its latest situation report. The text is pasted in its entirety below: BEGIN REPORT "WFP Somalia Operations Situation As of February 22, 2010 Summary Update -- W [...] | 2010-02-23 17:52:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP AORC EAID PREF |
10UNROME3 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM SOUTHERN SOMLIA OPERATIONS UPDATE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. --------------- Summary --------------- 2. (SBU) On January 12 the UN World Food Program presented an update on the current situation in southern Somalia to the Executive Board following WFP's partial suspen [...] | 2010-01-13 19:35:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WFP SO AORC EAID PREF EFIN UNHCR |
10UNROME7 | RESPONSE TO FY 2010 ANTI-PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] In response to reftel, Mission received anti-pedophilia certification from all three Rome-based UN agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),World Food Program (WFP),and the International Fund for Agriculture and Development (IFAD). We also requested similar certification from th [...] | 2010-01-22 17:09:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI FAO WFP IFAD ICCROM |
10UNVIEVIENNA11 | IAEA SAFEGUARDS: IAEA Request for Continued AFTAC Support [...] (SBU) Mission received the letter below requesting continued AFTAC support at current contractual levels of 450 samples per year. 2. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Mission strongly recommends continued support for this critical safeguards mission and requests guidance for responding to IAEA. B [...] | 2010-01-20 07:10:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY AORC KNNP MNUC IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA12 | FY 2010 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] Per Reftel instructions, Mission sent inquiries to the following UN bodies in Vienna and has received their responses. ------ UNIDO ------ 2. The United Nations International Development Organization (UNIDO) provided UNVIE with a 2009 list of NGOs with consultative or observer status. [...] | 2010-01-20 15:14:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI UN |
10UNVIEVIENNA15 | IAEA AMANO TRANSITION SITREP 3 [...] (SBU) On January 8, Mission staff consulted with IAEA Deputy Director General for Nuclear Safety and Security (DDG/NS) Taniguchi on his plans. Taniguchi was very forthcoming and stated that he planned to stay as DDG until his contract runs out in August 2010. He said he did not think he was [...] | 2010-01-22 10:06:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC KNNP PINR IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA16 | NPT REVCON: EGYPT UNMOVED BY ISRAELI OVERTURE ON [...] (S) Summary: According to a January 21 readout from Israeli Ambassador Azoulay, an Israeli-Egyptian bilat on NPT Revcon and related IAEA General Conference Middle East issues registered no substantive progress. Azoulay said he repeated Israeli National Security Advisor Arad's late December app [...] | 2010-01-22 16:27:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PARM IAEA KTBT IS EG SY |
10UNVIEVIENNA17 | IAEA/PACT: Assessment of PACT's Function [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 16:34:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI EAID KNNP AORC IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA2 | IAEA AMANO TRANSITION SITREP 2: MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is the second report in UNVIE's new series on IAEA personnel changes. Further complicating DG Amano's pending decision on appointing a DDG for Nuclear Safety and Security are the organizational issue of whether to elevate Nuclear Security as a department under its own DDG, [...] | 2010-01-04 14:42:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP PINR IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA21 | US-EU CONSULTS: POST- LISBON EU FINDING ITS [...] (SBU) The Spanish and EU Missions (Ambassadors Jose Luis Rosello Serra and Lars-Erik Lundin, respectively) co-hosted semiannual US-EU consultations on issues related to Vienna-based international organizations January 22; these were the first bilateral consultations held by the amalgamated EU/ [...] | 2010-01-28 10:18:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM SNAR IAEA KNNP KTNBT UNCND EUN |
10UNVIEVIENNA26 | IAEA's Budget Working Group Fulfills a Promise - But Little [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Budget Working Group (BWG) January 13-15 allowed a refreshingly non-polemical discussion on IAEA programs, but fell short of Geneva Group hopes to identify programs for emphasis or de-emphasis in the IAEA's 2011 budget. In contrast to Geneva Group readiness, the G-77 did no [...] | 2010-02-01 14:45:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP PREL IAEA UN |
10UNVIEVIENNA30 | INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK -- AMANO ADVANCING [...] (C) SUMMARY: IAEA Secretariat released its Note on Assurance of Supply January 28 and will offer a technical briefing February 12 to elaborate on that document. Fuel bank point man Tariq Rauf received from us the same day the proposed elements for a Recommended Action that USG favors DG Amano [...] | 2010-02-02 15:54:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | TRGY ENRG KNNP AORC IAEA KZ |
10UNVIEVIENNA31 | PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT -- DG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nuclear Security Sous-Sherpa Holgate briefed IAEA DG Amano on the schedule and format of the Washington Nuclear Security Summit, including Amano's role as "animator" of the leaders' lunchtime discussion on the IAEA's role. Amano affirmed his brief intervention would aim for cl [...] | 2010-02-02 16:00:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG TRGY KNNP AORC MNUC IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA32 | IAEA: ARSHAD LIMBO SHADOWS IAEA BOARD [...] (C) His status in Vienna uncertain and his reputation in Kuala Lumpur in tatters, Malaysian Ambassador Arshad continues to implore the IAEA and sympathetic diplomatic colleagues to pressure the U.S. to "quietly" seek his reinstatement by the GOM as Chairman of the Board of Governors. In the r [...] | 2010-02-02 16:35:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA MY |
10UNVIEVIENNA4 | IAEA MEMBER STATES REV UP FOR 2011 BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Member States preparing to tackle the open question of the IAEA's 2011 regular budget during the first meeting of the open Working Groug January 13-18, the U.S. will need to clarify soon our goals for the 2011 budget. The Budget Working Group (BWG),open to all Member Stat [...] | 2010-01-04 15:39:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
10UNVIEVIENNA40 | AUSTRIAN DIPLOMAT SHARES IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S CLAIM [...] (C) On February 5, former Austrian Ambassador to Tehran Michael Postl (please protect) debriefed Tri-Mission officers on a meeting he had earlier in the week with Iranian President Ahmadinejad's chief of cabinet, Mashaie, at Mashaie's request. On the nuclear issue, Mashaie told Postl that [...] | 2010-02-08 12:32:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IR AU |
10UNVIEVIENNA43 | IRAN UPS ITS NUCLEAR ANTE TO 20 PERCENT [...] (S/NF) Iran officially notified the IAEA February 8 of its intention to enrich up to 20 percent, specifying a "pilot plant of a single IR-1 centrifuge cascade." The IAEA is expected to circulate Iran's note to the Board of Governors. Likeminded DCMs/experts (E3, Spain, JUSCANZ) met simultaneou [...] | 2010-02-08 16:11:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PARM KNNP IAEA IR |
10UNVIEVIENNA44 | IAEA/BOG: AMANO DEFUSES BOARD CHAIR CRISIS [...] (C) The IAEA Board of Governors will meet in a pro forma session February 12 to elect a new Chairman, bringing an end to a drawn out saga prompted by the recall of former Malaysian Governor Dato' Arshad. The Southeast Asia/Pacific (SEAP) group has advised the Director General, in a letter sub [...] | 2010-02-09 16:30:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP IAEA MY |
10UNVIEVIENNA48 | IAEA/IRAN: IAEA SAFETY PEER REVIEW MISSION TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA continues its nuclear safety-related activities with Iran in anticipation of the start-up of the Bushehr nuclear power reactor. The Iranian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (INRA) requested a safety peer review mission from the IAEA in mid 2008 (ref A). INRA prepared a s [...] | 2010-02-11 08:19:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA IR ENGR |
10UNVIEVIENNA49 | IAEA/BOG: March Board Preview and Analysis [...] (SBU) Although the March IAEA Board of Governors meeting is traditionally focused on nuclear safety and technology, Iran's nuclear brinksmanship and potential Syrian safeguards failures will likely dominate the debate. This is particularly true as the Board meeting, expected to run March 1-4, [...] | 2010-02-12 07:52:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PARM KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
10UNVIEVIENNA5 | IRAN/TRR: IRAN DELIVERS FORMAL REPLY TO IAEA [...] (C) IAEA External Relations (EXPO) Director Vilmos Cserveny reported to Charge January 6 and in a follow-up discussion January 7 that Iranian Ambassador Soltanieh had on January 5-6 delivered to Director General Amano an official "reply" to the IAEA proposal for refueling the Tehran Research R [...] | 2010-01-07 16:26:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC IAEA KNNP IR |
10UNVIEVIENNA54 | UNIDO to Host April 2010 UN Chief Executive Board Meeting [...] Summary. Secretary General Ban ki Moon (UNSYG) has chosen UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to host the upcoming UN Chief Executives Board (CEB) meeting, scheduled for April 9-10, 2010. While the agenda is still being formulated, it is likely discussion will focus on Copenhagen [...] | 2010-02-17 12:04:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KGHG |
10UNVIEVIENNA6 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANK - AMANO MOVES THE ISSUE BUT MAY [...] (C) Summary: The IAEA's point man on developing the International Nuclear Fuel Bank (INFB) expects DG Amano to release a response to the G-77 and NAM's technical questions by the end of January, authorize a briefing in February, issue a detailed Secretariat proposal for discussion at the June [...] | 2010-01-08 14:35:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | TRGY PREL ENRG KNNP AORC IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA60 | IAEA/PACT: WILL 2010 BE THE BREAKOUT YEAR FOR CANCER [...] (U) SUMMARY: To mark World Cancer Day on February 4, the IAEA's Programme of Action for Cancer Therapies (PACT),held a presentation highlighting its achievements and future plans. As a guest speaker, Ambassador Davies reiterated U.S. support for PACT, noting a recent decision to fund a heal [...] | 2010-02-19 11:17:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI EAID KNNP AORC IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA64 | IAEA/IRAN: DG AMANO GIVES FAILING GRADE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 14:58:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
10UNVIEVIENNA66 | IAEA/IRAN: DG AMANO GIVES FAILING GRADE TO [...] (SBU) On 18 February, Director General (DG) Amano released the IAEA's latest reports on its investigations in Iran in preparation for the IAEA Board of Governors meeting the week of March 1. The report was the toughest seen in years and concluded Iran's cooperation has been insufficient to [...] | 2010-02-19 15:56:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
10UNVIEVIENNA69 | IAEA/TC: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF THE TECHNICAL [...] (C) This is an action message for ISN. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As the UNVIE continues to monitor Technical Cooperation projects, attend regional TC planning meetings, and engage in special briefings on issues such as results-based management (RBM),further management shor [...] | 2010-02-24 09:42:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID |
10UNVIEVIENNA70 | IAEA/TC: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF THE TECHNICAL [...] (C) This is an action message for ISN. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As the UNVIE continues to monitor Technical Cooperation projects, attend regional TC planning meetings, and engage in special briefings on issues such as results-based management (RBM),further management shor [...] | 2010-02-24 09:47:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID |
10UNVIEVIENNA75 | IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING SIGNALS TOUGHER [...] (C//NF) On February 24, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG) February 18 report on Iran. The briefing reprised the points covered in the report, but also offered more details about the IAEA's proposals for adjusted Safeg [...] | 2010-02-26 15:26:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
10UNVIEVIENNA76 | IAEA/BOARD/IRAN: RUSSIA,S TOUGHENING STANCE; PRC [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 17:14:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM KNNP IAEA IR |
10UNVIEVIENNA77 | IAEA TECHNICAL BRIEF ON SYRIA LAYS IT ON THE LINE [...] (C) At the February 24 technical briefing on the DG's Syria report, the IAEA underscored the need for Syrian cooperation on an increasing number of issues, some involving Syria's failure to report nuclear material under its Safeguards Agreement. In particular, Director of Safeguards Operatio [...] | 2010-02-26 17:21:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM KNNP IAEA SY |
10USNATO54 | ACTION REQUEST: POSSIBLE AUTUMN 2010 NATO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) On February 2, Secretary General Rasmussen identified four tentative dates for possible foreign and/or defense ministerials this fall to be held in Brussels: -- Thursday, September 16; -- Thursday, September 23; -- Thursday, O [...] | 2010-02-03 17:05:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP AORC PREL NATO |
10USUNNEWYORK101 | UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 14:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
10USUNNEWYORK14 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT SENIOR ADVISOR [...] (U) Mission clearance granted for Eric Rosand, S/CT Senior Advisor on Multilateral Engagement. Mr. Rosand will participate in the first informal meeting of the Counter-terrorism Committee (CTC) under the new CTC Chair (Turkey). Mr. Rosand will outline USG views on the CTC going forward. Mr [...] | 2010-01-13 20:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PTER KTFN AORC |
10USUNNEWYORK16 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF 2010 ASSESSMENT FOR CAPITAL [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/MPR Lisa Spratt and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a note from the Secretary-General, dated 24 December 2009 requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN Capital Master Plan (CMP) for 2010 in the amount of $75,534,800. The note also refers to [...] | 2010-01-14 15:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN CMP |
10USUNNEWYORK17 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF 2010 REGULAR BUDGET [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a note from the Secretary-General, dated 31 December 2009 requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the United Nations regular budget for 2010 in the amount of $517,133,507.00. The note also refers [...] | 2010-01-14 15:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
10USUNNEWYORK33 | FIFTH COMMITTEE ACTION ON THE 2010-2011 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary: The main session of the 64th General Assembly (GA) concluded early on the morning of December 24, 2009 with the adoption of a $5.16 billion 2010-2011 biennium budget. The Secretary-General initially proposed a 2010-2011 budget of $4.88 billion. However, at the time of his initial [...] | 2010-01-21 14:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT AORC UN KUNR |
10USUNNEWYORK35 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT ERIC ROSAND FOR [...] Mission clearance granted for Eric Rosand, S/CT Senior Advisor on Multilateral Engagement. Mr. Rosand, together with USUN officials, will discuss CTC revitalization with representatives of China, Russia and Turkey. Mr. Rosand and USUN officials will meet with UN Department of Political Affa [...] | 2010-01-22 10:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OTRA PTER KTFN |
10USUNNEWYORK4 | MISSION CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR UNDC [...] (U) Mission clearance is granted to the following UNDC Representatives: Susan Burk, Scott Davis and Giovanni Snidle to visit New York January 6-7, 2010, to conduct meetings at the United Nations in preparation for the upcoming Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in May 2010. [...] | 2010-01-06 23:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PARM UNDC ASEC OTRA |
10USUNNEWYORK43 | UN ORGANIZATIONS ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 15:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
10USUNNEWYORK49 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT ERIC ROSAND FOR [...] Mission clearance is granted for Eric Rosand, S/CT Senior Advisor on Multilateral Engagement for visit on January 28 - 29. Mr. Rosand plans to attend a G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG)/UN Counterterrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) joint meeting. He will also meet with representat [...] | 2010-01-28 18:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PTER AORC KTFN |
10USUNNEWYORK5 | UNGA FIFTH COMMITTEE: US ACHIEVES OBJECTIVES IN [...] (U) Summary: Shortly before midnight on 23 December 2009, Permanent Representatives from approximately two dozen UN Member States concluded nine hours of negotiations to resolve the impasse over the scales of assessments in the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee. The meeting, which [...] | 2010-01-07 15:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL UN UNGA KUNR |
10USUNNEWYORK58 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR PRM DAS REUBEN BRIGETY [...] Mission clearance is granted to PRM DAS Reuben Brigety, to attend consultations in New York on February 4, 2010. 2. Doug Mercado, ECOSOC Section, will be the POC at USUN. Mr. Mercado's office phone # is 212-415-4398, cell # is 571-332-5794. Rice [...] | 2010-02-02 23:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OTRA PHUM PREF |
10USUNNEWYORK66 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THE [...] This is an action cable please see paragraph 4. 2. USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) two notes from the SYG dated January 20, 2010 concerning the financing of the international Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Territory [...] | 2010-02-08 19:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UN AORC AFIN |
10USUNNEWYORK67 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR 13 [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated January 26, 2010 concerning the financing of 13 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as foll [...] | 2010-02-08 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
10USUNNEWYORK68 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $37.9 MILLION TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $37,925,192.67 pledged by the U.S. Government to the Trust Fund for the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, of the [...] | 2010-02-08 20:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
10USUNNEWYORK69 | UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $855,655 TO THE TRUST FUND [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $855,655 to the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (VC),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of January 21, 2010 payments owed are [...] | 2010-02-08 20:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UNEP |
10USUNNEWYORK7 | UN - GA FUNDS SPECIAL POLITICAL MISSIONS FOR 2010 [...] (U) Summary: On December 24, 2009, the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee of the GA completed its consideration of the proposed 2010 budgets for 27 Special Political Missions (SPMs) by approving funding under the regular budget of $569.5 million, a reduction of $30 million (5%) i [...] | 2010-01-07 21:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL UNGA |
10USUNNEWYORK70 | UN AND UNEP ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 22:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN UNEP |
10USUNNEWYORK73 | FY2010 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Per the request in reftel, USUN has undertaken a thorough review and certifies that ECOSOC, UNICEF and UNDPI have not granted any official status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization which promotes or condones, or seeks the legalization of pedophilia. Mission est [...] | 2010-02-09 23:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI |
10USUNNEWYORK98 | UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO [...] USUN has e-mailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated February 18, 2010 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as f [...] | 2010-02-22 22:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN UN |
10VIENNA126 | CITES COP15: AUSTRIA AGAINST BOBCAT PROPOSAL [...] (U) On February 1, Post met with Max Abensperg-Traun, the Austrian expert for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment who will be the Austrian representative at COP15 in March. We made sure to h [...] | 2010-02-03 07:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP AU |
10WINDHOEK116 | Demarche Delivered: U.S. Proposals for CITES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Emboff met with representatives from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) and the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR),who will be delegates to the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP-15) for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species [...] | 2010-02-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Windhoek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV FWS WA KSCA AORC UNEP |
10YAOUNDE5 | CAMEROON AND NIGERIA BEGIN HISTORIC BORDER [...] (U) Summary: On December 14, Cameroon and Nigeria laid the first pillar to demarcate their land border, in compliance with a 2002 International Court of Justice ruling. In remarks at the event, Cameroonian Minister of Justice Amadou Ali called the border a "bridge" rather than a "separatio [...] | 2010-01-06 11:49:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CM MARR NI PGOV PREL |
10YAOUNDE52 | CAMEROON AND THE AU SUMMIT [...] (SBU) In a January 21 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi confirmed that he will attend the January 30-February 2 African Union summit in Addis Ababa. Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development Louis Paul Motaze received a special invitation and is also p [...] | 2010-01-22 10:56:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CM OVIP PREL XA |
10YAOUNDE87 | Cameroon: Forestry and Wildlife Minister Discusses CITES, [...] (U) Summary: On February 3, Ambassador met with Minister of Forests and Wildlife Elvis Ngolle Ngolle for a wide-ranging discussion of developments in his ministry, CITES and the Copenhagen Accord. The Minister was pleased with the outcome of Copenhagen and noted that COMIFAC has yet t [...] | 2010-02-09 15:24:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV EFIN KSCA AORC UNEP CM |
10ZAGREB76 | CROATIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CITIES COP-15 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES HR AORC UNEP |
92ZAGREB1526 | CGYOOL-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE UPDATE NO. 38 [...] THIS REPORT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF, DAILY UPDATE ON THE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE SITUATION IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA WITH REGARD TO CONVOYS, COORDINATION, DISTRIBUTION OF U.S.-DONATED ASSISTANCE, AND OTHER RELATED SUBJECTS. AIRPORT UPDATE -------------- 2. THE SARAJEVO AIRLIFT IS [...] | 1992-08-20 14:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AORC EAID MASS PHUM HR BK |
92ZAGREB2263 | CGYOOL-ICRC REPORTS RELEASE OF 87 DETAINEES. [...] ICRC-ZAGREB REPORTS THE RELEASE, ON NOVEMBER 3, OF 87 PRISONERS FROM B-H CAMPS. SIXTY-ONE PRISONERS HELD BY SERBIAN FORCES IN KAMENICA (NEAR DRVAR) HAVE BEEN RELEASED AND TRANSFERED BY ICRC TO THE TRANSIT CENTER IN KARLOVAC (REPUBLIC OF CROATIA) RUN BY UNHCR. ANOTHER GROUP OF 25 SERBIAN PRI [...] | 1992-11-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AORC EAID MASS PHUM HR BK |
94ZAGREB1372 | TFSROL: OFDA DART SITREP NO. 70 [...] UPCOMING DART TRAVEL IN B-H. WFP REPORTED RECORD FOOD DELIVERIES DURING MARCH. UNHCR RESUMES CONVOYS THROUGH SERB-HELD TERRITORY. CONVOYS TO SELECTED AREAS, MARCH 25 - 31. CONVOY INCIDENTS APRIL 1 - 5. SUCCESSFUL CONVOYS APRIL 1 - 5. AIRLIFTS TO SARAJEVO APRIL 1 - 5. OPERATION PROVIDE P [...] | 1994-04-06 16:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AORC EAID PHUM HR BK |
94ZAGREB1634 | TFSROL: DART FIELD OFFICER'S VISIT WITH [...] ON APRIL 5, DART/ZAGREB FIELD OFFICER HAD AN INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE MEETING WITH MR. FUAD DIDIC, MINISTER OF COORDINATION AND FIELD AFFAIRS IN ZENICA FOR THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT. HE IS THE SENIOR GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE REGION. FORMERLY A PROFESSOR OF MARXIST PHILOSOPHY AT THE [...] | 1994-04-25 11:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AORC EAID PHUM HR BK |
95ZAGREB1681 | OFDA DART/ZAGREB SITREP NO. 76 [...] UNHCR SUSPENDED CONVOY OPERATION ON APR 24 - 25 AS A SECURITY PRECAUTION. WORKING GROUP IN ANCONA DISCUSSES CONDITIONS FOR RESUMPTION OF AIRLIFT. UNHCR BUDGET CUTS ADVERSELY AFFECTS OFDA GRANTEE. FOR APRIL 24 - 25: CONVOY INCIDENTS; UNHCR SUCCESSFUL CONVOY DELIVERIES; UNHCR SARAJEVO AIRLIF [...] | 1995-04-26 18:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM HR AORC BK |
95ZAGREB470 | OFDA DART/ZAGREB SITREP NO. 43 [...] FAO RECEIVES 3.5 MILLION ECUS FROM ECHO FOR SPRING SEED PROGRAM. CROATIAN AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO BLOCK FUEL DELIVERIES FOR SERB-HELD TERRITORY. KRAJINA SERBS GRANT CLEARANCE ONLY ONCE A WEEK FOR CONVOYS TO BIHAC POCKET. UNHCR RESTARTS FUEL DELIVERIES UNDER INA CONTRACT. POLICY IN MOSTAR [...] | 1995-02-02 13:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AORC EAID PHUM HR BK |