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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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00HARARE2198S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH MUGABE CONFIDANT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWEAN JUSTICE MINISTER AND MUGABE CONFIDANT STATES THAT THE VICTORIA FALLS MEETING WAS CALLED IN ORDER TO REMOVE ANY OBSTACLES TO CONTINUED FORWARD PROGRESS THAT MIGHT HAVE RESULTED FROM CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS SINCE THE RECENT KAMPALA AGREEMENT. ZIMBABWE AND NAMIBIA, HE ASSE [...]
2000-04-21 19:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE2200S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DRC DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO THE ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINISTER, THE APRIL 21 VICTORIA FALLS MEETING WAS DESIGNED AS A SUMMIT OF THE HEADS OF STATE OF THE EXTERNAL STATE ACTORS TO DISCUSS WAYS OF EXTRICATING THEMSELVES FROM THE CONGO. THE CONGOLESE WERE NOT INVITED. AT THE LAST MOMENT, DOS SANTO [...]
2000-04-22 19:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE2222S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DRC DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE HOSTED A TWO HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTE MEETING WITH THE USG DELEGATION AT HIS RESIDENCE IN HARARE ON 22 APRIL. S/E WOLPE, AMB MCDONALD, SPECIAL ADVISOR PRENDERGAST, LT. COL. GADDIS, AND ECONOFF PROKOP ATTENDED. S/E WOLPE REINFORCED THE USG CONCERN [...]
2000-04-25 14:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE4061 S/E WOLPE MEETS WITH FM MUDENGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE GREAT LAKES HOWARD WOLPE, ACCOMPANIED BY SPECIAL ADVISOR JOHN PRENDERGAST AND POLOFFS, MET WITH NEWLY REAPPOINTED FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE AND UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI ON 19 JULY. WOLPE AND PRENDERGAST EXPRESSED USG CONCERNS ABOU [...]
2000-07-24 15:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI CG
00HARARE4088S/E WOLPE'S DISCUSSION WITH MFA U/S HAMADZIRIPI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GREAT LAKES SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE MET WITH MFA UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI JULY 19 ON THE SITUATION IN THE CONGO. WOLPE EXPRESSED US CONCERN THAT THE LUSAKA ACCORDS WERE ABOUT TO UNRAVEL, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF KABILA'S CONTINUING RESISTANCE TO MASIRE'S R [...]
2000-07-26 08:35:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG ZI
00HARARE4318RWANDA AND UGANDA TO BE INVITED TO THE WINDHOEK SADC SUMMIT
[...] (C) ON AUGUST 3 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TOLD S/E HOWARD SIPDIS WOLPE THAT, IN THE COURSE OF A CONVERSATION BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI AND PRESIDENT MUGABE THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE IDEA OF INVITING RWANDA AND UGANDA FOR MEETINGS [...]
2000-08-03 15:35:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CG SF RW UG ZI
00HARARE4941MUGABE DISCUSSES FUEL AND PAN-AFRICAN UNITY IN TRIPOLI
[...] (C) IN A SEPTEMBER 5 CONVERSATION WITH THE AMBASSADOR, FORMER COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER -- AND MUGABE CONFIDANT -- NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA PROVIDED A SHORT READOUT OF PRESIDENT MUGABE'S VISIT TO TRIPOLI THE WEEK OF AUGUST 28. ACCORDING TO SHAMUYARIRA (WHO WAS PART OF THE ZIMBABWEAN DELEGATIO [...]
2000-09-06 14:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ECON ZI
00KINSHASA8484WEEKLY MONUC PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] SUMMARY: MONUC HELD ITS WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE ON DECEMBER 20 AND DISTRIBUTED COPIES OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1332 TO THE PRESS. MONUC'S MILITARY SPOKESMAN MADE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS. FIRST, MONUC HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF ZIMBABWE'S "ORDERS OF DISENGAGEMENT" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HARARE SUB [...]
2000-12-20 15:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL PGOV CG KDMR KPAO CGOPRC
01ABUJA2687NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED EAGER ABOUT SUDAN, PERPLEXED
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 16 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, NSA Aliyu Mohammed stated that Nigeria, actively engaged on Sudan, would host a "3-in-1" conference ultimately bringing together the Southern factions, Northern opposition and Bashir Government negotiators around one conference [...]
2001-10-20 08:21:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU CG XA NI
01ABUJA2974NIGERIA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER KINGIBE SEES A
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 encounter, former Foreign Minister and informal peace process advisor Baba Gana Kingibe told Polcouns that last month's Inter-Congolese Dialogue (ICD) derailed primarily because of Kabila government duplicity. The next ICD would not take place until January. [...]
2001-11-24 06:44:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV CG RW UG NI
01HARARE1051CANADIAN REPORT OF CONVERSATION ON CONGO
[...] (C) FOLLOWING IS AN ACCOUNT BY CANADIAN DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IN HARARE RON WILLSON (STRICTLY PROTECT) OF THE SAME CONVERSATION REPORTED IN REFTEL. WILLSON SUPPLIES ADDITIONAL DETAIL, PARTICULARLY ON ZIMBABWEAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE RWANDA-UGANDA RIFT, STRAINS IN HIS GOVERNMENT'S RELATIONSHI [...]
2001-03-19 11:23:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV MCAP CG ZI RW UG CA
01HARARE1572RWANDAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO HARARE
[...] (C) THE ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S DIRECTOR FOR AFRICA, GODFREY MWEDZI, SPOKE TO POLOFF ON MAY 10 ABOUT RWANDAN PRESIDENT KAGAME'S ONE-DAY VISIT TO HARARE ON MAY 7. MWEDZI STATED THAT KAGAME'S LUNCH MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS "EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN THEM" AND DID NOT INCLUDE ANY MINISTE [...]
2001-05-10 16:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ZI RW CG
01HARARE1730ZIMBABWE: MNANGAGWA EXPOUNDS ON DRC MATTERS
[...] (C) IN A MAY 22 MEETING WITH VISITING INR POLITICAL- MILITARY AFFAIRS SPECIALIST STEVE WEIGERT, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND ZANU-PF SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION EMMERSON MNANGAGWA EXPOUNDED ON RECENT EVENTS IN THE DRC, AND TOUCHED ON LAND REFORM ISSUES, WAR VETERANS, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE MDC. [...]
2001-05-30 09:47:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI CG RW UG AO
01HARARE3335AMBASSADOR, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT DISCSS DRC, ELECTION
[...] (C) INTHE AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL COURTESY CALL ON SPEAKER O PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA ON NOVEMBER 6, MNNGAGWA SAID THAT THE GOZ WAS PRESSING DRC PRESIDNT KABILA TO DEMOCRATIZE INSTITUTIONS, TO PARTICPATE IN THE INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE, AND TO PLA FOR ELECTIONS. THE SPEAKER ASKED THAT WE SH [...]
2001-11-07 14:57:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3341MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER SEKERAMAYI
[...] No summary [...]
2001-11-08 11:14:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE618ZIMBABWE SECURITY MINISTER COMMENTS ON DRC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NICHOLAS GOCHE TOLD CHARGE FEBRUARY 1 THAT ZIMBABWE IS COMMITTED TO THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS AND URGED THE US SECRET PAGE 02 HARARE 00618 01 OF 02 011309Z TO CONTINUE PLAYING A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN RESO [...]
2001-02-01 13:07:00Embassy HarareSECRETPREL PGOV PINR MOPS ZI CG
02ABUJA1027NIGERIA: NEPAD MEETING SIDESTEPS ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Summary: Despite high-level attendance (including nine Heads of State),the March 26 NEPAD Summit did not produce any dramatic developments; the meeting was basically a planning session. The final communique was silent on Zimbabwe. However, Summit discussions and public statements by key [...]
2002-03-28 17:06:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID ZI NI
02ABUJA242NIGERIA: ABUJA'S APPROACH TO THE DROC PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: While cognizant of the complexities in the DROC peace process, the GON nevertheless remains engaged and appears more upbeat than last October when NSA Aliyu Mohammed intimated Nigeria may extract itself from this diplomatic morass(reftel) . However, Abuja did not walk, in part, b [...]
2002-01-28 10:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG NI
02HARARE1041UNSC APRIL 29 VISIT: MUGABE LINKS ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Summary: The UNSC delegation met with President Mugabe April 29 for about 70 minutes. Mugabe linked withdrawal of all Zimbabwean forces to insertion of a large number of UN peace enforcers with a robust mandate. He dismissed Mbeki's DRC proposal as stripping President Kabila's authority. [...]
2002-04-30 14:22:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI CG
02HARARE1783MEDIA REACTION DRC PEACE PROCESS; HARARE
[...] An editorial published in the August 4 edition of the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" and an opinion peace published in the August 3 edition of government-controlled daily "The Herald" focus on the recent signing of the peace deal between the Democratic Republic [...]
2002-08-05 10:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE1785MEDIA REACTION DRC PEACE PACT; HARARE
[...] Under headline "DRC peace pact: not another mirage, please" the independent "Daily News" dedicated its August 2 editorial to persuading the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to implement their peace deal, saying "this pact cannot be allow [...]
2002-08-05 10:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ZI
02ROME2982DRC PRESIDENT KABILA SUPPORTS NEW REWARDS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DRC PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA SAID THE NEW REWARDS FOR JUSTICE IN RWANDA PROGRAM (REFTEL) HAS 100 PERCENT OF HIS PERSONAL SUPPORT, AS WELL AS THAT OF THE GOVERNMENT, BUT HE ADDED THAT THE PROGRAM MUST LEAD TO RWANDA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE DRC OR IT WON'T SUCCEED. END SUMMARY. 2 [...]
2002-06-19 08:20:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS CG CF RW IT ICTR
02ROME2990PRESIDENT KAGAME SUPPORTS REWARDS FOR JUSTICE IN RWANDA INITIATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR DR. JENDAYI FRAZER DISCUSSED WITH RWANDAN PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME ON JUNE 13 THE LAUNCHING OF AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO APPREHEND PERSONS INDICTED FOR GENOCIDE BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNA [...]
2002-06-19 10:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS RW
02ROME3119APPREHENDING GENOCIDAIRES IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE
[...] (U) AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS DR. JENDAYI FRAZER MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (ROC),DENIS SASSOU-NGUESSO, ON JUNE 13 IN ROME, WHERE HE WAS ATTENDING A [...]
2002-06-25 15:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS KAWC CG CF RW IT ICTR
02VATICAN3638CHURCH IN AFRICA: CONFRONTING FUNDAMENTALISM;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SECRETARY FOR THE CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELIZATION OF PEOPLES ARCHBISHOP ROBERT SARAH OFFERED DCM A TOUR D'HORIZON OF THE CHURCH'S CONCERNS IN AFRICA DURING A JULY 23 CALL. SARAH FOCUSED ON THE "NEW" CHALLENGE FROM FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAM, CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE GREAT LAKES [...]
2002-07-23 15:10:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VT VTPREL
03OTTAWA2473 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; WTO; AFRICA; U.S.
[...] "Leaving Iraq would be unparalleled disaster" Columnist David Warren reflected in the nationalist Ottawa Citizen (8/27): "...[T]he situation [in Iraq] continues to improve. It was never going to be a rose garden, but it is clear to impartial observers within the country that Iraqis themselve [...]
2003-08-29 12:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
04ABUJA1141NIGERIA: U.S. AMBASSADOR MEET WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John Campbell. Reason(s): 1.5 (b),(d 2. (C) Summary: In a conversation following my June 25 presentation of five years, Nigeria in on "the right track." He said that debt forgive expressed satisfaction with the current U.S. stance. He referred at le their d [...]
2004-06-25 13:23:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NI US
04ABUJA1149CONGO AND RWANDA RE-COMMIT TO PRETORIA AGREEMENT
[...] (U) Presidents Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Paul Kagame of Rwanda held a four-hour closed-door meeting in Abuja on June 25. The meeting, initiated and chaired by President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, took place at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport. According [...]
2004-06-29 09:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
04KIGALI1162SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT INFILTRATES RWANDA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Chief Editor of Rwanda's most independent newspaper, "Umuseso", Charles Kabonero, was detained for six weeks in December 2003, not recently as reported by international media. He reports that a special intelligence unit within the National Police's Criminal Investigation [...]
2004-08-13 05:35:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS RW
04KIGALI1169CONGO'S VICE PRESIDENT RUBERWA VISITS RWANDA TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following meetings in Kigali with President Kagame and other GOR principals, DRC Vice President Ruberwa met with Banyamulenge refugees in Cyangugu and urged them to return to eastern Congo. Banyamulenge are concerned about their personal safety and economic security, including los [...]
2004-08-16 07:46:00Embassy KigaliSECRETPREL PREF SMIG RW CG
04KIGALI1208EMBASSY KIGALI PARTICIPATION IN SEVENTH
[...] Summary. Post sponsored a booth at the seventh annual Rwandan Trade Fair that showcased Rwandan exports to the United States and provided information on the theme "Global Business Partners." The presentation, the first of its kind to be offered by any diplomatic mission in Rwanda, was well r [...]
2004-08-20 08:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL EAGR KTEX EINV RW AGOA
04KIGALI877KAGAME REPORTEDLY DISAPPOINTED WITH LACK OF USG
[...] (S/NF) ON JUNE 24, A SENIOR RWANDAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PROVIDED COMMENTS ON THE REACTION OF PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME TO A MEETING WITH VISITING AF DAS DON YAMAMOTO AND AF/C DIRECTOR AL EASTHAM ON JUNE 23 IN KIGALI. 2. (S/NF) KAGAME WAS REPORTEDLY DISAPPOINTED TH [...]
2004-06-24 13:23:00Embassy KigaliSECRETPREL PINS MOPS RW CG
04KINSHASA1160KEEPING PEACE NOT MAKING WAR: DRC WELCOMES QUAD
[...] (C) Summary: During June 22 meetings with President Kabila, VPs Bemba (MLC) and Ruberwa (RCD),visiting DAS Don Yamamoto and AF/C Director Al Eastham noted U.S. concern with the security situation in Eastern Congo, including the buildup of government troops; assured Congolese officials that, [...]
2004-06-23 14:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1260CODEL ROYCE MEETS CONGOLESE, U.N. OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A CODEL led by U.S. Representative Edward Royce met in Kinshasa with senior Congolese and U.N. officials on June 28-29. GDRC Vice President Azarias Ruberwa focused mainly on the shortcomings and alleged perfidy of his political opponents in the transitional government. GDRC Nat [...]
2004-07-08 11:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ASEC CG
04KINSHASA1261KABILA-ROYCE MEETING: SECURITY AND STABILITY FIRST, THE REST WILL FOLLOW
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-08 12:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALCG ECON OREP PGOV PREL
04KINSHASA1553PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY VP BEMBA
[...] (C) Summary. On Aug 12, Ambassador Meece paid a courtesy call on DRC Vice President for Economic and Financial Affairs, Jean-Pierre Bemba. Bemba made clear his pride in the economic achievements of the past year and his extreme prejudice toward Rwandan President Kagame as the primary culprit b [...]
2004-08-17 13:53:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG HIPC OPIC
04KINSHASA1690PROGRESS ON JVM KEY FOR DRC
[...] (C) Summary: DRC President Kabila told DAS Don Yamamoto, NSC Senior Advisor Cindy Courville and Central African Director Al Eastham that he would like to see the proposed Joint Verification Mission (JVM) operational before signing the trilateral agreement on the margins of the UNGA in New Yo [...]
2004-09-08 12:43:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1728CONGOLESE, MONUC VIEWS ON TRILATERAL AGREEMENT AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DRC appears willing to sign both a Trilateral Agreement and a Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) in New York during the UNGA. The GDRC is continuing to press for agreement on terms of reference of the JVM, since it believes a Trilateral Agreement among the DRC, Uganda and Rw [...]
2004-09-15 16:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CG PREL MARR MONUC
04KINSHASA2170CONGOLESE READOUT ON KABILA-KAGAME MEETING
[...] (C) Senior Presidential Advisor Augustin Katumba called PolCouns November 27 to provide a readout of the meeting between Presidents Kabila and Kagame, facilitated by President Obasanjo. Largely agreeing in substance with Rwandan readout (reftel),Katumba mentioned Kagame's proposal to either [...]
2004-11-29 07:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2178KABILA DISCUSSES EASTERN SITUATION WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: President Kabila held a November 29 discussion with Ambassadors from the UNSC Perm 5 countries, Belgium, South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria, and UN SRSG Swing. While speaking in measured tones, Kabila made clear his frustration with Rwandan President Kagame, and in essence Kabila [...]
2004-11-29 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO RW CG
04PARIS9130FRANCE AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first of several messages reviewing France's relations with Africa. The southern African region currently attracts less French attention than any other region of Africa. With no francophone countries, and only one country currently engaged in conflict (Angola, at muc [...]
2004-12-27 14:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AO BC LT MI MZ WA SF WZ ZA ZI ZU XA FR
04PARIS9146FRANCE AND CENTRAL AFRICA (SOUTH)
[...] (C) SUMMARY. France continues to seek solutions for the crisis in the Great Lakes through policies designed to support DRC President Kabila and the transition process and to block Rwandan interference in Congolese affairs. France's history in the Rwandan genocide complicates their ability to [...]
2004-12-28 10:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BY CF CG CT EK GB RW TP ZF XA
05ADDISABABA3998AF DAS YAMAMOTO AND AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 28 meeting with AF DAS Donald Yamamoto, African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare voiced concern that lack of progress on the internal political crisis in Ethiopia could push the country to war with Eritrea over the unresolved border issue. H [...]
2005-12-01 13:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ER SO ET AF UNION EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA4223AU BUREAU DIRECTOR ON U.S.-AU RELATIONS, AU
[...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) welcomes plans to enhance U.S.-AU relations and is willing to work with the USG on privileges and immunities for a U.S. Ambassador to the AU, AU Bureau of the Chairperson Director Mamadou Lamine Diallo told PolEconCouns and Poloff December 27. The AU plans [...]
2005-12-28 13:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU AU ER ET
05BRUSSELS1734TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA
[...] (U) Summary. The April 20 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (ensuring democratic governance, supporting security sector reform and fostering regional stability),Somalia (consolidating the peace process),Sudan (Darfur and North-South); West [...]
2005-05-04 05:12:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV MOPS PHUM EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2344EU ON FORCED RETURN OF RWANDAN ASYLUM SEEKERS
[...] (U) PRMOff raised reftel points with DG Development Burundi/Rwanda desk officer Dietmar Krissler and EU Council Secretariat General officer for Central Africa Peter Clausen. SIPDIS 2. (C) Krissler said that during Commissioner Louis Michel's meeting with Rwandan President Kagame on June [...]
2005-06-17 08:18:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREF RW BY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05DARESSALAAM540 ICTR REGISTRAR BRIEFS DIPLOMATS
[...] (C) Summary: ICTR Registrar Adama Dieng on February 25 briefed a small group of Dar es Salaam diplomats on current progress of the ICTR. Dieng was upbeat on the probability of the court meeting its completion deadline of 2008, though he said full funding was crucial. By the end of 2005 al [...]
2005-03-16 04:18:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL TZ RW ICTR
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
05GENEVA1454RWANDA/BURUNDI: LETTERS REFLECT RENEWED CONCERN AT
[...] (C) Summary: Following up on his immediate interest in Rwanda/Burundi (ref A),the incoming United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has written to the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi expressing concern about their actions and intentions regarding Rwandan asylum seekers. UNHCR staff ar [...]
2005-06-10 13:58:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF RW BY UNHCR
05GENEVA1523UNHCR: AMBITIOUS AGENDA OUTLINED BY NEW HIGH
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Moley paid a courtesy call on Antonio Guterres June 14, the eve of Guterres' assumption of post as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR.) On June 17, Guterres met with a larger group in an informal session of UNHCR's Executive Committee (ExCom). In bo [...]
2005-06-20 08:52:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF UNHCR
05KIGALI27KAGAME CRITICIZES NATION'S OFFICIALS FOR ALLOWING
[...] SUMMARY: In his closing address to over 800 GOR officials attending a constitutionally mandated "National Council of Dialogue", President Kagame hailed "good governance, security and patriotism" -- rather than "foreigners' wishes and beliefs" -- as the foundation for Rwanda's development. He [...]
2005-01-10 13:19:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM RW
05KINSHASA1055UGANDA PRESIDENT MUSEVENI THREATENS PROBLEMS
[...] (C) Ugandan President Museveni sent a letter June 22 to DRC President Kabila in which he condemns both the transitional government and MONUC for not taking more proactive measures against remaining ADF elements in Province Oriental (bordering Uganda). The letter follows a similar missive sen [...]
2005-06-28 13:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1091FDLR STATEMENT
[...] (C) National Security Advisor Samba Kaputo told Ambassador and other Tripartite ambassadors June 22 (reftel) that the GDRC was preparing an official statement regarding FDLR repatriation, which would be followed by the release of an FDLR statement indicating willingness to participate in unco [...]
2005-07-06 13:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
05KINSHASA646THE WAY FORWARD ON FDLR REPATRIATION
[...] (C) Embassy Kinshasa shares view expressed ref a that it would be a tragedy to miss the opportunity provided by the Sant' Egidio process to energize the voluntary return of a large number of non-genocidaire FDLR elements and their dependents. This initiative offers the best chance in over te [...]
2005-04-15 11:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO KAWC CG
05KINSHASA653KABILA: ELECTIONS PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY, 30 JUNE
[...] (C) Ambassador met privately April 16 with President Kabila, at the President's residence. In the wake of a very positive presentation to the CIAT April 15 by Abbe Malu Malu (President of the Independent Electoral Commission),in which he outlined progress on electoral preparations, including [...]
2005-04-18 11:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CG
05KINSHASA878MINISTER OF DEFENSE ON TSHISEKEDI AND RWANDA
[...] (C) During a May 23 meeting with polcouns, Minister of Defense Adolphe Onusumba said his attempts to reason with UDPS leader Tshisekedi about joining the transitional government had failed, that Rwanda would like to replace Congolese Vice President Ruberwa, and that the international community [...]
2005-05-27 10:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CG RW
05KINSHASA968CONGO/B: ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL AFRICA
[...] (C) Summary: As current chairman of the Economic Community of Central Africa States (CEEAC/ECCA) sub regional organization, President Sassou convened a summit June 7-8 to encourage CEEAC Presidents to reinvigorate the near moribund entity. Known more in the region by its French acronym CEEA [...]
2005-06-15 12:12:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON CF RW
05VIENNA3937AUSTRIA ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT BASHIR'S POSSIBLE AU
[...] (C) On December 21, Econ Unit Chief met with Caroline Gudenus, Head of the MFA's Sub-Saharan Africa Division, to discuss USG concerns regarding Sudanese President Bashir's possible candidacy to be Chairman of the African Union (AU). Gudenus said Austria, which assumes the EU Presidency January [...]
2005-12-22 09:01:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU SU
06ABUJA2150KINGIBE ON NIGERIAN ELECTIONS, DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Acting Political Counselor met with Babagana Kingibe August 16. Much of the conversation focused on domestic politics, including the 2007 presidential election. Many political commentators mention Kingibe's name as a "dark horse" 2007 presidential contender, an [...]
2006-08-18 13:59:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU NI
06ADDISABABA3316DARFUR: NOV. 16 SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Separate November 16 bilateral consultations with UK Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn, French MFA Africa Director Jean de Gliniasty and Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Sudan Henri Benoit de Coignac, and Chinese PermRep to the UN Guangya Wang hig [...]
2006-12-18 16:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU UK CH FR
06KIGALI1017GOR ON TRACK TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
[...] (U) On 17 October Rwandan Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama held a press conference to announce a "nation wide debate" on the abolishment of the death penalty in Rwanda. Although it has not been implemented since 22 genocidaires were shot by firing squads in 1997, the subject has been a k [...]
2006-10-19 16:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS
06KIGALI1027AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MONUC AND UN GROUP OF EXPERTS
[...] (U) On 20 October Ambassador had separate meetings with the Chairman of the UN DRC Group of Experts (GOE) Ambassador Ibra Ka and MONUC Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) Haile Menkerios. Ka and Menkerios SIPDIS updated Ambassador on the status of their respective [...]
2006-10-27 10:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMCAP PREL MCC RW CG UG UNSC
06KIGALI1063MAYOR PRESENTS HER VISION FOR KIGALI
[...] (U) Summary. On 3 November Kigali City Mayor, Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, briefed diplomatic corps and a small group of stakeholders on her strategic vision for the city. Kacyira presented her municipal government's mission, to make Kigali "a safer, cleaner, more competitive modern city with exp [...]
2006-11-07 08:19:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ECON RW
06KIGALI1090GACACA: SOME JUSTICE, LITTLE RECONCILIATION, IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 7, former energy minister Bonaventure Niyibizi traveled to his birthplace in western Rwanda to attend the gacaca trial of four men accused of the murder of his mother in the 1994 genocide. Some measure of justice occurred -- four men offered partial confessions and [...]
2006-11-13 14:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI1110PAUL RUSESABAGINA LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 12:54:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
06KIGALI1125RWANDAN RESPONSE TO FRENCH JUDGE'S ARREST WARRANTS
[...] (U) In response to press reports that a French judge had requested arrest warrants for nine senior GOR officials allegedly involved in the downing of the Juvenal Habyarimana presidential jet on April 6, 1994, the GOR on November 21 formally denied its officials' involvement. "There is no ba [...]
2006-11-22 16:11:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1133FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEF DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON RUPTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 25, Foreign Minister Charles Murigande briefed the diplomatic corps on the GOR decision to break relations with France and expel French diplomats from Rwanda. The decision by a French judge to issue international arrest warrants for nine senior Rwanda officials (re [...]
2006-11-27 12:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1163SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS MEETING IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR convened its sixth annual Development Partners Meeting in Kigali on November 22 to 24. Sessions included presentations and discussions on such topics as economic growth, private sector development, agriculture, decentralization, aid policy, and governance. Donor gover [...]
2006-12-03 09:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID RW
06KIGALI1199MCC VISIT TO RWANDA A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. From December 10-12 a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) delegation held an intensive round of meetings with GOR officials, local and international NGOs (including USAID partners),the private sector, the media, and heads of diplomatic missions in Kigali. The MCC team int [...]
2006-12-15 10:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID KMCA RW
06KIGALI1223PRESS FREEDOM: END OF YEAR WRAP-UP
[...] Issues of press freedom in 2006 remained the subject of much debate and action in Rwanda. A year which began with public criticism of Rwanda's media by President Kagame and of individual reporters by other officials later saw clear signs that senior GOR officials recognize the importance of a [...]
2006-12-22 11:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI180MEDIA COVERAGE OF BIZIMUMGU TRIAL REFLECTS
[...] (U) Summary: Local and international media provided mixed commentary on the Bizimungu verdict announced February 17 (reftel). While some lauded the long-awaited decision of the Rwandan Supreme Court as a positive development in Rwanda's judicial reform process and an example of the judiciary [...]
2006-02-23 15:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI228HOTEL RWANDA MANAGER NO HERO TO GOR
[...] (C) Summary. There has been an ongoing public campaign to discredit Paul Rusesabagina, the former manager of Hotel des Mille Collines during the 1994 genocide and current hero in the US and Europe due to the film 'Hotel Rwanda', in Rwanda. The efforts to damage the reputation of Mr. Rusesabagin [...]
2006-03-08 06:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PINR RW BG
06KIGALI238FOREIGN MINISTER ON HOTEL RWANDA, HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT AND NEPAD
[...] (C) Summary. In a 9 March meeting with Foreign Minister Murigande, Ambassador delivered the 2005 Human Rights Report (HRR),discussed Paul Rusesabagina and inquired about the NEPAD Peer Review Report. Upon receipt of the HRR, Minister Murigande was defensive but also appreciative of the Ambass [...]
2006-03-13 10:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALNOTAG RW
06KIGALI242RWANDA REPORT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON
[...] Per reftel, information below provides a summary of each of the requested areas. Market Economy/Economic Reform/Trade Barriers --------------------------------------------- 2. Economic Situation: Rwanda's economy remains largely dependent upon foreign aid, while its population remains [...]
2006-03-13 19:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PHUM XA RW
06KIGALI281PRESIDENT KAGAME RESHUFFLES CABINET
[...] Summary: On March 11 President Kagame announced a cabinet reshuffle, replacing the Finance Minister, dropping three ministers, and creating a new ministerial post in the Office of the President for scientific research and technology. Despite rumors for several weeks of an impending shake-up [...]
2006-03-23 16:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PINR RW
06KIGALI286RWANDA SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF AF A/S JENDAYI
[...] Post warmly welcomes your visit to Rwanda. Rwanda is a country struggling to overcome its past and bring its people and economy into the 21st century. The legacy of the 1994 genocide in which up to one million people were killed still haunts the country and underlies the tension faced by a [...]
2006-03-28 05:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI ECON KDEM RW
06KIGALI328THE PRESIDENT'S MALARIA INITIATIVE IN RWANDA
[...] Ambassador Michael Arietti and USAID Mission Director Kevin Mullally met on April 4 with Government of Rwanda Health Minister Dr. Jean Damascene Ntawukuliryayo to inquire as to the government's interest in taking part in the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and Rwanda's governmental and no [...]
2006-04-10 09:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID RW
06KIGALI334PRESIDENT KAGAME MEETS WITH A/S FRAZER
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 April, A/S Frazer met with President Kagame at his office on the presidential compound. Also in attendance were Ambassador Arietti, Foreign Minister Murigande, Chef du Cabinet Kabija, National Security Service Director Ndahiro, AF Special Assistant Gaither and poloff. Kaga [...]
2006-04-12 10:25:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL RW CG SU
06KIGALI365VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER TO RWANDA
[...] (C) In a successful, productive visit to Rwanda April 4-8, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer engaged in candid discussion on a broad range of issues from regional security, bilateral relations, and Darfur to democracy and human rights. In her meetings with senior [...]
2006-04-18 18:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAGR KDEM PHUM KPKO MOPS RW CG
06KIGALI382 National Reconciliation a Top Priority for Rwanda
[...] Summary: During an April 20 meeting with Ambassador, National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) Executive Secretary Fatuma Ndangiza described NURC's primary role as promoting national reconciliation through civic education. Since 1999, NURC has conducted surveys, including a nation [...]
2006-04-24 17:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI393 Catholic Church of Rwanda Supports Gacaca,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 11 meeting with the Papal Nuncio, Ambassador brought up a recent note verbale from the Vatican that criticized gacaca (ref A). Ambassador noted that he is aware of concerns that gacaca is not serving the purpose for which it was created and that the GOR, itself, [...]
2006-04-26 18:04:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI407FORMER PRESIDENT ASKS KAGAME FOR A PARDON
[...] (U) Summary. Ex-President Pasteur Bizimungu recently submitted a handwritten letter to President Kagame requesting a pardon for his 2004 conviction for incitement of civil disobedience, formation of a criminal association and embezzlement of public funds. In the letter, Bizimungu maintains th [...]
2006-04-28 12:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALAFSN KDEM KJUS PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI428 UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts
[...] (SBU) Summary: During its visit to Kigali April 20-29, the UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts briefed Embassy on the focus of its current mandate and its challenges in the region. The experts highlighted the need for tighter immigration control at the DRC border, a GDRC mechanism fo [...]
2006-05-08 11:42:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR KPKO ETTC RW
06KIGALI456MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT ELIGIBILITY
[...] (C) In its recent indicator analysis of Rwanda, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) noted that Rwanda failed four of the six Ruling Justly indicators. Based on consolidated evaluations of third-party institutions, MCC provided Embassy Kigali a summary of Rwanda,s strengths and weakness [...]
2006-05-12 06:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI463STATUS OF LAND REFORM
[...] Land ownership has been a major issue of conflict throughout much of Rwanda's history, and 80 percent of current legal disputes involve land. The GOR adopted a land law in 2005, which made it the final owner of all land in Rwanda and provided for leases of up to ninety-nine years; however, ma [...]
2006-05-15 14:14:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PGOV EAGR RW
06KIGALI480THE STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA
[...] (U) Press freedom in Rwanda--despite the legacy of a media tainted by complicity in the genocide and lingering mistrust between the government and journalists--has in recent years taken root. Several independent radio stations and newspapers currently are operating. While reports of self-cen [...]
2006-05-18 13:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI496ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S ROUNDTABLE WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a roundtable discussion April 5 with Rwandan parliamentarians and a separate call on the president of the Rwandan Senate, Assistant Secretary Frazer addressed recent developments in the Great Lakes region, human rights issues, the role of parliament in Rwandan society, [...]
2006-05-25 06:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM KMCA RW CG
06KIGALI540 RWANDAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS MEET WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 24 meeting with prominent local civil society leaders, Ambassador expressed U.S. support of the role of civil society in Rwanda, stressing the critical balance it brings to government decision- making. Civil society leaders discussed their goals, successes, and in [...]
2006-06-06 09:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
06KIGALI790'UMUCO' EDITOR BONAVENTURE BIZUMUREMYI REFUSES
[...] (U) SUMMARY. More than one week after being served with a summons to be questioned by the criminal investigation division of the Rwandan National Police, Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, editor of the Kinyarwanda language fortnightly 'Umuco,' remains unwilling to appear for questioning and is on the r [...]
2006-08-14 11:41:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI804GOR POSITION ON AMIS RE-HAT
[...] (C) On 16 August Ambassador reiterated USG position on the UN re-hatting of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) (Ref A) to Rwandan Minister of State in Charge of Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminari. Musemenari had accompanied President Kagame to the Afric [...]
2006-08-17 15:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL UNSC SU RW
06KIGALI842PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA: CHARGES OF HARASSMENT AND
[...] (U) During August, there have been several incidents of alleged threats, and one physical attack, against Rwandan journalists by unknown perpetrators. Two journalists have left the country, although one may return soon. GOR officials vehemently deny any official GOR involvement in negative [...]
2006-08-30 15:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI854CHINESE DELEGATIONS VISIT KIGALI
[...] (U) Two Chinese delegations visited Kigali the week of August 28. A Communist Party delegation, led by Wu Guanzheng, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, conducted closed-door discussions with the Secretary General Francois Ngarambe and other RPF [...]
2006-09-01 16:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID RW
06KIGALI868CITY GOVERNMENT RESCINDS MOTORCYCLE BAN
[...] (U) The Kigali City Council on Monday September 4 rescinded its two-week ban on motorcycle taxis. Operating under new licensing requirements, the motorcycles began to return to city streets in small numbers. Each operator is now required to register with his local cell (the next-to-lowest po [...]
2006-09-07 08:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL RW
06KIGALI880RWANDA AND MCA ELIGIBILITY
[...] (C) Summary: Rwanda is deeply committed to in becoming MCA eligible and this has already resulted in positive changes in GOR attitudes and practices. The GOR understands that its relatively low ranking in the Ruling Justly categories has been the main obstacle to MCA eligibility. President [...]
2006-09-12 06:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL MCC RW
06KIGALI984ANALYST BRIEFS WORLD BANK PROGRAM ON FDLR
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 October World Bank consultant Hans Romkema briefed diplomats and Bank employees on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). He described the FDLR, estimated at 8,000 ) 10,000, as deeply entrenched in North and South Kivu. Romkema described FDLR leadershi [...]
2006-10-12 11:13:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL KPKO MONUC CG RW
06KIGALI987RWANDA STILL UNDECIDED ON GUATEMALA
[...] (C) This is an action request for A/S Frazer. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On 13 October Charge delivered demarche (ref B) to Foreign Minister Murigande emphasizing that the USG considered the vote to be one of the most important decisions the UNGA would make this year. Murigande noted [...]
2006-10-13 12:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC VE GT
06KIGALI990RWANDA-UGANDA JOINT PERMANENT COMMISSION MEETING A
[...] (U) Summary. Ugandan and Rwandan officials held the seventh Joint Permanent Commission sessions in Kigali October 12-13. A communique pledged cooperation on a hosts of issues, including consular relations, defense, education and justice issues, crop and animal diseases, cross-border transpor [...]
2006-10-16 14:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD RW
06MANAGUA1429AMBASSADORS SHARE ELECTION CONCERNS WITH A/S
[...] (C) Summary: A group of ambassadors resident in Nicaragua, most of whom are contributing funds to election efforts, shared their conviction with A/S Shannon on June 26 that a thorough international observation effort is necessary to prevent fraud during the November 5 national elections. The [...]
2006-06-30 16:35:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NU
06PARIS7549RWANDA/FRANCE: "WE'RE BACK TO ZERO"
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-27 15:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW FR
07ADDISABABA163PRE-BRIEF ON UPCOMING AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT -
[...] (U) AU will meet again on January 19 to finalize preparations for Summit. 2. (U) Restricted access: the plenary hall will be limited to head of delegation plus one, although up to 5 plus one can watch on TV monitors for sessions. 3. (U) USAU submitted to Ethopian protocol the fo [...]
2007-01-19 14:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA232DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ETHIOPIAN VIEWS ON AU
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador delivered ref A points on January 23 to State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu. Minister Tekeda highlighted that while Ethiopia believed selecting Sudanese President Bashir as African Union Assembly Chair was not desirable for the AU, Ethiopia could not openly [...]
2007-01-25 17:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU SU ET ER
07ADDISABABA2796A/S Frazer's Meeting with AU Commission Chair Alpha Oumar
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 15:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UN SO SU AU
07ADDISABABA311SOMALIA: PM MELES HIGHLIGHTS LAND REFORM AS KEY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute meeting on January 27 with A/S Frazer, Prime Minister Meles highlighted that Somalia's primary clans generally supported the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Only the Hawiye/Habr-Gedir/Ayr sub-clan, the primary political base of the deposed Council of Islamic [...]
2007-02-01 16:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV MOPS KPKO ET SO YE
07ADDISABABA420SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS UNSCR SHOULD
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 9 meeting with Ambassador, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale underscored Somaliland's role in promoting regional stability, practicing democracy, and fighting terrorism, and announced that President Kahin would seek reelection. Duale expressed apprecia [...]
2007-02-09 13:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KDEM EAID SO ET DJ KE UG EG SU
07ADDISABABA60SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 14 meeting with Charge a.i. Wilgus and deputy pol-econ counselor, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale expressed interest in establishing a closer strategic relationship with the United States, and appealed for both humanitarian and military assistance to [...]
2007-01-09 10:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PTER EAID KISL SO ET RW AU XA
07BEIJING3063MAY 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ARMS SALES TO SUDAN;
[...] Key points at the May 8 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Jiang Yu were: -- The MFA said arms sales to Sudan are limited to conventional weapons and such sales to African nations are generally "small-scale." -- In light of PM Abe's reported gift to the Yasukuni Shrine, China hope [...]
2007-05-08 10:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD SU JA KN CA PM MX IV RW VM
07BRUSSELS2218BELGIANS EXPRESS INCREASED CONCERNS ABOUT DRC
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting on June 26, 2007 with A/S Frazer, Belgian MFA Permanent Secretary Grauls expressed great concern about the Kabila regime's alarming loss of popularity, continuing instability in Eastern Congo, and the looming threat of another Rwandan incursion. The Belgian side [...]
2007-07-09 12:31:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINS PREL BE CG SU SF
07BRUSSELS3003U.S., EUROPEANS SEEK POLITICAL SOLUTION TO DRC'S
[...] (C) Summary: Members of the Great Lakes Contact Group brainstormed Sept. 21 in Brussels about political solutions to the growing unrest among rebel forces in Eastern Congo while acknowledging that the Government of the DRC appears to be leaning toward a military solution. European Commission [...]
2007-09-26 10:14:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF ZF CG EUN
07BRUSSELS3489A/S FRAZER TO EU: U.S. SUPPORTS MISSION TO CHAD/CAR
[...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with EU officials Dec. 6-7, A/S Frazer expressed U.S. political support for the planned EU military mission to Chad and the Central African Republic. The Director for Defense Aspects of the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) said the U.S. could ass [...]
2007-12-12 12:59:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL AF EUN
07BRUSSELS3524SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary: As you meet with EU officials for the biannual Africa troika Dec. 20, you will find the EU feeling very positive about its relations with Africa in the wake of its recent EU-Africa Summit in Lisbon. A shadow, however, is cast by the troubled EUFOR Mission to Chad/CAR, whose dep [...]
2007-12-19 15:04:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AF EU EUN
07DARESSALAAM1215TANZANIA: AMBASSSADOR RETZER,S AUGUST 30 FAREWELL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 11:05:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID TZ
07KAMPALA1090EAST AFRICAN FEDERATION GETS BIGGER
[...] Summary. Rwanda and Burundi were admitted to the East African Community (EAC) during a regional summit in Kampala on June 18. The expanded community increased the number of member states which also includes Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The EAC leaders committed to working together for socioe [...]
2007-07-03 13:09:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPNAT PGOV PREL UG
07KAMPALA1449UGANDA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES LRA, CONGO, AND
[...] (C) Summary: Africa Bureau Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer met with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on September 5 to discuss current developments in the negotiations with the Lord,s Resistance Army (LRA),developments in eastern Congo, and stabilizing Somalia. President Museveni, similarly to [...]
2007-09-14 09:01:00Embassy KampalaSECRETPGOV PREL UG SU CG SO
07KHARTOUM637THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH UN AND AEC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Khartoum's rejection of the international community's concept for Darfur peacekeeping continues to impede resolution of the crisis. UN officials caution, however, that UN bureacratic obstacles -- and a dearth of willing troop-contributing countries -- will delay force deployment [...]
2007-04-23 15:40:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV KPKO PINS PINR
07KIGALI1016RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] IT Summit: Rwanda hosted the African Heads of State Connect Africa Summit October 29 and 30. Six African presidents and corporate executives attended. The summit's goal was to accelerate broadband and wireless connectivity in Africa. Dr. Hamadoun Tour, Secretary General of the International [...]
2007-11-06 07:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1041SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY VISIT TO RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the November 18-19 visit of Senator Kerry to Rwanda. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide when upwards of one million Rwandans lost their lives, and the nation's infrastructure, economy and society were terribly [...]
2007-11-15 07:52:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI1062IT FOR AFRICA: RWANDA LEADS THE WAY
[...] Summary. Rwanda hosted the Connect Africa Summit October 29-30. Six African presidents, 53 communications ministers, and 19 corporate executives attended the summit which was intended to accelerate broadband and wireless connectivity in Africa. Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary General of the Int [...]
2007-11-16 05:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1069RWANDA PRISON BEAT: PRISON POPULATION DOWN, ICTR
[...] (C) Rwanda's prison population fell to 64,000 inmates, as the government continued its releases of persons convicted by gacaca courts, relieving the severe overcrowding that previously characterized the prison system. A well-constructed Kigali transit facility, built to receive International [...]
2007-11-19 11:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI1085PRESIDENT KAGAME ON SOMALIA: INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) In his address to the Africa Caribbean Pacific-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (ACP-EU),meeting in Kigali on November 19, President Kagame raised the situation in Somalia and called upon the international community to "do far more than we have done so far." Noting that innocent Somalis [...]
2007-11-26 15:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS RW
07KIGALI1092MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (C) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: -- Former senior military officer Patrick Karegeya left Rwanda suddenly. -- Dissension continued within the Liberal Party. -- The Government of Rwanda (GOR) presented its growth and poverty reduction strategies to the donor communit [...]
2007-11-29 16:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR ECON RW
07KIGALI1095RWANDA - REPORT ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] (U) Post submits the following information for the 2007 Report on the Worst Forms of Child Labor. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) continues to make progress in its efforts to implement its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Programs and policies described i [...]
2007-11-30 09:48:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM SOCI EIND ETRD RW
07KIGALI110GACACA PROBLEMS, GACACA REFORMS
[...] (SBU) The GOR seeks to streamline its gacaca system, lowering penalties for those convicted of genocide crimes, narrowing the jurisdiction of regular courts over genocide suspects, and reducing the numbers of judges per gacaca court. A new prisoner release is also soon to occur. By these r [...]
2007-02-05 06:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI142GOR INVESTIGATING ATTACK ON JOURNALIST
[...] (SBU) Summary. Rwandan police are investigating a 9 Feb attack on Jean Bosco Gasasira, chief editor of independent Kinyarwanda-language newspaper "Umuvugizi." Gasisira was attacked by three men with tire irons outside a bar in Kigali, he sustained serious injuries to his leg, arm and head. B [...]
2007-02-12 16:11:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI176RWANDA OVERVIEW FOR GENERAL WARD VISIT
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Commander, Headquarters, US European Command, General William E. Ward. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide, and reconcile populations at odds for most of Rwanda's modern history. Upwards of [...]
2007-02-22 11:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI178AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TWO LEAHY ISSUES WITH FOREIGN
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. Due to time constraints in the case of BG Muganga, post requests a response from Department no later than opening of business (Washington time) 23 Feb. 2. (C) On 22 Feb Ambassador Arietti met with Foreign Minister Murigande to receive G [...]
2007-02-22 17:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC MOPS AU SU RW
07KIGALI185RWANDA SCENESETTER FOR A/S POWELL
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Dina SIPDIS Powell. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide, and reconcile populations at odds for most of Rwanda's modern history. [...]
2007-02-26 13:32:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI195RWANDA: CONGOLESE JOURNALIST ARRESTED
[...] (SBU) Deputy Prosecutor General Alphonse Hitiyaremye confirmed to polchief on February 27 the recent arrest of Congolese citizen Idesbald Byabuze. Byabuze, reportedly a professor at the Bakuvu Catholic University, as well as the publisher of a Bakuvu newspaper, the Mashariki News, is in cus [...]
2007-02-28 06:43:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI218RWANDA: RECENT CHINA ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) The Chinese and Rwandan governments conduct their long-standing and productive relations on a number of levels. Last year the Chinese Minister of Cooperation and a senior Communist party official visited Kigali in August, under the aegis of the Fifth Rwanda-China Joint Committee on Econ [...]
2007-03-05 05:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI250RWANDA UPDATE FOR 2007 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA
[...] SUMMARY. In accordance with reftel, the following provides an update for the 2007 President's Report on AGOA for Rwanda. END SUMMARY. 2. Market Economy: The government has established important oversight for managing the economic health of the country, including tax collection, banking, [...]
2007-03-09 11:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD RW
07KIGALI281KAGAME ON TRIPARTITE-PLUS, DARFUR, AND REFUGEE
[...] (C) On March 16 AF DAS James Swan advised President Kagame on the principal successes of the just-completed Tripartite Plus conference, detailing progress on "active approaches" toward eliminating Negative Forces, and a common "Wanted List" to be circulated among the four nations by means of [...]
2007-03-19 14:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
07KIGALI289CONGOLESE JOURNALIST RELEASED, EXPELLED
[...] (SBU) On March 21, Rwandan authorities released from custody Congolese journalist Idesbald Byabuze, in detention for approximately a month, and under investigation for a 2005 article criticizing the alleged Tutsi domination of the Hutu majority in Rwanda (reftel). At the central "1930" prison [...]
2007-03-21 15:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI295POWELL/MCCORMICK DELEGATION MEETS PRESIDENT
[...] On Tuesday, March 6, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, David McCormick and Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell met President Kagame. The duo was accompanied by members of their traveling party and Ambassador Arietti. [...]
2007-03-22 14:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON KPAO PREL SCUL RW
07KIGALI296WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR VISITS RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador at large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson visited Rwanda March 10-14, meeting with senior GOR officials, diplomatic missions, ICTR officers, and members of the human rights community. He also visited the Mpanga prison being readied for the potential reception [...]
2007-03-22 15:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI324SUCCESSFUL TRIPARTITE PLUS HELD IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR hosted the U.S. facilitated Tripartite Plus Joint Commission (TPJC) and sub-commission meetings in Kigali 14-16 March. Delegations from the DRC, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda took part in the diplomatic and defense and security sub-commission meetings on 14 March in order [...]
2007-04-03 10:34:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MONUC KPKO RW
07KIGALI388JOURNALIST PLEADS GUILTY TO DIVISIONISM, RECEIVES
[...] (SBU) On Friday, April 20, Agnes Nkusi-Uwimana, director of the Kinyarwanda-language newspaper "Umurabyo," received a one year jail term in a Kigali court, having on April 3 pleaded guilty to various charges including divisionism, defamation, and passing a bad check. Nkusi had been arrested [...]
2007-04-24 15:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI391RWANDA PETITIONS THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
[...] (U) Rwanda on April 18 petitioned the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the November 2006 issuance of arrest warrants by French judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere against nine senior Rwandan officials. These officials, according to an investigation conducted by Bruguiere, were allegedly [...]
2007-04-25 13:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KJUS RW
07KIGALI454REPORTS OF EXTRA-JUDICAL KILLINGS BY THE RWANDAN
[...] (C) Summary. Dutch colleagues, the local representative of Human Rights Watch, and the Executive Secretary of LIPRODHOR (Rwanda's most well-known human rights organization) report 8 to 10 incidents of extrajudicial killings by Rwandan police since the new year, mostly in April. The major [...]
2007-05-14 14:42:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI461OPIC TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN KIGALI
[...] SUMMARY. The City of Kigali, in conjunction with the U.S. Embassy, hosted an affordable housing workshop with subsequent side meetings to explore affordable housing issues in Kigali. With the goals of assisting the City of Kigali to address their housing challenges and to find opportunities f [...]
2007-05-16 05:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD EAID ECON PREL MCAP RW
07KIGALI49NEWSPAPER DIRECTOR ARRESTED, ARRAIGNED ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. On Friday, January 19, Agnes Nkusi-Uwimana, director of the Kinyarwanda-language newspaper, "Umurabyo" was arraigned on charges of divisionism and sectarianism stemming from recent articles in the paper that appeared to minimize the genocide or advance the notion of a double gen [...]
2007-01-22 15:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI493RWANDA HOSTS EAST AFRICA BROADBAND CONFERENCE
[...] SUMMARY. The GOR, in conjunction with the U.S. government, hosted an East African Broadband workshop in Kigali from May 8-10 to produce a roadmap for expanding broadband connectivity in East Africa. 2. President Kagame opened a two-day East African Broadband workshop jointly hosted by the [...]
2007-05-23 14:10:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ECPS PGOV EINV ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI522KAGAME ON NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 13:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EFIN RW
07KIGALI529KAGAME VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (U) Summary. President Paul Kagame paid a five day visit to China May 14-19, visiting Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The two governments signed several accords, including debt cancellation, infrastructure development, expanded trade links, and cultural exchanges. Kagame also addressed th [...]
2007-06-04 07:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PREL RW
07KIGALI546RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The Global Fund has pledged USD 59 million over the next five years to fight HIV/AIDS. The project will emphasize prevention, expanded access to anti-retroviral treatment, improved care, support of orphans and people living with AIDS, and improved linkage between tuberculosis and HIV services. [...]
2007-06-07 15:33:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI589THE FDLR -- READY TO FOLD IF PUSHED HARD ENOUGH?
[...] (C) Summary. In a two-hour briefing before senior GOR military and civilian officials and representatives of the local diplomatic corps, MDRP researchers (hired by the Multi-lateral Demobilization and Reintegration Program) presented detailed information and analysis based upon months of fi [...]
2007-06-25 07:25:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI6RWANDA: OVERSEAS OPPOSITION PARTIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Opposition political parties based outside Rwanda appear fractured and ineffectual, composed of disparate groupings of disaffected former officials or relatively unknown politicians nursing various grievances against the present government. What unites them is a visceral disl [...]
2007-01-04 08:00:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI668RWANDA: FEAR OF MILITARY SOLUTION TO KIVU CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande on July 20 to discuss GOR concerns about the possibility of a military solution to the situation in the Kivus. Murigande expressed GOR worries that, if a military solution is pursued, DRC President Kabila will be unabl [...]
2007-07-20 13:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI669RWANDA: FEAR OF MILITARY SOLUTION TO KIVU CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande on July 20 to discuss GOR concerns about the possibility of a military solution to the situation in the Kivus. Murigande expressed GOR worries that, if a military solution is pursued, DRC President Kabila will be unabl [...]
2007-07-20 13:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI73RWANDA WILL NOT SEND TROOPS TO SOMALIA
[...] (C) On 24 January State Minister for Cooperation Rosemary Museminali told Ambassador that while the GOR might be willing to support the African Union (AU) mission to Somalia with training or civilian police (civpol) support, it is "disinclined" to send Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) soldiers. A [...]
2007-01-24 16:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL UNSC RW ET KE
07KIGALI754FOREIGN INVESTORS IN RWANDA: PERFORM OR GET OUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Accepting an offer they claim they could not refuse, the largest American investors in Rwanda sold their telecommunications company to the Government of Rwanda (GOR) on August 1. This represents the fourth time in the past year that the GOR has either nationalized a private c [...]
2007-08-22 14:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALBEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
07KIGALI758RWANDA SNAPSHOT - CIVIL SOCIETY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of political parties, NGOs, and religious organizations in Rwanda described a challenging environment in a series of recent meetings in which resources are scarce and political will to reform on the part of the government of Rwanda (GOR) is insufficient to overcome conti [...]
2007-08-23 14:23:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI762ALLEGATIONS AGAINST RWANDAN DEPUTY DARFUR
[...] (C) A Brussels-based opposition group, FDU-Inkingi, recently accused Rwandan Major General Emmanuel Karenzi Karake - the newly appointed Deputy Commander of the UN-AU Hybrid Force in Darfur - of participation in various massacres and murders of political opponents in the years just before and [...]
2007-08-24 12:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI822GOR TOUGHENS STANCE AGAINST "IRRESPONSIBLE"
[...] (C) Summary. A panel of Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, including four Ministers, on September 9 used a weekly call-in program broadcast by state-owned TV Rwanda and Radio Rwanda to launch verbal attacks against certain members of Rwanda's independent media, who they accused of cooperat [...]
2007-09-17 08:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
07KIGALI83HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR SENIOR LEADER
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following GOR officials nominated to attend the Senior Leadership Seminar (SLS) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 25 Feb - 9 MAR 2007: -- Mr. Ben Balthazar Rutsi [...]
2007-01-29 09:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PHUM RW
07KIGALI94RWANDA: FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-31 14:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM RW
07KIGALI962PRESIDENT KAGAME HAS PRIVATE MEETING WITH PRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 14:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
07KIGALI966RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNPLAYS CONGOLESE FDLR
[...] (C) Summary. On October 23 Foreign Minister Charles Murigande expressed considerable reservations about the Congolese "Ex-Far/Interahamwe Action Plan," regarding it as less detailed and less concrete than earlier plans, and in conflict with current planning by the Tripartite-Plus Chiefs of [...]
2007-10-23 14:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MOPS RW
07KIGALI989MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (SBU) Two Liberal Party parliamentarians lost their seats in the Chamber of Deputies after being expelled from their party. The government set up a Commission to investigate the shooting-down of the Habyarimana presidential jet in 1994. Two independent publishers temporarily suspended their [...]
2007-10-30 14:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL RW
07KINSHASA1040KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA
[...] (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi is generally receptive to U.S. views on the current situation in the Kivu provinces. He has been active in promoting diplomatic engagement with Uganda and Rwanda, and confirmed high-level meetings with each for September. He appreciates [...]
2007-08-31 13:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG
07KINSHASA1050KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) This is a corrected version of Kinshasa 1040. 2. (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi received newly arrived Charge Sam Brock August 29. Charge used the meeting to present demarche as requested ref (A). Mbusa used it to publicize relations with the U.S., inviting l [...]
2007-09-04 15:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG
07KINSHASA1053NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR'S OUTLOOK ON NKUNDA AND FDLR
[...] (C) Summary: North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku outlined his and the GDRC's emerging approach to dealing with the twin problems of dissident General Laurent Nkunda and FDLR fighters in the province. He said the central government wants to exhaust diplomatic and political options before pursuing [...]
2007-09-05 06:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC MOPS RW CG
07KINSHASA1063RWANDAN, DRC FOREIGN MINISTERS COMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: Rwandan foreign minister Charles Murigande's official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from September 2-4, the first by a Rwandan official to the DRC since the end of the second Congo war in 2004, is a potentially significant step in a slow process of reconciliation [...]
2007-09-05 17:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG RW KPKO
07KINSHASA1172CHARGE MEETS WITH NORTH KIVU DELEGATION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Seven of 48 National Assembly deputies from North Kivu, representing nearly all the province's districts and ethnic groups, were received by the Charge d'Affaires. They raised a number of issues, including current insecurity in North Kivu, the return of FDLR members to Rwanda, a [...]
2007-10-02 17:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1274Media reaction to the November 9 Nairobi Communique between
[...] (U) Media reaction to the Nairobi agreement has been generally favorable, albeit not very substantive. Following are reactions from major outlets: -- Le Palmares writes that the DRC has hung itself by signing the plan because the deadline to submit an elaborate disarmament plan is too shor [...]
2007-11-14 05:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PINR PINS CG RW PGOV PREL
07KINSHASA1361PRESIDENT KABILA'S DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. At President Kabila's request, Ambassador William Garvelink and Tim Shortley, Senior Adviser for Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution met with Kabila in his residence on December 11, 2007. Kabila agreed to stick to his agreement with President Museveni and to keep [...]
2007-12-12 15:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1377 HIGHLIGHTS OF JOINT MONITORING GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) established by the Congo-Rwanda Nairobi communique got off to a rocky start at its first meeting December 15, but succeeded in reaffirming support for the process and establishing follow-up mechanisms. A UN emphasis on North Kivu and repeated o [...]
2007-12-18 10:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA319CHILD SOLDIER RECRUITMENT A DIMINISHING PROBLEM IN
[...] (C) Summary: A senior UN official proclaimed the DRC's child soldier problem is "essentially over," but charged that dissident general Laurent Nkunda is recruiting child soldiers from refugee camps in Rwanda. Humanitarian officials report more than 100 child soldiers have been separated from N [...]
2007-03-16 10:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA396NEW CONGOLESE FOREIGN MINISTER UPBEAT, BUT STILL
[...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's first official call March 20 (Note: two days prior to the outbreak of violence in Kinshasa. End note.),new Foreign Minister Mbusa appeared in an upbeat mood. He spoke positively of the March 16 Tripartite Plus talks in Kigali, calling them "the best e [...]
2007-04-04 12:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA792 NORTH KIVU TENSION CONTINUE TO MOUNT
[...] (C) P3 2 Ambassadors (France, U.K., U.S., Belgium, and South Africa) met with UN SRSG Swing July 9 to review the situation in North Kivu. As of the meeting, there had been no follow-up from President Kabila to the P3 2 letter given to Kabila June 30. Moreover, contrary to Kabila,s statements [...]
2007-07-11 09:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07LILONGWE802MALAWI: RWANDAN REFUGEES UNDER THREAT, OR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since the September visit of Rwandan President Paul Kagame to Malawi, a press report and letters from Rwandan refugees claim that the government of Rwanda (GOR) has made threats against the lives of refugees currently in Malawi. While Rwandan overseas opposition parties have use [...]
2007-10-29 08:56:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL MI
07NAIROBI1416AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES URGES KENYA TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met privately with GOK Ministers to push for Felicien Kabuga's apprehension and also met with various Chiefs of Mission to discuss further cooperative strategies on the issue. It is widely believed that Kabuga, ICTR fugi [...]
2007-03-29 09:47:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KCRM RW KE
07NAIROBI3021 THE TWELFTH SUMMIT OF THE COMESA AUTHORITY OF
[...] This is a summary of the Twelfth COMESA Summit proceedings held in Nairobi, Kenya, from May 22-23, 2007. The Summit was preceded by meetings of the Committee of Experts, Ministers of Justice, Ministers of Foreign affairs and COMESA Council of Ministers. The Fourth COMESA Business Summit and t [...]
2007-07-25 04:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA
07PARIS1785DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON
[...] SUMMARY: (C) MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on April 30 said that recent developments in the Borrel case, involving judicial searches of the MFA and Justice Ministry, largely involved internal French legal issues. The Borrel case continued to affect France-Djibouti relations, although bo [...]
2007-05-04 14:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR
07PARIS186RWANDA: EFFECT OF BRUGUIERE REPORT ON USG, STATUS
[...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXXl told us January 12 that Judge Bruguiere's November 17 report recommending the prosecution of President Kagame and requesting the arrest of nine of his associates had been forwarded to Interpol. He noted that it was incumbent on the U.S. to make its own determi [...]
2007-01-18 10:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KJUS INTERPOL RW FR
07PARIS322C/T JUDGE ON FRANCE, RWANDA, PAKISTAN, AND HIS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: France,s chief counterterrorism judge, Jean-Louis Bruguiere, told us on January 19 that a recent surge in overall GSPC activities worried French counterterrorism officials, who are convinced there is now a significantly higher threat against France and its interests abroad. Tunisi [...]
2007-01-26 16:37:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL INTERPOL KJUS TS AG MO RW
07PARIS3708RWANDA: FRANCE SENDING A DELEGATION IN OVERTURE
[...] (C/NF) An MFA delegation will travel next week to Rwanda in an effort to improve diplomatic relations, severed since November 2006, we learned on September 5 from Helene Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East/Central Africa. She disclosed that MFA A/S-equivalent Jean de Gliniasty and Laurent C [...]
2007-09-07 10:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ICJ RW FR
07PARIS4215RWANDA: FRANCE READY TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 08:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW FR
07PARIS4732FRANCE/AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES KEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Advisor Romain Serman on December 17 reported on key France-Africa issues, some resulting from meetings at the December 8-9 Lisbon EU-Africa Summit: -- Rwanda: Presidents Sarkozy and Kagame agreed to work to normalize relations and to maintain personal super [...]
2007-12-17 17:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR SU CD IV RW CT UV FR
07PARIS486TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA A/S-Equivalent for Africa Gliniasty told DCM on February 1 that France had not invited President Mugabe of Zimbabwe to the February 13-15 Africa-France Summit. Gliniasty confided that the Zimbabwean delegation had complained vocally in the course of the AU Summit abou [...]
2007-02-08 08:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR SU SO CI FR
07PARIS578FRANCE/AFRICA: SUMMIT NO-SHOWS AND MUGABE; MFA AMBIVALENCE ON
[...] (C) Summary: There is MFA speculation that Zimbabwean leader Mugabe, angry at his own exclusion, has tried, with mixed results, to promote a SADC boycott of the 2/15-2/16 Africa-France Summi in Cannes. On Darfur, MFA is resisting a campaign by Khartoum for Frenc mediation between Deby and Bas [...]
2007-02-13 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR SU SO ZI FR
07PARIS847PART I: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - CEREMONY OVER
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The XXIV Africa-France Summit in Cannes was an anodyne event that took place without pyrotechnics under the banner of "Africa and World Equilibrium." Turn-out, with 34 African heads of state in attendance, was below the peak of the 2003 Paris Summit and failed to matc [...]
2007-03-06 08:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA FR
07PRETORIA3569BRENTHURST FOUNDATION PROVIDES ADVICE TO RWANDA,
[...] (SBU) The Brenthurst Foundation, a Johannesburg-based think tank funded by the Oppenheimer family, is providing "confidential" policy advice to the Governments of Liberia, Rwanda, Lesotho, and Mozambique. Greg Mills, Director of the Foundation (see bio-note at para 6),told PolOff and visitin [...]
2007-10-10 16:12:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAID PINR SF
07PRETORIA3873SAG GREAT LAKES ENVOY URGES AID FOR FNL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The internal PALIPEHUTU-FNL divisions are complicating the Burundi peace process, according to the South African Government (SAG) Great Lakes Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo. Mamabolo urged the international community to provide protection and humanitarian relief for FNL "defectors," ar [...]
2007-11-06 11:44:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL BY CG SF
07SHANGHAI291CHINA HOSTS AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao opened the African Development Bank (AFDB) 2007 Annual Meetings in Shanghai on May 16 with a speech that stressed China's sincere commitment to helping Africa develop and acknowledged that China needed to further implement its own financial sector reforms [...]
2007-05-16 09:14:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON CH XA
07USUNNEWYORK557DPKO BRIEFS P3 PLUS BELGIUM AND SOUTH AFRICA ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno briefed the P3 plus Two (South Africa and Belgium) on the situation in the DRC and its implications for an eventual MONUC phase-out. The discussion mostly concerned the deteriorating security situation in the Kivus [...]
2007-07-09 23:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEC UNSC KPKO MOPS CG
08BERLIN1529MEDIA REACTION: Financial Crisis, Economic, EU-Russia,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Economic) Financial Crisis 3. (Economic) U.S. Car Industry Problems 4. (EU-Russia) Energy Policy, Partnership Agreement 5. (U.S.-Afghanistan) Future Policy 6. (U.S.-EU) Future Cooperation 7. (Mideast) Peace Process 8. (U.S.) Obama [...]
2008-11-12 12:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BRUSSELS1474TWO ANTI-KABILA EXTRA-PARLIAMENTARY POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since mid-June, an Embassy Poloff with a previous posting in Kinshasa has been sought out separately by the heads of two different Congolese political groups (Union Socialiste Congolaise and the Movement des Patriots Congolais). These groups did not participate in the electoral [...]
2008-09-23 15:12:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG BE
08BRUSSELS1680BELGIAN GOVERNMENT INCHES TOWARD ACTION ON CRISIS
[...] Summary: (C) The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo) is currently the number one real-time foreign policy concern for the Belgian Government and one of the top stories in the Belgian press (French and Flemish). The GoB issued statements October 30 calling for an immediate [...]
2008-10-30 17:58:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPGOV PREL BE RW CG EU
08BRUSSELS1693CRISIS IN THE CONGO: BELGIAN FM DEGUCHT'S MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: On November 4 the Belgian MFA briefed European Union, Canadian, Japanese, South African, and U.S. Embassies on FM Karl De Gucht's November 1 meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. After providing the meeting points, the MFA Africa team offered Belgian views on the situation [...]
2008-11-04 16:57:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG BE
08BRUSSELS1749BELGIUM AND THE CONGO PART TROIS: MFA CONTACTS
[...] (C) Summary: PolEconCouns and Poloff joined MFA Congo Contacts for a wide ranging discussion on Belgium's latest efforts to end the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our contacts said Foreign Minister De Gucht would fly to New York November 25 and 26 to attempt to bolster the MO [...]
2008-11-18 18:04:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG BE
08BRUSSELS630BELGIAN MFA ON BELGIAN AID ALONG RWANDAN BORDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the course of a meeting on April 18, Paul Jansen, the Belgian MFA desk officer for Rwanda and Burundi, explained Belgium,s role in helping reassimilate Rwandan returnees and the status of Rwandan immigrants in Belgium. END SUMMARY Belgium,s Role in Reassimilation [...]
2008-04-24 14:54:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDBE PGOV PREL RWANDA CONGO
08DARESSALAAM282ICTR: CLOSURE, LEGACY AND BRINGING FUGITIVES TO
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Clint Williamson from the Office of War Crimes Issues (S/WCI) visited the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania from April 5 to 8. He discussed the Tribunal's completion strategy and urged all concerned to remain efficient and fo [...]
2008-05-05 03:23:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL TZ
08DJIBOUTI576DJIBOUTI REQUESTS EXPULSION OF WFP REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following months of growing tensions (refs A-B),Djibouti's acting foreign minister has formally requested the replacement of the current World Food Program Resident Representative (WFP ResRep),who is asked to depart "as soon as possible" due to "absence of cooperation" with aut [...]
2008-07-03 17:57:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EAGR DJ UN
08KAMPALA1431AFRICAN LEADERS LAUNCH CONTINENT'S LARGEST ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The leaders of 26 African countries agreed in Kampala on October 22 to begin work establishing a new economic community to compete more effectively in the global economy. The joint declaration of the First COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit calls for a merger of the three econom [...]
2008-10-24 08:48:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETRD EINV ECON PGOV XA
08KHARTOUM1241SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR
[...] (C) Summary: SE Williamson and Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie agreed to consider a resumption in bilateral discussions, possibly with a "re-calibrated" focus. Williamson stated several times during the meeting that President Bush's primary concern in Sudan is humanitarian, stating that " [...]
2008-08-15 14:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KIGALI106PRESIDENT KAGAME'S MEDIA COMMENTS ON KENYA
[...] (U) Recent comments made by Rwandan President Paul Kagame about the use of military force to resolve the situation in Kenya have resulted in a series of articles in local and international media, both critical and supportive of his views. In one interview, Kagame expressed a desire to see mor [...]
2008-02-08 11:06:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI107SPANISH JUDGE INDICTS 40 RWANDAN OFFICERS
[...] (U) Summary. A Spanish judge's indictment of 40 Rwandan military officers for mass killings has been viewed with measured skepticism by the Rwandan government, which awaits receipt and evaluation of the judicial documents. Media versions of the judge's statements suggest that outlandish an [...]
2008-02-08 11:06:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM MOPS RW
08KIGALI111RWANDA SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRIP TO
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: President Bush's February 19 visit to Rwanda is eagerly anticipated by the Government of Rwanda (GOR) and the Rwandan people. President and Mrs. Bush will be warmly welcomed. This visit is already widely viewed as serving to underscore the U.S. Government's d [...]
2008-02-11 09:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MASS EAID RW
08KIGALI112RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 14:14:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI151EUROPEAN COMMISSION TEAMS RECOMMEND MONITORS,
[...] (C) Summary. Two groups of EC election experts recently visited Rwanda. One team, concerned with election monitoring, will recommend to Brussels that a 60-plus election monitoring team be sent to Rwanda for the Chamber of Deputies election this fall. An earlier EC group, which evaluated p [...]
2008-03-05 15:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM RW
08KIGALI161RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR FEBRUARY
[...] (SBU) This edition of the monthly economic roundup includes: -- Commercial News: - Mobile Phone Industry Heats Up - New Stock Exchange Continues to Grow - Property Registration Fees Change -- Investment Issues: Bilateral Investment Treaty Signed -- Regional Issues: - Kenyan Viol [...]
2008-03-06 13:55:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI166MODEST CABINET RESHUFFLE IN RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary. President Kagame reshuffled his cabinet on March 7, issuing a late-night communique listing a 28- person body of Ministers and Ministers of State, twenty-three of whom served in the previous cabinet. Most major ministries went unchanged, with the Prime Minister and Ministers [...]
2008-03-10 14:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM RW
08KIGALI178Rwanda Update for 2008 President?s Report on
[...] SUMMARY. In accordance with reftel, the following provides an update for the 2007 President?s Report on AGOA for Rwanda. Economic Situation: The government exercises, chiefly through the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank, manages the economic health of the country, including tax co [...]
2008-03-13 11:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD RW
08KIGALI179RWANDA CONGRESSIONALLY-MANDATED REPORT ON FISCAL
[...] SUMMARY: President Paul Kagame continues to be a strong proponent of fiscal transparency within the Rwandan government (GOR). His government's strong anti- corruption stance, policies of financial openness and several significant financial reforms have been commended by the IMF as well as ot [...]
2008-03-13 11:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI225JOURNALIST UNDER FIRE AFTER KAGAME-HITLER
[...] (U) Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, editor-in-chief of Umuco (an independent Kinyarwanda-language paper),is being sought by Rwandan authorities after the publication of a highly controversial and inflammatory March 12 - 27 issue that among other things compared President Kagame to Hitler. The major [...]
2008-03-26 12:06:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RW
08KIGALI246PRESIDENT KAGAME COMDEMNS SPANISH INDICTMENTS,
[...] (U) At a press conference on April 1, President Paul Kagame dismissed the indictment of 40 senior Rwandan military officers by a Spanish judge in angry tones, calling the judge arrogant, an example of Western critics who presume to tell third world countries how to run their affairs, and pol [...]
2008-04-03 16:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MASS RW
08KIGALI262MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - High Council of the Press Releases Strategic Plan - Annual Government of Rwanda (GOR) Retreat - ICTR and GOR Sign Prisoner Accord - Auditor General's Report Published - 10th General Congress of Muslim Councils Meets --- [...]
2008-04-10 13:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI266PRESIDENT KAGAME CONTINUES TO CASTIGATE THE WEST
[...] (U) At April 7 genocide commemoration ceremonies at Nymata in eastern Rwanda (scene of extensive massacres in the 1994 genocide),President Paul Kagame (speaking consecutively in English and Kinyarwanda so "there could be no misinterpretation" of his comments) continued his harsh criticism of [...]
2008-04-11 06:04:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI292THE SPANISH INDICTMENTS: OUTRAGEOUS AND INACCURATE
[...] (C) Summary. The Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officers offers an unrecognizable version of some of the most painful and violent episodes in Rwanda's history, distorting the established record, inventing mass killings, placing the blame for any misfortune Rwandans have suffered [...]
2008-04-24 08:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI323RWANDA UNDERCUTS WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY BY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Rwandan Ministry of Information hosted a widely attended program of lectures in honor of World Press Freedom Day on May 2. The government expelled three independent journalists midway through the proceedings, claiming they had not been invited. Following the expulsions, t [...]
2008-05-06 08:18:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KPAO RW
08KIGALI325MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (SBU) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - Four Political Parties In Breach of Financial Regulations - Minister of Justice Campaigns Against "Judicial Sadism" - Killings of Genocide Survivors Climb? - Fighting "Genocide Ideology" Ombudsman Criticizes Four Par [...]
2008-05-06 09:01:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI369RWANDA - SPANISH INDICTMENTS "MERE ARROGANCE"
[...] (U) Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, including President Paul Kagame and Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama, continue their campaign against the Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officials (reftels). In comments delivered to commemorate Israel's 60th year, Kagame called the [...]
2008-05-27 13:10:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI380MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - Minister of Information Battles Independent Media - RPF Meets on Genocide, Defense of Government Policy - Spillover of Spanish Indictments - Genocide Fugitive Reaches Out to GOR? - National Electoral Commission on Track [...]
2008-06-02 15:59:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI402UPDATED CONTACT NUMBERS FOR RWANDAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Post submits the following information on Rwandan government officials. Country code for Rwanda is 250. Cell phones are generally more reliable than land lines. - Head of State Last/Family Name: KAGAME First/Middle Names: Paul Conventional Usage: Paul Kagame Formal Title: His Excel [...]
2008-06-11 06:32:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI436RWANDA SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR BILL NELSON
[...] (SBU) Introduction: Senator Nelson's visit to Rwanda comes at a promising time in U.S.-Rwandan relations. The U.S. Government has a deep partnership with Rwanda on a wide-range of bilateral, regional and global issues such as expanding economic development, peacekeeping in Darfur, resolving t [...]
2008-06-25 14:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI442RWANDA HOSTS FIRST EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
[...] (U) Summary: On June 26-28, Rwanda hosted the 9th East African Community (EAC - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi) Heads of State Summit in conjunction with the first-ever EAC Investment Conference. EAC leaders focused on the need to improve transportation and energy infrastructure, [...]
2008-06-30 15:08:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV OPIC RW
08KIGALI455RWANDA: MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (C) Kitty Llewelyn (protect),editor of the Sunday magazine for Rwanda's only daily newspaper, the English-language New Times, spoke with poloff June 7 about her experience as an expatriate working for the paper. Llewellyn described a culture in which members of the news room struggled against [...]
2008-07-03 14:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI461SENATOR NELSON VISITS RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Bill Nelson (D - FL) visited Rwanda July 4-6, meeting separately with President Kagame and National Security Service General Secretary Emmanuel Ndahiro, discussing Rwanda's regeneration after the 1994 genocide and intelligence matters, respectively. He also lunched wit [...]
2008-07-10 12:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI488RWANDAN ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 15:10:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA RW
08KIGALI5MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (SBU) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: -- Rwanda's Fifth National Dialogue -- The Rwandan Patriotic Front's 20th Anniversary Congress -- Changes in NGO Registration Procedures -- The High Council of the Press "Validation Workshop" President Chairs Fifth National D [...]
2008-01-04 09:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI525ETHNICITY IN RWANDA -- WHO GOVERNS THE COUNTRY?
[...] (C/NF) An analysis of the ethnic breakdown of the current Rwandan government shows Tutsis hold a preponderant percentage of senior positions. Hutus in very senior positions often hold relatively little real authority, and are commonly "twinned" with senior Tutsis who exercise real power. Th [...]
2008-08-05 16:34:00Embassy KigaliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PINS RW
08KIGALI536RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - Constitutional Amendments - Responding to Indictments - Last Political Prisoner Seeks Pardon, Without Apology - Prison Life Gets Tougher - New Policy on Visits and Food - Senate Calls for Closure of Gikondo Detention Center [...]
2008-08-08 13:18:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI558CHEVRON PULLS OUT OF RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Chevron closed shop in Rwanda. Citing extensive fraud in its Rwandan operations (including in the alleged fueling of MONUC aircraft that had not been in Kigali),and friction with the Government of Rwanda (GOR) on compliance with U.S. sanctions against fueling aircraft [...]
2008-08-13 14:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
08KIGALI560RWANDA - DEMARCHE ON EASTERN CONGO
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminali dismissed concerns about the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (ref A). In particular, she rejected any notion that the Government of Rwanda (GOR) continued to support Laurent Nkunda and the CNDP and allowed them [...]
2008-08-14 15:56:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI603MINISTER OF INFORMATION ON "BIASED" VOA AND BBC
[...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Minister of Information Louise Mushikiwabo August 28 to discuss her recent comments regarding possible suspension of the BBC and VOA broadcast transmissions for "non-factual" reporting. The BBC is now officially "boycotted" by the GOR, while the local Kinyarwan [...]
2008-09-04 15:11:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI620RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Release of Mucyo Commission report on French Responsibility in 1994 Genocide - Former ICTR Prosecutor on Rwandan Justice System, Universal Jurisdiction, and Transfer of Cases - Legislative Campaign Kick-Off - Some Reporters Shut Out - Kagame Talks Tough in Inter [...]
2008-09-11 16:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI624"CONTROLLED DEMOCRACY" - THE RULING RPF DOMINATES
[...] (C) Summary. President Paul Kagame's Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) has dominated the Chamber of Deputies election campaign, with several prQdural assists from the National Electoral CommissiQ The RPF has far surpassed the efforts of the two small parties also contesting thQelection -- the L [...]
2008-09-12 08:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RW
08KIGALI634RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review covers: Commercial Issues: -- Kobil Rwanda acquires Stippag petroleum business -- Total sells Rwanda operations to Engen Petroleum Ltd. -- Nakumatt launches business operations in Kigali -- Electrogaz dismantled Development Issues: -- Rwan [...]
2008-09-18 14:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC
08KIGALI708AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - RWANDA
[...] (U) This cable responds to queries in reftel. Country Background Summary -------------------------- 2.(U) With 85 percent of its population engaged in subsistence agriculture, Rwanda's economic priorities include poverty alleviation, encouraging private investment and infrastructure d [...]
2008-10-07 12:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PGOV RW
08KIGALI741PEACE, STABILITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, NOT WAR, ARE
[...] (C) Summary. Absent significant ethnic cleansing of Rwandaphone populations in eastern Congo, or a serious attack by the FDLR across the border, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) will likely keep its cool, keep its policy focus on development, and grit its collective teeth as it exchanges allega [...]
2008-10-17 11:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO RW
08KIGALI75KOUCHNER VISIT TO KIGALI: GREAT ATMOSPHERICS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner visited Kigali for four hours on January 26, sandwiched between stops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burkina Faso. Kouchner visited the Gisozi Genocide Memorial, and had talks with President Kagame, including a joint appearan [...]
2008-01-31 10:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL RW
08KIGALI750RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - EU Monitoring Team Privately Confirms Faulty Election Results - Chamber of Deputies Members Sworn In, Elect Speaker, Two Deputy Speakers - Government Seizes Newspaper Edition at Border - Cabinet Directs Expedited Adoption of English as Language of Instruction [...]
2008-10-23 13:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI760RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review Covers: Development Issues -- Government of Rwanda (GOR) consolidates seven agencies into the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) -- World Bank approves $24 million for ICT infrastructure -- GOR offers subsidies to local exporters -- Central [...]
2008-10-28 14:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC
08KIGALI768FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali briefed the local diplomatic corps October 29 on events in eastern Congo and the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) relations with the DRC. Museminali claimed that Rwandan armed forces had not fired in response to a Congolese armed forces (FARDC) [...]
2008-10-31 10:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI794MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT KAGAME OF RWANDA TO PRESIDENT-ELECT
[...] The following letter was received on November 6, 2008 from the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, to President-Elect Barack Obama: 05 November 2008 President-Elect Barack Obama United States of America Dear President-Elect Barack Obama, It gives me great pleasure to convey to you, the [...]
2008-11-06 12:46:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP RW
08KIGALI796SENIOR RWANDAN OFFICIAL ARRESTED IN GERMANY
[...] (C) Summary. German authorities in Frankfurt arrested close Kagame confidant and Chief of Rwandan Presidential Protocol, Rose Kabuye, under a European arrest warrant, based on indictments issued by a French judge in 2006. Kabuye requested transfer to France, where she will answer charges that [...]
2008-11-10 16:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI801RWANDA ON ARREST OF OFFICIAL, SITUATION IN CONGO
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali addressed the Kigali diplomatic corps on November 13 on the arrest in Germany of Rose Kabuye (reftel),Chief of Presidential Protocol, and on the situation in the DRC and prospects for progress in peacemaking. On Rose Kabuye, Museminali, assisted by [...]
2008-11-13 16:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI811RWANDA ON TALKS WITH CONGO, OBASANJO
[...] (U) In a follow-up to talks held in Kinshasa October 31 - November 1, a DRC delegation led by Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba visited Kigali November 14-15 to continue discussions on events in eastern Congo, normalization of relations, and next steps. Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary [...]
2008-11-20 12:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI871TAKING YES FOR AN ANSWER: SUPPORTING RWANDAN AND
[...] (C) Summary. The international community should reinforce recent positive contacts between Rwandan officials and their Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) counterparts so that they may capitalize on their new, mutual commitments. The U.S. and others have long urged the Rwandans and DRC t [...]
2008-12-24 13:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MASS PINR RW
08KIGALI872RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Effort to Form New Political Party - Protests Continue at German Embassy - FDLR Officer Reaches Rwanda - President Kagame Presides at National Dialogue and RPF Meeting - New Labor Code Under Consideration Disaffected PSD officer Tries to Form New Pa [...]
2008-12-24 13:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KINSHASA1002SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS WITH NATIONAL
[...] (S) Summary: National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe told AF Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley and PolCouns November 6 that the GDRC had already started on a multi-step process designed to lead to the resumption of full diplomatic relations between the DRC and Rwanda within [...]
2008-11-13 06:38:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1016RWANDAN ARMED GROUP POLITICAL LEADERSHIP PUSHES FOR
[...] (SBU) Post received a copy of a letter dated November 13 from the National Congress for Democracy (CND -- "Congres national pour la democratie" in French),which is a political umbrella for several FDLR elements, to Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexis Thambwe Mwamba. CND makes an open call to [...]
2008-11-17 13:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1050UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE GREAT LAKES OBASANJO
[...] (C) Summary: UN Great Lakes Envoy Olusegun Obasanjo briefed Kinshasa-based diplomats November 15 on his meetings with Angolan President dos Santos and with senior DRC officials, including President Kabila. Dos Santos told Obasanjo that there were no Angolan troops in the DRC, except for a f [...]
2008-11-26 07:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPAO
08KINSHASA1103GOMA NOTES - SUMBEIWO'S MEETING WITH NKUNDA
[...] (SBU) Retired Kenyan General Sumbeiwo, in his capacity as chief mediator for SGSE Obasanjo's peace efforts in the eastern DRC, met with CNDP Chairman Laurent Nkunda and approximately 15 members of his North Kivu administration on December 11 in the context of the negotiations that were being h [...]
2008-12-15 11:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA392 Kabila, SRSG/P-3 plus two and Angola discuss East,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 2 President Kabila met with SRSG Doss, ambassadors of the P-3 plus 2 nations, and Angola, the first meeting in this format in 2008. Kabila and the European ambassadors expressed disappointment - without explicitly blaming each other - for slow movement on economic devel [...]
2008-05-05 14:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA521SENIOR ADVISER SHORTLEY'S MEETING WITH SRSG DOSS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: SRSG Alan Doss told AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley June 2 that international supervision will be necessary at brassage centers for ex-combatants from North and South Kivu. He and Shortley agreed that disarmament and relocation or repatriation of FDLR members will be important [...]
2008-06-12 14:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG UN
08KINSHASA630GDRC receives surrender July 31 of RUD soldiers
[...] (SBU) The recent surrender of 67 Rassemblement pour l'Unit et la Democratie (RUD) soldiers in a public ceremony in North Kivu on July 31 was a small but potentially significant victory for DDRRR. The ceremony took place in the vicinity of Luofu in Lubero district. In attendance were the DRC M [...]
2008-08-05 06:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN
08KINSHASA804 40TH MEETING OF THE JMG TASK FORCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 4oth meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force in Goma was held GIVE DATE. The weapons destruction ceremony planned for the meeting was canceled due to ongoing fighting near Sake. A joint MDPR/DDRRR assessment mission to the RUD disarmament camp in Kasiki revealed [...]
2008-09-26 07:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA845 October 3 discussion with Colonel Mamba,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Goma poloff spoke October 3 with the head of the Congolese delegation to the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force, Colonel Augustin Mamba. Mamba claimed the RUD disarmament in Kasiki was overall a success story. He explained that working together with certain figures that [...]
2008-10-06 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA883 Kabila rejects AU plea from Jean Ping
[...] (SBU) African Union Commission Chair Jean Ping made a lightning trip to Kinshasa October 10-12 in an effort to defuse tensions between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda over fighting in the eastern DRC. Ping met with P-3 plus 2 ambassadors, SRSG Alan Doss, EU representatives, Se [...]
2008-10-14 15:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO AU CG
08KINSHASA921 EASTERN CONGO PEACE INITIATIVES FROM THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two regional organizations, the Eglise du Christ au Congo and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR),have outlined initiatives to persuade Rwandan President Kagame and DRC President Kabila to meet. The ICGLR initiative would involve the mediation by ano [...]
2008-10-24 06:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG
08KINSHASA930 EASTERN CONGO PEACE INITIATIVES FROM THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two regional organizations, the Eglise du Christ au Congo and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR),have outlined initiatives to persuade Rwandan President Kagame and DRC President Kabila to meet. The ICGLR initiative would involve the mediation by ano [...]
2008-10-27 10:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG
08KINSHASA946 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 29, 2008,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-29 20:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA949UN TEAM CRITICIZES RWANDA FOR CNDP LINKS, DRC FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Two members of the UN Group of Experts for the DRC (UNSC 1807) detailed on October 27 to Poloffs what they claimed was very strong evidence of Rwandan support for the CNDP, as well as extensive FARDC-FDLR military and commercial collaboration. The UN team is focusing on several [...]
2008-10-30 09:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EMIN MOPS PHUM CG
08KINSHASA959 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 3, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) On the evening of November 1, Charge consulted with EAC members, as well as RSO Kigali and the Department's Operations Center, regarding the status of USG personn [...]
2008-11-03 11:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA965 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 4, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC continues to reinforce Goma, to include armored personnel carriers at key locations, although troop levels appear to be less than optimal. MONUC military c [...]
2008-11-05 07:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA967 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 5, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID officer TDY in Goma/Gisenyi attended a MONUC military briefing the afternoon of November 4, at which it was confirmed that the GDRC curfew for Goma (applyin [...]
2008-11-05 11:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA972 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 5, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID officer TDY in Goma/Gisenyi reports continued calm in Goma. However, because the possible impact of the PARECO-CNDP fighting (reftel) is unclear, OCHA has [...]
2008-11-05 16:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA980 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 6, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation 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. Securit [...]
2008-11-06 11:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA984 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 7, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation 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. Securit [...]
2008-11-07 11:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08MADRID201RWANDA/SPAIN: INTL ARREST ORDERS IN WORKS, NOT YET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post agrees with ref A assessment regarding the February 7 indictments issued by Spanish National Court Judge Fernando Andreu of 40 Rwandan military officials on charges of genocide. The overall implication of the indictment is that Tutsi leadership, including President Kagame, [...]
2008-02-22 14:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KLIG KJUS OFDP SP RW
08MADRID409RWANDA/SPAIN: FURTHER INFORMATION ON INDICTMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post offers the following answers in response to ref A questions from Department regarding the Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officers. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JUDGE ANDREU AND THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE? Judge Andreu is completely indep [...]
2008-04-11 15:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS KLIG OFDP RW SP
08MADRID571S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON PRESSES SPAIN ON RWANDA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In consultations with Spanish interlocutors in Madrid May 19-20, Ambassador Williamson (S/WCI) urged the Spanish government to reach out to the Rwandan government at the political level to try to ease tensions over the Spanish judiciary's indictment of 40 Rwandan officials in conn [...]
2008-05-23 11:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM MASS KLIG KAWC OFDP RW SP
08OUAGADOUGOU432SUBJECT: Burkina Faso: Compaore Seeks to Win Favor
[...] (C) Key Points: -- President Blaise Compaore visited Israel May 13-15 for that country's 60th anniversary celebrations - the first ever visit by a Burkinabe head of state. -- Compaore was one of only three African heads of state attending. -- Previously, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi re [...]
2008-05-22 14:49:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID UV IS RW UG TO
08PARIS1568FRANCE’S CHANGING AFRICA POLICY: PART II (FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France's new Africa policy has received mixed reviews from Africans uncertain as France moves away from the "France-Afrique" model. Some Africans seem to accept the outlines of the new policy, some have expressed misgivings about replacing the familiar with the unknown, and some have p [...]
2008-08-13 17:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ECON MARR PHUM XA FR
08PARIS1584RWANDA: FRENCH REACTION TO GENOCIDE ACCUSATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting MFA Rwanda desk officer Claude Blevin said on August 14 that France was waiting to see if Rwanda would act on the recent Rwandan report accusing France of involvement in the 1994 genocide. He said the report was politically motivated and an attempt by Rwanda to have Fran [...]
2008-08-18 16:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPINR KJUS RW FR
08PARIS188FRANCE/DRC/RWANDA: FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rwanda and its troubled relations with France emerged as the key element of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's January 25-26 to the DRC and Rwanda, according to Laurent Chevallier, the MFA desk officer for both. Kouchner made a sincere, good-faith effort to display to [...]
2008-02-01 18:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CG RW FR
08PARIS2099RWANDA/FRANCE: ROSE KABUYE'S ARREST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French expect that Rwandan official Rose Kabuye will be extradited to France from Germany by November 21 at the latest. In France, she will testify before French judges investigating the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The judges will decide, in effect, either to dismiss the case [...]
2008-11-14 08:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS RW FR
08PARIS2150FRANCE/RWANDA: KABUYE CASE MAY OFFER A CHANCE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Counselor Romain Serman on November 24 said that France and Rwanda were taking steps to use Rwandan official Rose Kabuye's arrest as a basis for cooperation on resolving issues relating to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Rwanda may allow French investigators to visit [...]
2008-11-24 15:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS RW FR
08PARIS81SUDAN/KENYA/RWANDA: MFA DAS PROVIES OVERVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal (Central and East Africa) on January 11 said that France was highly concerned about renewed Chad-Sudan fighting but that the arrival in February of the EU's PKO in Chad and C.A.R. could help ease tensions. France renewed Abdulwahid el-Nur's res [...]
2008-01-15 11:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM SU CD CT KE RW FR
08STATE104948A/S FRAZER'S SEPT 21 MEETING WITH TANZANIAN PRESIDENT KIKWETE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. AF Assistant Secretary Jendayi E. Frazer met with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete on September 21 on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Kikwete called South African President Thabo Mbeki,s resignation unfortunate and said he expects the Vice President [...]
2008-10-01 18:51:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TZ SF ZI RW CG
08STATE77798USUN DEMARCHE FOR KK UNAMID SUPPORT
[...] (C) This is an action request for USUN (para 4). 2. (C) In several recent meetings with the State Department, the most senior GOR leaders have delivered the message that Rwanda will pull out of Darfur if Rwandan UNAMID Deputy Force Commander General Karenzi Karake is removed. Most notab [...]
2008-07-19 00:54:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL RW SU UNSC
08TOKYO1463 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1492 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3439 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-17 23:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08USUNNEWYORK1062UN ON DRC: GIVE TROOPS, PRESSURE KAGAME; 85
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General Le Roy on November 11 called on the Security Council to approve rapidly the UN request for more MONUC troops. He warned MONUC was "all alone" in the east and reinforcements were desperately needed to defend Goma and protect civilians. Le Roy said Co [...]
2008-11-13 00:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW
08USUNNEWYORK1129MONUC AT UN: GIVE US CLEAR DIRECTIONS FOR DRC-AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SRSG Alan Doss asked the Security Council on November 26 for clear operational guidelines for MONUC, especially regarding use of force. He also said a temporary stabilization force is sorely needed as we await the additional MONUC troops the Council recently authorized. He sa [...]
2008-12-03 00:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO UNSC XA BY CG
08USUNNEWYORK957SYG BAN ON DRC, BURMA, SUDAN, SOMALIA, FINANCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 23:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN KPKO SU SO BM
08USUNNEWYORK971SYG BAN ON DRC, KOSOVO, PAKISTAN, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] (S) Ambassador Khalilzad met with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon one-on-one early evening October 22 to discuss DRC, Kosovo, Pakistan, the November 15 Financial Crisis Summit and the upcoming International Conference on Financing for Development in Doha. 2. (S) DRC: The S [...]
2008-10-24 15:30:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK992UN SAYS SITUATION IN DRC IS DIRE, ASKS FOR HELP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacekeeping U/SYG Le Roy said in two recent meetings an immediate political solution was needed to end hostilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),and that MONUC required additional resources to protect civilians. Le Roy believed if Goma fell MONUC would be at ri [...]
2008-10-31 14:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW
09ADDISABABA1662AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT WRAP-UP: QADHAFI PULLS IT
[...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya, resulted in a strong call by member states for the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Eritrea for its support of al-Shabaab forces who are threatening the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of President Sheikh S [...]
2009-07-15 06:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR AU
09ADDISABABA265AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH AU
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, USAID Acting Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, and Sudan Programs Group Director Timothy Shortley, met with AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra January 31, on the margins of the AU [...]
2009-02-02 16:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO SU ZI CG
09ADDISABABA270AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with UN Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Eastern Congo Alan Doss January 31 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Carter brought Le [...]
2009-02-02 18:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU XA SU SO CG RW
09ADDISABABA354AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary met with French Ministry of Foreign Affairs AF A/S-Equivalent Stephane Gompertz, Presidential Advisor for African Affairs Remi Marechaux, and Ambassador Jean-Christophe Belliard February 2 on the margins of the African Union Summit. On Sudan, the Fr [...]
2009-02-09 16:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR XA AU
09BRUSSELS1313BELGIAN MFA HINTS AT POSITIONS PRIOR TO GLCG
[...] (C) Belgian Congo Desk Officer Hugues Chantry and Rwanda/Burundi Desk Officer Stephane Doppagne shared some Belgian ideas on Great Lakes issues with Poloff September 29. The topics discussed provided some insight into what the GOB might present at the Great Lakes Contact Group (GLCG) in Washi [...]
2009-09-30 06:06:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOG CG RW BE
09BRUSSELS1425BELGIUM'S GOALS FOR THE AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gutman hosted a luncheon October 8 with the Belgian MFA Africa team and the Chief of Staff to Belgium's Minister for Development Cooperation to discuss Belgium's priorities in the African Great Lakes region. Regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Belgium [...]
2009-10-23 15:55:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI CG BE
09BRUSSELS1738MONUC HEAD AND GREAT LAKES ENVOYS DISCUSS NEED FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 18:13:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS CG
09BRUSSELS314ACTING A/S CARTER'S MEETING WITH BELGIANS ON AFRICA
[...] (C) Summary: Acting A/S Carter had a positive exchange of views with the Belgian MFA Africa Team at a breakfast hosted by Charge February 26. The MFA was represented by Africa Director Guy Trouveroy, Minister De Gucht's Deputy Chef du Cabinet Jean-Luc Bodson, Great Lakes Envoy Karl Dehaene, an [...]
2009-03-06 10:00:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI MARR MOPS CG BE
09BRUSSELS318U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON AFRICA FEBRUARY 27
[...] (C) Summary: Acting AF Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter represented the U.S. at the troika meeting with the EU on Africa issues, held February 27 in Brussels. The agenda included the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan),Zimbabwe, West Africa (Mauritania and Guinea),the Great La [...]
2009-03-06 18:18:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID ETTC XA EUN CH
09BUJUMBURA301BURUNDI -- VIEWS OF A DEPARTING AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After three years as Ambassador to Burundi, I am convinced that this small, poverty-stricken, conflict-ridden nation has the potential to fulfill its promise as a durable African success story. Despite the just-resolved 15-year civil conflict, lack of infrastructure, deep-roote [...]
2009-06-30 15:28:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALBY CH LY MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL RW SU
09CAIRO2130A/S CARSON'S OCTOBER 27 DISCUSSION OF AFRICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 09:47:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL SO SU ER CG EG
09DARESSALAAM286EAST AFRICAN COMMON MARKET: GRADUALISM IN ACTION
[...] The five East African Community (EAC) Heads of State, at a summit meeting April 29 in Arusha, announced a delay in the planned signing of the long-negotiated Common Market Protocol until their next summit in November 2009. The leaders' agreement on the final outstanding issues of the protocol [...]
2009-05-02 17:10:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL TZ BY KE RW UG
09DARESSALAAM585STIFLED POTENTIAL: FIBER-OPTIC CABLE LANDS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The landing of the Seacom undersea fiber-optic cable presents Tanzania with significant opportunities for making voice traffic and data connections less expensive and more reliable. With proper management, this cable could be transformative for Tanzania across the d [...]
2009-09-04 04:48:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EINT ETTC PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM844TANZANIA RAIL: GOT WEIGHS PROPOSALS TO FIX THE CENTRAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Tanzania, in looking at ways to improve its crumbling rail infrastructure, is considering an upgrade to U.S. standard gauge of its Central Line, running from Dar es Salaam to northwest Tanzania. A USTDA-supported study, conducted by U.S. rail firm BNSF, argues [...]
2009-12-07 14:26:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON ELTN EAID PGOV PREL TZ
09KIGALI149RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Annual Government of Rwanda (GOR) Retreat - Bringing Gacaca to a Close - End to Canadian Aid for Rwanda - Journalists Expelled From Police Event - Japan to Open Embassy in Rwanda ------------------------ GOR Holds Annual Retreat ------------------------ [...]
2009-03-06 12:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI15RWANDA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] (U) This cable responds to queries in reftel 2. (U) OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ -- The Government of Rwanda recognizes the private sector is an essential engine of development and welcomes foreign investment in policy and in practice. -- In Se [...]
2009-01-13 12:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC KTDB USTR
09KIGALI150ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN GATHERS FORCE
[...] (C) Summary. In recent months, anti-corruption efforts by the Rwandan government (GOR) have gathered force, with several senior civil servants under arrest. The GOR leadership is issuing orchestrated messages on anti-corruption, and a new anti-corruption body has been established to coordin [...]
2009-03-06 12:52:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM ECON RW
09KIGALI158READING THE TEA LEAVES - RWANDA'S ECONOMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-10 15:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ENGR EINV PGOV RW
09KIGALI163NKUNDA LOSES FIRST ROUND IN COURT
[...] (C) On March 11, a Rwandan Higher Instance court denied an application for release of detained renegade Congolese General Laurent Nkunda, ruling on procedural grounds that the court could not accept the case, and noting that the application had been addressed to the wrong individual represe [...]
2009-03-12 15:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
09KIGALI173SOMALI PRESIDENT VISITS RWANDA
[...] (SBU) President of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed met with President Paul Kagame on March 16 during a short visit to Rwanda. Local media reported that the focus of the conversation was cooperation between the two governments, including military suppo [...]
2009-03-20 13:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI207RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]
2009-04-13 07:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI208RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]
2009-04-13 07:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI212SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S VISIT TO RWANDA
[...] (C) Your visit underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda, our support for peace and security in the region, and our recognition of Rwanda's leading role as an international peacekeeping force. You will arrive shortly after a week-long national commemoration of the 1994 genoc [...]
2009-04-14 11:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PGOV ECON EAID
09KIGALI221RWANDA BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
[...] (U) The FY09 foreign assistance package for Rwanda includes funds that are considered assistance for the central government under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2003 (FOAA-3). Post therefore provides the following responses to the questions [...]
2009-04-20 06:00:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL EFIN PGOV RW
09KIGALI237SUPPORTING DARFUR CANDIDACY OF RWANDAN GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Rwandan government (GOR) has nominated Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba to be the Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force (UNAMID) in Darfur, replacing current Commander, Nigerian General Martin Agwai. Nyamvumba is currently the J4 (Logistics Ch [...]
2009-04-24 09:07:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS KPKO RW
09KIGALI279SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE: RWANDA UN ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: I am delighted you will participate in the UN Security Council's May 17-18 visit to Rwanda. The Mission staff and I look forward to assisting you during your visit. Your participation underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda and our support [...]
2009-05-08 06:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC MOPS PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI314SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ISAKSON
[...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes CODEL Isakson to Rwanda. Your visit to Rwanda comes at an excellent time in U.S.-Rwandan relations. The U.S. Government has a deep partnership with Rwanda on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues such as fighting the spread of the global scourges [...]
2009-05-21 15:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI325RWANDAN AMBASSADORS NAMED FOR DRC AND OTHER POSTS
[...] (SBU) On May 6, the Rwandan cabinet announced the nomination of several new ambassadors, including most prominently Amandin Rugira as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Following are biographic notes and Mission comments on the various nominations. 2. (SBU) Amandin [...]
2009-05-27 09:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI329READ-OUT OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL MAY 17 MEETING
[...] (C) A local diplomatic mission (protect) shared with us its written report on the UN Security Council team,s May 17 meeting with President Paul Kagame. The meeting preceded a separate discussion between Kagame and U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Susan Rice (reftel) and cov [...]
2009-05-28 09:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO RW
09KIGALI33SUPPORTING THE JOINT CONGOLESE AND RWANDAN EFFORT
[...] (C) As the international community awaits details of the joint Congolese/Rwandan military effort in the Kivus, it is essential we keep in mind what a sea change this joint operation represents. After many ups and downs, and often sharp disagreements on what has been happening in the eastern [...]
2009-01-22 15:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINS PINR RW
09KIGALI335RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Kagame Castigates Party Officials at RPF Political Bureau Meeting - Anti-Corruption Campaign Continues -- Prosecutor General Readies New Cases - New Political Parties Have Trouble Organizing - Nkunda Loses Round Three Kagame Tough On RPF Cadres --------- [...]
2009-06-01 08:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI353UNHCR ON CLOSURE OF KIGEME CAMP, RETURNING RWANDAN
[...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Rwanda Country Representative Nyekan (protect) to discuss the June 2 closure of Kigeme refugee camp, and the return of Rwandan refugees from Uganda. While 1500 Burundian refugees in Kigeme accepted return in Ma [...]
2009-06-10 11:27:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM RW
09KIGALI370RWANDA'S 2009-2010 BUDGET TABLED BEFORE PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister James Musoni introduced the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) 2009-2010 budget before Parliament on June 11. His budget message laid out a USD 1.452 billion budget, up 24 percent from last year in nominal terms, with domestic resources for the first time exceeding [...]
2009-06-17 15:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID RW
09KIGALI42564TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY: INTERIM REPORT ON RWANDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 11:40:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP UNGA RW
09KIGALI454RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Minister of Education Sacked - Ombudsman Report on Corruption Raises Hackles in Justice Sector - New Political Parties -- One Nearing Registration? - Nkunda Tries A Letter Writing Campaign Hard-Charging Minister Falls Hard on Corruption Charges ---------- [...]
2009-07-24 10:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI468 MINI-CABINET SHUFFLE IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) On July 26, Rwanda government radio and television announced President Kabila's modest reshuffling of cabinet positions. Most ministries went unchanged, with the key positions of Prime Minister and Ministers of Defense, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Internal Security, and Justice remaining [...]
2009-07-29 13:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI472NEXT STEPS FOR THE RWANDA-DRC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (S) In a July 24 conversation with DCM (then Charge),National Security Service (NSS) Director General Emmanuel Ndahiro said he expected Presidents Kagame and Kabila to meet some time before the UNGA sessions in New York in September. He did not have a specific date, but added that the possib [...]
2009-07-30 14:03:00Embassy KigaliSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS KMCA RW
09KIGALI505GADFLY NEWSPAPER AGAIN COURTS CONTROVERSY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Rwanda's media authority on August 5 recommended the suspension of local-language newspaper "Umuseso" for three months, following its publication of an article that called President Kagame a dictator, compared him to the pre-genocide president who died when his aircraft was shot d [...]
2009-08-15 13:31:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS RW
09KIGALI51WHEREABOUTS OF GENERAL NKUNDA
[...] (C) As of January 28, General Laurent Nkunda continues to be held by Rwandan security forces in his family's residence in Gisenyi, according to close associates. He also has access to a government residence close by. He receives visits from family members (including a recent delivery of cl [...]
2009-01-28 16:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PINS RW
09KIGALI525SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS
[...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes CODEL Meeks to Rwanda. The U.S. Government partners closely with Rwanda on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues such as fighting HIV/AIDS and malaria, expanding economic development and assisting Rwanda's democratic structures. Rwandans deeply a [...]
2009-08-26 06:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID KDEM PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI534KAGAME FIRES EDUCATION MINISTER OF STATE FOLLOWING
[...] (C) Summary. President Kagame fired the Rwandan Minister of State for Education following media reports that the official had abused power during his earlier tenure as mayor of Kigali. Kagame initially criticized the press report, but after a later article provided additional information ba [...]
2009-08-28 10:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO RW
09KIGALI536RWANDA, CONGO SOLICIT FUNDING FOR JOINT ENERGY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The energy ministers from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) met in Rwanda on August 17 to review and solicit donor support for a potential joint Rwandan-Congolese energy project. This project is a tangible outcome of the groundbreaking August 6 Kagame-Kabila m [...]
2009-08-28 14:51:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN EAID ENRG RW CG
09KIGALI569KAGAME SWEARS IN TWO NEW SENATORS
[...] (U) President Kagame on September 10 administered the oath of office to two new senators, Josee Kagabo and Henriette Umulisa, filling two vacancies. One was left by Stanley Safari, who fled Rwanda in June in the middle of his gacaca trial. (Note: He subsequently received a life sentence for [...]
2009-09-11 13:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI570CODEL MEEKS VISIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A Congressional delegation led by Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY),who chairs the House Financial Services Committee's Sub-committee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, and including subcommittee members Representatives Melvin Watt (NC),Sheila Jackson Lee (TX),Jack Kingston (GA) [...]
2009-09-11 14:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALOREP ECON ETRD EFIN EAID PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI588RWANDA NO "ISLAND" - KAGAME PREACHES REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 13 meeting with visiting senior State Department officials, President Kagame said his country's future success depended on the stability and prosperity of the region as a whole. Accordingly, Rwanda wanted closer ties with neighbors such as the Democratic Republ [...]
2009-09-18 17:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID CG RW
09KIGALI634RWANDAN PM DESCRIBES IMPROVING RWANDA-DRC TIES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, Rwanda's prime minister confirmed plans for Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to exchange ambassadors in the very near future and said Rwanda sought to strengthen its economic partnership with both the DRC and with countries belonging to the Ea [...]
2009-10-07 07:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ECON EAID CG RW
09KIGALI672KAGAME LOOKS SET TO WIN 2010 VOTE; NEW PARTIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwanda is set to hold presidential elections in August 2010. President Paul Kagame is likely to run and win a second seven-year term, and his party dominates the national political landscape. Despite this, several small new political parties and figures have emerged in recent [...]
2009-10-15 16:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EAID KJUS RW
09KIGALI694ELECTORAL COMMISSION UNVEILS PLANS FOR 2010 VOTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwandan election officials briefed the donor community October 15 on preparations for Rwanda's next presidential elections, set for August 9, 2010. Outstanding funding needs are modest at $1.2m, and the electoral process will feature a twenty-day campaign period. Parliament is [...]
2009-10-27 16:43:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID RW
09KIGALI699GOVT ALLOWING OPPOSITION BREATHING SPACE, SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, Internal Security Minister Harerimana told Emboffs the Rwandan government was purposely not applying the law to the full extent and was allowing new opposition parties some latitude to form and operate. He cautioned that politicians could easily manipulate many Rw [...]
2009-10-28 16:28:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS RW
09KIGALI719OPPOSITION FIGURE NTAGANDA TO CHALLENGE KAGAME AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 25, members of the fledgling Parti Social-Imberakuri (PS-Imberakuri) party voted overwhelmingly to nominate party founder Bertrand Ntaganda, an ethnic Hutu lawyer, to be their candidate for Rwanda's 2010 presidential elections. Ntaganda was a founding member of the P [...]
2009-11-04 06:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI735CONGOLESE AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Norbert Nkulu from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) arrived in Kigali November 2, to begin an assignment as the DRC's ambassador to Rwanda--the first since Presidents Kabila and Kagame took office. Ambassador met Nkulu on November 5, at a reception during which Nkulu warmly en [...]
2009-11-06 09:36:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CG RW
09KIGALI77RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda Economic Review covers: -- 2008 Tourism revenues up 55 percent over 2007, but slow start to 2009 -- Economy grows 10 percent in 2008 -- Rwandatel to invest $45 million to expand market share, MTN launches BlackBerry -- Construction begins on new Hydro Powe [...]
2009-02-05 13:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC RW
09KIGALI770NEW DRC AMBASSADOR DESCRIBES MISSION, PRAISES GOR
[...] (C) In a November 19 call, new Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ambassador Norbert Nkulu described in warm terms his reception by Rwandan officials and what he described as a large and welcoming Congolese community here - many of whom met him at the airport. He recounted with visible pl [...]
2009-11-20 06:05:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON PINR PHUM CG RW
09KIGALI78RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Efforts to Form New Political Party Continue - Ombudsman on Corruption - EU Final Election Report Issued - Intel Chiefs Meet in Rwanda New Party Holds Assembly and Press Conference --------------------------------------------- 2. (C) Supporters of the n [...]
2009-02-05 13:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI785CHINESE DELEGATION TO ATTEND RWANDA AGRICULTURE
[...] (SBU) During a November 24 meeting with USAID econoff, Chinese Embassy economic counselor Wang Qin said a delegation consisting of agriculture experts and Chinese Export-Import Bank representatives would attend the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) conference schedule [...]
2009-11-24 16:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EAGR RW
09KIGALI788CHINESE DELEGATION PLANS TO ATTEND DEC. 7-8
[...] (SBU) During a November 24 meeting with USAID econoff, Chinese Embassy economic counselor Wang Qin said a delegation consisting of agriculture experts and Chinese Export-Import Bank representatives would attend the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) conference schedule [...]
2009-11-25 06:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID RW
09KIGALI789TOUGH ANTI-GOVERNMENT RHETORIC IS A STAPLE OF
[...] (C) Anti-Government of Rwanda (GOR) rhetoric coupled with personal criticism of President Kagame and his Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) party are the staples of Rwanda's Kinyarwanda-language popular press. A review of local language tabloids, all with small press runs but relatively wide reade [...]
2009-11-25 06:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KPAO PREL CG RW
09KIGALI80DRC-GOR JOINT OPERATION SCORES SUCCESS, IS EXTENDED
[...] (C ) Summary. Senior Rwandans report that President Kabila has asked Government of Rwanda (GOR) troops to remain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) until February 28. A senior Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) officer asked if the U.S. had agreed with Kabila,s request to place U.S. milit [...]
2009-02-05 17:39:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINS PGOV RW
09KIGALI802RWANDA AND FRANCE RESTORE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Governments of Rwanda (GOR) and France (GOF) announced November 29 that they had agreed to restore fully diplomatic relations between the two countries. Relations were ruptured in November 2006 after a French judge indicted senior GOR officials on charges - vehemently reject [...]
2009-12-01 06:28:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS FR RW
09KIGALI806PRESIDENT KAGAME OPEN TO HAVING INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) In a meeting with Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame and Minister of Justice, Tharcisse Karugarama, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp thanked the Government of Rwanda for accepting prisoners transferred from the Special Court for Sierra Leone, underscoring the importance [...]
2009-12-01 13:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL RW
09KIGALI822RWANDAN CABINET SHUFFLE, NEW FOREIGN AND FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary. In the third cabinet shuffle of the year, President Kagame replaced his Foreign and Finance ministers and rearranged cabinet responsibilities for other ministers. The new Foreign Minister, Louise Mushikwabo, had been Minister of Information. She came back to Rwanda and became In [...]
2009-12-03 13:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RW
09KIGALI829TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY REVIEWS FOOD SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin reviewed food security, infrastructure needs and the impact of the global economic downturn on Rwanda with senior government officials, members of the private sector and international donor organizations October 29-November 1. Rwanda's [...]
2009-12-04 14:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAGR EAID EINV PREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI830RWANDAN VIEWS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Many Rwandans are aware of the negative impacts of climate change on their country and are taking a proactive approach, both domestically and internationally, to mitigate against those impacts. The government of Rwanda (GOR) is aggressively promoting "clean and green" energy (Ref [...]
2009-12-04 14:41:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR EAID ECON RW
09KIGALI847RWANDA CAADP POST-COMPACT MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On 7-8 December 2009, the Government of Rwanda hosted Africa's first Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) Post-Compact HiQuF[0Fe&Zi. Stakeholders at the meeting endorsed Rwanda's Strategic Plan for the Transformation of Agriculture and applauded the Gover [...]
2009-12-14 07:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ETRD PREL EAID AU RW
09KIGALI856BIO REPORT: MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY MONIQUE
[...] (SBU) Monique Nsanzabaganwa is the Minister of Trade and Industry. She was born in 1971 in Muhororo, Ruhango District. She received an MA (cum laude) in economics from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa in 2002, winning the Department of Economics' award for best master's student. Sh [...]
2009-12-15 13:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON ETRD RW
09KIGALI857SENATE PRESIDENT OPPOSES ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 4 meeting with Ambassador, Senate president Vincent Biruta said he was opposed to anti-homosexual language in the current draft penal code, and he did not expect such language to pass. Biruta said his party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD),would soon decide [...]
2009-12-15 14:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS RW
09KIGALI859NKUNDA'S ATTORNEY CONTINUES TO ARGUE HIS CLIENT'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Canadian defense attorney for detained CNDP leader Laurent Nkunda told Emboffs December 9 that Rwanda's Supreme Court had agreed to hold a hearing on January 13, 2010 about the legality of Nkunda's detention. The attorney claimed to have had no direct communication with Nkunda [...]
2009-12-16 12:23:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS MARR CG RW
09KIGALI870RWANDA-FRANCE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ON FAST TRACK
[...] (C) Visiting French MFA Director General of Administration Stephane Romatet told Ambassador on December 17 that the Quai d'Orsay planned to have a full-time political officer in Rwanda by early January, 2010 and an ambassador here later that month. He said France intends to start quickly, at [...]
2009-12-18 12:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON PGOV CG RW
09KIGALI874RPF FLEXES ITS MUSCLES DURING CONGRESS, CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, approximately 2500 Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) members from across Rwanda held a party congress in Kigali to hear remarks by Rwandan president Paul Kagame and other senior figures and to elect individuals to fill party leadership slots. RPF rank and file n]F 6v [...]
2009-12-22 06:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR RW
09KINSHASA1064SA WOLPE IN KINSHASA 3/3: BOSCO, GOMA II, AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe met with GDRC leaders and key foreign ambassadors as part of his November 13-17 salutatory visit to Kinshasa in which he outlined USG objectives and initiatives in the region (reftels B and C). In meetings with former GDRC Vice P [...]
2009-12-07 14:16:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1066DRC ACCREDITS RWANDAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: Rwandan Ambassador Amandin Rugira submitted his credentials to DRC President Joseph Kabila on December 2 in a brief ceremony at the presidential offices, Palais de la Nation. Prior to formally assuming his duties, Rugira met with USG officials to discuss the new Rwandan diplomati [...]
2009-12-08 14:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1129DRC-RWANDA BILATERAL COMMISSION DISCUSSES SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC-Rwandan Joint Grand Commission met in Kinshasa December 17-19, after a recess of 21 years. Minister for International Cooperation Raymond Tshibanda led the DRC delegation and his former homologue and newly appointed Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo led the Rwandan c [...]
2009-12-22 17:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EPET EAIR MARR PREF RW CG
09KINSHASA192MONUC ANALYST DISCUSSES EVENTS IN THE KIVUS,
[...] (C) Summary: Johan Peleman, Chief of MONUC's Joint Mission Analysis Cell, told PolCouns and visiting Washington analysts on February 26 that, although the joint FARDC-RDF operations against the FDLR had been successful in North Kivu, dealing with the FDLR in South Kivu represented enormous c [...]
2009-03-02 16:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PINR PHUM CG
09KINSHASA314A CONVERSATION WITH GENERAL JOHN NUMBI
[...] (C) Summary: On the evening of March 31, Ambassador Garvelink met with General John Numbi and discussed a range of issues. Topics included the GDRC-GOR joint operations in North Kivu, the demise of the CNDP, MONUC, the resignation of Vital Kamerhe as President of the National Assembly, and [...]
2009-04-02 06:12:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MARR MOPS IN CG
09KINSHASA328TUTSI POLITICIAN RUBERWA CONCERNED THAT FAILURE TO
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 2 meeting with Ambassador, Chairman of the Congolese Rally for Democracy Party (RCD) Azarias Ruberwa warned that failure by Parliament to enact an Amnesty Law could easily encourage CNDP elements to reject integration and take up arms again. Ruberwa claimed that [...]
2009-04-06 12:34:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA388DIMENSIONS OF THE RWANDOPHONE RISE IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Summary: It appears likely that, as previously reported, one of the central dynamics in North Kivu in the coming months will be the rise of "Rwandophone" power. The context of this dynamic is that in late 2008, Presidents Kabila and Kagame probably made a deal whereby Kagame would deact [...]
2009-04-20 13:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA390POTENTIAL RESISTANCE TO THE RWANDOPHONE AGENDA IN
[...] (C) Summary: Reftel was analysis of key aspects of what appears to be an active policy, closely connected with recent Kinshasa-Kigali rapprochement, to secure Rwandophone dominance in North Kivu, specifically in the "Petit Nord". This message outlines the likely sources of resistance to this [...]
2009-04-21 09:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA413CONVERSATION WITH PROMINENT GOMA NGO LEADER ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: We recently met with Alois Tegera, head of a Goma NGO, to discuss the rise of Rwandophone influence in North Kivu. Tegera expressed hope that the Kabila-Kagame rapprochement would bring long-term stability to North Kivu, while at the same time evincing regret about what he perc [...]
2009-04-28 07:14:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA453KABILA'S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF LAMENTS PRESIDENT'S
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met on April 30 with Kikaya Bin Karubi, former Private Secretary to President Kabila and current ambassador-designate to the United Kingdom, for a wide-ranging and candid discussion. Topics discussed included Freeport McMoRan's status, the background and aftermath of [...]
2009-05-08 09:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV CG
09KINSHASA503NORTH KIVU HUNDE DISCUSSES RWANDOPHONIE
[...] (C) Summary: A North Kivu Hunde contact recently told us that both DRC President Kabila and Rwandan President Kagame want North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku to step down. While Nande do not oppose Paluku being replaced, they do not want a Rwandophone governor or vice-governor. The GDRC, in t [...]
2009-05-28 14:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PINR PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA519KABILA AND SENIOR GDRC OFFICIALS MEET WITH THE
[...] (C) Summary: The GDRC, including at the presidential level, has held separate meetings with the CNDP, South Kivu Armed Groups (SKAGs),and the North Kivu Armed Groups. We have received a readout on the first two. The CNDP has officially been recognized as a political party, but there is ju [...]
2009-06-05 09:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PREF PHUM CG
09KINSHASA521RWANDOPHONIE: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT MEANS -- THE
[...] (C) Summary: Since the early 2009 rapprochement between Kinshasa and Kigali, there has been great focus on the phenomenon of Rwandophone ascendancy in North Kivu to the detriment of other ethnic groups. Much has been reported (reftels) about the different aspects (political, economic, and s [...]
2009-06-05 11:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON PREF PHUM MOPS CG
09KINSHASA573FORMER NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR SERUFULI ON DECOUPAGE,
[...] (C) Summary. Former North Kivu Governor Eugene Serufuli has reiterated complaints about the power of ethnic Nande in North Kivu Province and his support to split the province into Nande and "Rwandophone" dominated zones ("decoupage"). He described his relationship with detained Tutsi rebel l [...]
2009-06-18 07:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREF PINR PREL CG RW
09KINSHASA578DRC: MBUSA NYAMWISI -- YESTERDAY'S MAN?
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting with TDY poloff, Minister of Decentralization and Territorial Development Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi expressed bitterness and resignation about developments in the DRC. An ethnic Nande, who in October was demoted from Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mbusa strongly c [...]
2009-06-19 09:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PINS PREF RW CG
09KINSHASA741 KABILA, KAGAME MEET AUGUST 6 AT BORDER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidents Kabila and Kagame met yesterday, August 6, in the adjoining border cities of Goma/Rubavu (ex-Gisenyi). We do not yet have information on the private meetings between the two heads of state; Kabila and his team are still in Goma where they will meet with Secretary Cl [...]
2009-08-07 12:28:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA764VITAL KAMERHE DISCUSSES KABILA, HIS RESIGNATION,
[...] (C) Summary: Vital Kamerhe, the former President of the National Assembly, recently provided Special Envoy Wolpe and polcouns a comprehensive review of the DRC's recent political history, offering his perspective on the DRC's political evolution. He views President Kabila as a changed man -- [...]
2009-08-19 08:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN KDEM KJUS CG
09KINSHASA796IMPROVING DRC-GOR RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: All indications are that the main focus of the August 6 Kabila-Kagame discussions was development of Lake Kivu methane gas as an energy source. Specific details regarding the meeting, the first bilateral meeting between DRC and Rwandan presidents since 1998, remain sketchy, as t [...]
2009-08-27 13:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG RW
09KINSHASA886NGO ACTIVIST ON RUDIA II, KIMIA II, AND INTEGRATION
[...] (C) Summary: Noel Atama, a field researcher for the NGO ENOUGH, told PolCouns recently that, although the tide had turned against the LRA, capturing LRA leader Joseph Kony and dismantling the rebel group could ultimately take time. On Kimia II, Atama encouraged the FARDC to stay the course, [...]
2009-09-29 11:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREF PHUM PREL CG
09LONDON435AFRICA: HMG'S PRIORITIES TO DISCUSS WITH THE OBAMA
[...] (C/NF) Summary. UK officials have highlighted Prime Minister Gordon Brown's priorities in Africa and previewed the core messages which the Prime Minister plans to bring to discussions with U.S. officials. Zimbabwe, Sudan, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remain HMG's top p [...]
2009-02-19 13:28:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID UNSC KPKO PHUM ECON XA SO SU ZI
09MONROVIA218LIBERIA: 1200 DELEGATES ATTEND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Sirleaf and President of Finland Tarja Halonen convened the successful "International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security" March 7-8 at the Samuel K. Doe Stadium in Monrovia. The resulting "Monrovia Declaration" cal [...]
2009-03-24 15:08:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAO LI
09PARIS1198GREAT LAKES; SE WOLPE'S AUGUST 28 CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the Presidency and MFA were in general agreement with Great Lakes Special Envoy Howard Wolpe during his August 28 meetings in Paris. The French agreed on the need to encourage continued cooperation between the DRC and Rwanda, and between Presidents Kabila an [...]
2009-09-02 08:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR PHUM ZF RW CG FR
09PARIS1349RWANDA: FRENCH JUDGE ENDS QUESTIONING OF ROSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French judge investigating events concerning the 1994 Rwandan genocide has dismissed the first Rwandan official questioned in the case. Rose Kabuye was granted freedom of movement when the judge on September 25 lifted the international arrest warrant that was used to compel he [...]
2009-10-01 14:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KCRM KJUS RW FR
09PARIS1731S/WCI RAPP'S CONSULTATIONS IN FRANCE (DECEMBER 14)
[...] (C) SUBJECT: French officials on December 14 told S/WCI Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp that they would advise consideration of a French contribution to support the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) but cautioned that GOF budgetary resources were quite limited and that a contribution might n [...]
2009-12-21 09:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM PHUM YI RW SL FR
09PARIS223A/DAS WYCOFF'S FEBRUARY 5 CONSULTATIONS IN PARIS:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During February 5 meetings with AF Acting DAS Karl Wycoff, French officials: -- (on Chad) expressed skepticism about a role for the Francophonie organization in Chad; wanted "free and fair" elections yet seemed ready to welcome Deby's remaining in power as the best alternativ [...]
2009-02-12 15:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM PINS CD CG RW SO FR
09PARIS657SAHEL AND GREAT LAKES: FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the MFA and Presidency stressed the importance France is placing on the Sahel and the GOF's efforts to promote stability in the region, during meetings on May 7 with INR/AF Director Don Koran and analyst Rick Ehrenreich. The MFA is leading a GOF-wide effort [...]
2009-05-15 07:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV PTER EAID XY ZF ML MR NG CG
09SECTION01OF03BRUSSELS1234SE WOLPE'S CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EU 31 AUGUST - 1
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy to the African Great Lakes, Howard Wolpe, met with development and humanitarian aid officials from the Commission, and security and defense officials at the Council Secretariat. He also met with the Secretariat's Africa Task Force and attended a lunch meeting [...]
2009-09-11 15:52:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID MOPS MARR SOCI CG BE
09STATE37561(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: AFRICAN GREAT
[...] (S/NF) This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on African Great Lakes (paragraph 3-end) as well as a request for continued DOS reporting of biographic information relating to DROC, Burundi, and Rwanda (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD below s [...]
2009-04-16 14:11:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KSPR ECON KDEM KHIV ZF XA CF RW BY
09USEUBRUSSELS1234SE WOLPE'S CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EU 31 AUGUST - 1
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy to the African Great Lakes, Howard Wolpe, met with development and humanitarian aid officials from the Commission, and security and defense officials at the Council Secretariat. He also met with the Secretariat's Africa Task Force and attended a lunch meeting [...]
2009-09-11 15:52:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID MOPS MARR SOCI CG BE
09USEUBRUSSELS1738MONUC HEAD AND GREAT LAKES ENVOYS DISCUSS NEED FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 18:13:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS CG
09USUNNEWYORK1035OBASANJO ON THE DRC, NIGERIA, AND AFRICAN ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-14 00:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC CG RW NI XA
09USUNNEWYORK228P-5 MEET WITH UN SYG BAN
[...] (C) Summary: On March 6, UK Perm Rep Sawers hosted a P-5 lunch with Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe to discuss Sudan, the DPRK, DRC, Somalia and the Middle East. Prior to the arrival of SYG Ban and U/SYG Pascoe, P-5 ambassadors and [...]
2009-03-10 00:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK652SPECIAL ENVOY OBASANJO SHARES VIEWS ON DRC, SOUTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Obasanjo met with Ambassador Rice on June 29 and the P5 Belgium on June 30. He told Rice that neither Rwanda nor the DRC wanted to shelter former CNDP leader Nkunda. He suggested implementing greater incentives to encourage FDLR combatants [...]
2009-07-07 02:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC RW SU GC XA
09USUNNEWYORK791RWANDA'S UN PERMREP ASKS FOR HELP IN ARRESTING
[...] (SBU) In an introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice on August 13, new Rwandan PermRep Gasana asked for assistance in holding accountable FDLR rebel leaders who continue to support the FDLR from Europe and North America. Ambassador Rice stressed the need for Rwanda to supply solid evidence so [...]
2009-08-25 22:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC ZF RW CG
09USUNNEWYORK866PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SEPTEMBER 23 MEETING WITH TOP UN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Immediately following his address to the Open Debate of the UN General Assembly on September 23, President Obama convened an unprecedented meeting with the Heads of State and Foreign Ministers of the top contributors of troops and police to UN peacekeeping operations. President [...]
2009-10-01 09:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNGA UNSC KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK924UN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT: SEEKING MOMENTUM FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Secretary-General's September 22 high-level event on climate change drew leaders from nearly one hundred countries just a day before the start of the UN General Assembly and three months before the anticipated Climate Change Convention ministerial in Copenhagen. Leaders from a [...]
2009-10-19 15:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECON KGHG SENV UN
10ADDISABABA288AU SUMMIT - A/S FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS CARSON MEETS
[...] (U) January 30, 2010, 4:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: United States Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson NSC Senior Director Michelle Gavin USAU Ambassador Michael Battle Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe USAU A/DCM Joel Maybury USAU Political Officer L [...]
2010-02-11 12:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PGOV AU
10BRUSSELS141BELGIAN FM VANACKERE'S JAN 18-25 TRIP TO CENTRAL
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Congo Desk Officer Hugues Chantry provided a readout February 1 of Belgian FM Vanackere's January 18-25 trip to the Central African nations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Rwanda, and Burundi. Vanackere met the presidents and foreign ministers of all three coun [...]
2010-02-05 17:07:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG RW BY BE
10BRUSSELS73DEPUTY GREAT LAKES ENVOY JIM YELLIN'S MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) James Yellin, Deputy to the U.S. Special Advisor for Africa,s Great Lakes region, met with Belgian MFA Africa Division officials on December 18 after returning from his travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Burundi, and Rwanda with Roeland van de Geer, the EU Special Repr [...]
2010-01-21 15:35:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG BU RW BE
10DARESSALAAM100GUIDE TO THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
[...] BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY: The East African Community (EAC) is the regional intergovernmental organization of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Headquartered in Arusha, Tanzania, the EAC's goals, reaffirmed in a November 2009 Summit, are to realize a common Customs Union (supposedly in [...]
2010-02-03 07:02:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR PREL ECON XW ZF TZ
10DARESSALAAM149RWANDAN HIGH COMMISSIONER ON RAILS, EAC, ICTR
[...] SUMMARY: In an introductory meeting February 10, newly arrived Rwandan High Commissioner Fatuma Ndangiza told Ambassador Lenhardt of Rwanda's priority of linking to the port of Dar es Salaam by rail. She described progress and challenges of East African Community (EAC) integration and lamente [...]
2010-02-18 06:17:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PGOV ICTR KAWC KJUS TZ RW
10KIGALI18NATIONAL DIALOGUE: ORDINARY CITIZENS PUSH THEIR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Rwanda's December 10-11 National Dialogue, broadcast via television, radio and streaming internet video to a national and international Rwandan audience, President Kagame criticized sharply several ministers and other officials over mismanaged or ineffective programs in [...]
2010-01-08 13:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KCRM PGOV CASC RW
10KIGALI34HIGH-LEVEL FRENCH, DUTCH AND GERMAN DELEGATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Over the last five days, senior officials from France, the Netherlands and Germany conducted multi-day visits to Rwanda. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner used his visit to cement diplomatic relations that France and Rwanda officially restored in late 2009. He also prepare [...]
2010-01-13 16:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS RW
10KIGALI41RWANDA 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) The Government of Rwanda recognizes the private sector is an essential engine of development and welcomes foreign investment in policy and in practice. As a result of reforms implemented in 2008 and 2009, the World Bank recognized Rwanda as the world,s top reformer in adopting business re [...]
2010-01-22 07:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR RW
10KIGALI51AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - RWANDAN ATTENDANCE
[...] (SBU) President Kagame has accepted A/S Carson's invitation to meet at the AU summit (reftel). Government of Rwanda is still working out details on the trip but has provided post the following information: Composition of delegation - President Paul Kagame, Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwab [...]
2010-01-22 14:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP AORC XA RW
10KIGALI55CHINESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Chinese Vice Foreign Minister for African Affairs Zhai Jun visited Rwanda January 25-27. During his stay, he met with President Kagame, Foreign Minister Mushikiwabo, other senior officials and businessmen. He also visited the main genocide memorial at Gisozi as well as sites outside of [...]
2010-01-27 17:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CH CG RW
10KIGALI76INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER AWAITS VERDICT IN DEFAMATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Editor and journalist Didas Gasana and journalist Richard Kayigamba of the independent Kinyarwanda-language weekly newspaper Umuseso appeared in court January 27 on charges of defamation and invasion of privacy over an article they published alleging an affair between the mayor [...]
2010-02-09 09:42:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KMCA MCC PHUM KPAO RW
10KIGALI9UDPR PARTY LEADER ON RWANDAN POLITICS, LEGISLATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of Rwanda's small UDPR party, who is a member of parliament, told polcouns December 30 that Rwanda needed strong and stable government and economic growth. Rwanda's parliament was working hard to pass legislation related the East African Community (EAC),he said; howev [...]
2010-01-07 08:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ETRD PREL RW
10KINSHASA332009 in review: On balance progress prevails, but barely
[...] (C) Summary: 2009 did not commence auspiciously for the DRC. The country faced a critical security situation, both internally and with regard to certain neighboring countries; the specter of the global economic crisis threatened financial collapse; and weak political institutions appeared to [...]
2010-02-02 09:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MOPS MARR PHUM PREF EAID PBTS CG
10KINSHASA46Just-landed Goma officer's first impressions of the Congo's
[...] (SBU) Summary: Goma-based poloff arrived in Goma December 16 after a week of consultations in Kinshasa. This account of first impressions is informed and prejudiced by his prior service as Rwanda desk officer from 1989-1991, as DRC desk officer from 1999-2001 and as Africa watcher in Paris f [...]
2010-01-12 13:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR PREF PHUM CG
10PARIS216FRANCE/GABON (SENEGAL)/RWANDA: PREVIEW OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Gabon (February 24) and Rwanda (February 25),spending about 24 hours in the former and about three in the latter. His Africa advisors told us on February 23 that in Gabon, he will sign a renegotiated defense agreement that will include a [...]
2010-02-23 17:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SENV MOPS SG GB RW FR
10STATE3353AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - A/S CARSON MEETING REQUESTS
[...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) Summary: Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson will lead the United States delegation to the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from January 30-February 2, 2010. Action addressees are requested to inform their host governmen [...]
2010-01-13 16:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA
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