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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02ROME2648 |
SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] DESPITE PRECIPITOUSLY DECLINING RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, THE BOARD APPROVED COUNTRY PROGRAMMES FOR RWANDA, ZAMBIA AND BOLIVIA, WITH A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF USD (U.S. DOLLARS) 116.3 MILLION. A COUNTRY STRATEGY OUTLINE (CSO) WAS APPROVED FOR ETHIOPIA. BUDGET INCREASES FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, [...] |
2002-05-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN |
| 02ROME5337 |
ITALY-LIBYA: PM BERLUSCONI'S OCT. 28 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ITALIAN MFA SAYS THAT PM BERLUSCONI CONVEYED TO QADHAFI, AT OUR REQUEST, A STRONG MESSAGE ON THE NEED FOR LIBYA TO COMPLY FULLY WITH THE SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS REGARDING LOCKERBIE. THE TWO SIDES FAILED TO REACH AGREEMENT ON A "COMPENSATION" PACKAGE THAT WOULD MAKE LIBYA DROP [...] |
2002-10-31 08:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IT LY PREL UN |
| 02ROME5360 |
WESTERN SAHARAN REFUGEES IMPERILED BY LACK OF FOOD [...] AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MINURSO (UN MISSION FOR THE REFERENDUM IN WESTERN SAHARA) ADDRESSED WFP'S DONORS ON OCTOBER 25. HE UNDERLINED THAT THE LACK OF FOOD AID AND INSUFFICIENT FUNDING PRESENTLY THREATEN SOME 155,000 WESTERN SAHARAN (SAH [...] |
2002-10-31 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 04ROME2442 |
LETTER TO CAROL BELLAMY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, [...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A LETTER TO CAROL BELLAMY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNICEF, DATED JUNE 23, 2004, FROM TONY P. HALL, AMBASSADOR, U.S. MISSION TO THE UN AGENCIES, ROME. BEGIN LETTER: "MS. CAROL BELLAMY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNICEF UNICEF HOUSE 3 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA NEW YORK CITY, NEW YO [...] |
2004-06-23 11:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR WI AG WFP UNICEF |
| 04TRIPOLI31 |
(C) CHIRAC VISIT TO LIBYA MODESTLY SUCCESSFUL, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: French Embassy DCM Maurice Dabdoush (please protect) December 15 confirmed rumors circulating around Tripoli that Jacques Chirac's November 24-25 visit to Libya was not a happy experience. While the French President accomplished his most important goal - that of simply showing up h [...] |
2004-12-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER FR LY VE |
| 05ALGIERS1508 |
BELKHEIR RAISES MOROCCAN REQUEST TO DESIGNATE [...] (C) During a July 18 meeting with Charge on other issues, Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir raised reports that Morocco has requested the U.S. to designate the Polisario Front as a terrorist organization. Belkheir asserted that an American organization called The Institute for the Preventi [...] |
2005-07-18 12:15:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL WI AG MO |
| 05ALGIERS1534 |
ENGAGING ALGERIAN OPINION MAKERS ON TERRORIST [...] (C) As described Ref A, Embassy Algiers actively engages Algerian governmental, political, social, religious, and media figures on a regular basis. As part of our engagement, we actively encourage public denunciations of terrorist violence in general, and of attacks on Iraqi civilians specif [...] |
2005-07-20 17:28:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KISL PREL PTER AG |
| 05ALGIERS1624 |
ALGERIA 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-08 08:24:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB AG OPIC USTR |
| 05ALGIERS1853 |
ALGERIA DECLINES OFFER OF DELEGATION TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, called on MFA Americas Director Chikhi August 30 to press the need for SOFA protections for U.S. personnel involved in exercises in Algeria and to seek clarification on the issue of a SOFA team visit in September. Chikhi doggedly adhered to the la [...] |
2005-08-31 13:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV AG SOFA |
| 05ALGIERS2149 |
TALKING POINTS DELIVERED ON ADJUSTING FOOD AID FOR [...] PolEc Chief delivered points requested reftel October 22 to UNDP Resident Representative Marc Destanne de Bernis (in the absence of an available UNHCR representative) and to WFP Representative and Country Director Marius de Gaay Fortman. PolEc Chief stressed that we stood behind efforts to pro [...] |
2005-10-22 15:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM AG WI |
| 05ALGIERS2165 |
AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEW MFA DIRECTOR [...] (C) During an October 24 courtesy call, Ambassador briefed new MFA Americas Director General Fatiha Selmane on bilateral issues. Selmane, up until a year ago Algeria's ambassador to South Africa, agreed bilateral relations were good and growing; noted our excellent post-9/11 counter-terrorism [...] |
2005-10-26 10:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS TSPL EAIR SCUL KMPI AG INRB |
| 05ALGIERS2289 |
FAREWELL LUNCH WITH BELKHEIR ON EVE OF HIS TAKING [...] (C) Over a one-on-one lunch November 6, Ambassador and departing presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir discussed the latter's November 9 departure to Rabat as Algeria' new ambassador, the challenges that awaited, and the personal factors that made him well-suited for the difficult task of build [...] |
2005-11-14 13:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MO AG WI |
| 05BAGHDAD4963 |
INFORMATION UPDATE ON ALGERIAN DETAINEE [...] (SBU) Post passed Embassy Algiers' request for information (see Reftel) to Coalition Forces, and has been informed that Mohmad Ahmed Mohamed Waber (DPOB 27 SEP 1975, Al Shalaf, Algeria) was detained on 21 May 2005 inside a targeted terrorist safe house. Mr. Waber has been referred to the Cen [...] |
2005-12-13 03:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PGOV KJUS IZ AG XA |
| 06ALGIERS1002 |
POLISARIO DENIES MOROCCAN ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (U) The Algerian press June 4 ran a statement issued by the Polisario flatly denying Moroccan reports that "pro-Moroccan" demonstrations had been forcibly suppressed in the Tindouf camps (ref B). The Polisario statement included an invitation to the UN High Commission for Human Rights to vis [...] |
2006-06-04 14:34:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM WI AG MO |
| 06ALGIERS1403 |
ALI BELHADJ PROTESTS U.S. ACTIONS IN LEBANON IN [...] (U) In a deliberate challenge to the authority of the GOA, which released him from prison March 6 under the terms of the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, co-founder of the now banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) Ali Belhadj demonstrated in front of Embassy Algiers July 31, carr [...] |
2006-07-31 16:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM ASEC AG |
| 06ALGIERS1418 |
GOA AND POLISARIO STATEMENTS ON ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (U) President Bouteflika's statement of congratulations to King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the seventh anniversary of the King's enthronement (Ref A) was widely reported in the Algerian press July 30. In his message, Bouteflika reiterated his steadfast determination to work with the Moroccan [...] |
2006-08-02 16:28:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG |
| 06ALGIERS339 |
ALGERIA ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR PEACE BUILDING [...] (U) Post received February 26 an English-language diplomatic note announcing Algeria's candidacy for the Peace Building Commission in 2006-07, the text of which follows with Embassy minor grammatical edits. Separately, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Bouguerra asked Ambassador [...] |
2006-02-28 13:44:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN AG |
| 06ALGIERS367 |
TALLY OF ALGERIAN JOURNALISTS IN JAIL [...] (SBU) There are currently three Algerian journalists in prison. Eighteen other journalists have been sentenced to prison terms but are free pending appellate court rulings on their appeals. In prison the longest is Mohamed Benchicou, former publisher of the now-defunct Le Matin newspaper, wh [...] |
2006-03-05 09:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AG |
| 06ALGIERS401 |
SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO ALGIERS [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Welch, Embassy Algiers and our Algerian hosts very much look forward to welcoming you to Algiers. President Bouteflika is interested in continuing the dialogue you began in New York last September, and there is indeed much to discuss. Prime Minister Ouyahia and Forei [...] |
2006-03-09 18:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER AG |
| 06CAIRO4676 |
SAHRAWIS: ANOTHER FOOD CRUNCH IN TINDOUF [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Algiers. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator Cheyne met separately with WFP representative Marius de Gaay Fortman, and UNHCR Representative Peter van der Vaart, in Algiers July 27. WFP is concerned that a [...] |
2006-07-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM AL EG |
| 06GENEVA1673 |
HRC: SPECIAL SESSION ON PALESTINE \ [...] (U) Summary: The Human Rights Council concluded its first \ Special Session on July 6 with the passage of a resolution \ entitled "Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian \ Territory" by a vote of 29-11-5. The resolution demands that \ Israel end its military operations in the OPT, abi [...] |
2006-07-07 09:27:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
| 06RABAT326 |
WESTERN SAHARA: MOROCCO SEEKS US INTERVENTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOM has asked at the highest levels that the U.S. demarche Algeria to help prevent a march of Sahrawi and European civilians across the berm in the Western Sahara, and the heavily land-mined area adjacent to the berm, reportedly planned by the Polisario to occur in conjuncti [...] |
2006-02-24 14:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | AG KPKO MO PARM PBTS PINR PREL |
| 06RABAT341 |
WESTERN SAHARA: US INTERVENTIONS CONCERNING [...] (C) Ambassador Thomas T. Riley called Foreign Minister Benaissa to update him on the steps taken by the USG (reftel) regarding a potential Polisario organized march on the berm in the Western Sahara on February 27. The Ambassador informed the Foreign Minister that the Department of State, E [...] |
2006-02-24 19:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AG KPKO MO PARM PBTS PINR PREL |
| 06TRIPOLI498 |
U.S./UK/LIBYA TSCC BIO SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, AUGUST 8-10, [...] (U) Summary. The TSCC Biological Subcommittee met in Tripoli August 8-10, 2006. The two and one half day meeting included: a general discussion of progress made to date in implementing the "Roadmap for the Way Forward in Cooperative Engagement in the Life Sciences;" an update of the Roadmap [...] |
2006-09-14 13:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | CW PARM PREL AF LY |
| 07ALGIERS1181 |
ALGERIA: PROMOTING THE PRESIDENT'S FREEDOM AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Advancing the President's Freedom Agenda has been an ongoing effort by Embassy Algiers since the arrival of the Ambassador in August 2006. The Ambassador and Embassy officers routinely meet with democracy and human rights activists, political parties, journalists, and other me [...] |
2007-08-21 14:40:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPOA PHUM PREL AG |
| 07ALGIERS1350 |
ALGIERS: SUMMARY OF RECENT SECURITY INCIDENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since September 19, Algerian security and intelligence services have responded to the planned kidnapping of two French citizens in Algiers and the bombing of a joint French/Italian construction company convoy south of Lahkdaria, approximately 60km from Algiers. The bombing of t [...] |
2007-09-24 10:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PTER OSAC AG |
| 07ALGIERS1468 |
ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT SCORE SHORT TERM VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian press buzzed the past two days with news of the death of key AQIM emir Sofiane Fassila, proclaiming Fassila's killing at the hands of the security services as a major government victory against terrorism. Fassila was the commander of the most active and organized AQIM [...] |
2007-10-10 11:19:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC AG |
| 07ALGIERS1471 |
INVESTING IN ALGERIA NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A soon-to-be-released report by the World Bank uses polling data to rank the main challenges facing the private sector in Algeria. Among the key obstacles detailed in the study were credit access and cost, the role of the informal market, access to land, and taxation. The br [...] |
2007-10-10 13:15:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EIND AG |
| 07ALGIERS1472 |
ALGERIA ANTI-EXTREMIST MESSAGING: BIG GOA ROLE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian communication efforts to counter Al-Qaeda and religious extremism are serious and based on the premise that greater state involvement in religious life will prevent a return to the turmoil of 1990s. GOA messaging tactics are focused primarily through the Ministry of Reli [...] |
2007-10-10 13:49:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PTER PREL AG |
| 07ALGIERS1560 |
UPDATED ALGERIA DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Securing a wider democratic opening in Algeria is a challenge. Many Algerian young people call the political leadership the "Jurassics" because so many leaders from the President down are entrenched politicos from the same generation that took over after independence in 1962. We [...] |
2007-10-25 11:24:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KMPI KPAO PGOV PREL AG |
| 07ALGIERS652 |
ALGERIANS OFFER NEARLY ALL ASSURANCES NEEDED FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In April 21-22 discussions led on the Algerian side by Counselor to the President for Counterterrorism Issues Kamel Rezag Bara, the government of Algeria gave oral assurances to S/WCI Ambassador Williamson and an interagency delegation to establish the terms for the transfer of Al [...] |
2007-05-13 09:41:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR KAWC PHUM AG |
| 07ALGIERS9 |
ALGERIA 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-06 15:15:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KPAO AEMR KCRM AG |
| 07BAMAKO1196 |
SITUATION OF CONGOLESE REFUGEES IN BAMAKO [...] Mamadou Sidibe, the acting director of the United Nations High Commission for Refugee's (UNHCR) office in Mali, told the Embassy on October 10 that UNHCR was unable to provide further assistance to the 27 Congolese refugees now in Bamako, effectively abandoning the Congolese to their fate on [...] |
2007-10-18 12:36:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM ML |
| 07BERN881 |
FM CALMY-REY "TAKES NOTE" OF USG CONCERNS \ [...] (S) Per instructions in reftel A, CDA met FM Calmy-Rey on \ the evening of September 7 to discuss USG concerns regarding \ the handling of the Iran case at the September 10-14 IAEA \ Board of Governors (BOG) meeting (reftels C/D). As requested \ in ref B, CDA also took the opportunity to raise USG [...] |
2007-09-11 09:44:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | MNUC KNNP ETTC IR SZ |
| 07TUNIS1263 |
MEPI LESSONS LEARNED 2: ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Learning from early experience (reftel), MEPI has adopted a two-track approach to promoting reform in the Arab World: timely and flexible response to short-term reform opportunities are wedded to longer-term efforts at building and strengthening the next generation of democratic reformer [...] |
2007-09-18 09:20:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMPI KDEM PGOV PREL XF EAID |
| 08ALGIERS1320 |
ALGERIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The security situation in Algeria was marked by a decrease in the number of high profile terrorist attacks throughout the country compared with 2007, although the overall number of attacks did not decline and ongoing low-level terrorist activities continued in the countryside. In the first [...] |
2008-12-20 17:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR PGOV AG |
| 08ALGIERS220 |
ALGERIA FY 08 BFIF PROPOSAL [...] SUMMARY AND JUSTIFICATION: Embassy Algiers submits the following request for FY 08 Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF) in support of commercial outreach outside of Algiers. The U.S.-Algeria commercial relationship has grown dramatically over the past 3 years -- from USD 11.5 billion [...] |
2008-02-27 17:01:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP KIPR ETRD AG |
| 08ALGIERS221 |
CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Per reftel, Embassy Algiers has identified eleven critical infrastructure/key resource sites that if damaged or destroyed might negatively impact U.S. oil and gas supplies or U.S. military overflight and refueling. Algeria is a major source of oil and natural gas for the United States, se [...] |
2008-02-27 17:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON PTER PGOV AG |
| 08ALGIERS521 |
OUTREACH TO ALGERIAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Advancing the President's Freedom Agenda has been an ongoing effort by Embassy Algiers since the arrival of the Ambassador in August 2006. The Ambassador and Embassy officers routinely meet with democracy and human rights activists, political parties, journalists, and other me [...] |
2008-05-07 17:54:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AG |
| 08ALGIERS683 |
ALGERIA REACTION TO 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While official Algerian government reaction to the 2008 TIP report was negative, press coverage was surprisingly light, with much of it critical of Algeria's inability to get itself out of Tier 3 status. The Justice minister and our MFA interlocutor both rejected the report and [...] |
2008-06-11 08:54:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL PREF SMIG AG |
| 08MAPUTO1073 |
HYDROCARBONS IN MOZAMBIQUE: UNTAPPED POTENTIAL [...] (U) This cable represents the third in a series in an innovative collaboration in energy/resource reporting and commercial advocacy between Embassies Maputo and Pretoria. Embassy Pretoria Minerals/Energy Officer and Maputo Political/Economic officer visited energy/minerals projects in norther [...] |
2008-11-13 09:25:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD SENV MZ SF |
| 08NIAMEY1183 |
(SBU) NIGER: GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SENDS SPECIAL [...] (S) Summary. The Government of Canada (GOC) dispatched its Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for La Francophonie Jacques Bilodeau to the Republic of Niger (RON) for two days of consultations with Government of Niger (GON) officials on the disappearances of United Nations Special Envoy (SE) Robert Fowle [...] |
2008-12-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL NG CA XY |
| 08RABAT496 |
ALGERIAN AMBASSDOR BELIEVES MOROCCO,S [...] (C) Summary: During a two-hour exchange the Algerian Ambassador declined to identify what he referred to as many specific issues that prevent good relations between Algeria and Morocco. He opined, however, that the Moroccan proposal to re-open the border was designed to curry favor with the [...] |
2008-05-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN PBTS AG MO |
| 08STATE134421 |
SOMALIA - REINFORCING AMISOM [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Ambassadors are asked to approach host governments at the highest appropriate level to pursue the following objective: -- Establish firm host government commitments to deploy an (additional) battal [...] |
2008-12-24 17:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SO |
| 08TRIPOLI926 |
SWISS FOREIGN MINISTER MAY VISIT TRIPOLI IN "LAST GASP" \ [...] (C) Swiss Consul Francois Schmidt told P/E Chief on December \ 2 that Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey intends to \ travel to Tripoli on December 5 for talks with as-yet \ undetermined Government of Libya interlocutors in what he \ described as "a last gasp" effort to resolve the lingerin [...] |
2008-12-02 17:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON EAIR SZ LY |
| 08USUNNEWYORK451 |
UN/1267 SANCTIONS: SEEKING GUIDANCE ON ALGERIAN [...] (C) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Algerian PolOff El Hadj Lamine informed USUN on May 14 of Algeria's intention to request the designation four individuals associated with al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) for sanctions in the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Committ [...] |
2008-05-20 21:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC AG |
| 09ALGIERS1037 |
ALGIERS-HOSTED CHEMICAL TERRORISM CONFERENCE [...] Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Director for Disarmament Hamza Khelil November 19, and left a copy of the reftel proposed agenda. Khelil welcomed the conference as an example of U.S.-Algerian cooperation in disarmament. He gave no definitive answers to reftel proposals b [...] |
2009-11-21 17:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC AG |
| 09ALGIERS1085 |
ALGERIA CANDIDATES, PD STRATEGY FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] Embassy submits the following candidates for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit: Issad Rebrab - Conglomerate Magnate ----------------------------------- Rebrab is one of Algeria's industrial titans. Born in 1944 near Tizi Ouzou, the largest city in the Berber area of Northern Alger [...] |
2009-12-07 15:06:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL SOCI AG |
| 09ALGIERS177 |
ALGERIA: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The TIP Officer for Embassy Algiers is Ryan Campbell; tel. (213)-(0)770-08-20-00, ext. 2264; fax (213)-(0)21-60-73-35; unclassified email: campbellrt@state.gov. Number of hours spent by rank: 1 hour FE-MC, 2 hours FE-OC, 2 hours FS-02, 15 hours FS-03, 25 hours FS-06, 10 hours FSN. SUMM [...] |
2009-02-23 17:02:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 09ALGIERS224 |
ALGIERS: SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? (SBU) Algeria is a nominally secular state with a 99-percent Muslim population. There are no identifiable ethnic or religious communities that har [...] |
2009-03-03 18:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AG |
| 09ALGIERS444 |
GARDENS IN THE SAHARA: PROPOSAL FOR JULIA TAFT [...] For PRM consideration under the Julia Taft Refugee Fund, Embassy Algiers proposes to fund the development of a demonstration farm and ongoing training program, and to provide 60 Western Sahara refugee families in the Auserd refugee camp with the skills, tools, and supplies needed to grow susta [...] |
2009-05-04 17:00:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AG |
| 09ALGIERS449 |
ALGERIA ACCEPTABLE AS ELS FOR STS 125 [...] In response to reftel, the Government of Algeria (GOA) has no objection to the use of Tamanrasset Airport as an emergency landing site (ELS) for Space Shuttle launch STS-125. Post likewise has no objection. 2. Contact information for the air traffic control tower (ACTC) at Tamanrasset is [...] |
2009-05-06 16:08:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA PREL AG |
| 09ALGIERS611 |
CODEL SCHIFF ALGERIA SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Embassy Algiers welcomes the visit of Representative Adam Schiff and his delegation on June 30 and July 1. Algeria is an important front in the struggle against violent extremism and against Al-Qa'ida in particular. Our primary goal is to help reduce the threat that violent extremists p [...] |
2009-06-22 16:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OREP PHUM PREL PBTS KDEM AG |
| 09ALGIERS717 |
ALGERIA: ENGAGEMENT FOLLOWING PRESIDENT'S CAIRO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The President's June 4 speech in Cairo was closely watched by a generally receptive Algerian public, as was his July speech in Ghana. Our Algerian contacts appreciated the President's effort at Muslim outreach -- epitomized by opening the speech with "assalaamu alaykum" -- and [...] |
2009-07-28 17:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OEXC ECON EINV SCUL SENV SOCI TSPL KISL |
| 09BEIJING2490 |
SEPTEMBER 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA BORDER, NORTH KOREA, [...] Key points at the September 1 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped that the Burmese Government would properly handle its domestic issue and guarantee the safety of Chinese citizens and their property in that country. -- The Burmese Government had apologized to China for Chinese casualties, t [...] |
2009-09-01 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU |
| 09RABAT686 |
COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT IN SUPPORT OF AIM-9X [...] (U) Purpose. Embassy Rabat supports the sale of AIM-9X missiles. 2. (U) Reason Desired. The Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) is modernizing its fighter aircraft with the purchase of 24 F-16C/D Block 52 aircraft and the AIM-9X would be in support of the F-16. The AIM-9X acquisition would [...] |
2009-08-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL MO |
| 09RABAT743 |
COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT IN SUPPORT OF AIM-9X [...] (U) Purpose: Embassy Rabat supports the sale of AIM-9X missiles to the Kingdom of Morocco. 2. (U) Reason Desired: The Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) is modernizing its fighter aircraft with the purchase of 24 F-16C/D Block 52 aircraft. The AIM-9X would support the F-16s. The AIM-9X a [...] |
2009-09-02 07:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL MO |
| 09STATE112489 |
NEA: INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-30 22:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AG BH EG AE LY MU LE |
| 09STATE131661 |
UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING [...] (U) This is an action request. All Action addresses, please see paragraphs 7- 9. Paragraphs 10 ) 49 contain instructions for specific posts. ------------------------------------ SUMMARY and OBJECTIVES ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Maintaining the legitimacy and effe [...] |
2009-12-29 20:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER |
| 09STATE74064 |
2009 GSO OF THE YEAR [...] The Bureau of Administration is pleased to announce the selection of Ann Granatino, General Services Officer at Embassy Algiers, as the recipient of this year's General Services Achievement Award. Ms. Granatino will receive a plaque signed by the Assistant Secretary for Administration and a [...] |
2009-07-16 16:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT |
| 09STATE81736 |
UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING INFORMATION FOR REVIEW OF TRANCHE 3 NAMES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 25 OF UNSCR 1822 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-05 23:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
| 09STATE81744 |
UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING INFORMATION FOR REVIEW OF TRANCHE 3 NAMES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 25 OF UNSCR 1822 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-06 00:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
| 09THEHAGUE59 |
CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 19-23, 2009 [...] (SBU) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is slowly returning to life after the holidays, with the first informal meetings this year of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) on January 20, and Article X on January 22. Delreps also met with the Algerian delegate to [...] |
2009-01-26 14:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AG IZ PARM PREL CWC |
| 10ALGIERS185 |
ENTREPRENEURSHIP ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Embassy Algiers has been working to prepare for the April 26-27 Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit. This cable summarizes post's efforts to date in support of that event and indicates what we think the Algerian participants will be looking for in terms of Summit outcomes. Their analys [...] |
2010-02-28 07:40:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON PREL KISL AG |
| 10ALGIERS186 |
ALGERIA AND THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP [...] (SBU) Embassy Algiers has been working to prepare for the April 26-27 Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit. This cable summarizes post's efforts to date in support of that event and indicates what we think the Algerian participants will be looking for in terms of Summit outcomes. Their analys [...] |
2010-02-28 07:53:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON PREL KISL AG |
| 10ALGIERS40 |
CONSULAR SECTION ALGIERS WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES [...] Summary: U.S. Embassy Algiers consular section recently implemented an orientation program for potentially vulnerable new immigrants to the United States. Diversity visa (DV) winners, female fiancs and female spouses of American citizens are given the opportunity to pick up their visas at th [...] |
2010-01-13 12:30:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT AG |
| 10ALGIERS78 |
2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ALGERIA [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-28 09:56:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC |
| 10ALGIERS99 |
EMBASSY ALGIERS ENERGY OFFICER [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-02 13:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG AG |
| 10RABAT7 |
COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT IN SUPPORT OF LANDING SHIP [...] (C/NF) Purpose: The Embassy supports the sale of one Landing Ship - Tank (LST) Amphibious Ship to the Government of Morocco. 2. (C/NF) Reason Desired: Due to a catastrophic fire, the Royal Moroccan Navy (RMN) is seeking a replacement for their current LST. The engine room fire rendered [...] |
2010-01-05 15:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS PREL MO |
| 10THEHAGUE48 |
CWC: ALGERIAN OPCW DELEGATION ON PROPOSED [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (U) On January 21, Delrep Landsman delivered U.S. budget proposal and funding parameters on the proposed Algerian chemical terrorism conference (Ref A) to Algerian DCM Sid Al Branci. Branci welcomed the proposal and signaled the Algerian Gov [...] |
2010-01-26 12:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AG PARM PREL PTER CWC |
| 10THEHAGUE87 |
CWC: MEETING WITH ALGERIAN DELEGATION AND OPCW TO [...] (U) On February 11, Delrep Landsman met at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) with Algerian DCM Sid Al Branci and OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) officials to discuss the proposed chemical terrorism conference in Algiers (refs A-C). TS officials present were Offi [...] |
2010-02-12 13:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AL PARM PREL PTER CWC |
| 90STATE255291TOSEC140303 |
TFKU01: SITREP NO. 4: IRAQ/KUWAIT TASK FORCE: [...] (U) EMBASSY KUWAIT REPORTS THE EMBASSY IS SECURE AND THE STREETS GENERALLY QUIET. WE ARE MAINTAINING AN OPEN TELEPHONE LINE TO EMBASSY KUWAIT. THERE ARE STILL NO REPORTS OF INJURY TO AMERICAN CITIZENS. THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT HAS ANNOUNCED CLOSURE OF THE COUNTRY'S BORDERS. ( [...] |
1990-08-03 01:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ KU US |
| 96ALGIERS3262 |
RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS: BLOODIER, BUT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES JOSEPH STAFFORD, AMEMBASSY ALGIERS, REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF NEARLY FIVE YEARS OF SUSTAINED VIOLENCE HERE, NOVEMBER 1996 HAS WITNESSED SOME PARTICULRLY GRUESOME TERRORIST ATROCITIES, ESPECIALLY INCENTRAL ALGERIA. RAT [...] |
1996-11-20 17:33:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS KISL AG |
| 97ALGIERS734 |
ALGERIA'S HAMAS PARTY: A WINNING ORGANIZATION? [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RONALD NEUMANN, AMEMBASSY ALGIERS, REASON 1.5 D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE FOCUS IN ISLAMIST POLITICS HERE HAS SHIFTED TO THE LEGAL ISLAMIC PARTY HAMAS (N0 RELATION TO PALESTINIAN HAMAS) AWAY FROM THE BANNED ISLAMIC SALVATI0N FRONT (FIS). [...] |
1997-02-25 12:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL AG |
| 97ALGIERS952 |
NEW ARMED GROUPS JOINING THE OLD FIS? [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RONALD NEUMANN, AMEMBASSY ALGIERS, REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE ABILITY OF THE LONG-BANNED ISLAMIC SALVATION FRONT (FIS) TO RESTRAIN THE ISLAMIST ARMED GROUPS HERE IS QUESTIONABLE. OVER TIME, HOWEVER, THE BARBAROUS ATROCITIES OF THE ARMED I [...] |
1997-03-12 16:51:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KISL AG |