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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00PRETORIA3416PRESIDENT MBEKI "SEIZES THE MOMENT" IN STATE VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR LEWIS, PRESIDENT MBEKI DESCRIBED HIS UPCOMING STATE VISIT TO THE U.S. AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO "SEIZE THE MOMENT" TO TACKLE PROBLEMS OF POVERTY AND LACK OF DEVELOPMENT THAT PLAGUE SOUTH AFRICA. HE SEEKS INVESTMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICA AS A MEANS TO POVERTY AL [...]
2000-05-04 09:29:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SF
01ABUJA2113NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES AFRICA ISSUES
[...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. In addition to security assistance, UNAMSIL troop rotations, the WCAR and counter-narcotics (septels),the Ambassador and NSA discussed Nigeria's pe [...]
2001-08-28 09:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL SL IV SU ZI LY CG LI NI
01ABUJA2115NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DICUSSES THE WCAR,
[...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. This message summarizes their discussion on the WCAR, trafficking in persons, and HIV/AIDS. ==== WCAR ==== 2. (C) Mohammed stated that h [...]
2001-08-28 09:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM KWMN NI WCAR
01ABUJA2179NIGERIA: U.S. PRESENCE AT DURBAN
[...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points to MFA Permanent Secretary Ambassador T.D. Hart shortly before 0700 EDT on SIPDIS Friday, August 31. Hart was aware that the Secretary would not attend; he had seen the Secretary on CNN earlier. Hart regretted that the U.S. might not participate at all and [...]
2001-08-31 12:41:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALNI PHUM PREL
01ABUJA2515NIGERIA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SPEAKS ON AFRICAN
[...] SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni, guest lecturer at the Nigerian National War College on September 17, was billed to speak to the filled hall about regional integration. His well-received speech focused largely on globalization as the driving force for integration. Museveni argued that st [...]
2001-10-03 12:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ECIN MARR UG NI
01HARARE1798MDC LEADER DISCUSSES ZANU-PF STRATEGY, SOUTH AFRICA, THE
[...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TOLD CHARGE ON JUNE 4 THAT THE DEATHS THE PAST MONTH SIPDIS OF THREE ZANU-PF STALWARTS, THE LOSS OF THE MASVINGO MAYORAL ELECTION, AND THE BACKLASH FROM THE WAR VETERANS' "LABOR DISPUTE" CAMPAIGN MIGHT LEAD THE RULING PART [...]
2001-06-05 12:41:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE2493MEDIA REPORT RACISM CONFERENCE; HARARE
[...] THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS AUGUST 23 EDITORIAL TO THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD CONFERENCE ON RACISM TO BE HELD IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, ON AUGUST 31. UNDER HEADLINE "POLITICAL POSTURING THREATENS RACISM TALKS," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "SO WHAT IF THE [...]
2001-08-23 09:54:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE2595MEDIA REACTION U. N. RACE CONFERENCE; HARARE
[...] LENGTHY EDITORIALS IN TWO GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED NEWSPAPERS FOCUS ON THE U. N. CONFERENCE ON RACISM, XENOPHOBIA AND INTOLERANCE TAKING PLACE IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA. EDITORIAL EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "RESOLVE EVILS OF RACISM AT U. N. TALKS," THE SEPTEMBER 4 EDITION OF THE DAILY " [...]
2001-09-04 13:05:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE2620MEDIA REACTION U. N. RACE CONFERENCE; HARARE
[...] THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED ITS SEPTEMBER 5 EDITORIAL TO THE U. N. CONFERENCE ON RACISM IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA. UNDER HEADLINE "DURBAN CONFERENCE: VICTORY FOR RACISM WOULD BE GHASTLY," THE EDITORIAL COMMENTS: 2. "MANY PEOPLE WOULD NOT HELP SYMPATHIZING WITH THE SOUTH [...]
2001-09-05 14:30:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE2716TFUSO1: MEDIA REACTION TERROR ATTACKS IN THE
[...] SEPTEMBER 14 EDITORIALS IN THE ZIMBABWEAN PRINT MEDIA FOCUS ON THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE U. S. THE NEWSPAPERS ALSO CARRY LENGTHY OPINION PIECES ABOUT THE DISASTER. EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "TERROR, VIOLENCE WON'T END WORLD'S CONFLICTS," THE INDEPENDENT DAI [...]
2001-09-17 05:24:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01VATICAN1465 VATICAN PLANNING ACTIVE STRATEGY ON HUMAN RIGHTS.
[...] (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO MSGR. LEO BOCCARDI, VATICAN MFA DESK OFFICER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON MARCH 15. MSGR. BOCCARDI REVIEWED THE POINTS FOR THE 57TH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ENTHUSIASTICALLY. HE CLAIMED NOTABLE CONGRUENCE BETWEEN MANY VATICAN AND USG POSITIONS, PARTICULARLY [...]
2001-03-16 09:13:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM VT UNHCR
01VATICAN4483 VATICAN URGES U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, PLEDGES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE VATICAN IS STRONGLY URGING U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, AT LEAST AT THE WORKING LEVEL. ACKNOWLEDGING U.S. CONCERNS, DELEGATION DEPUTY AND AMCIT MONSIGNOR FRANK DEWANE PLEDGED VATICAN WILLINGNESS TO WORK FOR COMPROMISES IN THE FINAL WCAR DOCUMENT. NONETHELESS, MSGR. DEWANE TOLD POL [...]
2001-08-28 15:37:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF SOCI IS CH PK XF SF VT WCAR UNHCR VTWCAR
01VATICAN4605VATICAN VERBATIM
[...] THE AUGUST 25 - 31 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04605 01 OF 02 041021Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN: UNBRIDLED GLOBALIZATION LEADS TO RACISM - VATICAN'S WCAR DELEGATE SAYS ZIONISM NOT RACIST - TOP VATICAN ECUMENIST L [...]
2001-09-04 09:25:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SOCI SF VT VTPREL
02ABUJA1346NIGERIA: A PARTICIPANT'S PERSPECTIVE ON NEPAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolMilOff met on April 9 with Egyptian First Secretary Gamal Metwally for a read-out on the NEPAD meeting SIPDIS in Abuja March 26. While the achievements of the young organization have been more rhetorical than real, some progress has thus far apparently been achieved in defin [...]
2002-05-02 14:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ECIN ECON EAID PGOV NI
02ABUJA1909SUBJECT: NIGERIA REQUESTS U.S. TO DELAY
[...] No summary [...]
2002-06-25 15:43:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MA NI OAU
02ABUJA2016NIGERIA: ECOWAS REPORT WILL NOT CONTAIN FALSE
[...] (C) During a July 3 meeting, Ambassador Jeter raised reftel points with ECOWAS Acting Executive Secretary (Deputy Executive Secretary for Economic SIPDIS Integration) Mame Sen, and Colonel Dixon Dikio, Military Advisor to the Executive Secretary. Both Executive Secretary Chambas and Deputy [...]
2002-07-03 17:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI
02ABUJA2165NIGERIA: BAKASSI -- ON THE MINDS OF MANY
[...] (C) Summary: The GON is feeling a sense of urgency regarding a possibly adverse ICJ judgment on the Bakassi within the next few months. The GON is groping for a face-saving exit before finding itself boxed in a corner. The GON wants avoid the dilemma of having to accept an adverse judgment tha [...]
2002-07-23 13:58:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PNAT MARR NI CM FR UK PTBS
02ABUJA2566CORRECTED COPY: NIGERIA: EMBASSY REVISITS ISSUE OF
[...] This is an action message; see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador again raised allegations of U.S./ UK support for Lurd in Liberia with ECOWAS Deputy Executive Secretary, General Cheick Diarra. After reiterating that the SIPDIS U.S. and UK do not support Lurd rebels in any way, the [...]
2002-09-03 14:24:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS XY LI IV NI ECOWAS
02ALGIERS2423AU COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE RESULTS
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-21 09:15:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL AG
02HARARE1418ZIMBABWE: MULTIPLE REASONS BEHIND ARREST OF LAW
[...] (C) Summary: On June 11, Law Society of Zimbabwe President Sternford Moyo described to poloff in detail his June 3-5 detention by Zimbabwe Republic Police and the farcical court proceedings that resulted in his release. The Law Society Secretary, Wilbert Mapombere, was also arrested and held [...]
2002-06-13 12:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
02HARARE1820 AGREEMENT ON USE OF U.S. TITLE II MAIZE GRAIN IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY OF AGREEMENT: VERBAL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED AMONG USAID, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON AN ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL ALLOW ENTRY OF 17,500 MTS OF USG YELLOW WHOLE MAIZE GRAIN CURRENTLY STORED IN DURBAN, THAT MAY CONTAIN GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS [...]
2002-08-08 13:41:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREL PGOV ZI
02HARARE2039GOVERNMENT PAPER REPORTS ZIMBABWE WILL ACCEPT
[...] According to a front-page, above-the-fold report in the September 6 edition of the government-owned Herald, President Mugabe has ruled that Zimbabwe will accept food aid that may contain biotech products. However, the President added that that such food relief w [...]
2002-09-06 07:02:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2214MAJOR ISSUES FOR AMBASSADOR TONY HALL'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) The US Mission in Zimbabwe welcomes the visit of Ambassador Anthony Hall to Zimbabwe. Ambassador Hall's schedule includes several meetings with donors and NGOs working on the delivery of humanitarian assistance, senior Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) officials and civil society leaders. [...]
2002-10-03 07:46:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ZI
02HARARE2622WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME ZIMBABWE STATUS UPDATE
[...] During October 2002, the World Food Programme (WFP) distributed 22,495 metric tons (MT) of food commodities, falling short of its planned distribution of 33,060 MT. Nevertheless, because of increased food insecurity in Zimbabwe, WFP is expanding its targeted number of beneficiaries from 1.9 m [...]
2002-11-20 13:40:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL US ZI
02KATHMANDU2301NEPAL: MAOISTS CALL INDEFINITE SCHOOL STRIKE
[...] The Maoist student arm, All-Nepal National Free Student Union-Revolutionary, called for an indefinite school strike (or bandh) in Kathmandu Valley starting on December 9th. The Maoists are asking the Government of Nepal meet thirteen demands to avert the strike. The Government has neither made [...]
2002-12-04 11:56:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDNP PGOV PTER SOCI
02KATHMANDU425BHUTANESE REFUGEE ACTIVIST DENIED BAIL BY SUPREME
[...] Summary. Nepal's Supreme Court has denied bail to prominent Bhutanese refugee and human rights activist S.K. Pradhan on the grounds that he is not a Nepali citizen, affirming the decisions of two lower courts. Named in a complaint filed by a member of a rival refugee group, Pradhan has been [...]
2002-02-26 10:46:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL NP
02KATHMANDU632SECURITY INCIDENTS IN RUN-UP TO NEPAL BANDH
[...] (U) A bomb exploded in the middle of a small bridge west of Kathmandu's historic Durbar Square March 29 at approximately 8:45 a.m. At least 26 people were injured in the blast, including four school children who were transiting the area, two of whom sustained serious injuries. There were no [...]
2002-03-29 12:12:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PINS NP
02KATHMANDU990VISIT WITH JAILED BHUTANESE REFUGEE S.K. PRADHAN
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Embassy visitors to his jail in southeastern Nepal, prominent Bhutanese refugee and human rights activist S.K. Pradhan protested his innocence in the case of another refugee leader's murder. Pradhan said he had nothing to gain from the man's death and did not u [...]
2002-05-22 09:49:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV PREL EAID AORC NP
02PRETORIA506THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ECONOFF MET JANUARY 24 WITH DAVID MALCOLMSON, DFA NEPAD COORDINATOR, TO REVIEW RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEPAD PROGRAM. AT THE JANUARY 24-27 CONFERENCE IN BENONI, SOUTH AFRICA AIMED TO MOVE BEYOND SLOGANS TO FORGE AGREEMENT ON CONCRETE PLANS AND NATIONAL COMMI [...]
2002-01-28 13:47:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PREL SF CA
03HANOI636U.S.-VIETNAM FISHERIES CONSULTATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: A USG fisheries delegation led by the U.S Department of Commerce NOAA Fisheries and including STATE/OES and others met with Vietnamese fisheries officials and visited several fisheries-related activities in and near Hanoi the week of March 10. Both sides gained insight into opportu [...]
2003-03-14 08:35:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV OTRA VM APEC
03HARARE130NATIONAL RAILWAYS OF ZIMBABWE ON THE DECLINE
[...] Summary: The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ),a critical artery for this landlocked country, is one of the unnoticed victims of Zimbabwe's economic decline. Reliable sources at the NRZ, one of the many parastatals recording consistent losses over the past 18 years, confirm that capacity [...]
2003-01-17 05:42:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ELTN ZI
03HARARE222ZIMBABWEAN CLERGY MORE OUTSPOKEN AGAINST POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo recently lambasted the Mugabe regime, even calling it fascist, and the Methodist Bishop of Harare recently urged the High Court to be courageous and resist corruption. Precious few church leaders have been as outspoken, and clergy and commentator [...]
2003-01-30 13:42:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
03KATHMANDU1072WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: JUNE 3 - 9, 2003
[...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS KING APPOINTS NEW PRIME MINISTER -- King Gyanendra appointed (6/4) Surya Bahadur Thapa as the new Prime Minister. Thapa's appointment bri ngs to an end the controversy over "transfer" of the executive powers from [...]
2003-06-11 05:56:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU135NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 18-24
[...] Peace talks remain elusive with conflicting reports about backchannel Government-Maoist communications. The Government of Nepal has said it will not send a formal invitation to the Maoists until they stop their violence, while Maoists have warned of severe consequences if talks are not held [...]
2003-01-24 09:39:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU1614WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST
[...] PEACE TALKS -- Dr. Bhattarai for no less than constituent assembly: The Maoists warned (8/24) the government that the ongoing talks would cease automatically if the latter declined to come up with its revised agenda by Tuesday and accept the Maoist condition for unconditional constituent [...]
2003-08-26 05:33:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03ROME5369 ITALY ON EU-AFRICA TROIKA: PEACE AND SECURITY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE RECENT EU-AFRICA MINISTERIAL TROIKA IDENTIFIED PEACE AND SECURITY AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR THE AFRICAN CONTINENT, COMMITTED TO THE CREATION OF A PEACE SUPPORT OPERATION FACILITY (PSOF),WELCOMED THE RE-INITIATION OF THE EU-ZIMBABWE DIALOGUE AND COMMITTED BOTH SIDES TO IM [...]
2003-11-26 13:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO XA ZI IT EUN
04ABUDHABI2770URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: QUASHING NAM CRITICISM
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-17 11:20:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP MNUC TC
04ABUDHABI2806NAM PSI DEMARCHE FOLLOW UP
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-18 13:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP MNUC TC
04ACCRA2158GHANAIAN COMMUNITY LEADERS HONE LOBBYING SKILLS
[...] Summary. Post sponsored a workshop on grassroots democracy for 35 community leaders in the economically deprived area of northern Ghana from October 19-21, 2004. Representatives from government, non-governmental organizations, and the media met to discuss ways to create a grassroots constitue [...]
2004-11-02 15:53:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OIIP OEXC PGOV GH
04AMMAN6973KEEPING U.S. SYRIA POLICY OUT OF N.A.M. STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-18 14:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SY JO
04DJIBOUTI1541PRESIDENT GUELLEH AND U.S-DJIBOUTI BILATERAL
[...] (C) Ambassador met with President Ismail Omar Guelleh on December 2, at her request. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the current state of U.S.-Djibouti bilateral relations as well as developments in the region. Septels cover discussions on Camp Lemonier lease negotiations and regio [...]
2004-12-03 07:25:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECON EINV SENV DJ TC
04KATHMANDU1269WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 29 TO JULY
[...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- PM forms 31-member cabinet: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expanded his three-member cabinet to 31-member cabinet by inducting 28 ministers from four political parties and civic society on Monday. (Major reports, 7/6) -- Cabinet faces: The cabinet has 19 cabin [...]
2004-07-08 03:02:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1493WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY 27 TO
[...] NEPAL - U.S. -- U.S. assistance for Nepal's flood victims: "The U.S. Ambassador to Nepal James F. Moriarty handed over a cheque of U.S.$ 50,000 to Karin Hakensson-Furga, representative of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to assist the government of Nepal to respond to the [...]
2004-08-03 02:06:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU190UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JANUARY 24-30,
[...] An attempted bank robbery by Maoists on January 23 was foiled by security forces, leaving six dead. Twenty-six other Maoists reportedly were killed in separate incidents with security forces. Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa claimed the Government of Nepal (GON) clearly has the "upper ha [...]
2004-01-30 06:47:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU580WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM 16 TO 22 MARCH
[...] MAOIST INSURGENCY -- Massive attack in Myagdi district headquarters: Maoist rebels launched a huge attack in Beni, Myagdi district headquarters on Saturday night. The Maoists took the District Police Office (DPO),Chief District Officer and 39 security personnel. The Maoists completely de [...]
2004-03-29 07:13:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU790NEPALI KING PARLEYS WITH SOME PARTIES, PUT OFF BY
[...] (C) As daily anti-government protests continued into their third week, on April 22 King Gyanendra met individually with leaders of three parties, including Nepali Congress (Democratic) President Sher Bahadur Deuba, to explore possibilities for resolving the political impasse. According to a [...]
2004-04-23 09:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP GON
04MANAMA1299DEMARCHE DELIVERED: QUASHING NAM CRITICISM OF THE
[...] (C) On August 18 the Charge delivered reftel demarche to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. She urged the Government of Bahrain to resist any moves within the NAM meeting in Durban to undermine UNSCR 1540. Abdul Ghaffar promised to relay the information to app [...]
2004-08-18 13:37:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MNUC BA
04MAPUTO1432MOZAMBIQUE: FY 2004 BFIF COMMERCIAL OUTREACH REPORT
[...] SUMMARY. In September-October, econ/poloffs and econ/commercial and political assistants traveled to five Mozambican provinces visiting various U.S. businesses, commercial associations, and local entrepreneurs to support U.S. commercial and investment activities and evaluate the business climat [...]
2004-10-29 10:21:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ BFIF
04MAPUTO180JANUARY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-10 07:45:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO235RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT IN CABO DELGADO
[...] 787/04/T002 2. 02/19/04 3. LDENT 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Electricidade de Mocambique (EDM) Direccao de Electrificacao e Projectos Av. Filipe Saumel Magaia, 368 Maputo, Mozambique Tel: 258 1 322-071/2 or PB Power 12 Burnside Island 410 Jan Smuts Avenue Craighall [...]
2004-02-20 07:18:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP MZ
04MAPUTO340FEBRUARY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP:
[...] (U) In a meeting with Mozambique country director and marketing manager for South Africa's Vodacom, Econ/Poloffs learned that the firm has already captured 12-13% of the national cell phone market. Vodacom began operating in Mozambique in December 2003 and launched strong campaigns in three key [...]
2004-03-12 10:12:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO702003 BFIF CLOSE OUT
[...] SUMMARY: Post wishes to thank the Department for providing 2003 BFIF funding in the amount of $7,000. Post was able to travel to several provinces, visiting with various U.S. businesses, commercial associations, and local entrepreneurs to support U.S. commercial activities and encourage further [...]
2004-01-16 08:14:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ABUD MZ BFIF
04MAPUTO710COMNAVEUR VISIT STRESSES MARITIME BORDER CONCERNS
[...] (U) On May 20 and 21, Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe, Admiral Gregory G. Johnson visited Maputo and met with Mozambican officials. His meetings principally covered USG concerns over Mozambique's lack of coastal patrol capacity, Mozambican success in the African Union Peacekeeping Missio [...]
2004-05-28 10:35:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS PTER KHDP MZ EFIS PKO ACOTA
04MAPUTO84FY O4 BFIF PROPOSAL
[...] Post requests funding in the amount of $30,322 under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for FY 04. 2. In order of priority, we propose the following projects for FY04: A. Commercial Outreach, Market Development, and Export Promotion. Proposed Funding Level: $15,322 Twice the [...]
2004-01-20 10:40:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ABUD MZ BFIF
04PRETORIA3113SOUTH AFRICA'S PLANS FOR RESTRUCTURING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin recently refuted union assertions that the government had abandoned its plans to sell-off state assets and restructure state-owned enterprises. While senior government officials concede that partial privatizations of Eskom, Transnet or Den [...]
2004-07-09 16:16:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD ECON SF
04PRETORIA3175 NEW INCENTIVES FUEL ADDITIONAL HOPES FOR ROBUST
[...] The feature and commercial film industry in South Africa continues to grow vigorously. An industry that in 1995 generated 4,000 jobs now employs an estimated 20,000 workers. Film production ranging from commercials and shorts to full-length movies produced in South Africa has grown substanti [...]
2004-07-14 09:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ETRD SCUL PGOV SF
04PRETORIA3283SOUTH AFRICA: REVIEW OF DR. ROBERT FINKELMAN'S
[...] (U) Summary: On June 28, Dr. Finkelman, a coal scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey, completed a highly successful three-month tour-of-duty as Embassy Science Fellow. Dr. Finkelman met with more than 500 South Africans in over forty formal meetings, presentations, and seminars to officia [...]
2004-07-20 14:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA EMIN SENV EIND BC MZ WA SF
04PRETORIA3543USITC STUDY ON U.S.-SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN TRADE AND
[...] This cable provides supplementary information on reftel A that provided post's input for the fifth annual USITC study on AGOA. B. - Developments in major regional groupings (COMESA, EC, ECOWAS, IGAD, SACU, SADC, WAEMU, IOC, and CEMAC) (where applicable) -------------------------------------- [...]
2004-08-04 14:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAID XA SF AGOA USTR
04PRETORIA4098INPUT FOR AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (SBU) South Africa has continued to make progress in establishing a market-based economy, respecting the rule of law, implementing policies to reduce poverty, and combating corruption. There is a strong case to be made that South Africa is meeting the eligibility requirements of the African Gr [...]
2004-09-10 12:07:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL XA SF
04PRETORIA4117South African Gold Industry in Crisis
[...] (U) Summary: The South African gold mining industry is in trouble. End of June 2004 company results showed profits sharply down. In response, companies have laid off workers, closed shafts, and recalculated ore reserves as they move operations to higher-grade ore. Companies blame these probl [...]
2004-09-13 10:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN EINV EIND ECON SF
04PRETORIA4199DURBAN PORT - IMPROVEMENTS, CONCESSION, SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Infrastructure and process improvements as well as new equipment are increasing efficiency at Durban Port according to Mervyn Chetty, Executive Manager of Corporate Strategy and Continuous Improvement at South African Port Operations (SAPO). New cranes are expected to double c [...]
2004-09-17 04:55:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EWWT EAID ECON PINR PTER SF
04PRETORIA4610 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH OCTOBER 15 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this we [...]
2004-10-15 15:09:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
04PRETORIA4947 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH NOVEMBER 12 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2004-11-12 08:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
04PRETORIA5043 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 19,
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Foreign Exchange Reserves Target Published Next Year [...]
2004-11-19 07:53:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
04PRETORIA5119 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH NOVEMBER 26 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2004-11-24 14:52:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
04PRETORIA5319SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE
[...] (U) Introduction: In January 2004, the Economic Section of Embassy/Pretoria produced the first issue of a new monthly newsletter called "The Assay". The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as [...]
2004-12-09 11:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF
04PRETORIA5501ON A CLEAR DAY THEY CAN SEE 5 PERCENT-LIFE AMONG
[...] (C) Summary: The ANC's dominance in the April national election has raised questions about the future viability of South Africa's opposition. While the Democratic Alliance and Inkatha Freedom Party-which garnered 12 and 7 percent of the vote respectively-are probably too large and well-estab [...]
2004-12-22 14:47:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALSF PGOV
04PRETORIA5509 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH DECEMBER 24 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2004-12-23 12:19:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
04QUITO2287ECUADOR LIKELY TO HELP ON NAM RESOLUTION
[...] PolCouns provided reftel points to Amb. Fernando Flores Macias, DirGen for Multilateral Affairs, on August 17. Flores told PolCouns on August 18 that Ecuador's delegation to the NAM meeting in Durban, led by Vice Minister Edwin Johnson, will determine the GoE position on this issue. He pledg [...]
2004-08-19 20:29:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PREL PARM MNUC
04ROME1496BETWEEN PLAGUE AND FAMINE: ASSISTANCE AND
[...] On the margins of FAO's March 1-5 Regional Africa Conference in Johannesburg, FODAG DCM Michael Cleverley and Agricultural Minister Counselor Geoffrey Wiggin discussed and visited World Food Program (WFP),Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),NGO, and USAID operations in South Africa, Swa [...]
2004-04-15 15:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR ETRD FAO
04ROME709MISSION ITALY INPUT FOR 2004 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] Summary: Mission Italy recommends that Italy remain on the 301 watch list. Overall frequency of copyright piracy has remained essentially stable since 2000, when Italy's copyright law was enacted. Nonetheless, total losses due to piracy are mounting, and Italy's piracy and counterfeiting ra [...]
2004-02-25 16:03:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON ETRD IT
04TELAVIV6630ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Tsunami 2. Mideast 3. Pakistan: Nuclear Program 4. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited assessments that the casualty toll of the tidal waves in South Asia has reached 60,000 or even 70,000, and cited UN officia [...]
2004-12-29 10:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05ANKARA7014ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 16:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05CANBERRA1167AUSTRALIA ON USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON WORLD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-08 05:05:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL AS UNESCO
05COLOMBO566SRI LANKA: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NEW UN
[...] (SBU) Prasad Kariyawasam, who has been appointed as Sri Lanka's new Permanent Representative to the UN, has been a valued Embassy contact whose professionalism, good judgment and familiarity with the U.S. have helped advance our bilateral economic agenda on a number of key fronts over the pas [...]
2005-03-21 09:22:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PREL CE UN
05DJIBOUTI450INAUGURATION OF DJIBOUTI'S PRESIDENT FOR SECOND
[...] (U) Djibouti's 58-year old current president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, was inaugurated May 7 for a second six-year term. The colorful ceremony, filled with traditional songs and dancing, took place in the main hall of the Palais du Peuple, a large air-conditioned convention facility with meeting r [...]
2005-05-09 13:22:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID KDEM PGOV DJ
05GENEVA2317COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMAL MEETING
[...] The Commission on Human Rights met September 27 in Geneva to review the work of the OHCHR Secretariat since the close of the 61st CHR session, and to preview resolutions that governments plan to introduce during the Third Committee in New York. Most of the planned resolutions hew closely to [...]
2005-09-28 07:36:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
05HARARE1155AMBASSADOR HALL SURVEYS EMPTY BREADBASKET
[...] (C) During his August 11-13 visit to Zimbabwe, Ambassador Tony Hall witnessed firsthand the food insecurity caused by the GOZ,s misguided agricultural policies and recurring drought, and the destruction caused by Operation Restore Order. UN representatives told Ambassador Hall a GOZ appeal f [...]
2005-08-19 09:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
05HARARE1318 Subject: Food Import and Distribution
[...] Summary: Since April 2004, the import and distribution of food aid in Zimbabwe have been constrained by ambiguous GOZ requirements and unresolved issues concerning the quality of US- donated food. Currently there are no large amounts of food waiting for distribution or import, but it will b [...]
2005-09-22 14:32:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREL US ZI
05HARARE1699 LARGE SCALE FOOD DISTRIBUTION REINITIATED IN
[...] Large-scale international food aid operations have once more begun in Zimbabwe. The World Food Program, which recently concluded protracted negotiations with the Zimbabwean Government on an MOU governing food assistance operations, has started large-scale food distributions through its tradi [...]
2005-12-19 14:31:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREL US ZI
05HOCHIMINHCITY398SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, HIV/AIDS AND HCMC'S DRUG
[...] (SBU) Summary. HCMC is struggling to provide effective substance abuse and medical treatment for injecting drug users, one of the principal vectors of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Vietnam. HCMC maintains 21 rehabilitation centers for roughly 30,000 drug addicts, who are administratively -- and oft [...]
2005-04-14 11:35:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI KHIV SNAR PHUM VM CNARC HIV AIDS
05KATHMANDU2360 POLITICAL PARTY "BANDH" WIDELY OBSERVED
[...] (C) The Seven Party Alliance pulled off a broadly successful general closure ("bandh") of transportation, schools, factories, and shops in the Kathmandu Valley on October 28 to protest the stringent new media ordinance and the Government's action against Kantipur FM radio station (reftels). O [...]
2005-10-28 11:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON NP
05KATHMANDU2508INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER
[...] (SBU) Along with others from the donor community and United Nations agencies, the Embassy signed the following letter to the Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare regarding our concerns about the new Code of Conduct for NGOs (reftel). In the letter, the international community expre [...]
2005-11-17 11:06:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2827 PARTY CLOSURE OF KATHMANDU VALLEY WIDELY
[...] (C) Students and the seven political parties' cadre enforced the seven-party-alliance-called December 16 bandh (closure) of Kathmandu Valley to protest the December 14 indiscriminate killing of civilians by a Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) soldier in Nagarkot (reftel). Emboffs observed that most s [...]
2005-12-16 10:28:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CASC NP
05MAPUTO1059LAST AGOA GARMENT EXPORTER IN MOZAMBIQUE TO CLOSE
[...] (U) Belita, the only remaining garment factory in Mozambique exporting to the U.S. under AGOA, has announced it will close its operations on September 17. The closure will result in the loss of nearly 600 jobs in the city of Beira, Sofala province. Palmar Group, Belita's parent company located [...]
2005-08-22 14:26:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID EINV MZ AGOA
05MAPUTO3052005 MOZAMBIQUE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] Mozambique is a source country for women and girls trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation. South Africa is the principal receiving country for trafficked Mozambicans. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that 1,000 Mozambican women are trafficked every year. [...]
2005-03-04 09:36:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF MZ KFLD
05MAPUTO450GWOT ASSESSMENT - EMBASSY MAPUTO INPUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-06 16:16:00Embassy MaputoSECRETPREL PTER MZ
05MAPUTO75Mozambique's FY05 BFIF Proposal
[...] Post requests funding in the amount of USD 30,223 under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for FY05. 2. In order of priority, we propose the following three projects for FY05: --------------------------------------------- Project 1: Mozambique Entrepreneurship Forum ---------- [...]
2005-01-13 04:58:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO ECON ETRD ABUD MZ BFIF
05MASERU214LESOTHO FACES UP TO ITS DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES
[...] SUMMARY: The Government of Lesotho and the country's private sector held a three-day World Bank-sponsored Private Sector Development Forum from April 6-8, 2005 to identify and map out modalities for eliminating infrastructure, training, administrative and legal impediments to private sector g [...]
2005-04-26 12:59:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD LT AGOA
05MUSCAT322OMAN SEEKS SUPPORT FOR JUDGE CANDIDATE TO LAW OF
[...] This is an action request for OES/OA - please see para 3. 2. The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a circular to resident diplomatic missions on February 16 requesting support for its candidate to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). The salient portions of the [...]
2005-02-26 13:06:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA TPHY PREL PINR MU
05NAIROBI1668 THE PORT OF MOMBASA: DETERIORATION,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Port of Mombasa is the largest port in the Horn of Africa, and is the economic lifeblood for the entire East Africa region. It is managed by a wholly- owned government parastatal, the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). The Port is currently overwhelmed by a growing trade volume, [...]
2005-04-20 10:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ETTC EINV ELTN EWWT AMGT ABLD ASUP ATRN PREL PTER SNAR KSTC KE
05NEWDELHI1551TERRORIST THREATS MARR SUCCESSFUL KASHMIR POLLS
[...] (C) Summary: The February J&K municipal elections produced largely positive results. Participation, among the most important criteria for defining a ""successful"" election in the state, greatly exceeded expectations (even in areas with a history of alienation from New Delhi),proving again [...]
2005-03-01 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN PK
05PARIS238 SUBJECT: KEY THEMES AT WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE 6-
[...] Summary. The World Heritage Committee ("Committee"),the 21-nation governing body of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention, held a 6-11 December special session in Paris. The UNESCO World Heritage List's importance as a symbol of national pride and as a source of tourist revenues was [...]
2005-01-13 13:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SENV TBIO UN
05PARIS2931AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. NIGER 5. SOUTH AFRICA 6. SUDAN 7. NIGERIA 8. ABDOU DIOUF 9. AMINATA TRAORE Â [...]
2005-04-29 13:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7062AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. GABON 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. TOGO 6. MALI 7. SOUTH AFRICA Â [...]
2005-10-14 13:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PRETORIA1054 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - February Manufacturing Trade Indicators Improve S [...]
2005-03-11 13:06:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1111OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND
[...] Per reftel, Post welcomes the opportunity to help improve the global maritime security framework. The Port of Durban is the largest of South Africa's seven ports and the busiest in Africa. Its container terminal is the largest in the southern hemisphere. In addition, it is uniquely situate [...]
2005-03-15 14:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ETRD EWWT KSTC PARM PHSA PTER SF
05PRETORIA1161 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH MARCH 18 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2005-03-18 11:19:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA1175LOVELIFE AND GLOBAL FUND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The loveLife Global Fund grant in South Africa is approaching its renewal. In response to Reftel, Embassy Pretoria is providing information about the loveLife project and about the Country Coordinating Mechanism in South Africa. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Reftel requests informati [...]
2005-03-18 13:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID TBIO PREL SF
05PRETORIA1697 2005 IPR TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
[...] In response to reftel A request for project proposals, post submits a $18,650 budget request to conduct workshops for South African magistrates in the enforcement of South African intellectual property laws. The proposal is based on the workshops we did in 2004 and 2005 in South Africa. Wor [...]
2005-04-29 14:10:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON ETRD SF
05PRETORIA1704 SAG OFFICIALS RECEPTIVE TO U.S. INTERNATIONAL PORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. South African officials were receptive to U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Officer Brian Gilda's presentation of the International Port Security Program (IPSP). Officials openly discussed South Africa's efforts to comply with and implement the International Ship and Port Facility Secur [...]
2005-05-03 04:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PTER ECON SF IMO
05PRETORIA2161 SOUTH AFRICA: PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT, PART II OF II
[...] (U) Summary. Faced with the dilemma of having so much capability vested in often-troubled SOEs and the slow decline of the nation's economic infrastructure, President Mbeki has set a new strategic course. The central element is to raise the level of public investment to improve the nation's [...]
2005-06-02 10:05:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EFIN ETRD SF
05PRETORIA226 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 - SOUTH AFRICA
[...] In response to reftel A, here is post's 2005 investment climate statement for South Africa, chapter 6 of the next Country Commercial Guide. 2. BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2005 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment The government of South Africa (SAG) [...]
2005-01-19 05:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EFIN ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2599OPPOSITION TO MBEKI'S POLICIES AT ANC CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Summary: There appeared to be a popular revolt by provincial representatives against South African President Thabo Mbeki's proposed program to legislate a dual economy and redesign the ruling ANC party on the first day (June 30) of a four-day ANC National General Council (NGC) conference [...]
2005-07-01 15:46:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ELAB ECON PINR SF
05PRETORIA2621 SOUTH AFRICA: HOUSING WOES LEAD TO UNREST
[...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past year, residents of poor communities have increasingly taken to the streets across South Africa to protest the lack of housing and local government service delivery. In some instances, police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at unruly crowds who were blocki [...]
2005-07-05 13:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB SF
05PRETORIA2754 South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chro [...]
2005-07-13 09:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA3014ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. When South Africa grows, so does Africa. A main challenge for South Africa is how it can use its engine of trade to benefit its own poor as well as the poor on the continent. The South African government regards trade and investment with the rest of Africa with increasing poli [...]
2005-07-29 07:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON EAID KMCA SF USTR
05PRETORIA3051IPACT Workshops on IPR Enforcement Advance STOP -
[...] Summary. This wrap-up cable reports on the seven workshops on IPR enforcement funded by INL that the U.S. Embassy organized with IPACT. The workshops succeeded in raising awareness of the seriousness of IPR issues and of ways to enforce the law more effectively in South Africa. Some 244 pro [...]
2005-08-01 10:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD SF USTR
05PRETORIA3253 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Interest Rates Remain Unchanged; - Gold Strike L [...]
2005-08-12 13:56:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3257 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH AUGUST 12 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2005-08-12 13:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA3917 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH SEPTEMBER 23 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]
2005-09-23 14:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA4012 ERWIN EMPHASIZES SOE ROLE IN ACHIEVING 6% GROWTH
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a September 28th American Chamber of Commerce luncheon address, Minister of the Department of Public Enterprises Alec Erwin focused on the state-owned enterprises' (SOE) role in boosting the GDP growth rate to 6% and the SAG's rationale for not privatizing large SOE [...]
2005-09-30 14:40:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ENRG EAIR ELTN EFIN ETRD SF
05PRETORIA4387 POST PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 12:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR PREL SF
05PRETORIA4390TIP: SAG COOPERATION INCREASES UNDERSTANDING OF
[...] (SBU) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) released new information on trafficking patterns involving South Africa, based on information obtained following the increased awareness and cooperation of local law enforcement and non-governmental organizations. Overall, IOM has seen [...]
2005-10-31 14:36:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID KCRM KJUS KWMN CVIS SF
05PRETORIA4441 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH NOVEMBER 4 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2005-11-04 07:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA4548INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa has identified the trafficking problem, is taking real steps, and is having results. The National Assembly has passed the Children's Bill, and the government continues to push the "Anti-Trafficking" and "Sexual Offenses" bills through the legislative process. Pro [...]
2005-11-15 10:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID PREL KCRM KJUS KWMN SF
05PRETORIA4592 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER November 18 2005
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - September Manufacturing Production Picks Up; - W [...]
2005-11-18 11:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4598POST APPROVAL OF PROPOSED RESEARCH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 13:35:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL TBIO OSCI KHIV KSCA SF
05PRETORIA4971 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH DECEMBER 23 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2005-12-23 07:31:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA655 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged; - S [...]
2005-02-12 09:07:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA849South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter `THE
[...] (U) Introduction: In January 2004, the Economic Section of Embassy/Pretoria produced the first issue of a new monthly newsletter called `The Assay'. The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as [...]
2005-02-25 12:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA852INPUT FOR PRESIDENT'S 2005 REPORT ON AGOA
[...] This cable responds to Reftel A request for post's input for the President's 2005 report on AGOA drawing on the template provided. 2. SOUTH AFRICA Market Economy/Economic Reform/Elimination of Barriers to U.S. Trade --------------------------------------------- ------------ The Sout [...]
2005-02-25 14:29:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SF AGOA USTR
05PRETORIA883POST INPUT ON SPECIAL 301
[...] (SBU) Summary. IIPA's comments on IPR problems in South Africa are consistent with post's assessment on South Africa's deficiencies in dealing with the copying of educational texts, the shortcomings of copyright law, and the transiting of pirated goods. Ambassador Zoellick reiterated to SAC [...]
2005-03-01 05:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD SF USTR
05QUITO1799 BOTH CONCERN AND INDIFFERENCE GREET UNESCO'S
[...] Summary. Meeting in Durban, South Africa in July, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee addressed deteriorating conservation efforts in the Galapagos National Park and Marine Reserve. Regretting the lack of attention given to the Galapagos by the GOE, the Committee called for United Nations Edu [...]
2005-08-03 18:46:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID ECON EFIS ETRD PGOV AORC EC UN
05QUITO853UNESCO REPRESENTATIVE RECOMMENDS A TECHNICAL
[...] Summary. The Director of UNESCO,s World Heritage Center, Francesco Bandarin, visited Ecuador to evaluate a new potential world heritage site (The Incan Andean Road) and assess the Galapagos World Heritage Site (WHS),in light of faltering conservation efforts under the Gutierrez administratio [...]
2005-04-19 13:33:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIS ETRD PGOV PREL EC SEVN
05ROME2787 AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL RETURNS TO ZIMBABWE
[...] SUMMARY: Three years after my 2002 visit (see Ref A),I returned to Zimbabwe August 11-13 and found the country again poised for a food-security crisis. As a result of the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) misguided policies, drought, hyperinflation, and the associated lack of agricultural input [...]
2005-08-23 15:40:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD SENV EAID AORC XA PHUM PREL ECON ASEC SOCI ZU FAO WFP UNDP ZI SF VT
05VATICAN466TOWARD THE CONCLAVE PART III: THE CANDIDATES
[...] (U) When the 115 Cardinal electors enter the Sistine Chapel April 18 to elect a successor to Pope John Paul II, there will be no clear favorite. Despite intensive media speculation and a series of media bubbles for various candidates, heading into the conclave no candidate appears to have an i [...]
2005-04-18 16:42:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR VT
06BRASILIA1236BRAZIL'S RESPONSE TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE
[...] Poloff delivered reftel's talking points to Marcia Adorno of the MFA's Division for Human Rights. Adorno stated that the GoB concurred with the USG's overarching message that the inaugural session of the Council should be devoted to planning and building an effective framework for future proce [...]
2006-06-21 13:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM US UNHRC BR
06BRASILIA1333BRAZIL SPONSORS REFLECTIVE RACIAL CONFERENCE
[...] Poloff participated in a June 29 meeting hosted by Itamaraty and SEPPIR (Special Secretariat of Policies for the Promotion of Racial Equality),an advisory body to the Presidency, which aimed to explain in more detail the Regional American Conference on Advances and Challenges in the Action Pla [...]
2006-07-03 17:44:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV SOCI OAS KNSD BR US
06BRIDGETOWN1470REQUEST FOR AGREMENT: FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF JULIAN N.
[...] Embassy Bridgetown received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour of the Commonwealth of Dominica 2. Begin text of diplomatic note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour of the Commonwealth of Dominica presents its compliments to [...]
2006-08-22 17:47:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OFDP DO XL
06DARESSALAAM1090AMBASSADOR RETZER DISCUSSES HIV/AIDS, MALARIA
[...] (SBU) In an hour-long lively exchange on June 23, Ambassador Retzer and Tanzania's Prime Minister Edward Lowassa discussed the recent PEPFAR conference in Durban, South Africa, USG plans to accelerate HIV/AIDS testing and to ramp up anti-malaria programs on both the Mainland and in Zanzibar, t [...]
2006-07-03 12:17:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID TZ
06GENEVA1637RESOLUTIONS ON ALL FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] The Human Rights Council (HRC) passed resolutions on all five inter-governmental working groups during the June 29-30 conclusions and recommendations portion of the inaugural session. Discussion on the working group resolutions took place June 26-27, at which time the United States delivered [...]
2006-07-03 14:48:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
06JOHANNESBURG467SOUTH AFRICA: STATE OF ALUMINUN INDUSTRY
[...] (U) The South African aluminum industry is well developed and a major contributor to the economy. During 2005, primary and semi-fabricated aluminum sales amounted to 920,000 tons valued at about $1.7 billion, of which exports accounted for more than 70% by mass and value. All plants are curre [...]
2006-11-17 13:04:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ETRD ENRG ECON ELAB EIND SF
06KATHMANDU1268PARLIAMENT ASSERTS SUPREMACY
[...] (U) Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala presented the much-awaited Declaration limiting the power of the King to the House of Representatives on May 18. Despite rumors that the language would be muted (ref A),the Declaration stated that Nepal was now a secular state, with the Parliament hav [...]
2006-05-18 12:42:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MASS NP
06KATHMANDU1412006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) This is Post's 2006 Investment Climate Statement, per reftel. Post has also sent the Investment Climate Statement by unclassified email, per reftel. Begin Text. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Although the Government of Nepal (GON) is open to fore [...]
2006-01-13 11:25:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR NP
06KATHMANDU172MAOISTS BOMB CAPITAL, GOVERNMENT BANS GATHERINGS
[...] (C) On January 14, the Maoists simultaneously attacked different police posts and government buildings in the Kathmandu Valley, detonating at least three bombs and raiding two police posts, killing at least twelve policemen. In reaction, the government issued a nighttime curfew with "shoot on [...]
2006-01-17 10:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU200GOVERNMENT ARRESTS POLITICAL PARTY AND CIVIL
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 11. Summary ------- 2. (C) Citing fears that the Maoists would infiltrate the January 20 mass protest program of the seven-party alliance and turn it violent, the government cut phone services and arrested political party and ci [...]
2006-01-19 11:57:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER NP
06KATHMANDU211CITY QUIET DURING CURFEW, BUT PARTIES STILL
[...] (SBU) The January 20 government-called curfew from 0800 to 1800 inside the ring road in Kathmandu and Lalitpur was strictly observed. The city was quiet and the seven-party alliance was unable to hold its planned mass demonstration against the King. INSEC, a reputed human rights NGO, report [...]
2006-01-20 09:26:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU228PARTY DEMONSTRATIONS THWARTED; MAOIST VIOLENCE
[...] (U) The demonstrations rescheduled by the Parties on January 21 led to clashes between demonstrators and security forces, disrupting the Parties' hopes for a mass turnout. The armed police force (APF) and civil police used tear gas, baton charges, and arrests to control demonstrators, who cha [...]
2006-01-23 12:00:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER MOPS NP
06KATHMANDU2539MAOISTS ALLEGEDLY PLANNING URBAN REVOLUTION IN
[...] (C/NF) On September 12, Chauyen Lai Shrestha, member of the Nepali Congress (NC) Party and assistant to Prime Minister Koirala's daughter, passed two Nepali-language documents to the Embassy. The documents, which appear to reflect the results of the recent Maoist Central Committee meeting, ou [...]
2006-09-19 01:10:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU2743CENTER-RIGHT LEADER CONCERNED AS PEACE TALKS DRAW
[...] (C) Nepali Congress - Democratic President Sher Bahadur Deuba told visiting SCA PDAS Steven Mann October 4 that the Seven Party Alliance government would have to overcome considerable mistrust of the Maoists if it was going to reach a peace deal at the upcoming talks. The main question was Ma [...]
2006-10-16 08:46:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU286600 ELECTION CANDIDATES WITHDRAW; MORE MAOIST
[...] (U) More than 600 people withdrew their candidacy between filing to participate in the municipal election on January 26 and the deadline to withdraw on January 28. Some people withdrew voluntary, others claim the government forced them, and still others wished to withdraw but security forces [...]
2006-01-30 11:36:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM MOPS NP
06KATHMANDU321ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF KING'S TAKEOVER
[...] (U) On February 1, in a content-free speech marking the one-year anniversary of his takeover, the King announced no new initiatives, but highlighted the success of his plan to restore democracy to Nepal. He reconfirmed his intention to go ahead with municipal elections on February 8 and with [...]
2006-02-01 08:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU331MORE VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS ON "BLACK DAY"
[...] (U) The one year anniversary of the royal takeover, termed "Black Day" by parties and journalists, saw continued Maoist violence and government arrests of politicos and journalists throughout the country. Political party leaders claimed that the King's address to the nation contained "nothing [...]
2006-02-02 12:24:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU928PARTIES TERM DAY ONE OF GENERAL STRIKE "TOTAL
[...] (U) On April 7, the second day of the Parties' announced April 6-9 nationwide general strike, demonstrations and arrests continued in parts of the Kathmandu Valley. Normal life in Kathmandu remained largely quiet, however, as virtually all shops remained closed and few private vehicles were s [...]
2006-04-07 12:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINS NP
06KINSHASA1362USAID/FFP MONITORING MISSION TO CENTRAL KATANGA
[...] Kinshasa-based Regional Food for Peace Officer (RFFPO) James F. Conway traveled to Southern and Central Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo August 11-18, 2006 to evaluate the food security situation, particularly of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),and to monitor USAID-supp [...]
2006-08-29 08:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ETRD PREF CG
06LILONGWE914The Shire-Zambezi Waterway: God's Highway or Bingu's
[...] (U) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika is strongly pushing the idea of re-opening the Shire and Zambezi rivers to commercial navigation, to help address Malawi's serious problem of limited and expensive transportation links to global markets. A recent EU-funded pre-feasibility study offers [...]
2006-10-19 09:45:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EWWT ELTN KMCA PGOV MI
06LUSAKA1188Election Preparations Proceeding Smoothly
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Electoral Commission of Zambia continues to respond thoroughly to concerns of stakeholders as it proceeds with ballot printing oversight, organizes distribution of ballots and other materials to polling stations, establishes conflict management mechanisms, and handles accredi [...]
2006-08-31 12:45:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1269Electoral Commission Says It Is Prepared for National
[...] (SBU) The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) is confident that it will be fully prepared to conduct Zambia's tripartite elections on September 28, according to ECZ Chairperson Justice Irene Mambilima. The ECZ is in the process of packing ballots for distribution and expects all polling stati [...]
2006-09-19 04:53:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1419ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS: A WARTS-AND-ALL INSIDER'S
[...] (C) Summary. President Mwanawasa won Zambia's September 28 presidential election "fair and square," according to an experienced international elections expert who worked closely on the electoral process. The expert also noted serious shortcomings in the management of election results and in t [...]
2006-10-13 14:28:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV EAID ZA
06MAPUTO1550 MONTEPUEZ-LICHINGA ROAD PROJECT - GENERAL
[...] 787/06/T014 2. 11/30/06 3. BWILLIAMS 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. National Roads Administration Avenida de Mocambique, 1225 P.O. Box 1439 Maputo, Mozambique Tel: 258 21 476 163/7 Fax: 258 21 475 862 ----------------------------- Trade O [...]
2006-12-01 06:29:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP MZ
06MAPUTO675 INVITATION FOR BIDS - REHABILITATION OF EB3
[...] 787/06/T006 2. 06/08/06 3. BWILLIAMS 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Executive Director FIPAG - Fundo de Investimento e Patrimonio Do Abastecimento de Agua Rua General Pereira D'Eca, 241 - R/C Maputo, Mozambique Tel: 258 21 491-529; 498-840; 4 [...]
2006-06-08 07:53:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP MZ
06MAPUTO728Mozambique - Ambassador La Lime's Farewell Call on
[...] (U) On June 15 Ambassador La Lime paid a farewell call on President Guebuza. Guebuza complimented the Ambassador for being instrumental in furthering good relations between the Mozambique and the United States, emphasizing that he "greatly appreciated" her helpful role. He said he was please [...]
2006-06-20 11:37:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EINV ETRD PREL MZ
06MAPUTO741IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP STRESSED IN
[...] (U) Ambassador made a farewell call on Presidency Secretary-General Antonio Sumbana at Sumbana,s request on SIPDIS June 19. The Ambassador reviewed her June 15 farewell call on President Guebuza (reported septel). Sumbana expressed great pleasure with the state of the bilateral relationshi [...]
2006-06-20 16:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD MZ PREL
06MAPUTO745 INVITATION FOR BIDS - CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW
[...] 787/06/T007 2. 06/21/06 3. BWILLIAMS 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Administracao Nacional de Estradas (ANE) Av. De Mocambique, 1225 Maputo, Mozambique Tel: 258 21 476-163/7 Fax: 258 21 475-290 ----------------------------- Trade Opportuni [...]
2006-06-21 07:34:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP MZ
06MAPUTO83INVITATION FOR PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL BIDS - SUPPLY
[...] 787/06/T001 2. 01/04/06 3. BWILLIAMS 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Ministry of Health Directorate of Administration and Management Department of Logistics Av. Eduardo Mondlane/Salvador Allende, 1008 5th Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: 258 [...]
2006-01-18 14:43:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP MZ
06MAPUTO84INVITATION FOR PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL BIDS - SUPPLY
[...] 787/06/T002 2. 01/04/06 3. BWILLIAMS 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Ministry of Health Directorate of Administration and Management Department of Logistics Av. Eduardo Mondlane/Salvador Allende, 1008 5th Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: 258 [...]
2006-01-18 14:44:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP MZ
06MAPUTO86INVITATION FOR PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL BIDS - SUPPLY
[...] 787/06/T002 2. 01/04/06 3. BWILLIAMS 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Ministry of Health Directorate of Administration and Management Department of Logistics Av. Eduardo Mondlane/Salvador Allende, 1008 5th Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: 258 [...]
2006-01-19 13:15:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP MZ
06MAPUTO87INVITATION FOR PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL BIDS - SUPPLY
[...] 787/06/T001 2. 01/04/06 3. BWILLIAMS 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Ministry of Health Directorate of Administration and Management Department of Logistics Av. Eduardo Mondlane/Salvador Allende, 1008 5th Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: 258 [...]
2006-01-19 13:16:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP MZ
06MAPUTO883 REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST -
[...] 787/06/T010 2. 07/20/06 3. BWILLIAMS 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Aeroportos de Mocambique EP Avenida Acordos de Lusaka, 3267 Att: Mr. Acacio Tuendue Maputo, Mozambique Fax: 258 21 465-783 E-mail: admptec@tropical.co.mz --------------- [...]
2006-07-20 13:48:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP MZ
06MAPUTO97EMBASSY MAPUTO'S FY06 BFIF PROPOSAL
[...] Post requests funding in the amount of USD 27,882 under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for FY06. 2. In order of priority, we propose the following two projects for FY06: --------------------------------------------- -------------- Project 1: Commercial Outreach, AGOA P [...]
2006-01-20 09:55:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO ECON ETRD AMGT EINV ABUD MZ
06MASERU298DAS THOMPSON'S VISIT TO LESOTHO
[...] Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Carol Thompson visited Maseru June 14-16 following her attendance at the Second Annual President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Conference in Durban, South Africa. She met with the First Lady of Lesotho, the Deputy Prime Minist [...]
2006-06-23 10:04:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV PREL KDEM SOCI LT
06MASERU99GOL CONTINUES TO PURSUE CORRUPTION CASES: FORMER HIGHLANDS
[...] The former chief delegate of the Lesotho government on the joint Lesotho Highlands Water Commission (LHWC) with South Africa has been charged with receiving bribes of over USD 1 million from the German construction company, Lahmeyer International between 1998 and 2001. Mr. Keabile Mochebelele [...]
2006-02-22 14:59:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EINV LT
06NAIROBI2011 SOUTH/CENTRAL SOMALIA FOOD DISTRIBUTION
[...] From February to mid-April, 2006, a total of 25 251 MTs of FFP Title II emergency food aid has been distributed to 1,296,818 victims of the drought in South and Central Somalia. This represents a 44 % achievement in comparison to planned levels. The food pipeline will remain stretched and d [...]
2006-05-09 11:13:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKE SO
06NAIROBI2075KENYA STRUGGLES TO GET WIRED - THE ONGOING SAGA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Regional efforts to at last bring economically vital fiber optic connectivity to Africa's East Coast are being stymied by South African efforts to impose a monopolistic model on the planned East African Submarine System (EASSy),a 5,500 mile undersea cable that would link Durba [...]
2006-05-12 06:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN KE
06NAIROBI5265U.S. FIRMS IN THE RACE TO BUILD A FIBER OPTIC CABLE IN EAST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya and the rest of the East Coast of Africa are on the cusp of achieving interconnection to the worldwide web via undersea fiber optic cable. Two projects are racing to begin construction, and the leading contender, Seith East Africa, is 100% U.S.-owned. Moreover, Seith has [...]
2006-12-14 13:55:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN KE IN AE
06PARIS5276 U.S. DELEGATION REPORT: 30TH SESSION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE
[...] Summary: The World Heritage Committee, the 21-nation governing body of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention, held its 30th Session in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 8-16, 2006. The Committee added eighteen cultural and natural sites to the prestigious World Heritage List and also decided to rem [...]
2006-08-03 16:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO LH
06PRETORIA1004SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER MARCH 10 2006
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - January Manufacturing Growth at 5.6%; - December [...]
2006-03-10 13:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA1123SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER MARCH 17 2006
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Are SA's Growth Prospects Faltering?; - Energy S [...]
2006-03-17 10:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA1195 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH MARCH 24 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-03-24 11:18:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA1324SOUTH AFRICA: AFRICA'S BIOTECH POWERHOUSE
[...] (U) Summary. South Africa leads the African continent in the adoption, acceptance and advancement of biotech knowledge. It has a vibrant and productive biotech community that produces far more scientific articles and patents than any other Africa country. Funding for biotech grew 360% betwe [...]
2006-04-03 12:24:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL SF
06PRETORIA1397 SOUTH AFRICA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified; Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Welcome to South Africa. In the twelve years since the end of apartheid, the South African government (SAG) has taken major steps toward establishing a democracy and market-based economy. Despite problems of income [...]
2006-04-07 04:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL EFIN EINV ETRD ECON KHIV SF
06PRETORIA1415 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH April 7 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-04-07 12:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA142 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH JANUARY 13 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-01-13 12:06:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA1657 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH April 21 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-04-21 13:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA171SOUTH AFRICA: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2006 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2006 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2006 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment [...]
2006-01-17 14:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC USTR PGOV SF
06PRETORIA2065 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH May 19 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-05-19 07:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA2249 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH June 2 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-06-01 14:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA2860SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER JULY 13 2006
[...] (U) Summary. Once every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Government to simplify BEE codes; - Sec [...]
2006-07-13 13:01:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA2873 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ACOTA - WILLIAM G. (CHIP)
[...] Embassy Pretoria welcomes and grants country clearance to ACOTA Coordinator William G. (Chip) Beck and John Sevold from July 15-22, 2006. The purpose of the visit is follow-up on the JUN DEFCOM meeting requirements and for a site visit to Bloemfontein Mission Readiness Training center and ot [...]
2006-07-14 04:35:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL MARR ASEC SF TZ
06PRETORIA320 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH JANUARY 27 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-01-27 12:17:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA3295SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER AUGUST 11, 2006 ISSUE
[...] (U) Summary. Once every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank raises interest rates 50 basi [...]
2006-08-14 05:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA3339SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR OBAMA'S VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Welcome to South Africa, an anchor country in our Africa policy. Since the end of apartheid in 1994, the African National Congress (ANC)-led South African Government (SAG) has made major progress toward establishing a vibrant democracy and market-based economy. The SAG has focused on p [...]
2006-08-15 14:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV ECON KHIV SF
06PRETORIA347SOUTH AFRICA: HOUSING AND SERVICE DELIVERY WOES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since mid-2004, South Africa has seen several protests in disadvantaged communities, ostensibly against poor public service delivery, lack of adequate housing, and corruption. These protests have intensified in the run up to the March 1 local elections, suggesting that there ar [...]
2006-01-30 07:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN EINV EAID SF
06PRETORIA4074INDIAN PM VISITING SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Indian PM Singh will visit South Africa September 30 - October 3 to discuss political and economic issues, as well as to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence. South African President Mbeki hopes to deepen his political partners [...]
2006-09-29 14:55:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG IN SF
06PRETORIA432SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 3 2006
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Interest Rates Remain Unchanged; - December's Tr [...]
2006-02-03 10:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA4978DELTA AIRLINES LAUNCHES SOUTH AFRICA SERVICE
[...] (U) Summary. Delta Airlines launched daily direct service from Atlanta to Johannesburg South Africa December 5. The route is heavily booked through January with high passenger load factors and full cargo utilization. End Summary. 2. (SBU) U.S. carrier Delta Airlines launched a new service [...]
2006-12-08 12:21:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON KHLS KTIA SF
06PRETORIA5018ZUMA CAMP REMAINS OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 28, the Durban Consul General met with Rieaz "Mo" Shaik, a former South African diplomat, long-time ANC member, and brother of Durban businessman Schabir Shaik who was convicted of fraud and corruption charges stemming from his relationship with ANC Deputy President J [...]
2006-12-14 08:19:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS SF
06PRETORIA5042BIOFUEL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS AND OBSTACLES IN THE
[...] SUMMARY. An inaugural Biofuels Markets Africa conference took place in Cape Town on November 30 - December 1, 2006. The event attracted over 200 attendees, primarily from African industry and governments. Key topics included government policies and incentives to support investment, producti [...]
2006-12-18 04:24:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EAGR SENV ECON EINV SF
06PRETORIA5076MBEKI MUM ON CALL FOR 3RD TERM AS ANC PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. With only eleven months to go until the ANC national conference, the succession battle is beginning to be played out publicly. Earlier this month, Mbeki was both heckled by pro-Zuma supporters in KwaZulu-Natal and "encouraged" to run for a third term as party president by Easter [...]
2006-12-20 08:03:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SF
06PRETORIA600SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 10 2006
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - December Manufacturing Resumes Growth; - Survey [...]
2006-02-10 12:46:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA603 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH FEBRUARY 10 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-02-10 13:26:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA640SOUTH AFRICA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI VISIT
[...] (SBU) Welcome to South Africa, an anchor country in our Africa policy. Since the end of apartheid in 1994, the African National Congress (ANC)-led South African Government (SAG) has made major progress toward establishing a vibrant democracy and market-based economy. The SAG has focused on [...]
2006-02-15 07:35:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ECON MARR KHIV SF
06PRETORIA698SOUTH AFRICA: MBEKI ANNOUNCES THE ACCELERATED AND
[...] (U) Summary. In his State of the Nation address on February 3, President Thabo Mbeki spent considerable time introducing what he termed the "Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa" (ASGISA),which he described as a limited set of interventions designed to halve unemployment [...]
2006-02-17 14:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN PGOV SF
06PRETORIA960SOUTH AFRICA: PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. The United States and South Africa have made significant progress in implementing the June 10, 2005 Presidential Joint Statement. The two countries signed the ACOTA agreement in August 2005 to enhance South Africa's peacekeeping capacity, and training programs will begin this [...]
2006-03-08 13:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD MASS PHUM SF
06PRETORIA964SOUTH AFRICA: INPUT FOR PRESIDENT'S 2006 REPORT ON
[...] (U) This cable responds to the request for post input to the President's 2006 Report on AGOA, drawing on instructions provided in Ref A. Market Economy, Economic Reform, and the Elimination of Barriers to U.S. Trade ---------------------------------------- 2. (U) The South African govern [...]
2006-03-08 14:13:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PHUM USTR AGOA PREL SF
06PRETORIA990 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH MARCH 10 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-03-10 07:59:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06TELAVIV604ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06USUNNEWYORK599UN REFORM: AMBASSADOR BOLTON MEETS WITH JAPAN'S
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Bolton met with Ambassador Takasu, GOJ Special Ambassador for UN Reform, on March 23 to review the state-of-play on UN reform. Ambassador Takasu said the management reform report (A/60/692) is problematic because it will cost several hundred million dollars to implement it [...]
2006-03-24 22:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
07ACCRA947HIGHLIGHTING MALARIA AWARENESS DAY IN GHANA - APRIL 25
[...] Ghana celebrated Africa malaria day on April 25, 2007 with a variety of activities supported by the Government of Ghana, health development partners including the USG mission as well the local NGO community and private sector. The events carried out are part of an ongoing effort to raise awar [...]
2007-05-02 07:26:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO
07ANTANANARIVO430 U.S. FUND SEEKS MADAGASCAR FOREST DEAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since a meeting in September, 2006, between President Ravalomanana and the president of the Global Environment Fund (GEF),a deal to create a 30,000 hectare sustainable forestry operation in Madagascar has progressed in fits and starts. Interrupted by the December 3 presidential [...]
2007-05-03 09:40:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO477COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS HELP TO DISARM MILITIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador McGee met May 19 with Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, high-level Union officials, and island presidential candidates on both Grand Comores and Anjouan to urge all parties to work towards free, fair, transparent, and peaceful elections in the upcomi [...]
2007-05-21 13:41:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM XA CN
07ANTANANARIVO779 BACAR'S DEFIANCE LEAVES AU FEW OPTIONS IN THE COMOROS
[...] (U) Little has changed in the Union of the Comoros in recent days (reftels). African Union (AU) Envoy Francisco Madeira again threatened Anjouan island renegade, Mohamed Bacar, and again offered an ultimatum. In a press statement July 28, Madeira said, "Bacar's boat is sinking and anyone lef [...]
2007-08-02 12:50:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN
07BELGRADE1687SERBIA TO VOTE AGAINST FUNDING OF THE DURBAN REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 16:54:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM PREL SR
07BUENOSAIRES1785ARGENTINE ECONOMY MINISTRY OFFICIALS AGREE TO
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on supporting plans to clear Liberia's IMF arrears to new Economy Ministry Chief of Advisors Javier Alvaredo and new Undersecretary of Finance Juan Carlos Barboza on September 5. Econoff also outlined issue in general terms over the telephone to Secretary [...]
2007-09-07 15:57:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV AR
07CAPETOWN100SOUTH AFRICA PLANS AIRPORT EXPANSION FOR 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary. Airport Companies South Africa (ACSA) will expand airport capacity by 40% over the next five years to meet rising demand and accommodate 2010 Soccer World Cup passengers. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Embassy transportation officer attending the annual Board of Airlines Representat [...]
2007-04-02 12:26:00Consulate Cape TownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EINV KHLS SF
07DURBAN54ANC SECURES SIMPLE MAJORITY IN KWAZULU-NATAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The African National Congress (ANC) gained a simple majority in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) legislature for the first time following the recent floor crossing period. Previously, the ANC controlled 40 out of 80 seats, and governed in a coalition with the two members of the Minority Fro [...]
2007-09-26 15:00:00Consulate DurbanCONFIDENTIALPGOV SF
07DURBAN59BUTHELEZI PREACHES MORE OF THE SAME AT IFP ANNUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) held its 32nd Annual General Conference from October 12-14 in KwaZulu-Natal. IFP President Mangosuthu Buthelezi presided over the conference, which was attended by over 3,000 delegates. Buthelezi criticized the ANC-led government, and detailed his o [...]
2007-10-17 13:11:00Consulate DurbanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF
07DURBAN61DURBAN POLITICAL UPDATE - ISSUE 1
[...] (U) IN THIS ISSUE: - Situation Remains Tense in Ezinqoleni Municipality - President Mbeki Visits Inkatha Freedom Party Stronghold - KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health's Head of Department Suspended 2. (U) RECENT CABLE TRAFFIC: - DURBAN 54: ANC Secures Simply Majority in KwaZulu-Natal - DU [...]
2007-10-19 15:13:00Consulate DurbanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF
07DURBAN62DURBAN ECONOMIC UPDATE - ISSUE 1
[...] (C) IN THIS ISSUE: - Plans for New Durban Airport Approved - Plans for Current Durban Airport Still Under Debate - Succession Debate Hindering Public Service Delivery in Durban - Construction of New Durban Stadium on Target - Environmentalists Accuse eThekwini Health Department of Cover-up [...]
2007-10-23 15:48:00Consulate DurbanCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR EWWT PGOV SENV SF
07GENEVA1656HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, JUNE
[...] (SBU) The Human Rights Council (HRC) held the first organizational meeting of its second year June 19-22 to follow up on institution-building in preparation for the next Council session (Sept. 10-28). In a worrisome indication that negotiations in Geneva are unlikely to be more transparent th [...]
2007-06-25 15:39:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA2373HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SIXTH SESSION:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council held the first part of its sixth regular session on September 10-28. It largely completed the institution-building process that had occupied much of its first year of existence, laying the groundwork for mechanisms such as universal periodic review (UPR) [...]
2007-10-11 15:39:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA2626Human Rights Council Session Highlights Troubling
[...] Summary: The Human Rights Council's resumed Sixth Session of December 10-14 highlighted the pernicious dynamic of previous sessions in which important resolutions were held hostage to negotiations between the European Union and Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). That dynamic was e [...]
2007-12-17 16:51:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA617WORKING GROUP ON FOLLOW-UP TO DURBAN DECLARATION
[...] (U) Summary: The intergovernmental working group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action met for the first part of its fifth session March 5-9 chaired by Chilean Permanent Representative Juan Martabit. Main areas of contention remain the inclusion [...]
2007-03-14 06:59:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC
07JOHANNESBURG323SOUTH AFRICA: NOVEMBER LABOR NOTES
[...] Summary: Construction workers revamping the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban went on strike the beginning of November last week, over low wages and safety issues. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) chose to get involved on behalf of the construction workers, and reached an agreement with [...]
2007-11-30 16:23:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON EMIN SF
07JOHANNESBURG3732South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...]
2007-10-24 07:16:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
07JOHANNESBURG3738South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...]
2007-10-24 09:51:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
07KATHMANDU1750NEPAL: MAOIST MINISTERS RESIGN FROM INTERIM
[...] (C) Citing the Interim Government's failure to operate as agreed, the four remaining Maoist ministers submitted their resignation to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala the afternoon of September 18. The Maoists had been threatening to resign on the 18th if their 22 demands, including the im [...]
2007-09-18 11:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU1868NEPAL: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR PARLIAMENTARY SPECIAL
[...] (C) Senior staff at the Interim Parliament expect the special session which begins October 11 will address two topics only: a purely proportional system for the Constituent Assembly election and the declaration of a republic. Maoist Members of Parliament cited these two issues when they invok [...]
2007-10-10 10:52:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
07KINSHASA1422 REQUEST TO RECONSIDER DECREASE IN COLA
[...] (U) Summary: The recent decision to lower Kinshasa's COLA from 42 to 30 percent (ref A) has serious implications for post morale and its efforts to recruit Foreign Service staff. The new COLA is inconsistent with findings by the highly reputable Employment Conditions Abroad International" (EC [...]
2007-12-28 07:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT AFIN CG
07KOLKATA66FORMULATION OF A NEW INTEGRATED ACTION PLAN TO COMBAT TIP
[...] (U) Summary: On February 1-2 approximately 50-75, lawyers, judges, NGO activists, and government officials from West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, and Jharkhand participated in the "Eastern Regional Workshop to Discuss the Proposed Plan of Action to Prevent and Combat Human Trafficking" organized b [...]
2007-02-22 06:33:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN SOCI KCRM PHUM PREL IN
07LUANDA1015ANGOLA -- BENGUELA RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Benguela Railway is one of three strategic railroads linking Angola with its neighbors to the north and south. Although the China International Fund (CIF) won a contract to the restore the Benguela line in January 2006, the company has yet to lay down rails. The Chinese [...]
2007-10-03 12:55:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV AO CH
07MAPUTO1305 REQUEST FOR CONSULTING SERVICES FOR DESIGN AND
[...] 787/07/T017 2. 11/08/07 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Chief Executive Officer Fundo de Investimento e Patrimonio do Abastecimento de Agua Rua General Pereira DQEca, 241 Ground Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258-21) 498 840 Fax: (25 [...]
2007-11-08 13:13:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ECON MZ
07MAPUTO1441 ENERGY REFORM AND ACCESS PROJECT - ERAP CREDIT # 3819 MOZ
[...] 787/07/T018 2. 12/04/07 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Mr. Pascoal Bacela, National Director for Energy Ministry of Energy - Direccao Nacional de Energia Electrica Av. 25 de Setembro, 1218 - 2nd Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258-21) 357 600 [...]
2007-12-06 05:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ENRG ETRD ECON MZ
07MAPUTO356 REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST - TRANSFRONTIER
[...] 787/07/T012 2. 03/19/07 3. BWILLIAMS 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Mr. Bartolomeu Soto, Project Coordinator and Head of the TFCA Unit Transfrontier Coordination Areas Unit (TFCAU) Ministry of Tourism Av. 25 de Setembro, 1123 - 4 Floor A/B/C [...]
2007-03-26 14:48:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP MZ
07MAPUTO357 REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST - TRANSFRONTIER
[...] 787/07/T013 2. 03/19/07 3. BWILLIAMS 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Mr. Bartolomeu Soto, Project Coordinator and Head of the TFCA Unit Transfrontier Coordination Areas Unit (TFCAU) Ministry of Tourism Av. 25 de Setembro, 1123 - 4 Floor A/B/C [...]
2007-03-26 14:49:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP MZ
07MAPUTO368 INVITATION FOR BID FOR SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF
[...] 787/07/T014 2. 03/28/07 3. BWILLIAMS 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. FIPAG - Fundo de Investimento e Patrimonio do Abastecimento de Agua Rua General Pereira D'Ega, 241 - Ground Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258-21) 491 529; 498 840; 498 815 F [...]
2007-03-28 08:05:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP MZ
07MAPUTO418 INVITATION FOR PREQUALIFICATION - BEIRA ELECTRICITY
[...] 787/07/T016 2. 04/05/07 3. BWILLIAMS 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Electricidade de Mocambique E.P. Direccao de electrificacao e Projectos Av. Filipe Samuel Magaia, 368 Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258-21) 353 632 Fax: (258-21) 322 074 ------ [...]
2007-04-09 09:22:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP MZ
07MAPUTO419 INVITATION FOR PREQUALIFICATION - BEIRA ELECTRICITY
[...] 787/07/T015 2. 04/05/07 3. BWILLIAMS 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Electricidade de Mocambique E.P. Direccao de electrificacao e Projectos Av. Filipe Samuel Magaia, 368 Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258-21) 353 632 Fax: (258-21) 322 074 ------ [...]
2007-04-09 09:23:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP MZ
07MAPUTO509Mozambique - Cargo Scanning Fees Threaten Trade Through
[...] (SBU) Summary: A new Mozambican company, Kudumba, which is partially owned by the ruling FRELIMO party, has a concession to operate scanners checking cargo at Mozambique's ports of entry. It is charging high fees on all cargo, scanned or not, going through Maputo port. The port and the busine [...]
2007-05-01 08:40:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON MZ
07MASERU273LESOTHO: UNHCR/BELARUS DEMARCHE
[...] (U) On May 10, poloff delivered reftel demarches to Acting Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs P. P. Makosholo. The Foreign Minister and his top two deputies are currently in Durban, South Africa attending an African Union (AU) meeting and will remain unavailable to receive the demarche dir [...]
2007-05-10 18:54:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC LT
07MASERU345LESOTHO: U.S. DOD DONATIONS YIELD CELEBRATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: On June 7 and 8, items procured through the Department of Defense's Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) were delivered to the Lesotho Defense Forces (LDF) medical services and the rural Itumeleng Primary and Secondary Schools in Mohale's Hoek. The donations -- a large van to be co [...]
2007-06-13 10:05:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS EAID LT
07MEXICO2947NORTH AMERICAN PARTNERS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: This is the second of two cables summarizing trilateral talks on human rights cooperation with Canada and Mexico held in Mexico City on May 29. This cable focuses on issues relating to the UN system, with a particular focus on those before the UN Human Rights Council (HRC); ref [...]
2007-06-06 19:36:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC MX OAS HUMAN
07NAIROBI4202KENYA'S BIG PUSH FOR ICT REFORM AND INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: With elections looming in December, Kenya's private sector and reform-minded government officials are racing to either complete or put in motion a series of intertwined reforms and infrastructure projects aimed at generating growth across the entire economy through greater compe [...]
2007-10-25 06:10:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN KE
07OTTAWA2274CANADA WILL MAINTAIN NEGATIVE VOTE ON DURBAN
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (SBU) Deputy Director Robert Sinclair in DFAIT's Human Rights Division confirmed on December 17 that Canada would vote against the funding of the Durban Review Conference in the upcoming plenary vote. He added that Canada is more concerned [...]
2007-12-17 21:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA CA
07PRETORIA1SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LED BY CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE
[...] (SBU) I warmly welcome the visit of your congressional delegation to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only two weeks after Jacob Zuma defeated incumbent Thabo Mbeki [...]
2007-12-31 16:00:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA1096ZIMBABWE: CHURCH LEADERS CAUTIOUS ON VATICAN ROLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Vatican shares U.S. concerns about the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe, but will be cautious about speaking out publicly, according to Papal Nuncio Green. Public comments by the Pope are the final card to play, and the Vatican will want to save that step for the right mom [...]
2007-03-28 15:00:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI VT SF
07PRETORIA1137SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 30, 2006
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 13 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Private Sector Growth Rate at 7 percent - Automotive Component Revenue Thrives - New Plans to Ease Skills Shortage - Eskom's New Power St [...]
2007-03-30 15:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA1206SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY
[...] (U). Summary: This is the first issue for 2007 of the South African Environment, Science and Technology newsletter, January to March Volume 1, Number 6, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SA Leads an Afro-Euro Team to Prestigious EU Science [...]
2007-04-04 15:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
07PRETORIA1207SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY
[...] (U). Summary: This is the first issue for 2007 of the South African Environment, Science and Technology newsletter, January to March Volume 1, Number 6, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SA Leads an Afro-Euro Team to Prestigious EU Science [...]
2007-04-04 15:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
07PRETORIA1422007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT Q SOUTH
[...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2007 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2007 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2007 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment [...]
2007-01-12 11:40:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD KTDB SF
07PRETORIA1473SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 26, 2007
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 17 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Johannesburg Long-term Rating Upgraded - Ownership Component of BEE Unimportant - New Country of Origin Regulations - Rural Women Ensnare [...]
2007-04-26 10:56:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA1577SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 4, 2007
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 18 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Industrial Policy to Include Chemical Sector - Manufacturing Down Due to Strong Rand - Call Center Industry Booming - Trade Deficit Widen [...]
2007-05-04 11:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA1684SOUTH AFRICA MUNICIPAL ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTORS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) found in a technical audit that municipal electricity distributors have under-funded infrastructure development, lack skilled staff and can not deliver the quality of supply required of them. The audit found that electricit [...]
2007-05-10 10:04:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SF
07PRETORIA1965HEALTH MINISTER'S RETURN RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT
[...] (C) Controversial and ailing Minister of Health Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang received a successful liver transplant in March. For the last several weeks, there have been reports about the return of Dr. Tshabalala-Msimang to her duties as Minister of Health. Most of the South African healt [...]
2007-05-31 11:53:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON SOCI PGOV PREL SF
07PRETORIA2106 SHE,S BACK - HEALTH MINISTER MANTO
[...] (U) South Africa's Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang resumed 100 percent of her duties as Health Minister on June 6, 2007 following a three-month absence to recover from a liver transplant. Her first action was to decline participation in the 3rd Annual South African Aids Conference in Durban (Ju [...]
2007-06-12 13:30:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON SOCI PGOV PREL SF
07PRETORIA2441BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON ANC DEPUTY PRESIDENT
[...] (U) ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma, aged 65, is about to become a father again, according to the South African magazine "YOU." (NOTE: YOU is published in Afrikaans and English, is probably most comparable to People Magazine in the US, and has a readership of 2.1 million. END NOTE.) Though Zu [...]
2007-07-11 14:49:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR SF
07PRETORIA2791SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, July 2007, Volume 2, Number 4, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- PREDATOR BREEDERS INSTITUTE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SA GOVERNMENT -- S [...]
2007-08-08 05:15:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
07PRETORIA2886SOUTH AFRICA'S EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa's relationship with Cuba remains close, based largely on Cuba's support for the ruling African National Congress during the anti-apartheid struggle. Despite South Africa's rhetorical support for principles of democracy and human rights, the SAG is highly unlikely to [...]
2007-08-16 13:15:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM CU SF
07PRETORIA3029 SECRETARY LEAVITT CONCLUDES SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO
[...] (U) U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt completed a successful visit to South Africa August 18-21, 2007. The Secretary and his delegation visited four sites in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces funded by the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief to dem [...]
2007-08-30 04:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI PGOV PREL SF
07PRETORIA3331SOUTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT WILLING TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Counselor and Transportation Officer made a courtesy call on South African Department of Transport (SADOT) Chief Director of Aviation Anwar Gany on September 11. The conversation touched on the July Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) audit and DOT plans to address l [...]
2007-09-20 15:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL ICAO FAA AORC SF
07PRETORIA3448ZUMA ALLY UPBEAT ON ANC ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Jacob Zuma will likely win the ANC presidency at the upcoming December party conference, claimed informal Zuma advisor Mo Shaik. An optimistic Shaik suggested that the tide has shifted toward Zuma, that Mbeki is increasingly isolated, and that neither Tokyo Sexwale nor Cyril Ram [...]
2007-10-01 14:06:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA3490 U.S. FIRM AES CHARGES INTO SOUTH AFRICA'S ELECTRIC POWER
[...] Summary. An AES Corporation (AES)-led consortium has been selected as the preferred bidder by the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) for two open-cycle gas turbine peaking power stations to be constructed in South Africa. The AES-led consortium, which won the bid over a Suez-led consort [...]
2007-10-03 12:11:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EINV EPET SF
07PRETORIA3538SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCOTOBER 5,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 40 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Trade Deficit Disappoints Market - Internet Costs Stifle SAG Open Source Policy - Car Sales Decline Again - Critic Claims Climate Conscio [...]
2007-10-09 06:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA3678SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM INDUSTRY ON A POSITIVE AND RAPID
[...] (U). Summary: The South African tourism industry has shown significant growth since the country was democratized in 1994. Over 8.4 million people visited South Africa in 2006. Tourism contributes more to the economy than the gold sector and that it employs over half a million people. Sout [...]
2007-10-18 14:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EAIR SENV SOCI CASC CPAS SF
07PRETORIA3744South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...]
2007-10-24 13:53:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
07PRETORIA3778SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Senator, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadersh [...]
2007-10-26 13:16:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3783POLL SHOWS ZUMA EMERGING AS TOP PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (U) ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma came in first place when 2,000 adults were asked, "Who do you think will succeed President Mbeki in 2009?", according to a poll released by TNS Surveys on 25 October. Zuma came out heads above the others, receiving 27 percent of the vote. Deputy President [...]
2007-10-26 15:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SF
07PRETORIA3829ZUMA ADVISOR SHAIK OUTLINES CAMPAIGN STRATEGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma hopes to defeat current ANC President Thabo Mbeki during the ANC nomination process, before the December 16-20 national conference even begins, according to Zuma informal advisor Mo Shaik. Zuma is confident and has public support, but even Shaik ad [...]
2007-11-01 07:23:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA3901SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN BERNANKE'S VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Chairman, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leaders [...]
2007-11-07 16:07:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3902SCENESETTER FOR USG VISITORS TO THE CORPORATE
[...] (SBU) You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Because the ANC has overwhelming support in the country (70 percent in the last election),the person who wins the ANC election in December [...]
2007-11-07 16:12:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3903SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Secretary, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leader [...]
2007-11-08 05:36:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3907ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, NOT RESOURCE NATIONALISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel request for information, the South African Government (SAG) does not practice overt "resource nationalism" as in nationalization, but the state is exercising a greater role in resource development and control, and in effect is imposing "resource affirmative [...]
2007-11-08 07:27:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALEPET EMIN PGOV ENRG SF
07PRETORIA3917SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST ZUMA
[...] (C) In a decision that could portend the recharging of ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma on corruption charges, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on 08 November overturned a lower court decision against the admissibility of evidence in the Zuma case. (NOTE: A Durban High Court judge ruled in 20 [...]
2007-11-08 14:52:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS SF
07PRETORIA3939(C) ALLEGATIONS OF POLITICAL INTERFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the run-up to the ANC national conference 16-20 December, allegations of bribes and intimidation directed at ANC branch members and Polokwane delegates are surfacing from Zuma, Mbeki, and Sexwale camps. Press reports allege that ANC branch members in North West are being intim [...]
2007-11-13 15:21:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SF
07PRETORIA3973SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 16,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 46 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Production Slows - Textile Tariff Plan A Boost For Factories - South Africans Forced To Live In Higher-Density Developments [...]
2007-11-16 14:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA4002South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...]
2007-11-20 11:28:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
07PRETORIA4026SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF INTERIOR'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Becau [...]
2007-11-21 12:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA4027SCENESETTER FOR USG VISITORS TO THE 2007 GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Because the ANC has overwhelming support in the country (70 percent in the last election),the person who wins the ANC election in December [...]
2007-11-21 12:26:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA4103South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zi [...]
2007-12-03 11:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
07PRETORIA4105ANC SUCCESSION: ZUMA HAS EDGE, BUT IT'S NOT OVER
[...] (C) With only two weeks to go before the ANC elects its next President the field has narrowed to a tight race between ANC President Thabo Mbeki and Deputy President Jacob Zuma, with Tokyo Sexwale and Cyril Ramaphosa trailing far behind. Some still hold out hope that the animosity generated bet [...]
2007-12-03 14:18:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4166ZUMA CAMP CONFIDENT IN LEAD UP TO POLOKWANE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Advisors to ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma are confident that their candidate will defeat ANC President Thabo Mbeki at the December 16-20 national conference, although they acknowledge that Mbeki may yet have "tricks up his sleeve." Mbeki is trying to buy delegate votes, the Zum [...]
2007-12-10 13:42:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4196MBEKI CAMP UPBEAT
[...] (C) According to Mbeki camp lobbyists, Mbeki has succeeded in changing the minds of enough delegates to win the ANC Presidency for a third term. On 12 December, PolAsst received a text message on his phone, allegedly from the national coordinator of the Mbeki lobby (Andile Nkuhlu),stating, " [...]
2007-12-14 05:54:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4217ANC ELECTIONS: ZUMA WINS PRESIDENCY
[...] (SBU) Results of elections for the six ANC leadership positions were released at 20:30 local (13:30 EST),revealing a clean sweep for the Zuma camp. Winners are as follows: President: Jacob Zuma (previous ANC Deputy President) won with 2,329 votes. Mbeki received 1,505 votes; there were 8 [...]
2007-12-18 19:29:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4231CODEL KERRY VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (C) Summary: Senator John Kerry, accompanied by his wife, Ms. Teresa Heinz Kerry, and two staff members, visited South Africa November 18-28, 2007. Ms. Heinz Kerry, who attended school in South Africa, received an honorary doctorate from Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, of which she [...]
2007-12-21 07:26:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALOREP PGOV PINR PREL SF
07PRETORIA957SOUTH AFRICA EXPRESSES "CONCERN" ABOUT ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Zimbabwe's March 11 violent attack on opposition leaders has revitalized the debate on Zimbabwe in South Africa and put pressure on the South African Government (SAG) to act. DepForMin Pahad's carefully worded March 13 statement, expressing concern about the ar [...]
2007-03-16 16:20:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON SF ZI
07REYKJAVIK339ICELAND CONFIRMS "NO" VOTE ON DURBAN FUNDING RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Pol Chief contacted Ingibjorg Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 17 December to convey reftel points. Davidsdottir replied that Iceland's "no" vote on Draft Resolution L.65/Rev 1 regarding funding for the Durban Review Conference was [...]
2007-12-17 16:58:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA IC
07SARAJEVO2681BOSNIA TO MAINTAIN UNGA VOTE AGAINST FUNDING OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 15:17:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV UNGA BK
07SEOUL3551SOUTH KOREA TO VOTE AGAINST DURBAN REVIEW IN UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 06:55:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KS KN
07SKOPJE977MACEDONIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON DURBAN REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 15:22:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA MK
07TELAVIV2539ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that a week ago President Shimon Peres met in his office with Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad and that he is willing to meet with PA Chairman [Presi [...]
2007-08-21 09:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2558ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2592ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 09:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3639ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-31 11:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TOKYO2556 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/07/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-07 08:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07USUNNEWYORK1197UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TAKES ACTION ON THIRD
[...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly took action on Third Committee resolutions in a plenary meeting on November 18, including the adoption of the contentious resolutions on the situation of human rights in the DPRK, Iran, and Belarus. The General Assembly rejected a no-action motion on the [...]
2007-12-20 20:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK120962ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC
[...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) Support from East Asian and Pacific Island (EAP) countries was essential for achieving U.S. objectives in this 62nd UN [...]
2007-12-26 16:13:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALBP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
07YEREVAN1460ARMENIA: DEMARCHE CONCERNING DECEMBER 18 UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-20 07:18:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA AM
07ZAGREB1087NO CHANGE IN PLENARY VOTE ON FUNDING OF DURBAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 14:15:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA
08BEIJING2104THE U.S.-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE, WORKING
[...] (U) May 26, 2008; 1:30 p.m.; Beijing, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse 2. (U) Participants: U.S. David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights, and Labor John V. Hanford, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Thomas Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secret [...]
2008-05-30 10:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KOLY NK BR CH
08BERN323SWISS NOT SURPRISED, BUT REGRET USG POSITION ON
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message June 18 to Ralf Heckner, Head of the MFA's Human Rights Policy Section. In an expansive and collegial manner, Heckner responded that the USG's decision no longer to participate in UNHRC sessions or activities did not come as a surprise, as it was apparent l [...]
2008-07-07 18:22:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SZ
08BRUSSELS462U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON UNITED NATIONS ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IO PDAS James Warlick met with representatives of the European Union to discuss possible areas of U.S.-EU cooperation in the United Nations system. PDAS Warlick emphasized that the U.S. is committed to participation in multilateral fora and is determined to finds ways to make [...]
2008-03-28 14:02:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM EUN
08BUENOSAIRES990ARGENTINA: SPECIAL ENVOY PAYS HOMAGE TO AMIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 3, Dr. Gregg Rickman, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, visited the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters to pay homage to the victims of the 1994 terrorist attack. He then met with the Executive Boards of both the AMIA and the Del [...]
2008-07-18 21:33:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF PTER KJUS FBI AR IR VE
08CAPETOWN52TRANSNET RESTRUCTURING AND CAPE TOWN PORT EXPANSION PLANS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Transport Officer and Special Agent for Department of Defense Force Protection met with Transnet and maritime industry officials in Cape Town to discuss Transnet restructuring, port expansion projects, and investments to increase port security. The National Port Authority (NPA) [...]
2008-03-14 11:38:00Consulate Cape TownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EWWT ELTN EIND EINV SF
08COTONOU72LETTER FROM PRESIDENT YAYI TO PRESIDENT BUSH
[...] Post received on January 30, 2008, via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a letter addressed to President Bush from President Yayi. The letter was dated January 2, 2008. An identical letter, which will follow septel, was addressed to Secretary Rice. Post also has sent a copy via e-mail to AF/W [...]
2008-02-01 11:13:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDBN OPDC PGOV
08COTONOU76LETTER FROM PRESIDENT YAYI TO SECRETARY RICE
[...] Post received on January 30, 2008, via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a letter addressed to Secretary Rice from President Yayi. The letter was dated January 2, 2008. An identical letter was sent to President Bush (reftel). Post sent a copy via e-mail to AF/W and a hard copy via pouch to AF/ [...]
2008-02-01 11:17:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDBN OPDC PGOV
08DARESSALAAM588UNGA/THIRD COMMITTEE: TANZANIA'S REPONSE TO 2008
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloffs met with MFA Director of Multilateral Cooperation Ambassador Begum Taj to deliver reftel points on September 9. Taj said the GOT would support the resolution on Burma, but faced more difficulty on DPRK and especially Iran. On Zimbabwe, she cautioned that the UN should re [...]
2008-09-12 04:56:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA TZ
08DURBAN27XENOPHOBIA IN DURBAN: KZN OFFICALS AND CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (C) Beginning the week of May 19, local police, officials and NGO's confirmed the spread of violence targeting foreign nationals in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province. By May 27, while fearful foreign nationals continued to seek safety away from their homes, no new incidents of violence agai [...]
2008-05-30 18:10:00Consulate DurbanCONFIDENTIALSF ASEC CASC PGOV PHUM PREF CG BY RW
08DURBAN30IFP LEADER ON INCREASED TENSIONS WITH ANC, DANGER OF TWO
[...] (C) CG met June 3 with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Secretary General Musa Zondi. Zondi expressed concern about rising tensions with the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN),particularly over the issue of changing Durban's street names, including one currently named for IFP Founder/President Mangosuthu [...]
2008-06-04 16:51:00Consulate DurbanCONFIDENTIALPGOV SF PHUM PREF PREL
08DURBAN33UPDATE ON CIVILIAN DISPLACEMENT FROM XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE IN
[...] (U) On 20 June, Pol/Econoff visited sites throughout the greater Durban area hosting displaced persons from last month's wave of xenophobic violence to assess the current levels of displacement and identify any immediate humanitarian needs. Hundreds of the original 1750 displaced persons in re [...]
2008-06-26 15:26:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIEDSF PGOV PHUM PREF CG BY RW ABLD
08DURBAN36DURBAN -- INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY PROTESTS AGAINST STREET
[...] (U) On Saturday 21 June, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) organized a march in downtown Durban to protest the municipality's decision to change the name of a highway named after party founder Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, highlighting growing tension between the IFP and the African National Cong [...]
2008-07-02 12:39:00Consulate DurbanCONFIDENTIALPGOV SF PHUM PREL
08DURBAN37KWAZULU-NATAL: INTERNAL ANC DYNAMICS OVERSHADOW COSATU
[...] (C) On 9 July, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) launched a strike in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province and organized a march through downtown Durban to protest rising energy and food prices, prompting thousands of businesses to close and reportedly costing the provincial economy m [...]
2008-07-16 14:15:00Consulate DurbanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ELAB PGOV SF
08DURBAN38KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCIAL POLITICAL CONFERENCES: ANC `UNDER
[...] (C) Over the last month, both the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) held provincial conferences in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) which kicked off preparations for the 2009 general election. For the ANC, the June 20-22 conference was about consolidating party President [...]
2008-07-17 15:17:00Consulate DurbanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SF
08DURBAN55AT LAUNCH OF PEACE CHAIR, ZUMA TALKS OF VIOLENT CRIME
[...] ANC President Jacob Zuma acknowledged the challenge of violent crime and murder during his keynote address at the inauguration of the Gandhi-Luthuli Chair of Peace Studies at the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) on September 18. Zuma, who shared the stage with Indian Minister of State for Ex [...]
2008-09-22 14:35:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV SF
08DURBAN57POLITICAL NOTES FROM DURBAN AND CAPE TOWN
[...] (SBU) African National Congress (ANC) Provincial chairperson and Provincial Minister for Finance and Economic Development Dr. Zweli Mkhize told Consul General and P/E Assistant in an introductory call in late September that he was confident that the ANC would win 60 percent of the vote in upcom [...]
2008-10-10 07:05:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SF
08DURBAN65DURBAN CONFIDENT ABOUT ABILITY TO HOST WORLD CUP
[...] (SBU) Summary. City Manager Dr. Michael Sutcliffe said that national, provincial and local governments have worked together to develop plans to improve infrastructure to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The new stadium and airport being developed to host the games are on track for completion bef [...]
2008-11-07 13:06:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELTN EAIR SCUL ASEC PINR SF
08DURBAN66INDIAN PROFESSIONALS EXPRESS DISMAY WITH ANC
[...] (C) Introduction and summary: At a small lunch hosted by long-time Consulate contact Mahmoud Rajab, Managing Director of New National Insurance Company, a cross-section of Indian (both Hindu and Muslim) professionals, some with ties to the old Natal Indian Congress of the apartheid era -- a doc [...]
2008-11-12 09:37:00Consulate DurbanCONFIDENTIALPGOV SF
08DURBAN69CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE (COPE) STRUGGLES IN KWAZULU NATAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress of the People (COPE) is finding it difficult to establish a presence in KwaZula Natal (KZN). Only a few lower-ranking ANC members have publicly declared their support for COPE in KZN, and support from senior ANC leaders is so far elusive. Worse still, an apparent cou [...]
2008-11-21 15:02:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
08DURBAN71POLITICAL PARTIES COMMIT TO TOLERANCE AND NON-VIOLENCE AHEAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 25, 2008, South Africa's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) hosted a conference of political parties where representatives committed their parties to respect the electoral code of conduct and pledged political tolerance ahead of 2009 presidential elections. End su [...]
2008-12-03 12:17:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
08DURBAN77PARTIES DEBATE ECONOMIC POLICIES AHEAD OF 2009 ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 26, 2008 South African political parties confirmed their optimism about the future of the South African economy and highlighted areas of concern in a lively university-sponsored debate in Durban. The political party representatives did not have major ideological or po [...]
2008-12-15 10:36:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN SF
08GENEVA153LOOKING TOWARD SELECTING THE NEXT UN HIGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Louise Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, tendered her resignation to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon several months ago, according to a well-informed Mission contact at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). SYG Ban asked Arbour to exte [...]
2008-02-28 13:49:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA155AFRICA GROUP AND OIC FACE OFF AGAINST EU IN DURBAN
[...] SUMMARY: The inaugural week-long meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards displayed the irreconcilable rifts between the European Union (EU) and the African Group (AG) and Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) approaches to racism issues. Nothing less [...]
2008-02-29 15:11:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA410SPECIAL ENVOY ON ANTI-SEMITISM RICKMAN MEETS
[...] Summary: On the margins of a conference in Geneva on the Durban Review Conference, Special Envoy on Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman held meetings on May 26 and 27 with leaders of the Jewish community, representatives of the Geneva cantonal government, and officials from other UN missions and the [...]
2008-06-03 16:46:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA790FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF NEW UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In her first two and a half weeks as the new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanetham Pillay has demonstrated an intelligence and deep commitment to human rights that we find somewhat encouraging; also encouraging, from our perspective, were her initial, positive comments a [...]
2008-09-18 14:39:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR UNHRC
08GENEVA89RENEWED CHALLENGES TO THE INDEPENDENCE OF OHCHR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Countries seeking to weaken the independence of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have been stepping up their efforts. They did so most strikingly when High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour presented OHCHR's new Strategic Management Plan [...]
2008-01-31 06:55:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA915UK MAY CONSIDER WITHDRAWAL FROM DURBAN REVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The UK ambassador in Geneva privately told the Charge on October 31 that HMG might withdraw from the Durban process early in 2009 if that process did not improve and UK redlines were crossed. In that and a previous meeting, the UK delegation said that maintaining EU consensus o [...]
2008-11-03 16:30:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC UK
08GENEVA921WHO: SECOND SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL
[...] Summary. INB2 met October 20-25, 2008, in Geneva to develop a protocol under the FCTC to combat illicit trade in tobacco products. It was attended by representatives of 133 Parties to the FCTC, as well as 16 State non-Parties (including the United States),two intergovernmental organization [...]
2008-11-04 15:52:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL PGOV SOCI WHO
08GENEVA993CZECH GENEVA PERMREP ON HUMAN RIGHTS GOALS DURING
[...] (C) Summary: During its EU presidency, the Czech Mission will try to hold the EU to hard red lines on Middle East and freedom of expression issues for the Durban Review Conference outcome document. Absent an EU consensus, the Czechs would consider not participating if offensive language re [...]
2008-11-20 15:50:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EU UNHRC EC
08HARARE674TSVANGIRAI DISCUSSES ENDGAME WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) A confident Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador August 8 that he is unwavering in his position that Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe should not retain executive power as part of a power-sharing agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC. Tsvangirai expects South African president Thabo Mb [...]
2008-08-08 12:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE754ZIMBABWEAN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WORSENING AS BAN
[...] (SBU) The Mugabe government continues to deny nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and private voluntary organizations (PVOs) access to 1.3 million at-risk Zimbabweans to provide food, water, seed, fertilizer, and hygienic support. Currently, less than 300,000 people are receiving assistance [...]
2008-08-28 15:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC EAID PHUM ZI
08HARARE898ZIMBABWE'S RESPONSE TO USITC ON INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (U) Zimbabwe's infrastructure has been deteriorating over the past decade of economic decline. Foreign currency shortages, skills flight, and lack of maintenance have been largely responsible for the decline. The deteriorating infrastructure negatively affects the country's export competitiv [...]
2008-10-03 10:51:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR PGOV ZI
08HARARE899 FOOD SECURITY SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE
[...] National assessments show that maize yield from the 2008 harvest is the lowest on record; sorghum yield was only 60 percent of last year's harvest. The Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) must overcome severe forex shortages and generate political will to mobilize resources to meet the county's cere [...]
2008-10-03 11:07:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
08JAKARTA7INDONESIA CHAMPIONS ASIAN-AFRICAN SATELLITE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 26 - 27, Jakarta hosted the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership (NAASP) Workshop on Satellite Technology and Its Applications. Experts, representatives and observers from eleven nations attended the conference to discuss potential areas of cooperation. The confere [...]
2008-01-02 09:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA ECPS TPHY PINR ECON ID
08JOHANNESBURG180EASING OF SOUTH AFRICAN BLANK-PASSPORT-PAGE REQUIREMENT FOR
[...] Summary: South African Home Affairs authorities have agreed that arriving U.S. citizens who have no blank pages marked "Visas" in their passports, as is normally required for entry into South Africa, may be processed for admission on available pages marked "Endorsements" or "Amendments and En [...]
2008-11-03 16:14:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS CASC CMGT PREL PGOV SF
08JOHANNESBURG195SOUTH AFRICA: ELECTION EXCITEMENT AMONG VOTERS AND
[...] SUMMARY. Post observed a high, perhaps even unprecedented, level of participation among the American electorate living in South Africa during the 2007/2008 election cycle. Election interest extended beyond the American electorate to international media, foreign expatriates, and the general S [...]
2008-12-05 12:06:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT
08KATHMANDU1264AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: In a brief meeting with Ambassador on December 4, Prime Minister Dahal confirmed that a request for a six-month UNMIN mandate extension would be lodged "tomorrow or the next day," despite the lack of consultation with opposition Nepali Congress leaders. Dahal also promised to [...]
2008-12-04 09:57:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV UN NP
08KINGSTON957JAMAICA: RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 14:49:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PARM SOCI MASS EFIN ECON EAID
08KINSHASA426PRC Engagement in the DRC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The story of Chinese (PRC) involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),dating to the 1970's when the DRC was barely into its second decade as an independent nation, is long and complex. Since the early 2000's, China has ramped up its presence and exchanges with the D [...]
2008-05-13 15:54:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ECPS MARR PREL PGOV SENV
08KINSHASA646DRC COPPERBELT - TENKE FUNGURUME MINING MAKES NO SMALL
[...] (U) This cable represents innovative collaboration in resource reporting and commercial advocacy between Embassies Pretoria, Kinshasa, and Lusaka. It is the fourth in a series of six cables on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)/Zambia Copperbelt (reftels). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The T [...]
2008-08-06 16:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB CG ZA SF
08KINSHASA791DRC COPPER BELT: DREAMS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND CHALLENGES
[...] (U) This cable represents the sixth and final in an innovative collaboration in resource reporting and commercial advocacy between Embassies Pretoria, Kinshasa, and Lusaka (reftels). Embassy Pretoria Minerals/Energy Officer and Specialist visited six of the largest mines in the DRC (and four [...]
2008-09-23 12:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB CG ZA SF
08LILONGWE109MALAWI - INDIFFERENCE AND JEALOUSY COLOR ATTITUDES TOWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's relationship with South Africa is colored largely by indifference, due to South Africa's lack of an aid program and jealousy of South Africa's economic and political position in the region. While Malawi once enjoyed close relations with -- and derived many economic bene [...]
2008-02-25 05:32:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SF MI
08LILONGWE20MALAWI: SCENESETTER FOR INITIAL MCC COMPACT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Mission Lilongwe welcomes the Jan. 13-17 visit of the MCC delegation led by Vice President for Compact Development John Hewko. News of Malawi's selection for compact eligibility has generated considerable excitement; President Bingu wa Mutharika mentioned the achievement [...]
2008-01-10 13:54:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV ECON MI
08LILONGWE348MALAWI: UP TO 20,000 AFFECTED BY SOUTH AFRICAN XENOPHOBIC
[...] (SBU): Summary: An estimated twenty thousand Malawians have been affected by the xenophobic violence in South Africa. Since the attacks began May 11, five Malawians have been killed and many others left injured or homeless. The GOM provided buses that have evacuated nearly 1,000 of the countr [...]
2008-06-13 10:41:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL SF MI
08LUSAKA1028PATRIOTIC FRONT OFFICIAL ALLEGES ELECTORAL
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The opposition Patriotic Front (PF) has serious concerns about the Electoral Commission of Zambia's (ECZ) handling of the October 30 presidential by-election, according to Secretary General Edward Mumbi. Mumbi claims the ballot printing operation was open to fraud, no [...]
2008-10-22 12:14:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ZA
08MAPUTO252 INVITATION FOR BIDS REHABILITATION AND
[...] 787/08/T004 2. 03/13/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Att: Dr. Zeferino Martins, Director COREP Q SECRETARIADO EXECUTIVO Programa Integrado da Reforma da Educacao Profissional Av. Mao Tse Tung, 72 Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) [...]
2008-03-25 09:51:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ECON MZ
08MAPUTO253 INVITATION FOR BIDS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] 787/08/T006 2. 03/13/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. Att: Mr. Domingos Colaco, Procurement Officer Ministry of Science and Technology Av. Patrice Lumumba, 770 Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 315 167 Fax: (258 21) 315 166 [...]
2008-03-25 09:55:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ECON MZ
08MAPUTO254 INVITATION FOR BIDS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF
[...] 787/08/T005 2. 03/13/08 3. RDOUGHTEN 4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE 5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. National Directorate of Fisheries Economics Ministry of Fisheries Av. Consiglieri Pedroso, 347 Q 3rd Floor Maputo, Mozambique Tel: (258 21) 315 167 Fax: (258 21) 315 166 [...]
2008-03-25 09:55:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ECON MZ
08MAPUTO324ARMS SHIPMENT FOR ZIMBABWE DENIED ENTRY TO
[...] (C) After receiving reports that a ship carrying Chinese arms destined for Zimbabwe had left Durban, South Africa and was headed to Mozambique, the Charge contacted the Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana early in the morning today to urge that the GRM not permit the arms to transit M [...]
2008-04-19 18:15:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EWWT MASS MZ ZI
08MAPUTO539U.S. COMPANY PROMISES $5 BILLION OIL REFINERY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. company Ayr Logistics recently announced the signature of design documents to build an oil refinery at Nacala-a-Velha, on the coast of the Northern province of Nampula. The development, valued at over USD $5 billion, would start operating within the next seven years, and con [...]
2008-06-09 07:18:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV ETRD EAID ECON EWWT PREL MZ
08MAPUTO914PIPER SENECA PA-34 CRASHES IN BEIRA KILLING SIX
[...] According to news reports and eye-witness accounts, a U.S.-made twin engine PA-34-220T Piper Seneca, registered in Durban, South Africa as ZS-LTX, crashed at 14:30 on Saturday September 20, approximately 30 meters offshore from the seaside Palmeiras neighborhood on the outskirts of Beira in S [...]
2008-09-22 17:20:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR MZ
08MAPUTO972RESPONSE TO USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable responds to Ref B's request to provide an overview of the current physical infrastructure conditions of land transport (road and rail),maritime transport, and electricity in Mozambique to include capacity, state of repair, and state of technology; an overview of the [...]
2008-10-10 11:49:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR ECON EINV MZ
08OTTAWA1123CANADA'S PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS GLOBALLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a strong partner in promoting and defending human rights globally. Thanks to its "principle-based" approach, the Conservative Party believes that "Canada's voice is being heard" once again. Canada has awarded honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama and Aung San [...]
2008-08-22 13:50:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM CH IS BM CA
08OTTAWA123CANADA WILL NOT ATTEND UN WORLD CONFERENCE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada took a firm stance against the UN World Conference Against Racism on January 23 when it announced it would not attend the 2009 Durban Review Conference (Durban II). Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier stated that the 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism "degenera [...]
2008-01-24 20:49:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CA
08OTTAWA233CANADA SEES "SOME ENCOURAGING SIGNS" IN UN HRC
[...] (C) Summary: According to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) officials, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) remains a "work in progress," but Canada has seen encouraging signs that it is maturing and shifting its focus from institutional questions to specific [...]
2008-02-14 19:10:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KUNR PREL CA
08OTTAWA758US-CANADA-MEXICO HUMAN RIGHTS TRILATERALS
[...] (C) Summary. Discussions in annual U.S.-Canada-Mexico human rights trilaterals focused on forwarding human rights in multilateral venues, importantly at the UNGA (UN General Assembly) and the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). All three countries agreed that the HRC has failed in its treatment of [...]
2008-06-06 20:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MX CA
08PARIS1896C.A.R.: FRENCH SHARE U.S. WORRIES ON C.A.R.'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the Presidency, MOD, and MFA shared U.S. concerns about the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) during Ambassador Frederick Cook's October 14 and 15 consultations in Paris. These concerns centered on the almost complete lack of good governance in C.A.R., Pres [...]
2008-10-16 08:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR PGOV MARR ECON CT FR
08PARISFR2268 HFAC STAFFER MEETS ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador Kornbluth said that he would maintain a low-profile stance regarding Egypt's DG candidate Farouk Hosni, but provided new quotes to bolster the case against the Egyptian. On Mughrabi gate, Kornbluth said that no matter how far they bend in trying to find a conci [...]
2008-12-15 15:01:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO IS
08PRETORIA1000MBEKI AND ADVISORS REVEAL BIAS AGAINST MDC (AND
[...] (C) British diplomat Marianne Young (protect) told PolOff on 09 May that President Mbeki's chief strategist, Joel Netshitenzhe, has bought Mugabe's argument that the MDC is a western puppet "hook, line, and sinker." Young had just returned from a meeting with an unnamed source in the presiden [...]
2008-05-09 15:38:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KHUM KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1003SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 9, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 19 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Activity Rebounds - Credit Data Points to a Further Rate Hike - Business Confidence Dips Again - Ford SA Secures Africa Exp [...]
2008-05-10 05:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1056SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 16, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 20 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Mboweni Favors Further Rate Hike - International Groups Believes SA Cannot Grow Faster Than 3.5% - Commodity Prices to Drive Growth - H [...]
2008-05-19 13:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1057SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, April 2008, Volume 3, Number 4, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- EMBASSY PRETORIA AND PARTNERS CELEBRATE EARTH DAY -- POWER SWITHCHED OFF [...]
2008-05-19 13:21:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA1088XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO SPREAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deadly xenophobic and inter-ethnic violence continued in Gauteng province on the night of 20 May and into the early morning hours, with more people seeking shelter at police stations, churches, and community shelters. Violence also has spread to Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, though [...]
2008-05-22 09:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF SOCI ASEC CACS SF
08PRETORIA1111SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 23, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 21 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Finance Minister Defends Inflation Targeting - JSE Rebounds - Crime Leading Factor in Emigration - Imported Skills 'Add 15% to SA Project [...]
2008-05-23 17:28:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1146SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 30, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 22 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Economic Growth Slows - Large Rate Hike Looms as Inflation Hits 10.4% - 2000 Foreign Math and Science Teachers Head for SA - SAA Reaches [...]
2008-05-30 08:49:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1216BILATERAL ENERGY COOPERATION - MODELING AND MORE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bilateral cooperation on energy modeling as a key aspect of planning for electricity supply and demand is proceeding. Meanwhile, Post raised energy cooperation, both in energy modeling and in nuclear energy, at the Embassy's Annual Bilateral Forum discussions on May 29, 2008. T [...]
2008-06-06 11:30:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON KNNP EPET EINV SENV SF
08PRETORIA1225SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 30, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 23 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Higher Costs and Electricity Pressure Manufacturing - SARB Revises Inflation Forecasts Higher - Real Estate Prices Drop - Delta Begins Di [...]
2008-06-09 05:29:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1312SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 13, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 24 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - World Bank Upbeat on SA Economy - Another Interest Rate Hike - Current Account Deficit Raises Concern - Electricity Problems Likely to Ha [...]
2008-06-14 07:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1352SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 20, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 25 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Fitch Downgrades Outlook for SA to 'Stable' - Rising Interest Rates and Inflation Add to Manufacturers' Woes - SA Trade Policy 'Hurting [...]
2008-06-20 14:59:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1396SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN'S JULY 1-6 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) I warmly welcome the visit of your delegation to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only seven months after Jacob Zuma defeated incumbent Thabo Mbeki as leader of [...]
2008-06-26 15:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT PREL PGOV SF
08PRETORIA1397UNHCR / SAG CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR ANTICIPATED
[...] UNHCR Regional Representative Mr. Sanda Kimbimbi briefed PolOffs on the UNHCR's Contingency Plan for potential mass refugee flows from Zimbabwe after the June 27 runoff election. The Plan provides for refugee camp sites in South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, and Zambia to shelter up to 285,0 [...]
2008-06-26 17:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF
08PRETORIA1414SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 13, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 26 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation Rises to 10.9% - SARB Governor Hints at a Further Rate Hike - Current Account Gap Widens - SA's Credit Ratings in Spotlight - [...]
2008-06-30 05:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1426KWAZULU NATAL - THE GREENING OF A PROVINCE
[...] Summary. The Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot, a floristic, climatic and geologically complex area, runs throughout KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province. EST Officer met with KZN Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs (DAEA) Environmental Services (South Region) Manager Sharon Allan, [...]
2008-07-01 08:35:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI SF
08PRETORIA1428YOUNG SOUTH AFRICANS IDENTIFIED FOR MAKTOUM FOUNDATION
[...] (SBU) Post identified the following five young Muslim entrepreneurs and leaders in South Africa for the Maktoum Foundation Entrepreneurs Conference as tasked in reftel: - Nazmeera Moola. Moola is Head of Macro Strategy at Macquarie First South. She was selected South African Economist of th [...]
2008-07-01 10:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL SF
08PRETORIA1474Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation in
[...] Summary. EST Officer met with KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs (DAEA) Environmental Services (South Region) Manager Sharon Allan to discuss climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation within KZN province, with an emphasis on the eThekwini Municipal [...]
2008-07-08 14:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI SF
08PRETORIA1522SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 20, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 28 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Steps Up Growth in Currency Reserves - Big Dip in Business Confidence - House Prices Rocked by Largest Decline in Fifteen Yea [...]
2008-07-14 06:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA169TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MO SHAIK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met Mo Shaik, advisor to ANC President Jacob Zuma, on 24 January to discuss Zuma's win last month and where the Zuma camp is headed over the next year. Not surprisingly, Shaik viewed Zuma's victory as a "triumph for democracy," but complained that President Mbeki was a so [...]
2008-01-25 15:43:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SF
08PRETORIA1791FAA INTERNATIONAL AVIATION SAFETY ASSESSMENT CONSULTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The FAA has successfully concluded formal International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) consultation meetings with the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA),validating South Africa's safety oversight system. Key stakeholders participated in the final outcomes meetin [...]
2008-08-13 14:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR SF
08PRETORIA1810CODEL BERMAN CALLS ON OFFICIALS AND VISITS PEPFAR
[...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Berman completed an extensive visit to South Africa, July 1-6, 2008. In Cape Town, the delegation visited the Port of Cape Town to learn about trade and port security issues and met with a major supermarket chain CEO to hear about his pioneering efforts to promote black [...]
2008-08-15 07:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ETRD OVIP SF ZI
08PRETORIA1932SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 29,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 35 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Experts Believe Inflation will Peak at 13% - Land Expropriation Bill Shelved - 'South Africans Act like Americans' - Intense Lobbying Exp [...]
2008-09-02 06:09:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1972SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTMEBER 5,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 36 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Executive Turnover on the Increase - Mboweni Not Quite Ready to Retire - JSE Chief Sees More Foreign Selling Ahead - Vehicle Sales Take a [...]
2008-09-05 15:03:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2007SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, August 2008, Volume 3, Number 8, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- AFRICAN PENGUINS ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION -- DEAT LAUNCHES PLAN T [...]
2008-09-10 10:34:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2025ZUMA SUPPORTERS ENERGIZED AHEAD OF KEY RULING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ruling African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma's supporters are turning to the streets and intensifying their rhetoric ahead of the Pietermaritzburg High Court decision tomorrow. The court is expected to rule on a petition by Zuma's defense team that calls the cour [...]
2008-09-11 16:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS SF
08PRETORIA2032SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTMEBER 12,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 37 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserves Fall on Gold Revaluations - Business Confidence Plunges Further - SA Leaps in Business-Friendly Rankings - Old Mutual CEO Qui [...]
2008-09-15 07:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA209SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, Issue 5 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Foreign Sell-off Imperils Rand, Current Account - Inflation Rises above Forecasts - MPC Leaves Repo Rate Steady at 11% - Banks Expected t [...]
2008-02-01 07:30:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA215FUEL PRODUCT SUPPLY ADEQUATE - THE MARKET WORKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Some observers have predicted potential shortfalls in the diesel fuel market as some South Africans respond to the electricity crisis by purchasing generators (Refs and Septel). All fuel product providers and analysts spoken to note that the market is functioning and providing [...]
2008-02-01 12:01:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EMIN SENV MGMT SF
08PRETORIA2156SOUTH AFRICA's RESPONSE TO USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN
[...] This cable responds to the items requested in paragraph six and seven of Reftel A. Supplemental documentation will also be sent via e-mail. Transportation/ICT Officer Daleya Uddin (Uddinsd@state.gov or +27-12-431-4344) and Economic Specialist Christo Esterhuizen (EsterhuizenJC@state.gov or + [...]
2008-10-01 10:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ENRG EPET OTRA ASEC SF
08PRETORIA2217LAPTOPS IN LIMPOPO: INTERNET COMES TO A SOUTH
[...] MIT Media Labs' "One Laptop Per Child" initiative has arrived in South Africa, bringing portable computers and internet access to an initial few hundred school children in deprived communities of Soweto, Durban, and Limpopo. U.S. college students from Indiana University raised $60,000 to buy [...]
2008-10-09 10:00:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EAID SF
08PRETORIA2316SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS' NOVEMBER 8-13, 2008
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Bost warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, less than two months after Thabo Mbeki resigned as President un [...]
2008-10-22 14:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2343SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 24,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 43 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Credit Storm Drives SA into Deficit Next Year - Black Middle Class Stronger - Zimbabwean Business Leaders Promote South African Investm [...]
2008-10-27 15:19:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2404South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]
2008-11-03 12:24:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA2477A LOOK AT MOTLANTHE'S CABINET APPOINTMENTS
[...] (U) Motlanthe finished making his Cabinet appointments this week by appointing three Deputy Ministers: Andre Gaum was named Deputy Education Minister, Musa Nhlanhla Nene was named Deputy Finance Minister, and Fatima Hajaig was named Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister. In total, Motlanthe made 10 [...]
2008-11-07 15:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2501SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, October 2008, Volume 3, Number 10, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS FIGHT SOUTH DURBAN PETROLEUM PIPELINE -- S [...]
2008-11-13 14:53:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2556South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]
2008-11-24 12:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
08PRETORIA2576ANC USING MULTIPLE MEANS TO STALL OPPOSITION
[...] (C) The African National Congress (ANC) is undertaking several steps to stall the opposition ahead of the election next year. Although the ANC's efforts to maintain its two-thirds majority in Parliament appear organized and extensive, there are few signs of a coherent strategy for countering [...]
2008-11-25 15:24:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2590SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 28,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 48 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa's Growth "Lowest in a Decade" - Liquidations Increase - Regional Integration Critical to Africa's Economic Competitivene [...]
2008-11-28 08:45:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2612NEW MINISTER OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES BRIGITTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Public Enterprises Brigitte Mabandla brings little technical experience to her new position as government point-person for a diverse, troubled portfolio of state-owned enterprises. There is a high probability for delay in state power utility Eskom's capital expan [...]
2008-12-01 09:55:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECPS ELTN ENRG PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2617SOUTH AFRICA'S CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS
[...] (C) Summary: South Africa is one of the few African countries that not only provides public funding of political parties, but also regulates and monitors those expenditures. However, public funding is not sufficient to run most larger political parties, especially during the run-up to election [...]
2008-12-02 09:29:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM SF TW
08PRETORIA2640SOUTH AFRICA STRONGLY SUPPORTS WORLD AIDS DAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The South African Government (SAG) strongly supported World AIDS Day 2008, in contrast to its lackluster support in previous years. South Africa's Deputy President and Chair of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) and SANAC Deputy Chair requested all South African [...]
2008-12-04 15:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON
08PRETORIA2648SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 5,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 49 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Concern as Chinese Clothing Quotas Expire - Tax Reforms Help South Africa's Rankings in a Global Study - Factories Hit Historic Low [...]
2008-12-05 13:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2649AN INTIMATE VIEW INTO THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY UNIT
[...] (S//NF) Policy analysts in the Presidency's Policy Unit discussed the challenges of job security, pleasing new policymakers, and crafting effective policies in a meeting with Poloff on December 4. Deputy Director General of Policy Coordination and Advisory Services for the Presidency Vusi Gu [...]
2008-12-05 14:13:00Embassy PretoriaSECRETKJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2689SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S DECEMBER 18-22 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Bost warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, just three months after Thabo Mbeki resigned as President under pressure from the [...]
2008-12-10 15:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA269SOUTH AFRICA ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS,
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Newsletter, January 2008, Volume 3, Issue 1, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- HI-TECH PRAWN FACILITY OPENED IN SA -- SA TO ROLL-OUT GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHTS -- PO [...]
2008-02-08 14:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA2738SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 19,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 51 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation Lower - Residential Building Continues to Slow - Bill Simplifies Registration Process for New Drugs - Intelsat to Launch $250 [...]
2008-12-19 08:01:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA2754SAA ANNOUNCES EXPANSION PLAN DESPITE GLOBAL DOWNTURN IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. South African Airways (SAA) recently announced network expansion plans amidst a global downturn in tourism. The airline is expected to complete a two-year restructuring program in March 2009, which would allow it to increase service and implement a strategy to create hubs in Jo [...]
2008-12-24 10:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EIND EINV SF
08PRETORIA2755SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 26,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 52 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - No House Price Recovery in '09' - Third of South African Firms Plan Layoffs - Markets End Bad Year - European Commission Offers Tariff [...]
2008-12-24 10:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA325SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 7 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Industrial Policy to Receive Infusion of Funds - SA to Fast-Track Investment Process - Mbeki Outlines ICT Priorities - SARB Emphasizes Gr [...]
2008-02-15 12:28:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP
08PRETORIA375ANGLICAN CHURCH AND IDASA TO SEND 'UNOFFICIAL'
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Both the Anglican Church and South African think-tank Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) will send unofficial observers to monitor the March 29 Zimbabwean elections. The Church will send an initial team of 10 trained observers to assess the election environment, fol [...]
2008-02-25 13:11:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA520SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LED BY SENATOR RICHARD
[...] (SBU) I warmly welcome the visit of your delegation to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only a few months after Jacob Zuma defeated incumbent Thabo Mbeki as leader of [...]
2008-03-13 10:55:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON OTRA PGOV PREL SENV SF
08PRETORIA584SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LED BY CONGRESSMAN BARNEY
[...] (SBU) I warmly welcome the visit of your delegation to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only a few months after Jacob Zuma defeated incumbent Thabo Mbeki as leader of [...]
2008-03-19 14:46:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON OTRA PGOV PREL SENV SF GH CV
08PRETORIA598SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 20, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 12 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Civil Construction Boom - Increase in World Cup-Related Investments - Dubai Group Game for Investment - Cisco to Open Technical Skills Fa [...]
2008-03-20 13:28:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA610KZN ANC COMING TO TERMS WITH ZUMA'S TRIAL BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the top three political parties in KwaZulu-Natal province, ANC President Jacob Zuma's stronghold, shared conflicting opinions with PolOff and Durban PolAsst on Zuma's performance thus far as ANC President and his future. Like other opposition parties, the Inkatha Freed [...]
2008-03-25 10:16:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SF
08PRETORIA638SOUTH AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE TRADE ON THE RISE
[...] (U) Summary: Economic ties between South Africa and Mozambique continue to strengthen. Trade between the countries has grown 65 percent since 2004 and the trade relationship is heavily in South Africa's favor. South Africa has been the largest foreign investor in Mozambique for more than a de [...]
2008-03-28 07:45:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EPET ENRG PREL MZ SA
08PRETORIA643CALL FOR PROSECUTION OF ZIMBABWE POLICE FOR CRIMES
[...] (SBU) The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has publicly called on the South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to investigate and prosecute Zimbabwean security officials for crimes against humanity. According to Nicole Fritz, Executive Director of SALC, South Africa's Implem [...]
2008-03-28 13:43:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC SF ZI
08PRETORIA677SOUTH AFRICAN BANKS AND THE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (C) Summary: South African banks have implemented extensive money-laundering controls since the Financial Intelligence Centre Act was passed in 2001. The major banks now employ large anti-money-laundering staffs and use sophisticated software to identify suspicious transactions. They also f [...]
2008-04-02 06:35:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PTER SF
08PRETORIA704SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 4, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 14 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA Achieves a 0.9 % Budget Surplus - Manufacturing Activity Dips to Near-Five-Year Low - Trade Deficit Narrows, But Outlook Still Negative [...]
2008-04-04 14:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA758ESKOM/SAG IMPROVISE RATHER THAN STRATEGIZE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: South Africa continues to grapple with its short- and long-term power crunch as it approaches three months from its January 24 nadir when state power supplier Eskom cut off electricity to mines and large industrial consumers. Eskom is implementing rationing plans and imposing sc [...]
2008-04-10 13:45:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EMIN EINV SF
08PRETORIA763SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 11, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 15 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Lifts Repo Rate - Surprise Surge in Factory Output - Eskom Defends Hikes as Predictions Were Off - Even State Housing Projec [...]
2008-04-11 09:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA771ZUMA WARNS OF CRISIS ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) On 10 April, ANC President Jacob Zuma addressed the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry's annual dinner. While not the focus of his remarks, Zuma specifically took up the issue of Zimbabwe. Laughing incredulously at one point, he said "all things we never thought of are happening in Z [...]
2008-04-11 15:15:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON SF ZI
08PRETORIA820AMBASSADOR REQUEST TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST ZIMBABWEAN
[...] (C) As you may be aware, there is currently a Chinese vessel outside the port of Durban carrying six containers of small arms ammunition, mortar ammunition, and mortar tubes. The containers are consigned to the Zimbabwean Air Force. I understand that technically the shipment is legal. Accordi [...]
2008-04-17 15:16:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA918SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 30, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 18 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Mboweni Warns on Inflation - Prices Start to Slip as Property Boom Ends - Government Infrastructure Spending Expected to Drive Grow [...]
2008-04-30 14:55:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA937DOT DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA, APRIL 12-16,
[...] (U) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Admiral Thomas Barrett led the U.S. delegation to the first African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Transport and Trade Forum in South Africa April 12-16. The delegation met with a wide range of transport sector officials and industry represent [...]
2008-05-05 12:12:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAID EAIR ELTN EWWT EIND EINV SF LI KE
08SECTION01OF04HARARE754ZIMBABWEAN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WORSENING AS BAN
[...] (SBU) The Mugabe government continues to deny nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and private voluntary organizations (PVOs) access to 1.3 million at-risk Zimbabweans to provide food, water, seed, fertilizer, and hygienic support. Currently, less than 300,000 people are receiving assistance [...]
2008-08-28 15:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC EAID PHUM ZI
08STATE54685TRAVEL ALERT - SOUTH AFRICA
[...] This Travel Alert advises American citizens of an increase in violent attacks on foreigners, particularly refugees or immigrants from other African nations. American citizens in South Africa are urged to monitor media reports and to avoid areas where attacks may be likely to occur. This Trav [...]
2008-05-22 02:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC SF
08STATE70306SAUDI-PROPOSED UNGA SPECIAL SESSION ON RELIGION
[...] (U) Action request: In response to reftel request by the SYG for U.S. views on a possible UNGA Special Session on the political and religious components of interfaith dialogue, USUN should urge the SYG to postpone making a final decision until after the July 16-18 Interfaith Dialogue Conference [...]
2008-07-01 01:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA USUN KIRF KISL SP SA
08STATE74376SAUDI-PROPOSED UNGA SPECIAL SESSION ON RELIGION
[...] (U) Action request: In response to reftel request by the SYG for U.S. views on a possible UNGA Special Session on the political and religious components of interfaith dialogue, USUN should seek to signal encouragement of interfaith dialogue and seek details of the make-up, agenda items, and fo [...]
2008-07-10 22:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA USUN KIRF KISL SP SA
08TELAVIV1114ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2002ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-03 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2576ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-20 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2591US-ISRAEL CONSULTATIONS ON UN AFFAIRS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 28, Assistant Secretary Brian Hook and MFA Deputy DG for International Organizations Evyatar Manor led a bilateral consultation on United Nations Affairs with the Foreign Ministry. The discussions covered the Security Council role in the ongoing peace negotiations, Leb [...]
2008-11-21 16:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL UNEP MOPS KPKO UN LE PA IS
08TELAVIV2634ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 12:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2774ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Human Rights ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu told the newspaper that Likud is behind him and far-right-winger Moshe Feiglin will soon disappear. The Jerusal [...]
2008-12-11 12:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV388ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Imad Mughniyah's Assassination 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a recorded video message at Imad Mughniyah's funeral in Beirut on Thursday, Hizbullah Secretary-General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah vowed to [...]
2008-02-15 13:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV442ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Senior columnist Nahum Barnea wrote on page one of the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot: "When the malice of Hamas meets the confusion of an Israeli government that has no solution to the Qassam rocket fire, the outcome means playing wi [...]
2008-02-25 11:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV790ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media continued to report on Syrian military movements, which intelligence officials attributed "more to nervousness than a likelihood of conflict" (The Jerusalem Post) [...]
2008-04-04 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV973ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08THEHAGUE757NETHERLANDS/UNGA: DUTCH HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch generally support USG priorities for human rights initiatives at the 2008 UNGA. Dutch priorities include resolutions on religious intolerance and violence against women, and an initiative on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In a Sept [...]
2008-09-15 13:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL UN PHUM NL
08USUNNEWYORK10UN BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT: GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS
[...] Summary: In the early morning hours of December 22, 2007, the General Assembly passed the 2008-2009 biennium budget, along with resolutions on the financing of two newly established peacekeeping missions. After intense negotiations, the General Assembly adopted a final appropriation of $4,1 [...]
2008-01-04 20:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDABUD ACABQ AFIN AORC PGOV UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1100UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES RACISM,
[...] SUMMARY: From November 3-5, the UN General Assembly Third Committee formally discussed the elimination of racism and racial discrimination, the right of peoples to self-determination, and the report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Speakers from several Islamic nations noted a trend [...]
2008-11-20 23:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL PREF SMIG PNAT PBTS KPAL KWBG
08USUNNEWYORK1140UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON RELIGIOUS
[...] On November 25, the UN General Assembly Third Committee passed the following draft resolutions by consensus: A/C.3/63/L.34/Revision 1, entitled "Elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief;" A/C.3/63/L.39/Revision 1, entitled "Protection of human r [...]
2008-12-05 14:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1141UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON PROGRAMME 19,
[...] On November 26, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee passed draft decision A/C.3/63/L.79, entitled "Programme planning," in a vote of 167 in favor, two against (U.S.),and two abstentions. The Committee Chair was the initial sponsor of the draft, but withdrew it after the Israeli de [...]
2008-12-05 14:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1207UNGA TAKES ACTION ON THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
[...] SUMMARY: On December 18, the UN General Assembly took action on Third Committee resolutions, adopting 39 draft resolutions by consensus and 17 by vote. Five remaining resolutions, which had budget implications and needed review by the Assembly's Fifth Committee, were adopted on December 24. [...]
2008-12-24 18:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM KSOCI KDEM
08USUNNEWYORK168REGULAR BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM 2008-2009
[...] (SBU) We have received informally a copy of a note from the Controller to the SYG's Chef de Cabinet that identifies an additional potential $1.1 billion in "add ons" to the 2008-2009 biennium budget. (See Paragraph 2). We understand that other Member States have also received the note or the [...]
2008-02-22 19:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC AFIN ABUD UNGA PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK184WIESENTHAL CENTER APPEALS FOR UNGA ACTION AGAINST
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Representatives of the Simon Wiesenthal Center appealed for Amb. Khalilzad's help in pushing the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to convene a special session devoted to condemning the scourge of suicide bombing. In a meeting at USUN February 26, they also expressed concern about th [...]
2008-02-28 15:42:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PTER
08USUNNEWYORK204BRIEFING OF GENEVA GROUP ON UNITED NATIONS
[...] UN Controller Warren Sach provided members of the Geneva Group on March 3, 2008, a paper identifying $1,062,772.9 billion dollars in potential "add ons" to the current biennium budget of $4.17 billion. See para. 2. On March 5, 2008, Ambassador Wallace hosted a meeting of the JUSCANZ which d [...]
2008-03-05 21:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN ABUD UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK231AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S FEB. 27 MEETING WITH UNGA
[...] (C) Summary: Kerim told Ambassador Khalilzad he hoped the First Lady could attend the General Assembly's June 10-11 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS and said he hoped U.S. immigration restrictions on HIV-positive visitors would not prevent several invited speakers from attending. On UN managem [...]
2008-03-14 00:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNGA PREL ECON CVIS AJ KV AIDS
08WINDHOEK314NAMIBIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE: USITC RESPONSE
[...] (U) This cable is in response to reftel request from the U.S. International Trade Commission for information on infrastructure conditions that effect export competitiveness. 2. (SBU) Compared to other Sub-Saharan African countries, Namibia has fairly well developed and maintained infras [...]
2008-10-03 08:50:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD OTRA ASEC WA
09ABUJA314NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON DURBAN DECLARATION REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Intersessional Intergovernmental Working Group of the Review Conference on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action to Mr. A.A. Adepoju, Director of the Europe Division at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Febr [...]
2009-02-20 15:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC NI
09ABUJA351NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG PARTICIPATION
[...] (SBU) On February 27 Poloff delivered reftel demarche on USG participation in the UN Human Rights Council, and the USG's posture toward the Durban Review Conference, to Ambassador M.K. Ibrahim, Director of the Second United Nations Division at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. [...]
2009-02-27 12:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL NI
09ADDISABABA357AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH SOUTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 2, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met South African Foreign Minister Dlamini Dlamini-zuma on the margins of the African Union Summit. Their discussion focused primarily on the situation in Zimbabwe and touched on Sudan and Congo. Dlamini-zuma made tw [...]
2009-02-09 17:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XA AU
09ALGIERS1144APPROACHING ALGERIA ON DIFFAMATION OF RELIGION
[...] Algeria's national identity is derived from secular-nationalist and Islamic traditions. Although a nominally secular state, Algeria is nevertheless politically sensitive to domestic Islamic political currents and sensibilities. It is a strong advocate in the OIC and the Africa Group at the U [...]
2009-12-23 14:40:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KISL KDEM OPDC AG
09ANKARA277TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON THE DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE
[...] DCM delivered reftel points on the preparatory work for the Durban Review Conference on February 18 to Hasan Gogus, MFA Director General for International Organizations. Gogus welcomed USG re-engagement in the process and its new approach to the Durban Conference; he was receptive of our con [...]
2009-02-20 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV PHUM TU
09ANTANANARIVO275MADAGASCAR: QMM MINE BEGINS OPERATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Rio Tinto's billion dollar ilmenite mine in southern Madagascar, QMM, began production in December 2008 and shipped its first load of ilmenite in April, despite dual Malagasy political and global financial crises. The company has made a conscientious effort to hire local workers [...]
2009-04-15 06:44:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EINV ECON MA
09ASMARA117THE ARS "PATRIOTIC WING"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With Sheikh Hassen Dahir Aweys still in Khartoum, senior representatives of the hard-line ARS faction met with emboffs in Asmara April 8. They were dismissive of the TFG's limited writ in Somalia and claimed an "inclusive" peace process was needed. Sheikh Aweys, invited to Sudan [...]
2009-04-09 12:26:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS SO ER
09ATHENS209GREECE: POINTS DELIVERED ON DURBAN REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Per REFTEL, on February 18 Poloff informed Elias Photopoulos, Director of the Greek MFA D4 Directorate of Human Rights, of our points on the Durban Review Conference Working Group Session. Photopoulos stated that Greece will follow the EU consensus at the Working Group Session. He not [...]
2009-02-18 09:30:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC GR
09BAMAKO247MALI: DEMARCHE ON DURBAN REVIEW DELIVERED
[...] The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Hamadou Albachir Toure, Chief of the Europe and Americas Desk at the Malian Foreign Ministry, on April 21. Mr. Toure thanked the Embassy for relaying this information but made no further comment. LEONARD [...]
2009-04-21 15:20:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI AORC KISL PHUM KDEM ML
09BANGKOK445THAILAND MFA'S COMMENTS ON DURBAN REVIEW
[...] (SBU) We engaged Ittiporn Boonpracong, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director-General for the Department of International Organizations, February 20 regarding the Durban Review Conference Working Group Session, renewed U.S. participation, and issues of concern (reftel). Ittiporn stated t [...]
2009-02-20 10:22:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC TH
09BANGKOK521THAI MFA NOTIFIED OF US OBSERVER STATUS AT UN HRC
[...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel A points to First Secretary Namol Yuthavong of the MFA Department of International Organizations (IO) on March 2. Namol told us that she would officially register the change in U.S. position within the MFA, and that she would conduct a further review of our views on [...]
2009-03-03 04:49:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL TH
09BANGUI120FRENCH-CAR RELATIONS SERIOUSLY STRAINED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 08:29:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI22LEADER OF A FAILED STATE: HOW BOZIZE MAINTAINS POWER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Francois Bozize took power in the Central African Republic on March 15, 2003 overthrowing Felix-Ange Patasse. It was his second attempt at that coup, but may have been only the last in a long series of extra-legal attempts to gain power. This message describes how Bozize, ofte [...]
2009-02-14 03:54:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
09BANGUI47THE BANGUI SPRING HAS COME TO AN END
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 2009 began on a note of unprecedented optimism; the formal peace accords with all major rebel groups and the completion of another "Political Dialogue" made it possible to imagine that real progress might be possible. To be sure, all was not perfect; the government of national u [...]
2009-02-24 16:24:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT
09BANGUI56FORMER PRIME MINISTER SUGGESTS REASONS BEHIND RECENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister and current president of the Movement for the Liberation of Central African People (MLPC) Martin ZIGUELE visited the Ambassador on February 26, 2009 to discuss the recently concluded celebrations of the Party's 30th anniversary. He also spoke about the rece [...]
2009-03-02 20:38:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV CT
09BANGUI68CAR ELECTIONS OF 2010: A SNEAK PEAK AT THE CANDIDATES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The next elections in the CAR are scheduled for May 2010. This report seeks to identify the potential candidates. President Francois Bozize is the frontrunner and is likely to win the election, fairly or not, but there are other credible candidates and popular discontent is suc [...]
2009-03-20 13:13:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BEIJING535PRC RESPONSE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, DURBAN
[...] (C) The U.S. decision to resume participation as an active observer at the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) during the March HRC session is "good news," MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Xu Jing told PolOff March 2. Respon [...]
2009-03-03 04:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH
09BERLIN304DURBAN: JEWISH ORGANIZATION PRESSES SENIOR LEVELS
[...] (C) In a March 11 conversation, Secretary General of the Central Council of Jews of Germany Stephan Kramer told Pol M-C that he had discussed Germany's continued participation in the preparation for the Durban Review Conference with Foreign Minister Steinmeier and Chancellery National Security [...]
2009-03-13 16:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL GM
09BERLIN463DURBAN: GERMANY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE; BREAKS RANKS
[...] (C) After the failure of 11th hour attempts by Foreign Minister Steinmeier (Social Democratic Party) to broker a unified EU position and explain the German position, Germany announced its unilateral decision late on April 19 not to send an official delegation to the Durban Review Conference. M [...]
2009-04-20 15:10:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM GM
09BRASILIA516BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR MEETS MRE POLITICAL UNDER
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met April 24, with Brazilian Under Secretary for Political Affairs Amb. Vera Machado on the eve of her departure for her first trip to Washington since taking over the position. In addition to leading the delegation to the Major Economies Forum (MEF),Machado will [...]
2009-04-27 20:35:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL SENV SNAR SCUL UNSC KSUM BR
09BRASILIA551BRAZIL: AHMADINEJAD'S VISIT OFF, THEN ON, AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: One day before Iranian President Ahmadinejad was scheduled to arrive in Brasilia leading a delegation of more than 100 government and industry officials, Brasilia was awash in contradictory news reports and rumors of whether the visit would or would not be postponed. It was not [...]
2009-05-05 19:45:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PINR SCUL BR IR
09BRUSSELS1016BELGIUM: COOPERATION URGED ON UNHRC
[...] (U) Summary. With the U.S. a new member, and Belgium now president of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC),the time for coordination and consensus building is now, according to Belgian MFA human rights officer Nathalie Rondeux. Rondeux opposes wholesale changes to the UNHRC syst [...]
2009-07-24 11:02:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR UN BE
09BRUSSELS1260BELGIUM: IN BROAD AGREEMENT WITH U.S. POSITIONS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has similar positions on the upcoming 12th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC),with the only stated difference being that a Russian working group for UNHRC review might be "positive". Belgium is currently non- [...]
2009-09-18 11:21:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR UN BE
09BRUSSELS1314BELGIUM'S PERSPECTIVE ON UNHRC
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph six. 2. (U) Poloffs met July 13 with MFA Director for Human Rights France Chainaye. Chainaye discussed Belgium's role as President of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the GOB's perspective on its work. 3. (U) Chainay [...]
2009-09-30 06:06:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN PINR BE
09BRUSSELS1427AMBASSADOR GUTMAN'S OCTOBER 29 MEETING WITH
[...] (S//NF//ORCON) Summary: Ambassador Gutman met October 22 with Foreign Minister Leterme and his Chief of Staff Frans Van Daele. FM Leterme made a strong push for Louis Michel for the next UNGA presidency. Ambassador Gutman questioned Michel's friendliness to the U.S. Van Daele termed the U. [...]
2009-10-23 17:57:00Embassy BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR PHUM UN BE
09BRUSSELS238DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BELGIAN OFFERS EUROPEAN VIEW ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Belgian MFA human rights expert Nathalie Rondeux called Poloff February 19 from Geneva to provide the European view, with Belgian nuance, on the Durban Review Conference Working Group. Rondeux said the Durban process was very important to Europe; Europeans are excited the U.S. [...]
2009-02-20 08:02:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC BE
09BRUSSELS282EU WELCOMES U.S. MOVE TO RE-ENGAGE AT HRC, AGREES
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to Rolf Timans, Head of Unit for Human Rights and Democratization at the European Commission. Timans greeted the news of U.S. re-engagement at the Human Rights Council with enthusiasm. On the Durban Review Conference, he noted that with the exception of poi [...]
2009-02-27 17:43:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL EUN
09BRUSSELS292BELGIUM ON US PARTICIPATION IN THE UNHRC AND
[...] (C) Poloff shared reftel A points February 27 with MFA Human Rights Attache Nathalie Rondeux. Rondeux immediately focused on the final talking point on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),that the U.S. has not decided whether to seek a seat or not. She said Belgium was one of three candidat [...]
2009-03-03 15:38:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BE
09BRUSSELS396MARCH GAERC - FOCUS ON ECONOMIC CRISIS, BELARUS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting in Brussels on March 16, EU Foreign Ministers (FMs) focused their efforts on measures to address the economic crisis and the political challenges faced in Belarus and Bosnia. In addition to preparations for the March 19-20 European Council meeting, the General Affairs [...]
2009-03-19 16:10:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EUN ECON BO BK MW
09BRUSSELS532BELGIAN VICE-PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF
[...] Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karel De Gucht, spoke at the 10th session of the Human Rights Council. He shared his vision on how to promoten and protect human rights. He expressed his regret over the men, women, and children whose basic rights are being violated. He condemned rape [...]
2009-04-08 09:21:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL BE
09BRUSSELS985BELGIUM'S PERSPECTIVE ON UNHRC
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph six. 2. (U) Poloffs met July 13 with MFA Director for Human Rights France Chainaye. Chainaye discussed Belgium's role as President of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the GOB's perspective on its work. 3. (U) Chainay [...]
2009-07-17 14:57:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN PINR BE
09BUDAPEST160HUNGARY INFORMED OF USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref talking points on February 27 to Dr. Bernadett Kollar, Head of Section for International Organizations, GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr. Kollar did not have any immediate comment, but said she would provide the information to appropriate MFA offices for further [...]
2009-03-03 12:42:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL HU
09BUENOSAIRES169ARGENTINA SHARES U.S. DURBAN CONCERNS
[...] (U) Acting Polcouns raised on February 18 with MFA Director General for Human Rights Silvia Fernandez reftel points on USG participation in the intergovernmental working group (IWG) of the Durban Review Conference. Fernandez welcomed USG participation in the IWG, saying that U.S. participatio [...]
2009-02-18 20:55:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC AR
09BUENOSAIRES235ARGENTINA WELCOMES USG BACK TOTHE UNHRC
[...] (SBU) Poloff raised with MFA Director General for Human Rights Silvia Fernandez ref A points on the USG's return to the UN Human Rights Council. Fernandez welcomed the news and joked "Now you can suffer with the rest of us." She suggested using her upcoming March 23 meeting in Washington wit [...]
2009-03-05 17:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC AR
09CAIRO1139MFA OFFICIALS STRIKE A POSITIVE TONE MFA OFFICIALS STRIKE A POSITIVE TONE WITH A/S BRIMMER REF: A. CAIRO 680 B. CAIRO 572 C. CAIRO 484 D. CAIRO 397 E. CAIRO 217 F. 08 CAIRO 2584 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-21 13:08:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KWMN KPAL KPKO SCUL IS SU EG
09CAIRO1220U.S.-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE OF JUNE 7
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 03:51:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER SCUL PHUM SU SO IR AF PK SY
09CAIRO321DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING SUPPORT FOR DURBAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-22 15:56:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC EG
09CAIRO380DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) On March 3, we demarched MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights Omar Shalaby regarding the U.S. decisions on resuming participation as an observer at the UN Human Rights Council, and on the Durban Review Conference (ref A). We also delivered the Cairo-specific points per ref A. On Durban, [...]
2009-03-03 14:49:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC EG
09CAIRO397DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNHRC FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
[...] (C) On March 5, we demarched MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights Omar Shalaby on Egyptian plans to sponsor a freedom of expression resolution at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) March session, urging Egypt not to pre-empt Canada (ref A). Shalaby responded that Egypt's position is that the [...]
2009-03-05 14:48:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN EG
09CAIRO598MFA ON MULTILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES,
[...] KEY POINTS -- (C) In an April 6 meeting with MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Human Rights Wael Aboulmagd, we reiterated our request for Egyptian support for a U.S. seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),and emphasized that the U.S. wants to improve cooperation on multilateral human r [...]
2009-04-07 15:45:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UN SOCI EG
09CANBERRA165AUSTRALIA TO BACK U.S. AT DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 07:04:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL AS
09CANBERRA206AUSTRALIA WELCOMES U.S. UNHRC PARTICIPATION; NO
[...] Although Ref A arrived too late on Friday, February 27, to pass the points before the U.S. public announcement March 1, we delivered the message at opening of business on Monday, March 2, to Craig Maclachlan, Assistant Secretary for International Organisations, Department of Foreign Affairs a [...]
2009-03-02 05:42:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL AS
09CANBERRA861AUSTRALIAN PRIORITIES FOR UNGA
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY Australia's UNGA priorities are promoting its bid for a 2013-2014 Security Council seat, climate change, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, as well as UN financial and budgetary issues. Australia is delighted with the U.S. initiative to have a UNSC discussion on dis [...]
2009-09-18 08:09:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNGA AS
09CAPETOWN56SOUTH AFRICA IS HYDROCARBON POOR, BUT HAS BIG PLANS FOR
[...] (SBU) This cable is not for Internet distribution. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate General Cape Town. Summary. South Africa has limited reserves of crude oil and natural gas and imports 70 percent of its requirements, which are for the most part refined l [...]
2009-03-12 12:33:00Consulate Cape TownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB SF
09CHISINAU137MOLDOVA RECEIVES TALKING POINTS ON USG PARTICIPATION IN HRC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 11:04:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL MD
09COPENHAGEN93DANES WEIGH WITHDRAWAL FROM DURBAN II
[...] (SBU) Denmark welcomes our good-faith effort to rescue the Durban Review Conference, but agrees that an acceptable outcome remains unlikely, Kira Smith Sindbjerg of the Danish MFA's Human Rights Department informed us in response to reftel demarche. Among Denmark's top priorities is opposing [...]
2009-02-19 14:36:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNHRC DA
09COTONOU185BENIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 5, 2009 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Ehouzou, acknowledging USG demarches, said that President Yayi will not visit Iran as planned and approved by the Council of Ministers; urged an end to the embargo against Cuba; welcomed dialogue on the Middle East; ga [...]
2009-05-11 11:01:00Embassy CotonouCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC CU IR XF BN
09DAMASCUS224QAMISHLI KURDS CELEBRATE NOWRUZ WITHOUT SARG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Qamishli's Kurds celebrated evening and daytime Nowruz events with only minor SARG harassment, as observed by PolEconoffs. Police and military presence was significant, but unlike last year, when three Kurds were killed and many others detained, there have been no reports of arr [...]
2009-03-25 13:39:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SY
09DAMASCUS363MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: IRAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 discussion on differing U.S. and Syrian approaches to re-engagement, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro asked the Syrian side led by FM Muallim for a readout of Iranian President Ahmedinejad's May 5 visit to Dam [...]
2009-05-21 14:36:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER IR IS LE SY
09DHAKA284FBI HELPS BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT REALIZE NEED FOR
[...] (C) The FBI has concluded the initial phase of its support to the local police investigation into the February 25 ) 26 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny. This support focused on the importance of setting up a functioning command post and prioritizing the need to interview witnesses. The GOB has begun [...]
2009-03-23 08:24:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM MARR KDEM BG
09DUBLIN389IRELAND: UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 10:24:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA EI
09DURBAN100INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY YOUTH DEMAND LEADERSHIP CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the Inkatha Freedom Party Youth Brigade (IFPYB) aggrieved by the recent expulsion of their leaders staged several demonstrations outside the party's headquarters in Durban. Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leaders have called for order and condemned IFPYB calls for party [...]
2009-10-15 13:24:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN103A ROYAL RUMPUS, A NEW PROVINCE, A STOWAWAY, AND AN UNWANTED
[...] (U) Prince Melizwe Dlamini of Nhlangwini formally asked the Pretoria High Court on September 30 to decide on his claim that he be declared a king with the same status as a Zulu monarch. Dlamini submitted his claim in 2005 to the commission set up by former President Thabo Mbeki to investigate [...]
2009-10-27 09:34:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN11DA LEADERS CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS DESPITE HURDLES AT NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Democratic Alliance (DA) leaders are interested to see how the newly formed Congress of the People (COPE) performs in the next election, but are unconvinced the party will threaten the DA's own prospects at the polls. Senior KwaZulu Natal DA representatives related that [...]
2009-01-20 15:29:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN118RICHARDS BAY'S HEAVY MINERAL INDUSTRY
[...] (U) Embassy Minerals and Energy Officer and Specialist, and Consulate Pol/Econ Officer, visited Richards Bay Minerals and Exxaro's KZN Sands in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on November 17 and 18. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Durban. 2. (SBU) S [...]
2009-12-23 11:34:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON SENV SF
09DURBAN119DUBE TRADEPORT PROJECT AIMS TO INCREASE KWAZULU-NATAL'S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post visited Durban's Dube TradePort project to receive an update on construction progress and success at attracting international investors. The first phase of the project to create a new international airport and trade zone in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province is 85 percent comple [...]
2009-12-23 13:41:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND EINV EAIR PGOV SF
09DURBAN12ANOTHER ANC DEFECTION TO COPE IN KWAZULU NATAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Another senior African National Congress member in KwaZulu Natal announced his defection to the Congress of the People. Siyanda Mhlongo -- until yesterday the head of policy for the ANC in KwaZulu Natal and former Mayor of KwaDukuza -- announced his resignation from the ANC, ci [...]
2009-01-23 16:46:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN120DESPITE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES, TRANSNET MAKES MAJOR
[...] (U) Summary. South African Government-controlled transport logistics company Transnet launched a massive investment program to upgrade transport infrastructure to address capacity constraints and congestion. These investments follow a corporate restructuring and rebranding process that was c [...]
2009-12-24 11:42:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ETRD EINV EPET PGOV SF
09DURBAN121TATA KZN - A STEEL PRODUCER THAT AIMS TO BE STAINLESS
[...] (U) Embassy Minerals and Energy Officer and Specialist, Consul General, and Consulate Pol/Econ Officer visited charge chrome manufacturer Tata Steel in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on November 16. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Durban. 2. (SBU) [...]
2009-12-28 06:12:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON SENV SF
09DURBAN123HEALTHCARE IN KWAZULU-NATAL: A SPOTTY HISTORY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Healthcare in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has gone from extreme disparity of services under apartheid, to mismanagement post apartheid. While KZN Department of Health (KZNDOH) saw improvements under its first post-apartheid leader, it experienced overspending and service delivery setbac [...]
2009-12-30 16:30:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN124KWAZULU-NATAL PRIORITIZES HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
[...] (SBU) Summary. KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Health (KZNDOH) is confronting the challenges of restoring its tarnished image (Ref A) and improving health services in the province with the highest rates of HIV and TB co-infection in the world. The new KZNDOH leader is a hands-on practitione [...]
2009-12-31 06:50:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN18POLITICAL PARTIES POINT FINGERS AFTER VIOLENCE IN NONGOMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to violence that erupted on February 1 in Nongoma, northern KwaZulu Natal, where African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters attended election rallies held in the same area on the same day, ANC and IFP representatives lashed out at one [...]
2009-02-06 09:13:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN19KWAZULU NATAL - MINING AND PROCESSING FIRMS FACE GLOBAL
[...] (U) Minerals and Energy Officer and Specialist visited mining and associated manufacturing sites in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) during the week of January 12-16. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Durban. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: KwaZulu Natal (KZN) mining and manufactu [...]
2009-02-06 16:38:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EWWT EIND ETRD ELTN KHIV SF
09DURBAN21DURBAN 2010 WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS ON TRACK, BUT CUTTING IT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 15:29:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SF
09DURBAN24POLITICAL PARTIES PLEDGE TO RESPECT ELECTORAL RULES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: A round of verbal sparring by senior representatives of political parties in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) followed the signing of pledges to respect the Electoral Code of Conduct in the run-up to the April 22 general election. Although the proceedings remained civil overall, the adversari [...]
2009-03-05 11:08:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN28IFP MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP IN KWAZULU NATAL BY-ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 15:57:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN32UGANDAN WALK-INS CLAIM INFORMATION ABOUT TERRORIST
[...] (S) Summary: On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, RSO interviewed two Ugandan males and a Ugandan female who claimed to have information relating to terrorist activities in Zanzibar and, potentially, in South Africa. The males provided written statements and sketches concerning the presence of al-Qae [...]
2009-03-26 08:54:00Consulate DurbanSECRETASEC PTER
09DURBAN33VIGOROUS CAMPAIGNING AND CONTINUED INTIMIDATION: KWAZULU
[...] (SBU) Summary. The African National Congress (ANC) campaign machine is in high gear, and the ANC is taking advantage of every opportunity to deliver its message. Despite official pronouncements against violence, members of the ANC are still reportedly intimidating Congress of the People (COPE) [...]
2009-03-31 14:38:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN35STUDENTS HOSPITALIZED AFTER ANC AND IFP SUPPORTERS CLASH AT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Nine students at the University of Zululand (UZ) were hospitalized after clashes between student supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Police officers have been deployed to UZ to curb any further violence. Political violence at UZ [...]
2009-04-07 06:30:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN37MINISTER OF TRANSPORT ADAMANT THAT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (U) Summary: Minister of Transport Jeffrey Radebe told an audience at the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry that South Africa is spending billions of Rands to develop efficient, safe, and reliable public transportation systems for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Major airport and road constructi [...]
2009-04-09 06:54:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN39INDIANS, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND POLITICAL PARTIES IN KWAZULU
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two weeks before national elections, KwaZulu Natal (KZN) stakeholders provided a range of views to visiting Political Counselor. The Indian vote is in question as many feel abandoned by the African National Congress (ANC) while others wonder if a Zuma administration will be mo [...]
2009-04-17 11:05:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN42INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY UNLIKELY TO CONTEST VOTE IN KZN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although late complaining from Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) officials about an unfair election environment indicated that the party might contest the vote count in KwaZulu Natal (KZN),intervention by former Nigerian President Olesun Obasanjo seems to have persuaded the IFP [...]
2009-04-28 10:54:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN46POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN KWAZULU NATAL -- IFP DENIES
[...] (SBU) On April 27, an African National Congress (ANC) victory parade in KwaSwayimane near Pietermaritzburg ended when assailants opened fire on the crowd leaving one ANC supporter dead and another six injured. Two IFP supporters have been apprehend by police and are being questioned about t [...]
2009-04-30 12:50:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN50WHITHER INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) continued its decade-long demise in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) by losing the recent election to the ANC. An anachronistic leader, a tough ANC opponent, a shift in KZN traditional leadership, and a poor track record of service delivery worked against th [...]
2009-05-07 10:37:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN51KWAZULU NATAL'S NEW PREMIER: ZWELI MKHIZE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 11, 2009 Zweli Mkhize was sworn in as KwaZulu Natal's (KZN) fifth post-apartheid premier. He is a medical doctor and has served as KZN Minister of Health and Minister of Finance and Economic Development. Mkhize is a close confidant of South African President Jacob Zuma. [...]
2009-05-19 13:49:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN53KWAZULU NATAL-NEW CABINET
[...] (U) Summary. New KwaZulu Natal (KZN) Premier Zweli Mkhize announced his new ten-member provincial cabinet during his inauguration ceremony on May 11, 2009. His team features four female `Ministers' or MECs (Members of the Executive Council),including one Indian woman and one white woman. Be [...]
2009-05-22 10:41:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF PINR
09DURBAN6ZUMA, STATE PONDER NEXT STEPS AFTER COURT RULING
[...] (U) Summary: The Supreme Court of Appeal on January 12 reinstated the corruption case against African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma, overturning an earlier verdict that had tossed out the charges related to the controversial 1998 arms deal on a technicality. (Note: The state [...]
2009-01-13 15:28:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ZA
09DURBAN65SOUTH AFRICA IS READY FOR THE 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP
[...] (U) Summary. Tourism leaders from around the world made their way to the Tourism Indaba, Africa's biggest annual travel trade show, hosted in Durban from May 7 - 12. The theme of this year's Indaba was `South Africa is ready for 2010'. The public-private tourism promotion agency, South Afri [...]
2009-06-09 14:03:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SF
09DURBAN66NEW EMPHASIS ON TOURISM IN SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (U) Summary. The newly formed Ministry of Tourism is advocating for greater government attention and support for the tourism sector as South Africa prepares to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. A new tourism satellite account will enable South Africa to measure and track the overall value and con [...]
2009-06-09 15:23:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIEDSF PGOV
09DURBAN68ANC, IFP, AND COPE BLAME EACH OTHER FOR RECENT KZN VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The recent spate of violence in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) may be politically motivated but it is too soon to tell. Defeated political parties in KZN are still smarting from major losses in the province during the recent national election and may be unfairly placing the blame on [...]
2009-06-15 07:36:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSF PGOV
09DURBAN7IFP YOUTH PRESIDENT HOPEFUL ABOUT PARTY'S CHANCES, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Youth Brigade President Pat Lebenya-Ntanzi believes her party can take back the Kwa-Zulu Natal provincial government and keep the African National Congress (ANC) from winning a two-thirds majority nationally. She asserted that the formation of the Con [...]
2009-01-15 15:56:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN79POLITICAL VIOLENCE, STOLEN FUNDS, PARTY CHANGES,
[...] (U) Summary. Political violence continues in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) amid government promises to bring stability to the Greytown area. The KZN Department of Education allegedly has been swindled out of millions and ends up paying twice for school supplies. For the first time in its history, the [...]
2009-07-17 09:22:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN8LACK OF CLEAR STRATEGY MAY DASH IFP LEADERS' CONFIDENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leaders provided insight into the party's campaign strategy and prospects during a meeting with the Consul General, Poloff, and Pon-Econ Assistant on January 13. Provincial Secretary Bonginkosi Buthelezi and Provincial Treasurer Narend Singh [...]
2009-01-15 16:19:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN82DURBAN'S NEW BUS SERVICE DOESN'T END TRANSPORT CHALLENGES
[...] (U) Summary. Durban commuters have been scrambling for transport ever since the Remant Alton bus service provider closed down at the end of June. Remant Alton has been beset by financial, labor and managerial problems since it began operation. New bus service provider Tansnat Africa has been [...]
2009-07-23 08:51:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SF
09DURBAN9STEEP CHALLENGES AHEAD WEIGH ON NEWLY ANNOUNCED COPE LEADER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Congress of the People (COPE) political leader Lucky Gabela discussed why he left the African National Congress (ANC) and his new party's campaign strategy and prospects during a meeting with the Consul General, visiting Pretoria Poloff, and Pol-Econ Assistant on January 15. Gab [...]
2009-01-16 15:51:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
09DURBAN94LOPSIDED BATTLE FOR FUTURE OF DURBAN'S WARWICK JUNCTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: A multimillion dollar project to develop Durban's Warwick Junction is facing opposition from small traders who claim the mall will end their livelihoods. The decision by the City of Durban to demolish the historic Early Morning Market has led to numerous confrontations between [...]
2009-08-31 16:37:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELTN ECON PHUM SF
09DURBAN97BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 CHECK ON LICENSES 050170678 AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. On Wednesday, September 16, 2009, Durban Political and Economic Officer met with and interviewed Warehouse Manager Nathi Khomongoe, Sales Executive Andre van der Merwe, and Warehouse Dispatch Ian Davies at the African Outdoor Sports (AOS) warehouse in Pinetown, KwaZulu Natal. [...]
2009-09-18 14:00:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC SF
09GABORONE130DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Nolan delivered the points from reftel to Botswana's Minister of Foreign Affairs Phandu Skelemani on February 18. In addition, Pol/Econ Chief delivered a non-paper regarding the Durban Review Conference to Mr. Shimane Kelaotswe, Assistant Director of the MFA's Europe and the [...]
2009-02-18 14:31:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNHRC BC
09GABORONE158DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND
[...] (SBU) On March 2, Pol/Econ Officer delivered the points from reftel to Mr. Shimane Kelaotswe, Assistant Director of the MFA's Europe and the America's Division and delivered non-papers regarding the Durban Review Conference and the U.S. resumption of participation as an observer at the approp [...]
2009-03-02 14:37:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHCR BC
09GENEVA117Canada's Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review
[...] On February 3, an 18 member delegation from the Government of Canada led by Deputy Justice Minister John Sims, participated in the Human Rights Council (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group "interactive dialogue." During this three hour session, Canada described its actions to p [...]
2009-02-11 14:00:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA126(C) EU PRESIDENCY DOWNBEAT ON DURBAN
[...] (C) Summary: In their role as current president of the European Union, the Czech Human Rights team (which negotiates the Durban process on behalf of the EU) today conveyed their deep suspicion of possible progress on Durban substantive discussions next week; said they would not propose an abri [...]
2009-02-12 16:07:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
09GENEVA133DURBAN INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP - DAY 1
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) This cable reviews interactions that the USDel to the Durban Inter-Sessional Working Group (ISWG) had on February 16. 3. (U) As discussed on the evening teleconference with Washington, post requests the following actions: -- updated [...]
2009-02-16 20:41:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA195SOUTH AFRICAN DIPLOMAT DISAPPOINTED WITH SAG'S
[...] (C) Summary. A USDel member met with South African Political Human Rights Officer Sybil Matlhako (please protect) on March 2. A normally guarded Matlhako surprised us with her willingness to speak candidly about group dynamics and actions of the Chinese, Cubans, Europeans and Palestinians. [...]
2009-03-06 19:31:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL ZA UNHRC
09GENEVA6Letter to President-Elect Obama from UN High Commissioner
[...] Mission has received a message from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to President-Elect Obama. We have inserted below the text of the diplomatic cover note (para 2) and the letter itself (para 3). Mission Geneva will transmit the original to the Department by diplomatic po [...]
2009-01-06 12:49:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP
09GENEVA77DURBAN REVIEW TURNS EVEN MORE SOUR: CAN THE
[...] (C) In turbulent negotiations from January 19-23, observers told us the Durban Review process and discourse became "poisonous" and the draft text -- at over 200 paragraphs -- even more problematic. The UK, the Netherlands, and Denmark are considering withdrawing from the process (Canada and [...]
2009-01-28 16:36:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC PGOV KISL
09GENEVA8DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE - THE GENEVA PERSPECTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Numerous delegations over the past months have expressed pessimism that the upcoming Durban Review Conference (April 20-24) will yield anything better than the original Durban Declaration and Program of Action (DDPA). Many like-minded governments are concerned that the outcome c [...]
2009-01-07 16:54:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNHRC
09HARARE678ZIMBABWE TIER 3 TIP ASSESSMENT: MOVING IN THE
[...] (U) This cable serves as a response to the Department's request for information (Ref B) on Zimbabwe's progress towards improving its performance in addressing anti-trafficking issues. In response to Zimbabwe's recent Tier 3 ranking in the Trafficking in Persons report, Post has encouraged the [...]
2009-08-19 16:04:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KDEM KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HELSINKI129FINLAND SEEKS STRONGER LINKS WITH U.S. ON HUMAN
[...] (SBU) On March 26, Kari Kahiluoto, MFA Ambassador for Human Rights and Democracy, met with Charge to discuss the Alliance fr Civilizations (AOC) meeting in Istanbul (April2009),the UN, the Finnish Holocaust Task Force memership application, the Community of Democraciesmeeting (uly 2009),and t [...]
2009-04-02 13:02:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM FI
09HELSINKI149FINLAND: COMMENTS ON APRIL GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met with Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Markku Lampinen on April 23. Lampinen previewed all of the EU agenda items. The Government of Finland (GoF) believes that efforts should be made to encourage the new Israeli government to honor the commitments made by the [...]
2009-04-24 13:47:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV FI
09HELSINKI76FINLAND: POSTURE TOWARDS THE DURBAN REVIEW
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered subject talking points to Charlotta Spolander and Kirsti Pohjankukka in the Finnish MFA Unit for Human Rights Policy on February 27. Spolander said that the Human Rights Council (HRC) will continue planning for the Durban Review Conference. Spolander said GoF welcomes U [...]
2009-02-27 14:00:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL FI
09HONGKONG680TEMPORARY DENIAL ORDER WITH HONG KONG RELATED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 11:25:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC HK PARM
09JAKARTA1537INDONESIA TO HOST "ASIA-AFRICA" CONFERENCE FOCUSED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has announced that it plans to host an "Asia-Africa" conference for senior officials in Jakarta in October. The conference will largely focus on Palestinian capacity-building, and comes against the backdrop of a technical conference on that subject sponsored by the GO [...]
2009-09-15 09:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ID XF
09JAKARTA344UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL/DURBAN REVIEW -- REVIEWING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Per ref a instructions, poloff notified GOI officials that the USG would participate as an observer in the next UN Human Rights Council (HRC) meeting, but would discontinue our involvement in the review of the UN's World Conference on Racism (the Durban Conference). Our contacts [...]
2009-02-27 09:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ID
09JEDDAH227IRF VISIT SPARKS DISCUSSION ON HOW FAR SAUDI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: May 2-4 visit of International Religious Freedom officer, and meetings with Saudis, expats and OIC officials, sparked discussion on Saudi Arabia's basic posture on IRF issues. Meetings revealed that many Saudis continue to question the rationale for respecting non-Muslim rights in [...]
2009-06-14 13:28:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF KISL PGOV SA
09JERUSALEM681JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/21): PALESTINIANS: POWERFUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 09:58:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JOHANNESBURG24SOUTH AFRICA: JANUARY 2009 LABOR NOTES
[...] This is the January, 2009 issue of the U.S. Consulate Johannesburg's Regional Labor Office monthly notes. Topics in this issue are as follows: - ANC Hopes to Ban Labor Brokers - Johannesburg Metro Police Strike - COSATU Condemns the Congress of the People Party (COPE) - COSATU to Refuse [...]
2009-02-06 15:04:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ELAB ETRD SF EIND ECON EFIN EMIN ELTN
09KABUL2807ELECTION DAY COMMUNITY BASED SECURITY PLAYS ROLE
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Community based security (CBS) was an important element on election day, but was not as expansive or as problematic as previewed in advance of the elections. While many provincial leaders noted their intention to tap into local men to provide security, these forces di [...]
2009-09-15 05:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MOPS AF PAK
09KABUL557LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD OFFICERS TRAINING III
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of nineteen (19) Afghan nationals for MOD Officer Training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. 3. Following is the [...]
2009-03-12 06:08:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KAMPALA174UGANDA WAITING FOR LANGUAGE ON RACISM BEFORE
[...] (SBU) We spoke with Isaac Sebulime, the Director for Multilateral Affairs, at the Ugandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on February 18 and informed him about the presence of a U.S. delegation at the Intersessional Intergovernmental Working Group of the Review Conference on the Implementat [...]
2009-02-19 05:12:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNHRC UG
09KATHMANDU1077NEPAL: PRM PDAS PRESSES GON ON REFUGEE PROTECTION
[...] (C) Summary:During a November 11-12 visit to Kathmandu, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Samuel Witten met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala and Home Minister Bhim Rawal to discuss the situations of Tibetans and Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. The Gove [...]
2009-11-24 11:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL NP BU
09KATHMANDU164AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 27 MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with PM Dahal on February 27 to provide observations following Department consultations and the recent A/S Boucher visit to Nepal. PM Dahal appeared to understand that any USG terrorism de-listing action relied largely on future Maoist actions, including clear st [...]
2009-03-02 09:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KOCI EAID PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU185JOINT BRITISH-FRENCH-U.S. MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal pledged that unauthorized recruitment by the People,s Liberation Army (PLA) would be halted immediately following a March 8 meeting of the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC) in a meeting with British and French Ambassadors, and American [...]
2009-03-09 09:00:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU239AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Recent conflicts over military recruitment and the refusal to extend the careers of eight Nepal Army Brigadier Generals will not have any negative impact on the fragile peace process, Prime Minister Dahal told Ambassador on March 23. Refuting Ambassador,s concern over lack of [...]
2009-03-23 10:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PTER NP
09KATHMANDU980NEPAL: MAOISTS DEMAND LEADERSHIP OF GOVERNMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist plans to intensify protests and "paralyze" government operations starting in mid-November unless the ruling coalition agrees to create a new Maoist-led consensus government. The Maoists seek increased dialogue with the United States and want t [...]
2009-10-27 12:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU999NEPAL: ESCALATING MAOIST PROTESTS THREATEN AIRPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, the Maoists launched a protest program against the coalition government that is to build up to a blockade of the Kathmandu Valley and international airport on November 10. Meanwhile, Maoist leader Prachanda invited foreign ambassadors and representatives of int [...]
2009-11-03 13:28:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KIGALI129USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 12:02:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL RW
09KINSHASA166 DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 15:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC CG
09KINSHASA188DEMARCHED DELIVERED: USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN HUMAN
[...] Post transmitted reftel points February 27 to Banza Ngoy Katumbwe, Head of the International Organizations Directorate at the MFA, and will report any substantive response to the Department. GARVELINK [...]
2009-03-02 11:28:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA319 EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 3: AMNESTY LAW STALLED IN
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Amnesty Law Still Pending ------------------------- 2. (U) On April 2, the DRC Se [...]
2009-04-03 12:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KOLKATA90PAYING FOR SEX IN THE "CITY OF JOY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kolkata's red-light district, one of the largest in Asia, provides a real-life case study of the intersection of the policy debates on the legalization of prostitution, trafficking in persons, and human health. Working in a nebulous legal environment where sex workers, but not t [...]
2009-04-03 11:07:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI KTIP KWMN KHIV IN
09KUALALUMPUR841MALAYSIA SEEKS UNHRC MEMBERSHIP; REQUESTS USG
[...] (U) The Government of Malaysia has announced its candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council for the 2010-2013 term (see text of diplomatic note and GOM paper below) and is seeking USG support. Department guidance requested. 2. (U) Begin Text of October 20 GOM Diplomatic note: The Ministry [...]
2009-10-23 07:44:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MY
09KUWAIT186DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT WELCOMES U.S. RETURN
[...] (C) POLCOUNS on March 2 delivered reftel demarche points informing Kuwait of a U.S. decision to resume participation as an active observer at the UN Human Rights Council and to discontinue participation in negotiations on the present draft outcome document for the Durban Review Conference. Dr. [...]
2009-03-03 11:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL UNHRC PHUM KU
09LAGOS201NIGERIA: IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL TELLS CONSUL GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Consul General met March 23 with Ijaw Youth Council spokespersons Dr. Felix Tuodolo, Chairman of the IYC Committee on Security and Economic Development (CSED),currently a lecturer in Corporate Social Responsibility at Liverpool University, and first President of the IYC; Enginee [...]
2009-04-22 06:16:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LISBON127PORTUGAL WELCOMES USG INVOLVEMENT IN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Officer briefed Portuguese MFA Human Rights Director Sara Martins that the United States would be an active observer in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and would seek to participate actively in discussions and decisions. Martins said Portugal and its EU partners warmly welcom [...]
2009-03-03 14:18:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PO
09LISBON228PORTUGAL VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC
[...] (SBU) On April 23 Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy shared Portugal's views on the April GAERC. Burma, the Middle East, the Eastern Partnership, and Sri Lanka will be on the agenda, with informal discussions on Afghanistan/Pakistan/Iran, Ukraine, Moldova, and the Durban Re [...]
2009-04-24 09:53:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PO
09LJUBLJANA115SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF "LENGTHY," BUT VAGUE APRIL
[...] (C) Emboff discussed ref's points on the April 27-28 GAERC meeting with Acting European Correspondent Jurnej Muller on April 22. Muller commented that it was obvious that last week was a holiday as the Czech Presidency still had not provided background for some of the agenda items, so their p [...]
2009-04-22 15:04:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV SI
09LJUBLJANA295SLOVENIA ON UNGA REDLINES TOES THE EU LINE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 14:05:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA
09LONDON2120UK WELCOMES US UNHRC PRIORITIES
[...] (C/NF) Summary: HMG welcomes U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council and is in broad agreement with its priorities. It sees difficulties in convincing some EU states to go along with the freedom of expression resolution; if amendments are not possible, political pressure will be neede [...]
2009-09-11 13:54:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN UNHRC UK
09LONDON440HMG WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON DURBAN II, HOPES
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Susan Hyland, Head of the Human Rights, Democracy and Governance Group at HMG's Foreign and Commonwealth Office told Poloffs that HMG "agrees broadly" with the USG's position and reservations regarding the Durban Review Conference. She especially emphasized that HMG considers [...]
2009-02-19 15:17:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNHRC EZ DA IR NL SZ UK
09LUSAKA296ZAMBIA PROMISES IMPROVED MULTILATERAL COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting to discuss multilateral cooperation as well as Zambian Foreign Minister Kabinga Pande's May visit to Washington, Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Tens Kapoma confirmed his interest in improving U.S.-Zambian voting coincidence within the United Nations. He promis [...]
2009-04-30 12:02:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALUN UNHRC CU ZA
09MADRID1045UNGA: SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO USG THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed the UNGA Third Committee agenda with the Spanish MFA's Director of Human Rights, Juan Duarte, October 23. Duarte said that Spain and the United States were on the same page with respect to country-specific resolutions (Iran, Burma and DPRK),but took the opportunit [...]
2009-10-23 16:07:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN SP IS KPAL
09MADRID1077SPAIN ON GOLDSTONE/UN DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs delivered reftel demarche November 3 to the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Subdirector General for the UN, Marcelino Cabanas; Human Rights Office Director, Juan Duarte; and Deputy Director General for the Middle East, Alberto Ucelay. In a follow-up conversation with [...]
2009-11-04 13:43:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER IS KPAL
09MADRID213SPAIN WELCOMES USG INVOLVEMENT IN DURBAN REVIEW
[...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish MFA Human Rights Office Director Juan Duarte Cuadrado February 24 to discuss reftel demarche and learned that Spain shares U.S. concerns regarding the draft document, particularly regarding racism issues and attempts to use defamation of religion arguments to limit [...]
2009-02-27 09:32:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC SP
09MADRID404SPAIN WELCOMES U.S. HRC CANDIDACY AND EXPLAINS
[...] (C) April 3 Poloff informed Spanish MFA's Director of the Office of Human Rights Juan Duarte and Subdirector General for the UN Marcelino Cabanas of the U.S. intention to seek election to the UNHRC in 2009, requesting Spain's vote in favor of the United States in the May election. Post subseq [...]
2009-04-21 08:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM SP PREL
09MANAGUA274NICARAGUA: POINTS DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 22:13:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL NU
09MANILA437DEMARCHE - USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN HUMAN
[...] Post discussed reftel points with Assistant Director Leila Lorasantos of the Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),underscoring that the U.S. has decided to resume participation as an active observer at the UN Human Rights C [...]
2009-02-27 08:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV RP
09MAPUTO1236MOZAMBIQUE HOPING TO CASH IN ON WORLD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Less than 250 days to the FIFA Soccer World Cup in South Africa, the largest event to be held on the African continent. Mozambique's preparations for the World Cup highlight the country's progress, or lack thereof, on a number of developmental challenges, including a lack of r [...]
2009-11-06 10:07:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND MZ SCUL EINV
09MAPUTO980BUSINESS COMMUNTITY PROTESTS PORT CARGO SCANNING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In 2005, the Government of Mozambique (GRM) awarded a 20-year concession to Kudumba Investments to provide an integrated border and cargo security solution. The concession is based on the principle of "build, operate, and transfer" that requires no capital outlay from the GRM. [...]
2009-09-02 13:47:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EINV EINT PGOV EWWT PREL ETRD MZ SF
09MAPUTO983MAPUTO PORT BRINGS COMPETITION...AND CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Mozambique (GRM) entered into partnership with private investors to revitalize and increase port and rail infrastructure capacity, which was long-neglected during the civil war. Econoffs met with GRM and private sector representatives to discuss progress with [...]
2009-09-03 11:46:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KCOR EINV EWWT PGOV MZ SF
09MASERU37LESOTHO NON-COMMITTAL ON DURBAN REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 12:38:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC LT
09MEXICO1136MEXICO ON USG PARTICIPATION IN THE DURBAN REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 20:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI AORC KISL PHUM KDEM MX
09MEXICO445MEXICO ON THE DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE WORKING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 19:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUH PREL MX
09MEXICO581MEXICO ON USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Deputy Political Counselor spoke to the Foreign Ministry's Director of the Office for the Elimination of Discrimination Elia del Carmen Sosa Nishizaki about the USG's decision not participate in further negotiations on the basis of the current text for the Durban Review Conference. Sosa expr [...]
2009-02-27 18:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MX
09MEXICO822U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]
2009-03-20 20:40:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO823U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]
2009-03-20 20:40:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO827U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]
2009-03-20 21:06:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MONTEVIDEO127DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY PLEASED AT U.S.
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche February 27 to the MFA's Human Rights Director, Laura Dupuy. The MFA's Human Rights Department accepted the points but did not immediately offer a substantive response. 2. (C) On March 2, Dupuy offered a more detailed response. She noted that the GOU is p [...]
2009-03-05 12:03:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UY
09NDJAMENA65INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTACT KEY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
[...] (U) Post delivered demarche (reftel) to Oumar Noury Abdelkerim, Director of Bilateral Cooperation, in the Chadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to Abdelkerim, the GOC has not taken a firm policy on Durban Review Conference issues. NIGRO [...]
2009-03-02 07:13:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
09NEWDELHI28INDIAN GROUPS PROTEST ISRAELI OFFENSIVE IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Gaza strikes are emerging as a significant issue for some Muslim groups in India, who are raking up traditional anti-Israel rhetoric. Urdu media has been portraying the U.S. and Israel as enemies of Islam, stoking Muslim anger further and radical Islamic groups are gearing u [...]
2009-01-07 13:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMOPS PTER PREL IS IN
09OSLO143NORWAY COMMITTED TO DURBAN II ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Despite discussion of the issue in the Norwegian press, the GON refuses to disclose its "red lines"--what would be completely unacceptable for Norway--in the context of the Durban II conference in Geneva. While Norway can be counted on to support freedom of expression, its prefer [...]
2009-03-05 13:12:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC
09OSLO199JAGLAND'S CANDIDACY FOR NEXT COE SECRETARY GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary. Thorbjorn Jagland is a leading Norwegian politician whose thoughtful comments often crystallize debates and support US positions. While he was the subject of some controversy while he was Prime Minister, he is now a seasoned elder statesman who would be a strong candidate to hea [...]
2009-03-26 12:17:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM COE NO
09OSLO386NORWAY IS GOOD: NORWEGIAN EXCEPTIONALISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Norway's sense of exceptionalism, while under some pressure due to some significant policy failures, still is a central part of the national culture and has an outsized impact on Norwegian foreign policy. Norwegians truly believe that there is something inherently good about being [...]
2009-06-10 13:07:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL NO
09OSLO578NORWAY'S MIXED RESPONSE ON UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 14:41:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNO PREL UNGA
09OTTAWA152CANADA WELCOMES U.S. DURBAN WITHDRAWAL AND UN HRC
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Human Rights Policy Chantale Walker on February 27 welcomed the U.S. decision to discontinue negotiations on the current text of the Durban Review Conference (reftel). Walker noted that Canada shares the U.S [...]
2009-02-27 22:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC CA
09OTTAWA153CANADA WELCOMES U.S. DURBAN WITHDRAWAL AND UN HRC
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Human Rights Policy Chantale Walker on February 27 welcomed the U.S. decision to discontinue negotiations on the current text of the Durban Review Conference (reftel). Walker noted that Canada shares the U.S [...]
2009-02-27 22:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC CA
09OTTAWA273CANADA FIGHTING ANTI-SEMITISM WHILE INCIDENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to B'nai Brith Canada, white supremacists, radical Muslims, and far leftists are uniting to promote anti-Semitic propaganda in Canada. A recent B'nai Brith report claimed that the current economic crisis had spurred an upsurge in anti-Semitic incidents over the last [...]
2009-04-06 20:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI CA
09OTTAWA610CANADA IN THE UNHRC: A CHAMPION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary. Canada closed its three year term on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) with an enhanced reputation as a strong advocate for human rights protection and democracy promotion worldwide. During its term, Canada was a spirited advocate -- condemning human rights abuses, standing alon [...]
2009-08-06 20:43:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UNHCR CA
09PARIS1046IRAN: EU DIPLOMATS TO ATTEND AHMADINEJAD
[...] (C/NF) European Union members will send low-ranking diplomats to the first of two inauguration ceremonies for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but they will not inform the Iranians of their plans, according to French MFA Acting Middle East Director (Assistant-Secretary equivalent) Jean-Christophe Paucell [...]
2009-07-31 15:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL FR
09PARIS204P-3 SHARE UNSC, UNESCO, HRC AND DURBAN CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: Acting IO A/S Jim Warlick joined French IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Bermann and UK IO Director Paul Johnston, along with MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini, IO DAS-Equivalent Fabien Penone, and Pol M/C for a P-3 exchange of views on February 6. Among topics of note, France led t [...]
2009-02-10 15:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC SO FR
09PARIS375FRENCH PREVIEW OF GAERC: BALKANS, BELARUS, SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary: The EU's March 16-17 General Affairs Council will focus on economic stimulus measures and preparation for the March 19-20 European Council rather than external relations, according to Mathieu Carmona, Deputy Head of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Office. In a Marc [...]
2009-03-13 15:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAL KWBG EUN FR BK MW BO SU IS
09PARIS490FRANCE SUPPORTS USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) France supports the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),as announced in Ref A, French MFA IO DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet told Poloff on April 2. The GOF is "very pleased" by the USG candidacy and pledges its support "without conditions." Pel [...]
2009-04-02 16:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL FR
09PARIS586FRENCH PREVIEW OF GAERC: CROATIA, BURMA, MIDDLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 24, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona previewed the April General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting's discussions on Croatia, Burma, the Middle East, Sri Lanka, follow-up from the U.S.-EU Summit [...]
2009-04-24 16:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN KPAL KWBG HR BM IS GZ WE CE UP MD
09PARIS726IO/RHS KESHAP DISCUSSES UNHRC, SECURITY COUNCIL,
[...] (C) Summary: IO/RHS Director Atul Keshap met on May 14 with French MFA IO DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet and desk officers Cecile Vigneau and Emanuel Pineda to discuss several issues affecting UN agencies and regional issues in Sri Lanka and Sudan, in advance of a May 15 MFA-led [...]
2009-06-02 10:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC UN FR
09PARIS762EUR A/S GORDON’S JUNE 3 MEETING WITH FRENCH NSA
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a June 3 meeting with A/S Gordon, French NSA-equivalent Jean-David Levitte previewed the agenda for the POTUS-President Sarkozy bilat at Normandy. He noted that Sarkozy hoped to use the occasion to announce the appointments of two French general officers to high-level NATO positi [...]
2009-06-08 16:42:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL FR
09PARIS961IO A/S BRIMMER REVIEWS UN AGENDA WITH FRANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IO Assistant Secretary Dr. Esther Brimmer discussed the campaign to select a new UNESCO Director General, the Human Rights Council (HRC),UNSC Reform, and Peacekeeping/Peacebuilding operations with her MFA counterpart Sylvie Bermann and separately with MFA Special Advisor Eric Ch [...]
2009-07-17 06:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM UNESCO FR
09PARTO41305Secretary Clinton's March 31, 2009 conversation
[...] (U) March 31, 2009; 9:00 a.m.; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary Lew SRAP Holbrooke A/S Fried Ms. Abedin, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary Mr. Sullivan, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary Mr. Falls (Embassy Notetaker) NETHERLAN [...]
2009-04-13 19:34:00US Delegation, SecretarySECRETOVIP PREL NL AF PHUM RU NATO
09PORTAUPRINCE203HAITI: DEMARCHE ON DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 19:25:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNHRC HA
09PORTLOUIS69DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE FOLLOW-UP: MAURITIUS PARTICIPATION
[...] In a follow-up to CDA's meeting and discussion with Prime Minister Ramgoolam (ref A),on February 24, acting Poloff met with First Secretary Martine S.C. Young Kim Fat to discuss the upcoming Review Conference to evaluate progress made in achieving the goals set by the 2001 World Conference Ag [...]
2009-02-24 10:48:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MP
09PORTLOUIS73DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE: POINTS DELIVERED TO SEYCHELLES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 12:21:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SY
09PRAGUE130CZECHS PLEASED WITH USG PRESENCE AT UNHRC AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff provided the reftel points to Czech MFA Human Rights and Transition Policy Director Gabriela Dlouha and UN Department Director Jan Michal on February 27. Dlouha noted that our presence at UNHRC proceedings is most welcome news and inquired whether we planned to engage in a [...]
2009-03-09 15:31:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EZ PHUM
09PRAGUE99SUPPORT FOR DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE WORKING
[...] We delivered reftel points February 18 to Czech MFA Human Rights and Transition Policy Department Deputy Director Martin Boucek and UN Department official Ladislav Steinhubel. Boucek welcomed U.S. involvement in the February 16-19 working group and understood this does not mean the U.S. woul [...]
2009-02-19 13:15:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC EZ
09PRETORIA1007PART 2 OF 3: A LOOK AT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET
[...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma finalized his Cabinet appointments on May 10, modifying several existing ministries and creating a few new ones. Below are short biographies for each of the newly appointed ministers and deputies. This is the second of three cables looking at each of the Cabinet a [...]
2009-05-19 12:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA1018CUBA: SOUTH AFRICA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 08:31:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU SF
09PRETORIA1029PART 3 OF 3: A LOOK AT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET
[...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma finalized his Cabinet appointments on May 10, modifying several existing ministries and creating a few new ones. Below are short biographies for each of the newly appointed ministers and deputies. This is the third of three cables looking at each of the Cabinet ap [...]
2009-05-20 15:12:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA1054SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL WATSON'S MAY 26-31, 2009
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-05-22 12:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF
09PRETORIA1055SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL PAYNE'S MAY 26-29, 2009,
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-05-22 12:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF
09PRETORIA1078SOUTH AFRICA FY07 SPECIAL SELF HELP (SSH) STATUS REPORT
[...] Summary: In FY07, Embassy Pretoria selected ten projects for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program with total allocations of USD 100,000. Nine of the projects are ongoing and performing satisfactorily in providing social and economic services to the vulnerable populations of the affected [...]
2009-05-29 09:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON SF
09PRETORIA1118SCENESETTER FOR DUSTR MARANTIS VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-06-03 16:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1293SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Pretoria has checked its files and finds no credible information regarding gross human rights abuses by the following officials who will attend the Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights at the Border training event in Durban July 20-24. Name: John Alwin Matroos [...]
2009-06-26 14:17:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM SF SOCI PREL
09PRETORIA1343SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JULY 2, 2009
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 26 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Deficit Yawns Wider as Spending Accelerates and Revenues Decrease - Credit Growth Slows - Consumer Confidence Surprises - Moody's Says [...]
2009-07-02 15:35:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1418"HAWKS" PRIORITY CRIMES POLICE UNIT LAUNCHED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Accompanied by a great deal of government-generated fanfare, the chief of South Africa's disbanded elite crime fighting unit, the "Scorpions," handed over pending investigation files to the newly appointed chief of a new elite crime-fighting unit organized within the South Afric [...]
2009-07-13 17:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM KDEM SF
09PRETORIA1482SCENE-SETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election. 2. (SBU) The A [...]
2009-07-22 15:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL SF EINV
09PRETORIA1551G/TIP AMBASSADOR LUIS CDEBACA'S JULY 6-10 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) In his first country visit as G/TIP Director, Ambassador Luis CdeBaca met on July 6-7 and July 9-10 with South African government officials; police, prosecutors, and judges; civil society organizations and G/TIP grant recipients; and radio and newspaper reporters regarding the country's [...]
2009-07-31 07:48:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KTIP PHUM SF
09PRETORIA1560SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER JULY 26-AUGUST 1
[...] (SBU) This cable is our first weekly South Africa Political newsletter. It is written in partnership with Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2009-07-31 15:28:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ELAB
09PRETORIA159South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" -
[...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]
2009-01-27 09:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1657SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 9-AUGUST 15
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-08-14 16:21:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA1694SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 16-AUGUST 22
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-08-24 06:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA1697SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ADVISOR ROBERT J.
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Gips warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to help make your trip a success. The Control Officers for the visit are Acting Political Counselor Madeline Seidenstricker and Energy Officer David Young, who can be reached at [...]
2009-08-24 08:03:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IAEA KNNP ENRG SF
09PRETORIA1717SOUTH AFRICA'S NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER HITS THE
[...] (U) Summary: President Zuma recently appointed Bhekokwakhe Hamilton Cele as South Africa National Police Commissioner (SAPS). Cele replaces former Jackie Selebi, who was placed on administrative leave in January 2008 following allegations of corruption. In the interim, the SAPS suffered fro [...]
2009-08-25 07:31:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PINR SF KCRM WMN SOCI PREL
09PRETORIA1752SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 23-AUGUST 29
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-08-31 06:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA178SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 30,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 5 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Big Rate Cut Expected as Inflation Plummets - South Africa's Leading Indicator Confirms Dismal Growth Outlook - Sharp Rise in Company [...]
2009-01-30 08:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1810SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 5
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-09-08 06:24:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA1860SOUTH AFRICA DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNHRC 12TH SESSION
[...] (SBU) On September 10 poloffs met with Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DICO),to deliver message (ref A) on USG priorities for the next session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC). On the [...]
2009-09-11 12:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA1930THREAT TO BOMB US EMBASSY PRETORIA
[...] (S/NF) On 09/21/09, Post's core EAC comprised of representatives from: EXEC, A/DCM, RSO, ADM, POL, PAO, DAO, ORI, ECON and LEGAT convened to discuss threat information in (REF). Based on this threat information, RSO Pretoria submitted a written request to the South African Police Service's (S [...]
2009-09-21 17:09:00Embassy PretoriaSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PTER
09PRETORIA1937MISSION SOUTH AFRICA'S CY 2010 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 09:09:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ACOA
09PRETORIA1943UPDATE: THREAT TO US EMBASSY PRETORIA
[...] (SBU) Post's EAC comprised of AMB, A/DCM, RSO, DAO, ORI, ECON, POL, PAO, MGT and CONS met to discuss the threat and Post actions detailed in reftels A and B. 2. (S/NF) On September 23, 2009, RSO and ORI received information from the South African Police Service (SAPS) that SAPS officers, in [...]
2009-09-23 16:46:00Embassy PretoriaSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PTER SA
09PRETORIA1997SOUTH AFRICA: POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 2
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-10-05 06:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA203IFP MANIFESTO LAUNCH FEATURES NO VIOLENCE, SAME
[...] (SBU) The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) launched its party manifesto before a small, heavily guarded crowd in Soweto on January 25. IFP leaders spoke briefly about the party's agenda -- economic growth, job creation, law and order, education, health, land reform, and morality -- before turning [...]
2009-02-03 10:10:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKJU PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2141COURT SELECTIONS SHOW HOW CONCERNS ABOUT JUDICIAL
[...] (C) President Jacob Zuma finalized his appointment of five new justices to the Constitutional Court, the nation's highest legal body, on October 11. For most of the past year, and particularly during the election campaign period ahead of the national election in April, opposition leaders and [...]
2009-10-21 16:25:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR SF
09PRETORIA2157LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA 7579 - UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVES
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA 7579 - Underwater Explosives Incident Countermeasure Course, in Durbin, South Africa, which will begin November 2-20, 2009. Post vetting for the two individuals listed belo [...]
2009-10-23 07:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC SA
09PRETORIA217COURT SETS ZUMA TRIAL FOR AUGUST
[...] (U) The Pietermaritzburg High Court set August 25 as the trial date for African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma in a decision announced on February 4. The state charged Zuma with corruption, fraud, money laundering, and racketeering in December 2007. The Pietermaritzburg High C [...]
2009-02-04 16:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKJU PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2207POSSIBLE UN CONVENTION ENDANGERING FREEDOM OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 29 Poloffs met with Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO),to deliver the demarche (ref A) urging support for a U.S. "draft action plan" of proposals ( [...]
2009-10-29 16:57:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SF
09PRETORIA2271SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR BONNIE JENKINS'
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 11:45:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MNUC PARM KNNP TBIO SF
09PRETORIA2276SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CRIME STRATEGY REPORT
[...] Draft International Narcotics Control Strategy Report South Africa I. Summary  [...]
2009-11-09 06:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR ASEC SF
09PRETORIA2277SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Draft International Narcotics Control Strategy Report South Africa I. Summary  [...]
2009-11-09 06:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR ASEC SF
09PRETORIA238SAG READY TO SIGN AGREEMENT ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) South Africa is ready to sign the Agreement on Cooperation in Research and Development of Nuclear Energy. The SAG would like to sign this agreement at the Ministerial level and implement it as a "living" and broad agreement. The SAG will follow the USG lead on whether it is signed by th [...]
2009-02-06 15:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF
09PRETORIA2387SOUTH AFRICA: Request Funding Re-obligation
[...] Summary: This is a request for approval for the use of funding, previously obligated for the immigration and Border Patrol, under obligation code: 1911461022-0584-0584402002-2721-2156-142204. The re-obligated funds will be used for narcotics detection by the U.S. Customs and Border Protectio [...]
2009-11-23 06:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SF KCRM SNAR
09PRETORIA245SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, January 2009, Volume 4, Number 1, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY BILL PASSED INTO LAW -- SOUTH AFRICA CELEBRA [...]
2009-02-09 13:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2478JOHANNESBURG'S TWO BILLION RAND BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Emboff tested Johannesburg's new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System, the Rea Vaya, on November 20. The Rea Vaya was launched on October 20, to improve public transport infrastructure and alleviate traffic gridlock in South Africa's most congested and economically productive city. [...]
2009-12-03 07:40:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ELTN SOCI SF PREL PGOV
09PRETORIA2493DEMARCHE RESPONSE:"DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" VOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 13:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA2565SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 7-DECEMBER 11
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2009-12-11 13:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2569SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, November 2009, Volume 4, Number 11, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SA Accelerates Preparations for Copenhagen -- 2010 World Cup Cou [...]
2009-12-14 05:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2602SERIES OF AIRLINK INCIDENTS TESTS SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. A spate of recent accidents/incidents involving South African Airlink has raised concerns about the safety record of the carrier. Privately owned Airlink also provides regional service to Lesotho, Mozambique, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe with over 3,500 flights p [...]
2009-12-18 11:01:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PREL CASC OTRA ATRN FAA ICAO SF
09PRETORIA2603DEMARCHE RESPONSE: "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS"
[...] (SBU) Embassy Pretoria believes that success in reversing South Africa's support for the Defamation of Religion (DoR) resolution (reftel) will be highly improbable, and the effort may be counterproductive. Post is open to elevating our dialogue on DoR to a higher level, such as a request for [...]
2009-12-18 14:26:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA2618SOUTH AFRICA: 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM SEMINAR: IS
[...] (U) Summary: Kicking off South Africa's observance of the 16 Days of Activism, Commissioner for Gender Equality Dr. Yvette Abrahams led a discussion on the social norms and material conditions that give rise to gender-based violence in South Africa. Activists in Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria [...]
2009-12-22 12:26:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM ECON AORC SF
09PRETORIA2660AFRICAN UNION CONFERENCE RATIFIES MARTIME CHARTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa hosted a week-long African Union (AU) Conference for Ministers responsible for maritime transport in Durban during the week of October 12. The AU Maritime Charter was initially developed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1993, and was adopted by 36 AU member states at t [...]
2009-12-28 08:16:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EWWT PGOV SF
09PRETORIA298PRETORIA INPUTS TO THE 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] Post hereby submits responses to the Department's action request (Refs A,B) for the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, covering the period from March 2008 through mid-February 2009. Following an overview of South Africa's counter-trafficking efforts, and of its unique capacity [...]
2009-02-17 10:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SA KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD
09PRETORIA323SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 13,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 8 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Retail Sales Growth Remains Negative - Rand Vulnerable to Higher Risk Aversion - Special Duty on Textiles Considered - SAA Tells Governm [...]
2009-02-20 12:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA357SOUTH AFRICA AGREES TO MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE WITH CAVEATS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post delivered Megaports Initiative talking points (Reftel A) to South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials. SARS officials agreed to proceed with the Megaports initiative, given cabinet approval, but requested additional information before finalizing approval for a consulta [...]
2009-02-25 06:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ENRG ETTC EWWT PINS SF
09PRETORIA38SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 9,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 2 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Optimistic Outlook with Rates, Inflation Easing - Rand at Mercy of Global Forces - Permission to Raise Prices a Relief to Pharmaceutic [...]
2009-01-09 14:35:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA393AFRICAN MINING INDABA WATCHING GLOBAL MARKETS WITH GROWING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 14th African Mining Indaba took place in Cape Town February 9-12 under the cloud of an unprecedented global commodity downturn and economic malaise, in great contrast to last year's celebration of the commodity boom (Ref E). Last year's worry of regional power shortages has [...]
2009-03-03 10:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EMIN EPET SENV BEXP EINV SF
09PRETORIA476SHAIK PAROLE KEEPS SPOTLIGHT ON ZUMA'S PAST
[...] (C) The government's decision to parole on medical grounds convicted fraudster, and former Jacob Zuma business associate, Schabir Shaik is keeping the spotlight on the ANC President's past in the run-up to the April 22 election. Shaik, convicted in 2005 of bribing Zuma, was released from pris [...]
2009-03-12 07:55:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS SF KDEM
09PRETORIA478SOUTH AFRICAN MINING EXECUTIVES DISCUSS GLOBAL AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of South African mining executives expressed concern about the effects of the global commodity downturn on the mining sector and associated social transformation in South Africa. They highlighted a number of challenges of doing mining business in South Africa, many dir [...]
2009-03-12 09:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ENRG EINV ETRD EPET KHIV ZI SF
09PRETORIA488SOUTH AFRICA SEEKS TO CLEAR THE AIR ON DURBAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In informal meetings with the DFA's Pitso Montwedi, Poloffs have explored USG-SAG differences on the upcoming Durban Review Conference (DRC) on racism and xenophobia. Montwedi was amenable to the notion of a pared-down DRC document, emphasizing broad principles in a modern conte [...]
2009-03-13 09:41:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA539PART 2 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE
[...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- ------------ (C) WHO IN THE ANC DO THE OTHER PARTY MEMBERS SUSPECT OF SYMPATHIZING WITH COPE? --------------------------------------------- [...]
2009-03-23 06:10:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA543PART 1 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE
[...] (C) This cable is part 1 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425 received on March 9. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. The structure below follows a question and answer format and includes Reftels where applicable. Post has sent in nearly 100 cables since September 2008 covering many of the questio [...]
2009-03-23 07:16:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA544PART 2 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE
[...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- ------------ (C) WHO IN THE ANC DO THE OTHER PARTY MEMBERS SUSPECT OF SYMPATHIZING WITH COPE? --------------------------------------------- [...]
2009-03-23 07:16:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA595SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 27, 2009
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 13 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SARB Cuts Interest Rates - Current Account Deficit Lowest in Almost Three Years - Slowdown 'May Bring Manufacturing Sector to its Knees' [...]
2009-03-27 10:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA664PART 1 OF 3: SCENESETTER FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL
[...] (C) South Africa on April 22 will hold its fourth national election since the end of apartheid in 1994. From all indications, the government and its institutions are ready for this poll, and turnout is expected to be the highest since former President Nelson Mandela's victory 15 years ago. [...]
2009-04-03 14:51:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA665LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL PARTY LISTS AHEAD
[...] (C) Poloff worked with Political Section officers to gain their perspectives and insights into South Africa's main political parties ahead of the April 22 national election. Officers provided thoughts about the parties' candidate lists and how they may help or hinder their electoral chances. [...]
2009-04-03 15:03:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA779South African Political Parties Have Embraced Social Media,
[...] SUMMARY: (U) Reportedly inspired by the dynamic e-campaign of President Obama, South African political parties have launched multifaceted digital platforms to reach voters in advance of the April 22 elections. Most parties now have targeted websites, voter activism forums, interactive media opp [...]
2009-04-20 15:05:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SA KDEM SF
09PRETORIA802PART 1 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE
[...] (C) This cable is part 1 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425 received on March 9. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. The structure below follows a question and answer format and includes Reftels where applicable. Post has sent in nearly 100 cables since September 2008 covering many of the questio [...]
2009-04-21 12:11:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA806SOUTH AFRICA VOTES: SITUATION REPORT #2
[...] Summary: South Africans remain focused on the unfolding drama of national elections as voting continued through midday. Voter turnout remains strong overall, but there are significant differences between polling places. Observer teams are reporting minor irregularities and procedural problems, [...]
2009-04-22 15:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM ASEC SF
09PRETORIA831SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 17, 2009
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 17 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Business Index Shows Light at End of Tunnel - Empowerment Fund Changes Strategy to Help Smaller Firms - Telkom and AT&T Launch Strategic [...]
2009-04-24 14:12:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA872SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, April 2009, Volume 4, Number 4, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- ANC OFFICIAL ARRESTED IN ABALONE BUST -- SADC SKIPPER FINED R1.5M FO [...]
2009-04-30 10:45:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA893SCENE-SETTER FOR USTR AMBASSADOR RON KIRK'S MAY
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-05-04 13:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SF
09PRETORIA939PART 1 OF 3: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SOUTH AFRICA'S
[...] (SBU) Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, President of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, is a controversial but not well understood personage who emerged from obscurity to where he now occupies the apex of South Africa's political pyramid. He is deeply loved and revered by his closest [...]
2009-05-08 15:04:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL SF
09QUITO139ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - DURBAN REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered Ref A and B points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on February 18 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 20. Puma thanked PolOff for the information, noted that the topic was important to the GOE, and that the MFA [...]
2009-02-21 00:46:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC EC
09RABAT177GOM SUPPORTIVE OF USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN
[...] (SBU) On February 27, PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Humanitarian and Social Affairs Director Abdelmounaim El Farouq (Note: The MFA's human rights point person. End Note.). 2. (C) El Farouq welcomed the Human Rights Council statement, adding that he had made just such a recommendat [...]
2009-02-27 17:10:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IO MO
09REYKJAVIK45ICELAND: FM WARNS OF POSSIBLE DEFENSE BUDGET CUTS
[...] (C) Summary: Icelandic Foreign Minister Skarphedinsson told Ambassador on 18 February that "nothing can be ruled out" on the question of further cuts to Iceland's defense budget, and floated a trial balloon on further reductions to Iceland's contingent in Afghanistan. In public comments the [...]
2009-02-27 17:22:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM NATO ECON AF IC
09REYKJAVIK47ICELAND WELCOMES U.S. REENGAGEMENT IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Pol Chief delivered ref A points to Ingibjorg Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 2 March (Note: No MFA officials were available to receive the demarche at an earlier date). Davidsdottir said she was very pleased to hear that the U. [...]
2009-03-04 08:41:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN IC
09RIGA110LATVIA WELCOMES U.S. RETURN TO UNHCR, SHARES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 15:18:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL LG
09RIGA99DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE: LATVIAN INVOLVEMENT AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 14:10:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL LG
09RIYADH1671IO/DRL (KESHAP) VISIT BEGINS DIALOGUE ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 19 meeting Deputy FM for Multilateral Affairs, HH Dr. Torki told IO/HR Director Keshap and Senior Human Rights Policy Advisor Ostermeier that the SAG was prepared to consider working with the U.S. on a new approach to the defamation issue in the UN context. Pri [...]
2009-12-27 10:14:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL PGOV KDEM OPDC SA
09ROME230ITALY PLEASED WITH U.S. REENGAGEMENT IN UN HRC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 15:59:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IT
09SANAA398UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 10:58:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL YM
09SANJOSE123DEMARCHES DELIVERED: DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE
[...] For the record, we delivered reftel demarches to MFA Foreign Policy Director Alejandro Solano on February 18, following up during a meeting between the Ambassador and FM Bruno Stagno (on other issues) on February 19. To Stagno, we noted USG willingness to consider re-engaging in the WCAR proc [...]
2009-02-27 20:34:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC CS
09SANJOSE166DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN
[...] (SBU) On March 6, we delivered reftel points to Linyi Baidal, the MFA's new Deputy Director of Foreign Policy. Baidal "welcomed" the U.S. back as an observer to the UNHRC, and she repeated Costa Rica's view that it was better to work from within the Council (Refs B and C); if not, it left the [...]
2009-03-11 23:52:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CS
09SANSALVADOR196UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 22:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
09SANTIAGO166CHILE SUPPORTS U.S. ON DURBAN, STRATEGIZES ON
[...] (U) This is an action request for IO/RHS and DRL/MLGA. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: Chile supports U.S. positions at the Durban Conference, but does not consider anti-Israeli language to be a key issue. MFA Human Rights official Eduardo Chihuailaf said Chile is eager to work [...]
2009-02-24 18:57:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC CI
09SANTODOMINGO276DEMARCHE ON DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE DELIVERED
[...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on the Durban Review Conference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. (U) Please visit us at http://www.st [...]
2009-03-05 19:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM DR
09SHANGHAI160CHINA AND AFRICA: SHANGHAI VIEWS ON EXPANDING TRADE AND
[...] (C) Summary: During March 2009 meetings with four Shanghai-based Africa scholars, the largest Chinese investor in Africa, and officials from the Egyptian and South African Consulates General in Shanghai, Congenoffs examined the evolving state of China-Africa relations. The upcoming Forum on China-A [...]
2009-04-10 01:32:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV CH XA TW
09SINGAPORE862SINGAPORE IS UNSUITABLE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Post has contacted the United Nations and Legal Issues Branch of the International Organisations Directorate in Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to determine whether Singapore would consider running for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights [...]
2009-09-08 10:06:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR
09STATE100237DAY 2: U.S.-SOUTH AFRICA NONPROLIFERATION AND
[...] (SBU) Day 2 discussions of the U.S.-South African Nonproliferation and Disarmament Dialogue focused on technical level nuclear security issues. DOE/NNSA, NRC, and State gave a series of presentations on areas of cooperation. The United States invited the SAG to visit U.S. nuclear facilities [...]
2009-09-25 20:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF KNNP MNUC NP PARM ENRG SF
09STATE100282Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective September 27, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-717. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this enti [...]
2009-09-25 23:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE100316HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, SEPTEMBER 2009 SESSION:
[...] Background. A draft resolution on "Elimination of Discrimination Against Women," introduced by Colombia and Mexico, is being discussed at the September 2009 session of the Human Rights Council (HRC). The latest draft of the resolution, dated September 24, calls for appointment of an Indepe [...]
2009-09-26 00:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SIPDIS PHUM HRC KWMN SOCI UN
09STATE104723BRAZIL'S UNGA PRIORITIES: A/S BRIMMER'S SEPTEMBER
[...] SUMMARY. IO Assistant Secretary Esther Brimmer met with Brazilian Director-General for International Organizations Carlos Duarte on September 24 to discuss a wide range of multilateral issues, including peacekeeping, human rights, the Alliance of Civilizations, Brazil's non-permanent seat on t [...]
2009-10-07 21:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL
09STATE104726MEXICO ON UNSC REFORM AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A/S
[...] SUMMARY. A/S Brimmer met with Mexican Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights Juan Manuel Gomez Robledo on September 24 on the margins of the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). The discussion focused primarily on UN Security Council (UNSC) reform and human rights. END SUMMARY. [...]
2009-10-07 21:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL
09STATE105775Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective October 11, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-718. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]
2009-10-09 20:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE109926Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective October 25, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-719. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]
2009-10-23 19:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE115148Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective November 8, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-720. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]
2009-11-06 21:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE118799OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach the highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- a reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; -- the defeat of three resolutions reaffirming the "Com [...]
2009-11-17 23:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE
09STATE119662ACTION REQUEST: VOTE NO ON RACISM AND DURBAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 20:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UN
09STATE119666ACTION REQUEST: VOTE NO ON ADOPTION OF DURBAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 20:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UN
09STATE119813ENDING THE STALEMATE IN THE PEACE PROCESS
[...] (U) Action Request: For Embassy Kathmandu, please see paragraphs 6 and 7. For Embassy New Delhi, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's peace process continues to drift, due to political stalemate among the major political parties. Although the Maoists have postponed their pr [...]
2009-11-20 00:48:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIN NP PGOV PREL
09STATE120265Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective November 22, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-721. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entir [...]
2009-11-20 22:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE128320FORWARD THINKING TO NEGATE "DEFAMATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 03:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC
09STATE129668Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective December 20, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-723. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entir [...]
2009-12-18 23:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE27305SECRETARY CLINTON'S MEETING WITH DANISH FOREIGN
[...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) March 13, 2009, 1:00 - 1:30, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Acting Deputy Spokesman Gordon Duguid NSC Director Maria Ger [...]
2009-03-20 21:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PHUM NATO AF PB RS DA
09STATE27831(C) Secretary Clinton's March 19, 2009 Meeting
[...] (C) Classified by: Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State - Reason 1.4 (d) 2. (U) March 19, 2009, 2:30 p.m., Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, AF Acting Assi [...]
2009-03-23 22:37:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC SF
09STATE32078(U) Deputy Secretary Steinberg's March 19, 2009
[...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) March 19, 2009, 10:30 - 11:00, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg EUR/WE Director Pamela Spratlen Special Assistant Amy Scanlon Timothy L Smith (EUR [...]
2009-04-02 18:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV NATO AF UN NL
09STATE39222GUIDANCE REGARDING USG PARTICIPATION IN THE
[...] This is an action request for Geneva, The Hague, Moscow, Jerusalem, London, Nairobi, Accra, Kigali, Lusaka, Rabat, Bamako, Abuja, Dakar, Mexico City, Brasilia and Rome. Please see paragraphs 2, 3 and 4. 2. The draft review conference outcome document for the Durban Review Conference does no [...]
2009-04-20 23:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI AORC KISL PHUM KDEM
09STATE39633(U) The Secretary's April 20, 2009 Meeting with
[...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) April 20, 2009, 10:45 - 11:10, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Secretary Clinton EUR PDAS Marcie Ries Spokesman Robert Wood S Staff Joseph Macmanus NSC Western Europe Director T [...]
2009-04-21 19:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR EAID PREL PGOV PHUM NATO SOCI KWMN
09STATE47394SECRETARY CLINTON'S MEETING WITH SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER CARL BILDT, MAY 5, 2009, 3:15 P.M., WASHINGTON, D.C.
[...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) May 5, 2009, 3:15 ? 4:00, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried Special Envoy for Energy Security Amb. Richard Morningstar Deputy [...]
2009-05-09 00:35:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAF CE CZ EAID ENRG EU IR IS IZ KN KNNP KWBG NATO NO PARM PGOV PHUM PREL RS SENV SO VIP
09STATE60529SOUTH AFRICA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 22:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SA
09STATE80202BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050170678 and 050170688 for the export of ammunition to South Africa. Post is req [...]
2009-07-31 21:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SF
09STATE89803TRAVEL PER DIEM ALLOWANCES FOR FOREIGN AREAS
[...] Effective September 1, 2009, localities are reclassified for travel Per Diem Allowances as shown below. These changes will be published in Per Diem Supplement No. 544. These rates apply to all civilians and members of the Uniformed Services. Please inform local offices of all agencies, civil [...]
2009-08-27 22:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT AFIN
09STATE93358ACTION REQUEST: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH
[...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. Embassy New Delhi: Please note additional action request in paragraph 8. Embassies Brasilia, Dhaka, Santiago, Kyiv and Pretoria: Please note additional action request in paragraph 9. Embassies Tokyo, The Hague, Rome, Paris, London, Bru [...]
2009-09-09 02:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN UNHRC
09STATE9902REQUEST PERMISSION FOR BOARDING OF M/V DIPLOMAT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. BACKGROUND 2. (C) The Hong Kong flagged ship M/V Diplomat is carrying a Bladerunner 51 powerboat the U.S. believes is intended for Iran, specifically the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN). The U.S. Department of Commerc [...]
2009-02-03 23:24:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL MASS
09STOCKHOLM259SWEDEN ON APRIL 27-28 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary: We discussed Ref A GAERC points with Swedish MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall, the EU Correspondent's office, and MFA country desks April 22-24. They told us the Czechs keep changing the GAERC agenda and Sweden wants to add a point on the possibility of the EU publishing huma [...]
2009-04-24 17:51:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU SW
09TBILISI374GEORGIA: DURBAN CONFERENCE ON RACISM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 10:30:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM GG
09TELAVIV1014ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. NPT Issues ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted: Quartet envoy to the Middle East Tony Blair as saying that the U.S. administration is working on a new strategy for talks between Israel and the Palestinians and [...]
2009-05-07 10:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1547ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1791ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Fatah members as saying that Israel should release jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, who came in third in the movementQs Central Committee elections [...]
2009-08-12 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1808ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted a senior Israeli diplomatic source as saying that Israel might agree to a move led by President Obama in which it would pledge to freeze construction in settlements if i [...]
2009-08-14 11:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1832ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 09:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV313ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israeli Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu told an audience of new immigrants in Tel Aviv: QIf you vote for another party, the Likud will be weakened, but if you [...]
2009-02-05 11:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV424ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Aftermath of Israeli Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that this morning, after 65 Knesset members recommended yesterday that Benjamin Netanyahu create the governing coalition, President Shimon Peres [...]
2009-02-20 12:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV431ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Aftermath of Israeli Elections 3. Iran 4. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with last nightQs fruitless meeting between Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu and Kadima chair Tzipi Livni. [...]
2009-02-23 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV468US PARTICIPATION IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND
[...] Pol Couns delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Director General for International Organizations (IO A/S equivalent) Eviatar Manor February 27. Manor expressed appreciation for the U.S. decision not to continue to participate in the Durban Review Conference based on the current draft outcome [...]
2009-02-27 15:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN IS
09TELAVIV483ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 12:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV534ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Various media reported that yesterday the IAF assassinated senior Islamic Jihad militant Khaled ShaQalan in northern Gaza. Another senior militant and five ot [...]
2009-03-05 11:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV581ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted former Israeli ambassador to the UN Dore Gold, one of PM-designate Benjamin NetanyahuQs top foreign policy advisers, as saying [...]
2009-03-10 13:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV597ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted former Israeli ambassador to the UN Dore Gold, one of PM-designate Benjamin NetanyahuQs top foreign policy advisers, as saying [...]
2009-03-11 11:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV605ACTING A/S FELTMAN,S DISCUSSIONS WITH MFA FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Summary: NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman met with MFA officials on March 4 to discuss his upcoming visit to Syria, the GOI talks on Ghajjar with the UN, the status of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, and Israel's relations with Mauritania and the Gulf states. Deputy Dire [...]
2009-03-12 13:16:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG EAID EG QA MR MU JO LE IS
09TELAVIV632ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 10:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV647ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz quoted sources close to PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday that the Likud leader will make his first working visit to Washington on May 3, pending an official invi [...]
2009-03-19 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV695ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the 1,478 convention delegates of the divided Labor Party will come together this afternoon in Tel Aviv to decide whether to join PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu's [...]
2009-03-24 11:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV912ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday HaQaretz quoted FM Avigdor Lieberman as saying in an interview with the Russian newspaper Moskovskiy Komsomolets that the Obama administration will p [...]
2009-04-23 10:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV941ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09THEHAGUE134NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS: VIEWS ON DURBAN, HRC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch share U.S. concerns about the Durban Review Conference and see the U.S. approach as "decisive" for their future participation. The Dutch are also considering their future participation in the Human Rights Council and strongly encourage U.S. participation. END SUMMARY. [...]
2009-02-25 15:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL NL UN
09THEHAGUE196SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S MARCH 31 MEETING
[...] (S) Your participation in the Afghanistan conference and the March 31 meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen is well-timed to advance key U.S. priorities, particularly in securing Afghanistan. Verhagen and the whole Dutch government remain among our strongest allies, but Dutch domestic [...]
2009-03-23 10:38:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL OVIP PINR MOPS PHUM AF NL
09THEHAGUE243(C) NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTING U.S. FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch will strongly support the U.S. candidacy for the Human Rights Council (Council or HRC). The Dutch are critical of the HRC and have suggestions to improve it. Jacobi also noted close cooperation on the Durban Review Conference declaration and a possible joint initiative [...]
2009-04-14 12:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL NL
09TOKYO456JAPAN TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATING DURBAN DOCUMENT
[...] (C) Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to MOFA's Human Rights Division officer Kazuyoshi Soneda. Soneda responded that Japan's position is to keep negotiating the draft outcome document for the Durban Review Conference. He stated, "Japan is concerned about the language as it applies [...]
2009-02-27 09:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL UNGA JA
09USUNNEWYORK111DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE: AMBASSADOR RICE'S PHONE
[...] (C) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Pillay told Ambassador Rice Feb. 9 that Iran and Syria inserted anti-Israeli language in the draft outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, but the rest of the OIC (including Egypt and Palestine) wants to "knock it out" and the Afri [...]
2009-02-10 16:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC
09USUNNEWYORK1126UN THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY,
[...] SUMMARY: On November 23 and 24 the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly took action on the remaining 11 resolutions on the Committee's agenda, adopting 7 by consensus and 4 by vote. In an unusual usage of Third Committee rules of procedure, the Durban Review Conference resolution had to b [...]
2009-12-17 15:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KWMN UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK129AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PR
[...] (C) Summary. In his introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice, Egyptian PR Abdelaziz discussed Egypt's efforts to improve the atmosphere of the Durban conference; urged that the Security Council defer the imminent ICC indictment of Sudanese President Bashir; agreed that UN peacekeeping operat [...]
2009-02-12 19:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PHUM EG SU
09USUNNEWYORK158AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an introductory meeting on February 17, Ambassador Rice and Italian Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata discussed Security Council Reform, Italy's 2009 G-8 chairmanship, climate change and human rights. On Security Council Reform, Ambassador Terzi hoped that the upcoming inf [...]
2009-02-19 22:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC IT
09USUNNEWYORK170AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 23 meeting with Ambassador Rice, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay said of the Durban Review Conference, that although she was disappointed with the addition of unhelpful text in the draft outcome document and the politicized language used by some [...]
2009-02-24 19:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK183AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CANADIAN PERMREP MCNEE
[...] (C) Summary. During an introductory meeting on February 18, Canadian PermRep McNee reviewed Canada's priorities with Ambassador Rice, including strengthening the UN mission in Afghanistan, ensuring UN responsiveness to peacekeeping operations' needs, and Security Council reform. He noted tha [...]
2009-02-27 02:09:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CA
09USUNNEWYORK189AMBASSADOR RICE'S FEBRUARY 24 LUNCH WITH EU
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice and the 27 Permanent Representatives (PRs) from European Member states and European Commission (EC) representatives discussed a broad range of political, security, development, and human rights issues over lunch on February 24. The PRs unanimously welcomed the [...]
2009-02-27 16:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID PREL SENV SOCI UN
09USUNNEWYORK192AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH SRI LANKA PR PALIHAKKARA
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 26 meeting with Sri Lankan PR Palihakkara, Ambassador Rice urged his government to grant NGOs and USAID complete and full access to civilians in IDP camps. Palihakkara acknowledged that "there had been a problem," and said the visit of UN U/SYG for Humanitarian [...]
2009-02-27 18:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE UNHCR
09USUNNEWYORK201AMBASSADOR RICE'S FEBRUARY 24 LUNCH WITH EU
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice and the 27 Permanent Representatives (PRs) from European Member states and European Commission (EC) representatives discussed a broad range of political, security, development, and human rights issues over lunch on February 24. The PRs unanimously welcomed the [...]
2009-03-02 20:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID PREL SENV SOCI EU UN
09USUNNEWYORK203DEPARTING SOUTH AFRICAN PR KUMALO AND RICE DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) During Ambassador Rice's introductory meeting with South African PermRep Dumisani Kumalo on February 25, Kumalo said the Human Rights Council would "die" without U.S. participation. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Rice said bilateral relations had not gone as well as hoped and the U.S. wanted to [...]
2009-03-03 01:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM UNSC SF
09USUNNEWYORK222AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS MOROCCAN PERMREP LOULICHKI
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice and Moroccan PermRep Mohammed Loulichki on March 5 held their introductory meeting and discussed the Western Sahara, Human Rights Council, and Durban Review Conference. Loulichki spoke at length about human rights, insisting that the inclusion of human rights lan [...]
2009-03-09 15:11:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL XI XF KPAL WI MARR
09USUNNEWYORK379AMB. RICE MEETS NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 8 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Store discussed U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and his hope to work closely with the U.S. on the Human Rights Council. He also pushed for greater strategic coordination of development assistance and offered [...]
2009-04-10 01:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC NATO AF NO
09USUNNEWYORK497A/S GOTTEMOELLER,S 5 AND 7 MAY BILATERAL MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, held several bilateral meetings May 5 and 7 on the margins of the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) in New York. This cable reports on her meetings with: Brazil's Head of Delegation Lui [...]
2009-05-13 15:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP NPT
09USUNNEWYORK61AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH EU PRESIDENCY CZECH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice discussed ways to strengthen EU - U.S. cooperation in the UN context with Czech Permrep Ambassador Martin Palous January 28, including institutionalizing both high-level and working level contacts, in order to promote agreement on issues of common concern. Amba [...]
2009-01-29 14:23:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALSOCI PHUM ECON PARM UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK622AMBASSADOR RICE MEETING WITH UNHCHR PILLAY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 18:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KUNR KWBG SU CE SF QA IN XF
09USUNNEWYORK638ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS
[...] (U) USUN PolCouns attended a June 22 meeting of the Friends of the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) as an Observer. The meeting, co-chaired by the Permanent Representatives of Turkey and Spain, provided a briefing on the Second Forum of the AOC, held in Istanbul on April 6-7, 2009, and focused [...]
2009-06-29 16:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU
09USUNNEWYORK770AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 11, Ambassador Rice met with European Union representatives to discuss issues including climate change, non-proliferation and disarmament, UN peacekeeping, the Middle East peace process, and the upcoming 64th UN General Assembly -- including budget and human rights i [...]
2009-08-14 22:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO KNNP KGHG PHUM UN IS KPAL KWBG EUN
09USUNNEWYORK78AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH MEXICAN PERMANENT
[...] (C) Summary: In an initial January 29 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Mexican PermRep Heller said that modest Security Council reform is the most feasible option. He commented that Mexico supported Security Council resolution 1860 on the ceasefire in Gaza and highlighted the importance of the [...]
2009-02-03 02:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MX
09USUNNEWYORK89FIFTH COMMITTEE ACTION ON THE 2008/2009 BUDGET
[...] Summary: The main session of the 63rd General Assembly concluded early morning on December 24, 2008. The Fifth Committee considered an extraordinary number of proposals most of which were deferred from the Main session of the 62nd General Assembly (GA). At the outset of the session, the Orga [...]
2009-02-03 22:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR PREL
09VIENNA1189GOA SUPPORTS MANY U.S. PRIORITIES, SHARES ITS
[...] (U) Summary: In a September 14 meeting with Econ/pol Couns and Poloff, MFA Director for International Organizations Peter Huber gave the GOA's response to Ref A demarche on the upcoming UNGA. Austria supported the non-proliferation initiative but would seek to changes to the draft UNSC resol [...]
2009-09-16 10:09:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA AU
09VIENNA1217AUSTRIA ON UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES
[...] (C) Econ/Pol Counselor delivered reftel message to Austrian MFA Deputy UN Affairs Director Georg Diwald (Director Peter Huber was en route to New York) and Middle East Deputy Director Christoph Meran on Sept. 21. Diwald noted that, sharing U.S. concerns, Austria supported the development of [...]
2009-09-21 14:37:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA AU
09VILNIUS121LITHUANIA APPLAUDS U.S. DECISION ON UN HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 14:04:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL LH
09VILNIUS492LITHUANIA ON UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 14:21:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH
09VILNIUS99LITHUANIA WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN DURBAN
[...] (C) We delivered reftel information on February 18 to Rita Kazragiene, Head of the UN and Global Policy Division at the MFA. She said the Lithuanian mission in Geneva had reported that the U.S. engagement in the Durban Review had already "made a difference, giving strength to other Western co [...]
2009-02-19 13:25:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC LH
09WARSAW182POLAND MONITORING U.S. IMPACT ON DURBAN REVIEW
[...] (C) The Polish government was surprised by the USG decision to participate in the Durban Review working group in Geneva. Miroslaw Luczka, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of United Nations and Human Rights, asked whether the U.S. has a plan coordinated with some of the key countries, a [...]
2009-02-18 16:16:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPHUM PL PREL
09WARSAW231POLAND - HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, DURBAN REVIEW, HRR
[...] (C) Summary. The GoP is pleased with the USG decision to be an active observer at the Human Rights Council (HRC). Poland intends to run for a seat on the HRC in 2010. The GoP will remain part of the Durban Review process despite having little hope for the draft text. The Country Report on Hum [...]
2009-03-03 09:40:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PL
09WARSAW361POLISH VIEWS ON U.S. HRC CANDIDACY, DURBAN REVIEW
[...] (C) As reported ref B, the Polish MFA positively assesses U.S. re-engagement with the Human Rights Council (HRC). When discussing the U.S.-announced candidacy for the HRC (ref A),the acting deputy director of the MFA's Department for United Nations and Human Rights, Jerzy Baurski, said the GO [...]
2009-04-03 16:22:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PL
09ZAGREB113DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 12:59:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL HR
09ZAGREB96POINTS DELIVERED REGARDING U.S. PARTICIPATION IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 09:53:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC HR
10BANGUI9DIAMONDS IN THE CAR: DELETERIOUS TO DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central African Republic (CAR) is at the bottom of the UN's Human Development Index while at the same time possessing vast mineral wealth that could fuel economic growth. Diamonds, in particular, make up roughly 45 percent of all exports from the CAR. Yet, despite particip [...]
2010-01-20 09:19:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KCOR ECON EFIN EMIN CT
10DURBAN10IFP LEADERSHIP BATTLE CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The redeployment of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) National Chairperson Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi has deepened fissures within the party. KaMagwaza-Msibi's supporters claim certain IFP leaders are attempting to separate her from her constituency ahead of the party's elective conf [...]
2010-02-22 09:52:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
10DURBAN14MURDER OF FORMER IFP SUPPORTER THWARTS ANC HOPE FOR A LOCAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Three Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members have been arrested for the murder of a councilor who was expected to cast a deciding vote that would end the IFP's majority in the Amajuba District Municipality. This incident reveals the ongoing power struggle between the IFP and the [...]
2010-02-26 09:50:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
10DURBAN3IS THE ANC AS DEMOCRATIC AS IT CLAIMS?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. What began as a Durban road blockade in 2005 has become a shack-dwellers movement in South Africa. Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM, which means `those who live in the shacks' in Zulu) now includes thousands of shack-dwellers from more than 30 informal settlements throughout the co [...]
2010-01-08 15:48:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI SF
10KINGSTON11VISAS VIPER: JANUARY 2010 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 17:24:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC
10MASERU30EMBASSY MASERU PREPARES FOR 2010 WORLD CUP
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Maseru is preparing for an increase in consular and security workload as a result of the 2010 World Cup games, to be held from June 11 to July 11, 2010, at venues throughout South Africa. Post is collaborating with Mission South Africa on sharing information and strengthening [...]
2010-01-29 09:42:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CMGT CASC ASEC LT
10OSLO31NORWAY APPROVES OF US ACTION PLAN ON DEFEATING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 12:38:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC NO
10PRETORIA2SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2010-01-04 06:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
10PRETORIA224WORLD CUP ANTI-TIP INITIATIVES BY SOUTH AFRICAN
[...] At a January 25-27 "train the trainers" workshop on trafficking in persons (TIP),organized by World Hope South Africa (WHSA) under a grant from State/GTIP (ref A),participants from a dozen civil society groups prepared to step up their anti-TIP outreach in advance of the mid-2010 World Cup [...]
2010-02-02 14:46:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF PHUM KTIP SF
10PRETORIA289PRETORIA INPUTS TO THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] Post hereby submits responses to the Department's action request (ref A) for the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, covering the period from mid-February 2009 through mid-February 2010. Following an overview of South Africa's counter-trafficking efforts, and of its unique capa [...]
2010-02-11 12:53:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SF KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD
10PRETORIA290PRETORIA INPUTS TO THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 12:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SF KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD
10PRETORIA291PRETORIA INPUTS TO THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 12:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SF KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD
10PRETORIA3SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2010-01-04 06:57:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
10PRETORIA36LEAHY VETTING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the law enforcement executive development program session 34 at ILEA Gaborone, which starts on January 18-February 26, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 6. Pos [...]
2010-01-07 12:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC SA
10STATE16776MARK YOUR CALENDAR: 2010 SPECIAL HEALTH OBSERVANCE
[...] There are over one hundred special observance days, months, and years that are celebrated world-wide to bring attention to worthy causes including well known days such as World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) and the lesser known, such as World Rural Women's Day (Oct. 15). The Department has compiled a li [...]
2010-02-23 23:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSENV AID TBIO SOCI
10STATE4612Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective January 17, 2010, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-725. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]
2010-01-15 20:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
10STATE9573Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective January 31, 2010, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-726. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]
2010-01-29 21:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
10TELAVIV227ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that two barrels packed with 15 kg. of explosives each washed up on beaches in Ashdod and Ashkelon yesterday, in what Israeli security sources said was a carefully planne [...]
2010-02-02 09:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10USUNNEWYORK107DPRK: SOUTH AFRICA REPORTS SANCTIONS VIOLATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: South Africa has confidentially reported to the Security Council's North Korea Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") a sanctions violation involving the transfer of North Korea-origin conventional arms to the Republic of Congo via China and Malaysia. According to this report, i [...]
2010-02-25 00:48:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
88HARARE1365 THE NEW GOZ: BIO INFORMATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT MUGABE ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 2, 1988 THE COMPOSITION OF HIS NEW CABINET (REF A). THIS NEW GOVERNMENT CONSISTS OF THREE SENIOR MINISTERS, 21 CABINET MINISTERS, 3 CABINET-RANK MINISTERS OF STATE, 15 DEPUTY MINISTERS, 5 MINISTERS OF STATE WHO WORK AS "PARTY APPOINTEES", AND [...]
1988-03-14 09:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPINS PINR KPRP PGOV
90CAPETOWN623 AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH ON US FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS
[...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A SPEECH WHICH THE AMBASSADOR DELIVERED TO THE "PERSPECTIVES FORUM" IN DURBAN ON MARCH 14, 1990: QUOTE: THIS IS A PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE MOMENT TO DISCUSS UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARDS SOUTH AFRICA AS EVENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA ARE MOVING SWIFTLY. PARTICIPANTS AND [...]
1990-03-16 13:49:00Consulate Cape TownUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC SF
90CAPETOWN97 ESSA MOOSA TALKS ABOUT MANDELA AND OTHER TOPICS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. ATTORNEY ESSA MOOSA WHO SPOKE WITH HIM LAST WEEK, SAYS MANDELA FULLY EXPECTS THAT ON FEBRUARY 2 DE KLERK WILL ANNOUNCE THE UNBANNING OF THE ANC, PAC AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, THE LIFTING OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, THE RETURN OF PO [...]
1990-01-17 15:12:00Consulate Cape TownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SF
98STATE154474NAM: FOCUSING ON IRAQ
[...] (C) IT IS LIKELY THAT IRAQ HAS SENT MESSAGES TO ARAB CAPITALS IN RECENT DAYS TO ARGUE THAT SANCTIONS SHOULD BE LIFTED BECAUSE IT HAS ALLEGEDLY FULFILLED ITS COMMITMENTS UNDER UNSC RESOLUTIONS AND DESTROYED PROHIBITED WEAPONS. TARIQ AZIZ MADE THIS ARGUMENT TO UNSCOM CHAIRMAN BUTLER ON AUGUST 3 [...]
1998-08-22 01:51:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL NAM IZ
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