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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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07MADRID1918 | SPAIN STRAPPED FOR FUNDS FOR LEBANON TRIBUNAL, MFO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL KMFO XT LE IS IT JA EG |
07MADRID340 | INFORMING SPAIN ON THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA Subdirector General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo on February 21 to discuss recent developments on the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara. Gomez-Acebo noted that he recently had spoken with NEA DAS Gordon Gray about the visit to Washington of a [...] | 2007-02-23 12:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS SP UNSC WI |
07MADRID529 | SPAIN COURTS ALGERIA AND MOROCCO DESPITE WESTERN [...] (U) This is an action request message (see paragraphs 3 and 11). 2. (C) NOTE: The conversations in this message took place prior to receipt of reftel on briefing Spain and other countries on our latest Western Sahara efforts, which we will report via separate telegram. END NOTE. 3. (C [...] | 2007-03-21 13:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UNSC SP WI |
07MADRID536 | SPAIN FAVORS UN UMBRELLA FOR WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref. A demarche to MFA Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo on March 21, asking Spain to intervene with the Polisario Front (PF) and encourage them to agree to direct negotiations with Morocco under U.S. auspices at a neutral location. Poloff empha [...] | 2007-03-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UNSC SP WI |
07MADRID578 | SPAIN ON VIOLATIONS OF UNSCR 1701 ARMS EMBARGO [...] (S) Poloff delivered REF A points to MFA Middle East Desk Officer Sergio Carranza on 3/23, sharing the points that were marked as releaseable to the Government of Spain. Carranza inquired as to the reliability of the information, noting that Spain was highly sensitive to information of this na [...] | 2007-03-29 13:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER UNSC LB SP |
07MADRID975 | SPAIN AGREES WITH BROAD DEFINITION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] (SBU) ESTOFF and POLOFF delivered reftel points on May 18 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez and MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Carlos Torres, conveying Department views on the need to interpret broadly operative Paragraph 5 of UNSCR [...] | 2007-05-21 11:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR SP |
07MANAGUA1310 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 21:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR NU |
07MANAGUA797 | GON RECEIVES INFORMATION ON THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 22:27:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EFIN IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM UNSC TRGY NU |
07MANAMA891 | ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-20 13:54:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PTER LE BA |
07MANILA120 | UNLIKELY ASEAN SUPPORT FOR BURMA RESOLUTION OR [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs Executive Director for United Nations and International Organizations Julius Torres expressed regret to Acting Pol/C on January 11 regarding the timing of the U.S. draft UN Security Council resolution on Burma (ref a). He noted that the UNSC consideration co [...] | 2007-01-11 09:53:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV UNSC BM RP |
07MANILA128 | ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS ON BURMA [...] (U) Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo told the press on January 11 that the "advancement of democracy in Myanmar remains a key issue for ASEAN member countries." He noted that, at a working dinner, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers had "expressed concern on the pace of the national reco [...] | 2007-01-12 01:48:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM RP |
07MANILA2855 | PHILIPPINES UPDATE ON HYBRID OPERATION IN DARFUR [...] (C) As requested (reftel),post met with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to highlight the urgent need to find qualified peacekeeping forces for the Hybrid Operation in Darfur, and encouraged the Philippines to contribute qualified personnel to the effort. 2. (C) Leah Ruiz, Directo [...] | 2007-08-22 10:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU RP |
07MANILA3707 | PHILIPPINE RSM 1267 NOMINATION [...] (S) Summary: Philippine National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) Director General Cesar Garcia told emboffs at a November 16 meeting that the Philippines had submitted three months ago its nomination package to the United Nations 1267 Committee to designate the Rajah Solaiman Movemen [...] | 2007-11-19 08:29:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PTER UNSC RP |
07MANILA593 | PHILIPPINES CONTEMPLATING NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador on February 22, Foreign Secretary Romulo welcomed the latest U.S. thinking on Burma SIPDIS (ref a) and pledged to continue to use Philippine chairmanship of ASEAN through August to encourage the Burmese regime to take meaningful steps on its roadmap, as Pre [...] | 2007-02-22 06:47:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM RP |
07MAPUTO622 | Mozambique: 60-Day Report to UN Security Council on UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY MZ |
07MASERU282 | LESOTHO: UNSCR 1267 AND UNHRC DEMARCHES [...] On May 16, Poloff spoke with Acting Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs P.P. Makosholo regarding continued implementation of UNSCR 1267 (ref A) and Bosnia's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (ref B). Regarding UNSCR 1267, Makosholo stated that he would encourage a representative o [...] | 2007-05-16 19:00:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC LT |
07MASERU312 | LESOTHO: CONCERNS FOR MIDEAST STABILITY, NO IMMEDIATE [...] (SBU) On May 31, Poloff relayed reftel points on the United States' 60-Day Report to UN Security Council on UNSCR 1747 to Acting Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs P. P. Makosholo. While not commenting directly on the implementation of UNSCR 1747, he stated that the GOL continued to be con [...] | 2007-05-31 15:55:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN UNSC AORC ETRD IR LT |
07MASERU561 | LESOTHO INTERESTED IN WIREC, VAGUELY SUPPORTIVE ON UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 2, Poloff met Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Europe and Americas Director P.P. Makoaholo to discuss the upcoming WIREC conference and various UN issues. Makoaholo expressed interest in recruiting a high-level delegation for the WIREC conference and was vague bu [...] | 2007-10-10 14:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENEG SENV TRGY UN PHUM KWMN SOCI PTER UNSC |
07MEXICO1709 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INFORMATION REGARDING THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 17:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC MX |
07MEXICO2723 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-25 21:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR MX |
07MEXICO2724 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPORTANCE OF INTL SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-25 21:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC MX |
07MEXICO2783 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-30 22:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY MX |
07MINSK818 | LEBANON DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-25 15:52:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC LE PTER BO |
07MONROVIA279 | LIBERIA: 60-DAY REPORT TO UNSC ON UNSCR 1737 [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 28 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister for African and Asian Affairs Henry Fahnbulleh. Poloff provided Fahnbulleh with a copy of the U.S. 60-day report. Fahnbulleh had no substantive comment. Booth [...] | 2007-03-01 09:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY LI |
07MONROVIA580 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche May 16 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Minister for American Affairs Moiba Fofana. Emboff promised to send Fofana the texts of UNSCR resolutions 1267 and 1735. Fofana said he would brief Minister of Foreign Affairs George Wallace on the demarche. Mazel [...] | 2007-05-17 10:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC LI |
07MONROVIA590 | LIBERIA DEMARCHE: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 AND [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche May 18 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Minister for American Affairs Moiba Fofana. Fofana had no substantive response. Mazel [...] | 2007-05-18 15:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR LI |
07MONTEVIDEO625 | URUGUAY ON TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS TROOPS FOR THE [...] (SBU) On July 29, DCM separately delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director General for the Secretariat, Ambassador Jose Luis Cancela and to the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jorge Washington Rosales. Per instructions reftel, he urged the GOU to contribute troops, military obs [...] | 2007-07-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU UY |
07MONTEVIDEO836 | CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (SBU) Issues contained in reftel demarche request were raised with Third Secretary Gabriela Sibila, Department of Multilateral Affairs, on September 19, 2007. The GOU had no comment. 2. (C) Concurrently, Acting DCM contacted the Dutch Ambassador to Uruguay, who indicated that the Dutch had [...] | 2007-09-21 12:31:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PTER LE UY |
07MOSCOW1248 | BURMA: RUSSIAN MFA SEES BURMA HEADING IN RIGHT [...] (C) In a recent discussion with Anatoliy Borovik, Chief of the MFA's Burma, Cambodia and Laos Section, we underlined the U.S. commitment to continue actively promoting national reconciliation, respect for human rights and a transition to democracy in Burma. Borovik told us that Russia did not [...] | 2007-03-23 05:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM RS |
07MOSCOW1413 | RUSSIA TO REVIEW TALIBAN LIST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | AF RS EFIN ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL PTER UNSC |
07MOSCOW1608 | IRAN: DFM KISLYAK ON VISIT BY IRANIAN GENERAL [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting with DFM Kislyak, the Ambassador expressed disappointment with the April 4-8 Moscow visit by Iranian Deputy Interior Minister/IRGC General Mohammed Zolqadr, who was designated in UNSCR 1747 Annex I as a key person in the IRGC. The Ambassador pressed for an explana [...] | 2007-04-10 14:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC IR RS |
07MOSCOW1634 | IRAN: PUTIN FRUSTRATED WITH TEHRAN [...] (C) During an April 10 conversation with Russian Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Sergey Prikhodko, the Ambassador again expressed disappointment with Russia's receiving Iranian Deputy Interior Minister/IRGC General Mohammed Zolqadr, a individual designated on the UNSCR 1747 list of key [...] | 2007-04-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC IR RS |
07MOSCOW1976 | UNSC MINURSO MANDATE RENEWAL: RUSSIA ON BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-30 13:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC MO WI RS |
07MOSCOW2063 | GOR SEEKS DISCUSSIONS ON P-5 GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT [...] (C) In a May 4 meeting with the Ambassador on U.S. assistance (septel),DFM Aleksandr Yakovenko requested that the P-5 "gentlemen's agreement" on supporting nominees for various UN boards be discussed at the next international organization political directors meeting. Yakovenko said that the [...] | 2007-05-04 13:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KTIA RS |
07MOSCOW2128 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) EUR A/S Daniel Fried and Russian DFM Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia and Ukraine during an April 23 discussion in Moscow lasting over an hour. Fried noted recent progress from the Georgian side (the release of an Abkhaz official arrested by the Georgians, toned-down rhetoric) and call [...] | 2007-05-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV ETRD PHUM OSCE UNSC GG UP RS |
07MOSCOW2334 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN: ESTONIA, [...] (C) EUR A/S Fried and Russian DFM Karasin's May 15 discussion focused on Estonia and Georgia. Fried assured Karasin that the U.S. supports the independence and sovereignty of Russia's neighbors and their freedom from a Russian sphere of influence -- but also urges them to develop good relatio [...] | 2007-05-18 18:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ETRD UNSC OSCE AM AJ EN GG RS |
07MOSCOW2437 | IRAN AND DPRK: IMPLEMENTING UN SANCTIONS [...] (C) We discussed Russia's implementation of UNSCR 1737 and 1747 on May 24 with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the MFA's UN Political Affairs Section. Drawing from ref A, we urged that Russia take a broad definition of OP 5 of UNSCR 1747 regarding "arms and related materiel." Safronkov noted [...] | 2007-05-24 14:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR KN RS |
07MOSCOW2595 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: IF THEY CAN JUST MAKE IT TO THE [...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Director Kelin said May 31 that the upcoming Saakashvili-Putin meeting in St. Petersburg might serve one purpose: to overcome the legacy of bad blood left by last fall's confrontation. He warned that action on Kosovo between now and the meeting might ruin even that [...] | 2007-06-01 14:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR OSCE UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW2649 | KOSOVO: MFA ON VETO, AND UN PERMREP CHURKIN'S LEASH [...] (C) In a June 5 meeting, prior to his June 6 departure for the G8 summit, Russian Special Envoy for Kosovo Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko warned that the international community was "close to gridlock" on Kosovo. He expressed concern over a potential effort to push for a quick vote within the S [...] | 2007-06-05 11:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC YI RS |
07MOSCOW2695 | IRAN SANCTIONS: RUSSIA HAS FILED INTERIM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-06 15:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KNNP UNSC IR RS |
07MOSCOW3531 | ABKHAZIA: RUSSIAN MFA DEFENDS STATEMENT, ASKS FOR [...] (C) We took the Russian MFA to task July 18 for its statement on the UNOMIG report on the March 11 Kodori Gorge attack. MFA officials Chernov and Tarabrin said the statement in no way criticized the USG, claiming its criticism was aimed at press commentary after the State Department statement [...] | 2007-07-19 09:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW3854 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS U.S. RESOLUTION ON DRC ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM UNSC CG RS |
07MOSCOW3954 | FROZEN CONFLICTS: DAS BRYZA TALKS WITH RUSSIAN MFA [...] (C) EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed frozen conflicts in Georgia with senior MFA officials August 1. South Ossetia negotiator Popov agreed that South Ossetian leader Kokoity is "not indispensable," suggested Kokoity might outlive his utility "in maybe 3 years or so," but asserted that he wields r [...] | 2007-08-13 17:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW4111 | GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: RUSSIA ISSUES ITS OWN [...] (C) MFA acting Department chief Tarabrin described to us a report compiled by Russian experts "proving" that Russia had nothing to do with the August 6 missile launch on Georgia. The report is being distributed in the UNSC and OSCE. We assured Tarabrin the U.S. considers all information, but t [...] | 2007-08-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW4113 | GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: RUSSIA ISSUES ITS OWN [...] (C) MFA acting Department chief Tarabrin described to us a report compiled by Russian experts "proving" that Russia had nothing to do with the August 6 missile launch on Georgia. The report is being distributed in the UNSC and OSCE. We assured Tarabrin the U.S. considers all information, but t [...] | 2007-08-22 13:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW4120 | RUSSIA NONCOMMITTAL ON UNSCR 1540 SOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-23 04:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF RS |
07MOSCOW4163 | MFA REITERATES TO VISITING OSCE SPECIAL ENVOY GOR [...] (C) Summary: According to MFA and Spanish diplomats, OSCE CiO Zuzul used his August 22-23 visit to stress the need to reduce Georgian-Russian tensions, without focusing on identifying the guilty party in the August 6 missile incident. The GOR accorded Zuzul a mid-level MFA hearing, expressed [...] | 2007-08-24 13:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS PINS UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW4485 | RUSSIA WILL SUPPORT US POSITION ON UNSCR 1540 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-13 02:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF RS |
07MOSCOW4893 | ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] We delivered reftel demarche on October 4 to MFA Middle East and North Africa Department First Secretary Timur Zabirov. Zabirov expressed GOR support for the Tribunal mission, although he could not specify the level of GOR funding. Zabirov warned against the use of the Tribunal as a means to [...] | 2007-10-05 06:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER LE RS |
07MOSCOW4900 | RUSSIA WILL CONSIDER UNSC MEETING ON BURMA [...] (C) Per ref A, the Ambassador urged Deputy Foreign Minister Losyukov on October 4 to support a formal UNSC meeting to hear the report of Special Advisor Gambari on his recent trip to Burma, followed by a UNSC Presidential Statement. Losyukov responded that he would have to consult with collea [...] | 2007-10-05 12:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM RS |
07MOSCOW493 | MFA REVIVES UNSC MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE PROPOSAL [...] (C) MFA International Organizations Department Director Aleksandr Konuzin convoked the DCM February 2 to ask for confirmation of U.S. interest in revitalizing the UN Security Council's Military Staff Committee (MSC). If the U.S. remained interested, Konuzin suggested that Moscow and Washing [...] | 2007-02-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC RS |
07MOSCOW5474 | RUSSIA CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBILITY FOR VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) Summary. While the GOR supports UNSC Presidential Statement 9169 urging both Ethiopia and Eritrea to take concrete steps to implement the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC)'s delineation decision, the GOR does not support the EEBC's plan for "virtually" demarcating the border an [...] | 2007-11-21 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PBTS ET ER RS |
07MOSCOW5802 | SHARING DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR TEXT WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Poloff and UK Emboff jointly delivered draft Iraq UNSCR text and reftel points to MFA Counselor for International Organizations Yuriy Rudakov on December 13. Rudakov said that the MFA had received a copy of the draft from the Russian Mission in New York, and that the GOR had no major obj [...] | 2007-12-14 07:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR IZ RS |
07MOSCOW655 | HAITI: RUSSIA SUPPORTS SIX-MONTH MINUSTAH MANDATE [...] (C) We raised reftel points on February 13 with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department, who told us that Russia would support only a six-month extension of the MINUSTAH mandate. He argued that a mandate of six months [...] | 2007-02-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO HA RS |
07MUSCAT517 | OMAN DELIVERY OF UNSCR 1747 MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-23 07:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC MU |
07MUSCAT737 | OMAN DELIVERY OF TERRORIST FINANCE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 15:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL PTER UNSC MU |
07NDJAMENA167 | EXPLAINING UN FORCE TO PRESIDENT DEBY:FRENCH ADVICE [...] (C) Summary. Chad's unqualified support for UN operation in eastern Chad should not be assumed, according to French Ambassador Foucher. In a meeting with the Ambassador, Foucher emphasized that the UN peacekeeping operation needed to be carefully explained to President Deby as humanitarian i [...] | 2007-02-26 09:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC SU CD |
07NDJAMENA171 | EXPLAINING UN FORCE TO PRESIDENT DEBY:FRENCH ADVICE [...] (C) Summary. Chad's unqualified support for UN operation in eastern Chad should not be assumed, according to French Ambassador Foucher. In a meeting with the Ambassador, Foucher emphasized that the UN peacekeeping operation needed to be carefully explained to President Deby as humanitarian i [...] | 2007-02-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC SU CD |
07NDJAMENA176 | CHAD'S VIEWS ON A UN BORDER FORCE: TALK WITH US [...] (SBU) Chad is open to discussions on a UN peacekeeping force on its border with Sudan, but believes its mandate should be focused on protecting civilian populations, Chad's Foreign Minister Allam-mi told the Ambassador February 27. Speaking on his cell phone in Paris en route to Moscow and T [...] | 2007-02-27 15:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC CD |
07NDJAMENA189 | CHAD'S POSITION ON A UN BORDER FORCE HARDENING [...] (U) On February 28 the Ambassador was called to the Foreign Ministry to receive a statement from Acting Foreign Minister Djidda Moussa Outman clarifying Chad's reservations on proposals by the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) to the UN Security Council (UNSC) for a peacekeepi [...] | 2007-02-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC CD |
07NDJAMENA205 | LET'S TAKE THIS YES FOR AN ANSWER: NEXT STEPS ON A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: President Deby's rejection of the UN border force proposed by the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) leaves an opening for bringing in a smaller force tasked with protecting humanitarian operations in eastern Chad. We believe we should pur [...] | 2007-03-05 17:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD |
07NDJAMENA245 | CHAD EXPLAINS RESERVATIONS ON UN BORDER FORCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chad supports a UN force of police and gendarmes to protect refugees, displaced Chadians, and humanitarian workers on its border with Sudan, but not proposals for a much larger military force, Chad's Foreign Minister told the Ambassador March 20. He said a "massive" force ra [...] | 2007-03-20 16:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD |
07NDJAMENA278 | CHAD: DAS SWAN MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) James C. Swan April 2, Chad Foreign Minister SIPDIS Allam-mi explained that he had not yet briefed the Cabinet on his meetings in New York and therefore could not give an update on whether a green light would be given to the [...] | 2007-04-03 09:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV UNSC CD SU |
07NDJAMENA325 | CLASHES CONTINUE, IDP SITUATION WORSENS IN EASTERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the last two weeks the security and humanitarian situation in eastern Chad has taken a dangerous turn for the worse. The Dar Sila region near the border with Sudan south of Abeche has been the scene of attacks by janjaweed militias, an upsurge in new Internally Displaced [...] | 2007-04-13 08:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD SU |
07NDJAMENA341 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE MEETS CHADIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met President Idriss Deby Itno and Foreign Minister (FM) Alam-mi late Monday afternoon April 16, in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena. In both meetings the Deputy Secretary discussed regional peace and stability, the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur [...] | 2007-04-20 11:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET | PGOV OVIP PREL PREF UNSC CD SU |
07NDJAMENA396 | SUDAN REBEL LEADER SEEKS DARFUR PEACE TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) is ready to start Darfur peace talks tomorrow and wants to cooperate with the United States, JEM Chairman Khalil Ibrahim stressed in a meeting on May 5. Khalil expressed support for the United Nation's mediation effort, a Darfur ceasefire [...] | 2007-05-08 16:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD |
07NDJAMENA434 | SLM UNITY MEETING YIELDS STILL ANOTHER FACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The attempt to reunify the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) at Ameri in Darfur last month appears instead to have succeeded in giving birth to yet another splinter group. According to its spokesman, speaking with us on May 22, the newly christened Revolutionary Military Counc [...] | 2007-05-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD SU |
07NDJAMENA462 | SLM LEADER COMMENTS ON UNIFICATION EFFORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The prospects for leaders within the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) to unify appear to be dim and getting dimmer. During a recent meeting with SLM leader Adam Shogar, he expressed dismay with recent unification efforts, and was focused on the differences between the vari [...] | 2007-06-05 16:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC SU CD |
07NDJAMENA890 | MINURCAT AND EUFOR STIRRING IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: A new kind of international operation is slowing standing up in Chad as European (EUFOR) and UN (MINURCAT) forces embark on a joint exercise in providing security to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Chad's isolated eastern provinces bordering Sudan. Given the [...] | 2007-11-16 11:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL UNSC PREF CD SU CT |
07NDJAMENA942 | UPDATE ON MINURCAT IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: MINURCAT is moving forward in preparing training activities for Chadian police, but the security and political situation could significantly delay or prevent the planned deployment to eastern Chad. Privately, MINURCAT members expressed concern about their narrow mandate, which [...] | 2007-12-06 16:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF UNSC CD CT |
07NDJAMENA951 | CHAD: EUFOR PROSPECTS GLOOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Cancellation or postponement of EUFOR due to resource and logistics constraints is a possibility according to EUFOR's General Gannacia. Nonetheless, EUFOR and MINURCAT advance teams continue to lay the groundwork for eventual deployment. MINURCAT may request assistance from do [...] | 2007-12-13 16:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PGOV PREL PREF CD CR |
07NEWDELHI1486 | UNSCR 1747 - INDIA WILL SUPPORT IMPOSITION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP EFIN IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC |
07NEWDELHI1698 | INDIA DID NOT ATTEND IRAN'S NATANZ RIBBON-CUTTING [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha April 9. Amandeep Singh Gill, Director of MEA Disarmament and International Security Affairs, told PolOff April 10 that the MEA had instructed its Embassy i [...] | 2007-04-10 13:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC |
07NEWDELHI2456 | POINTS ON UNSCRS 1267 AND 1735 DELIVERED [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar May 21. Kumar reconfirmed the Government of India's (GOI) commitment to implement fully all UN Security Council Resolutions. She said she had discussed these demarches with ME [...] | 2007-05-23 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC IR IN |
07NEWDELHI2457 | UNSCR 1747 DEFINITION OF "ARMS AND RELATED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-23 11:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR IN |
07NEWDELHI2669 | INDIA'S 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1747 STILL BEING [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and text of the USG 60-day report on UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1747 June 6 to MEA Deputy Secretary (United Nations Political) Ajaneesh Kumar, who stated that the Government of India (GOI) was still in the process of formulating its 60-day report [...] | 2007-06-07 08:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP EFIN UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY IR IN |
07NEWDELHI3000 | DARFUR DEMARCHE - INDIA IS UNDECIDED ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-28 10:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU IN |
07NICOSIA248 | IRAN DEMARCHES DELIVERED; ROC RESPONSE [...] Post on March 1 delivered Iran-related talking points and information as specified in reftels, then followed up several times with MFA interlocutors. Near East/Africa Affairs Attache Dionysis Dionysiou finally responded March 21, noting that Cyprus would give our points fullest consideration. [...] | 2007-03-21 14:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY CY |
07NICOSIA575 | CYPRUS MFA PASSES IRANIAN NONPAPER ON JUNE 28 [...] (S) In a July 5 meeting with Poloff, MFA Near East Affairs Attache Dionysis Dionysiou passed to us points (para 2) from an Iranian nonpaper presented o/a June 28 to MFA Permanent Secretary Alexandros Zenon. The unnamed Iranian diplomat SIPDIS reportedly stated that these points were being c [...] | 2007-07-09 13:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | KNNP IR UNSC AORC TRGY CY |
07OSLO411 | NO PUBLIC COMMITMENT FROM NORWAY ON DARFUR PACKAGE [...] (SBU) On April 20 we delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Senior Advisor Anne Kjersti Froeholm. Froeholm told us that Norway sees the GOS acceptance of the Darfur heavy support package as positive, but serious questions regarding command and control and force protection m [...] | 2007-04-23 11:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO NO |
07OSLO704 | DARFUR HYBRID OPERATION [...] (C) On June 29 we delivered reftel points to Anne Kjersti Froeholm, Senior Adviser in the Global Security Issues and Crisis Management Section. The GON continues to investigate whether a joint Norwegian-Swedish engineering unit is possible, with a precondition that any unit would clearly be [...] | 2007-06-29 14:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC MASS KPKO SU NO |
07OSLO787 | (S) NORWEGIANS CONSIDER DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 11:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | EFIN PREL PTER UNSC KTFN NO |
07OSLO958 | NORWAY CONSIDERING HAITI KEY PLAYERS MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 15:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UNGA KRKO HA NO |
07OSLO963 | NORWAY REVIEWING SPECIAL TRIBUNAL POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 15:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC LE PTER NO |
07OTTAWA100 | CANADA: NO EXPORT CREDITS FOR IRAN [...] (sbu) Summary: Canada does not/not extend export credits or insurance to support trade with Iran, according to Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs. Canada practices a restrictive, "controlled engagment" policy toward Iran that is limited to the murder case of Canadian-Iranian photojournal [...] | 2007-01-19 21:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA EFIN IR MNUC PREL UNSC OECD |
07OTTAWA1030 | CANADIAN AGREEMENT ON IMPORTANCE OF INTL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered points in reftel to Yves Beaulieu, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFAIT's) International Crime and Terrorism Division, and Georges Flanagan Whalen, Policy Advisor in the same division. Whalen said Canada had attended the May 22 UN briefing on ef [...] | 2007-05-31 19:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER UNSC |
07PANAMA1053 | PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-21 20:56:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI PM |
07PANAMA1302 | PANAMA: DRC ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 15:56:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC DR PM |
07PANAMA1410 | PANAMA: NONPROLIFERATION DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1540 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-21 18:55:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP UNSC ID SF PM |
07PANAMA1739 | SOMOLIA PIRACY: PANAMA "PREPARED TO ASSUME CASE" [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) "Panama is prepared to assume the case" to prosecute the alleged pirates who have seized the GOLDEN NORI off the coast of Somalia, Public Ministry Secretary for International Affairs Greta Marchovsky told POLC [...] | 2007-11-04 22:25:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCSY PHSA PBTS PGOV PREL EWWT UN UNSC |
07PANAMA1829 | PANAMA: IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) "You can never let your guard down with Iran," Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador in response to delivery of reftel demarche. "We are working well with the U.S. a various levels on this issue." Concurring that it remained important to ensure that Iran respected Chapt [...] | 2007-12-03 22:34:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNSC IR PM |
07PANAMA1838 | PANAMA: IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM BRIEFING HAS MAJOR IMPACT ON MFA THINKING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 21:09:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP MNUC PM PREL UNSC |
07PANAMA184 | PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS' [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...] | 2007-02-06 21:04:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM |
07PANAMA185 | PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS' [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...] | 2007-02-06 21:08:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM |
07PANAMA1880 | PANAMA: KOSOVO FINAL STATUS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 21:15:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI EU PM |
07PANAMA221 | PANAMA: IO PDAS WARLICK'S UNSC CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) "Panama wants to be a constructive and pragmatic partner of the U.S. on the UN Security Council," 1st VP and FM Samuel Lewis told visiting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (IO PDAS) James Warlick on February 5. Mr. Warlick expressed app [...] | 2007-02-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC PM |
07PANAMA279 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO PANAMA: NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (SBU) POLCHIEF delivered reftel demarche to Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor Nils Castro on February 26. Castro, who heads the MFA's UNSC team, said that it was important to sustain the international focus on the situation in Burma and agreed full-heartedly with efforts to address the situation i [...] | 2007-02-26 16:13:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH EUN IN KS RS PM |
07PANAMA300 | PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-01 20:37:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC PM |
07PANAMA406 | PANAMA: IRAN AND SUDAN DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (C) "We do not foresee a problem with the draft UN Security Council Resolution on Iran that was prepared by the P-5 1 and anticipate that it will be adopted early next week," Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor for UN Security Council Matters Nils Castro told POLCOUNS on March 16. Though he compla [...] | 2007-03-16 21:00:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO IR CD CT |
07PANAMA461 | PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Supportive of UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Ahtisaari's recommendations, Panama was engaging Russia to avoid a Russian veto and secure adoption of a UN Security Council Resolution that supported Ahtisaari's recommendations, including his proposal for Kosovo's supervised independence, Panama [...] | 2007-03-27 21:57:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UNSC UN YI EU PM |
07PANAMA523 | PANAMA: ASSESSMENT OF KOSOVO POSITION [...] (C) Panamanian PermRep to the UN Ricardo Alberto Arias' decision to vote against permitting Kosovar President Sejdiu to address the UNSC on April 3 did not reflect substantive Panamanian concerns about the way ahead on Kosovo, but rather Panama's legalistic approach to procedural matters, Aria [...] | 2007-04-09 19:42:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI EU PM |
07PANAMA645 | PANAMA: SUDAN NEEDS IMMEDIATE UN ATTENTION [...] (SBU) "The situation in Darfur cannot be prolonged," responded MFA Director for Exterior Politics Javier Bonagas to DCM's delivery of reftel demarche. Bonagas acknowledged the Government of Sudan's history of reneging on its agreements and underscored the urgent need for the international co [...] | 2007-04-25 20:47:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC SU PM |
07PANAMA686 | PANAMA AGREES WITH SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-30 20:21:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC SO PM |
07PANAMA787 | NEGROPONTE AND TORRIJOS DISCUSS TPA, BIOFUELS, [...] (C) Summary. In a May 11 call on Panamanian President Martin Torrijos, Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte and President Torrijos discussed the commercial and strategic importance of pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Peru, and Panama. They also discussed the potential of [...] | 2007-05-15 17:29:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV ENRG UNSC OAS PM |
07PANAMA788 | PANAMA TO NEGROPONTE: WE WELCOME TRADE DEAL, BUT [...] (C) Summary. In separate May 11 encounters with Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte, a cross-section of Panamanian business, civil society, and media leaders welcomed the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). They cautioned, however, that Panama also had to reform its educati [...] | 2007-05-15 17:38:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV ENRG UNSC OAS PM |
07PARAMARIBO283 | UNSCR 1747 DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SURINAME CLAIMS VISA [...] (U) Poloff delivered information from ref A to Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Craig had no initial response, but did repeat the frequent MFA line that if any action were to be taken, it would likely be taken as part of a CARICOM positi [...] | 2007-06-05 19:36:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY NS |
07PARAMARIBO522 | SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON DEMARCHE NOT DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post deemed reftel counterproductive in the Surinamese operating environment, and chose not to deliver. Post will continue to cooperate with the Government of Suriname on the issue of terrorism in other areas. SCHREIBER HUGHES [...] | 2007-09-25 20:26:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC LE PTER NS |
07PARIS1090 | FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...] | 2007-03-20 17:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR |
07PARIS1103 | FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...] | 2007-03-21 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR |
07PARIS1104 | FRANCE/ZIMBABWE: LOOKING FOR AFRICANS TO TAKE THE [...] (C) MFA interlocutors report a shift in French thinking on Zimbabwe and greater readiness to engage and bring pressure to bear on the regime through multilateral fora. France nonetheless emphasizes the importance of getting Africans into the lead and holds out hopes that SADC will take a stro [...] | 2007-03-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC UNO IR KNNP ZI FR |
07PARIS1137 | MFA CRITICAL OF SYG'S WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY VAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, THE MFA'S CHRISTIAN TESTO (DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE MAGHREB) AGREED THAT IT MADE SENSE TO PRESS FOR DIRECT MOROCCAN/POLISARIO TALKS. HE WAS CRITICAL OF PETER VAN WALSUM, THE UN SYG'S PERSONAL ENVOY FOR THE WESTERN SAHARA. TURNING TO UNSC DYNAMICS, HE [...] | 2007-03-23 11:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AG FR MO PREL SP UK WI UNSC |
07PARIS1157 | UNSCR 1267: FRENCH REACTION TO UPDATING TALIBAN NAMES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL UNSC FR |
07PARIS124 | FRENCH AND G7/EU REACTIONS TO ADDITIONAL IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: France appreciated early notice of the US decision to designate domestically Bank Sepah delivered per ref A, but will probably defer to the EU for any possible further action against the bank, since it lacks independent national authority on proliferation matters. Separately, Fra [...] | 2007-01-11 15:37:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PARM PGOV ETTC UNSC FR |
07PARIS1252 | CHAD/SUDAN/C.A.R.: CONVINCING DEBY TO ACCEPT UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Chad desk officer Michael Deslaimes (PROTECT THROUGHOUT) on March 27 said that the international community needed to emphasize to Chad's President Deby the benefits for Chad of a UN peacekeeping mission on the Chad-Sudan border, rather than stress how such a mission could h [...] | 2007-03-29 11:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC CD SU FR |
07PARIS1383 | FRANCE ON SHAMBA VISA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-06 10:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG UNSC FR |
07PARIS1456 | FRENCH PONDER UNSC MOVES ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: FRENCH MFA OFFICIALS ARE SOMEWHAT CONCERNED THAT THE POLISARIO -- IN THE HOPE OF PREEMPTING ANY USG ENDORSEMENT OF THE MOROCCAN AUTONOMY PLAN -- WILL AGREE TO DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS WITH RABAT "WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS," WHILE INSISTING THAT THE MOROCCAN AUTONOMY PLAN CANNOT SERVE AS A [...] | 2007-04-11 15:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL UNSC MO AG WI |
07PARIS1588 | FRANCE AND KOSOVO UNSCR; LOCAL SERBIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) France has stood closely by us throughout the Kosovo final status process. Notwithstanding upcoming French presidential elections, we do not anticipate any change in France's position. That said, we believe that it will be important for our leadership to engage with France's new governme [...] | 2007-04-19 15:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL YI RS UNMIK FR |
07PARIS1593 | CHIRAC'S ENDGAME IN LEBANON [...] (C) Summary/comment: President Chirac does not believe Russia will veto a UNSCR to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, according to Chirac's Middle East advisor, Dominique Boche. Although the Russians have not yet proposed any quid pro quo for their support or abstention, the French w [...] | 2007-04-19 18:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR LE SY PGOV PREL UNSC |
07PARIS1609 | UNSCR 1747/OECD: FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR |
07PARIS1694 | FRANCE WITH U.S. ON MINURSO MANDATE RENEWAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MO WI FR |
07PARIS1882 | FRENCH VIEWS ON TAKING CARE OF BRAMMERTZ. THE ICTY [...] (C) France is backing Serge Brammertz to succeed Carla Del Ponte as ICTY Chief Prosecutor from a belief that Brammertz will otherwise refuse to extend his mandate at the UN International Investigative Commission (UNIIIC),an outcome the French characterize as disastrous. MFA UN/Middle East Ac [...] | 2007-05-11 15:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC SY LE FR |
07PARIS195 | MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud was uniformly downbeat in his comments about Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and Lebanon. Iraq has passed the point of no return on remaining a unified state, Araud contended. The current hostilitie [...] | 2007-01-18 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EFIN UNSC IR LE SY IZ FR |
07PARIS1984 | FRENCH MFA WELCOMES CALL FOR VIGILANCE ON IRANIAN [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, MFA IO Action Officer for Iran remarked favorably on the reftel demarche points regarding the diplomatic and reputational costs of allowing individuals designated under resolutions 1737 and 1747 to travel to or through UN member-state territory. Moscow had been deeply [...] | 2007-05-16 17:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL UNSC RS IR FR |
07PARIS2002 | FRANCE: UN OPERATION IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC IC FR |
07PARIS2113 | FRENCH DEMARCHING UNSC MEMBERS ON CHAPTER VII [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-23 10:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE UNSC PREL PTER |
07PARIS2194 | FRENCH CONSIDER DELAYING TRIBUNAL VOTE TO APPEASE [...] (C) SELENA GRENET, THE MFA'S IO ACTION OFFICER FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, TOLD US MAY 25 THAT FRANCE IS INCLINED TO ACCEPT DELAYING THE VOTE BY ONE DAY (TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 30) ON THE UNSCR TO ESTABLISH THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON IN ORDER TO APPEASE RUSSIA. GRENET SAID THE RUSSIAN DELEGATI [...] | 2007-05-25 14:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE UNSC PREL |
07PARIS2450 | FRENCH PROMISE TO BE HELPFUL ON MNF-I REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-08 11:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IZ UNSC |
07PARIS2485 | FRENCH MFA: GIVE US TIME ON KOSOVO; VETO IS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hours before President Sarkozy announced his proposal at the G-8 to delay a Kosovo final status UNSCR for six months while the parties could continue discussions (reftel),MFA Cabinet Advisor for the Balkans and Russia, Isabelle Dumont, told us on June 7 that FM Kouchner wanted mo [...] | 2007-06-08 16:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM PBTS KPAO YI FR |
07PARIS2652 | KOSOVO QUINT PARIS MINISTERIAL?; AHTISAARI'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kouchner's Balkans advisor told us on June 19 that Kouchner views the Secretary's participation in his proposed Kosovo Quint Paris ministerial as absolutely essential. The Secretary would be able to engage directly with Italian FM D'Alema on the way forward. The meeting will p [...] | 2007-06-20 10:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC SR YI IT GM FR |
07PARIS2827 | U/S BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH SARKOZY DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) June 13, 2007, 3:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Political Minister-Counselor Rosenblatt P Staff Bame Poloff Waller (notetaker) France Amb. Jean-David Levitte, Diplomatic Advisor to the President Francois Richier, Counselor for Strat [...] | 2007-07-02 07:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV FR LE UNSC PREL |
07PARIS3791 | FRENCH WELCOME U.S. DEMARCHE ON BURMA [...] (SBU) On September 12, poloff met with the MFA Burma desk officer, Jeremy Petit, and presented reftel points. Petit, who agreed with all points, then handed poloff a September 12 op-ed from French daily Le Figaro by MFA Secretary of State for Human Rights Rama Yade. In the article, Yade calls [...] | 2007-09-13 10:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNSC BU FR |
07PARIS3799 | (S/NF)MFA BRIEFS ON FURTHER ACTION AGAINST IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, MFA Security Affairs Director Philippe Carr told Treasury A/S O,Brien that he foresees trade-offs if Russia and China are to be kept on board for a third UN Security Council Resolution against Iran. In any case, France is prepared to "go beyond" multilateral Ira [...] | 2007-09-13 11:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETTC EFIN UNSC FR |
07PARIS3823 | KOSOVO: GOF NOTES PROGRESS ON INDEPENDENCE IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF officials told us on September 12 that they are increasingly optimistic that the EU will come to a consensus on the recognition of an independent Kosovo after the December 10 Troika deadline. Edouard Beslay, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for the Balkans, told us that only seven of [...] | 2007-09-13 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC YI DSR EU FR |
07PARIS407 | INITIAL FRENCH REACTION TO HALTING IRAN EXPORT CREDITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, we raised the issue of current levels of sovereign and non-sovereign exposure to Iran with our working-level contacts in the Finance Ministry. France is interested in ratcheting up the pressure on Iran to convince it to give up its nuclear weapons program, but is not [...] | 2007-02-01 15:31:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR |
07PARIS4083 | SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS YADE'S CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: Pol M/C and Poloff met on September 25 with the Chief of Staff for the Secretary of State for Human Rights Brigitte Collet and Counselor Pierre Thenard to discuss Rama Yade,s role and priorities in her newly created position, Yade,s recent visit to Haiti, her upcoming visit to [...] | 2007-09-28 12:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI UNSC FR HA BM |
07PARIS4084 | UNAMID: FRENCH WANT SEPARATE DEMARCHES; MINURCAT [...] (C) MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal told us on September 28 that France preferred that the U.S., UK, and France carry out separate demarches rather than a joint one regarding contributions by other countries to the UNAMID operation for Darfur (reftel). 2. (C) Le Gal said that she ha [...] | 2007-09-28 13:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU CT CD FR |
07PARIS414 | FRENCH INFORMED U.S. WILL NOT ATTEND PARIS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on February 1 to MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Jacques Pellet to convey the U.S. decision not/not to participate in the February 5-6 Ministerial Conference in Paris entitled "Free the Children from War. Poloff explained that the U.S. decision did not/not reflect di [...] | 2007-02-01 17:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNSC FR |
07PARIS4183 | SUDAN/CHAD/C.A.R.: UPDATE ON FRENCH VIEWS TOWARDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France now agrees to carry out joint demarches with the U.S. and the UK regarding contributions to the UNAMID mission for Darfur (refs A and B),but only/only with respect to non-EU potential donors. The French will demarche EU members separately, taking into account the need [...] | 2007-10-05 12:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU CT CD FR |
07PARIS4276 | MINFIN OFFICIAL BRIEFS DEPSEC KIMMITT ON WEALTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 12 meeting with Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Finance Ministry Director General Xavier Musca highlighted his concerns regarding sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments, particularly when not made via intermediaries. When the Deputy Secretary inquired as to how [...] | 2007-10-16 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN UNSC IR FR |
07PARIS4320 | NON-COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1267 OBLIGATIONS: HASSAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-19 16:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
07PARIS4455 | ERITREA/ETHIOPIA: FRANCE CONCURS ON APPROACH FOR [...] (C) Africa Watcher conveyed reftel demarche to MFA AF DAS for East Africa Helene Le Gal on November 8. Le Gal commented that France agreed on the need to support U/SYG Pascoe's efforts and to allow space for the parties alone, as signatories of the Algiers Agreements, to decide the effect o [...] | 2007-11-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PINR ET ER FR |
07PARIS4694 | FRENCH AGREE TO DRAFT MNF-I UNSCR TEXT WITH MINOR [...] (C) We conveyed to the French MFA, per reftel, key points along with the texts of the draft UNSR on MNF-I renewal and draft U.S. and Iraqi letters to the UNSC on December 11. On December 12, we followed up, accompanied by UK emboff with instructions to present a joint demarche with us on th [...] | 2007-12-12 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR EFIN UNSC FR IZ |
07PARIS544 | FRANCE TIGHTENS POLICY ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France ratcheted up the pressure on Iran by publicly announcing a change in its export credit policy. It will strictly apply UNSCR 1737, ask companies to screen all transactions with its export credit agency, and lower its exposure to Iran. The announcement marks a u-turn in Fr [...] | 2007-02-09 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR |
07PARIS577 | FRANCE RESTRICTS TRANSACTIONS WITH ENTITIES AND [...] (C) On February 12, per ref b, we raised with the MFA's Nonproliferation office the need to freeze assets of Iranian entities and persons not specifically listed in the annex of UNSC 1737. David Bertolotti, deputy to the DAS-equivalent Director for Nonproliferation, took note of our demarche, [...] | 2007-02-13 16:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC EUN PARM IR FR |
07PARIS661 | FRANCE READY TO PUSH FOR SPECIAL ENVOY BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA maintains its longstanding position that the international community should pressure Burma to move toward democracy and a respect for human rights, but MFA desk officers Benoit Guidee and Jeremie Petit were skeptical, following the UNSC resolution's failure, that ac [...] | 2007-02-21 14:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH FR |
07PARIS72 | FRENCH THINKING ON UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: France continues to support the UNSC resolution on Burma as the optimal outcome, but would accept a PRST if necessary to avoid a Chinese veto. Whether a UNSCR or a PRST, the MFA highlighted two points that remain "non-negotiable:" support for U/SYG Gambari's good offices mission [...] | 2007-01-08 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR |
07PORTAUPRINCE130 | VISIT OF SENATOR BILL NELSON TO HAITI, JANUARY [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) on January 12-13 led a congressional delegation to Port-au-Prince that included the Deputy Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Major General Glenn Spears. CODEL Nelson [...] | 2007-01-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE1402 | MINUSTAH SAYS IT BROKERS EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATURE [...] (C) MINUSTAH reported to Embassy August 16 that it brokered an agreement between President Preval and leaders of the Haitian legislature August 14 that commits leaders of the two branches of government to meet monthly to discuss differences and improve cooperation. The agreement followed the [...] | 2007-08-21 18:38:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE1442 | HAITIAN SENATE BALKS AT CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The latest of a string of controversial investigations by Haiti's zealous anti-corruption chief prosecutor, Claudy Gassant, produced a thus far empty threat from the Senate August 22 to take a no-confidence vote in the Alexis government. After Gassant summoned prominent business [...] | 2007-08-28 16:36:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | HA KDEM PGOV PREL UNSC |
07PORTAUPRINCE1447 | EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE COMPROMISE BREWING OVER [...] (C) Summary: President Preval and Senate leaders are working on a compromise that will have Port-au-Prince Chief Prosecutor Claudy Gassant testify before the Senate, heading off a Senate threat to hold a no confidence vote against the Alexis government over Gassant's previous refusal to testif [...] | 2007-08-30 17:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE198 | MINUSTAH OFFICERS' THOUGHTS ON MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH's Political Affairs Director Gerald Lechevallier told Poloff on January 26 that he would like the new mandate to reaffirm resolution 1702 (establishing MINUSTAH) and maintain Security Council commitment to a long-term stabilization force in Haiti. Added to the new mand [...] | 2007-01-31 17:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO UNSC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE283 | MINUSTAH'S LAUNCHES LARGEST OPERATION YET IN CITIE [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) MINUSTAH troops on February 9 initiated an operation to take control of the Cite Soleil neighborhood of Boston from gang leader Evans Jeune. Initiated sometime around 0200, the battle between MINUSTAH and ga [...] | 2007-02-09 19:02:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPPS MARR KCRM ASEC UNSC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE297 | UPDATE ON CITE SOLEIL OPERATION [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) MINUSTAH's deputy chief of the political department, Elizabeth Cullity (strictly protect),provided Polcouns the following details regarding MINUSTAH's operation in the Boston area of Cite Soleil (reftel) o [...] | 2007-02-12 19:41:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR MOPS KCRM ASEC UNSC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE37 | GOH OFFICIALS: DO NOT WORRY ABOUT MANDATE RENEWAL; [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Jean Raynald Clerisme January 9 (the day President Rene Preval departed for Nicaragua) to discuss the Haiti/Taiwan/China issue, which threatens to affect the renewal of MINUSTAH's UNSC mandate in February. Citing her previous conversations with Chine [...] | 2007-01-10 19:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH |
07PORTAUPRINCE52 | PREVAL-TAIWAN RELATIONSHIP: THE LOVE CONNECTION [...] (C) Summary: The personal relationship between Preval and the Taiwanese started during Preval's first presidency from 1996-2001, with agricultural projects in Marmalade, Preval's hometown. The foreign ministry's director of political affairs Weiner Jean Baptiste told Poloff January 11 that th [...] | 2007-01-12 19:33:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH |
07PORTOFSPAIN518 | T&T RELUCTANT TO CRITICIZE EITHER VENEZUELA OR IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ambassador Austin,s demarche on the expanding relationship between Venezuela and Iran, Foreign Minister Piggott was strictly neutral, saying that T&T is primarily interested in the maintenance of peace and the solution of all conflicts through dialogue. He implied [...] | 2007-05-24 21:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR VZ PM AR TD |
07PRAGUE1085 | CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS NEED FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (SBU) Embassy political officer spoke with Czech desk officers for Syria and Lebanon regarding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to try those responsible for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. These Czech officials indicated that the EU is generally supportive of this tri [...] | 2007-09-20 12:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU EZ IS SY LE UNSC PTER PGOV |
07PRAGUE236 | CZECHS HESITANT ON SPECIAL SESSION ON BURMA AT UN [...] (C) Summary: While the Czech MFA has not reached a final decision, MFA staff are concerned about the timing and tactics of hosting a UNHRC special session on Burma. Czech unease relates to the possibility that a special session could undermine efforts to complete UNHRC institution building p [...] | 2007-03-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC UNGA UNSC BM EZ |
07PRETORIA1016 | DRC SANCTIONS LISTING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, PolOff shared with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Gabriel Setlhoke, on March 19 the names of individuals and entities proposed for targeted sanctions under UNSC Resolutions 1596 and 1649. Setlhoke said h [...] | 2007-03-20 15:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC CG SF |
07PRETORIA1018 | (C) SOUTH AFRICA EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH BASHIR [...] (C) PolCounselor delivered reftel points to DFA Chief Director for Africa Multilateral (DAS-equivalent) Themba Rubusche on March 20. (NOTE: Rubusche and other key SAG officials were traveling and unavailable until the 20th. END NOTE.) Rubusche expressed frustration with President Bashir's M [...] | 2007-03-20 17:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC SU SF |
07PRETORIA1108 | DELIVERED: INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 14:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC TRGY AORC EFIN KNNP UNSC IAEA IR SF |
07PRETORIA1744 | TRAVEL OF UNSC DESIGNATED IRANIANS [...] (SBU) DFA senior and working-level officers charged with oversight of SAG implementation of UNSCR 1737 and 1747 have been unavailable for meetings; we will continue to try to engage them on Ref A topic. Acting PolCouns did raise the matter with DFA Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and [...] | 2007-05-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP UNSC IR RS SF |
07PRETORIA1801 | DFA UN DIRECTORATE ON KOSOVO, LEBANON TRIBUNAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SAG has not finalized its position on Kosovo final status, but is getting closer. The ForMin's Brussels meeting with President Sejdiu was positive and helpful. Lower level Pretoria meetings with Bishop Artemije and Ulber Hysa were not. DFA working levels remain poorly inf [...] | 2007-05-17 15:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC PINR KNNP UNSC UNMIK SF YI IR |
07PRETORIA3298 | RESPONSE RECEIVED TO IRAN DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) Congratulations to all involved in the successful senior-level interventions which resulted in positive movement of the South African position on Iran (Ref A). Closing the loop on Mission's efforts (Ref B),Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad faxed the following brief written reply to th [...] | 2007-09-18 11:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PREL KNNP AORC IAEA UNSC IR SF |
07PRETORIA4213 | KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: NO POLICY GUIDANCE FOR NEW [...] (SBU) A/PolCouns presented reftel non-paper to DFA Deputy Director: UN Security Council (Thematic Issues) Ilia du Buisson on 18 December. Joining the meeting was UK Second Secretary David McNaught, who presented nearly identical SIPDIS points from London and, in the absence of a British n [...] | 2007-12-18 13:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS AORC UNSC SF YI EU |
07PRISTINA336 | KOSOVO: SECURITY COUNCIL VISIT TO KOSOVO LEAVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Whatever Russian hopes may have been for an April 27-28 UN Security Council trip that would leave permreps more sympathetic to the plight of Kosovo Serbs and hostile to the prospect of Kosovo independence, it appears that goal was not achieved; instead, delegation members appear [...] | 2007-04-30 09:52:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI |
07PRISTINA428 | KOSOVO: POST-INDEPENDENCE SERB-RELATED CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The eventual declaration of Kosovo's independence, as we have always anticipated, will pose a number of challenges on the ground given continuing Belgrade and Kosovo Serb refusal to countenance any settlement based on the Ahtisaari plan or to accept the end of Serbian sovereignt [...] | 2007-06-01 16:47:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI |
07PRISTINA534 | KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BEAN [...] (U) Your visit to Kosovo comes at the final phase of a prolonged period of negotiation over Kosovo's status, a process led by UN Special Envoy and former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari. The status negotiation process began in January 2006 with the articulation of basic principles by the [...] | 2007-07-10 16:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI |
07QUITO1238 | ECUADOR -- DEMARCHE ON COUNTERTERRORISM OBJECTIVES [...] On May 23 post delivered reftel points to Lourdes Puma Puma, Director of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Puma said the GOE understands the importance of strengthening its ability to monitor financial transactions in order to stop individuals or entities suspected of [...] | 2007-05-30 14:06:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC EC |
07QUITO2205 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (C) PolOff met with Lourdes Puma Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, on September 25, and shared U.S. objectives on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Puma expressed her understanding of the need to support the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, adding that Ecuador generally suppor [...] | 2007-09-26 20:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PTER EC LE |
07QUITO919 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 22:45:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC EC |
07RABAT1661 | MOROCCAN COMMITMENT TO NEXT ROUND OF WESTERN [...] (C) On October 26, MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita, providing an initial response, underscored Morocco's commitment expressed at Manhasset II to participate in the next round. As conveyed then to Van Walsum, Morocco is in process of government formation and the government was still not offi [...] | 2007-10-29 17:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC MO |
07RABAT1871 | WESTERN SAHARA: A NEW BREED OF SAHARACRAT? [...] (C) The Security Wali (territorial police commissioner),Bouchaib Rmili along with the Wali (governor) of Laayoune, Boujdor and Sakia al-Hamra, who arrived in Laayoune over a year ago, and the new director of the Laayoune Prison, who arrived eight months ago, appear to represent a type of more [...] | 2007-12-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC MO PHUM |
07RABAT1873 | WESTERN SAHARA: THINKING ABOUT AUTONOMY AND [...] (C) In the course of several visits to Western Sahara and conversations with contacts in Rabat, we have sensed the beginnings of a sometimes reluctant willingness by some pro-separatists, including human rights activists, to entertain the idea of autonomy rather than independence. Most Sahraw [...] | 2007-12-20 16:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM UNSC MO |
07RABAT406 | MOROCCO ON IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 28, poloff met with Azzedine Farhane, UN Division Chief at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss Iran's failure to comply with its international obligations as required under UNSCR 1737 ( [...] | 2007-03-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP UNSC MO IR |
07RABAT613 | MOROCCAN AMBASSADOR DOES NOT ATTEND NATANZ CEREMONY [...] (C) On April 9, poloff conveyed reftel demarche, which was received only shortly before the event, to Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the MFA's United Nations Division. Poloff urged Morocco not to participate in the ceremony inaugurating the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant scheduled for later in the d [...] | 2007-04-09 18:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR MO |
07RABAT683 | THEIR RABAT CHARGE SAYS SOUTH AFRICA MIGHT BE [...] (C) Summary: South African Charge to Morocco Charl Moller told Polcouns April 16 that South Africa will not abandon the principle of self determination for the Western Sahara without wavering, it would accept a political settlement agreed to by the POLISARIO. Moller said that South Africa is [...] | 2007-04-18 21:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHUM PREL WI MO SF UNSC |
07RABAT953 | MOROCCO RESPONSE TO U.S. 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EFIN ETRD KNNP MO UNSC |
07RANGOON1089 | DEMARCHES ON PIRACY DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 10:54:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KCSY PHSA PBTS PGOV PREL EWWT UN UNSC |
07RIGA229 | LATVIA: INFORMATION REGARDING UNSCR 1747 AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY OARC UNSC LG |
07RIGA366 | LATVIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1267 CT OBJECTIVES, WILL [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points May 16 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA. Rozeniece responded that the GOL agrees that both UNSCR 1267 and UNSCR 1735 are important and effective counter-terrorism instruments. She added that the cover sheet prov [...] | 2007-05-17 14:46:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC LG |
07RIGA378 | LATVIA: POINTS ON UNSCR 1747 DELIVERED [...] (SBU) PolEconOff delivered reftel points May 21 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA, and stressed the importance of a broad interpretation of UNSCR 1747's instructions. PolEconOff also highlighted the May 24 due date for states to submit UNSCR 1737 report [...] | 2007-05-21 12:11:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR LG |
07RIGA486 | LATVIA: ACCEPTS IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS AND [...] (C) Acting Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarches to Reinis Kalnins, MFA Senior Desk Officer for the Middle East and Africa Division, on June 28. Kalnins stated that the MFA would review the reftel A additions to the list of designated Iranian entities and individuals subject to E.O. 13382. [...] | 2007-06-28 15:32:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EFIN UNSC EUN IR LG |
07RIYADH797 | SAUDI RESPONSE TO THE NATANZ FUEL ENRICHMENT PLANT [...] (SBU) As per request in reftel, Embassy delivered a diplomatic note with a request that Saudi Arabia refrain from sending a representative to the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Natanz Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Plant in Iran. In follow-up conversations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, In [...] | 2007-04-16 15:13:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC SA |
07RIYADH965 | JAPANESE PM SEEKS TO ENHANCE POLITICAL AND [...] (C) Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo Abe traveled to Riyadh on April 28 to discuss with the SAG economic and political cooperation, the Middle East Peace Initiative, and Japan's permanent membership on the United Nations Security Council. According to a contact at the Japanese Embassy, the [...] | 2007-05-08 15:02:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BTIO ECON KNNP UNSC SA |
07ROME1014 | KOSOVO UPDATE: D'ALEMA REITERATES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Italy is becoming more vocal about its support for the Ahtisaari plan. This week, in an interview in the Italian weekly L'Espresso, FM D'Alema stated that Italy was for supervised independence and noted that Kosovo cannot go back to Belgrade rule. PM Prodi, who asserts he is per [...] | 2007-05-14 12:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME1015 | LEBANON: ITALY CAUTIOUS ON HARIRI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Poloffs delivered Ref A demarche May 10 separately to MFA Near East Deputy Office Director Danielle Bosio, UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini, and the Prime Minister's Middle East Advisor Marco Carnelos, encouraging GOI support for a UNSCR to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Bo [...] | 2007-05-14 14:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC LE IT |
07ROME1036 | ITALIAN REQUEST AT UN TO UNFREEZE BANK SEPAH ROME [...] (S/NF) Embassy contacted the Ministry of Finance's Office for the Prevention of Financial Crimes to learn more about the GOI proposal at the UN to unfreeze Bank Sepah Rome branch liquid assets. In particular, we inquired about plans to a) cover current expenses (e.g., utilities, legal and Ba [...] | 2007-05-16 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL UNSC ECON EFIN KNNP ETTC IR IT |
07ROME1069 | ADDITIONAL ITALIAN VIEWS ON REQUEST AT UN TO [...] (S/NF) EcMin met May 18 with Giuseppe Maresca, Director General of the Ministry of Finance's Office for the Prevention of Financial Crimes. After EcMin strongly conveyed ref A instructions, Maresca explained that the GOI was balancing a "firm attitude" on UNSC resolutions, while being mindfu [...] | 2007-05-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL UNSC ECON EFIN KNNP ETTC IR IT |
07ROME1109 | DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR LEBANON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador May 23 made the points on the Special Lebanon Tribunal to FM Massimo D'Alema. D'Alema said he had spoken to both the Lebanese PM and French FM. The French were pushing hard for immediate action. However, while the GOI favored the resolution, it advocated waiting fo [...] | 2007-05-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PTER LE IT |
07ROME1187 | KOSOVO: TADIC CLAIMS RUSSIANS HAVE PROMISED TO [...] (C) Serbian President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told PM Prodi and FM D'Alema on May 29 that Russia had promised Serbia a veto of any UNSC resolution that would separate Kosovo from Serbia, according to MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona. Tadic told Prodi and D'A [...] | 2007-05-31 14:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME122 | ITALY: BUSINESS AS USUAL - EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a discussion with Emboffs about Italy halting export credit insurance for Iran (Ref A),a Ministry of Finance official -- who also serves as the President of Italy's export credit agency (ECA) SACE -- replied that an internal review of SACE's business with Iran in 2006 had [...] | 2007-01-18 17:01:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR IT |
07ROME1333 | KOSOVO: ITALIANS NOT READY TO DISCUSS INDEPENDENCE [...] (C/NF) FM D'Alema is convinced of the need to exhaust every means possible to reach consensus on a resolution even if it meant a 120-180 day delay. The Italian MFA, therefore, will not engage at this point on discussions related to a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo absent a [...] | 2007-06-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC SR YI IT |
07ROME1497 | ITALIANS CAUTIOUS ON UN ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) In bilateral meetings on the fringes of the Rome Afghan conference, Italy's prime minister and foreign minister guardedly welcomed the prospect of a new, high-level UN envoy for Afghanistan. But PM Prodi told USUN Amb Khalilzad it would be important for such an envoy to have adequate res [...] | 2007-07-09 17:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IT |
07ROME1589 | ITALY CONCURS ON ATTENDANCE FOR GEORGIA/UNOMIG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-26 11:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GG RS IT |
07ROME175 | ITALY ON THE UNSC: A EUROPEAN VOICE [...] (C) Summary. Italy enters the UN Security Council under Romano Prodi's center-left government, looking to show its commitment to multilateralism, enhance EU coordination on UNSC issues, and focus on areas within the GOI sphere of influence and where it has troop commitments. The Middle East, [...] | 2007-01-26 11:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC IT |
07ROME1789 | ITALY AGREES IN PRINCIPLE ON UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (C) Acting PolMinCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Arms Control and Nonproliferation Office Director Filippo Formica and Acting UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini August 22. A/PolMinCouns explained that South African and Indonesian efforts to prevent the internet posting of country ma [...] | 2007-08-22 11:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF IT |
07ROME1800 | ITALY CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR U.S. POSITION ON UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-23 10:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF IT |
07ROME1842 | ITALY: SANNINO ON KOSOVO, IRAN, MEPP, SYRIA - [...] (C/NF) In a wide-ranging conversation over breakfast August 29, the Ambassador discussed Kosovo, Iran, Hamas and Syria with the PM's Senior Diplomatic Advisor (National Security Advisor-Equivalent) Stefano Sannino. Sannino agreed that a UNSCR on Kosovo was unlikely and suggested that the inte [...] | 2007-08-29 16:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KV IR IS WE SY JO IT |
07ROME1873 | D'ALEMA, ISCHINGER POINT TO EU FUTURE FOR SERBIA [...] (C/NF) Summary. On August 29, EU representative to the Troika Wolfgang Ischinger met with FM D'Alema in Rome to discuss the way forward on Kosovo. D'Alema and Ischinger agreed that Serbia and Kosovo should look toward EU integration as a way to achieve regional stability. Ischinger stated th [...] | 2007-09-04 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC SR KV IT |
07ROME1946 | ITALY ON UNSC BURMA MEETING [...] (C) Poloff met September 12 with MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia Alberto Vecchi to deliver reftel demarche seeking support for travel by UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Burma followed by a formal Security Council meeting on Burma. 2. (C) Vecchi agreed that the situation in Burm [...] | 2007-09-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNSC BU IT |
07ROME1947 | ITALY ON UNSC BURMA MEETING [...] (C) Poloff met September 12 with MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia Alberto Vecchi to deliver reftel demarche seeking support for travel by UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Burma followed by a formal Security Council meeting on Burma. 2. (C) Vecchi agreed that the situation in Burm [...] | 2007-09-12 13:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BU IT |
07ROME1959 | AMBASSADOR ASKS SANNINO TO RECONSIDER HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C/NF) On September 13, the Ambassador met with Stefano Sannino, Senior Diplomatic Advisor to PM Prodi. Sannino informed the Ambassador that he would be traveling to Tehran next week to meet Deputy FM Jalili and chief nuclear negotiator Larajani to discuss the nuclear issue, Afghanistan and L [...] | 2007-09-13 15:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC IR SU SY IT |
07ROME198 | IRAN: ITALIAN ECA CHIEF ECONOMIST ON USG [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Econoff met with the Chief Economist of SACE, Italy's export credit agency (ECA),to review SACE's current business in Iran. He explained that there has been a net decrease in SACE's business in Iran in the past six months, due to a SACE decision not to insure further trade [...] | 2007-01-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR IT |
07ROME1994 | LEBANON: ITALIAN CONTRIBUTION TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN Desk Officer Gabriella Biondi and Lebanon Desk Officer Michele Tommasi September 17 and urged Italy to contribute to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Poloffs emphasized that given Italy's significant presence on the ground in UNIFIL, Italy had [...] | 2007-09-18 10:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PTER IT |
07ROME2032 | ITALIAN ENGAGEMENT ON IRAN MONEY LAUNDERING COULD [...] (S) Summary: As the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) considers taking action against the Iranian financial system in October, the Italian representative said that he intended to engage the Iranian Embassy over their failure to respond to repeated entreaties by senior FATF officials. Treasury [...] | 2007-09-21 15:52:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL UNSC ECON EFIN KNNP ETTC IR IT |
07ROME2046 | ITALY: YOUR MEETING WITH FM D'ALEMA SEPTEMBER 27 [...] (C/NF) Summary. While the issues on Italy's international agenda in the near future will for the most part track with ours, the GOI's tactics and desired outcomes may not. D'Alema will want to discuss Iran, Kosovo, Lebanon, Syria, the Middle East Peace Process, Afghanistan and Sudan. You may [...] | 2007-09-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC IT |
07ROME209 | IO PDAS WARLICK'S ROME MEETINGS ON UNSC ISSUES [...] (C/NF) In January 29 consultations in Rome, visiting IO PDAS James Warlick discussed a broad range of upcoming UNSC issues including the Balkans, Middle East, and the Horn of Africa with Italy, a new non-permanent member. On Kosovo, Warlick and the Italians agreed on the way forward, and the [...] | 2007-02-01 16:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC PHUM XF ZL XW IT |
07ROME2095 | ITALIAN OFFICIALS AGREE TO MONITOR NEW IRANIAN [...] (S) Summary: A senior Italian Ministry of Finance official agreed to carry out increased vigilance over new Iranian Central Bank (Bank Markazi) accounts in Italy (Ref A). The official told us that he has not met with the Iranian Embassy in Washington to discuss possible Financial Action Task Fo [...] | 2007-09-28 16:10:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL EFIN ECON UNSC KNNP PTER IR IT |
07ROME2130 | BURMA: ITALY CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR FORMAL UNSC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche October 4 to MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia Alberto Vecchi and Office Director for UN Affairs Leonardo Bencini. Poloff requested Italian support for a formal UN Security Council meeting on Burma with Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari and for a Presiden [...] | 2007-10-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM IT |
07ROME2132 | ITALY: PM PRODI SAYS HE'S WITH US ON IRAN, SEEKS [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met PM Prodi October 1 and discussed the risks of Italian engagement with Iran and Syria, the need for a broad EU consensus on Kosovo, and developments in Afghanistan, as well as the November Middle East conference, and Italian support for the UN Sudan mission, UNSC action [...] | 2007-10-04 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA UNSC NATO IT |
07ROME2153 | UNAMID: ITALY CONTRIBUTING C-130 TRANSPORT, [...] (C) S/P David Gordon pressed MFA PolDir Giulio Terzi October 1 to have Italy consider contributing helicopters to UNAMID, per reftel demarche request. Terzi said he thought it was unlikely, but said he would raise the matter at a higher level. Terzi pointed out that Italy had already agreed to [...] | 2007-10-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU IT |
07ROME2339 | EEBC: ITALY IN AGREEMENT WITH U.S. ON APPROACH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA East Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli November 15. Poloff sought Italian agreement on a unified approach to avoid pressure on Ethiopia and Eritrea to implement the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) "virtual demarcation" of the bo [...] | 2007-11-16 17:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL ET ER IT |
07ROME289 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ASSESSMENT OF TERRORIST [...] (S) Econoff discussed reftel points with contacts at the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Office of Financial Crimes and the MFA Office of Counterterrorism Policy February 8. Our contacts reported that their offices referred the UN 1267 designations to the GOI Financial Security Committee (FSC) to [...] | 2007-02-12 14:26:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC IT |
07ROME42 | ITALY SUPPORTS BURMA UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-08 16:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC BM IT |
07ROME522 | ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS ON BURMA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A and B demarches to Cesare Bieller, MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia, on March 12 and March 2, respectively, urging Italy to support ASEAN and U.S. initiatives focusing on reconciliation and respect for human rights in Burma. March 14, Bieller responded that It [...] | 2007-03-15 15:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC BM EUN IT |
07ROME534 | ITALY: GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF IRAN UNSCR; BUT [...] (C) DCM raised points on UNSCR on Iran (ref A) March 16 with FM D'Alema's Chief of Staff, Ambassador Nelli Feroci, who said he thought Italy would support the resolution as a balanced document. However, he said he would have to check with FM D'Alema personally on how strongly he felt about l [...] | 2007-03-16 17:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IR IT |
07ROME535 | PRODI/PUTIN - ITALIANS CLAIM "FULL HARMONY" WITH [...] (C) Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Italy on March 13 and 14 for his fourth bilateral with PM Prodi in ten months. Putin and Prodi met for three-hours over dinner March 13, and traveled to the Adriatic port city of Bari along with several ministers for a largely economic summit March [...] | 2007-03-16 17:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EUN UNSC RU IT |
07ROME551 | ITALY LIKELY TO SUPPORT DRC SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 14:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC ZF CG IT |
07ROME566 | ITALIAN MFA INSISTS NO CHANGE IN KOSOVO POLICY [...] (C/NF) On March 21 poloff contacted Raimondo De Cardona, Director of the Balkans Office of the Italian MFA, to raise concerns that Italian comments in the wake of the March 14 Putin visit to Italy were creating confusion among Contact Group nations and UNSC members. Specifically, poloff raised [...] | 2007-03-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME571 | ITALY IN FAVOR OF LEBANON CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Near East Office Director Luciano Pezzotti March 22. Pezzotti appreciated the follow-up to NEA DAS Danin's February 23 visit and his suggestion to increase intelligence sharing through diplomatic channels and agreed that evidence of continued weapons [...] | 2007-03-22 15:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER UNSC LBAR IR IT |
07ROME627 | ITALY: SUDAN SANCTIONS COULD HARDEN KHARTOUM, NEED [...] (C) Summary. While Italy considered Sudanese President Bashir's March 6 letter to SYG Ban unsatisfactory, the GOI thought it was too early to call it a rejection of the agreement on the Darfur UN Heavy Support Package (HSP). Italy did not believe that sanctions were the best solution as they [...] | 2007-03-27 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CD CT UNSC KPKO IT |
07ROME667 | ITALY'S EXPORT CREDIT POLICY VIS-A-VIS IRAN STAYS [...] (S/NF) EcMin discussed UNSCR 1747, Bank Sepah Rome, Italy's export credit agency SACE exposure to Iran, and U.S. designation of Iran's Defense Industries Organization March 30 with the Ministry of Finance (MOF). The MOF confirmed the March 27 Bank of Italy (BOI) report of BOI actions taken [...] | 2007-04-02 15:02:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ECON KTTP PARM KN PREL UNSC OECD EXIM |
07ROME68 | ITALY STILL SUPPORTS BURMA UNSCR, WORKING FOR TEXT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-11 16:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07ROME702 | ITALY: PM PRODI DISAPPOINTED BY U.S. COOLNESS [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met for one hour April 4 with PM Prodi. Though paying lip service to our strong bilateral relationship, Prodi expressed disappointment that the U.S. government had not recognized the amount of political capital and effort he had spent on Afghan mission refinancing and ap [...] | 2007-04-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MAR MOPS SRYI UNSC |
07ROME710 | ITALY: FM D'ALEMA ON KOSOVO, AFGHAN NGO DETAINEE, [...] (C/NF) Amb. Spogli got FM D'Alema's agreement to make a clear statement in support of the Athisaari plan for Kosovo and was told that the FM did not think he could or should control an Italian NGO threatening to close its hospitals in Afghanistan unless one of its employees was released by the [...] | 2007-04-06 10:09:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO UNSC EUN IT |
07ROME779 | KOSOVO: ITALIAN FM SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S CORE [...] (C/NF) I discussed the Ahtisaari plan for Kosovo with FM D'Alema in an April 5 meeting (ref B.) He assured me of Italy's firm support for the plan's core status provisions. However, he made it clear Italy felt work needed to be done to strengthen the non-status aspects of the plan such as the [...] | 2007-04-17 07:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME817 | KOSOVO: UN SECRETARY GENERAL GIVES ITALY RIGHT [...] (C/NF) Leonardo Bencini of the UN office of the Italian MFA told poloff that during an April 18 visit to Rome, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon told Italian FM D'Alema that he SIPDIS fully supported the recommendations by UNOSEK Ahtisaari and asked Italy to work in conjunction with other EU [...] | 2007-04-19 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME827 | KOSOVO: PM'S SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR SAYS [...] (C/NF) Stefano Sannino, PM Prodi's senior diplomatic advisor, told the Ambassador April 20 that Italy's support for the Ahtisaari plan was clear, complete, and not nuanced. The Ambassador stressed the importance of Italy publicly expressing full support for the plan, including supervised indep [...] | 2007-04-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME885 | ITALY: MINURSO TEXT BALANCED, BUT CONCERNED IT MAY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 16:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC MO WI IT |
07ROME903 | DARFUR: ITALY AGREES PRESSURE NEEDED, BUT WANTS [...] (C) Summary. Italy would ultimately support a UNSC sanctions resolution against Sudan, but publicly would like to maintain a neutral position as chair of the UN Sanctions Committee. Given UN Secretary General Ban's heavy involvement in Darfur, which he underlined in a visit to Rome April 18, [...] | 2007-04-30 16:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO UNSC SU IT |
07SANJOSE1786 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] On September 25, PolOff met with Carlos Cordero Madrigal, head of the Disarmament and Terrorism Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Viviana Tinoco, Chief of the Human Rights Section of the MFA and delivered the reftel talking points. 2. Both Officers assured PolOff that the [...] | 2007-09-28 14:05:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC LE PTER CS |
07SANSALVADOR1074 | EL SALVADOR ON UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-31 20:49:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY PREL PARM |
07SANSALVADOR2403 | GOES WELCOMES MNF-I UNSCR DRAFT; HOPES FOR QUICK [...] (C) PolCouns delivered ref (A) demarche to Nelson Amaya, MFA Deputy Director General for Foreign Policy. Amaya, accompanied by Gustavo Argueta, MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer, and Milton Magana, MFA Director for Asia, Africa, and Oceania, welcomed the draft resolution and said MFA would be [...] | 2007-12-13 22:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES IZ MARR PARM PREL UNSC |
07SANSALVADOR415 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. 60 DAY REPORT TO UNSC DELIVERED [...] On March 2 Econoff delivered reftel demarche and provided a copy of the U.S. report regarding UNSC resolution 1737 to Ministry of Foreign Relations Director of Multilateral Affairs Mario Rivera Mora. Rivera was well aware of UNSC Resolution 1737, but to date El Salvador has not prepared any w [...] | 2007-03-06 23:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY ES |
07SANSALVADOR713 | EL SALVADOR POSITION ON UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-17 20:59:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC ES |
07SANTIAGO581 | CHILE UNLIKELY PARTICIPANT IN NATANZ FUEL [...] (SBU) Poloff contacted Chilean MFA Deputy Director for International Security and Non-Proliferation Hernan Mena April 9 to discuss the Natanz facility opening. Mena said that he had not seen any reporting in MFA channels on the Natanz opening, but would contact the Chilean representative to [...] | 2007-04-09 21:28:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR CI |
07SANTIAGO89 | RECONSIDERING NUCLEAR ENERGY IN CHILE [...] (C) Summary: Chile's increasing reliance on foreign regarding the viability of nuclear power and the long term prospects for the construction of a nuclear power plant (NPP). End summary. 2. (C) President Michelle Bachelet has publicly and privately maintained that Chile will ""not go nuclear" [...] | 2007-01-17 20:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG KNNP PARM UNSC CI |
07SARAJEVO2647 | BOSNIA- FOREIGN MINISTRY UPDATED ON MNF-I UNSC [...] (C) We presented points, draft UNSC resolutions, and letters per reftel to Acting Assistant Foreign Minister Davorka Istuk, MFA America's Desk Officer Asim Karahasanovic, and Foreign Minister's Advisor Asim Dorovic. Istuk thanked us for the information, and requested further updates as availa [...] | 2007-12-11 17:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR IZ BK |
07SARAJEVO433 | BOSNIA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING CLAIMS OHR [...] (C) Over Presidents' Day weekend, the Bosnian Constitutional Court released a July 2006 decision calling on the Bosnian government to address human rights violations stemming from OHR's 2004 removal from office of two Republika Srpska (RS) officials who had abetted war criminals. The Court ru [...] | 2007-02-23 15:19:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS EUN UNSC BK |
07SARAJEVO481 | BOSNIA SUPPORTS EFFORTS IN UNSCR 1737 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 15:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY BK IR |
07SARAJEVO62 | DECERTIFIED POLICE: SOLUTION REMAINS ELUSIVE [...] (U) This is an Action Request for the Department. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) Summary: After a December 21-22 visit to Sarajevo, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg assessed that the International Police Task Force (IPTF) police decertification process had flaws [...] | 2007-01-11 17:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK KJUS PGOV PINR PREL EUN UNSC |
07SARAJEVO971 | OHR PUTS FORWARD LAJCAK AS NEXT HIGH [...] (C) At the May 4 session of the weekly Peace Implementation Council (PIC) meeting of Steering Board Ambassadors (SBA),Principal Deputy High Representative Raffi Gregorian announced that the EU had named Slovakian diplomat Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak as the candidate to succeed Christian Shwart [...] | 2007-05-04 17:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN BK UNSC |
07SEOUL1965 | ROKG TO CONSIDER CONTRIBUTION FOR HYBRID [...] (C) On June 28, the DCM conveyed reftel objectives encouraging capitals to contribute to expected UN/AU Hybrid Operations in Darfur to Park In-kook, Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Operations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The DCM expressed USG appreciati [...] | 2007-07-01 23:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO UNSC MASS KS SU |
07SEOUL3266 | ROK WILLING TO PROSECUTE PIRATES, SEEKS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche and non-paper, Park In-kook, Deputy Foreign Minister for International Organizations and Global Issues, agreed on the need for stronger multilateral enforcement mechanisms against piracy. In a November 6 meeting with the DCM, Park asked in particular about th [...] | 2007-11-06 06:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCSY PHSA PTER PREL EWWT UN UNSC IMO PM |
07SEOUL3320 | ROKG SHARES BROAD INTERPRETATION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC KS IR |
07SINGAPORE81 | SINGAPORE NONCOMMITTAL ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (SBU) On January 11, DCM pressed MFA Deputy Secretary Andrew Tan for Singapore and ASEAN to support the UN Security Council resolution on Burma (Ref A). Tan said he was leaving on January 12 for the ASEAN Summit in Cebu and would convey our message to MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho, who was [...] | 2007-01-11 10:28:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV BM UNSC SN |
07SKOPJE255 | MACEDONIA AND UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 13:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC MK |
07SKOPJE333 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS US PLANS FOR SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 08:44:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC SU |
07SKOPJE392 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1267 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC MK |
07SKOPJE976 | MACEDONIA: IRAQ UNSCR TEXT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 14:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM UNSC IZ MARR MK |
07SOFIA1149 | BULGARIA TO CONSIDER US CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 05:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC LE PTER AU |
07STATE121298 | GUIDANCE FOR AUGUST 29 UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON THE [...] (SBU) USUN is instructed to draw from the following points in its statement at the August 29 UNSC open debate on the Middle East. Begin points. -- Mr. President, on July 16, President Bush called for an international meeting this autumn of nations that support a two-state solution, rejec [...] | 2007-08-29 03:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPAL IS LE |
07STATE126128 | PRST ON TERRORIST EVENT IN ALGERIA [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. (U) USUN is instructed to join consensus on the Security Council Presidential Statement on the Terrorist Attacks in Algeria that follows: Begin text The Security Council condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that occur [...] | 2007-09-07 23:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL XI AG |
07STATE129919 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (U) Department requests Posts encourage host governments to make a financial contribution to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon charged with trying those responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Raf [...] | 2007-09-14 23:42:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PTER |
07STATE130669 | DEMARCHE: APPROACHING THE UN SECRETARIAT ABOUT [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 2. 2. (C) Department requests USUN encourage the UN Secretariat to delay the release of the UNSC resolution 1701 report until late November in order to ensure consultations on the 1701 report take place after resolution of the Presidental election [...] | 2007-09-17 22:52:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PBTS IS SY LE |
07STATE132715 | GUIDANCE FOR SEPTEMBER 20 UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON THE [...] (SBU) USUN is instructed to draw from the following points in its statement at the September 20 UNSC open debate on the Middle East. -- Mr. President, a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains a key priority of President Bush. The ongoing bilateral dialogue between P [...] | 2007-09-20 16:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPAL IS LE |
07STATE133107 | DEMARCHE: SEEK UNDPA'S IDEAS FOR EXPANDING THE [...] (C) This is an action request. Department understands that the Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Pascoe would like to see an expanded role for the UN in Georgia (as well as in the region) and may consider a reevaluation of UNOMIG's mandate. Department requests that USUN seek U/S [...] | 2007-09-20 23:22:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GG |
07STATE136154 | INSTRUCTIONS: OSCE BRIEFING, SEPTEMBER 28, 2007 [...] (U) USUN is authorized to draw from the suggested questions in para 3 below during the OSCE briefing of the UN Security Council scheduled for September 28, 2007. 2. (SBU) The OSCE Chair usually briefs the UNSC in January on the OSCE's goals and priorities and OSCE cooperation with the U [...] | 2007-09-26 22:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC OSCE GE |
07STATE141306 | INSTRUCTIONS: UNOMIG NEGOTIATIONS, OCTOBER 2007 [...] (C) This is an action request. Department requests USUN pursue the objectives in para 2 below during negotiations on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) mandate renewal resolution. USUN should revert to the Department for additional instructions if unable to achieve these objectives wi [...] | 2007-10-06 01:44:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GE PREL |
07STATE142289 | CTC CHAIRMAN ARIAS TO BRIEF UNSC ON [...] Counter-terrorism Committee (CTC) Chairman Arias will provide on, October 10, an informal briefing to the Security Council updating the UNSC on Member States' implementation of UNSCR 1373. The basis for the briefing is to report progress on Preliminary Implementation Assessments (PIAs),which h [...] | 2007-10-10 16:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KTFN UNSC |
07STATE143810 | U.S. STATEMENT TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to make the following statement following the briefing of the Special Representative of the Secretary General in Afghanistan, Tom Koenigs, to the Security Council on October 15. 2. Begin Text: Mr. President, I would like to thank the Special [...] | 2007-10-12 22:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL AF |
07STATE143859 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: MINUSTAH RENEWAL [...] ACTION REQUEST: Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of and co-sponsor the Security Council resolution contained in para 2 below concerning the extension of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). USUN should seek additional guidance if substantive changes are made [...] | 2007-10-13 00:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | HA KPKO PGOV PREL UNSC |
07STATE143878 | INSTRUCTIONS: UNOMIG RENEWAL RESOLUTION [...] (U) USUN is authorized to vote in favor of the UNOMIG mandate renewal resolution in para 2 below. Please consult with Department before accepting any changes to this text. 2. (U) Begin resolution text: The Security Council, PP1 Recalling all its relevant resolutions including [...] | 2007-10-13 01:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC GE PREL |
07STATE144973 | GUIDANCE FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON THE UN [...] PURPOSE: This is an action request. The Department asks USUN to draw upon the themes and talking points stated in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council debate on the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) Annual Report on 17 October 2007. 2. THEMES AND TALKING POINTS: The United States [...] | 2007-10-16 22:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRS EUN UNGA UNSC ECOSOC UN |
07STATE145166 | DEMARCHE: ENSURING 1701 REPORT DOES NOT INCLUDE [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 2. 2. (S//NF) Per Reftel, Department remains concerned that the upcoming 1701 report (scheduled for release on October 29) might contain conclusions about the sovereignty of Sheba'a Farms and/or proposals for its transfer to UN trusteeship. Such [...] | 2007-10-17 14:30:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | UNSC LE SY IS PREL PBTS |
07STATE145621 | NON-COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1267 OBLIGATIONS: [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was listed in November 2001 pursuant to UNSCR 1267 (Al-Qa'ida/Taliban sanctions) and subsequent resolutions. The 1267 sanctions r [...] | 2007-10-17 23:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XA ER |
07STATE146301 | GUIDANCE FOR OCTOBER 19 UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON UNAMI [...] (SBU) USUN is instructed to draw from the following text in its statement at the October 19 UNSC open debate on UNAMI and MNF-I: -- It is my pleasure to report today on behalf of the Multinational Forces in Iraq (MNF-I),as requested by UN Security Council resolutions 1546, 1637, and 1723. I [...] | 2007-10-19 00:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS UNSC IZ |
07STATE146853 | DRAFT MINURSO RESOLUTION FOR 22 OCTOBER FRIENDS [...] USUN is authorized to circulate the text in paragraph three as a draft resolution for the Group of Friends meeting on the 22nd of October 2008. 2. Action Request: USUN is. to report the reactions to this draft resolution by the Group of Friends as well as other interested parties in New Yor [...] | 2007-10-19 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI |
07STATE147043 | REQUEST FOR WEEKLY UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING [...] PURPOSE: This is an action request. The Department is increasingly concerned about the pace of peacekeeping deployment to Darfur. In order to provide more assistance in speeding deployment, the Department will be meeting more regularly at the Assistant Secretary-level. In order to support [...] | 2007-10-22 14:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO SU |
07STATE147330 | INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRST ON PAKISTAN [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the following presidential statement regarding the bombing attacks in Pakistan on October 17. 2. Begin Text: The Security Council condemns in the strongest terms the bomb attacks that occurred in Karachi, Pakistan, on 18 O [...] | 2007-10-22 23:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL PA |
07STATE147946 | GUIDANCE FOR OCTOBER 24 OPEN DEBATE ON THE MIDDLE [...] USUN is instructed to draw upon the following points for the October 24 UNSC open debate on the Middle East: -- Mr. President, the United States remains committed to President Bush's vision of Israel and Palestine living as two states side by side in peace and security. In July President Bu [...] | 2007-10-23 22:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPAL IS LE |
07STATE147947 | SUDAN - GUIDANCE FOR SECURITY COUNCIL [...] PURPOSE: This is an action request. The Department asks USUN to base its statement at the 24 October 2007 UN Security Council consultations on Sudan on the objectives in paragraph 2. 2. OBJECTIVES: -To stress the linkage of resolution of the Darfur conflict, Comprehensive Peace Agre [...] | 2007-10-23 22:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO SU |
07STATE147948 | DRAFT MINURSO RESOLUTION FOR 24 OCTOBER FRIENDS [...] USUN is authorized to circulate the text in paragraph three as a draft resolution for the Group of Friends meeting on the 24th of October 2008. 2. Action Request: USUN is requested to report the reactions to this draft resolution by the Group of Friends as well as other interested partie [...] | 2007-10-23 22:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI |
07STATE147950 | NEPAL STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to draw on the points in para 2 during the discussion by Council members following the report of SRSG Ian Martin on October 24. 2. Begin points: -- The United States strongly supports the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),commend [...] | 2007-10-23 22:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL KDEM NE |
07STATE149164 | MINURSO CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points during the 26 October 2007 UN Security Council consultations on MINURSO. Begin Talking Points: -- We are pleased that Morocco and the Polisario have met for two rounds of negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations [...] | 2007-10-25 22:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI |
07STATE149519 | ROK/DPRK RESOLUTION ON PEACE, SECURITY AND [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST - The ROK and DPRK have jointly circulated the text of an UNGA resolution on "Peace, Security and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula," which the General Committee placed on the General Assembly's agenda for consideration on October 31. This text is approximately [...] | 2007-10-26 19:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PARM KN KS |
07STATE150704 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] This is an action request. The Department authorizes USUN to sponsor and vote in favor of the text in paragraph 2 for the United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution extending the mandate of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). The Department instructs USUN to consult with Washington on any [...] | 2007-10-31 02:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO SU |
07STATE150711 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: MINURSO MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: USUN is instructed to vote in favor of and to co-sponsor the MINURSO mandate renewal resolution during UNSC voting on 31 October, 2007. The text of the resolution is listed in paragraph 2. If there are substantive changes to the text, USUN is instructed to consult with [...] | 2007-10-31 02:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI |
07STATE150762 | OBJECTIVES FOR BURMA IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary and Action Request - Department requests USUN share with the UK and French missions U.S. comments on the papers that each mission shared with USUN regarding short-term and long-term benchmarks for the Burmese regime,s cooperation with UN Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari. OBJECTIVE [...] | 2007-10-31 12:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07STATE152814 | RAISING NON-COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1267 [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was listed in November 2001 pursuant to UNSCR 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions) and subsequent resolutions. The 1267 sanctions regim [...] | 2007-11-05 23:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XA ER |
07STATE154497 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH U/SYG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with UN Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Jean-Marie Guehenno on November 5 to discuss challenges to UNAMID deployment. U/SYG Guehenno pressed the Deputy Secretary for further U.S. assistance with acquiring the capabilities necessary to mak [...] | 2007-11-09 01:18:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL UNSC |
07STATE154929 | INSTRUCTION CABLE FOR USUN: CONSULTATIONS ON THE [...] This is an action cable, see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points during November 13 Security Council consultations on the Great Lakes Region: Begin talking points: -- The United States welcomes the Government of the Democratic Republic of the [...] | 2007-11-09 20:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL XA XF XW CG UG BY RW |
07STATE155045 | REPORT TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL BY SPECIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On November 13 Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari will report to the UN Security Council on his November 3-8 trip to Burma. USUN is instructed to draw from points in para 4 for its intervention on the Gambari briefing/report and public comments afterwards, highl [...] | 2007-11-09 23:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07STATE155067 | DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR SAUDI KING ABDULLAH TO PRESSURE [...] (U) PURPOSE. This is an action request. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (C) The Department requests Embassy Riyadh to approach the Saudi government at the highest appropriate level to request that the Saudis intercede with Sudanese President Bashir to urge his c [...] | 2007-11-10 05:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SA SU |
07STATE156473 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESOLUTION ON THE [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favour of the following resolution to be considered by the Security Council on November 15. USUN is also instructed to draw on points in para 3 for use during the Council's discussion. 2. Begin resolution text: The Security Coun [...] | 2007-11-15 03:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL MARR NATO BK |
07STATE157244 | FUNDING FOR UN COMPOUND IN IRAQ [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4 BACKGROUND 2. The UN has been engaged in finding a long-term compound for the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) since 2004, when UNAMI restarted operations in Baghdad. The compound is intended to serve as the he [...] | 2007-11-16 15:54:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ UNGA UNSC |
07STATE157737 | SIXTH COMMITTEE: RESOLUTION ON CRIMINAL [...] (U) USUN is authorized to join consensus in the Sixth Committee on a resolution (paragraph 3) on establishing procedures for holding UN officials and experts on mission (UN international civilian staff, including UN civilian police) accountable for criminal acts committed while on duty. The Si [...] | 2007-11-18 22:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNGA UNSC |
07STATE158407 | U.S. STATEMENT ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN [...] (U) USUN should draw from the statement in para 2 below during the UNSC Open Debate on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict scheduled for November 20, 2007. 2. (SBU) Begin statement. Mr. President, thank you for convening today,s important discussion. I would also like to thank [...] | 2007-11-20 14:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI |
07STATE160787 | BURUNDI - TALKING POINTS FOR 11/28 BRIEFING [...] This is an action cable. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following points during the November 28 briefing of the Security Council by the Facilitator of the Burundi Peace Process and South African Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula: -- Thank [...] | 2007-11-27 23:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL |
07STATE161317 | TALKING POINTS FOR UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON THE DRC [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for UN Security Council consultations regarding the Democratic Republic of Congo on November 28. Begin points: --Despite improvement in the overall security environment and the success of the recent national elections, the United [...] | 2007-11-28 22:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CG KPKO PREL UNSC |
07STATE162617 | ICC - GUIDANCE FOR SCHEDULED DECEMBER 3 USUN [...] (U) USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points during the scheduled USUN working level meeting with ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo on December 3 and for its participation in formal ICC consultations with UNSC members on Sudan on December 5: -- The concerns of the United [...] | 2007-12-03 17:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO KJUS PHUM SU |
07STATE162747 | NON-PAPER ON EU/EC PARTICIPATION IN THE UN [...] (SBU) PURPOSE: This is an action request. Post is requested to deliver the following text on the United States' (US) position on European Union/European Community participation in the UN Peacebuilding Commission in a non-paper to an appropriate host counter-part. The text of the non-paper [...] | 2007-12-03 20:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRS EUN UNGA UNSC ECOSOC UN PO |
07STATE162809 | APPLYING A PUSH ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: USUN is instructed to meet as soon as possible with Special Advisor on Burma Ibrahim Gambari and with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to obtain a readout on Gambari's latest travel and their assessment of the overall situation in Burma. USUN should convey, drawing [...] | 2007-12-03 22:38:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07STATE163965 | BURUNDI - TALKING POINTS FOR DECEMBER 5 [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following points for their December 5 consultations on Burundi. Begin points: -- The United States is concerned about the fragile state of the Burundi peace process and calls on the PALIPEHUTU (P [...] | 2007-12-05 23:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM XB XC XE BM |
07STATE163971 | BURMA CAAC - TALKING POINTS FOR 12/06 MEETING [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to attend the Burma CAAC meeting on 12/06 at a high level if possible (French PermRep will chair the meeting. The British and the Belgians are sending their DPRs) USUN may draw from the following talking points during disc [...] | 2007-12-05 23:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM XB XC XE BY |
07STATE163972 | INSTRUCTIONS- TALKING POINTS FOR U/SYG HOLMES [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the December 6 briefing by U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Sir John Holmes. Begin points: -- We would like to thank Under-Secretary Holmes for [...] | 2007-12-05 23:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM XA XW SU |
07STATE164416 | INSTRUCTION FOR ICTY/ICTR DEBATE [...] The Department instructs USUN to draw on the following points for use during the Security Council,s December 10 debate on the Completion Strategies for the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR). 2. Begin Points: The United States welcomes t [...] | 2007-12-06 23:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC ICTY ICTR PREL ZL ZF RW |
07STATE165059 | NEXT STEPS ON BURMA: P3 PAPER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-10 13:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07STATE165821 | BONUCA- INSTRUCTION CABLE ON DECEMBER 11 [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for their December 11 consultations on BONUCA. Begin text: -- The United States is hopeful about the establishment of a 25-member Preparatory Committee to promote greater nationa [...] | 2007-12-11 19:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PREF PHUM PBTS XZ ZF CT |
07STATE166087 | GUIDANCE: UNSC RESOLUTION 1701 CONSULTATIONS, [...] (U) USUN may draw from the points in para 2 below during UN Security Council consultations on the implementation of UNSC resolution 1701 (2006) currently scheduled for December 12. 2. Begin points. -- We welcome the Secretary-General's report and the briefing by Mr. Pedersen (and Ge [...] | 2007-12-12 15:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC LE IS PREL PBTS |
07STATE166907 | SIERRA LEONE- TALKING POINTS FOR DECEMBER 14 [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the December 14 consultations on Sierra Leone. Begin points: -- The United States thanks Executive Representative Victor Angelo for his thorough briefing and for his except [...] | 2007-12-14 00:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM XA XY SL |
07STATE166912 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: UNITED NATIONS FORCE IN [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: USUN is instructed to vote in favor of and to co-sponsor the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) mandate renewal resolution during UNSC voting on 14 December, 2007. The text of the resolution is listed in paragraph 2. USUN is authorized to draw from the talking poi [...] | 2007-12-14 04:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO CY |
07STATE167108 | INSTRUCTIONS FOR STATEMENT ON THE OPEN-ENDED [...] The Department authorizes USUN to deliver the following statement during the session of the Open-Ended Working Group on Security Council reform, to be held December 14. 2. Mr. President, -- Thank you for convening this meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group. This group made significant [...] | 2007-12-14 16:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL UN |
07STATE167210 | U.S. SUPPORTS UN ASSESSMENT MISSION TO CYPRUS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-14 19:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNSC PGOV PREL CY |
07STATE167346 | SOMALIA - INSTRUCTIONS FOR DECEMBER 17 DEBATE [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is requested to draw from the following points for the December 17 debate on Somalia Begin text: -- We thank UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah for his insightful SIPDIS briefing this a [...] | 2007-12-14 23:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT XA XW SO |
07STATE167364 | INSTRUCTIONS FOR CIRCULATING REVISED MNF-I UNSCR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to circulate to the Security Council the revised text of the US/UK draft resolution to extend through 2008 the authorities for MNF-I, DFI, and IAMB (see paragraph 3). 3. Begin text of revised UNSCR: The Security [...] | 2007-12-15 02:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
07STATE168395 | INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNSC SESSION ON KOSOVO, DECEMBER [...] (C) USUN may draw on the points in paragraph 2 for use during the UN Security Council session on Kosovo on December 19, 2007. Our Quint partners (UK, Germany, Italy, France) have agreed to a low-key approach. We seek to avoid a contentious meeting, which could make it more difficult for UN [...] | 2007-12-18 23:16:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL YI UNSC UNMIK |
07STATE168497 | BURUNDI- USUN INSTRUCTION CABLE ON BINUB [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the BINUB resolution scheduled to be adopted by the Council on December 19. Full text of the resolution follows: Begin text: The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions and statements of its [...] | 2007-12-19 13:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM XA ZF BY |
07STATE169391 | SIERRA LEONE - VOTING INSTRUCTIONS ON UNIOSIL [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the UNIOSIL extension resolution scheduled for adoption by the Council on December 21. Full text of the resolution follows: The Security Council, Re-affirming its previous Resolutions and the state [...] | 2007-12-21 02:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM XA XY SL |
07STATE169393 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: MONUC MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the mandate resolution for the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The text of the resolution is listed in paragraph 2. 2. (U) Begin text: The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions and the statements of its [...] | 2007-12-21 03:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CG PREL UNSC |
07STATE170925 | DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C/Rel UN) The Department of Justice (DOJ),in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney,s Office for the Western District of Missouri, is conducting a criminal investigation regarding the Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA) and its alleged f [...] | 2007-12-28 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER UNSC XA XD PK |
07STATE27000 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) On February 26, Assistant Secretary Lowenkron and Assistant Secretary Silverberg attended an event on Burma hosted by the Czech Republic Embassy with former President Vaclav Havel, at which they [...] | 2007-03-05 14:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA UNSC BM |
07STATE32648 | GUIDANCE FOR PROPOSED UN APPEARANCE BY DE FACTO [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (C) Background: Department is aware Russia is actively lobbying the Friends of Georgia, in Capitals and in New York, to allow the Abkhaz de facto foreign minister, Sergey Shamba, to attend an Arria style meeting prior to the UNOMIG mandate [...] | 2007-03-14 23:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PGOV PREL GG |
07STATE35310 | GUIDANCE FOR UNIIIC CONSULTATIONS, MARCH 21 [...] (U) USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during UN Security Council consultations on the 7th UNIIIC report, currently scheduled for March 21. 2. (SBU) Begin points. -- We commend the Commission's professional, systematic and thorough investigation and tireless w [...] | 2007-03-20 21:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL PGOV LE |
07STATE36625 | UNSCR 1267: UPDATING TALIBAN NAMES ON THE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: Per reftel, updating the Taliban entries on UN 1267 Consolidated List is an important measure to implement UNSCR 1735, a resolution drafted by the USG which calls for updating the Taliban sanctions list to enhance its utility as [...] | 2007-03-22 18:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EFIN ETTC FR KTFN PGOV PREL PTER UK UNSC |
07STATE38560 | GUIDANCE: UNIIIC MANDATE EXTENSION RESOLUTION [...] (U) USUN is authorized to join consensus on the resolution, in para 2 below, authorizing an extension of UNIIIC's mandate until June 15, 2008. 2. (U) Begin text. The Security Council, Recalling all its previous relevant resolutions, in particular resolutions 1595 (2005),1636 (2005),1 [...] | 2007-03-27 01:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC LE |
07STATE40220 | GUIDANCE FOR UNOMIG RENEWAL DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) This is an action request, see paras 2 and 3 below. 2. (SBU) USUN is authorized to engage on the German draft text in para 4 below in Western Friends of Georgia discussions in New York, and is authorized to seek and accept the following changes to the text: -- PP5: Insert "in Abk [...] | 2007-03-28 23:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL GG RS |
07STATE43312 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNSCR 1701 CONSULTATIONS, [...] (C) This is an action request, see para 2 below. Department requests that USUN encourage the Secretary General to include a strong statement verifying non-compliance with the arms embargo and clarifying the SYG's process on Sheba'a delineation during his briefing of the UN Security Council on [...] | 2007-04-03 20:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE IS PREL PTER |
07STATE43361 | GUIDANCE: STATEMENT FOR UNSCR 1701 [...] (U) USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during consultations on UNSC resolution 1701 currently scheduled for April 5. 2. (U) Begin points. -- We welcome the Secretary General's report on progress in the implementation on UNSC resolution 1701 and express our ap [...] | 2007-04-03 22:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC LE IS |
07STATE43362 | RELEASABLE INFORMATION ON 1701 ARMS EMBARGO [...] (U) This is an action request. Department requests USUN share the information in para 2 below on violations of the 1701 arms embargo with Permanent Representatives and Deputy Permanent Representatives of all members of the UNSC. Please emphasize to Permanent Representatives and Deputy Perm [...] | 2007-04-03 22:47:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | UNSC LE |
07STATE45355 | REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF KOSOVO POSITION [...] (SBU) This is an action request for ambassadors in Accra, Brazzaville, Pretoria, Jakarta, Doha, Panama and Lima -- please see para 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On April 3, UN Special Envoy Marti Ahtisaari presented to the UNSC his proposals for Kosovo's future status, including a recommendatio [...] | 2007-04-05 23:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU |
07STATE46510 | GUIDANCE: GEORGIA CONSULTATIONS, APRIL 10 [...] (U) USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during Georgia consultations scheduled April 10. 2. (SBU) Begin points. -- The United States supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia. We welcome the Secretary General,s report and appreciate continued [...] | 2007-04-09 19:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC GE PREL |
07STATE48903 | APPROVAL: DRAFT UNOMIG RESOLUTION [...] (U) USUN is authorized to introduce and vote to approve the text in para 2 below in the Security Council authorizing an extension of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). 2. (U) Begin resolution text. The Security Council, PP1 Recalling all its relevant resolutions includin [...] | 2007-04-12 21:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC GE PREL |
07STATE49722 | DEMARCHE: SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) This is an action request. Department requests the Ambassador meet with President Garcia in advance of his trip to the U.S. with the goal of gaining Peru's support for UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's recommendations on Kosovo future status, including independence for Kosovo. It woul [...] | 2007-04-13 23:38:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC YI PREL PE |
07STATE49723 | ACTION REQUEST FROM U/S BURNS TO AMBASSADORS FOR [...] (C) Kosovo independence is a major priority in our current foreign policy and will dominate much of our work in the Security Council over the next month. Embassies in non-European Security Council countries will play a pivotal role in advancing our policy of a supervised independence for Kos [...] | 2007-04-13 23:40:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL YI RS UNMIK |
07STATE53329 | NEXT STEPS ON HARIRI TRIBUNAL [...] (U) This is an action request, see paras 2, 3, 4, and 5. Department is preparing a draft text for a Chapter VII resolution that could be used to bring the Special Tribunal for Lebanon into force, which we will forward to USUN early in the week of April 23. Because of the need to move forwar [...] | 2007-04-20 22:16:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PREL PGOV PTER |
07STATE57533 | DEMARCHE: DISCUSS HARIRI TRIBUNAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Department requests USUN urge UN OLA's Nicolas Michel to deliver a strong statement in support of Council action to establish the Hariri Tribunal to the UN Security Council during consultations on Lebanon, currently scheduled for May 2, 2007. End Summary. 2. (C) OBJECTIVE [...] | 2007-04-30 15:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | LE UNSC PREL PTER |
07STATE58678 | CANVASSING SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS' FOR VIEWS ON [...] (C) This is an action request. Department requests USUN to canvass the Missions of Italy, Belgium, Slovakia, Peru, Panama, Congo-B, China, Indonesia, and Ghana about their views on establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, given the impasse in Lebanon. The information will be used to [...] | 2007-05-01 21:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PREL PTER |
07STATE63229 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FOR COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department requests Embassies encourage host governments to support UN Security Council action to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. In New York, Belgium, Italy, Peru, and Slovakia have been generally supportive of the P-3's call for Council action, via a Chapter VI [...] | 2007-05-09 21:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE SY IT BE PE LO PREL PTER CF GH SF |
07STATE63310 | GUIDANCE: ENGAGING ON A DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE [...] (C//REL UK and France) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The U.S. agrees with the French that a Chapter VII resolution should establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on the basis of the Agreement and Statute already negotiated and signed by the UN and GOL. It is important that the Council est [...] | 2007-05-09 22:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PREL PTER |
07STATE64167 | DEMARCHE ON NEXT STEPS ON ABKHAZIA [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: This is an action request. Embassy is requested to deliver the points in para 2 at the appropriate level to Deputy FM Karasin and report on any response. The points are intended as the basis for discussion of how Russia and the U.S. can cooperate in advancing the implem [...] | 2007-05-11 00:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC RU GG |
07STATE67046 | INSTRUCTIONS: P-3 NEGOTIATIONS ON SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 17:22:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PREL PTER |
07STATE70478 | URGENT DEMARCHE: URGE SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Department instructs Ambassadors (or Chiefs of Mission) to seek urgent meetings with host governments at the highest level possible to press for support for immediate UN Security Council action to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The P-3 shared [...] | 2007-05-23 00:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC LE PREL PTER |
07STATE74047 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote for and co-sponsor the resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. USUN may draw from the explanation of vote (EOV) in para 2 below. End action request. 2. (U) Begin EOV text. I would now like to make a few remarks in my [...] | 2007-05-30 16:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC LE PTER |
07STATE74373 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote for and co-sponsor the resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. USUN may draw from the explanation of vote (EOV) in para 2 below. End action request. 2. (U) Begin EOV text. I would now like to make a few remarks in my nation [...] | 2007-05-30 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC LE PTER |
07STATE79859 | GUIDANCE FOR UN ENVOY BRIEFING ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) USUN is instructed to draw on the following talking points during the June 8 UN Security Council briefing with UN Special Envoy for Darfur Jan Eliasson on the political process in Darfur. 2. (SBU) Begin talking points. -- We welcome your efforts to widen support for the Darfur Pe [...] | 2007-06-08 15:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO AU UNSC SU |
07STATE8582 | INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABKHAZIA, GEORGIA CONSULTATIONS, [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the points in para 2 below during consultations on the Secretary General's quarterly report on the "Situation in SIPDIS Abkhazia, Georgia" currently scheduled for January 24. 2. (SBU) Begin points. -- The U.S. appreciates the e [...] | 2007-01-23 22:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GE UNSC |
07STATE88011 | INSTRUCTIONS: CONFIRMING LANGUAGE ON SHEBA'A IN [...] (C) This is an action request. Department requests USUN confirm with the UN Secretary General (SYG) the specific language that it will use on the Sheba'a Farms issue in the upcoming UN Security Council resolution 1701 report. End action request. 2. (C) USUN should pursue the following [...] | 2007-06-24 21:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC SY LE IS PREL |
07STATE99397 | GEORGIA REQUEST FOR COORDINATION WITH FRIENDS ON [...] (C) This is an action request. Department would like Georgia and Germany (as coordinator of the UN Friends process) to participate in the upcoming UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) consultations, currently scheduled for July 23. Additionally, the Department does not think that the ti [...] | 2007-07-17 21:46:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GE RS PREL |
07TALLINN642 | ESTONIA UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO UN LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-03 10:47:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC LE PTER EN |
07TASHKENT1659 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (SBU) On September 17, 2007 poloff delivered demarche to the Division Chief of the Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk, Ismat Fayzullaev. Mr. Fayzullaev responded that Uzbekistan is a small country and is not generally involved in affairs of the Middle East. He added that Uz [...] | 2007-09-19 04:32:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC LE PTER |
07TASHKENT502 | UZBEKISTAN SAYS IT WILL FULLY IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 10:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EFIN MNUC AORC TRGY KNNP IAEA UNSC IR UZ |
07TASHKENT967 | DEMARCHE ON MAY 22 UNSC CT BRIEFING DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTNF UNSC UZ |
07TASHKENT998 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVOCATING BROAD DEFINITIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 11:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR UZ |
07TBILISI1418 | DEMARCHE BY FRIENDS OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL TO [...] (C) Summary. The Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) delivered a demarche, as agreed in capitals, to the Georgian Government on June 4 and to the Abkhaz de facto authorities in Sukhumi on June 8. The demarche pressed both sides to calm tensions, re-engage in dialog, implement confidence b [...] | 2007-06-13 13:21:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS KPKO UNSC RU GG |
07TBILISI1604 | ABKHAZIA: GENEVA-STYLE MEETING IN BONN: SMALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27 and 28, representatives of the Friends of the UN Secretary General (FSG),together with the UN, met the Georgian and Abkhaz sides for a Geneva-style meeting in Bonn. Most significantly, the sides agreed to resume Quadripartite meetings on law enforcement cooperation i [...] | 2007-07-06 11:36:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS KPKO UNSC GG RU |
07TELAVIV1436 | ISRAEL AGREES WITH USG POINTS ON UNSCR 1267; TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 11:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC IS |
07TELAVIV1704 | A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES UN AND IO ISSUES WITH DDG [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Kristen Silverberg discussed United Nations and other international organization issues with MFA Deputy Director General Roni Leshno-Ya'ar and his staff on June 7 in Jerusalem. The Israelis announced that they have begun quickly campaigning for a UNSC seat in 2019-20. Ya'a [...] | 2007-06-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KWBG KPAL UNSC UNGA |
07TELAVIV1750 | A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES LEBANON AND UNSCR 1701 [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Kristen Silverberg discussed Lebanon and UNSCR 1701 issues with MFA IO Deputy Director General Roni Leshno-Ya'ar and his staff on June 7 in Jerusalem. Ya'ar reiterated Israeli concerns over the rearmament of Hizballah, noting Israeli plans to meet with the UN border assessm [...] | 2007-06-14 14:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV PTER SY LE IS |
07TELAVIV2576 | U/S BURNS' MEETING AT ISRAEL'S MFA ON LEBANON, [...] (S) After the August 16 signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on U.S. Security Assistance to Israel and the press conference that followed, Under Secretary Burns and his delegation participated in a roundtable discussion of issues with an Israeli MFA delegation led by MFA Director G [...] | 2007-08-24 04:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL MASS NATO PTER KNNP UNSC SY IR EG LE IS |
07TELAVIV2635 | U/S BURNS' AUGUST 15 MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEPUTY [...] (S) In an August 15 meeting, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz and Under Secretary Burns discussed the Memorandum of Understanding on security assistance to Israel that would be signed the following day, U.S. efforts to ensure that security assistance to Arab partners would not jeopard [...] | 2007-08-30 07:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS MARR KNNP UNSC SY LE IS |
07TELAVIV2640 | DAS DANIN'S AUGUST 29 MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEFMIN [...] (S) In an August 29 meeting, Michael Herzog, the Chief of Staff to Israeli Defense Minister Barak, told visiting NEA DAS Robert Danin that Israel is not looking for a fight with either Hizballah or Syria, but needs to prepare for one just in case. Earlier concerns within government circles abo [...] | 2007-08-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS KPAL KWBG UNSC SY EG LE IS |
07TELAVIV2652 | U/S BURNS' AUGUST 17 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOSSAD [...] (S) In an August 17 meeting, Israeli Mossad Chief Meir Dagan thanked Under Secretary Burns for America's support of Israel as evidenced by the previous day's signing of an MOU that provides Israel with USD 30 billion in security assistance from 2008-2018. Dagan provided his assessment of the [...] | 2007-08-31 12:45:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR MASS KNNP UNSC PK IR IZ ZP |
07TELAVIV3516 | ISN PDAS MCNERNEY'S DISCUSSION ON PSI AND UNFC [...] (C) During an October 24 meeting with an Israeli inter-agency team at the Foreign Ministry that focused mainly on the Iranian nuclear threat, ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney and her delegation also exchanged views on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and various resolutions in the UN Firs [...] | 2007-12-13 16:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP UNSC UNFC EG RU IS |
07TELAVIV555 | IRAN-IAEA: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S DISCUSSIONS [...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence (IDI),and the Mossad. Discussions focused on t [...] | 2007-02-22 06:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA UNSC PTER IR RU IS |
07TELAVIV557 | IRAN-UNSC: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S DISCUSSIONS WITH ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 07:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | IR IS KNNP MNUC PREL PTER RU UNSC |
07TELAVIV679 | UNSCR 1701: GOI FOCUS ON SMUGGLING AND SOLDIERS; [...] (C) Summary: UNSYG Special Adviser on the Situation in the Middle East Michael Williams discussed UNSCR 1701 implementation with FM Tzipi Livni and Deputy DefMin Ephraim Sneh during his February 25-26 visit to Israel. Both sides characterized the talks as productive. (Note: In contrast to [...] | 2007-03-02 11:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO LE IS |
07TELAVIV689 | IRAN: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ON UNSCR [...] (S) Responding to the points in reftels, Merav Zafary and Gil Reich from the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) told poloff February 28 that they were timely -- coming in advance of the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) meeting set for March 5 -- and hopefully will encourage other countries to [...] | 2007-03-02 13:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL MNUC KNNP UNSC SY RU IR IS |
07TELAVIV693 | IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH 1737 [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel points and the text of the U.S. 60-day report March 1 to MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Miriam Ziv, noting that while the information contained in the points was not new to Israel, we wanted the Israelis to be aware of our efforts to ensure rob [...] | 2007-03-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP UNSC ETRD AORC IR IS |
07TELAVIV963 | ISRAELI REACTION TO ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 14:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN IR UNSC PARM IS |
07THEHAGUE121 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: HALTING EXPORT CREDITS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref A points on halting export credit insurance for Iran to Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm on January 17. Minister Zalm told the Ambassador the Netherlands was fully committed to implementing UNSCR 1737 but was not prepared to halt export credits for Iran. EconC [...] | 2007-01-23 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD NL |
07THEHAGUE1452 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH NONCOMMITTAL ON [...] (S) On July 31, Econoffs delivered points concerning USG request for co-sponsorship of the submission of six Iraqi individuals listed in reftel to the UN 1518 and 1267 Committees to Onno Kervers, Head of Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Political Affairs Department, Dutch Ministry of Foreign A [...] | 2007-08-06 05:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC NL |
07THEHAGUE485 | NETHERLANDS/HRC: BALANCING SUDAN, BURMA AND [...] (C) Summary: The GONL's top priority for the HRC's 4th regular session remains Sudan. The Dutch do not believe that HRC action on Zimbabwe is practical. They are willing to consider alternative strategies, however, and their human rights ambassador will travel to Harare at the end of this we [...] | 2007-03-19 14:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ASEAN EUN KPKO PREL UNHCR UNSC BM CD |
07THEHAGUE614 | DUTCH SERIOUS ABOUT UNSCR 1747 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Econoff shared on April 2 ref A nonpaper on the U.S. designation of Iran's Defense Industries Organization with Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Policy Advisor, Financial Integrity Division, Dutch Finance Ministry and Dutch Foreign Affairs officials Huib Mijnerands, Senior Policy Advisor responsible f [...] | 2007-04-03 05:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | KNNP EFIN PARM ETTC PREL IAEA MNUC TRGY UNSC |
07THEHAGUE746 | NETHERLANDS/DARFUR: DUTCH SEE YEY TO EYE WITH U.S. [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires and poloff delivered reftel demarches to MFA interlocutors April 19 and 20. Laurent Stokvis, MFA Director of the Americas Department, told CDA that the U.S. and the Netherlands were "in sync" on Sudan. He added that Development Minister Bert Koenders' meeting last week w [...] | 2007-04-20 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC SU NL |
07THEHAGUE988 | UNSCR 1747: DUTCH SUPPORT EU COMMON POSITION ON [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points May 23 to Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials Joan Wiegman, Deputy Head, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, and Huib Mijnarends, Senior Policy Officer on Iran Sanctions within the MFA's Terrorism and New Threats Unit. 2. (SBU [...] | 2007-05-25 08:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR NL |
07TOKYO1051 | UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION: JAPAN CAUTIOUS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S., Japanese and Australian delegates to the Trilateral Working Group (WG) on Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718 met in Tokyo January 24 to continue discussions on 1718 implementation including resolving outstanding legal and policy concerns over sanctions en [...] | 2007-03-12 05:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR UNSC AS JA |
07TOKYO1362 | JAPAN SUPPORTS UNSCR 1737, MULLING CONCRETE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 08:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN IAEA UNSC IR JA |
07TOKYO2097 | JAPAN KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE ON UNSCR-LISTED [...] (C) Embassy Political Officer delivered reftel demarche May 9 to UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto. Fujimoto said that Japan has very strict border controls in place, and immigration officials have instructions to notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately [...] | 2007-05-10 06:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PBTS PARM KNNP IR JA |
07TOKYO2234 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC JA |
07TOKYO2258 | UNSCR 1747: JAPAN SUPPORTS BROAD DEFINITION OF ARMS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR JA |
07TOKYO2461 | JAPAN'S REPORT TO UNSC ON UNSCRS 1737 AND 1747 [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo political and EST officers delivered reftel demarche to UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto, 2nd Middle East Division Iran Desk Officer Junichi Sumi, and Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Officer Isami Takada. Fujimoto said t [...] | 2007-06-01 08:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY JA |
07TOKYO2764 | PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE'S BILATERAL MEETINGS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bilateral meetings on the margins of the G-8 Summit were successful in building support for Japan's bid to obtain a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, according to MOFA sources. Abe also agreed to work together with the EU and other G-8 countr [...] | 2007-06-19 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREK SENV UNSC AF CH FR GM LE JA |
07TOKYO3596 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO TERRORIST FINANCE: [...] (S) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Officer Mikiko Masuda and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on July 31, 2007. Both counterparts thanked Emba [...] | 2007-08-06 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN FI PREL PTER UNSC JA |
07TOKYO4374 | JAPAN UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Japan is disinclined to make financial contributions to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, although it is still considering a U.N. request to nominate judges for the tribunal, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Director Hideo Sato. His remarks were confirmed separately by U.N. Po [...] | 2007-09-19 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC LE JA |
07TOKYO449 | JAPAN,S FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS EASTERN EUROPE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minster Taro Aso's January 9-14 trip to Eastern Europe demonstrated Japan's increasing global focus, said a MOFA official during a January 16 meeting. In addition to promoting stability via economic development and exchanges, Japan took advantage of the trip to build supp [...] | 2007-02-01 01:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC BU HU LO RO JA |
07TOKYO5377 | JAPAN'S REACTION TO U.S.-IRAQI DECLARATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's main concern about the Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America is reference to the fact that it is anticipated the next rollover of the UN Security Council resolution [...] | 2007-11-29 08:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS UNSC IZ JA |
07TOKYO582 | I/O SILVERBERG'S JANUARY 25 MEETING WITH JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. MOFA DVM Kawai told IO A/S Silverberg on January 25 that Japan would contest Iran for the 2009-10 UNSC nonpermanent Asia slot. A/S Silverberg recalled Washington's positive experience working with Japan during Tokyo,s last tenure on the UNSC. She applauded Japan's approach on UN [...] | 2007-02-08 08:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC JA |
07TOKYO585 | SUBJECT: A/S SILVERBERG MEETINGS ON UN REFORM [...] (C) Subject: Improving efficiency in peacekeeping operations, promoting strong ethical practices, insisting on improvement in the Human Rights Council, and cooperating behind the scenes on upcoming international organization elections are some of the ways the United States and Japan can work [...] | 2007-02-08 23:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KUNR KPKO JA BM |
07TOKYO788 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE ON NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-23 09:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC BM CH JA |
07TOKYO795 | ADVOCATING FOR HUMAN DIGNITY: AMBASSADOR REES' [...] (C) Summary: Japan and the United States need to work together to reduce the systematic sexual violence against women in Burma, Ambassador Rees told Japanese officials during his February 8-9 Tokyo meetings. Japan shares U.S. concerns about human rights in Burma, but prefers a softer approa [...] | 2007-02-26 03:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC UNSC BM JA |
07TOKYO968 | JAPANESE NON-PAPER ON EXPORT CREDITS AND TRADE [...] (C) As a follow up to reftels A and B concerning halting export credits to Iran, MOFA Second Middle East Division officer Junichi Sumi March 6 presented the following non-paper to Embassy Tokyo Political Officer. Sumi noted that a copy of the non-paper had been forwarded to Under Secretary Bu [...] | 2007-03-07 07:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC IR JA |
07TOKYO973 | IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS TOKYO, AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran is willing to negotiate over its nuclear program, but will not agree to suspend enrichment activities as a precondition to talks, Iran's DFM for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araghchi told his Japanese hosts March 2. According to MOFA contacts, FM Aso and DFM Yabun [...] | 2007-03-07 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP UNSC IR JA |
07TUNIS1366 | RESPONSE TO IDENTIFYING ARAB JUDGE CANDIDATES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC KJUS KCRM LE SY TS PREL |
07TUNIS890 | TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE HYBRID OPERATION IN [...] (C) Pol/EconCouns on July 2 conveyed Ref A message to MFA Director for North American Affairs Moez Sinaoui. Acknowledging the GOT's negative responses to earlier requests for Darfur PKO support requests (Refs C and E),she urged the GOT to give further consideration to the matter. Pol/EconCoun [...] | 2007-07-05 16:10:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS TS |
07TUNIS899 | GOT ASKS WHO IS CONTRIBUTING TO DARFUR HYBRID [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST -- PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (SBU) On July 6, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points requesting Tunisian support, in the form of police and/or military observers, for the Darfur Hybrid Operations to MFA Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah. Atallah asked w [...] | 2007-07-06 14:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU TS |
07USEUBRUSSELS3473 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE EU/EC PARTICPATION IN THE UN [...] (C) PolOff presented points (reftel) December 7 to Morten Knudsen of the European Council's UN and International Law Unit. Knudsen emphasized that the Council and the Commission are in no way looking to expand their influence within the PBC, that they are not seeking either voting privilege [...] | 2007-12-07 16:53:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRS UNGA UNSC ECOSOC EUN PO UN |
07USOSCE382 | IF KOSOVO DECLARES INDEPENDENCE UNILATERALLY, WHAT [...] (C) The likelihood that the OSCE will have to close its mission to Kosovo is increasing. In the event of a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI),Russia and Serbia have threatened to force closure of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK),and they could easily do so. Under such circumsta [...] | 2007-10-15 08:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PGOV UNMIK KV UNSC SR YI RU |
07USUNNEWYORK1004 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: QATAR CALLS FOR SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an informal meeting of the Sudan Sanctions Committee on November 7, Qatar expressed a strong interest in imposing targeted sanctions on JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim and SLM faction leader Abdelwahid el-Nur for their failure to attend the UN/AU-led Darfur mediation in Tripoli. [...] | 2007-11-12 19:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK1007 | SPECIAL ADVISER GAMBARI ON VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) Summary: During a November 10 telephone call and subsequent meetings on November 12, Special Adviser Gambari told Ambassadors Khalilzad and Wolff that he pressed Burmese authorities for a date to start a dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK); that ASSK prefers to meet with her party, devel [...] | 2007-11-12 22:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK1012 | PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ),briefed the Security Council on November 2, 2007, a day after she presented the Court's annual report to the General Assembly (reftel). She highlighted decisions rendered by the ICJ in two recent c [...] | 2007-11-14 17:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1022 | U/SYG GUEHENNO: STILL NO AGREEMENT ON UNAMID TCC [...] (U) SUMMARY: DPKO U/SYG Guehenno told the Security Council November 14 that the Government of the Sudan (GOS) has not yet made the strategic decision to cooperate fully with UNAMID deployment. Guehenno said the GOS had not finalized agreement on the UN/AU agreed TCC list, which they received [...] | 2007-11-15 14:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPAL SU MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1024 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: RUSSIANS UNYIELDING ON REMOVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgian PermRep and Chairman of the 1267 (Taliban/Al-Qaida) Sanctions Committee Johan Verbeke convened P-5 ambassadors plus Afghanistan on November 8 to discuss the outstanding Afghan requests to remove from the 1267 sanctions list twenty individuals who have renounced their ties t [...] | 2007-11-15 19:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1026 | P-3 FINDS DPKO CONCERNED ABOUT KOSOVO END-GAME [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN U/SYG for Peacekeeping Guehenno and Europe Division Chief Harland shared with P-3 Deputy PermReps on November 9 their concerns about how Kosovo-related events will play out after the presumed failure of Troika talks. Guehenno and Harland have identified key issues -- whether a [...] | 2007-11-15 21:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KV |
07USUNNEWYORK1028 | SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON BURMA [...] (SBU) In a public meeting of the Security Council November 13, Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari discussed his November 3-8 trip to Burma. He listed positive developments in Burma leading up to his visit, including the withdrawal of visible military presence, the release of some detainees, and [...] | 2007-11-15 22:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC BM PHUM |
07USUNNEWYORK1032 | UNSC REFORM: PLENARY DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Summary. During the annual UNGA plenary debate on UNSC reform, held November 12-14, only Germany expressed continued support for the original G-4 (Germany, Japan, Brazil, and India) proposal, while India unilaterally proposed several new elements for expansion and accused the UNSC of mul [...] | 2007-11-16 16:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KUNR |
07USUNNEWYORK1034 | NEW UN ROLE IN IRAQ [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad met November 9 with UK national Andrew Gilmour, currently deputy director for political, peacekeeping and humanitarian affairs for SYG Ban's office. Gilmour is transferring shortly to UNAMI to work as senior political adviser to SRSG Steffan de Mistura. He sought the meetin [...] | 2007-11-16 20:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK1037 | UNSC 1540 COMMITTEE: NEW WEBSITE, PROGRESS ON 1673 [...] SUMMARY: On November 14, the Security Council's 1540 Committee discussed the Committee's new website, plans to inform regional groups about the Committee's recent letter requesting information from States and transmitting the Committee's implementation matrices to them, and the possibility o [...] | 2007-11-16 21:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK1041 | FURTHER ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 22:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | SO PGOV IMO KCRM UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1042 | CHAIRMEN OF 1267, COUNTER-TERRORISM, AND 1540 [...] The Chairmen of the UN Security Council's 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),and 1540 Committee on nonproliferation briefed the Council in a public meeting on November 14, 2007, in the eighth such meeting of its kind. The Chairmen, Ambassador Ve [...] | 2007-11-19 15:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK1046 | LEBANON: SYG BRIEFS ON VISIT TO BEIRUT [...] (C) During a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on November 19 (other issues covered septel),SYG Ban Ki-Moon said that he had emphasized during his November 15-16 visit to Beirut that Lebanon must hold presidential elections on time to elect a candidate "broadly acceptable" to all Lebanese. Ban said [...] | 2007-11-19 21:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1047 | BURMA: SYG SAYS CHINA NOW WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTS [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting with Amb Khalilzad (other issues covered septel),SYG Ban Ki-Moon professed uncertainty about his Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari's participation in the East Asian and ASEAN Summits. Ban reported that although the Singaporean Foreign Minister had initially aske [...] | 2007-11-20 13:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM BM |
07USUNNEWYORK1048 | HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK WARNS UNSC BOSNIA IS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 15 Security Council meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH),High Representative Miroslav Lajcak told members that reform progress in the country had been stalled and this was holding back a European and Euro-Atlantic future. Lajcak defended his use of Bonn Powers [...] | 2007-11-20 18:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BK UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1052 | DARFUR: SYG BAN SAYS BRAZIL AND SPAIN WILL [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting with Amb Khalilzad (discussion of Lebanon and Burma covered in septels),SYG Ban Ki-Moon noted that UN Special Envoy Eliason would brief the Security Council next week on developments in Sudan. In the meantime, the SYG noted that he was somewhat encouraged by [...] | 2007-11-20 21:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU |
07USUNNEWYORK1053 | LEBANON: SYG BAN PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTION SOLUTION [...] (C) During a luncheon with UNSC PermReps on November 20, SYG Ban Ki-Moon reported that he had telephoned Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at about 12:15 p.m. EST that day to urge him to work towards a solution in Lebanon's upcoming presidential election. Berri claimed he had not yet m [...] | 2007-11-20 21:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KDEM UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1054 | BAN DISAPPOINTED ASEAN BLOCKS GAMBARI [...] (C) At his monthly lunch with the PermReps of the Security Council, SYG Ban expressed his strong disappointment in the decision to cancel the presentation by his Special Adviser on Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, to the East Asian and ASEAN Summits. Prompted by Amb Khalilzad, Ban also reported Speci [...] | 2007-11-20 21:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK1055 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: LONDON CONSIDERING [...] (C) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Prompted by Qatar's stated interest in pursuing Security Council sanctions on JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim and SLM faction leader Abdelwahid el-Nur for their failure to attend the UN/AU-led Darfur mediation talks in Sirte, Libya, as [...] | 2007-11-21 20:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK1058 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: CHINA, RUSSIA, INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Sanctions Committee met on October 9, October 30, and November 7 to discuss the recommendations on improving the sanctions regime contained in the Panel of Experts' September report, which included an embargo on the sale of aircraft to the GOS and targeted sanctions on [...] | 2007-11-21 20:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK1059 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: UN BRIEFS KEY DONORS ON PLANS [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: In the UN's first meeting with major donors and potential donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ("Tribunal") on November 16, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel briefed Ambassador Wallace, as well as representatives of the missions of Lebanon, The Netherlands, France, and the [...] | 2007-11-21 20:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1065 | P-5 DISCUSS SUDAN, BURMA [...] SUMMARY: The P-5 PermReps met on November 21 to discuss Sudan and Burma. On Sudan, the P-3 PermReps advocated for additional pressure on the Sudanese to accept the UNAMID force composition. Ambassador Khalilzad said the challenge was determining how to press and/or incentivize the Sudanese a [...] | 2007-11-23 16:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BU SU |
07USUNNEWYORK1067 | NEXT STEPS ON PIRACY OFF SOMALIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 2-3. 2. (C) Per reftels, at the request of Ambassador Khalilzad, Secretary General Ban transmitted to the Security Council SIPDIS letters from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requesting the Council's further engagement to help combat [...] | 2007-11-26 20:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | SO PGOV IMO KCRM UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK107 | SYG BAN DOES LITTLE TO EASE COUNCIL FRUSTRATION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In his first appearance at a closed Security Council (SC) consultation, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon on February 6 said little SIPDIS to assuage Members' frustration with the slow pace of progress on Darfur. He reported that African Union (AU) Comm [...] | 2007-02-08 15:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK1071 | 1540 COMMITTEE: OUTREACH, BRIEFING FOR REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY: On November 21, the Security Council's 1540 Committee reviewed outreach activities, discussed briefing the UN's regional groups on the Committee's letter to states transmitting its implementation matrices and seeking information on states' implementation of resolution 1540, and conti [...] | 2007-11-28 12:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK1079 | SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION CONCERNING [...] The Security Council, on November 28, adopted resolution 1786 (text reftel). The resolution appoints Serge Brammertz as Prosecutor of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia with effect from January 1, 2008 for a four-year term, which is subject to an earlier termination by th [...] | 2007-11-28 16:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1081 | SYG BAN TALKS TOUGH ON SUDAN, PRAISES ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one meeting with Amb. Khalilzad on Nov. 28, SYG Ban reacted positively to the Secretary's planned CPA ministerial (reftel) and said he would be more vocal in criticizing Sudanese President Bashir if Sudan did not improve its cooperation on implementation of the Darfur [...] | 2007-11-28 17:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SU SR AA |
07USUNNEWYORK1084 | UN ON BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS (CORE GROUP) [...] (C) Summary: USUN consulted November 27 with Gambari's special assistant Erwan Pouchous on the prospective formation of a Core Group on Burma. Pouchous said Gambari now believes the group should function as a "Group of Friends" and its goal should be to build international consensus on next [...] | 2007-11-28 22:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK1085 | GEORGIAN DFM MAJGALADZE AFFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the New York Friends of Georgia on November 28, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Majgaladze said Georgia could accept a full Geneva meeting of the Friends of Georgia that includes Russia and said the best timing would probably be in the new year. He explained [...] | 2007-11-28 23:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GG UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1086 | UN: DARFUR POLITICAL AND SECURITY TRACKS STALLED [...] (U) SUMMARY: In back-to-back briefings to the Security Council at a November 27 open debate, Special Envoy Jan Eliasson and DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno told Council members that both the political and security tracks of the Darfur peace process are stalled. Eliasson told the Council he nee [...] | 2007-11-29 13:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPAL SU MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1093 | SOLANA TELLS BAN EU WILL MAKE STRONG POLITICAL [...] (C) On November 28, Ambassador Khalilzad met with the EU's Javier Solana to discuss Kosovo. Solana reported that he had met earlier in the day with SYG Ban Ki-Moon to tell him that when the EU holds its summit on December 14, he will push for a strong political statement that "the EU is ready [...] | 2007-11-29 23:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KV YI UNMIK |
07USUNNEWYORK1110 | CTED DIRECTOR MICHAEL SMITH MAKES INITIAL BRIEFING [...] SUMMARY: The Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) met November 29 to welcome Michael Smith (Australia),the new Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED). Smith praised CTC's role in UN counter-terrorism efforts, and said the CTC should continue [...] | 2007-12-03 13:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREF PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1116 | LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ DEPARTS UNIIIC WITHOUT THE [...] (C) Summary. During a bilateral meeting with Amb Khalilzad on December 3, departing head of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Serge Brammertz revealed that while he hoped to identify the "physical perpetrators" of the Hariri assassination "within a few months," [...] | 2007-12-05 00:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1117 | GAMBARI BRIEFS KHALILZAD ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Ambassador Khalilzad's meeting with UN Special Advisor on Burma Ibrahim Gambari December 4, Gambari identified two "sticking points" that were slowing the dialogue: the regime's resistance to Aung Sun Suu Kyi's request to address the subject of the draft constitution and [...] | 2007-12-05 00:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK112 | KIMMITT RAISES IRAQ COMPACT AND SANCTIONS WITH UN [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 6, deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the Iraq Compact. Ban assured Kimmitt that he was "very committed" to the Iraq Compact, and that he would seriously consider Kimmitt's proposal that the UN host a late February [...] | 2007-02-09 01:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK1121 | SYG BAN SUPPORTS KOSOVO END GOAL BUT WANTS TO [...] (C) SYG Ban told Ambassador Khalilzad in a tete-a-tete breakfast on December 5 that he supports the end goal of coordinated independence for Kosovo, is willing to reconfigure UNMIK and will not vitiate a coordinated declaration of independence by Kosovo. However, Ban said he hopes he is not p [...] | 2007-12-05 18:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL UNMIK KV YI |
07USUNNEWYORK1129 | CAUTIOUS BAN SEEMS TO SUPPORT OUR KOSOVO BOTTOM [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, the Coordinating and Drafting Group minus Russia plus Portugal met with SYG Ban to discuss the way ahead on Kosovo in the post-Troika period. The group laid out the likelihood of a blocked Security Council and the need to find a status solution outside of the Coun [...] | 2007-12-06 00:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL UNMIK KV YI |
07USUNNEWYORK1132 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 6 [...] (C) SUMMARY: --Deployment Update: China Engineers and Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU),remain the only HSP units arriving in calendar year 2007. --TCC Update: Still no firm pledge of helicopters or transport units. --Contracting Issues: UN plans to assume Operations and Maintenanc [...] | 2007-12-06 22:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1133 | LEBANON: BELLEMARE WILL EMULATE BRAMMERTZ'S [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Amb Wolff on December 5, incoming UNIIIC head and Prosecutor-designate of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Daniel Bellemare recognized the sense of frustration among Council members about not receiving much information on the state of UNIIIC's investigation. [...] | 2007-12-07 14:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1138 | MAJOR DONORS TO LEBANON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL DECIDE ON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the UN's second meeting with major donors and potential donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ("Tribunal") on December 5 (reftel),UN Under-Secretary for Legal Affairs Nicolas Michel announced that the UN and the Dutch had initialed the text of a Headquarters Agree [...] | 2007-12-07 20:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK114 | SECURITY COUNCIL EXPANSION: WIDE DIFFERENCES [...] (SBU) Summary: The General Assembly's Open Ended Working Group on Security Council expansion and reform, meeting for the first time this year, accepted GA President Khalifa's suggestion to proceed via five separate consultations on "key issues" related to Council reform. Facilitators will beg [...] | 2007-02-09 19:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1141 | LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PREDICTABLY TIGHT-LIPPED IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a December 5 open briefing to the UNSC and closed consultations with member states that followed, departing UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) head Serge Brammertz hewed closely to his written report to the Council and declined to provide more [...] | 2007-12-10 14:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1149 | UNSC: U/SYG ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN [...] (U) On December 6 John Holmes, UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed an open session of the Security Council following his recent mission to Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia (as well as Nairobi, Kenya to meet with donors and UN staff working [...] | 2007-12-11 14:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNSC SO SU ET |
07USUNNEWYORK115 | PAKISTANI NON-COMPLIANCE WITH AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS [...] (S) Ambassador Wolff told Pakistani PermRep Akram that the United States considers any alleged violations of the UN al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions regime to be a serious matter. The two ambassadors spoke on February 8 after Ambassador Akram, the previous day, raised with Ambassador Wolff a U.S. re [...] | 2007-02-09 21:18:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL KTFN PK |
07USUNNEWYORK1150 | LEBANON: DUTCH SEEK IMMEDIATE DECISION ON BUILDING [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: At the third meeting UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel hosted for major donors and potential donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon ("Tribunal") on December 10 (reftel),Dutch PermRep Majoor asked representatives of Lebanon, France, UK, Germany, and [...] | 2007-12-11 15:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1151 | SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE [...] The Security Council, on December 10, unanimously adopted resolution 1787 (text below). The following countries co-sponsored the resolution: Belgium, Congo, France, Italy, Panama, Russia, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The resolution extends the initial period of the Co [...] | 2007-12-11 15:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC PREL UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK1152 | SERBIAN FM STICKS TO CALLING FOR MORE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic told Ambassador Wolff that Belgrade is happy with the work of the Troika, but criticized what he said were unhelpful U.S. statements during the process about independence for Kosovo. Jeremic said Belgrade wants to continue negotiations with [...] | 2007-12-11 21:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK KV YI UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1155 | CDG MINUS RUSSIA DISCUSSES RUSSIAN PRST ELEMENTS [...] (SBU) On December 10, Ambassador Khalilzad convoked Permreps of the CDG minus Russia to discuss the Russian distributed elements for a PRST and format issues for the December 19 UNSC meeting on the Troika report. Ambassador Khalilzad framed the options for dealing with Russia's PRST elements [...] | 2007-12-11 22:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI |
07USUNNEWYORK1156 | UNSC 1373: NEW CTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a courtesy call on December 10, Ambassador Michael Smith (Australia),the newly appointed Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee's Executive Directorate (CTED),told Ambassador Khalilzad and Ambassador Wolcott that CTED can perform its current functions better [...] | 2007-12-11 22:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PTER PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK1158 | FM MILOSOSKI STRESSES MACEDONIAN POSITION ON NAME [...] (SBU) On December 11, Macedonian FM Antonio Milososki stressed to Ambassador Khalilzad that he hoped Macedonia would be accepted into NATO at the April summit in Bucharest. He said Macedonia had doubled its troop level in Iraq and is making other important contributions to global security. O [...] | 2007-12-12 23:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC MK |
07USUNNEWYORK1159 | MNF RESOLUTION: POSITIVE REACTION TO US/UK TEXT [...] (C) On December 12, the Security Council met at experts level to discuss the draft UK/US resolution extending for 2008 the mandates of the Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I),the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). Significantly, no del [...] | 2007-12-13 00:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK1166 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 13 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- HSP Deployment update: Equipment for the Chinese engineering unit is still in transit. Bangladesh and Nigeria have not yet provided a load list from which the UN can contract air movement. The UN is conducting a PDV with Pakistan this week. Egypt has submitted a load list and [...] | 2007-12-13 22:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1167 | IRAQI PERMREP PROPOSES CHANGES TO MNF UNSCR [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Upon receipt of revised text from Washington (ref e-mail),Amb Khalilzad met with Iraqi PermRep Bayati December 13 to provide him with the UK/US revision to the resolution to extend through 2008 the authorities for MNF-I, DFI, and the IAMB (reftels). For his [...] | 2007-12-14 00:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK1168 | YUGOSLAV AND RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS REPORT TO [...] SUMMARY: The Security Council met December 10 for a briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made a statement, as did all Council members and repr [...] | 2007-12-14 16:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC ICTY ICTR PHUM PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK117 | UNSC/SUDAN: SOUTH NEEDS AS MUCH ATTENTION AS WEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (SYG) Guehenno told the UN Security Council (SC) at February 8 consultations that the international community had a crucial role to play in ensuring full implementation of the Comprehensive [...] | 2007-02-09 22:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK1170 | NATO SEEKS COOPERATION WITH 1540 COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann (Germany) delivered the first NATO briefing to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 ("1540 Committee") on December 11. Erdmann said 1540 issues were a central part of NATO counter-proliferation efforts [...] | 2007-12-14 18:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNSC PREL KPAO PTER KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK1171 | UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNDOF MANDATE FOR [...] (U) The Security Council December 14 adopted by a 15-0 vote a resolution (UNSCR 1788) to extend the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force for six months to June 30, 2008. The extension was recommended by the Secretary-General in his December 3 "Report of the SIPDIS Sec [...] | 2007-12-14 19:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1174 | YUGOSLAV AND RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS PRESENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) presented their joint paper on residual functions at a December 11 meeting of the Security Council Working Group on Ad Hoc International Tribunals (WG). The main t [...] | 2007-12-14 21:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC ICTY ICTR PHUM PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK1175 | KOSOVO'S RETURN TO UNSC FINDS RUSSIA STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: In UNSC consultations on December 13, Russia raised its recently circulated elements for a PRST on Kosovo. Ambassadors Khalilzad and Sawers voiced disagreement with the premise of the elements that there is scope for a mutually acceptable solution. They said there can be no PRST [...] | 2007-12-14 21:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI |
07USUNNEWYORK1177 | LEBANON: COUNCIL DEBATE ON UNSCR 1701 CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on December 12, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen reported that Lebanon's continuing political impasse had prevented further progress on the implementation of resolution 1701. He called for presidential elections to be held as so [...] | 2007-12-17 16:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1179 | IRAQI OBJECTIONS TO MNF-I UNSCR TEXT DELAY [...] (S) During the course of December 17, Amb Khalilzad sought to confirm GOI support for the MNF-I text circulated to the Security Council Friday, December 14 (ref A). The draft resolution currently enjoys consensus support from the Security Council. Citing various justifications, both Iraqi PR [...] | 2007-12-17 23:17:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK1183 | UNSC REFORM: LITTLE CHANGE IN SUBSTANCE BUT SOME [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on UNSC expansion on December 14, President of the General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim announced that he had created a three-PermRep "task force" to help him advance the upcoming inter-governmental negotiations on Council r [...] | 2007-12-18 22:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNSC IN JA BR |
07USUNNEWYORK1184 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: EXPERTS FROM KEY AND LIKELY [...] SUMMARY: Following up on recent conversations held at ambassadorial level among major and likely donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) (see reftels),experts from USUN, France, Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands, as well as Lebanese PermRep Salam and representatives of the UN Off [...] | 2007-12-19 17:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1185 | LEBANON: TRIBUNAL COSTS RISING WHILE FUNDS STILL [...] (C) Summary. UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel convened a meeting of major donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (U.S., UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Lebanon) on December 18. Although Michel pressed for the Management Committee to be set up immediately, donors could not adopt [...] | 2007-12-19 20:22:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK1186 | SOUTH AFRICA CRITICIZES 1540 TO UK EXPERT [...] (C) Begin Summary: Nick Low, Head of the Nuclear Issues Section in the United Kingdom's Counter Proliferation Department, recently discussed issues relating to resolution 1540 (2004) with Abdul Minty, Deputy Director General for non-proliferation issues in South Africa's Department of Foreig [...] | 2007-12-19 21:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1187 | SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MNF-I, DFI AND IAMB [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the UN Security Council unanimously approved the extension of the mandate for 2008 of the Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I) and the arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). The U.S., UK and [...] | 2007-12-19 21:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK1190 | UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS [...] (C) Per resolution 1731 (2006),the UN Security Council reviewed Liberia sanctions during a closed meeting on December 14. Qatari PermRep and Chairman of the Liberia Sanctions Committee Nassir al-Nasser delivered a summary of Committee discussions and the views of the Liberia Panel of Experts [...] | 2007-12-20 16:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC UNSC PGOV LI |
07USUNNEWYORK1191 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS [...] (C) On December 7 Italian PermRep and Chairman of the Sudan Sanctions Committee Marcello Spatafora reported to the Security Council on the Committee's discussion of the Sudan Panel of Experts, October report, which examined the implementation of the sanctions regime over the past year. The Cha [...] | 2007-12-20 16:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK1192 | UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY [...] On December 19 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1792 (2007) renewing the arms embargo and travel ban in Liberia until December 20, 2008 and the mandate of the Liberia Panel of Experts until June 20, 2008. Please see paragraph 2 for the text of the resolution. 2. Text [...] | 2007-12-20 16:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
07USUNNEWYORK1195 | OUTGOING MEMBERS BRIEF COUNCIL ON SUBSIDIARY BODIES [...] SUMMARY: On December 17, outgoing Security Council members Congo, Ghana, Peru, Qatar, and Slovakia briefed the Council on the activities of the following Subsidiary Bodies under their chairmanship: the 1518(2003) Committee on Iraq; the 1132 (1997) Committee on Sierra Leone; the 1521 (2003) C [...] | 2007-12-20 19:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK1198 | GAMBARI BRIEFS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Adviser on Burma Ibrahim Gambari briefed the UN General Assembly by invitation on December 18. In keeping with his measured public approach, Gambari opened by recalling recent, positive developments such as the release of many of those detained during the September [...] | 2007-12-20 20:43:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK1199 | 1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ITS ROLE ON BIOSAFETY AND [...] SUMMARY: Members of the Security Council's 1540 Committee held a thematic discussion on biosafety and biosecurity on December 18, which the Committee's Chairman (Slovakia) scheduled to help determine how the Committee's April 2008 report to the Security Council would address these issues. S [...] | 2007-12-20 20:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK1200 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 20 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: -- HSP Deployment Update: Equipment for the Chinese engineering unit is still in transit; Bangladesh and Nigeria have not yet provided a load list from which the UN can contract air movement. The UN concluded a pre-d [...] | 2007-12-20 21:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1203 | SYG BAN CONVENES FIRST GROUP OF FRIENDS MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Secretary-General Ban convened the first meeting of the Group of Friends on Burma December 19. Participants included the P-5, Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Norway, Singapore, Portugal, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as UN Under-Secretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pasco [...] | 2007-12-21 18:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK1204 | KOSTUNICA: SERBIA WILL "DO MUCH MORE" THAN DECLINE [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of the Security Council's session on Kosovo (reported septel) Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica offered Ambassador Khalilzad a familiar mix of legalisms and ethnic nationalism in arguing against a non-negotiated solution to Kosovo's status. Kostunica said Serbia is prep [...] | 2007-12-21 18:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI |
07USUNNEWYORK1208 | SECURITY COUNCIL DIVIDED ON KOSOVO, BUT IS IT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 19 UN Security Council session, Serbian PM Vojislav Kostunica called for open-ended negotiations on Kosovo's future political status, insisting that any other means of resolving the issue would violate UNSCR 1244 and the UN Charter. Kosovo President Sejdiu declar [...] | 2007-12-26 15:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KV UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK1216 | PRINCE TURKI RAISES POTUS VISIT AND CONCERN ABOUT [...] (S) Ambassador Khalilzad met Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, former Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. and current head of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, on December 26 in New York. Al-Faisal underscored that Secretary Rice should accompany President Bush on his SIPDIS up [...] | 2007-12-26 20:03:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC IZ AF PK SA |
07USUNNEWYORK1221 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 27 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3, 6 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: --Deployment Update: Chinese Engineers and Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU) are the only Heavy Support Package units arriving in calendar year 2007. UN DPKO expects the remainder of the HSP units [...] | 2007-12-28 13:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC AF SU |
07USUNNEWYORK1222 | UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The Security Council December 27 adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) condemning the December 27 terrorist attack by extremists that caused the death of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and others. The statement also paid tribute to former Prime Minister Bhutto, called on [...] | 2007-12-28 17:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK1225 | USUN VIEWS ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM [...] (C) Summary and comment. With inter-governmental negotiations on Security Council reform set to begin in 2008, a serious debate has begun on Council expansion. We are closer than we have been in several decades to the prospect that a formal proposal for expansion could be put to a vote. We d [...] | 2007-12-29 02:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR UNSC JA BR IN GE |
07USUNNEWYORK127 | 1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST OUTREACH, [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At an informal meeting February 7, the 1540 Committee discussed outreach activities; a proposed roadmap for implementing its program of work; and proposals for coordination among the Committee's experts, the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and th [...] | 2007-02-13 15:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK128 | PAKISTAN UN PERMREP ON SANCTIONS ENFORCEMENT [...] (S) Although initially critical of U.S. efforts to raise in New York the issue of Pakistan's apparent lack of compliance with UNSCR 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban),following Ambassador Wolff's intervention (ref A),Pakistani PermRep Akram reported that he had advised Islamabad to "take steps" to addr [...] | 2007-02-13 17:58:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER KTFN PK |
07USUNNEWYORK129 | EVALUATION OF TERRORIST FACILITATORS/INCITERS [...] (S/NF) UNSC 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee members treated as normal the November 30 joint request by the United States and the United Kingdom to sanction five terrorist facilitators and inciters (TF and I). The Statements of Case demonstrated that these individuals were "associa [...] | 2007-02-13 19:18:00 | USUN New York | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER KU QA SW NO UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK131 | DEMARCHE: TURNING OFF THE CEIRPP UN-SPONSORED [...] On February 14 Polmincouns delivered reftel demarche on a conference of the Committee for the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) to be held in Rome on March 22-23 co-hosted by the Italian government. USUN explained to Assistant Secretary-General for Politica [...] | 2007-02-14 19:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK133 | UNSC: MECCA AGREEMENT AND TEMPLE MOUNT [...] Summary: In the monthly Security Council briefing on the Middle East held February 13, UNSCO Alvaro de Soto said that the Mecca agreement and recent international initiatives to re-energize the peace process, especially the commitment of the Quartet partners, showed "potential" for progress. C [...] | 2007-02-15 18:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK134 | DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO BLAMES SLOW DARFUR PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Assistant-Secretary Silverberg met with United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (SYG) Guehenno on February 8 to discuss Department concerns on Darfur progress, including candidates for Special Representative and Force Commander for the h [...] | 2007-02-15 21:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK136 | (S) SYG BAN KI-MOON CONSIDERING IRAQ VISIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a February 8 meeting with IO A/S Silverberg, UN DPA Middle East Advisor Michael Williams said SYG Ban Ki-Moon is considering a stopover in Iraq in connection with his participation in the March 28 Arab League meeting in Riyadh. SYG Ban is also considering visits to Egy [...] | 2007-02-15 22:29:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK138 | SYG BAN EXPRESSES FULL SUPPORT FOR AHTISAARI TO [...] (SBU) At a February 15 lunch with Security Council Permreps, SYG Ban said he fully supported Special Envoy Ahtisaari's status proposal and the "intended way forward." Ban described the situation as being at a crucial crossroads, for which there could be no undue delay or derailment. He said [...] | 2007-02-20 16:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC YI UNMIK |
07USUNNEWYORK139 | ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE UN SIXTH COMMITTEE AD HOC [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The eleventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee met on February 5, 6, and 15. Delegations discussed completion of the comprehensive convention; the proposal to convene a high-level conference on counter-terrorism; and the status of intersessional informal negotiations; and [...] | 2007-02-20 19:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK144 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF RAISES HIZBALLAH RE-ARMAMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie SIPDIS Guehenno on February 20, Ambassador Wolff and IO A/S Silverberg raised strong USG concerns of arms smuggling into Lebanon and claims by Hizballah SYG Nasrallah that his organization [...] | 2007-02-21 19:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK149 | A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH SLOVAK FM KUBIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 20 meeting with Slovak FM Jan Kubis, IO A/S Silverberg and Acting Permrep Wolff advised FM Jan Kubis that the U.S. would not look favorably on any Slovak action that undermined UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's proposals on Kosovo in the Security Council. Kubi [...] | 2007-02-22 23:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK15 | SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH JAN ELIASSON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 5 meeting with Presidential Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson said his immediate priorities for addressing the Darfur crisis were reducing the ongoing violence and finding a way to restart the political process. Natsios listed actions by [...] | 2007-01-11 22:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK150 | SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN IRAQ [...] (U) The Security Council adopted a press statement February 22 condemning recent terrorist attacks in Iraq, including the chlorine gas bombing of February 21 (text in para 5). This step concludes a series of recent Council press statements condemning terrorist attacks in Lebanon (February 1 [...] | 2007-02-23 00:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK156 | DARFUR: USG AND UN GET READY TO TEST BASHIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S Silverberg expressed on February 20 to UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Guehenno U.S. support for UN candidates for leadership positions in the Darfur hybrid operation. The A/S also pushed for deployment of advance elements of the Heavy Support Package (HSP) in ord [...] | 2007-02-27 23:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK159 | UN/RWANDA SANCTIONS: RWANDA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) This is a guidance request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) USUN Sanctions Unit Chief was approached by Rwandan First Counselor Nicholas Shalita on February 23 to request that the United States support a new resolution to modify the arms embargo on Rwanda. The Rwandans are consulting wit [...] | 2007-02-28 19:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC RW |
07USUNNEWYORK161 | UNSC MOVING CAUTIOUSLY ON UN PEACEKEEPING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At February 27 consultations, a majority of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members advocated a go-slow approach toward UN peacekeeping in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR),mindful of Chadian President Deby's attitude toward deployment, which so far has been eq [...] | 2007-03-01 14:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD ET PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK162 | UNSC CONDEMNS TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN IRAN, LEBANON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary and comment. The UN Security Council approved a press statement condemning two bus bombings in Lebanon on February 13, another press statement condemning the bombing of a bus carrying Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) [...] | 2007-03-01 15:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC LE IR |
07USUNNEWYORK165 | UN REQUEST FOR USG ACTION ON REGISTER OF DAMAGES [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The UN is quietly asking select member states to submit recommendations for one of three positions on the Board of the Register of Damages related to the construction of the Israeli separation barrier. The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution December [...] | 2007-03-02 18:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL UNSC IS |
07USUNNEWYORK166 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: UK AND FRENCH REACTIONS TO US [...] (C) Summary and action request: USUN delivered reftel demarche February 28, sharing with the UK and France the names of Sudanese we propose for sanctions per UNSCR 1591 (2005). The UK expressed concern that the senior rank of one target would provoke Russian and Chinese opposition at the outs [...] | 2007-03-02 18:51:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL UNSC ETTC SU |
07USUNNEWYORK168 | AU PEACE AND SECURITY COMMISSIONER DJINNIT CALLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security Said Djinnit told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in an informal meeting on February 28 that he was in New York to finalize modalities with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) on all three phases of Darf [...] | 2007-03-02 22:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CD ET PGOV PREL SO SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK17 | NEW YORK UPDATE ON BURMA UNSCR [...] (U) USUN placed the revised text of the draft Burma UNSCR (ref A) "in blue" the afternoon of January 11. The Russian delegation, which currently holds the Council presidency, has scheduled a vote for 3:30 p.m. on January 12. Veto Threats ------------ 2. (C) Amb Wolff met with Chinese [...] | 2007-01-12 01:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK173 | MAKING TALIBAN SANCTIONS RELEVANT [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a status report on implementation of UNSCR 1735, a resolution drafted by the USG which calls for updating the Taliban sanctions list to enhance its utility as a relevant and potent tool to combat the [...] | 2007-03-02 23:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV KTFN PTER AF |
07USUNNEWYORK175 | ISRAELI MILITARY BRIEFS UN ON HIZBALLAH REARMAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 1 ISRAELI BRIGADIER GENERAL YOSSI BAIDATZ BRIEFED THE UN AND SELECTED DELEGATIONS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND TROOP CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES TO UNIFIL, ABOUT REARMAMENT OF HIZBALLAH. USING AERIAL IMAGERY AND CITING "HUNDREDS" OF TRUCK MOVEMENTS SINCE A [...] | 2007-03-03 00:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS SY IR LE |
07USUNNEWYORK179 | DDA, IAEA, OPCW, AND WCO BRIEF COUNCIL ON [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Representatives of the Department for Disarmament Affairs, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),and the World Customs Organization briefed the Security Council in a public meeting on February 23, concer [...] | 2007-03-06 18:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC PARM KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK18 | DPKO SAYS NO PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN CHAD/CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After unusually testy exchanges with some Security Council Members at January 10 consultations over accusations that the United Nations was dragging its feet on deployment of forces to eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic (CAR),the UN Department of Peacekeeping [...] | 2007-01-12 15:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK182 | PROPOSED NEXT STEPS ON BRAMMERTZ COMMISSION AND [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz is scheduled to deliver his latest report on the Commission's activities March 14 and to brief the Security Council March 21. In order to foster UNSC support for the Commission and Tribunal, USUN recommends that Brammertz [...] | 2007-03-06 23:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK183 | UN SYG BAN TO MIDDLE EAST AND UNSCR 1701 REPORT [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 4. SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) SENIOR UN OFFICIAL MICHAEL WILLIAMS BRIEFED USUN MARCH 6 ON THE UN'S LATEST PLANNING FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN'S TRIP LATER THIS MONTH TO THE MIDDLE EAST. HE ALSO REVIEWED THE ELEMENTS OF THE UPCOMING REPORT ON UNSCR [...] | 2007-03-07 23:28:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL UNSC IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK190 | VISITING UNIFIL OFFICER DESCRIBES SITUATION IN [...] (C) Summary. Visiting UNIFIL political advisor Cornelia Frank (please protect) told USUN March 8 that while UNIFIL takes Israeli reports of arms smuggling and Hizballah refortification south of the Litani river seriously, it has thus far found little evidence to fully substantiate these alleg [...] | 2007-03-09 22:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK192 | AMBASSADOR SANDERS' MEETING WITH POLISARIO FRONT [...] (C) Summary: In a March 9 meeting he requested with USUN Ambassador Sanders, Polisario Front Secretary-General Mohamed Abdelaziz said he had traveled to the U.S. to reaffirm the Polisario position on the Western Sahara problem in light of the Moroccan announcement of an autonomy proposal and it [...] | 2007-03-10 20:59:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL UNSC MO AG |
07USUNNEWYORK193 | DARFUR DEPLOYMENT: THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Most every element of Darfur deployment is frustrated by political and physical realities: supporting infrastructure for light support package (LSP) military and civilian officials is inadequate, and AMIS has refused to integrate even the relative few who have arrived; constructio [...] | 2007-03-12 10:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK194 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH REACTION TO US NAMES [...] (C) Summary: French support for targeted sanctions in Sudan will be predicated on an expected positive effect on the ground in Darfur. Paris feels that USG proposed sanctions targets are of too senior a rank to have a productive effect, and expressed concern that targeting individuals under [...] | 2007-03-12 17:20:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL UNSC ETTC SU |
07USUNNEWYORK197 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: INITIAL MARKERS ON POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: During the March 8 informal meeting of the Sudan Sanctions Committee delegations gave early indications of their positions on new sanctions in Sudan. The UK, supported by USUN, argued that the strategy of constructively engaging the Government of Sudan (GOS) had not been success [...] | 2007-03-12 20:01:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL UNSC ETTC SU |
07USUNNEWYORK198 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: P5 AMBASSADORS DISCUSS SUDAN [...] (C) UK PermRep Emyr Jones Parry convened a meeting of P5 Ambassadors on March 6 to discuss imposing new sanctions on Sudan. In attendance were Chinese PermRep Wang, Russian PermRep Churkin, French Political Counselor Nicolas de Riviere, and USUN Ambassador Sanders. Jones Parry argued that i [...] | 2007-03-12 23:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU |
07USUNNEWYORK21 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] This is a guidance request - see para 7. 2. SUMMARY: In the coming weeks, the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee will convene a series of meetings, including a day-long discussion to be hosted by the UK Mission on January 17, to consider a series of issues that will impact th [...] | 2007-01-12 22:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
07USUNNEWYORK212 | UN DPA ON SYG BAN KI-MOON'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A/S SILVERBERG AND DAS DANIN MET WITH UN DPA MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR MICHAEL WILLIAMS MARCH 13 TO DISCUSS THE SYG'S FORTHCOMING MIDDLE EAST TRIP AND UPCOMING UNSCR 1701 REPORT. SYG BAN KI-MOON PLANS TO MEET WITH SARG PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASAD ON THE MARGINS OF THE ARAB LEAGUE MEETI [...] | 2007-03-15 23:31:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL UNSC KPKO KPAL LE SY IS |
07USUNNEWYORK213 | UNSC/IRAN: P5 RESOLUTION INTRODUCED [...] (SBU) Summary: On behalf of the P5, on March 15 the UK introduced a draft resolution on Iran to the Security Council following the IAEA's report of February 22 of Iranian non-compliance with resolutions 1696 and 1737. The draft resolution builds upon the sanctions established by 1737, includ [...] | 2007-03-16 00:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IR |
07USUNNEWYORK215 | SLOVAKIA WILL NOT DISCUSS STATUS ISSUES DURING [...] (C) On March 14, USUN Political Minister-Counselor William Brencick met with Slovak Political Coordinator Michal Mlynar to deliver reftel points regarding the scheduled March 21 UNSC meeting on UNMIK. Brencick emphasized that we hoped for a strong statement of support for Ahtisaari and his p [...] | 2007-03-17 00:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK217 | IRAQ BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: Iraqi Vice President Abd al-Mahdi told the Security Council that 2007 will be the year of civil peace and unity in Iraq. The UN Security Council held March 15 its quarterly open briefing (REFTEL) on the activities of the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multinational For [...] | 2007-03-19 14:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK218 | ISRAELI MFA IO HEAD RONNY YA'AR OUTLINES POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. During a lunch meeting with IO A/S Silverberg, NEA DAS Danin, and Ambassador Wolff on March 13, senior Israeli MFA official Ronny Ya'ar expressed concerns about SYG Ban Ki-Moon's planned travel to Damascus in April, possible references to new UN conclusions about the sovereignty [...] | 2007-03-19 17:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO KPAL LE SY IS |
07USUNNEWYORK219 | MONTHLY UNSC MIDDLE EAST DEBATE FOCUSES ON MECCA [...] (SBU) DELIVERING HIS FIRST BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY PAGE 02 RUCNDTA0219 UNCLAS COUNCIL DURING ITS MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE ON MARCH 14, NEWLY-ARRIVED DPA U/SYG LYNN PASCOE (AMCIT) SAID DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE PAST MONTH -- INCLUDING THE MECCA AGREEMENT -- HOLD OUT THE PROMISE TO TURN PAS [...] | 2007-03-19 21:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK224 | ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization ("Charter Committee"),a sub-Committee of the General Assembly Legal Sixth Committee, held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters from February 7-15, 2007. [...] | 2007-03-20 22:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC PTER UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK225 | WESTERN SAHARA: INVITATIONS DELIVERED TO MOROCCO [...] (C) USUN delivered reftel invitation to the Moroccan Mission to the UN March 19 and are awaiting a response. We were unable to deliver the same invitation to Polisario Front Representative Ahmed Boukhari until March 20 as he would not accept the invitation without permission from Secretary-Ge [...] | 2007-03-20 22:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC MO AG |
07USUNNEWYORK226 | BRAMMERTZ AGREES TO MAKE PROCEDURAL CASE FOR [...] (C) Summary. During a bilateral meeting with UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Chief Serge Brammertz on March 19, Ambassador Wolff said the U.S. would support an early extension of the Commission's mandate for up to one year and urged Brammertz to make the case fo [...] | 2007-03-20 23:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK227 | UNSC/DARFUR: MEMBERS DISAPPOINTED WITH BASHIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At March 19 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno stressed that the three-phase package of Darfur peacekeeping operations was "indivisible," with its proposals "interlinked and interdependent." [...] | 2007-03-21 00:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK229 | UNSC/IRAN: INFORMALS MARCH 20 [...] (C) Summary: Security Council Ambassadors discussed the draft Iran resolution in "informal informals" on Tuesday, March 20. The UK hosted the meeting in response to requests from Council members for more information on the P-5's "political framework" to address the Iranian nuclear issue and i [...] | 2007-03-21 15:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KNNP IR |
07USUNNEWYORK231 | FRENCH VIEWS ON UNIIIC EXTENSION, CHAPTER VII FOR [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with French PR de la Sabliere on March 19, Ambassador Wolff sought French views on timing/strategy for a possible Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Lebanon Tribunal and underscored the need to convene a meeting of the Lebanon Contact Group before Se [...] | 2007-03-22 14:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK235 | POLISARIO RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO U.S. HOSTED [...] (C) On instruction from the Polisario Leadership, Polisaro New York Representative Ahmed Boukhari delivered March 22 the Polisario response (text in para 2) to the March 20 invitation to a U.S.-hosted meeting with Morocco on the Western Sahara. Boukhari's only comment was that the Polisario w [...] | 2007-03-23 14:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC MO AG |
07USUNNEWYORK24 | CHINA AND RUSSIA VETO UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION [...] On January 12, the Security Council voted 9 - 3 (China, Russia, South Africa) - 3 (Indonesia, Qatar, Congo) on the UNSCR introduced by the United States and co-sponsored by the United Kingdom on the situation in Burma. The negative votes by permanent members China and Russia resulted in defeat [...] | 2007-01-13 00:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK240 | UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL [...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...] | 2007-03-24 22:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK241 | UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL [...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...] | 2007-03-24 22:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK25 | SECURITY COUNCIL PUSHES AU TO TAKE LEAD IN SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Under Secretary-General Gambari told Security Council members on January 10 that conditions on the ground in Somalia provide a narrow window for consolidating the authority of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and establishing an inclusive political process. He said Et [...] | 2007-01-13 01:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SO UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK251 | UNSC/IRAN: RESOLUTION 1747 UPS THE SANCTIONS; FM [...] Summary. On March 24, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a second Chapter VII Security Council Resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its failure to comply with its obligation to suspend its enrichment, reprocessing and heavy water activities and cooperate fully with the IAEA. Ira [...] | 2007-03-28 15:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KNNP IR |
07USUNNEWYORK253 | UNGA LEGAL COMMITTEE DEBATES REFORM OF UN SYSTEM [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: At a resumed session March 12-23, 2007, the General Assembly's Sixth (Legal) Committee discussed proposals to reform the UN's system of administration of justice, as well as a request of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB) for observer status in the General Assembly. [...] | 2007-03-29 19:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA UNSC PREL PTER OFDP |
07USUNNEWYORK254 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS [...] (U) Mission clearance is granted for Special Envoy of the President for Sudan Andrew S. Natsios and Chief of Staff Andrew W. Steinfeld, for meetings with United Nations leadership as well as with USUN and foreign Mission leadership, on Monday, April 2, 2007. 2. (U) United Nations badges and [...] | 2007-03-29 22:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SU UNSC ARSO |
07USUNNEWYORK259 | UN FORCE IN CHAD: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a private meeting with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),Minister of External Affairs of Chad Ahmad Allam-mi stressed the GOC was still in the "exploratory phase" of its deliberations on possible UN peacekeeping in eastern Chad and was open to discussion on the mili [...] | 2007-03-30 23:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK264 | UNSC ADOPTS RES 1749 (2007) ON RWANDA [...] (SBU) On March 28, 2007, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1749, regarding Rwanda. The resolution, terminating with immediate effect the measures imposed by paragraph 11 of resolution 1011 (1995),followed up on the Rwanda Sanctions Committee's recommendation to terminate the not [...] | 2007-04-04 16:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL RW |
07USUNNEWYORK268 | UNSC/DARFUR: SE NATSIOS MEETINGS ON APRIL 2 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy of the President for Sudan Andrew Natsios met on April 2 with United Nations leadership to discuss the state of play in New York on Darfur in the wake of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh. Despite a sense of frustration at Sudanese President Bashir's continued stall [...] | 2007-04-05 16:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK269 | UNSC: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN, CHAD AND CAR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 4 Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council on his recent mission to Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic (CAR). Despite the wide agenda topic, "Situation in Africa," Holmes' presentation focused on the three coun [...] | 2007-04-06 12:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU CD CT UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK27 | AMBASSADOR WALLACE MEETS WITH UN A/SYG LUTE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Wallace met January 9 with Assistant-Secretary General for the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Jane Holl Lute on recent allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by peacekeepers in Sudan and on the general strategy to address SEA going forward. Lute a [...] | 2007-01-16 20:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASIG KTIA KUNR PGOV PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK270 | UNSC: SYG BAN KI-MOON'S AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST TRIP [...] In the April 4 briefing of his recent trip to Africa and the Middle East, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon focused on five issues: the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq, Darfur and Somalia. This cable will review only his comments on the Middle East Peace Process. His comments on other s [...] | 2007-04-06 13:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK271 | UNSCR 1701: SYG BAN FORWARD-LEANING ON ARMS [...] (SBU) Summary. During an April 5 closed briefing to the UN Security Council on his recent visit to Middle East and his March report on UNSCR 1701 implementation (other topics reported septel),UN SYG Ban Ki-Moon took a very forward-leaning approach on reports of arms smuggling into Lebanon an [...] | 2007-04-06 15:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK272 | UN/DARFUR: POTENTIAL SYG-DPKO DIVIDE ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY. There seems to be a crack of daylight between the thinking of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon and Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) leadership regarding next steps on dealing with the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) on Darfur. Despite [...] | 2007-04-09 19:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK273 | RUSSIA OBSTRUCTIVE AS UNSC CONSIDERS PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) Special Envoy Ahtisaari briefed the Security Council on April 4 on the Kosovo status process and detailed his reasoning for recommending that Kosovo become an independent state. The format of the meeting was decided only 90 minutes before Ahtisaari began his presentation, largely because [...] | 2007-04-09 21:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI |
07USUNNEWYORK277 | MICHEL SHARES THOUGHTS ON ESTABLISHING HARIRI [...] (U) Ambassador Wolff, accompanied by Ambassador Chris Ross (USUN/POL) and USUN LegalOff, met with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and two members of his staff April 9 to explore the UN's understanding of the state of play on establishment of the tribunal envisaged in UN Security Council Resol [...] | 2007-04-11 08:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV PTER KCRM SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK282 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE MEETS WITH EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Panel of Experts briefed the Sudan Sanctions Committee on April 10 on its interim report, which highlighted ongoing violations of the arms embargo by the rebels and the GOS, and GOS offensive overflights in Darfur and use of white aircraft bearing the UN logo, all of whic [...] | 2007-04-11 21:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK283 | WOLFF-FASSI FIHRI MEETING AND SUBSEQUENT CONTACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: April 11 was a day of intense activity on the Moroccan Western Sahara initiative. In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff, MFA Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri requested US assistance in helping solidify Moroccan public and political party opinion in support of this initiative by convinc [...] | 2007-04-11 22:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WS |
07USUNNEWYORK284 | MISSION CLEARANCE FOR SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS [...] (U) Mission clearance is granted for Special Envoy of the President for Sudan Andrew S. Natsios and Chief of Staff Andrew W. Steinfeld for meetings with United Nations Special Envoy for Darfur Jan Eliasson and Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guehenno, on [...] | 2007-04-12 12:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SU UNSC ARSO |
07USUNNEWYORK286 | CTC DEBATES VISITS, COUNTERTERRORISM INSTRUMENTS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At its 182nd meeting on April 5, the Security Council's Counterterrorism Committee (CTC) discussed the Counterterrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) coordination with international, regional and sub-regional organizations; a CTED analysis of the status of adoption of th [...] | 2007-04-12 12:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK290 | READOUT OF APRIL 10 MEETING ON UK SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Per reftel, USUN mission officers attended the UKUN's April 10 informal briefing in advance of the April 17 UN Security Council debate on climate change, hosted by UKUN Counselor for Sustainable Development Alistair Fernie. University of Toronto Professor Thomas Homer-Dixon gave a powerp [...] | 2007-04-12 21:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV UNSC UK |
07USUNNEWYORK295 | UNSC/DARFUR: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AFTER APRIL 9 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At April 12 consultations, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Members welcomed news of the apparent "success" enjoyed by Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Dmitry Titov at the April 9 UN/African Union (AU)/Sudanese Government of National Uni [...] | 2007-04-16 16:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK302 | SECURITY COUNCIL CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE: RIGHT [...] (U) UK Foreign Secretary Beckett chaired the UN Security Council's unprecedented April 17 open debate on energy, security and climate, although, because of controversy over introducing this topic into the Council, the event was formally titled "Open Debate on Letter from UK Permanent Represent [...] | 2007-04-19 13:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC SENV ENRG UK |
07USUNNEWYORK305 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH SEEK US REACTION ON [...] (C) Action Request: On March 15 the French shared with USUN Sanctions Unit a list of individuals that Paris would support for additional targeted sanctions in Sudan (Ref email). During the April 17 P3 meeting on the joint US-UK draft Sudan sanctions resolution, French PolOff Clement LeClerc r [...] | 2007-04-19 18:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK311 | ALGERIAN PERMREP CONFIRMS POLISARIO ACCEPTANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: In an April 19 meeting with Ambassador Sanders, Algerian PermRep Yousfi confirmed that the Polisario has agreed to enter into direct negotiations with Morocco provided the invitation to negotiations is couched in the language of paragraph 47 of the Secretary-General's April 13 Rep [...] | 2007-04-20 19:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AG WI MO |
07USUNNEWYORK312 | UNSC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] Summary: In an April 20 briefing on the situation in Western Sahara that he shared with Special Representative (SRSG) Julian Harston, Personal Envoy Peter van Walsum reiterated the Secretary-General's call on Morocco and the Polisario Front to engage in "direct negotiations without preconditio [...] | 2007-04-23 15:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
07USUNNEWYORK317 | UNSC/SUDAN: NO CLEAR SUPPORT FOR 3-MONTH UNMIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Taye Brook-Zerihoun briefed the SIPDIS United Nations Security Council (UNSC) at April 23 consultations on the status of the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreemen [...] | 2007-04-24 23:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK318 | UNSC/DARFUR: STILL NO HYBRID CLARITY AFTER AU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. High-level United Nations (UN),African Union (AU) and Member State officials participated in an April 16 informal meeting on Darfur intended to allow an exchange of views on next steps on the political, peacekeeping and humanitarian tracks. UN and AU leadership concurred that [...] | 2007-04-24 23:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK319 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MICHEL REPORTS TRIP AND P-3 [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 18. 2. (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Per reftel, USUN Ambassador Wolff met with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel on April 24 and followed up on April 25 to discuss the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. In response to Ambassador Wolff,s questions, Michel reported th [...] | 2007-04-25 00:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK32 | CHINESE THREATEN VETO OF MINUSTAH MANDATE ABSENT [...] (C) Following up on earlier conversations (ref A),Chinese PolMinCouns Li Junhua approached USUN PolMinCouns on January 16 to provide an update on PRC concerns about renewing the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) given Haiti's support for Taiwan at the UN. After notin [...] | 2007-01-18 00:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO CH TW HA |
07USUNNEWYORK320 | UNSC/DARFUR: DPKO DISCUSSES HYBRID COMMAND AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 16 meeting with United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Jean-Marie Guehenno, the USG pushed for clarity on issues of command and control of the third stage of the three-phase Darfur peacekeeping plan outlined in [...] | 2007-04-25 00:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK322 | UNSC BEGINS DISCUSSION ON UN CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an April 24 briefing by UN officials, EU delegations led by France, Belgium and Italy voiced objections to allowing the UN to begin contingency planning for a peacekeeping operation in Somalia. The U.S., Slovakia, Congo, Ghana, South Africa and African Union (AU) Perman [...] | 2007-04-25 16:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL SO |
07USUNNEWYORK325 | TALKING WITH UN ABOUT FIXING UNAMI [...] (C) Summary: During an April 26 meeting with UN Under Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe, Ambassador Wolff raised U.S. SIPDIS concerns about UNAMI, including the human rights report on Iraq released April 25 and the mission's credibility problem with the government of Iraq. Pascoe admitted "we [...] | 2007-04-26 23:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK326 | UNSC: APRIL MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the monthly briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, U/SYG Lynn Pascoe welcomed recent diplomatic developments and expressed concern over the recent escalation of violence in the West Bank and Gaza. Pascoe also announced the resignation of UNSCO Al [...] | 2007-04-27 13:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK330 | KOSOVO: DPKO BRIEFING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] (C) Summary. In a briefing to the Security Council on the eve of its trip to Kosovo, U/SYG Guehenno delivered a briefing on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244. Guehenno cited progress across the board and stated that by any objective evaluation Kosovo was now a much [...] | 2007-04-27 22:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK332 | USUN PRESENTS U.S. 1540 ACTION PLAN TO 1540 [...] Per ref A, Mission delivered the overview of the U.S. national action plan on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) to the 1540 Committee Chairman, Slovak PermRep Peter Burian, on April 20. The UN Secretariat distributed copies of the U.S. national action plan to 1540 [...] | 2007-04-30 14:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC OSCE KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK338 | MICHEL PREVIEWS COUNCIL BRIEFING ON LEBANON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: PER REFTEL, AMBASSADOR WOLFF URGED UN LEGAL COUNSEL MICHEL ON APRIL 30 TO USE HIS MAY 2 BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO CONVEY HIS CONCLUSION THAT THE LEBANESE PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS TO RATIFY THE TRIBUNAL AGREEMENT HAD REACHED AN IMPASSE AND TO EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR C [...] | 2007-05-01 00:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC LE |
07USUNNEWYORK339 | WESTERN SAHARA: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MINURSO [...] The Security Council April 30 adopted a resolution extending the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate for a further six months to October 31, 2007. In addition, the resolution takes note of both Moroccan and Polisario proposals for ending the political [...] | 2007-05-01 13:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI |
07USUNNEWYORK340 | UNSC/SUDAN: UNMIS MANDATE EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 31 [...] (SBU) Following last-minute negotiations with the Qatari Mission on the draft resolution to renew the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS),the UN Security Council unanimously adopted the text on April 30 as UNSC resolution 1755 (2007); text in Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) In [...] | 2007-05-01 15:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK344 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following his formal presentation of credentials, AMB Khalilzad met with SYG Ban Ki-Moon and his top deputies to discuss U.S. policy objectives at the UN. SYG Ban emphasized the need for strong U.S. support to move forward on UN capacity building and listed Iraq, Kosovo, Darfur and Leb [...] | 2007-05-02 18:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PGOV UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK346 | LEBANON: FRENCH INSIST BRAMMERTZ MUST SUCCEED [...] (SBU) During a P-3 meeting on May 1 (septel),French PermRep de la Sabliere reported that UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) head Serge Brammertz has informed France that he will leave his current position on June 15, 2007 and return to the International Criminal Co [...] | 2007-05-03 01:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC FR SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK347 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MICHEL BRIEFS COUNCIL AND [...] (C) Summary. In a forthright briefing to the Security Council on May 2, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel said his April 17-21 trip to Beirut to help facilitate Lebanese ratification of the UN-GOL agreement and statute establishing the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon had yielded no concrete res [...] | 2007-05-03 02:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK348 | SECURITY COUNCIL ENDS LIBERIA DIAMOND SANCTIONS [...] On April 27, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1753 (text in para 4),which terminated diamond sanctions in Liberia. The Security Council concluded that Liberia had met the criteria set out in resolution 1521 (2003) to create a transparent and internationally verifiable certifica [...] | 2007-05-03 13:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI |
07USUNNEWYORK349 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 PERMREPS MEET GOL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with P-3 PermReps on May 3, GOL senior foreign policy advisor Mohammad Chattah reported that while UNSC delegates with whom he had met were generally positive about the need to establish the tribunal, several expressed concerns about the international legal implic [...] | 2007-05-04 00:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK352 | KOSOVO AT UNSC: RUSSIANS ARGUE FOR DELAY LEADING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Khalilzad suggested to Russian PermRep Churkin on May 4 that the just-concluded Security Council trip to Kosovo seems to have established a solid Council majority in favor of the Ahtisaari package leading to independence for Kosovo. The ambassador framed the Kosovo iss [...] | 2007-05-07 13:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK359 | UNSC/ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: THE DEVIL IS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Titov told the UN Security Council (UNSC) at May 8 consultations that a renewed appeal from the UNSC was needed to defuse the tense and volatile military situation on the ground in Ethiopia [...] | 2007-05-09 16:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK36 | DPA REQUESTS USG HELP ENGAGING CHADIAN ARMED [...] (SBU) At a January 19 meeting with USUN Ambassador Sanders, United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Assistant Secretary-General Kalomoh requested U.S. assistance in engaging with the Chadian armed opposition when the UN's advance mission deploys to N'Djamena. He said that the Dep [...] | 2007-01-22 15:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CD SU UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK360 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: SYG BAN FORGOES TRIP TO BEIRUT [...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on May 8, SYG Ban said he would not/not travel to Beirut to make a last-ditch push for Lebanese ratification of the UN-GOL tribunal agreement and statute. Ban said he is not/not asking for more time for diplomatic efforts to find a Lebanese solut [...] | 2007-05-09 23:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SY LY |
07USUNNEWYORK368 | P5 AGREE TO COOPERATE ON SUDAN AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (SBU) On May 10, Ambassador Khalilzad convened his first meeting of the Permanent Five United Nations Security Council Members (UNSC). Members welcomed Ambassador Khalilzad's commitment to begin regular P5 consultations and to make use of this forum to advance shared goals and harmonize posit [...] | 2007-05-12 00:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK |
07USUNNEWYORK369 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON GA [...] (U) Summary. In his first meeting with GA President Khalifa, Ambassador Khalilzad stressed the need to make progress on key reforms at the UN so as to ensure lasting support from the publics of Member States. Khalifa noted that U.S. support was essential for progress on many issues. The Amba [...] | 2007-05-14 15:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK37 | 1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES EXPERTS' PANEL [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The 1540 Committee met informally January 19 to discuss the appointment of three experts to fill vacancies on the Committee's panel of experts, as well as the extension of contracts of the five remaining experts. Committee Chairman Burian asked delegations to seek instru [...] | 2007-01-22 16:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK370 | SUDAN: BENCHMARKS FOR DARFUR - P3 AMBASSADORS MEET [...] U.S., U.K. and French ambassadors met with Under Secretary General Guehenno on Friday, May 4, to discuss benchmarks for Darfur. The three ambassadors conveyed the need to see quick progress on the political, security, and humanitarian fronts. They encouraged Guehenno to show results soon beca [...] | 2007-05-14 19:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK374 | IN MEETING WITH P3 SYG BAN STILL CAUTIOUS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 11 meeting with Permanent Three Security Council Members, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon seemed defensive about his emphasis on the political process as the appropriate way to proceed on Darfur. While SYG Ban agreed joint and/or individual pressure [...] | 2007-05-14 22:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK |
07USUNNEWYORK376 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 DISCUSS DRAFT RESOLUTION AND [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting on May 11, P-3 PermReps told SYG Ban that the Council should act on the tribunal as soon as possible after it receives a clear request from the GOL and the SYG endorses the GOL position. Noting he planned to speak with PM Siniora on May 14, Ban reported that Syri [...] | 2007-05-14 23:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK378 | MOUSSA DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH AMB KHALILZAD [...] (C) Summary: In a May 11 meeting with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa that focused exclusively on SIPDIS Iraq, Ambassador Khalilzad urged Arab League involvement that would reassure the Iraqi Shia and comfort the Iraqi Sunni and help create an Iraqi identity based not on sectarianis [...] | 2007-05-15 00:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK381 | IRAN SANCTIONS EXEMPTIONS FOR BANK SEPAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per instruction, USUN met separately May 14 and May 16 with the German and the Italian Missions to discuss their exemption notifications submitted to the Iran Sanctions Committee regarding the unfreezing of certain assets for Bank Sepah's use (Frankfurt/Main and Italian branches r [...] | 2007-05-17 15:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR |
07USUNNEWYORK384 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 AGREE ON DRAFT UNSCR AND [...] (SBU) The U.S., France, and the UK (P-3) reached agreement on a draft Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Lebanon Tribunal on May 17. P-3 Permanent Representatives will share the text with all UNSC delegations either bilaterally or in joint approaches by close of business on May 1 [...] | 2007-05-17 21:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK385 | UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the May 9 and 15 meetings of the Sudan Sanctions Committee China, Russia, Indonesia, Qatar, and Congo insisted that progress in the peace process made further sanctions inappropriate, while USUN, the UK, France, Belgium, and Slovakia expressed support for broader sanctions. [...] | 2007-05-17 23:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK389 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-5 PERMREPS DISCUSS DRAFT UNSCR [...] (SBU) P-5 PermReps met on May 17 to discuss the P-3 draft Chapter VII UNSC resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (reftel). French PR de la Sabliere introduced the draft resolution, noting that the co-authors preferred the "light" approach of deciding that the tribunal agreement and s [...] | 2007-05-18 19:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK391 | UNSC MISSION TO AFRICA WILL INCLUDE SUDAN [...] (SBU) The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) met on May 16 and 17 to discuss the draft itinerary and terms of reference (TOR) for its Mission to Africa in June. In the May 16 discussion Members agreed in principle that the UK and South Africa would co-chair the visits to Addis Ababa and A [...] | 2007-05-19 00:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK392 | UNSC LUNCH WITH SYG BAN: LEBANON, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad hosted the monthly lunch for Security Council Perm Reps with the Secretary-General. In addition to updating the Council on SIPDIS his discussions on Iraq and Afghanistan, SYG Ban used the opportunity to follow-up on Lebanese PM Siniora's letter requesting [...] | 2007-05-19 00:40:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IQ LE AF SY |
07USUNNEWYORK393 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 PERMREPS ENGAGE COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary. P-3 PermReps joined forces May 18 to canvass their Council counterparts to explain the draft Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (ref A) and seek their support. Most delegations said they had yet to receive instructions on the draft text and conceded tha [...] | 2007-05-19 01:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK394 | UNSC EXPANSION: DEBATE REVIVED IN THE GENERAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The debate on Security Council expansion has flashed hot again in New York, in the wake of the report of the most recent set of facilitators to tackle this long-running issue. Disappointed with the content of the report, the G-4 countries are seeking new facilitators [...] | 2007-05-21 11:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KUNR |
07USUNNEWYORK395 | FIRST SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF KOSOVO DRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 17, the first Security Council meeting on our draft Kosovo UNSCR was held at the expert-level. The Russian expert stated at the beginning of the meeting that he had no instructions and then did not speak again. Italy offered several substantive amendments to the text th [...] | 2007-05-21 15:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK397 | UN/DRC SANCTIONS: DRC, BURUNDI, RWANDA, UGANDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DRC Sanctions Committee met on May 11 with representatives from the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda to seek their further cooperation with the Group of Experts (the panel responsible for identifying violations of the arms embargo and other measures). DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda [...] | 2007-05-21 20:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CG ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK400 | UNSC/DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY ELIASSON TELLS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In back-to-back meetings with Ambassador Khalilzad and with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Permanent Five Members on May 17, UN Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Jan Eliasson recommended the Council set high markers for all parties to the Darfur peace process to help move [...] | 2007-05-21 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK401 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: CHATAH CONSULTS P-3 AND OTHERS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: P-3 Ambassadors met May 21 with GOL Foreign Policy Advisor Mohamad Chatah, who said the recent violence in Lebanon argued for accelerating action in the Security Council. Chatah said the GOL would prefer a vote on the tribunal May 25 even if it meant the resolution re [...] | 2007-05-22 00:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK405 | P5 WITH BAN, 5/18: SUDAN, DPKO RESTRUCTURING AND [...] (C) Summary. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with P-5 Ambassadors on May 18. Ban noted that he had some way still to go to complete his high level appointments. He urged the Council to be cautious in moving forward with sanctions against Sudan lest it undermine the current "credible progr [...] | 2007-05-23 00:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KUNR AORC UNGA SU |
07USUNNEWYORK407 | SYG ASKS USG TO HOLD OFF ON SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) This cable contains a recommendation; please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) In a May 23 meeting, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon gave Ambassador Khalilzad the "good news" that he and African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare had agreed earlier in the day on the draft [...] | 2007-05-24 00:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK408 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 AND CHATAH AGREE TO PUSH FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. P-3 PERMREPS AGREED ON MAY 23 TO TABLE THE RESOLUTION ON THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON IN THE COUNCIL ON THE MORNING OF MAY 25, PUT THE TEXT "IN BLUE" THE EVENING OF MAY 25, AND PUSH FOR A VOTE ON MAY 29. (NOTE: MAY 28 IS A UN HOLIDAY. END NOTE.) DURING A SEPARATE MEETING WI [...] | 2007-05-24 00:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK410 | UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN [...] (U) On May 21 John Holmes, UN Under Secretary General (U/SYG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed an open session of the Security Council following his recent mission to Somalia and Uganda. Holmes expressed concern over the humanitarian situation in Somalia, wh [...] | 2007-05-24 14:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PHUM PREF SO UG |
07USUNNEWYORK411 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: DRAFT UNSCR DOES NOT YET HAVE [...] (C) P-3 PermReps, joined by Slovakia, agreed mid-afternoon May 24 that we do not currently have nine confirmed votes in favor of the draft Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. (Although USUN subsequently learned that we have support from a majority of Security Council c [...] | 2007-05-24 23:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK412 | PALESTINIANS SEEK SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON A [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting he requested on an urgent basis, Palestinian Permanent Observer Riyad Mansour said that a delegation representing the Arab League, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) would shortly request a meeting with Ambassador Khalil [...] | 2007-05-25 00:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK416 | KOSOVO: MOSCOW HARD LINE SOFTENING IN NEW YORK? [...] (C) Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Churkin reiterated Moscow's official hard line on Kosovo to Ambassador Khalilzad, who replied that Moscow offers no basis for discussion. Churkin essentially agreed, suggesting that Ambassador Khalilzad and he leave aside red lines for the moment a [...] | 2007-05-29 14:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC YI |
07USUNNEWYORK417 | ARAB LEAGUE, OIC, NAM DELEGATION SEEKS SECURITY [...] (C) As anticipated reftel, a joint Arab League/OIC/NAM delegation met May 25 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad in his capacity as President of the Security Council to request Security Council action to bring an end to the violence in Gaza. The delegation, headed by Egyptian PR Maged Abdelaziz [...] | 2007-05-29 18:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK423 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: VOTE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 30 [...] (C) The UN Security Council discussed the draft resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the second time during closed consultations on May 29. After P-3 PermReps explained the revisions made to the draft resolution in response to concerns raised during UNSC consultations on May 25, [...] | 2007-05-29 23:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK430 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE SOMALIA PKO CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sanders told DPKO's Africa Division chief that proper planning and preparation for a UN peacekeeping operation are essential to support any progress in the Somali political process. Titov reported that DPKO has begun limited military planning and will present a "range [...] | 2007-06-01 14:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL SO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK431 | DPKO WARNS OF RISING TENSIONS ALONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 29 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi described rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea and dangerous restrictions on the movement of the UN Mission there (UNMEE). Annabi warn [...] | 2007-06-01 15:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK433 | UNSC/CHAD: NO AGREEMENT YET ON UN PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 31 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Director Titov updated on the security situation in eastern Chad and on prospects for UN peacekeeping in the region. Titov reported on conversations that the UN t [...] | 2007-06-01 19:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK435 | NO SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1706 AS HYBRID BASIS FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad convened a June 1 meeting of the Security Council Permanent Three Members to deliver ref A points. Participating in the meeting were UK Permanent Representative (PR) Emyr Jones Parry, UN Counsellor Paul Johnston, French Charge Jean-Marie Lacroix, French Counsellor Nic [...] | 2007-06-01 20:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CD CT PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK438 | BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON BERLIN QUARTET [...] Summary: In a private meeting with the Security Council held June 1, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon briefed on the May 30 meeting of the Quartet Principals in Berlin, tracking closely issues covered in the May 30 Quartet Statement. He also mentioned the situation in Lebanon, expressing concern [...] | 2007-06-01 21:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK440 | SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1757 ON LEBANON [...] (U) THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL VOTED 10-0-5 ON MAY 30 TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 1757, WHICH DECIDES UNDER THE COUNCIL'S CHAPTER VII AUTHORITY TO BRING INTO EFFECT THE SPECIAL PAGE 02 RUCNDTA0440 UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000440 TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON. RUSSIA, CHINA, QATAR, SOUTH AFRICA, AND INDONESIA A [...] | 2007-06-04 11:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK441 | HAITI: COUNCIL ENDORSES MULET'S LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on Haiti on May 30, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Edmund Mulet hailed recent GOH/MINUSTAH success in combating gangs and securing Cite Soleil, but warned that the international community must "stay the course" and avoid a "premat [...] | 2007-06-04 20:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO HA |
07USUNNEWYORK442 | KOSOVO: CHURKIN CHAFES AGAINST SHORT MOSCOW LEASH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian Ambassador to the UN Churkin shared Moscow's latest hard line guidance on Kosovo with Ambassador Khalilzad on June 4. Churkin said Moscow wants: no reference to SYG Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal in the Security Council resolution; at least a year of further Belgrade-P [...] | 2007-06-04 21:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC YI |
07USUNNEWYORK447 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ALGERIA ON PRESSING [...] (C) Ambassador Sanders delivered reftel demarche June 4 to Algerian PermRep Youcef Yousfi, stressing the importance of maintaining the momentum established by UNSCR 1754, underscoring the expectation that the parties will engage seriously and show flexibility as they work through their differe [...] | 2007-06-05 21:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO AF |
07USUNNEWYORK448 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MAURITANIA ON PRESSING [...] (C) During a June 4 courtesy by Mauritanian PermRep Mohamed Ould Tolba, Ambassador Khalilzad delivered reftel points, stressing the importance of the Security Council's Western Sahara initiative and inviting Mauritania to encourage the Polisario to participate positively in the June 18-19 talk [...] | 2007-06-05 22:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO AF |
07USUNNEWYORK449 | DPKO BRIEFING ON DRC, JUNE 4 [...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (C) Summary: DPKO USG Guehenno briefed the P3 plus 2 concerning the situation in the DRC. He was particularly concerned by the lack of progress towards a stable solution to the political difficulties of the Kivus (especially the role of Rwanda and the need fo [...] | 2007-06-05 22:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | BE CG FR PGOV PHUM PREL RW UK UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK455 | UNSC/SUDAN: PREVIEW OF JUNE 7 ICC BRIEFING [...] (SBU) Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division Director Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen previewed for Poloff International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's June 7 briefing on June 6. Le Frapeur said Ocampo's main message would be t [...] | 2007-06-07 14:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KJUS |
07USUNNEWYORK458 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL - UN PREPARES TO SET IT UP [...] Summary. As June 10, the date of entry into force of the Lebanon Tribunal Agreement, approaches, the UN Secretariat is gearing up to put arrangements in place for its full implementation. In a June 6 meeting, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) officials described preparations for the Tribunal [...] | 2007-06-07 21:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM LE PREL PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK459 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO POLISARIO TO COME TO TALKS [...] (C) Ambassador Sanders delivered reftel demarche June 6 to Polisario New York Rep Ahmed Boukhari, stressing the importance of maintaining the momentum established by UNSCR 1754 and underscoring the expectation that the parties will engage seriously and show flexibility as they work through the [...] | 2007-06-08 15:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO AF |
07USUNNEWYORK467 | UNMIT SRSG KHARE BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 30, UNMIT SRSG Khare updated the Security Council on the recent presidential elections, the Parliamentary elections scheduled for June 30, and the future challenges in Timor-Leste. The Council was unanimous in its praise for the peaceful conduct of the presidential elect [...] | 2007-06-08 23:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO TL |
07USUNNEWYORK469 | ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BORDER IMPASSE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Per reftel instructions, PolMinCouns and Poloff discussed the Eritrea-Ethiopia border impasse with Norwegian Deputy Permanent Representative Juul in the run-up to the November 27 deadline for demarcation by coordinates as imposed by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC). [...] | 2007-06-11 22:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF AU ER EU PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO ET |
07USUNNEWYORK480 | KOSOVO: TIME FOR A GUT-CHECK [...] (C) SUMMARY. A P-3 meeting on Kosovo today found the UK and French United Nations missions without clear guidance from London and Paris about next steps in the face of resolute Russian opposition to the Ahtisaari settlement proposal. Both thought the recent Quint political directors meeting [...] | 2007-06-14 16:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC YI |
07USUNNEWYORK481 | JUNE 14 SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON SOMALIA [...] (SBU) On June 14, Undersecretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council in consultations on his recent trip to Mogadishu and to London, Addis, Asmara and Cairo. While great difficulties remained, he believed that Somalia now had a "fighting chance" to regain stability. [...] | 2007-06-14 21:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET SO UK UNSC PREL PHUM |
07USUNNEWYORK485 | UN MOVES TO SET UP LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (U) Ref A described UN preparations for the Lebanese Tribunal. In a June 6 meeting, UN officials told USUN officers that they were working quietly to put arrangements in place for full implementation of resolution 1757 but were conscious of the fact that its provisions would not be effective [...] | 2007-06-15 00:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM LE PREL PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK49 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USUN M/R joined other Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee members (UK, Canada, Netherlands, Sierra Leone, Nigeria) for a day-long meeting convened January 17 at the UK Mission to assess the more than fifty recommendations to improve efficiency of the Special Court [...] | 2007-01-24 15:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
07USUNNEWYORK490 | UNSC/DARFUR: GNU ACCEPTANCE OF HYBRID DEEPENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his June 13 briefing to the Security Council, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under-Secretary-General Guehenno confirmed Sudanese acceptance of the hybrid operation for Darfur after "comprehensive clarifications" on the June 5 UN-African Union (AU) report. The Suda [...] | 2007-06-15 20:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK492 | INDONESIA'S SUPPORT FOR AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy PolCouns delivered ON June 14 REFTEL demarche calling for Indonesian leadership on multilateral efforts in counterterrorism to Indonesian Deputy PermRep, Ambassador Hassan Kleib, who stressed that Indonesia's national interest due to repeated terrorist bombings ensures that [...] | 2007-06-15 22:20:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER ID |
07USUNNEWYORK495 | SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENTS ON LEBANON [...] (U) During the past week, the Security Council has issued three statements on the situation on Lebanon. The Council issued a press statement June 18 condemning the rocket attack from Lebanon into Israel; a Presidential Statement (PRST) June 13 condemning the assassination of Lebanese parliam [...] | 2007-06-19 00:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK497 | CHURKIN CONTINUES TO SAY NO ON AUTOMATICITY [...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting at the Russian Mission, Ambassador Churkin yielded no ground on Russia's objection to Kosovo independence unless agreed by Serbia. Churkin stressed that the recent Quint meeting in Paris had "left a bad taste" in Russia's mouth as it gave the impression th [...] | 2007-06-20 00:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK502 | ISRAELI GENERAL DISCUSSES UNIFIL IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Israeli Brigadier General Udi Dekel visited New York June 13-20 to share with P-5 delegations and the UN secretariat an updated Israeli assessment of Hizballah SIPDIS activities in the UNIFIL area of operations (AO). While commending UNIFIL's valuable role in disrupting Hizballah's fr [...] | 2007-06-20 22:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK503 | CHURKIN ON KOSOVO UNSCR: STEPS FORWARD SOMETIMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: During Security Council consultations on June 20, France, on behalf of the co-sponsors, tabled a revised draft resolution on Kosovo. Ambassador Wolff and the UK Deputy Permrep delivered comments supporting the [...] | 2007-06-20 23:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK509 | UN/COTE D'IVOIRE SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY [...] (U) On June 20 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1761 (2007)--full text in para 2--renewing the mandate of the Cote d,Ivoire Group of Experts until October 31, 2007. The UN sanctions related to Cote d,Ivoire--an arms embargo, a ban on the import of Ivorian diamonds, and a [...] | 2007-06-22 22:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CI PREL UNSC ETTC PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK510 | UN/DPRK SANCTIONS: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADOPTS [...] (U) On June 20 the Committee concerning the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK),established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006),convened for a formal meeting to adopt Committee Guidelines (see full text in para 3 below). Italian PermRep and Chairman of the Committee Marcello Sp [...] | 2007-06-22 22:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
07USUNNEWYORK515 | UN PLANS FOR LEBANON TRIBUNAL CRYSTALLIZE [...] (U) Summary. In a June 22 discussion, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel described progress on implementing UN Security Council resolution 1757, which brought the provisions of the Tribunal Agreement between the UN and Lebanon into force on June 10. Michel and his task force have focused on the [...] | 2007-06-25 17:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM LE PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK519 | 1540: UPDATE ON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel, USUN has solicited views from 1540 Committee Members on how to handle matrices more broadly and with specific regard to Iran. The Chair (Slovakia) has indicated that he intends to hold a meeting in late June to consider formally how matrices are handled. UNODA [...] | 2007-06-25 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC PARM |
07USUNNEWYORK522 | CHURKIN: A LAPSE OF 1244 WOULD MEAN KOSOVO REVERTS [...] (SBU) In the course of a June 25 discussion with Ambassador Khalilzad, Russian Permrep Churkin said he would veto the draft resolution tabled by cosponsors June 20 if it was brought to a vote today. Churkin expressed interest in a formula that would have a first resolution calling for negoti [...] | 2007-06-25 23:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK528 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHINA/TAIWAN NOMENCLATURE AT [...] Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel demarche June 26 to UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe. Pascoe said that he was unaware of recent UN actions referred to in our demarche and of the possible shift in UN treatment of the China/Taiwan nomenclature. He said he would loo [...] | 2007-06-27 21:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK534 | AMB KHALILZAD MEETS SOMALI PM GEDI [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During a June 27 meeting at USUN, AMB Khalilzad told Somali Prime Minister Muhammad Gedi that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) needs to play a more constructive role in building Somali confidence in the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) and take immediate action t [...] | 2007-06-29 18:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNSC PREL SO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK539 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S LUNCH WITH SYG BAN KI-MOON [...] (C) During a June 26 lunch, Ambassador Khalilzad and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon discussed: the UN Reform Group, SIPDIS UNDP and DPRK, the Capital Master Plan, personnel issues, Ban's Washington trip, and the Terms of Reference for the Blair appointment. 2. (C) On the Reform Group: [...] | 2007-07-02 14:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK541 | UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN [...] (U) On June 22, Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council in an open session on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. His remarks included first-hand observations from recent field missions to Chad, Darfur, the Central African Republic, norther [...] | 2007-07-02 17:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNSC XA |
07USUNNEWYORK544 | PORTUGAL'S PERMREP ON KOSOVO: SIX MONTHS OF TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch meeting on June 27, Portuguese Permrep Joao Salgueiro and Ambassador Wolff discussed strategies for achieving supervised independence for Kosovo. Salgueiro expressed reservations about scenarios involving unilateral recognition, was opposed to putting a Security Counci [...] | 2007-07-03 12:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK545 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING ENGAGEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sanders delivered reftel demarche points July 2 to Polisario New York Rep Ahmed Boukhari urging serious and substantive Polisario engagement in the upcoming August talks with Morocco, underscoring international expectations of real progress between the parties, and notin [...] | 2007-07-03 13:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC WI AG MO |
07USUNNEWYORK546 | EXEMPTIONS TO IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) The Iran Sanctions Committee met on June 29, at the request of Italy, to discuss exemptions to the assets freeze. In response to USUN REFTEL points, Italy agreed fully that there should be no "business as usual" for sanctioned individuals and entities (specifically Bank Sepah). That said [...] | 2007-07-03 14:53:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR |
07USUNNEWYORK549 | SECURITY COUNCIL VOTES TO TERMINATE UNMOVIC [...] (U) Summary: The Security Council voted June 29 in support of the U.S.-UK resolution to terminate the mandates of UNMOVIC and the IAEA's Iraq Nuclear Verification Office, with 14 members voting in favor and one abstention (Russia). Russian PermRep Churkin attributed Russia's abstention to th [...] | 2007-07-03 20:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK550 | UN AND U.S. AGREE TO SEEK TO EXPAND UNAMI MANDATE [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, S/I Ambassador David Satterfield led a discussion with the UN on Iraq (including the UN's role in Iraq) as part of an ongoing high-level dialogue. Both the U.S. and the UN agreed that the UN's mandate in Iraq should be updated and expanded, wherever possible. The UN e [...] | 2007-07-03 21:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK555 | AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS AND THE INTERNET [...] (SBU) The Security Council 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee discussed on June 25 al-Qaida's misuse of the Internet to recruit, fundraise, train, spread propaganda, and plan terrorist attacks. The Committee Chairman structured the debate around a Monitoring Team paper on the issue ( [...] | 2007-07-06 20:54:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK556 | IRAQI REQUEST TO REMOVE INDIVIDUALS FROM SANCTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The Secretariat provided USUN on May 3 with a preview of an Iraqi request to the Security Council's 1518 Committee to delist three individuals currently under sanctions for their affiliation with the former Saddam Hussein regi [...] | 2007-07-09 22:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK557 | DPKO BRIEFS P3 PLUS BELGIUM AND SOUTH AFRICA ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno briefed the P3 plus Two (South Africa and Belgium) on the situation in the DRC and its implications for an eventual MONUC phase-out. The discussion mostly concerned the deteriorating security situation in the Kivus [...] | 2007-07-09 23:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC UNSC KPKO MOPS CG |
07USUNNEWYORK563 | AU/UN HYBRID IN DARFUR: NARROWING DIFFERENCES [...] (C) This message updates on the current state of play in pre-negotiations on the draft Security Council resolution likely to be tabled July 11 by the UK and Ghana mandating the African Union (AU) - United Nations (UN) hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur. This message contains a recommendat [...] | 2007-07-11 00:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK564 | SRSG RUCKER AND COMKFOR KATHER WARN SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 "informal dialogue" with the Security Council, COMKFOR General Roland Kather said that the security situation in Kosovo was under control and could be kept that way so long as the international community maintained momentum and there was a prospect for some kind of [...] | 2007-07-11 11:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI |
07USUNNEWYORK568 | UNSC: BRIEFING ON WESTERN SAHARA NEGOTIATIONS; [...] Summary: In a July 11 closed briefing to the Security Council, the Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum explained that he had included recommendations in his report that were eventually deleted in order to suggest a way for the parties to move beyond "atmosph [...] | 2007-07-12 20:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI |
07USUNNEWYORK575 | UPDATE ON UN EFFORTS TO SET UP LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary. USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff met with UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorneys Mark Quarterman and Jerome de Hemptinne on July 12 to seek an update on efforts to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. USUN Legal Adviser met separately with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel [...] | 2007-07-13 21:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK578 | RUSSIA TRASHES MINIMALIST KOSOVO DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian PermRep Churkin told co-sponsors of a revised draft resolution on Kosovo that Moscow's initial reaction to their text was thoroughly dismissive. He read guidance from Moscow characterizing the draft as calling for negotiations that would be mere formalities leading to aut [...] | 2007-07-13 22:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC YI |
07USUNNEWYORK579 | KHARTOUM TIGHTENS GRIP ON AU AND UNSC OVER HYBRID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The extent of the influence of Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) over the hybrid draft resolution was apparent during July 13 meetings at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in which African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare participated. In a private mee [...] | 2007-07-16 22:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK580 | UNSC/DARFUR: HYBRID JOINT SPECIAL REP SEEMS SHAKY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 16 discussion with Ambassador Khalilzad, Joint Special Representative (JSR) Rodolphe Adada offered no assurance that he would be able to reconcile competing strategic directives from the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) over administration of the hybrid o [...] | 2007-07-16 22:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK583 | UN/COTE D'IVOIRE: COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1765 [...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1765 (2007) on July 16, renewing the mandate of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) until January 15, 2008. The resolution requests UNOCI to support the implementation of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement and encourages the Facilit [...] | 2007-07-17 16:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CI PREL UNSC KPKO PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK588 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE: JOHN SANDAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 19:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK590 | UNSC AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: FOCAL [...] (SBU) USUN Poloff met on July 9 with G7 counterparts and delivered REFTEL points regarding Ahmed Idris Nasreddin's delisting request. Nasreddin is currently under UN sanctions because of his association with al-Qaida. Nasreddin petitioned for delisting through the newly established focal poi [...] | 2007-07-18 21:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER |
07USUNNEWYORK595 | SECURITY COUNCIL PUTS KOSOVO RESOLUTION ON HOLD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following an hour of closed Security Council consultations during which Russia made clear an intent to veto the latest draft resolution on Kosovo if it were brought to a vote, sponsors of the resolution announced to the press that they would "put on hold discussions of a new reso [...] | 2007-07-20 22:31:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC YI |
07USUNNEWYORK596 | STILL NO CLEAR UN PLAN FOR CHAD/CAR PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At July 13 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Guehenno revealed a revised proposal for deployment of UN civilian police and Chadian gendarmes in eastern Chad/northeastern CAR, based around a [...] | 2007-07-20 23:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK597 | ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: RESPONSE TO USG INSTRUCTIONS ON [...] (SBU) On July 20 Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ms. Margaret Vogt, Deputy Director of the Africa I Division in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA). Also present was DPA Africa I Division Political Officer Mamadi Toure and Poloff. (NOTE: DPA Under-Secretary-Ge [...] | 2007-07-20 23:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET PBTS PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK598 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 19, USUN delivered ref A demarche and Note Verbale to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Office of Mission Support Assistant-Secretary-General Jane Holl Lute. Holl Lute shared USG impatience over stalled deployment of the two AMIS infantry batta [...] | 2007-07-20 23:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK6 | SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH UN DPKO GUEHENNO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 5 meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, UN DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno said the UN is making progress in implementing phases one and two of the Addis/Abuja framework. Full implementation, however, will require greater clarity on the UN/AU hybrid command ph [...] | 2007-01-09 22:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK601 | SECRETARIAT DELIVERS TOUGH UNSCR 1701/LIBAT [...] (C) Summary. During closed consultations on the SYG,s latest UNSCR 1701 report as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (LIBAT) on July 18, UNSCO Michael Williams spoke at length about the need for greater progress on the issue of prisoners, compliance with the a [...] | 2007-07-24 20:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK605 | DPRK ATTEMPTS TO INSCRIBE AN ANTI-JAPAN ITEM ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA) DECIDED, ON JULY 24, NOT TO INSCRIBE A NEW ITEM ENTITLED, "CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF XENOPHOBIA" ON ITS CURRENT AGENDA. ADDITION OF THE ITEM HAD BEEN REQUESTED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA (DPRK) WHICH SUBMITTED A MEMO CLAIMING THAT A NE [...] | 2007-07-24 22:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KN JA |
07USUNNEWYORK607 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...] | 2007-07-25 16:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
07USUNNEWYORK617 | FRANCE PROPOSES SECURITY COUNCIL SUMMIT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 00:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV UNSC FR |
07USUNNEWYORK618 | UNSC: JULY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING/CONSULTATIONS [...] Summary: In his July Middle East Security Council briefing, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Michael Williams highlighted both the positive and negative developments in the region over the past month. Positive developments include the release of BBC journalist Alan Johnston, renewed contact b [...] | 2007-07-27 15:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK619 | UN/DRC SANCTIONS: UNANIMOUS COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peruvian PermRep Jorge Voto-Bernales, who is the chairman of the DRC Sanctions Committee ("the Committee"),briefed the Security Council on June 23 on the occasion of the Committee's annual sanctions review. There was Council consensus that the sanctions regime--which consists [...] | 2007-07-27 23:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC |
07USUNNEWYORK62 | UNSC: JANUARY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-25 23:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK622 | US STRONGLY DEFENDS GEORGIAN RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Security Council consultations on July 25, Georgia's request to speak in the July 26 meeting on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was the subject of intense debate. Russia insisted that Georgia should not participate in the UNOMIG meeting unless Abkhaz de facto [...] | 2007-07-28 00:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK626 | US STRONGLY DEFENDS GEORGIAN RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Security Council consultations on July 25, Georgia's request to speak in the July 26 meeting on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was the subject of intense debate. Russia insisted that Georgia should not participate in the UNOMIG meeting unless Abkhaz de facto [...] | 2007-07-30 20:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK629 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...] | 2007-07-31 21:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
07USUNNEWYORK632 | UNSC UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS HYBRID RESOLUTION [...] (U) At a July 31 public meeting, the United Nations Security Council adopted the draft resolution authorizing the hybrid UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping operation for Darfur. The resolution was co-sponsored by Belgium, Congo, France, Italy, Peru, Slovakia and the UK, and was adopted unanim [...] | 2007-08-02 00:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK635 | UNSC EXPANSION: DEBATE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 19, the UNGA,s Open-Ended Working Group on UNSC Expansion discussed the two recent reports on the issue prepared by facilitators appointed by UNGA President Khalifa. Although the debate on Security Council reform and expansion gained some momentum in the wake of these [...] | 2007-08-02 22:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KUNR |
07USUNNEWYORK646 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: COURT PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: Sierra Leone Special Court President Judge George Galaga King told members of the Special Court Management Committee via telephone on August 2 that motions from the defense teams in both the Charles Taylor case and the AFRC appeal seeking additional time to prepare, if approved by th [...] | 2007-08-07 19:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
07USUNNEWYORK651 | COUNCIL ADOPTS LEBANON STATEMENT AFTER QATAR [...] (C) The UN Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) on August 3 in response to the Secretary-General's latest report on the implementation of SIPDIS resolution 1701 as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (full text of PRST below). The PRST w [...] | 2007-08-08 23:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO SY IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK656 | UNSC WELCOMES ARUSHA PROGRESS AND LOOKS FORWARD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 9 United Nations Security Council consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Hedi Annabi heralded the positive atmosphere at August 3-6 Arusha consultations, which represented the first meeting of all key leaders in the Darfur conf [...] | 2007-08-09 23:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK659 | SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS GEORGIAN REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In UNSC consultations on August 9, the Congolese Presidency raised Georgia's request for a Security Council meeting on the August 6 rocket attack on its territory. Russian PermRep Churkin announced that Russia preferred a "careful, joint investigation" with Georgia, and regret [...] | 2007-08-10 00:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC GG |
07USUNNEWYORK66 | UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE FIRST MEETING [...] (SBU) Iran Sanctions Committee Chairman, Belgian PermRep Johan Verbeke, convened the group's first meeting on January 23. Verbeke said the Committee's role is to facilitate and monitor effective implementation of resolution 1737 (2006). The Committee should be faithful to the letter and spiri [...] | 2007-01-26 21:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR |
07USUNNEWYORK660 | UN/DRC SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS [...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1771 on August 10, renewing the sanctions regime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for six months. The sanctions consist of an arms embargo on non-governmental armed groups, and an international travel ban and assets freeze on [...] | 2007-08-10 20:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | DRC PREL UNSC ETTC |
07USUNNEWYORK662 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WORKING GROUP TO CONSIDER [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. Summary: On Friday, August 3, 2007, Ambassador Wallace delivered a strong statement at the meeting of the GA Ad Hoc Working Group on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) (by UN staff or related pers [...] | 2007-08-10 22:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASIG KTIA KUNR PGOV PREL UNSC UN |
07USUNNEWYORK664 | ACTION REQUEST: ADDRESSING THE UN'S REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a Presidential Statement (PRST) adopted on August 3 (reftel),the UN Security Council reiterated its support for the Secretary-General,s request that Israel provide the UN detailed data on its use of cluster bombs in south Lebanon to aid in UN de-mining efforts. T [...] | 2007-08-10 23:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO LE IS |
07USUNNEWYORK666 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: USUN SEEKING GUIDANCE ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) During an August 13 meeting with Algerian PermRep Youcef Yousfi, USUN Ambassador Jackie Sanders raised the Algerian Mission's August 3 request to the Al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee to designate for targeted sanctions Abd [...] | 2007-08-14 00:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AL ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK667 | FRENCH PERMREP PLEDGES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH USUN [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad greeted newly-arrived French PermRep Jean-Maurice Ripert for a courtesy call on August 10. Ripert began the meeting by declaring bluntly that U.S.-French relations "are not what they should be," and that although the two countries might disagree, the "ways of disagreement sh [...] | 2007-08-14 15:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC IR KO LE SU |
07USUNNEWYORK67 | ARNAULT RAISES POSSIBLE REQUEST FOR INCREASE IN [...] Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a private meeting of the Security Council on October 6, United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Jean Arnault briefed Council members SIPDIS [...] | 2007-01-26 22:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK670 | VAN WALSUM'S READOUT OF SECOND ROUND OF WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: In an August 13 meeting with Ambassador Sanders, UN/SYG Personal Envoy Peter Van Walsum said that the second round of Western Sahara negotiations had shown some engagement by the parties on peripheral substantive issues including natural resources and local administration, but t [...] | 2007-08-15 14:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI |
07USUNNEWYORK671 | ALGERIAN READOUT ON AUGUST 10-11 WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Sanders, members of the Algerian delegation to the second round of the Manhasset talks between Morocco and the Polisario on Western Sahara expressed lower expectations of the progress of the talks than they had after the initial round. The Algerians s [...] | 2007-08-15 14:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO |
07USUNNEWYORK672 | POST CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRAVEL TO USUN [...] (U) Post clearance is granted per reftel request for travel to USUN on Thursday, August 16, for consultations on UNSCR 1769 and related issues. 2. (U) The tentative schedule for reftel delegation includes 0900-1200 DPKO meetings, a 1400-1530 UN Force Generation Service meeting, a 15:45-16:4 [...] | 2007-08-15 16:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK676 | READ-OUT OF MEETINGS WITH SYG BAN ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) In an August 14 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad, Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon discussed his upcoming SIPDIS September 2-4 visit to Sudan, which would also include stops in Chad and Libya. The SYG hoped by the time of his trip, United Nations (UN) Special Envoy Eliasson and A [...] | 2007-08-15 22:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK679 | UPDATE ON UN REFERENCES TO TAIWAN [...] (C) Upon his return to New York August 13, UN SYG Ban met with Amb Khalilzad to discuss a range of issues. On the issue of UN language on the status of Taiwan, Ban said he realized he had gone too far in his recent public statements, and confirmed that the UN would no longer use the phrase " [...] | 2007-08-16 15:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK685 | DPKO REJECTS ISRAELI CLAIMS OF NEW WEAPONS FLOWS [...] (C) Summary. During UNSC consultations on UNIFIL's mandate on August 16, DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi acknowledged that the situation in south Lebanon had changed as a result of recent attacks against UNIFIL, but rejected Israeli claims of Hizballah refortification and illegal weapons transfers int [...] | 2007-08-16 23:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK688 | NETHERLANDS AGREES TO HOST SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (U) The UN Secretariat announced on August 17 that UN Secretary-General Ban had received a letter dated August 15 SIPDIS from Prime Minister Jan Balkenende informing him that the Government of the Netherlands is "favorably disposed" to hosting the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, created pursu [...] | 2007-08-17 22:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE NE |
07USUNNEWYORK689 | RUSSIA STIFLES UNSC STATEMENT ON GEORGIAN MISSILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russia blocked Security Council consensus on two U.S.-led efforts to have the Council issue a statement of concern over the August 6 crash without detonation of an air-launched missile in Georgia. When the U.S. recrafted the initial Presidential Statement (PRST) criticizing "the [...] | 2007-08-17 23:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GG PGOV PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK695 | CHAD/CAR: UN URGES COUNCIL TO "TRUST BUT VERIFY" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 21 consultations, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi advised the Security Council to "trust but verify" plans for peacekeeping in eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic (CAR),given Chadian President [...] | 2007-08-21 22:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK697 | OLA LEGAL COUNSEL TO TRAVEL TO THE NETHERLANDS TO [...] Begin Summary: UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel will lead a high-level UN delegation to the Netherlands in the next two weeks to discuss practical arrangements for the Netherlands to host the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Michel's Special Assistant Mark Quarterman advised USUN August 21. The [...] | 2007-08-22 23:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC KCRM SY LE NE |
07USUNNEWYORK70 | 1540 COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN PROPOSES DIFFERENT [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At its informal meeting January 24, the 1540 Committee discussed, but did not reach decisions on several topics: (1) candidates to fill three current vacancies on the Committee's experts' panel; (2) disposition of the contracts of the Committee's five current experts (ref B),[...] | 2007-01-29 17:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK700 | 1540: UN SUBCOMMITTEE DEFERS CONSIDERATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (U) At an August 21 meeting, Sub-Committee B of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee") agreed to defer consideration of a matrix assessing Iran's implementation of resolution 1 [...] | 2007-08-23 22:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK704 | UNSC UNANIMOUSLY EXTENDS UNIFIL'S MANDATE AMID [...] (U) The UN Security Council unanimously approved resolution 1773 on 24 August 2007 to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until 31 August 2008. (Note: The full text of the resolution is contained in reftel and can be found on the UN website. End Note.) [...] | 2007-08-24 22:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK705 | DPKO PRESENTS SYG'S REPORT ON MINUSTAH [...] (SBU) Summary. DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi briefed Friends of Haiti representatives on August 24 on the highlights of the SYG,s latest report on MINUSTAH. Although the SYG recommended no changes to MINUSTAH's mandate, he urged the UNSC to lower MINUSTAH,s troop strength by 140 and raise its polic [...] | 2007-08-24 22:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO HA |
07USUNNEWYORK717 | MONTHLY UNSC MIDEAST DEBATE: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR [...] (U) Summary. During a seven-hour monthly UNSC debate on the Middle East on August 29 featuring over 30 speakers, UNSCO Michael Williams professed "guarded optimism" about recent developments in the Arab-Israeli peace process but was decidedly downcast about the reality on the ground. Amb Wol [...] | 2007-08-30 22:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC KPKO KPAL KWBG SY LE IS |
07USUNNEWYORK719 | ETHIOPIAN MINISTER TEKEDA ALEMU: EEBC TERMINATION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Minister of State Tekeda Alemu Wolde Mariam told AMB Wolff during an August 30 meeting that Eritrea must withdraw its forces from the temporary security zone (TSZ) and allow UNMEE to begin monitoring the area again before Ethiopia will allow the Ethiopia Eritrea Border [...] | 2007-08-31 22:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL UNSC ET ER |
07USUNNEWYORK725 | GAMBARI TO BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: During a September 5 meeting of the Security Council to finalize the program of work for September, Amb Wolff successfully rebuffed a Chinese request to delete the program's "footnote" reference to Burma, and confirmed Council agreement to receive a briefing during the month fr [...] | 2007-09-06 00:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK728 | 1540: COMMITTEE STILL DEBATING MATRICES [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: At the August 29 meeting of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee"),South Africa, Indonesia, and China agreed to seek instructions on a U.S. compromise concerning the posting of country-specific implementation matri [...] | 2007-09-06 20:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK729 | 1540: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At its August 29 meeting, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee") discussed its work program, technical assistance, outreach efforts, and a letter from Ambassador Khalilzad and Portuguese PermRep Salgueiro (on behalf of [...] | 2007-09-06 20:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK733 | UN A/S MULET BRIEFS ON UNMIS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. New Assistant Secretary for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet delivered two separate briefings to the UNSC on September 7 regarding recent developments with the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and Mission of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Follow [...] | 2007-09-08 00:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC CG SU |
07USUNNEWYORK736 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST GRANTED FOR DEPT. OF [...] Country clearance is granted for the following personnel to travel to New York for the meetings described in paragraph 2 of reftel. John B. Sandage Chief, Counterterrorism and Sanctions Policy Bureau of International Organization Affairs Department of State Arrives o/a September 10, depar [...] | 2007-09-10 19:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK744 | UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN DR [...] (U) Summary. On September 11, UN Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council in a closed session on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Based on his recent field visit to DRC, Holmes outlined continuing humanitarian [...] | 2007-09-12 21:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNSC CG XA |
07USUNNEWYORK745 | GEORGIA PROPOSES NEW IDEAS FOR NEW YORK ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: On June 7, Ambassador Wolff and Georgian Permrep Alasania discussed next steps in reaction to the August 6 attack on Georgia. Alasania proposed holding some type of panel discussion in which the two Independent Expert Group (IEG) teams and Russian experts could participate inste [...] | 2007-09-12 22:07:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC GG |
07USUNNEWYORK747 | SYG BAN BRIEFS THE COUNCIL ON UN/AU POL PROCESS, [...] (U) SUMMARY: SYG Ban Ki-Moon briefed the UNSC September 12 on his recent travels to Sudan, Chad and Libya and provided an update on UNAMID deployment. SYG Ban asked for UNSC members to support the planned meeting between the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the Darfur rebel groups to be [...] | 2007-09-13 14:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC SU |
07USUNNEWYORK748 | HAITIAN PERMREP PLEDGES HAITI WILL NOT PROVOKE [...] (C) During a meeting on September 10, Haitian PermRep Leo Merores told Poloff he did not expect China to object to a one-year extension of the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) when it expires on October 15, 2007. (Note: China threatened to veto MINUSTAH's mandate in [...] | 2007-09-13 14:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO CH TW HA |
07USUNNEWYORK749 | UNIFIL COMMANDER GRAZIANO MAINTAINS THAT SOUTH [...] (C) During consultations in New York September 4-7 with the UN, troop contributing countries (TCC),members of the Security Council, and other interested delegations, UNIFIL Force Commander Graziano declared that Hizballah's arms pose the greatest threat to stability in Lebanon. But he mainta [...] | 2007-09-13 18:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE |
07USUNNEWYORK75 | UNSC/PBC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE PEACEBUILDING [...] (U) Summary. The Security Council held closed consultations on the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on Tuesday, January 23, in advance of the January 31 open debate. The Russians, as Council President for January, sought to use the Council's engagement this month to exert leadership over a bod [...] | 2007-01-31 14:24:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON UNSC KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK750 | UNAMID IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE AND TIMELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPKO Military Planning Division Acting Director Major General (MG) Five briefed UNSC Military Advisors September 10 on UNAMID implementation. Topics included current status of deployments of the AMIS battalions, the Light Support Package (LSP),the Heavy Support Package (HSP) an [...] | 2007-09-13 19:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK751 | SERBIAN PERMREP SEEMS TO BACK OFF FROM TOUGH [...] (C) On September 11, Serbian Permrep Pavle Jevremovic met with Ambassador Wolff in the wake of Prime Minister Kostunica's statement to members of the Security Council (e-mailed to Department) that had called on them "to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia from the US p [...] | 2007-09-13 20:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNSC KV YI PREL |
07USUNNEWYORK752 | 1540: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES WEBSITE, OUTREACH [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At an informal meeting September 12 of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee"),Slovak PermRep and Chairman Peter Burian announced that interested delegations were discussing proposals for reaching agreement on the langu [...] | 2007-09-14 13:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL PTER UNSC KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK757 | SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS TERMS OF RWANDA AND [...] The Security Council, September 14, adopted resolutions extending the terms of the Prosecutors for the International Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and Yugoslavia (ICTY). Resolution 1774 (ref A),which re-appointed Hassan Jallow as ICTR Prosecutor for a four year term, was adopted unanimously. [...] | 2007-09-14 21:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTY PHUM PREL UNSC ICTR |
07USUNNEWYORK759 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE: PAUL DERGARABEDIAN AND BRUCE [...] (U) Country Clearance request (reftel) granted for Paul Dergarabedian, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime, Department of the Treasury and Bruce Miller, DHS, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to lead a training workshop on trade-based issues involving money launderin [...] | 2007-09-17 15:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTFN PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK760 | SYG BAN URGES UNSC TO EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE FOR [...] (U) During UNSC consultations on September 13, SYG Ban reported on his August 1-2 visit to Haiti and appealed to delegates to seize an "historic opportunity" to make progress in that country by staying the course and avoiding early disengagement. Recounting how he had walked through Cite Sole [...] | 2007-09-17 17:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC HA |
07USUNNEWYORK763 | BAN ON DARFUR, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, QUARTET [...] (C) During his monthly lunch with Security Council PermReps September 17, SYG Ban promised an increased UN role in Afghanistan and Iraq and reported the Italians may provide the aviation assets necessary to support UNAMID deployment. He also said the September 23 Quartet meeting should not be [...] | 2007-09-18 00:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPAL SU AF IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK77 | UNSCR 1373: NEW CTC CHAIRMAN SEEKS U.S. INPUT [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At a January 29 meeting with newly appointed Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) Chairman, Panamanian PermRep Ricardo Arias, Ambassador Wolff and Ambassador Sanders offered U.S. views on the CTC's work and expressed support for Arias's leadership. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...] | 2007-01-31 16:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK779 | INDIAN UNSC REFORM GAMBIT: LOTS OF SOUND AND FURY, [...] (C) Summary. The last few meetings of the 61st UNGA session of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on UNSC reform, held between September 11-14, featured much more controversy than usual in the fourteen-year history of the working group. After President of the General Assembly (PGA) Khalifa [...] | 2007-09-21 16:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KUNR IN JA PK IT |
07USUNNEWYORK781 | SEPTEMBER MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON [...] Summary: In delivering the UN's monthly briefing on the situation in the Middle East on September 20, U/SYG Lynn Pascoe characterized the continuing Olmert/Abbas dialogue, Secretary Rice's current trip to the Middle East and Quartet SIPDIS Representative Tony Blair's work as elements of a g [...] | 2007-09-21 17:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK797 | SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR RESTRAINT BY BURMESE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: After an extensive, two-hour debate called to consider the events in Burma during closed consultations September 26, the Security Council authorized French PermRep Ripert, in his capacity as Council president, to deliver an oral staQment to the press highlighting the fol [...] | 2007-09-27 01:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK8 | UNSC/BURMA: U.S. TABLES BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. formally tabled the draft resolution on Burma (reftel) in the Security Council on January 9, citing the need to empower the Secretary-General and his envoy to encourage the Burmese regime to take the concrete steps needed to address the international community's concerns. [...] | 2007-01-10 02:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK802 | SYG BAN ON BURMA AND ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Khalilzad met with Secretary General Ban briefly on September 27. Topics included Burma, Zimbabwe and the prospects for a U.S. candidate for controller of the UN (septel). BURMA ----- 2. (C) Secretary General Ban told Ambassador Khalilzad on September 27 that Special A [...] | 2007-09-28 16:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM ZI |
07USUNNEWYORK805 | RUSSIA BLASTS GEORGIA ON SEPTEMBER 20 INCIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a rambling screed before the Security Council on September 26, Russia's PermRep Churkin accused the Government of Georgia of everything from warmongering to attempted murder. Finally focusing on the September 20 violence in Georgia that was the item he was ostensibly addres [...] | 2007-09-28 19:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC GG |
07USUNNEWYORK806 | BURMA: A/SYG WAHLSTROM ON HER PROPOSED VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Following reftel request, on September 28 USUN ECOSOC Minister Counselor met with Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Margareta Wahlstrom to discuss her proposed trip to Burma. Wahlstrom's travel plans for mid-October include field trips to drought-affected a [...] | 2007-09-28 21:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC PHUM BM |
07USUNNEWYORK810 | IRAQI STATEMENTS ON MNF EXTENSION [...] (U) Recent press reports quote Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari as stating: "We will ask the (Security) Council to include an article that allows Iraq to enter into negotiations with the United States to reach long-term security arrangements to meet Iraq's security needs bilaterally." Deputy Fo [...] | 2007-10-01 23:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK815 | U/SYG PASCOE SAYS UN CYPRUS PLANS DEPEND ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 27 meeting with visiting EUR DAS Matt Bryza, UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe said that if President Papadopoulos of Cyprus loses the election in February then he will push to appoint a new special envoy for the Cyprus conflict and work on brokering a new settlement plan. Pas [...] | 2007-10-04 13:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC CY GG |
07USUNNEWYORK821 | UN PROGRESSES ON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) officers told USUN October 3 and October 4 that the UN wants to move quickly this month to appoint the next Commissioner of the UN International Investigation Commission (UNIIIC),who would also serve as the Prosecutor for [...] | 2007-10-05 21:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV PTER KCRM SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK831 | GAMBARI DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting October 8, Special Adviser Gambari told Ambassador Khalilzad that he needed staff to follow up on his recent mission to Burma and that he planned to form a core group comprised of the U.S., China, Japan, India, the Russian Federation, Singapore (as ASEAN ch [...] | 2007-10-09 13:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK832 | GAMBARI RAISES ISSUES FOR A TRANSITION IN BURMA [...] (S) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (S) On October 8, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari to discuss next steps following the latter's return from Burma. Several issues emerged in the discussion, which could benefit from an NSC-led interagency review, w [...] | 2007-10-09 13:37:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PGOV UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK839 | AMBASSADOR DAILEY MEETS WITH UN COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Begin summary and introduction: On September 28, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey met with the United Nations' Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force Director Robert Orr; Counter Terrorism Committee Chair Amb. Arias; UNSCR 1267 Committee Chair Amb. Verbeke, an [...] | 2007-10-09 23:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC UNGA |
07USUNNEWYORK856 | HARIRI SATISFIED WITH PACE OF UN EFFORTS TO SET UP [...] (C) Summary. During an October 8-9 visit to New York, Lebanese MP Sa'ad Hariri held meetings with UN SYG Ban Ki-Moon, other Secretariat officials, and UNSC members that focused largely on the need to speed up the set up of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Ambassador Khalilzad met Hariri on [...] | 2007-10-11 22:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK862 | SRSG RUCKER: UNMIK CAN DO LITTLE ELSE WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) on October 9, SRSG Rucker said that cumulative progress on standards implementation has been such that UNMIK can achieve little else without status clarity. Russian PR Churkin compla [...] | 2007-10-12 23:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KV PGOV PREL UNMIK YI SR UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK866 | UNSC 1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES OUTREACH ASSISTANCE [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: On October 10 the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004)("1540 Committee") discussed a strategy for further outreach and a draft matrix states could use to submit assistance requests. Committee members also welcomed the Committee's October 9 [...] | 2007-10-15 20:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP |
07USUNNEWYORK868 | RUCKER WANTS LEGAL SCRIPT [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff on October 11, UNMIK SRSG Rucker said he had been holding meetings with the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) and the Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) to discuss concerns regarding Kosovo future status. He said that in these meetings he had emphasized [...] | 2007-10-15 22:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KV PGOV PREL UNSC YI SR |
07USUNNEWYORK873 | UNOMIG CONSULTATIONS: SPARKS BUT NO FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 10 UNOMIG SRSG Jean Arnault held a private meeting with the New York Friends (Friends plus Slovakia) to discuss the situation in Abkhazia. He reported that a recent study showed that deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the Kodori Valley was feasible, but [...] | 2007-10-16 22:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNSC GG |
07USUNNEWYORK881 | P5 DISCUSSES SUDAN AND BURMA [...] (C) Summary. During a P-5 meeting on October 16, Ambassador Khalilzad, supported by his British and French counterparts, pressed Russian PR Churkin and Chinese DPR Liu for coordinated pressure on Sudan to cooperate with UNAMID deployment, and to work together to get UN Special Adviser Gambari [...] | 2007-10-18 15:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK882 | UNGA PRESIDENT PROPOSES MECHANISM TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on October 17, President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim proposed that he convene a "Group of Friends" to agree on the modalities and the substantive elements for the inter-governmental negotiations on UNSC reform set to begin in the [...] | 2007-10-18 19:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK888 | UN LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS CONTINUING PROGRESS ON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: UN Legal Counsel and Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs (OLA) Nicolas Michel updated Ambassador Wolff on October 17 on the UN's work to make the Special Tribunal for Lebanon operational soon. Michel reported that the selections panel for the judges and prosecutor w [...] | 2007-10-19 16:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK899 | UNAMI, MNF-I BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL ON IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: At the October 19 debate on Iraq in the Security Council, Undersecretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Council members that the UN was focused on implementing its expanded role as authorized in Security Council Resolution 1770. Pascoe emphasized that the UN "must be give [...] | 2007-10-22 21:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK90 | SECURITY COUNCIL WILL EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. During UNSC consultations on January 29, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Edmund Mulet strongly defended recent joint operations between the UN and the Haitian National Police (HNP) against armed gangs i [...] | 2007-02-01 23:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC CH TW HA |
07USUNNEWYORK901 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH PGA KERIM TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 13:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KUNR UNGA UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK91 | SECURITY COUNCIL WILL EXTEND MINUSTAH MANDATE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. During UNSC consultations on January 29, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Edmund Mulet strongly defended recent joint operations between the UN and the Haitian National Police (HNP) against armed gangs i [...] | 2007-02-01 23:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC CH TW HA |
07USUNNEWYORK918 | U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS BURMA, AFGHANISTAN, DPRK, [...] (C) Summary. At Japanese request, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Yukio Takasu held a wide-ranging consultation on October 22 on issues currently before the UNSC as well as on UN reform. On Burma, Takasu urged increased pressure on the regime, but argued against actions which risk losing [...] | 2007-10-25 20:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KUNR BM AF KS IR |
07USUNNEWYORK924 | IAN MARTIN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: During an October 25 update for the Security Council, Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Mission in Nepal SIPDIS (UNMIN),told Council members that the recent postponement of Constitutional Assembly elections had thrust Nepal into "the [...] | 2007-10-26 22:01:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC NP |
07USUNNEWYORK930 | SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION [...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1782 on October 29, renewing the sanctions regime in Cote d'Ivoire and the mandate of the Group of Experts--the Cote d'Ivoire Sanctions Committee's investigative body--until October 31, 2008. The sanctions consist of an arms embargo, a ba [...] | 2007-10-29 21:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CDI ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK931 | BAN WANTS U.S. HELP TO ENGAGE SAUDIS WITH BASHIR [...] (C) Over lunch on October 29, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Ambassador Khalilzad discussed Sudan, Burma and UN reform (septel). ----- SUDAN ----- 2. (C) SYG Ban said he was losing patience with President Bashir. Ban has asked a wide range of member states including South Africa [...] | 2007-10-29 22:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC BM SU |
07USUNNEWYORK946 | WESTERN SAHARA: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MINURSO [...] The Security Council October 31 adopted a resolution extending the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate for a further six months to April 30, 2008. The resolution takes note of the two rounds of negotiations held under the auspices of the Secretary-Ge [...] | 2007-11-01 17:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO |
07USUNNEWYORK949 | SYG BAN VENTS DARFUR FRUSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council's Perm 5 that he has become "personally angry" with Sudanese President Bashir for lack of cooperation on UNAMID force generation and for lack of implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Urging the [...] | 2007-11-01 21:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK963 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: URGING UNSC ACTION AGAINST [...] (C/NF) AMB Khalilzad delivered reftel points on November 6. SYG Ban agreed to distribute the July 5 letter from International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary General Mitropoulos to the Security Council. Ban said he supported Security Council action to address the worsening piracy situ [...] | 2007-11-06 21:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | SO PGOV IMO KCRM UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK965 | AUSTRALIA WANTS UNSC MANDATE FOR MNF-I FOR SEVERAL [...] (C) During a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on November 2, Australian PermRep Robert Hill said his government would want a Chapter VII UNSC mandate for its troops in Iraq for several years to come (other issues reported septel). Hill was reassured by Amb Khalilzad that the UNSC would extend the C [...] | 2007-11-07 14:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AS PM IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK966 | AUSTRALIAN PERMREP PUSHES UNSC REFORM AND [...] (SBU) During a meeting on November 2 with Amb Khalilzad, Australian PermRep Robert Hill sought clarification about whether the U.S. had adopted a more forward-leaning approach on UNSC reform after President Bush's speech to the UNGA (other topics covered septel). Amb Khalilzad told him the U. [...] | 2007-11-07 14:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR UNSC KDEM |
07USUNNEWYORK967 | UN: ICJ PRESIDENT HIGGINS LOBBIES FOR EQUAL PAY [...] SUMMARY: Justice Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ),met on November 2 with Ambassador Wallace to request USG assistance in redressing the "invidious situation" created by the General Assembly's decision in Resolution 61/262 to establish a different pay sca [...] | 2007-11-07 18:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UNGA KJUS PGOV |
07USUNNEWYORK969 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Judge Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC),presented the Court's annual report at a meeting in the plenary of the General Assembly on November 1, 2007. He briefly outlined recent developments at the Court and spoke about the importance of con [...] | 2007-11-07 19:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK972 | FINDING FUNDING FOR UN COMPOUND IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 14. SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. (C) Absent U.S. intervention, the UN will soon begin the process of requesting Member State approval of approximately 190 million dollars under the UN's 2008-2009 regular budget for const [...] | 2007-11-07 23:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
07USUNNEWYORK974 | UPDATE ON GAMBARI'S VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Wolff in a November 7 telephone conversation that Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari was departing Nay Pyi Taw November 8 for Rangoon, where he planned to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),the NLD Executive Committee and the UN Country Team. Gambari will [...] | 2007-11-08 11:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM |
07USUNNEWYORK976 | RUSSIA COMPLAINS ABOUT ISAF RENEWAL [...] (C) Russian DPR Dolgov, emphasizing that he was acting on instructions, informed Amb Wolff November 8 that Moscow remained troubled by the negotiating process for UNSCR 1776, the Security Council resolution adopted in September that extended ISAF's authorization for another year. Russia beli [...] | 2007-11-08 22:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AF |
07USUNNEWYORK978 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL: UN PLANS TO APPOINT [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff on November 7, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorney Mark Quarterman and Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu reported that the SYG plans to appoint the next UNIIIC chief and prosecutor-elect during the w [...] | 2007-11-08 22:52:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK979 | UN DISCOUNTS BRAMMERTZ COMPLAINTS ABOUT LACK OF [...] (C) Summary. During a November 7 meeting to discuss efforts to set up the Special Tribunal for Lebanon with UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorney Mark Quarterman and UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu (septel),USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff mentioned that in the c [...] | 2007-11-08 22:56:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK985 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH SYG'S PERSONAL [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad met November 2 with the Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter SIPDIS van Walsum, who, following the October 31 renewal of the MINURSO (Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate, was consulting the "parties" (Morocco and the Polisar [...] | 2007-11-09 16:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
07USUNNEWYORK99 | CTC DEFERS DISCUSSION ON BORDER CONTROL MEETING IN [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Under the new chairmanship of Ambassador Arias of Panama, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) held its 179th meeting February 1, discussing several topics: 1) the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate's (CTED) preliminary conclusions on its 2006 visits to [...] | 2007-02-05 17:42:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK997 | BUILDING THE UN'S LONG-TERM COMPOUND IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: USUN and UK poloffs met November 8 with representatives from the UN,s Departments of Political Affairs, Safety and Security, and Management to discuss the development of the UN,s proposal to build an integrated compound in Baghdad. The compound is intended to serve as the headqu [...] | 2007-11-09 20:05:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
07VIENNA1406 | UNSCR 1747: AUSTRIA USES BROAD DEFINITION FOR [...] (SBU) On May 22, EconPolOff discussed reftel demarche with Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Office of Conventional Arms Export Control, Military Transit, and Overflight Control. Bruck-Friedrich confirmed with the MFA's Legal Department that the GoA had alre [...] | 2007-05-29 10:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC AU IR |
07VIENNA181 | HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN: AUSTRIAN MFA VIEWS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on January 24 to Thomas Mayr-Harting, the Austrian MFA's Political Director. 2. (C) Mayr-Harting began his response by expressing appreciation for the United States' willingness to find a compromise that had ensured the adoption of UNSCR 1737. There [...] | 2007-01-25 13:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR AU |
07VIENNA243 | HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN: AUSTRIAN MOF VIEWS [...] (C) Following up Charge's meeting with the Austrian MFA (ref A),DCM and Econ Unit Chief delivered ref B demarche on January 31 to Thomas Wieser, Director General of the Ministry of Finance's Economic Policy and Financial Markets Directorate. Wieser noted that Austria's stock of medium- and [...] | 2007-02-02 09:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR AU |
07VIENNA853 | AUSTRIA ON THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 AND THE [...] EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on March 29 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Director for the Middle East and Africa. Per ref (b),on March 28, EconUnit Chief had delivered ref (c) demarche the implementation of UNSCR 1747 to the Austrian Finance Ministry. 2. Scheide echoed r [...] | 2007-03-30 09:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC AU |
07VILNIUS214 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM EFIN KNNP IAEA MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC LH |
07VILNIUS360 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS BROAD SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 14:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC LH |
07VILNIUS361 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1267'S CT GOALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 14:41:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNSC EFIN LH |
07WARSAW1988 | POLAND CAN NOT CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (C) Acting Econ Counselor delivered reftel talking points to Olga Zawadzka-Kucharska of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Development Assistance (Polish AID). Ms. Zawadzka-Kucharska explained that her department had already allocated all of its voluntary contributions for the 200 [...] | 2007-09-21 14:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PL PTER |
07WARSAW2059 | POLAND SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On Thursday, October 4, Andrzej Sados, Under Secretary of State for International Relations called in the SIPDIS DCM to request US support in reqeusting that the UN Security Council issue a statement condemning the October 3 attack on the Polish Ambassador to Iraq. The DCM was handed [...] | 2007-10-04 15:38:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ PL UNSC |
07WARSAW315 | POLISH FM ON HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered Reftel demarche on Iran Export Credits to Polish FM Anna Fotyga on January 25. Fotyga responded that the GOP took the Iran sanctions very seriously and would make every effort to ensure compliance with UNSCR 1737. She could not promise at present that Poland would t [...] | 2007-02-09 13:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC PL IR EXIM UNSC OECD |
07WELLINGTON219 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1737 SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is on track to implement UNSCR 1737 measures against entities and individuals linked to Iran's nuclear program. Phil Goff, Minister of Defense and Disarmament, recently delivered a strong message to the government of Iran stressing that it must comply with UNSCR 1737 an [...] | 2007-03-09 21:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP UNSC ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL AORC TRGY IR NZ |
07YEREVAN362 | UNSCR 1747 DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DFM KIRAKOSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 13:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN MNUC TRGY AORC KNNP UNSC IAEA |
07YEREVAN419 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RIBBON CUTTING AT THE NATANZ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-09 12:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP IAEA UNSC IR AM |
07YEREVAN689 | ARMENIA WILL SUBMIT UNSCR 1747 IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-30 04:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR AM |
07ZAGREB294 | CROATIA FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 15:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PARM AORC KNNP IAEA MNUC UNSC IR HR |
07ZAGREB625 | CROATIA ADOPTS UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-29 14:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR HR |
07ZAGREB883 | DEMARCHE ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] REF A demarche was delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department for the United Nations on September 19, 2007. Dogan told PolOff that, if Croatia decides to contribute, it would most likely be symbolic in nature. WALKER [...] | 2007-09-21 14:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AA LE UNSC HR |
07ZAGREB990 | ENGAGING THE CROATIANS ON THEIR UNSC MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some key decisions affecting Croatia's UNSC membership, particularly on personnel, will have to await the outcome of Croatia's parliamentary elections on November 25, the basic lines of Croatia's approach are already becoming evident. We can expect President Mesic, who will [...] | 2007-11-05 07:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC HR |
08ABUDHABI1397 | UNSCR ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UAE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-14 12:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWBG UNSC AE |
08ABUDHABI190 | MFA MINSTATE VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) The Charge took the opportunity of a February 10 meeting with UAE Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain al-Sha'ali to emphasize the importance of keeping pressure on Iran through UNSC deliberations on potential sanctions, also noting the USG stance not to comment extensivel [...] | 2008-02-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC IAEA IR AE |
08ABUDHABI579 | U.S. 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1803 IRAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-11 09:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC KNNP ETRD TRGY UNSC AE |
08ABUJA1330 | ZIMBABWE: DEMARCHE TO NIGERIA REGARDING UNSC [...] (C) Following receipt of ref e-mail, Polcouns spoke with Ambassador Daniel Hart, Senior Special Advisor to Foreign Minister Maduekwe, and briefed him on the issue and our desire to enlist Nigerian co-sponsorship of the draft UNSC resolution on Zimbabwe. He told Hart that Ambassador Sanders wa [...] | 2008-07-11 12:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC NI ZI |
08ABUJA1332 | ZIMBABWE: AMBASSADOR AND NIGERIAN FORNMIN ON UNSC [...] (C) Ambassador met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on July 11 to discuss and demarche on co-sponsoring a draft UN Security Council Chapter VII sanctions resolution on Zimbabwe introduced in the Council on July 3 (Poloff notetaker). Ambassador expressed appreciation for Nigeria's s [...] | 2008-07-11 14:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC NI ZI |
08ABUJA159 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] Per reftel demarche, both Chief of Defense Staff Owoye Andrew Azazi and Defense Headquarters' Department of Peacekeeping Operations confirm that the Nigerian contribution of a Level II hospital is expected to deploy on or about March 22. SANDERS [...] | 2008-01-24 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS UNSC NI |
08ABUJA437 | NIGERIA: SOMALIA AND PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 16:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO NI |
08ABUJA449 | NIGERIA NOT PREPARED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO AT OIC [...] (U) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to Bernard Shabu, Assistant Director of Intra-Regional and Inter-Regional Affairs and Desk Officer for Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 7. Shabu informed PolOff that President Umaru Yar'Adua, accompan [...] | 2008-03-07 13:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KISL UNSC UNMIK KIRF EU KV YI NI |
08ABUJA963 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 08:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC NI |
08ACCRA118 | GHANA'S PRESIDENCY OF THE UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Ghana assumed the Presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the month of October, we expect its focus to be Africa centered, particularly as it relates to peace and security. According to Ghanaian officials, their agenda will likely include Sudan, Somalia, the Ethiopian [...] | 2008-01-22 11:07:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS GH |
08ACCRA501 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON TRAVEL BAN AND TRAVEL VIGILENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-14 14:36:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP IR UNSC GH |
08ADDISABABA3066 | USAU: AU, PARTNERS KEEPING PRESSURE ON MAURITANIAN [...] (U) Summary: The African Union and its international partners agreed on November 10 in Addis Ababa to issue a communique warning the Mauritanian junta of sanctions and isolation should they fail to respond to the international community's demand for the immediate unconditional liberation of Pr [...] | 2008-11-12 05:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KDEM AU MR |
08ADDISABABA3185 | USAU: AU TO LEAD DELEGATION TO MAURITANIA [...] (U) Summary: A high-level delegation from the African Union (AU) and partner international organizations will travel to Mauritania within the next three weeks to meet with ousted President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and junta leader General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to find a way out of [...] | 2008-11-24 07:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM UNSC EU AU |
08ADDISABABA3258 | USAU: AU PLANS LAST-MINUTE MEASURES TO SAVE AMISOM [...] (S/NF) Summary: At a December 1 meeting with the USAU Ambassador at AU headquarters, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra outlined a series of steps that the AU intends to take by mid-December to encourage Ethiopian forces to remain in Somalia, despite recent public statements t [...] | 2008-12-02 13:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL UNSC AU |
08ADDISABABA3289 | USAU: GENERATING DONOR SUPPORT FOR AMISOM [...] (U) This message contains an action request in paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: The USAU Ambassador convened a meeting of the U.K., the EU, and the U.S. on December 8 to discuss the amount and kind of support each might be able to provide in order to expand and sustain AMISOM. From this initial [...] | 2008-12-09 11:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UNSC AU |
08AITTAIPEI1088 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on July 21, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals under E.O.13382 for being involved in Iran's nuclear or missile programs. 2. [...] | 2008-07-24 00:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN FARM PTER PREL ETTC PINR UNSC ECON IR TW |
08AITTAIPEI1363 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on September 11, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on an additional 5 Iranian entities listed under E.O. 13382 for involvement in Iran's nuclear or missile programs. 2. (U) In [...] | 2008-09-16 06:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC EFIN FARM PREL UNSC ECON GM IR TW |
08AITTAIPEI1390 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following five Iranian entities designated under E.O. 13382 on August 12, 2008: --Nuclear Research Center for Agriculture and Medicine, --Esfahan [...] | 2008-09-22 09:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC EFIN FARM PREL UNSC ECON GM IR TW |
08AITTAIPEI1467 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS AND TWO [...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on October 3, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on an additional five individuals and two entities pursuant to E.O. 13438 for threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and the G [...] | 2008-10-14 10:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON IZ IR SY TW |
08AITTAIPEI1482 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS AND TWO [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following five individuals and two entities designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury on September 16, 2008 pursuant to E.O. 13438 for thre [...] | 2008-10-17 09:03:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON IZ IR SY TW |
08AITTAIPEI1614 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA [...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on November 11, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on three Gulf-based al-Qaida financiers added on October 10, 2008 to its list of entities/individuals subject to targeted sanctions. [...] | 2008-11-14 03:54:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON BA QI TW |
08AITTAIPEI1645 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following three financiers designated by the UN 1267 Committee pursuant to resolution 1267 on October 10, 2008: --Khalifa Muhammad Turki Al-Subaiy, [...] | 2008-11-24 07:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON BA QI TW |
08AITTAIPEI1715 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on December 8, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on three members of al-Shabaab, designated by the U.S. under E.O. 13224 on November 20, 2008, for supporting terrorism. These three [...] | 2008-12-11 07:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ECON ET KE TW |
08AITTAIPEI1744 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following three members of al-Shabaab, designated by the U.S. under E.O.13224 on November 20, 2008 for supporting terrorism: --Ahmed Abdi Aw-Moh [...] | 2008-12-17 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ECON ET KE TW |
08AITTAIPEI1776 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DESIGNATION OF UNION OF GOOD [...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on December 22, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's designation of the Union of Good, a Saudi Arabia-based organization, as a supporter of t [...] | 2008-12-24 05:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL UNSC ECON |
08AITTAIPEI261 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE KUWAIT-BASED [...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 18, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on three individuals --Hamid Al-Ali --Jaber Al-Jalamah, and --Mubarak Mushakhas Sanad Al-Bathali designated on January 16, 200 [...] | 2008-02-25 09:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL UNSC ECON TW KU |
08AITTAIPEI301 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE KUWAIT-BASED [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipt from or payment to the following three individuals designated on January 16, 2008 by UN 1267 Sanctions Committee in LIST 83: Hamid Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak [...] | 2008-03-05 09:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL UNSC ECON TW KU |
08ALGIERS1123 | ALGERIAN WESTERN SAHARA POSITION UNYIELDING [...] (C) During an October 8 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel (U/S equivalent) asserted that Algeria's position on Western Sahara has not changed since 1965 and that Algeria continued to believe that the principle of se [...] | 2008-10-16 13:11:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG |
08ALGIERS183 | ALGERIA RESPONSE ON IRAN THIRD SANCTIONS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to MFA Director General for International and Economic Affairs Rachid Bladehane (Assistant Secretary equivalent) on February 16. Ambassador updated Bladehane on U.S. diplomatic efforts on Iran nuclear challenges. Bladehane expressed Government of Algeria [...] | 2008-02-19 07:55:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IR AG |
08ALGIERS184 | ALGERIA RESPONSE ON 1267 COORDINATION SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 07:56:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC AG |
08ALGIERS199 | NEW POLISARIO AMBASSADOR IN ALGIERS HEWS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting, new Polisario Ambassador to Algeria Ibrahim Ghali and Polisario Minister-Delegate for African Affairs Mohammed Beissat told us that it was getting more difficult for the Polisario leadership to convince the Sahrawi people to be patient and respect the Man [...] | 2008-02-22 11:59:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PBTS MO WI AG |
08ALGIERS21 | SAHRAWI AMBASSADOR: POLISARIO ENERGIZED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Polisario Ambassador to Algeria, the December 14-20 party congress in Tifariti has provided the Polisario with an injection of energy and confidence moving into the January 8-9 Manhasset negotiations. While the pledge to resume armed struggle against Morocco "has [...] | 2008-01-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PBTS MO WI AG |
08ALGIERS335 | NEW POLISARIO LEADERSHIP DEFIANT, SAHRAWIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 12-14 visit to Tindouf by Emboff and visiting PRM officers, Polisario leaders expressed increasing frustration with the Manhasset negotiation process, consistent with recent public statements by Polisario officials in Algiers. Although the Polisario leadership was vagu [...] | 2008-03-20 10:10:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG |
08ALGIERS439 | ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT URGES SIMPLE MINURSO ROLLOVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs abruptly convoked the Ambassador late afternoon on April 21 to discuss Western Sahara. Director General for African Affairs (Assistant Secretary level) Ismail Chergui asked for our help in securing a MINURSO renewal resolution that he called techni [...] | 2008-04-22 10:33:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF UNSC WI MO AG |
08ALGIERS483 | ALGERIA AND POLISARIO SLAM WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings April 27 and 28, Ambassador and DCM delivered reftel demarche to the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the Polisario ambassador in Algiers. The two recipients shared the same reaction to the recent statement of UNSG Special Envoy Peter Van Walsum, s [...] | 2008-04-28 12:40:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG |
08ALGIERS551 | ALGERIAN MFA PROFESSES SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1803 IRAN [...] In response to ref A demarche, MFA Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs Abdelmalek Bouheddou told us on May 13 that Algeria was committed to playing its part in implementing the sanctions outlined in UNSCR 1803. He stressed that Algeria "takes UN resolutions very seriously" and appreciat [...] | 2008-05-13 18:00:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR AG |
08ALGIERS935 | POLISARIO COMMITTED TO NEGOTIATE BUT WITHOUT VAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A demarche, Polisario Ambassador to Algeria Ibrahim Ghali told us on August 24 that the Sahrawi leadership is firmly committed to continuing negotiations with Morocco in the near future but only if a new moderator approved by the United Nations Secretary Genera [...] | 2008-08-25 10:19:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG |
08ALGIERS947 | WESTERN SAHARA: FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS [...] (C) In their introductory meeting August 28, Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci raised the Western Sahara briefly with the Ambassador and flagged it as an issue that the Algerians would be interested to discuss during the Secretary's proposed September 6 visit. Medelci described relations among [...] | 2008-08-28 09:39:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG |
08AMMAN1022 | IRANIAN PROLIFERATORS: GOJ CLOSELY MONITORS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 15:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP IR UNSC JO |
08AMMAN1511 | U.S. 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1803: DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR JO |
08AMMAN2754 | UNSC MINISTERIAL ON SETTLEMENTS: JORDAN WILL TRY [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche September 25 to Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah. Awadallah said that he is in daily contact with FM Salah Al-Bashir, currently in New York for UNGA, and would relay the points. Awadallah said that Jordan will try to be helpful to the extent it can. [...] | 2008-09-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KWBG KPAL UNSC JO |
08AMMAN2970 | JORDANIAN CANDIDATE FOR ICJ, INCUMBENT JUDGE AWN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA UNSC JO |
08AMMAN3313 | ANNAPOLIS PROCESS DEMARCHE: JORDAN SUPPORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 14:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG UNSC JO |
08AMMAN663 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-02 12:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL KCRM UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO JO |
08AMMAN692 | ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: DEMARCHE ON UN PRESENCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 09:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC JO |
08AMMAN706 | JORDAN ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 10:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK KV JO |
08ANKARA1791 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS [...] On October 14, we shared reftel information with Can Oguz, Office of the Special Envoy for Iraq, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Oguz thanked us for the information, said he would promptly share it with the appropriate parties, and made no substantial additional comment. Visit Ankara's [...] | 2008-10-15 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC TU IZ IR SY |
08ANKARA1885 | TURKEY: MFA DISCUSSES UNSC PREPARATIONS [...] (C) This is an action request for the Department. Please see para 4 below. 2. (C) MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs Hasan Gogus told DCM October 26 the GOT has begun initial preparations for Turkey's 2009-2011 non-permanent UNSC tenure. Gogus reported MFA has yet to de [...] | 2008-10-30 10:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC TU |
08ANKARA2018 | TURKEY: MFA'S AFRICA DEPARTMENT RAMPING UP FOR UNSC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The MFA's Africa Department (AFGY) is ramping up its efforts to prepare for Turkey's rapidly approaching 2009-2011 non-permanent UNSC tenure. While MFA leadership has not determined how the decision-making process will work, the three-man department is taking nascent [...] | 2008-11-21 06:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC TU |
08ANKARA235 | TURKEY : TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] On February 8, we shared reftel information and points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Sakir Torunlar. He promised to share the information with relevant GOT ministries and offices promptly. He expressed appreciation for the notification and will follow up with us i [...] | 2008-02-08 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC |
08ANKARA284 | RE-STARTING THE IRAN DIALOGUE WITH TURKEY [...] (S) Ambassador raised with MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan February 12 the need significantly to intensify our consultations with Turkey on Iran under the Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue paper on which the Secretary and then-FM Gul agreed in July 2006. He suggested that these consultations shou [...] | 2008-02-14 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MNUC UNSC TU IR |
08ANKARA382 | SOMALIA AND PIRACY: TURKEY INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY [...] (SBU) We discussed reftel with MFA Department Head for Maritime Affairs, Mehmet Poroy, on February 27. Poroy provided us with some background on Turkey's previous engagement on this issue. Because of Turkey's involvement in the International Maritime Organization (IMO),the IMO Secretary Gen [...] | 2008-02-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC EWWT TU SO UN |
08ANKARA457 | TURKEY TO ADVOCATE FOR KOSOVO AT OIC SUMMIT [...] (C) Turkey will actively advocate for Kosovo at the March 13-14 Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) ministerial summit in Dakar, Senegal, MFA Deputy Director General for the Balkans and Western Europe Hasan Asan told us March 7. As one of the first countries to recognize Kosovo, Turk [...] | 2008-03-07 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC EU KV TU |
08ANKARA678 | IRAN: TURKEY IMPLEMENTING UNSCRS TRAVEL BAN AND [...] (SBU) Turkey will abide by all provisions of UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803, including those pertaining to travel, MFA Iran Section Head Mehmet Sekerci told us April 9. He said would convey our reftel points to his superiors. According to Sekerci, all the individuals' names subject to "vigilance [...] | 2008-04-10 09:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP UNSC IR TU |
08ANKARA887 | TURKEY: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) During April 28-29 meetings in Ankara with MFA Undersecretary Apakan, Presidency advisor Turkoglu, PM advisor Davutoglu, Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) president Cakiroglu, six members of parliament, and Turkish General Staff J-5 LTG Zorlu, UNVIE Ambassador Schulte urged continued [...] | 2008-05-08 09:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KNUC UNSC IR TU |
08ANKARA935 | TURKEY/IRAN SANCTIONS: NO PLANS TO SUBMIT 60-DAY [...] (C) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Iranian Affairs Department Head Devrim Ozturk and MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Head Bora Kerimoglu on May 9. Thanking us for the report, Ozturk stated that Turkey is fully implementing UNSC Resolution 1803, as well as Resolutions 1737 and 1747. H [...] | 2008-05-14 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN AORC ETRD UNSC TRGY IR TU |
08ANTANANARIVO850 | GOM NOTIFIED OF LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA TERRORIST [...] (SBU) The names and talking points provided in reftel were delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Malagasy financial intelligence unit (SAMIFIN),and the Central Bank on December 18. Post will report any substantive responses received from the GOM. MARQUARDT [...] | 2008-12-19 07:53:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC MA |
08ASHGABAT423 | IRAN: IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL BAN AND TRAVEL VIGILANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 13:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP MNUC UNSC IR TX |
08ASHGABAT614 | TALKING POINTS AND U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 05:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN ETRD TRGY KNNP AORC UNSC IR TX |
08ASHGABAT742 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET OPERATIVES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 02:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC |
08ASHGABAT751 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 06:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QA TX |
08ASHGABAT781 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF NINE NAMES DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 12:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR UNSC BA QA TX |
08ASHGABAT809 | TERRORISM FINANCE: INFORMATION ON U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 12:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC UNSC TX |
08ASUNCION326 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1803 AND IRANIAN [...] (SBU) PolOff spoke with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of International Organizations Carlos Ruckelshaussen May 8 and delivered reftel demarches. PolOff briefed Ruckelshaussen on U.S. support for UNSCR 1803 and left a copy of the UNSCR 1803 text and annexes as non-papers (ref [...] | 2008-05-20 21:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP UNSC PARM IAEA NSG EFIN AORC ETRD |
08ATHENS1490 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL- [...] (U) On October 30, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the [...] | 2008-10-30 17:26:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC GR |
08ATHENS1617 | GREECE/IRAQ: U.S.-IRAQ AGREEMENTS AND GOG [...] (SBU) During a wide-ranging initial call, DCM Deborah McCarthy discussed ref A points on the U.S.-Iraq Agreements with MFA A6 Middle East Directorate head Ambassador Vassilis Papaioannou. Papaioannou was already aware of the agreements through the Greek Embassy in Baghdad, though he neverthele [...] | 2008-12-03 13:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN GR IZ PGOV PREL UNSC |
08ATHENS1667 | GREECE TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Greece is willing to increase its already active role in international efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa. Greece informed us December 12 that it would become a founding member of our proposed contact group on piracy, and recommended that the UN urge all s [...] | 2008-12-12 12:58:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER UNSC EUN SO GR |
08ATHENS1724 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.N. DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] (U) On December 29, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of th [...] | 2008-12-30 07:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC GR |
08ATHENS201 | IRAN ELECTIONS: GREECE PREFERS EU STATEMENT IN [...] (C) On February 12, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on Iranian elections and a third sanctions resolution to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. PolOff also delivered sanctions points to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations, which handles [...] | 2008-02-13 12:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KDEM IR GR |
08ATHENS309 | DEAMRCHE DELIVERED ON PIRACY OFF SOMALIA [...] (U) On February 26, DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche points to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis, Acting Director of the D1 Directorate for the United Nations and International Organizations and to Political Director Vassilopoulos at the A9 Division for Subsuaharan Africa at the MFA. 2. (C) [...] | 2008-03-04 08:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL UNGA UNSC IMO GR |
08ATHENS504 | GREECE COMMITTED TO INTERNALLY VET IRAN TRAVEL BAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered referenced demarche on April 2 to Loukas Tsokos from the MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations and Conferences. Tsokos informed Poloff that his office reviewed the points favorably and forwarded them to competent authorities throughout the MFA and at [...] | 2008-04-04 12:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC UNSC KNNP IR GR |
08ATHENS651 | GREECE/IRAN: WHAT'S CAUSING GREEK RELUCTANCE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy head of the Greek MFA Middle East directorate told us Greek reluctance to sign on to further Iran sanctions stemmed from several factors, including lack of an EU consensus, doubts about the effectiveness of sanctions, belief that greater engagement, not less, provided great [...] | 2008-05-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD TRGY UNSC KNNP IR GR PREL PGOV AORC |
08ATHENS718 | GREEK MFA HELPFUL ON IRAN NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Deputy PolCounselor delivered reftel A demarche on May 19 to the MFA A6 Directorate for Arab Countries and the Middle East, Giorgos Ayfantis . Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 22 to Loukas Tsokos at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. Points were also p [...] | 2008-05-22 12:34:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC UNSC KNNP IR GR IAEA |
08ATHENS734 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FM BAKOYANNIS [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis said she and PM Karamanlis had told Macedonian President Crvenkovski that Greece seeks to conclude the name negotiations quickly. Macedonia must choose an adjective for "Macedonia" that makes clear the country is part of a broad [...] | 2008-05-28 13:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO UNSC IR MK GR |
08ATHENS830 | EMBASSY ATHENS RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET [...] (SBU) On June 9, Acting Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel information to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG). Both replied that they will pass along the information t [...] | 2008-06-11 11:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC |
08ATHENS867 | TERRORISM FINANCE:U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 15:48:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC |
08BAGHDAD2121 | POST-MNF-I SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR UNAMI [...] (C/REL MCF-I UN) Summary: Pursuant to reftel, EmbOffs and MNF-I officers met June 26 with UNAMI staff to discuss modalities for providing security to UNAMI if UNSCR 1790 expires on December 31, 2008. A follow-up meeting took place July 1. We heard that the maintenance of U.S.-led security [...] | 2008-07-08 11:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MASS MARR UNSC IZ |
08BAGHDAD2140 | PRT ANBAR: VOTER REGISTRATION - GETTING THE WORD [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) PRT members met with the head of the Sunni Endowment in Anbar Province, Sheikh Abdullah Jallal al-Faraj, to discuss upcoming voter registration and to propose that the Sunni Endowment utilize the traditional Friday evening [...] | 2008-07-09 17:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER KDEM SOCI UNSC IZ |
08BAGHDAD2429 | PRT ANBAR: ANBAR VOTER REGISTRATION ECLIPSES 2005 [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Anbar Governate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Khalid Rijab Abdul-Razak told the PRT that more than 46,600 Anbaris have verified their names on the list of the Province's pre-registered voters. At six percent of eligible voters [...] | 2008-08-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER KDEM SOCI UNSC IZ |
08BAGHDAD3566 | IRAQ PRESSES FOR OIL FOR FOOD MEETING [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (C) EMIN met November 10 with Ambassador Srood Najib, Director of the Iraqi MFA Americas Department, to discuss the Oil-for-Food (OFF) program. This was EMIN's first meeting and Najib, who has covered this issue for years, spent much of his t [...] | 2008-11-12 07:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN UNSC UN IZ |
08BAGHDAD3855 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES PROTECTION OF IRAQI [...] (C) On December 1, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad discussed with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki next steps to protect Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) assets through a new United Nations Security Council resolution (UNSCR). Khalilzad urged Iraq to quickly submit a dr [...] | 2008-12-10 13:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
08BAGHDAD3896 | VP MAHDI PRAISES POLITICAL BLOCS FOR OVERCOMING [...] (C) U.S. Representative to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad on December 1 reported to Iraqi Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi that Iraq must request a new United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution to protect its financial assets. Mahdi characterized the post-SoFA political environme [...] | 2008-12-14 09:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
08BAKU217 | KOSOVO SOLIDARITY REQUEST DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 12:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV AJ |
08BAKU380 | RUSSIA REPORTEDLY SEEKS APPROVAL TO TRANSIT [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 9. 2. (S) Summary: An Azerbaijani MFA officer informed us that the Azerbaijani Government has received repeated requests from the Russian Government to allow the transit of unspecified equipment to Iran's light water reactor at Bushehr. The [...] | 2008-04-21 14:12:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC AORC UNSC IR AJ |
08BAKU434 | BUSHEHR LIGHTWATER REACTOR-BOUND EQUIPMENT [...] (C) Further to reftels regarding the stranded Busheher lightwater-reactor bound nuclear equipment that was being held on the Iranian-Azerbaijani border at Astara, On May 2 Poloff spoke with Azerbaijani MFA First Secretary for Arms Control and Disarmament Yusuf Mammadaliyev. Mammadaliyev said [...] | 2008-05-05 13:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC AORC UNSC IR AJ |
08BAKU485 | DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 60-DAY REPORT DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) On May 19, the DCM delivered reftel points to Gabil Israfilov, Head of Regional and International Security in the MFA's Security Affairs Department. Poloff also delivered the points to MFA Security Affairs Department Officer Yalchin Rafiyev in a May 20 meeting. Rafiyev explained that th [...] | 2008-05-23 16:06:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR AJ |
08BAMAKO695 | MALI RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-31 17:24:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ML |
08BANGKOK1214 | NONPROLIFERATION - URGING RTG SUPPORT P3 UNSC 1540 [...] (SBU) POLOFF conveyed reftel points in an April 21 meeting with Pattarat Hongtong, Director, Peace, Security and Disarmament Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. POLOFF emphasized the potential benefits to be gained through support of the P3's (U.S., French, UK) proposal for a strength [...] | 2008-04-22 00:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP PREL PTER UNSC TH KPAO |
08BANGKOK1240 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN - IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL [...] (C) Poloffs met with Middle East Division Counselor of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Department of South Asian, Middle East and African Affairs Dao Vibulpanich on 22 April 2008 to discuss the points outlined in reftel. Vibulpanich advised that following passage of United Nations [...] | 2008-04-23 11:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP IR UNSC TH |
08BANGKOK136 | RTG WAITING FOR DPKO ON WORD OF SUDANESE [...] (C) POLOFF met January 14 with Cherdkiat Atthakor, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the MFA to confirm the RTG position on contributing to UNAMID. Cherdkiat said that the RTG considered its deployment to Sudan a multilateral issue not a bilateral issue with the gove [...] | 2008-01-14 10:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC SU CH |
08BANGKOK1509 | RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT [...] (C) After prior relay of a copy of the United States report on steps taken to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1803 as outlined in reftel paragraph 6, Poloff spoke with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs Iran Desk Officer, First Secretary Pimpiree Pyramarn on May 12 to discus [...] | 2008-05-16 05:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR |
08BANGKOK1880 | THAIS PREPARE FOR ASEAN CHAIRMANSHIP, RELAY [...] (C) As of June 16, the RTG had not yet established its formal goals for its upcoming term as ASEAN Chair. The RTG expects that its term as Chair, covering July 2008 until the end of 2009, will witness the coming into force of the ASEAN Charter and the ASEAN Convention on Counter Terrorism, as [...] | 2008-06-18 10:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEAN UNSC TH BM |
08BANGKOK2242 | PREAH VIHEAR: THAIS URGE NO UNSC ACTION [...] (C) Thai MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul called in the Ambassador on July 23 to discuss the disposition of the Preah Vihear temple. Virasakdi explained he was meeting separately with the Chiefs of Mission of all UNSC member states to explain Thailand's opposition to Cambodia's reque [...] | 2008-07-23 09:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS UNSC TH |
08BANGKOK2343 | AMBASSADOR AND THAI FM TEJ DISCUSS POTUS VISIT, [...] (C) The Ambassador and newly-appointed Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag agreed in a July 31 courtesy call that all arrangements were proceeding smoothly for the upcoming visit to Thailand of President Bush. Tej expressed appreciation for USG assistance in preventing the UN Security Council from fo [...] | 2008-08-01 10:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PREF PARM KJUS UNSC UNGA ASEAN |
08BANGKOK2536 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: THAIS POSITIVE ON HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for Central and Eastern Europe Pachuen Phornmongkol on August 22. Pachuen said that the MFA and RTG had not formed a position on the Russia-Georgia conflict. She reacted positively to points about facilitating humanitarian assistance to Georgia [...] | 2008-08-25 10:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC GG RU MARR |
08BANGKOK2545 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT: THAIS NONCOMMITTAL [...] (SBU) We conveyed ref A points on Russia's position on South Ossetia and Abkhazia to MFA Director for Central and Eastern Europe Pachuen Phornmongkol on August 26, following up the previous demarche (ref B). Pachuen assured us that the RTG viewpoint on the conflict would be in line with past [...] | 2008-08-26 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC GG RU MARR TH |
08BANGKOK2554 | RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA: [...] (SBU) We discussed ref A points on Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia with MFA Director for Central and Eastern Europe Pachuen Phornmongkol on August 27, following up on the previous demarche on August 26 (ref B). Pachuen reiterated that Thailand was not a stakeholder in the co [...] | 2008-08-27 09:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC RU TH |
08BANGKOK3302 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (C) On October 28 and 29, Econoff passed ref a points (regarding the United States' designation of the Export Development Bank of Iran and three affiliated entities under E.O. 13382) and ref b points (regarding the UN 1267 Committee's addition of three Gulf-based Al-Qaida financiers to its lis [...] | 2008-11-06 01:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTFN PTER PREL UNSC PINR MNUC PARM EFIN |
08BANGKOK780 | SOMALIA AND PIRACY: REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Please see paragraph two for questions from Thai MFA Africa Director Tomwit Jarnson regarding reftel request. 2. (SBU) Poloff on March 11 conveyed reftel points eliciting Thai assistance in addressing piracy off the Somali coast and views on a United Nations Security Council resolution [...] | 2008-03-12 09:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO SO TH |
08BEIJING1247 | CHINA IMPLEMENTING IRAN TRAVEL BAN [...] (C) PolOff on April 2 delivered to MFA reftel points on travel-related provisions in UN Security Council Resolutions 1803, 1737 and 1747 and sought details about the status of China's implementation of these provisions. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division De [...] | 2008-04-02 06:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP UNSC IR CH |
08BEIJING1290 | UNITED STATES AND UK JOINTLY DEMARCHE CHINA ON [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese MFA says deploying new helicopters to Darfur is not a priority while China focuses on deploying the remainder of its engineering contingent. The remainder of the Chinese engineering force should deploy in early April. MFA made no immediate response to PolOff's request [...] | 2008-04-07 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR UNSC KPKO SU CH |
08BEIJING1333 | MFA EXPRESSES "SERIOUS CONCERNS" OVER PROPOSED UN [...] (C) PolOff on April 9 conveyed to MFA reftel points urging China to support a UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on Burma. Noting that UN Special Advior Gambari has said a PRST would be helpful to his mission and that after a total of five Gambari visits the Burmese government [...] | 2008-04-09 09:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC CH BM |
08BEIJING1390 | DRAFT UNSCR ON REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS [...] (C) PolOff on April 14 conveyed to MFA reftel points on the UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) proposed by South Africa on regional organizations, the April 16 open debate hosted by South African President Thabo Mbeki, and the April 17 joint UN Security Council-African Union (AU) Peace and [...] | 2008-04-14 07:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SO SU ZI CH |
08BEIJING1488 | CHINA-JAPAN CONSULTATIONS ON UN REFORM [...] (C) Summary. China declined to support Japan's bid for a permanent UN Security Council (UNSC) seat during April 14 consultations with visiting Japanese MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Kawai Chikao, according to the Chinese MFA. China refused even to endorse a statement similar to China [...] | 2008-04-17 10:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM JA CH |
08BEIJING1489 | CORRECTED COPY: CHINA-JAPAN CONSULTATIONS ON UN [...] (C) Summary. China declined to support Japan's bid for a permanent UN Security Council (UNSC) seat during April 14 consultations with visiting Japanese MFA Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Kawai Chikao, according to the Chinese MFA. China refused even to endorse a statement similar to [...] | 2008-04-17 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM JA CH |
08BEIJING1660 | CHINA: UNSC SHOULD PROCEED "VERY CAUTIOUSLY" ON [...] (C) PolOff on April 29 conveyed to MFA reftel points on the need for the international community to act decisively on Zimbabwe, on the need for an end to government-sponsored violence against opposition parties in Zimbabwe, on the urgent need for the UN Security Council (UNSC) to consider in a [...] | 2008-04-29 09:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ZI CH |
08BEIJING1734 | UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on May 6 conveyed to MFA reftel points explaining the basis for the draft UN Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said China agrees in principle to a UNSC re [...] | 2008-05-07 03:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO CH |
08BEIJING1768 | U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNSCR [...] (C) PolOff on May 8 conveyed to MFA reftel points noting that the United States has submitted a 60-day report on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1803 and urging China to submit its own report. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Direc [...] | 2008-05-08 09:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR CH |
08BEIJING1799 | CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen urged China on May 10 to support a draft resolution prepared by France calling on Burma to remove obstacles preventing the delivery of humanitarian assistance. MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director [...] | 2008-05-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC CH BM |
08BEIJING1927 | REQUEST TO SECURE CHINESE SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 [...] (C) PolOff on May 19 conveyed reftel points requesting China's support for adding the names of four operatives of Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT) to the list of individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban or al-Qaida that are subject to UN Security Council (UNSC)-mandated san [...] | 2008-05-19 08:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN KTFN UNSC CH |
08BEIJING1930 | UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on May 6 conveyed to MFA reftel points explaining the basis for the draft UN Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said China agrees in principle to a UNSC re [...] | 2008-05-19 08:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO CH |
08BEIJING1938 | PRC INFORMED OF IRAN'S IR-2 CENTRIFUGE CRITICAL [...] (U) MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sun Lei told PolOff on May 19 that the PRC will closely examine reftel nonpaper and color photographs delineating Iran's critical equipment needs for their IR-2 centrifuge program. Sun asked several times if the [...] | 2008-05-20 02:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC CH IR |
08BEIJING2047 | SUDAN -- DESIGNATING FOUR INDIVIDUALS [...] (C) PolOff on May 28 delivered to MFA reftel points on designating four individuals for targeted sanctions and urged China to refrain from putting a hold on the designations in the 1591 Committee. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yiny [...] | 2008-05-28 08:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH |
08BEIJING2127 | UNSC THEMATIC DEBATE AND RESOLUTION ON SEXUAL [...] (SBU) PolOff on June 3 delivered to MFA reftel points urging Chinese support for a U.S.-drafted UNSC resolution on sexual violence in situations of armed conflict. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin said China in the past has sup [...] | 2008-06-03 02:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UN UNSC PREL KWMN PHUM CH |
08BEIJING2201 | CHINA OPPOSES FOUR SUDAN-RELATED DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff June 6 that China will oppose adding the four Sudan-related names (ref B) to the asset freeze and travel ban list maintained by the 1591 Committee. Sun said China takes a "cautiou [...] | 2008-06-06 07:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH |
08BEIJING2277 | CHINA URGED TO RECONSIDER FOUR SUDAN-RELATED [...] (C) Per ref A instructions, PolMinCouns on June 11 urged China to support the addition of four names to the UN Security Council Resolution 1591 (2005) Sudan Sanctions Committee's consolidated asset freeze and travel ban list. MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General L [...] | 2008-06-11 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CH |
08BEIJING2386 | UNSC THEMATIC DEBATE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN ARMED [...] (SBU) PolOff on June 18 delivered to MFA ref b points urging Chinese support for consensus adoption of a U.S.-drafted UNSC resolution on sexual violence in situations of armed conflict and China's agreement to withdraw from suggested amendments that would weaken key elements of that resolution [...] | 2008-06-18 08:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UN UNSC PREL KWMN PHUM CH |
08BEIJING2525 | DRAFT UNSCR TO RENEW MANDATE OF 1267 MONITORING [...] (C) PolOff on June 26 delivered to MFA reftel points seeking China's support for a U.S.-drafted UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) to renew the mandate of the UNSCR 1267 monitoring team. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said [...] | 2008-06-26 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG CH |
08BEIJING2570 | CHINA HOPES FOR UNANIMOUS VOTE ON UNSC 1735 [...] (C) PolOff on June 30 delivered reftel points to MFA asking China to support publicly the follow on resolution to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1735. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said that China and the United State [...] | 2008-06-30 08:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG CH |
08BEIJING2613 | CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT UNSC CHAPTER VII [...] (C) PolOff on July 2 delivered to MFA reftel points urging China to Randt [...] | 2008-07-02 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI CH |
08BEIJING2616 | CORRECTED - CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT UNSC CHAPTER [...] (C) Poloff on July 2 delivered to MFA reftel points urging China to support a UNSC resolution on Zimbabwe. MFA International Organizations and conferences Department UN Division Counselor Sun Minqin said that China is also concerned by events in Zimbabwe. China's position is that the interna [...] | 2008-07-03 01:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI CH |
08BEIJING2675 | CHINA WILL NOT SUPPORT UNSC ZIMBABWE RESOLUTION [...] (C) PolOff on July 9 delivered to MFA reftel points urging China to support a UNSC resolution on Zimbabwe. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said China would have "major difficulty" supporting a resolution at the current time. S [...] | 2008-07-09 08:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ZI CH |
08BEIJING2676 | CHINA WOULD SUPPORT LIBYAN DRAFT OF SETTLEMENTS [...] (C) PolOff on July 9 delivered to MFA reftel points urging China to instruct its UN Mission to join the United States in asking the Arab Group not to present its draft UN Security Resolution on Israeli settlements before negotiations are complete. MFA International Organizations and Conference [...] | 2008-07-09 08:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS SY LE CH |
08BEIJING2680 | PRC: MFA BRIEFING ON UN SECRETARY GENERAL'S VISIT [...] (C) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged China to take a more active leadership role on global food security, climate change, and the Millennium Development Goals during a July 1-3 visit to Beijing. Chinese leaders told Ban that China strongly supports the UN's efforts on all these issues [...] | 2008-07-09 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO ECON EAID EAGR SENV KOLY MNUC |
08BEIJING2718 | AMBASSADOR URGES PRC SUPPORT FOR ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi the Ambassador pushed strongly for China to support bringing a resolution on Zimbabwe to a vote in the UN Security Council and to vote for that resolution. AFM Liu said China opposes the draft resolution and claimed that the [...] | 2008-07-11 12:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU CH |
08BEIJING2794 | CHINESE VIEWS ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: At a July 26-27 conference on the Darfur hosted by the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs-affiliated China Institute of International Studies (CIIS),Chinese Government officials and scholars attributed the conflict in Darfur to poverty, resource scarcity, effects of global warmin [...] | 2008-07-17 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR UNSC KPKO SU CH |
08BEIJING2899 | CHINA AGREES ON NEED TO TERMINATE UNMEE; WANTS [...] (C) China agrees on the need to terminate the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) in its current form, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Officer Cheng Lie told PolOff on July 25 in response to reftel points. However, Cheng said China hopes t [...] | 2008-07-27 23:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ER ET KPKO PBTS PREL UNSC |
08BEIJING3080 | CHINESE POSITION ON THE CONFLICT IN SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 09:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR RS GG CH UNSC |
08BEIJING3192 | CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT WESTERN SAHARA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) PolOff on August 20 delivered to MFA reftel points asking China to approach the UN Secretariat in support of holding a fifth round of talks on the Western Sahara before the end of the year and to express support for retaining Peter Van Walsum as the Secretary General's Personal Envoy on th [...] | 2008-08-20 07:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI CH |
08BEIJING3655 | CHINA URGED TO OPPOSE ABKHAZIAN AND SOUTH OSSETIAN [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns on September 22 conveyed to MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Li Junhua reftel points urging China to oppose the participation of separatist leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in UN Security Council discussions. Li made no substantive resp [...] | 2008-09-22 09:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC CH RU GG |
08BEIJING3701 | SUDAN: PRC MFA SUPPORTS POSTPONING ICC PROCEEDINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China predicts "disastrous results" if the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir and urges the United States to support a suspension of ICC proceedings against Bashir, MFA West Asian and North African Department Sudan Office Direc [...] | 2008-09-24 09:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC SU CM |
08BEIJING3942 | CHINA/AFRICA: A/S FRAZER AND EVFM WANG GUANGYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is open to greater cooperation with the United States in assisting Africa, Executive Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer October 15. China agrees with the United States on the need for UN Security Council (UNSC) ac [...] | 2008-10-16 07:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC CH SU SO CG |
08BEIJING3996 | U.S.-CHINA AFRICA SUB-DIALOGUE: A/S FRAZER AND AFM [...] (C) SUMMARY: China-Africa relations are open and transparent and do not pose a threat to other parties, Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer October 14 during the U.S.-China Regional Sub-dialogue on Africa. China's priorities in Afri [...] | 2008-10-20 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID UNSC MASS CH SU SO CG TW |
08BEIJING4542 | CHINA ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS UNSCR [...] (C) With appropriate Chinese Government contacts at the Charge's level having already departed Beijing for Washington to participate in the visit of State Councilor Dai Bingguo, PolOff on December 14 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division [...] | 2008-12-15 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV UNSC CH |
08BEIJING4573 | CHINA ON SUPPORT FOR THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (C) PolOff on December 11 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo reftel points urging China to make a generous contribution to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) and to press UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to [...] | 2008-12-17 10:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC EUN LE SY CH |
08BEIJING4668 | CHINA: DRAFT UNSCR ESTABLISHING UNPKO IN SOMALIA [...] (C) PolOff on December 24 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo reftel draft resolution proposing to establish a UN Peacekeeping Operation in Somalia. Shen had no immediate response. Randt [...] | 2008-12-24 07:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET CH |
08BEIJING574 | CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: UPCOMING [...] (C) PolOff on February 19 delivered reftel points on upcoming ad hoc discussions on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT). MFA Department of Treaty and Law Officer Guo Xiaomei said that she was not prepared to offer a substantive response immediately, but that U.S. vie [...] | 2008-02-19 08:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC CH |
08BEIJING576 | SUPPORT FOR A UNSCR ON THE FDLR [...] (C) PolOff on February 19 delivered reftel points on a UN Security Council resolution on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo [...] | 2008-02-19 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ASEC ETTC CG RW CH |
08BEIJING786 | ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1803 [...] (U) PolOffs delivered reftel points and nonpaper on UN Security Council Resolution 1803 on the Iranian nuclear issue March 4 to MFA International Organizations Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun and Arms Control Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sun Lei, for their Gov [...] | 2008-03-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL UNSC EFIN MNUC IR CH |
08BEIJING787 | ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: FUTURE OF UN PRESENCE, POSSIBLE [...] (C) PolOff on March 4 delivered to MFA reftel points on the future of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) and the possibility of targeted sanctions on Eritrea. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun said China regards a co [...] | 2008-03-04 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO ER ET CH |
08BEIJING803 | SEEKING BALANCED UNSC RESOLUTION ON GAZA [...] (C) PolOff on March 5 delivered to MFA reftel points on seeking a balanced UNSC resolution on the situation in Gaza. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun said his personal opinion is that it "should not be difficult" for UNSC members [...] | 2008-03-05 07:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS CH |
08BEIJING804 | SEEKING BALANCED UNSC RESOLUTION ON GAZA [...] (C) PolOff on March 5 delivered to MFA reftel points on seeking a balanced UNSC resolution on the situation in Gaza. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun said his personal opinion is that it "should not be difficult" for UNSC members [...] | 2008-03-05 07:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS CH |
08BEIJING843 | DEMARCHE ON GAMBARI VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) PolOffs on March 7 discussed with MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun and Asian Affairs Department Counselor Yang Jian reftel points (delivered to MFA March 6) urging China to press the Burmese regime to cooperate with UN Speci [...] | 2008-03-07 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC CH BM |
08BEIJING845 | PRC SPECIAL ENVOY LIU GUIJIN ON CHINESE POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: Solving the situation in Darfur requires pressure from the international community on both the Government of Sudan and rebel forces, Chinese Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin said in a March 7 briefing for diplomats and the press on his February 21-March 6 trip to the UK, Fra [...] | 2008-03-07 09:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KPKO MARR UNSC SU CH |
08BEIJING899 | CHINA SUPPORTS NEW UNSYG SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) PolOff on March 12 conveyed to MFA reftel points urging China to support and engage new Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan Ambassador Kai Eide. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said the United [...] | 2008-03-12 02:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC CH AF |
08BEIJING912 | PRC/SUDAN: MORE FROM SPECIAL ENVOY LIU GUIJIN ON [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Sudan is ready to engage with rebel groups at any time, and Western nations should pressure rebel groups to participate fully in the peace process, Chinese Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin told Beijing-based diplomats March 12. Press reporting on the Governm [...] | 2008-03-12 10:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KPKO MARR UNSC SU CH FR UK |
08BEIJING915 | PRC/SUDAN: MORE FROM SPECIAL ENVOY LIU GUIJIN ON [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Sudan is ready to engage with rebel groups at any time, and Western nations should pressure rebel groups to participate fully in the peace process, Chinese Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin told Beijing-based diplomats March 12. Press reporting on the Governm [...] | 2008-03-12 22:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KPKO MARR UNSC SU CH FR UK |
08BEIRUT1011 | LEBANON: A CABINET IS FORMED [...] (C) After seven weeks of negotiations between and within the opposition and the majority blocs, President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora, and Speaker Nabih Berri came together at the presidential palace for the announcement of the formation of a 30-member cabinet at 1610 [...] | 2008-07-11 16:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1022 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA WARNS AGAINST HIZBALLAH'S [...] (C) PM Siniora is pleased with the final cabinet formation and does not foresee difficulties in the preparation of the ministerial statement. However, he remains concerned about Hizballah's growing stature, particularly in light of the upcoming prisoner exchange between Lebanon and Israel. He [...] | 2008-07-15 14:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1023 | LEBANON: FRANCE BEHIND SYRIA'S OVERTURES TO [...] (C) Reporting on the July 12-13 meetings in Paris between President Michel Sleiman, French President Sarkozy, and Syrian President Bashar Asad, French Embassy PolOff said that France is interested in pursuing rapprochement with Syria. Sarkozy prodded Asad into agreeing to re-establish diplomati [...] | 2008-07-15 15:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC FR IS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1043 | LEBANON: A GLOATING NASRALLAH CLAIMS HIZBALLAH [...] (C) In a July 16 five-minute personal appearance and subsequent televised speech, Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah proudly declared victory for all of Lebanon and took credit for securing the release by Israel earlier in the day of five Lebanese prisoners and 199 bodies of Lebanese [...] | 2008-07-17 17:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS LE |
08BEIRUT1047 | LEBANON: OPPOSITION DRUZE ADVISOR: WE WILL WIN [...] (C) Marwan Abu Fadel, senior advisor to opposition Druze figure Minister Talal Arslan, doubts President Michel Sleiman will successfully form his own parliamentary bloc for the 2009 election. He also does not believe the appointment by March 14 of independent Shia Minister Ibrahim Shamseddine [...] | 2008-07-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1049 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN INTENDS TO GO TO SYRIA [...] (C) Lebanese President Michel Sleiman plans to visit Damascus as soon as a week following Syrian FM Walid Moallem's July 21 visit to Lebanon, and hopes to move forward quickly in establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries. Sleiman expressed his satisfaction with the new cabin [...] | 2008-07-18 15:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1050 | LEBANON: CABINET STATEMENT WITHIN DAYS, SAYS [...] (C) Newly appointed Minister of State Nassib Lahoud of March 14 expressed confidence that parliament would approve its ministerial statement by July 24. Lahoud is a member of the committee charged with drafting the statement, which met for the first time the day before. March 14 had prepared [...] | 2008-07-18 16:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1067 | LEBANON: MINISTERIAL STATEMENT: HIZBALLAH'S ARMS [...] (C) After its fifth meeting on July 22, the ministerial committee charged with drafting cabinet's statement to parliament has made significant progress, including text on economic objectives and Syrian-Lebanese relations, but remains deadlocked on how to address Hizballah's weapons. The commit [...] | 2008-07-22 17:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1068 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN ACCEPTS INVITATION TO [...] (U) On July 21 Lebanese President Sleiman accepted an invitation from Syrian FM Moallem on behalf of President Bashar Asad to visit Damascus. Moallem traveled to Beirut to deliver the invitation, and later made a press statement reiterating Syria's support for establishing diplomatic relati [...] | 2008-07-22 17:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1075 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT WARY OF SYRIAN INTENTIONS, [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt remains skeptical of Syrian intentions toward Lebanon and continues to press for expedited action on the Special Tribunal as the only way to pressure Damascus, especially in light of recent French overtures toward Syria. Agreeing that released Lebanese prisoner [...] | 2008-07-23 15:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1084 | LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Having fully resumed his role as foreign minister, Minister Fawzi Salloukh spoke of Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem's July 21 visit to Beirut as a "positive step forward" in establishing diplomatic relations with Syria. Salloukh, a member of the cabinet committee charged with draftin [...] | 2008-07-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY LE |
08BEIRUT1086 | LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTER PUSHES PRIVATIZATION, [...] (C) In a July 24 courtesy call by Charge Grant, newly appointed Minister of Telecommunications Gebran Bassil said that the GOL has been slow in its privatization of the mobile telecommunications market, but reaffirmed his belief that privatization in the sector is necessary. Bassil also reque [...] | 2008-07-24 16:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ECPS EINV UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1095 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 TRYING TO BUILD A UNIFIED MESSAGE [...] (C) In a July 23 meeting with A/DCM, March 14 Secretary General (SYG) Fares Souaid was pleased to show off his coalition's new office space and signaled optimism about the creation of a common platform as unifying force for March 14 coalition. Souaid argued that while some slight differences [...] | 2008-07-25 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1100 | LEBANON: SAUDIS GIVING SAAD ONE LAST CHANCE, SAUDI [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Khoja told Charge July 25 that the March 14 majority must win the 2009 parliamentary elections to avoid an Iranian takeover of the country. Critical of majority leader Saad Hariri, Khoja said the Saudi leaders had told Saad recently that they would provide signi [...] | 2008-07-28 08:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1103 | LEBANON: MINISTERIAL STATEMENT 95 PERCENT [...] (C) Minister of State Nassib Lahoud, a member of the committee currently drafting the cabinet's ministerial statement, said the statement was "95 percent done." Hizballah's weapons remained the primary stumbling block, with the majority holding firm on keeping language that would acknowledge [...] | 2008-07-28 14:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1104 | LEBANON: TENSION PREVAILS FOLLOWING MORE TRIPOLI [...] (SBU) On July 25-26, fierce clashes resumed in the predominantly Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh and predominantly Alawite Jabal Mohsen areas of Tripoli, reportedly resulting in between six and nine dead and 33 wounded. The Internal Security Forces (ISF) and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) redeployed [...] | 2008-07-28 17:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1111 | LEBANON: NEW JUSTICE MINISTER WHOLEHEARTEDLY [...] (C) The well-informed new Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar emphasized his commitment to the Special Tribunal, while stressing that he will not be as outspoken as his predecessor, Charles Rizk. He plans to urge other countries for additional financial contributions to the Tribunal. Najjar inten [...] | 2008-07-29 16:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1112 | LEBANON: MAJORITY LEADER SAAD HARIRI NOT IN [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri accuses Syria and Hizballah of masterminding recent violence in Tripoli as part of an effort to discredit Saad and impose Syria's agenda on Lebanon. As usual, Saad complained about what he perceives as an ambivalent U.S. policy toward Syria, warning that March [...] | 2008-07-29 17:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1113 | LEBANON: NEW INDEPENDENT SHIA MINISTER CALLS FOR [...] (C) In a courtesy call by Charge Grant, newly appointed non-Hizballah Shia Minister Ibrahim Shamseddine praised Saad Hariri's recent trip to Iraq as an important step in improving Arab-Iraqi relations and reducing Iranian influence over Lebanese Shia. He stressed his own independence and abil [...] | 2008-07-29 17:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1133 | LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL DAVID [...] (C) General Petraeus, Welcome to Lebanon. Your visit provides another excellent opportunity to reinforce our message of strong, continued U.S. government support for a sovereign, independent, and democratic Lebanon. Your visit continues a series of high-level USG contacts since President Sle [...] | 2008-08-01 18:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY |
08BEIRUT1138 | LEBANON: MINISTER OF ECONOMY ON ELECTIONS; WTO [...] (C) In an August 4 courtesy call by Charge, Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Mohammad Safadi shared his assessment of the GOL's ministerial statement as "the best possible outcome" and that the National Dialogue should be the next focal point for political decisions. Safadi, a Sunni mem [...] | 2008-08-04 17:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC ECON EAID EIND ETRD |
08BEIRUT1139 | LEBANON: MINISTERIAL STATEMENT: RESISTANCE [...] (C) The ministerial committee charged with drafting the government's policy statement reached an agreement on August 1, and the full cabinet is expected to approve the statement on August 4. The statement is an improvement over the previous 2005 ministerial statement in that it gives increase [...] | 2008-08-04 18:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1145 | LEBANON: MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT FOCUSED ON FOREST [...] (C) Newly appointed Minister of Environment Tony Karam discussed his priorities for the ministry with Charge in a August 4 courtesy call. First, Karam intends to work with civilian groups to enforce current environmental protection laws. Second, he would like to create an elite firefighting [...] | 2008-08-05 14:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAID SENV UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1149 | LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER CHATAH SAYS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah, former advisor to PM Siniora, views the 2008 ministerial statement as an improvement over 2005, in that it elevates the status of the state and puts limits on Hizballah. Remarkably, he notes, the statement was drafted without foreign interference. The big [...] | 2008-08-05 17:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1160 | LEBANON: AGRICULTURE MINISTER SKAFF CONFIDENT OF [...] (C) In an August 7 courtesy call by Charge Grant, Agriculture Minister Elie Skaff emphasized the importance of the 2009 parliamentary elections, while downplaying the upcoming National Dialogue, in solving Lebanon's problems. Nevertheless, he recommended enlarging the membership of the Dialogu [...] | 2008-08-07 17:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC EAGR LE |
08BEIRUT1161 | LEBANON: AOUNIST MP HINTS AT CONSENSUS IN 2009 [...] (C) Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) MP Ibrahim Kanaan told Charge FPM is "satisfied" with the cabinet statement. He said the kerfluffle over fellow FPM MP Gebran Bassil's remarks about reviewing Paris III were taken out of context and exploited. Kenaan said he is turning his atte [...] | 2008-08-07 17:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1168 | LEBANON: PETRAEUS AND SLEIMAN DISCUSS SYRIAN TRIP, [...] (C) In an August 6 meeting with visiting General David Petraeus, President Michel Sleiman outlined three objectives for his upcoming meeting with Syrian President Bashar Asad. Most important, Sleiman said, is to initiate a diplomatic exchange between the two countries. Additionally, Sleiman p [...] | 2008-08-08 15:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP PETRAEUS DAVID PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC |
08BEIRUT1169 | LEBANON: GEARING UP FOR THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Parliament begins debate on the government policy statement on August 8, with the confidence vote expected a few days thereafter. President Sleiman travels to Damascus August 13-14, after which time he is expected to convene the National Dialogue. Preparations are under way; Baabda Palace [...] | 2008-08-08 15:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1170 | LEBANON: NEW DEPUTY PM SAYS AOUN INTERESTED IN [...] (C) Newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister Issam Abou Jamra expressed to CDA on August 9 his pride both in being named Deputy Prime Minister and in how well his long-time friend Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement is doing. Abou Jamra pointed to FPM's friendly alliance with Amal and Hizballah [...] | 2008-08-08 16:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1171 | LEBANON: MINISTER HARIRI ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HER [...] (C) In an August 8 courtesy call by Charge, Minister of Education Bahiya Hariri told us that she hopes to create standardized curricula for Lebanon's public schools. In addition, she plans to push for greater community involvement in the educational process. A longtime MP from the southern c [...] | 2008-08-08 17:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SCUL SOCI LE SY |
08BEIRUT1173 | LEBANON: TIME IS RIGHT FOR ACTION ON DETAINEES IN [...] (C) Following Israel's July 16 release of Lebanese prisoners including Samir Kantar, the issue of Lebanese detainees (also referred to as "enforced disappearances") in Syria has risen to the forefront in Lebanon. President Sleiman told visiting MNF-I Commander General David Petraeus on August [...] | 2008-08-11 08:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR AI UNSC SY LE |
08BEIRUT1187 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH WILL PRESS FOR ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri warned that Hizballah would soon pressure the GOL to take action against Israeli overflights. He was reacting to recent tough statements from Israel about the official GOL cabinet statement linking Hizballah's "resistance" to the authority of the Lebanese state [...] | 2008-08-13 16:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1188 | LEBANON: CABINET WINS CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (U) In the final step to form the new government, the cabinet obtained the Lebanese Parliament's vote of confidence on August 12. Of the 107 MPs in attendance, 100 voted in favor of the cabinet and accompanying cabinet statement (parliament currently has 127 members). The five days of sessi [...] | 2008-08-13 17:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1197 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT PERCEIVES MARCH 8 [...] (C) March 14 Secretary General (SYG) Fares Souaid and member Samir Franjieh report that March 14 is preparing to capitalize on what it perceives as a split between the "Syrian March 8" and "Iranian March 8" in an attempt to attract voters -- especially Christian voters who usually support Mich [...] | 2008-08-14 16:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1198 | LEBANON: CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND CONDEMNATIONS [...] (SBU) Leaders from across Lebanon's political spectrum condemned the August 13 civilian bus bombing in the northern city of Tripoli that resulted in the deaths of several Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) soldiers, among others. So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Several t [...] | 2008-08-14 16:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY |
08BEIRUT1200 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S IMAGE MAKEOVER; A NEW APPEAL [...] (C) Local press reported on Hizballah's creation of an Arab relations portfolio, assigned to Sheikh Hassan Izz-al-Din. Hizballah explained to press that the new position was a product of periodic organizational restructuring. Expounding on his new role, Izz-al-Din said in an interview with a [...] | 2008-08-14 17:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SA LE |
08BEIRUT1201 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN VISIT TO DAMASCUS: DEVIL IN THE [...] (C) According to his diplomatic advisor, President Sleiman reportedly is pleased with his August 13-14 visit to Damascus, although he had hoped for more on the issue of Lebanese detainees in Syria. The advisor believes that work will begin soon on establishing diplomatic relations and borders [...] | 2008-08-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1211 | UNIFIL: PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED NOTIFICATIONS FOR VISITS [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Beirut appreciates the efforts of USUN in bringing the issue of the suspicious incidents involving representatives of the Indian contingent of UNIFIL to the attention of the Asia and Middle East Director in the Office of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) detailed in reftel. In [...] | 2008-08-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1220 | LEBANON: DRUZE (OPPOSITION) MINISTER: U.S. SHOULD [...] (C) An affable Minister of Youth and Sports Talal Arslan welcomed the recent Damascus meeting between Presidents Sleiman and Asad as a positive step in putting the Lebanese-Syrian bilateral relationship back on a good track. Thanking the U.S. for its military assistance, Arslan said the list o [...] | 2008-08-19 14:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1223 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH WELCOMING OR SABOTAGING [...] (C) Publicly, Hizballah officials are welcoming the upcoming National Dialogue. At the same time, however, Hizballah officials and their opposition allies are seeking an expansion of both the participation list and agenda in what we view as an attempt to dilute the process and steer the focus [...] | 2008-08-19 15:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1225 | LEBANON: GEMAYEL DOWNBEAT ON RAPPROCHEMENT WITH [...] (C) Former president Amine Gemayel reacted pessimistically August 19 to outcomes from President Sleiman's August 13-14 visit to Syria. He assessed Syria was willing to make minor concessions to Lebanon only to improve Syria's reputation within Lebanon. Gemayel criticized the international co [...] | 2008-08-19 16:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY |
08BEIRUT1234 | LEBANON: SINIORA'S TRIP TO IRAQ: INVESTMENT; ARAB [...] (C) PM advisor Rola Noureddine deemed Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's August 20 trip to Iraq a success and enthusiastically spoke of the future investment opportunities between the two countries. Noting to the Charge on August 21 that, "The earlier we get in, the better deals we will get," Nou [...] | 2008-08-21 17:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS MARR IZ LE |
08BEIRUT1241 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 MP BOUTROS HARB: BRIDGING THE [...] (C) MP Boutros Harb told Charge Grant in an August 20 meeting that the March 14 coalition faces two problems: relations between March 14 Christians and Muslims/Druze, and relations among March 14 Christians. Expressing concern that divisions within March 14 will result in failure in the 2009 [...] | 2008-08-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1249 | LEBANON: LEBANON'S SALAFISTS GROUPS: NEITHER [...] (C) Many in Lebanon were surprised when Shia-dominated Hizballah signed a memorandum of understanding on August 18 with some Salafist Sunni groups in the northern city of Tripoli, ostensibly to reduce Shia-Sunni tensions that had produced violent clashes and deaths there. Then, the next day, [...] | 2008-08-25 16:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY |
08BEIRUT1262 | LEBANON: GEMAYEL WITH HALE: CLEAR USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) In a August 27 meeting, former president and Kataeb party leader Amine Gemayel told visiting NEA DAS David Hale that a clear message from the U.S. would be critical for Lebanon in its struggle against Iranian and Syrian attempts to destabilize the country. Gemayel supported the idea of i [...] | 2008-08-29 09:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS LE SY |
08BEIRUT1266 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, SINIORA CRITICIZES U.S. [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora complained that the U.S. has not come through on its assistance promises and that USG assistance has been dwarfed by Iranian support for Hizballah. He said U.S. and Israeli mistak [...] | 2008-09-02 08:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS IR SY LE |
08BEIRUT1269 | LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH RECEIVES AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) On August 27, the Ambassador presented copies of her credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs Fawzi Salloukh. In a subsequent meeting with the Ambassador and visiting NEA DAS David Hale, Salloukh asked the USG to place pressure on Israel to implement its share of UNSCR 1701. He emphasize [...] | 2008-09-02 08:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS LE SY |
08BEIRUT1270 | LEBANON: NEA DAS HALE MEETS SPEAKER BERRI [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, NEA DAS David Hale reiterated the USG's continued support for Lebanon. Berri thanked DAS Hale for USG assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces and expressed his concern over the recent violence in Tripoli, blaming Al-Qaeda and f [...] | 2008-09-02 09:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS LE QA |
08BEIRUT1272 | LEBANON: AOUN EXPECTS VIOLENCE AFTER RAMADAN [...] (C) In a August 29 meeting, Free Patriotic Movement leader General Michel Aoun told visiting NEA DAS David Hale and Ambassador that he expected the volatile northern city of Tripoli to erupt in violence after Ramadan. Aoun blamed Saudi funding and ideology for fueling the militant elements c [...] | 2008-09-02 09:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KPAL UNSC MARR IS LE SA |
08BEIRUT1273 | LEBANON: GEAGEA WARNS DAS HALE THAT ISRAEL IS [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with visiting NEA DAS David Hale, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea stressed the importance of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian issue to facilitate resolution of other regional issues. He said Israel is making a huge mistake by publicly criticizing the Leb [...] | 2008-09-02 09:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC PINR MARR IS IR FR SY LE |
08BEIRUT1274 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 MEMBERS TO DAS HALE: HELICOPTERS [...] (C) In separate meetings August 28 and 29 with visiting NEA DAS David Hale, March 14 leaders welcomed U.S. commitments in Lebanon but expressed frustration that the U.S. had not yet provided helicopters to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). Without helicopters, March 14 members claimed, the LAF [...] | 2008-09-02 10:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT1278 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 DRUZE MP REMINDS DAS HALE THAT [...] (C) March 14 MP Marwan Hamadeh expressed concerns about ongoing affronts to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Israeli actions benefiting Hizballah and Syria during his August 29 meeting with visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale. Hamadeh predicted Hizballah would either delay t [...] | 2008-09-02 12:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1283 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT DESCRIBES TO DAS HALE MARCH 14'S [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and his advisors told NEA DAS David Hale that March 14 was united, before giving multiple examples of disagreements among the bloc's party leaders. He had little confidence that the National Dialogue would begin until after Ramadan and perhaps even Ashura. He [...] | 2008-09-03 07:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1284 | LEBANON: HARIRI TO DAS HALE: ISRAEL HURTING US BY [...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri told visiting NEA DAS David Hale that Israel is hurting the forces of moderation in Lebanon through actions such as agreeing to a prisoner swap with Hizballah, "opening doors" for Syrians as it negotiates with them and making threatening statements regarding Leb [...] | 2008-09-03 07:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY IS FR |
08BEIRUT1285 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, AOUN ALLY ELIE SKAFF [...] (C) Minister of Agriculture Elie Skaff defended both his and Michel Aoun's alliance with Hizballah in an August 30 meeting with visiting NEA DAS Hale. Skaff argued that the West had abandoned the weak and divided Christians of Lebanon, forcing them to make internal alliances. Skaff strongly q [...] | 2008-09-03 07:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS LE SY |
08BEIRUT1286 | LEBANON: NEA DAS HALE URGES THAT PRESIDENT SLEIMAN [...] (C) NEA DAS David Hale, accompanied by DCM and Poloffs, stressed to two of President Michel Sleiman's senior staff and an unofficial advisor the importance of Sleiman visiting Washington before or after his address to the UNGA in September. For their part, the advisors expressed concerns abou [...] | 2008-09-03 08:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY |
08BEIRUT1287 | LEBANON: A PRAGMATIC CHATAH CONCERNED ABOUT MARCH [...] (C) Minister of Finance Mohamad Chatah expressed concern to visiting NEA DAS David Hale that there were only eight months until the 2009 parliamentary elections and March 14 was still having trouble developing its message. He suggested March 14's message needed to include a broad, comprehensi [...] | 2008-09-03 08:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC ECON LE MARR MOPS SY |
08BEIRUT1288 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, VETERAN SUNNI FIGURE [...] (C) In his August 30 meeting with visiting NEA DAS David Hale, Minister of Culture and respected leader of the Sunni community Tammam Salaam stressed the need for progress in the Israeli/Palestinian peace process to defuse extremism in the region. Praising Hizballah's quick admission of culpa [...] | 2008-09-03 08:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR EAID UNSC MARR IR SY IS |
08BEIRUT1289 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, UNSCOL SHARES CONCERNS [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting with visiting NEA DAS David Hale,officials of the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) discussed the 2009 parliamentary elections, the National Dialogue, LIBAT II, Sheba'a Farms, UNMACC's funding crisis, and the August 28 downing by Hizballah of a Lebanese Ar [...] | 2008-09-03 08:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1296 | LEBANON: LAF HELICOPTER ATTACK A HIZBALLAH ERROR? [...] (C) On August 28, a Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) helicopter operating in Hizballah-controlled territory was shot down, resulting in the death of an LAF officer. Details surrounding the incident remain unclear, although the LAF has begun a full investigation. Hizballah did not deny responsibil [...] | 2008-09-04 11:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT1308 | LEBANON: BERRI CALLS OUT ISRAEL AND QADHAFI ON [...] (C) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri blamed Israel and the forces of terrorism for trying to destabilize Lebanon. Berri made his remarks at a rally on August 31 marking the 30th anniversary of the disappearance of Imam Musa Sadr. In the same speech, Berri said he holds Libyan leader Qadhafi [...] | 2008-09-05 14:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE IS LY |
08BEIRUT1310 | LEBANON: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO [...] (C) Ambassador presented her credentials to President Michel Sleiman in a ceremony at Baabda Palace on September 4 that also included Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh and MFA Chief of Protocol George Siam. A/DCM, DATT, Pol/Econ Chief, Consul, and ARSO Officer also attended the half-hour event, [...] | 2008-09-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1311 | LEBANON: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR [...] (SBU) Ambassador, PolOff, ConChief, ConOff, and the Department of Homeland Security circuit-ride team leader met with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative Stphane Jaquemet and UNHCR Senior Protection Officers, Ayaki Ito and Anna Leer on September 4. The UNHCR represen [...] | 2008-09-05 15:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PTER UNSC IQ LE |
08BEIRUT1312 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS AGREE TO RUN UNIFIED [...] (C) March 14 leaders, meeting as a group for the first time since August 3, agreed to run unified lists in the spring 2009 elections, a major step forward for a coalition whose leaders have found it difficult to look above partisan interests to the greater goal of maintaining the parliamentary [...] | 2008-09-05 15:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1320 | LEBANON: HARIRI'S VISIT TO TRIPOLI- THE BEGINNING [...] (C) In a surprise three-day visit to the northern city of Tripoli, Sunni majority leader Saad Hariri encouraged rival factions in Tripoli to reconcile and overcome their differences. In an effort to lead by example, Hariri held talks with Alawite leader and former MP Ali Eid and former Prime [...] | 2008-09-08 15:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1329 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER 16 [...] (U) At a September 9 iftar he hosted at Baabda Palace, President Michel Sleiman announced that the National Dialogue would begin on September 16. Both the majority and opposition reacted positively in public to the announcement and confirmed their readiness to participate in the dialogue. H [...] | 2008-09-10 17:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1332 | LEBANON: GEMAYEL URGES WASHINGTON SHOCK TREATMENT [...] (C) While at the Embassy to renew his visa, former President Amine Gemayel stopped by for a meeting with Ambassador and ConOff on September 10. Gemayel discussed his upcoming trip to the United States, the National Dialogue, the 2009 parliamentary elections, Syria, Israel, and possible talkin [...] | 2008-09-11 15:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY IS LE |
08BEIRUT1343 | LEBANON: MINISTER BAHIYA HARIRI FOCUSED ON "BACK [...] (C) Minister of Education Bahiya Hariri told the Ambassador on September 11 that if the Ministry of Education could make significant progress during the next school year, which coincides with the same ten-month period of the current national unity government, then she believed Lebanon would be [...] | 2008-09-15 06:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID UNSC SCUL SOCI LE SY |
08BEIRUT1347 | LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDERS LAMENT DEMINING PROBLEMS [...] (C) In a September 10 meeting, Brigadier General (BG) Mohammed Fehmi, Commander of the Lebanese Mine Action Center (LMAC),stated that lack of further funding for demining activities in southern Lebanon was a grave concern and expressed sincere hope that the U.S. would "push LMAC's needs" fo [...] | 2008-09-15 13:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1348 | LEBANON: BELLEMARE ANXIOUS FOR MORE USG ASSISTANCE [...] (S/NF) In a September 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Daniel Bellemare, Commissioner of the UN Independent International Investigative Commission (UNIIIC) made three specific requests for USG assistance and additional requests for USG action. First, he asked that the USG provide intelligence [...] | 2008-09-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PINR UNSC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1349 | LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI GRATEFUL FOR U.S. SUPPORT, [...] (C) In a September 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Majority leader Saad Hariri reported on his successful effort to broker a reconciliation between opposing groups in Tripoli and his trip to the Bekaa Valley, noting that his efforts would continue in other areas of Lebanon. He warned that in [...] | 2008-09-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER UNSC IS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1351 | LEBANON: BERRI SAYS EXPECT MORE RECONCILIATION [...] (C) In a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he does not oppose increasing the list of agenda items for the upcoming National Dialogue, as long as they are pertinent and are related to the national defense strategy. Berri added that he expects more r [...] | 2008-09-15 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS LE |
08BEIRUT1352 | LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF OPPOSITION MEMBER [...] (C) The September 10 assassination of Saleh Aridi, a Druze opposition figure, is seen by many as an attempt to derail reconciliation efforts among Lebanon's political leaders. The immediate impact, however, appears to have been to solidify Druze solidarity, with rival party leaders standing si [...] | 2008-09-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1358 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN LAUNCHES NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) President Michel Sleiman launched the National Dialogue on September 16. As expected, this first session produced no significant results. The next session is scheduled for November 5. In his opening remarks, Sleiman stressed the need for dialogue and reconciliation, cited Israel as Leba [...] | 2008-09-16 15:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1366 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT FORESEES PARALLEL TRACKS OF [...] (C) March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt stressed that recent talks with Hizballah and rival Druze leader Talal Arslan were limited exclusively to security matters to defuse Shia/Druze tensions. Should majority leader Saad Hariri decide to meet with Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah, however, Ju [...] | 2008-09-17 15:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1368 | LEBANON: FIRST NATIONAL DIALOGUE SESSION MEETS LOW [...] (C) Most participants characterized the first session of the re-launched National Dialogue as calm and positive; one contact said it was "more than a photo op, but less than a dialogue." Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah welcomed the dialogue, but insisted on expanded participation [...] | 2008-09-17 17:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
08BEIRUT1374 | LEBANON: INFORMATION MINISTER SAYS "MUTUAL SUSPICION AND MISTRUST" COULD DELAY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Minister of Information Tareq Mitri told the Ambassador on September 16 that there is a possibility that the 2009 elections could be delayed because mutual suspicion and mistrust continue to plague the national unity government. Mitri cautioned that recent events touted as "reconciliation" (i.e [...] | 2008-09-18 14:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ECPS UNSC SY LE |
08BEIRUT1378 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S ARMS WEIGH ON SLEIMAN AS HE [...] (C) Advisor and confidant to President Sleiman BG (retired) Fares Soufia said Sleiman was looking forward to his upcoming visit to the United States and appreciated continuing U.S. support and assistance. Sleiman was working hard to promote reconciliation within Lebanon and therefore was meet [...] | 2008-09-19 07:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1379 | LEBANON: UN DIRECTOR BUTTENHEIM SHARES CONCERNS [...] (C) In a September 17 Embassy meeting, visiting UN DPA Director of Asia and Pacific Affairs Lisa Buttenheim discussed the National Dialogue, 2009 parliamentary elections, border security, Sheba'a Farms and the UN International Independent Investigative Council (UNIIIC). She noted that PM Sinio [...] | 2008-09-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1381 | LEBANON: SINIORA: WHAT I ADVISED SLEIMAN TO RAISE [...] (C) PM Siniora told the Ambassador that President Michel Sleiman, in his upcoming visit to Washington, would raise UNSCR 1701; Sheba'a; protecting Lebanon against regional shocks, the need for continued U.S. political, economic and military assistance to Lebanon; and assurances that Lebanon w [...] | 2008-09-22 11:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE |
08BEIRUT1386 | LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR ON SLEIMAN TRIP, [...] (C) Minister of Defense Elias Murr told us he had been briefing President Sleiman regularly to prepare Sleiman for his upcoming meetings in Washington. He complained September 20 about Saad Hariri's demand that Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Kahwagi place Sunni officers in key LAF Inte [...] | 2008-09-22 13:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
08BEIRUT1389 | LEBANON: CHALLENGE HIZBALLAH BY FIXING THE DRUG [...] (C) Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) Vice President Duraid Yaghi said September 19 one-third of the population of his hometown of Baalbek does not support Hizballah, although it is in an area of strong Hizballah influence. However, according to Yaghi, continued unemployment and increased cul [...] | 2008-09-22 15:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PTER PINR EAID SOCI UNSC NAS SY LE |