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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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00KINSHASA8561GOMA POLITICAL NOTES
[...] (C) Goma is not a very political town, despite its status as administrative headquarters for the RCD. While numerous general strikes (villes mortes) closed down Bukavu for days at a time over the last year, in Goma only one part of the city shut down and that for only one day. Residents of Go [...]
2000-12-27 12:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM CG
00KINSHASA8579AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE ON MASASU AND THREE OTHER
[...] (C) IN A DECEMBER 27 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER SHE OKITUNDU (SEPTEL),AMBASSADOR SWING REQUESTED INFORMATION ON THREE POLITICAL PRISONERS, AS WELL AS "COMMANDANT" ANSELME MASASU. THE AMBASSADOR SUGGESTED THAT THEIR RELEASE AS A NEW YEAR'S GESTURE, COMING ON THE HEELS OF THE RELEASE OF HUN [...]
2000-12-27 14:37:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CG
01HARARE3341MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER SEKERAMAYI
[...] No summary [...]
2001-11-08 11:14:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01KINSHASA1610HOW JOSEPH KABILA BECAME PRESIDENT; CONVERSATIONS
[...] (S) WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT LAURENT KABILA'S GUNSHOT WOUNDS WERE FATAL, CHIEF OF STAFF GEORGES BUSE AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF JEAN MBUYU, IN CONSULTATION WITH SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CABINET, MET TO DECIDE ON A SUCCESSOR. THEY SETTLED ON HIS SON JOSEPH AS THE ONLY PERSON W [...]
2001-03-26 16:15:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPGOV PREL CG
01KINSHASA2795KABILA ADDRESSES NATION, ANNOUNCES REFORMS
[...] (C) PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA ADDRESSED THE NATION AT THE KIMBANGUIST CENTER MAY 17 ON THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF MOBUTU'S OVERTHROW. IN THIS, HIS FIRST PUBLIC ADDRESS HERE SINCE HIS INAUGURATION ON JANUARY 26, KABILA ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOWING MEASURES IN A BRIEF, LOW-KEY ADDRESS WHICH OFFERED FEW [...]
2001-05-17 13:11:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CG
01KINSHASA703GOVERNMENT DISMISSED: STEP ONE IN CABINET
[...] (C) "CURRENT AFFAIRS ONLY" --------------------------------- WE UNDERSTAND THAT ON FEBRUARY 7 PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA FORMALLY NOTIFIED ALL MEMBERS OF THE CABINET THAT THEY ARE DISMISSED AS FAR AS THEIR PRESENT MANDATE IS CONCERNED AND ARE, HENCEFORTH, TO ATTEND ONLY TO "CURRENT AFFAIRS." ( [...]
2001-02-08 16:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CG
01VATICAN3507 THE VATICAN-- THE SUPRANATIONAL POWER
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03507 01 OF 04 031719Z BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION --------------------------- 2. (U) THIS CABLE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL MEETING WITH THE POPE. IT UPDAT [...]
2001-07-03 12:03:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IS EG CH ID VT VTPREL
02KINSHASA2321KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL CONTINUES, HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE TRIAL OF THOSE ACCUSED OF KILLING LAURENT KABILA REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT FANFARE AT THE END OF AUGUST. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE EXPECTED SOON. CLEAR BIAS, A MULTIPLICITY OF PROCEDURAL ERRORS AND LACK OF EVIDENCE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE VERDICT WHICH MAY HAVE BEE [...]
2002-09-19 11:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CG
03HARARE337Leading Banker Fears Decision Paralysis
[...] (SBU) Summary: Unless the GOZ modifies its economic policies, the Bankers' Association President believes its once-formidable infrastructure will be irreparably damaged. End summary. 2. (SBU) Standard Chartered Chief Executive and Zimbabwe Bankers' Association President Washington Matsair [...]
2003-02-19 07:43:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN ZI
03KINSHASA477NEW BREED OF HARDLINERS INFLUENCES KABILA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN RECENT WEEKS GDRC PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA HAS APPROVED SEVERAL ACTIONS WHICH ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF A SLOW-BUILDING EVOLUTION TOWARDS HARDLINE POLICIES. "HAWKISH" ADVISERS SUCH AS AUGUSTIN KATUMBA, SAMBA KAPUTO AND EVARISTE BOSHAB HAVE GAINED THE ASCENDANCY OVER MORE "MODERATE" [...]
2003-02-27 14:57:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1141DRC - THE NATIONALITY QUESTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent events in Bukavu (reftel) highlight the explosive nature of the nationality question, particularly for Tutsis in eastern Congo. Current Congolese law does not recognize the citizenship claims of some longtime residents whose ancestors immigrated to the country, includin [...]
2004-06-21 14:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1177GDRC APPOINTS NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF
[...] (U) Summary. The GDRC appointed a police inspector general and two deputy inspectors to the Congolese national police. These appointments (drawn from the ex-government and the two principal ex-rebel movements) have been well-received as a first step in creating an integrated police unit, but th [...]
2004-06-28 15:33:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR
04KINSHASA1299DEPARTING BELGIAN AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH
[...] (C) During TDY Charge Gerald Scott's July 9 courtesy call on outgoing Belgian Ambassador Renier Nyskens, Nyskens stressed the need to maintain cohesion within the International Committee to Assist the Transition (CIAT) as many senior members will be rotating this summer and some elements with [...]
2004-07-14 15:16:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPGOV PINR CG BE VT
04KINSHASA1324UK AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL VIEWS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-16 05:58:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPGOV PREL CG UK
04KINSHASA1368KABILA REPLACES FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila fired foreign minister Antoine Ghonda on July 22, at the insistence of GDRC vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba. This did not come as a surprise, since Bemba told us seven days ago he was determined to replace Ghonda and his aides had hinted for weeks that Bemba had [...]
2004-07-23 15:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG
04KINSHASA1525FY'05-AFRP: "Grassroots Democracy" April 11-29, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 10:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1588 RECENT OFDA NOTES FROM ITURI
[...] (U) During a visit to Ituri from July 19 to July 24, OFDA Reps noted improvements in security, both in Bunia town and in rural areas. There remains concern however that the situation remains inherently unstable given that there is no political settlement in place and that various militias rema [...]
2004-08-24 05:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG
04KINSHASA1654 GDRC WANTS TO CONTROL ACCESS TO IDPS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a recent letter addressed to all humanitarian actors in DRC, the Minister of Solidarity and Humanitarian Affairs accused the international community of not respecting human rights, of distributing expired consumables, and of coercing IDPS to return home and then abandoning the [...]
2004-09-02 05:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG
04KINSHASA1691COVERAGE OF NATIONALITY LAW SHOWS WEAKNESS OF
[...] (U) Summary. The Congolese media's coverage of draft nationality and amnesty laws has shown the limits of entities that lack independence, resources, and professionalism. The directors of Tropicana Television, and the more reputable daily newspapers La Referance Plus and Le Potentiel, acknowle [...]
2004-09-08 13:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1759ELECTIONS JEOPARDIZED BY ARMY REFORM PROBLEM, SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Gen. Budja Mabe, Kinshasa's senior officer in South Kivu, told the Ambassador Sept. 8 the Congo needs outside help with military reform in order to be able to hold elections. The FDLR, rebel Congolese officers, and neighboring countries are the chief threats to security, and the [...]
2004-09-20 12:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS CG
04KINSHASA1845MOBUTU'S HOMETOWN OF GBADOLITE "THE MOST FORGOTTEN
[...] (U) Summary. A visit to Gbadolite in northern Equateur Province showed a region suffering substantial decay, massive poverty and serious neglect by the national government. Although security had improved with the departure of large numbers of MLC soldiers for the east, abuses by remaining sold [...]
2004-10-04 07:54:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM
04KINSHASA1926 USAID visit to Bukavu, Kalehe and Kindu
[...] (U) OFDA Rep Jay Nash and Acting USAID Mission Director Nicholas Jenks were in Bukavu on September 7 and 8, and in Kindu on September 9. Interlocutors in Bukavu told USAID reps that the population was happy to be finally out from under RCD/G and Tutsi control after six years, but worried that [...]
2004-10-16 13:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG
04KINSHASA1973U.N. UNDER SECRETARY GUEHENNO VISIT TO THE DRC
[...] (C) Summary: In October 21 remarks to the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT),U.N. Peacekeeping Under Secretary Guehenno said that his visit to the DRC was intended to review how MONUC could best utilize its limited resources. Overall, the U.N.,s obective is to ensure [...]
2004-10-22 14:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CG UN
04KINSHASA1984Special Winter FY'05 ECA/A/E/USS Study of the
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-26 05:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA2047THE CONGOLESE TRANSITION CURRENT AND FUTURE, AND
[...] (C) Summary: There has been major progress in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past few years, ending years of open warfare involving eight national armies and numerous domestic armed groups. Peace accords have yielded the formal withdrawal of foreign troops, a domestic transiti [...]
2004-11-05 16:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM PGOV PREL KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2055MLC OFFICIAL DESCRIBES INTERNAL TENSIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A top official from vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC movement reported tensions between Bemba and his number two, Olivier Kamitatu, and described MLC efforts to court potential voters in eastern Congo. Rumors of strained relations between Bemba and Kamitatu are nothing new [...]
2004-11-08 09:05:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV CG
04KINSHASA2084KAMANDA WA KAMANDA ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL
[...] (C) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister for Scientific Research Gerard Kamanda wa Kamanda at his office November 8. Kamanda had earlier contacted the Ambassador by telephone requesting such a meeting as soon as could be arranged. (Note: Kamanda holds his current portfolio under [...]
2004-11-12 14:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG
04KINSHASA2127KATANGA POLITICAL UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila's PPRD party is the leading "national" contender in Katanga province, and benefits from local government control and preferential media access. PPRD efforts are nonetheless somewhat in disarray, and face local players such as former governor Kyungu, whose tribali [...]
2004-11-19 14:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL CG
04MADRID1141SPAIN TERRORISM UPDATE: MARCH 11 TERRORISTS BLOW
[...] (SBU) Three weeks after the March 11 terror train bomb attacks, terrorism and the police fight against it continue to dominate the Spanish political and media landscape. In recent days, the police scored two successes: tracking down the suspected leaders of the March 11 attacks to a Madrid [...]
2004-04-05 18:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL SP
04MADRID1523 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 3, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED FRENCH POLICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL PROCEEDED TO THE ARREST OF THE AL [...]
2004-05-03 10:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
05BRUSSELS4300TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The October 19 transatlantic consultations on Africa included a variety of big picture themes -- the EU strategy for Africa, peacekeeping, development, political Islam and extremism, China in Africa -- as well as discussion about key political issues in the Great Lakes, Uganda, [...]
2005-12-06 11:07:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV PHUM EAID MOPS XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
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
05KINSHASA1447SECURITY SECTOR REFORM: MOVING - WITH DIFFICULTY
[...] (C) Summary: Several meetings in the past week have featured significant discussions at senior levels regarding critically important Security Sector Reform programs. The Ambassador and President Kabila reviewed the subject September 2, a long September 6 CIAT/Espace Presidential underscored t [...]
2005-09-08 15:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1455EU SECURITY MISSION REFORM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-09 10:10:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EU CG
05KINSHASA148 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - CONGO-KINSHASA
[...] Summary: The Congolese Government (GDRC) has completed over one year of its transition from war to peace with only limited impact on the investment climate. The inclusion of former rebel groups in the GDRC has provided a modicum of political stability. Additionally, IMF and World Bank reform [...]
2005-01-27 14:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV KTDB PGOV PREL CG OPIC
05KINSHASA1830MORE THAN 300 FORMER ZAIRIAN SOLDIERS RETURN TO DRC
[...] (U) On November 1-2, 318 former soldiers of the Mobutu-era Armed Forces of Zaire (FAZ) returned to the DRC from Brazzaville after fleeing the country following the fall of the Mobutu regime in 1997. The soldiers and their families (totaling 764 persons) are undergoing a sensitization and orien [...]
2005-11-03 14:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG CF
05KINSHASA1893IMPORTANT NEW POLITICAL COALITION BEING LAUNCHED
[...] (C) Summary: Three veteran political figures, National Assembly President Kamitatu, and former ministers Endundo and Pay Pay, have formed a new political coalition that will back Pay Pay,s candidacy for President in next year,s election. News of the candidacy will be broached next week through [...]
2005-11-14 07:08:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1926CABINET SHUFFLE ANNOUNCED
[...] (U) Summary: A long-expected cabinet shuffle was announced November 18. New ministers include Finance, Economy, Industry, Energy, Agriculture, Primary Education, Culture and Arts, Higher Education, and Youth and Sports. A new governor of Province Orientale has also been appointed. End summ [...]
2005-11-21 11:16:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CG
05KINSHASA283CONGO-KINSHASA NIV FRAUD OVERVIEW
[...] Nonimmigrant visa (NIV) fraud in Congo-Kinshasa is commonplace, but on the whole not highly sophisticated. Fake or falsified documents from private and government applicants are its main sources. The ease with which passports and other state-issued documents such as birth certificates and di [...]
2005-02-17 14:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT CG
05KINSHASA731CONGOLESE MINING PRIMER
[...] (U) Summary: The natural resources wealth of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is enormous, including diamonds, copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc, uranium, gold, coltan, niobium, and cassiterite. As the DRC turns its eyes to peacetime economic development, the mining sector will become ever mo [...]
2005-04-29 16:16:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ECON PGOV PREL CG
06DAKAR2255PUSHING BUSH-DEBY MEETING, GOUDIABY SAYS THAT CHAD
[...] (C) On September 15, Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, Counselor to Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and prominent architect, came to see the Ambassador and DCM. Goudiaby, who used to work for Mobutu Sese Seko, now has several construction projects in Chad and says that he has become a friend and un [...]
2006-09-18 16:11:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS EPET ENRG PINR CD CH SA SG
06KINSHAA1386DRC ELECTIONS PPRD, INDEPENDENTS STILL LEADING IN
[...] (U) Summary.The latest legislative election results releasedby the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) show the People's Party for Recostruction and Development (PPRD) leading all other parties with 26 percent of the 250 seats awarded to date. A total of 39 independent candidates have won s [...]
2006-08-31 15:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1036KABILA ANNOUNCES NEW POLITICAL ALLIANCE
[...] The recent spate of political alliances, including presidential candidate (and Mobutu-era Central Bank Governor) Pierre Pay Pay's CODECO and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's RENACO (ref A) continued with the June 24 announcement of the Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP). Presiden [...]
2006-06-29 15:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1082ECONOMICS ALONG THE UGANDAN BORDER: ITURI
[...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff and PolOff visited the major towns of the troubled Ituri District in Eastern DRC - Bunia, Aru and Mahagi - May 6 through 10. As in the Grand Nord region of neighboring North Kivu, legal and illegal cross-border trade, the absence of national government control and a st [...]
2006-07-06 13:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EMIN PGOV CG UG
06KINSHASA1124CAMPAIGN UPDATE: BEMBA'S MLC
[...] (C) Summary: With the presidential campaign well underway, Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's campaign as the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC)'s candidate is among the most visible in Kinshasa. The theme of Bemba's campaign posters, as well as his party literature, is "securit [...]
2006-07-12 10:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1131MOBUTISTS CLAIM SECRET TO DRC GOVERNANCE: PAYOFFS
[...] (C) Summary. During a June 7 meeting with poloff officials of the Popular Movement for the Revolution (MPR),one of two self-proclaimed Mobutist groups, demanded American support and claimed they alone held the secret to successfully governing the DRC. Following a lengthy rant against alle [...]
2006-07-13 10:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1162DRC ELECTIONS: LOOKING AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: With two weeks left in the DRC's election campaign, it is increasingly clear that incumbent president Joseph Kabila is the likely victor. Whether he will win on the first round (i.e., July 30) as his supporters continue to predict is far less certain, although current polling puts [...]
2006-07-20 09:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1269DRC ELECTIONS: EARLY RESULTS SHOW KABILA IN LEAD
[...] (U) With nearly 20 percent of the DRC's electoral districts reporting their presidential results, Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) figures show that incumbent President Joseph Kabila is leading Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba 48 to 20 percent. As of August 10, 32 of the country's 169 di [...]
2006-08-11 14:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1277DRC ELECTIONS: WITH 46 PERCENT OF DISTRICTS
[...] (U) As of August 14, 46 percent of the DRC's electoral districts have reported results from the DRC July 30 presidential election. In the 78 of 169 districts having announced results, incumbent President Joseph Kabila is leading Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba 55 to 17 percent. Nzanga Mobutu, [...]
2006-08-14 13:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1293DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA MAINTAINS LEAD WITH 60
[...] (U) Preliminary vote tallies from the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) through August 16 show 60 percent of the DRC's electoral districts have reported their presidential results. In the 101 of 169 districts having finished compiling ballots, incumbent President Joseph Kabila is leading [...]
2006-08-16 15:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1300DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA LEAD SLIPPING BELOW 50
[...] (SBU) As of August 17, initial voting results from approximately 63 percent of the DRC's electoral districts show incumbent President Joseph Kabila's lead narrowing over Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. According to the results posted from 107 of the 169 districts, Kabila leads Bemba 48.5 to [...]
2006-08-17 14:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1310DRC ELECTIONS: GIZENGA AN EMERGING FORCE
[...] (C) Summary: Antoine Gizenga, secretary general of the Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU),met with the Ambassador August 17. The long-time opposition figure, who almost certainly will likely place third in the first round of presidential voting and is the potential kingmaker in a second round, sa [...]
2006-08-18 15:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1311DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA, BEMBA MOVE TO SECOND ROUND
[...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced the evening of August 20 official provisional results from the DRC's July 30 presidential election. According to CEI figures, incumbent President Joseph Kabila won 44.81 percent of the votes cast to Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's 20.0 [...]
2006-08-21 09:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1411MLC CONTINUES EFFORTS TO DISCREDIT KABILA VIA
[...] (C) DRC Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's political party, the MLC, appears to be continuing its campaign to discredit and undermine President Joseph Kabila by trying to convince the international community that the Presidency is illegally trafficking enriched uranium (reftel A). 2. (C) On [...]
2006-09-08 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALENRG EMIN KGIT ETRD PREL PGOV IAEA CG
06KINSHASA1471KABILA ALLIES CLAIM DRC PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY
[...] (U) Officials of a coalition of political parties that support DR Congo President Joseph Kabila claim to have assembled a majority in the newly-elected National Assembly. In a September 19 declaration, Coordinator Andre-Philippe Futa of the Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) said the [...]
2006-09-20 14:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1487UDPS STRUGGLING TO SAVE ITS FUTURE IN LATEST
[...] (C) Summary: Senior officials of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) have been quietly negotiating with representatives of both President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba since DR Congo's July 30 first-round elections. They say talks with Kabila's People's Pa [...]
2006-09-22 12:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1505DRC'S BEMBA FORMS NEW ALLIANCE TO COUNTER KABILA
[...] (SBU) Summary: DR Congo Vice President Bemba announced September 23 the creation of a new political alliance, the Union for the Nation (UN). It appears unlikely to bolster significantly his electoral prospects in the October 29 presidential vote. End summary. 2. (U) Congolese Vice Presid [...]
2006-09-27 16:12:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1529GIZENGA OFFICIALLY SIGNS ON TO SUPPORT KABILA,
[...] (U) Summary: PALU leader Antoine Gizenga formalized his support September 30 for President Joseph Kabila in the second round of DR Congo's presidential elections in an agreement that also guarantees PALU the position of Prime Minister. The agreement also commits PALU and Kabila,s AMP to a co [...]
2006-10-02 16:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1578DRC ELECTIONS: SECOND-ROUND PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
[...] (U) Campaigning for the DRC's second-round presidential race officially begins at midnight local time October 13. President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, the top two finishers among the 32 contenders in the first round on July 30, will have just fifteen days for their cam [...]
2006-10-13 19:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1618DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA AND NZANGA MOBUTU FORMALIZE
[...] (U) President Joseph Kabila and Nzanga Mobutu, sons of two bitter enemies, signed an accord October 17 in Kinshasa to ally their parties for the October 29 presidential run-off election and in the new National Assembly. Nzanga, head of the Union of Mobutuist Democrats (UDEMO),had announced hi [...]
2006-10-19 15:28:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1632BELGIUM TO CANCEL NEARLY USD 400 MILLION IN DRC
[...] (U) The Government of Belgium (GOB) announced October 17 that upon the GDRC's achievement of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) completion point, it will cancel all remaining sovereign DRC debt. (Note: As noted in reftel, completion point will be no earlier than the fourth quarter of 20 [...]
2006-10-23 15:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1654DRC ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Plans for a debate between President Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba have been scrapped because neither camp could agree on the format for the encounter. Neither Kabila nor Bemba has personally campaigned as the official campaign period comes to a close, although Bemba [...]
2006-10-26 14:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1664NZANGA MOBUTU RETURNS TO KINSHASA AFTER VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Nzanga Mobutu is reportedly safe and en route to Kinshasa following violence October 26 in Gbadolite in Equateur province. Congolese military forces and MONUC peacekeepers re-established order after some looting and civil unrest in the late afternoon. Gbadolite is calm on October [...]
2006-10-27 11:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1670DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 10/28, 1200
[...] (U) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo remains calm on the eve of the October 29 presidential and provincial elections. Official campaigning ended at midnight October 27 and there have been no reports since of serious incidents in Kinshasa or elsewhere. Voting will begin at 0600 local ti [...]
2006-10-28 13:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1712DRC ELECTIONS: FIRST RESULTS SHOW KABILA WITH
[...] (U) The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) posted on its website November 5 the first official vote tallies from the October 29 presidential election. The numbers represent only six percent of the country's electoral districts and give President Joseph Kabila a lead over Vice Preside [...]
2006-11-06 15:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1724DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA MAINTAINS LEAD WITH 26
[...] (U) With results from 26 percent of the DRC's electoral districts now tabulated, President Joseph Kabila maintains a preliminary lead over Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba in the October 29 DRC presidential vote. The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) released results from 27 additional el [...]
2006-11-08 17:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1758DRC PARLIAMENT: LUTUNDULA ADVOCATES AMBITIOUS
[...] (U) Summary: Longtime Congolese parliamentarian Christophe Lutundula outlined his legislative priorities for the new National Assembly in a November 8 meeting with EmbOffs. Lutundula advocates broad reforms and scrutiny of contracts in the natural resources sector, as well as stringent meas [...]
2006-11-16 16:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN KCOR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1788DRC ELECTIONS: PRO-KABILA COALITION AHEAD IN AT
[...] (U) Summary: The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has announced results for 472 of the 632 provincial assembly seats in the October 29 election. According to CEI tallies, President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) coalition has won majorities in four of [...]
2006-11-27 14:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1827DRC ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION ANNOUNCES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) has won majorities in at least five of the DRC's eleven provincial assemblies, according to provisional figures announced December 1. The pro-Bemba Union for the Nation (UN) coalition has won control of at least two. Pr [...]
2006-12-04 16:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1853DRC ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION PUBLISHES LIST
[...] (U) Summary: The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) published December 12 the provisional list of 1,127 candidates running for the 108 seats available in the national Senate. Former Vice Presidents Jean-Pierre Bemba and Abdoulaye Yerodia, along with several former presidential candid [...]
2006-12-13 17:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1856UNRESOLVED POLITICAL QUESTIONS, BEHIND-THE-SCENES
[...] (C) Summary. Longtime Congolese political figure Antoine Gizenga is expected to be named as prime minister in the new government of President Joseph Kabila. Kabila has been presented with recommendations for ministerial appointments, but has announced no nominations. Formal installation o [...]
2006-12-14 11:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1882OPPOSITION LAWYER CHARGED WITH INSURRECTION, ARMS
[...] (C) Summary: Marie-Therese Nlandu Mpolo-Mene, a senior official during the Mobutu regime and an ally of Jean-Pierre Bemba, was charged by a military court December 11 with incitement to overthrow the government and with possession of illegal firearms. Kinshasa Special Police had arrested Nl [...]
2006-12-20 14:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1890ELECTIONS UPDATE: MOMENTUM IN MOVING TOWARD
[...] Summary. Antoine Gizenga, widely expected to become Prime Minister, was named government "informateur" on December 19 and is charged with determining if a majority can be found in the National Assembly. The Supreme Court will soon announce its certification of the National Assembly's Intern [...]
2006-12-21 17:54:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1939ELECTIONS UPDATE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-29 09:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA216NEW MANAGEMENT INSTALLED IN MINING PARASTATAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON EINV EAID PGOV CG
06KINSHASA247UDPS MOVES TOWARDS ELECTIONS KICKING AND SCREAMING
[...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings, Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) officials said the long-time opposition party will participate in the upcoming national DRC elections and is planning to hold a national congress in February. These same officials, however, complained bitterly [...]
2006-02-14 16:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA380WESTERN KASAI: CALM, BUT UNPREDICTABLE
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff and EconOff February 21-23 visited Kananga, the capital of Eastern Kasai province. During the visit, PolOff met with a variety of local political representatives and civil society actors to gauge the province's preparedness for national elections in 2006 and the potential f [...]
2006-03-07 12:08:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA398DRC'S NEW LEADING LABOR UNION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The successor to the Mobutu-era's single trade union has lost its place as the nation's leading labor organization to a better-organized, savvier competitor, the Confederation Syndicale du Congo (CSC). During a meeting with EconOff March 6, the CSC's president, Symphorien Dunia, [...]
2006-03-09 13:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV PINR CG
06KINSHASA439DRC: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Summary: In the almost three years since the Global and Inclusive Accord was implemented with the installation of a transitional government, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has done much to improve the country's investment climate. While there is still much more to do, the pacifica [...]
2006-03-15 09:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV
06KINSHASA446OFDA VISIT TO MITWABA, CENTRAL KATANGA,
[...] (U) An estimated 29,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have appearedare present in several towns in Mitwaba Territory, located in the center of Katanga Province province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These IDPs are fleeing conflict between government troops and Mai -Mai milit [...]
2006-03-15 15:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF CG
06KINSHASA450OFDA VISIT TO MITWABA, CENTRAL KATANGA,
[...] (U) An estimated 29,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are present in several towns in Mitwaba Territory, located in the center of Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These IDPs are fleeing conflict between government troops and Mai Mai militia, and have to date re [...]
2006-03-16 12:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF CG
06KINSHASA547CANDIDATE REGISTRATION ENDS; UDPS TO BOYCOTT
[...] (U) Summary: Candidate registration for the DRC's national presidential and legislative elections ended April 2, with the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) validating 32 dossiers for president. The CEI also received 8,650 applications for legislative candidates for the country's 500 Natio [...]
2006-04-07 09:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA720DRC LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH POC
[...] (U) Econcouns delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Scientific Research Gerard Kamanda wa Kamanda on May 5. With Minister Kamanda was his counselor for science and technology, Professor Fortunat Lumu of the University of Kinshasa. Kamanda is the GDRC POC until mid-2006 elections for [...]
2006-05-09 10:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PTER EAGR CG
06KINSHASA721ELEVEN CANDIDATES CALL FOR ELECTORAL COMMISSION
[...] (U) A group of eleven mostly marginal presidential candidates has published a letter criticizing Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu, president of the Independent Electoral Committee (CEI),for "unilaterally" announcing July 30 as the DRC's election date. The letter's authors call for Malu Malu to be [...]
2006-05-09 10:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA793ELECTIONS: PPRD SURPRISINGLY COMPETITIVE IN GRAND
[...] (C) Summary: North Kivu's "Grand Nord" region, the assumed stronghold of candidates and political parties of Nande tribal origin, is undergoing a political transformation of sorts in the months leading up to the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections. Long a power base for nation [...]
2006-05-19 11:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG RW ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA918PRESIDENT KABILA'S MOTHER SPEAKS OUT
[...] (U) Summary: In a rare public interview, President Kabila's mother, Mama Sifa Maanya, sought to dispel rumors regarding the President's origins, saying unequivocally that Kabila is her son by birth. Speaking to the Belgian newspaper "Le Soir," Sifa described the struggles and sacrifices she an [...]
2006-06-09 11:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KPKO KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA963UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SKEPTICAL ABOUT UPCOMING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Many Congolese university students, particularly in the capital, have little faith in the elections or the transparency of the electoral process. Many say they see scant benefit in voting in an election when the outcome is assumed to be already set. Others say they have littl [...]
2006-06-19 10:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA987CONTROVERSIAL SPIRITUAL LEADER SENTENCED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kuthino Fernando, the spiritual leader of the Church of the Army of Victory, was sentenced June 16 to twenty years in prison on charges of masterminding a failed December 2002 assassination attempt on a fellow pastor. Kuthino was arrested at his church in Kinshasa where police r [...]
2006-06-23 14:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CG
06TOKYO622JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-06 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07ACCRA651REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR EMMANUEL MARIE DINDA
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Accra hereby refers Emmanuel Marie Dinda (DOB: 16 October 1966, POB: Mbuji-Mayi, DRC) to the U.S. resettlement program. Dinda took refuge in Ghana in February 2005. He previously served as Administrator of Presidential Affairs from 1993 to 1997 under former Congolese Pre [...]
2007-03-22 16:23:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM GH CO
07BAKU533AZERBAIJAN'S BOOMING ENERGY SECTOR HIDES DIFFICULT
[...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan's stunning GDP growth of 34 percent -- fueled largely by the energy sector -- is accompanied by severe corruption and weak rule of law, that since early 2006 appear to be having an increasingly negative impact on firms operating outside the protection of the energy sec [...]
2007-05-02 06:23:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PREL KCOR EINV KCRM KJUS AJ
07KAMPALA1426SENATOR FEINGOLD RAISES REGIONAL AND DOMESTIC
[...] Summary: Senator Russell Feingold discussed Somalia, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),Congo, the war on terror, and the President's plans for the 2011 election with President Yoweri Museveni on August 28. Museveni described potential military action against the LRA in Congo as "easy" and di [...]
2007-09-11 08:24:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA1429Ugandan Perspective on Museveni-Kabila Summit
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila met in Arusha, Tanzania for a two-day summit on September 7 and 8 to discuss border issues, the Lord's Resistance Army and other negative forces, and sharing of common resources. The two heads of state agre [...]
2007-09-11 13:17:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS UG CG
07KHARTOUM470SUDAN: SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS HE MIGHT BE
[...] (C) Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Oyai Deng has had a history of disagreement with Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir, and admits that Kiir may replace him. Deng blames Kiir for inaction on problems facing the SPLA, and denies rumors that [...]
2007-03-25 13:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR SU UG
07KINSHASA1ANTOINE GIZENGA NAMED PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) Summary: President Kabila named Antoine Gizenga as Prime Minister of the Third Republic on December 30. Gizenga's nomination was expected since his Unified Party of Lumumbists (PALU) entered into a coalition with Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) in October before the [...]
2007-01-03 15:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINR CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1133DRC, CHINA ANNOUNCE FIVE BILLION DOLLAR LOAN FOR
[...] (U) China and the DRC signed an agreement on September 17 for a total USD five billion loan to finance three billion dollars in infrastructure construction projects and two billion dollars in mining sector partnerships. The GDRC Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Pierre Lumbi, said t [...]
2007-09-21 05:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV CH CG
07KINSHASA1168DRC SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary - New GDRC Aviation Commission Created - IMF and World Bank Teams in Kinshasa - IMF and World Bank Check on PRSP, HIPC Progress - Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) - Lower Electricity Rates for Large Consumers - Ebola Epidemic Continues in Kasai Occidental - M [...]
2007-10-02 09:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA118KABILA COALITION DOMINATES IN KATANGA SENATE
[...] (U) Results of the January 19 senatorial vote in Katanga confirmed the dominance of President Joseph Kabila's AMP coalition in his home province. Nine of the 16 senators elected by the provincial assembly January 19 are members or allies of Kabila's AMP coalition. Only one of the parties al [...]
2007-01-31 13:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINR CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA119IN BANDUNDU, KABILA'S ALLIES WIN SLIGHT MAJORITY
[...] (U) Results from the January 19 Senate elections in Bandundu gave Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) a narrow majority of seats in Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga's home province. The pro-Kabila PPRD won two of the province's twelve Senate seats, as did Mbusa Nyamwisi's Forc [...]
2007-01-31 13:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1232DIILS ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT LAYS BARE CONGOLESE
[...] A team from the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) issued a comprehensive assessment of the Congolese military justice sector in September. Drawing on visits during the previous month to facilities in several areas of the country and consultations with a wide range of of [...]
2007-10-30 13:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1249ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER, WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS, BLASTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Alain Lubamba convened a snap meeting of P-3 + 2 ambassadors and MONUC on October 25. Lubamba, a member of the micro-party "UDEMO" (Union of Democratic Mobutistes) delivered a rambling statement condemning Tutsi politician Azarias Ruberwa, criticized r [...]
2007-11-02 13:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS KWMN CG RW
07KINSHASA1307DRC GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE
[...] Summary: Late in the evening of Sunday, November 25, the DRC government, led by Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga, announced a cabinet reshuffle. Major changes include a reduction in the number of ministries from 40 to 33, the reduction of ministries of state from six to three, the appointment o [...]
2007-11-26 14:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1328DRC CABINET RESHUFFLE: DOING THE SAME WITH LESS?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GDRC's long-awaited cabinet reshuffle was announced November 25 (reftel). The new cabinet gives President Kabila provincial/ethnic balance without weakening his ruling AMP alliance. The biggest change is a reduction in the number of ministers from 60 to 45, as a number of p [...]
2007-12-03 11:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL CG
07KINSHASA1351 VATICAN NAMES CONTROVERSIAL PRELATE TO HEAD ARCHDIOCESE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Holy See has named Laurent Monsengwo, Archbishop of Kisangani and president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (CENCO),to become the new Archbishop of Kinshasa. He succeeds the late Frederic Cardinal Etsou. Monsengwo is known for keen intelligence, strong polit [...]
2007-12-10 11:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PGOV CG
07KINSHASA142NEW CABINET ANNOUNCED
[...] (U) Summary. Ministerial appointments by DRC President Joseph Kabila and Prime Minister-designate Antoine Gizenga were announced the evening of February 5. The new cabinet will be very large, with a total of 60 members. While some of the new ministers represent the established Congolese pol [...]
2007-02-06 11:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1425DRC: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is moving slowly as it grapples with solutions to fundamental governance, security and development challenges following the historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the [...]
2007-12-31 09:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM
07KINSHASA143DRC MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS - COMPLETE LIST
[...] (U) The complete list of DRC government ministers appointed February 5, 2007 (reftel) follows below. Ministers of State ------------------ Minister of State for Agriculture: Francois Joseph Mobutu Nzanga Ngbangawe Minister of State for Interior, Decentralization, and Security: Denis Ka [...]
2007-02-06 12:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA144ORIENTALE PROVINCE ELECTS 16 TO DRC SENATE
[...] (U) Results of the January 19 DRC Senate elections in Orientale province gave President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) nine of the province's 16 seats. The pro-Kabila PPRD won four seats, while Mbusa Nyamwisi and Olivier Kamitatu's Forces du Renouveau (FR) won tw [...]
2007-02-06 15:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA176NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HOSTS AMBASSADORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Assembly President Kamerhe and the Assembly executive officers hosted a group of Ambassadors February 12 for what was billed as the first of regular sessions to exchange views. Kamerhe briefed regarding a "moratorium" regarding controversial "double nationality" enforc [...]
2007-02-14 13:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA185ANDRE KASONGO ILUNGA, R.I.P.
[...] (SBU) Summary. Trade minister Kasongo Ilunga was one of the many unknowns named to the DRC cabinet February 5. A true non-entity, he left the political scene this week with a singular flourish that has humiliated his political godfather. In fact, he never existed. The episode demonstrates [...]
2007-02-15 15:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD KDEM CG
07KINSHASA242SEVEN INTERNATIONAL VISITORS ALUMNI IN NEW CABINET
[...] (U) Seven former International Visitors hold portfolios in the 60-member, coalition-based government which took office on February 24. A. Olivier Kamitatu Etsu, Minister of Plan, is an alumnus of an FY97 International Visitor program. Kamitatu is president of the Alliance for the Renewal o [...]
2007-02-27 15:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA275DRC SUPREME COURT CLOSING OUT BACKLOG OF NATIONAL
[...] Summary. The DRC Supreme Court is closing out the final cases challenging the results of the July 30 National Assembly elections. Several prominent names were included in a group of decisions announced at the end of February. The large number of cases highlights the necessity of electoral [...]
2007-03-06 14:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KJUS CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA279PROSECUTION RESTS IN NLANDU TRIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Military prosecutors rested their case against Bemba ally Marie-Therese Nlandu and nine co-defendants February 7. They presented three main pieces of evidence: grenades allegedly in the possession of her co-defendants, videos of Nlandu alledgedly calling for the burning of t [...]
2007-03-08 06:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA293DRC SENATE TO OPEN REGULAR SESSION MARCH 15
[...] (U) Summary. The DRC Senate closed its special session with completion of a draft internal rules proposal by an ad hoc committee March 10. The text will be submitted for consideration by the full Senate during the regular session beginning March 15. Once approved, it must be certified by th [...]
2007-03-13 11:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA350BUNDU DIA KONGO: A DANGEROUS INSURRECTIONIST
[...] (C) Summary: The Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) claims to defend the cultural and economic interests of the indigenous people of DRC's Bas-Congo province. The group is in reality a separatist sect with a long history of often violent confrontation with state security forces. End summary. ------------ [...]
2007-03-22 13:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC CG
07KINSHASA407EQUATEUR'S MLC-LED GOVERNMENT A TEST FOR OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Equateur Governor Jose Makila has formed a government of ten ministers, all members or allies of Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC). It gives relatively equal representation to all five of Equateur's administrative districts. It does not include, howe [...]
2007-04-06 10:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM CG
07KINSHASA502NLANDU AND NINE OTHERS ACQUITTED ON INSURRECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese politician Marie-Therese Nlandu and nine co-defendants were acquitted April 30 of all charges related to the November 2006 burning of the Supreme Court building. A military court found that the prosecution had not presented evidence sufficient to prove their guilt. T [...]
2007-05-04 10:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA51KABILA COALITION WILL LEAD SEVEN OF DRC'S ELEVEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) coalition -- which includes Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga's PALU and Nzanga Mobutu's UDEMO parties -- will lead seven of the DRC's eleven provincial assemblies, following votes January 12-14. Former Vice Pre [...]
2007-01-19 08:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA516DRC APRIL MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary. - The GDRC has not yet promulgated a 2007 budget. - The GDRC fired the heads of the electricity and water parastatals, citing the growing supply shortages. - Employees of the DRC's diamond mining parastatal went on strike. - A review of 60 pre-Transition mining contracts is [...]
2007-05-10 14:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA526DRC SENATE FINALLY SET TO ELECT LEADERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC Senate is set to hold elections for its seven leadership positions May 11, more than three months after senators were elected. President Joseph Kabila's former chief of staff is the leading candidate for the body's presidency, which would put him next in line to succeed [...]
2007-05-11 12:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA527AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MARIE THERESE NLANDU
[...] (SBU) Summary. Bemba attorney and unsuccessful presidential candidate Marie Therese Nlandu gave an exclusive interviewto Poloff in which she outlined her side of the vents that led to her arrest on charges of insurretion and weapons possession. She also explained why she thought she was acq [...]
2007-05-11 12:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA528MOBUTU-ERA STALWART KENGO WA DONDO ELECTED DRC
[...] (U) Leon Kengo wa Dondo, best known for his long service as Mobutu's prime minister, won the presidency of the DRC Senate May 11 over former Kabila chief of staff and human rights minister Leonard She Okitundu by 55-49 votes. The Senate presidenct assumes the office of chief of state on an i [...]
2007-05-11 15:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA530DRC SENATE GIVES VOICE TO POLITICAL OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Senate May 11 elected former Mobutu Prime Minister Leon Kengo wa Dondo as its president, making him the highest-ranking opposition politician in the GDRC. Senators also voted in the six other members of its leadership body, giving it a 4-3 split between members of the [...]
2007-05-15 08:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA546PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION BLAMES BOTH SIDES FOR
[...] (C) Summary: A parliamentary commission of inquiry into the January 31-February 1 violence in Bas-Congo submitted its report to the National Assembly May 18. Its findings lay relatively equal blame both on the separatist group Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) and on Congolese security forces. BDK and its [...]
2007-05-21 16:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA604TENSIONS HIGH, RUMORS RAMPANT IN SOUTH KIVU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions are high in South Kivu province following warnings from leading political and religious figures warning of alleged foreign plots to launch a "new war" in the region. The recent arrests of purported foreign nationals in the province has added to a growing chorus of rumor [...]
2007-06-04 11:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA639NKUNDA GIVES HIS VERSION OF REALITY IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) Summary: Dissident General Laurent Nkunda gave an extended interview to a Kinshasa-based newspaper outlining his views on the so-called "mixage" process and the intentions of his political front organization. His comments, published in the June 6 edition of "La Reference Plus," attempt to [...]
2007-06-08 16:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA659MILITARY INTEGRATION DIFFICULTIES ON DISPLAY AT
[...] (C) Summary: A recent tour of the DRC's military training and integration facility in Luberizi, South Kivu, highlighted the challenges facing GDRC officials charged with reforming the country's security sector. A lack of equipment and logistical support hamper efforts to create a unified and p [...]
2007-06-13 15:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
07KINSHASA66KABILA ALLIES WITH APPARENT MAJORITY IN
[...] (U) Summary. Allies of President Joseph Kabila look to be able to form a majority in the DRC Senate elected by indirect vote January 19. Transitional Vice Presidents Bemba and Yerodia won seats, as did several transitional ministers and a number of insiders from the Mobutu and Laurent Kabila [...]
2007-01-22 12:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM CG ELECTIONS PGOV
07KINSHASA667SENATE PRESIDENT LAYS OUT HIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
[...] (U) Summary: Leon Kengo wa Dondo, the newly-elected president of the Senate, highlighted his legislative priorities in his first formal meeting with the Ambassador. His priorities include the draft budget, the law on the opposition, the judicial sector law creating the governing body for mag [...]
2007-06-14 15:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA674SOUTH KIVU ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: MUCH POTENTIAL,
[...] (SBU) Summary: South Kivu, much like many other parts of eastern DRC, is an area of great economic potential with little means to realize it. Years of conflict, neglect, and mismanagement have turned the province into a shadow of its former self. Port facilities are in a state of disrepair; pa [...]
2007-06-18 10:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON PGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA72BEMBA'S MLC WINS HALF OF KINSHASA'S SENATE SEATS
[...] (U) Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC won four of eight seats in Kinshasa's senatorial delegation in a vote by provincial assembly deputies January 19. Bemba himself came first in the poll of the 48 deputies, followed closely by MLC officials Bernadette Nkoy Mafuta and Eve Bazaiba. President Kabila' [...]
2007-01-23 10:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA81ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT KAMERHE PLANS AMBITIOUS AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary. National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe has plans for an ambitious legislative agenda, close oversight of the other branches of the government, professionalization of the Assembly's work and a program of parliamentary diplomacy. He plans to call a special session in late Janu [...]
2007-01-24 17:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA87KABILA ALLIES WIN MAJORITY OF EASTERN KASAI'S
[...] (U) Results from the January 19 Senate elections in Eastern Kasai gave the pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) an overwhelming majority of seats in a region that includes areas that have been politically hostile towards Kabila. The People's Party for Reconstruction and Demo [...]
2007-01-25 13:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA89EX-MOBUTUISTS HELP KABILA COALITION TAKE MAJORITY
[...] (U) The pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) won a slight majority in the senatorial delegation from Jean-Pierre Bemba's home province of Equateur. AMP-aligned candidates, including three who ran as independents, took eleven of 20 national Senate seats, with one apiece for th [...]
2007-01-25 14:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA897KIMBANGUISM: CONGOLESE HISTORY, IDENTITY AND
[...] (U) Summary: The Kimbanguist Church is a large home-grown Congolese religion. Like most of the population, Kimbanguists consider themselves Christians, although they are not always seen as such by others. Church officials claim nearly one-sixth of the population follows Kimbanguism; it has a s [...]
2007-07-30 15:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCG PGOV PHUM PNAT
07KINSHASA91MANIEMA PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS NATIONAL
[...] (U) Maniema provincial assembly members selected the province's four national Senators January 19. All are well-known public figures. Three served in either the Transitional Government or under Mobutu. 2. (SBU) Those elected were: Joseph Kilomo (ADECO),Delphin Kapaya Ohelo (Independen [...]
2007-01-26 09:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA926KABILA SECURITY ADVISER DIES UNEXPECTEDLY IN SOUTH
[...] (C) Presidential adviser Samba Kaputo, a key figure in Kabila-era politics, died in Johannesburg August 1, reportedly of kidney failure. He was Kabila's national security adviser during the Transition and a member of his trusted inner circle. He had close connections with the military and i [...]
2007-08-03 12:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG ZA
07KINSHASA96KABILA ALLIES WIN LION'S SHARE OF WESTERN KASAI'S
[...] (U) Candidates aligned with President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) will make up most of the national Senate delegation from Western Kasai. AMP coalition candidates won at least five -- and possibly as many as seven -- of the province's eight Senate seats January [...]
2007-01-26 11:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07TOKYO4721 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/07
[...] Purpose of the law In order to contribute positively and independently to the efforts of the international community to stop and eliminate international terrorism, refueling operations by the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) toward the vessels of each country participating in maritime interdiction [...]
2007-10-09 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
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
08KINSHASA1025KABILA PICKS DIDIER ETUMBA, A REGIONAL OUTSIDER,
[...] (U) On November 17, President Kabila named Didier Etumba Longila as the new Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, replacing Dieudonne Kayembe. Concurrently, Etumba was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General. Although an army officer, Etumba had been serving as Navy Chief of Staff, as well [...]
2008-11-19 07:57:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA1123 DRC OPPOSITION: SPLINTERED AND BICKERING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs met separately with the leadership of the DRC's main political opposition to identify party priorities and gauge the level of coordination between opposition elements. Opposition leaders identified security and justice sector reform as pressing needs, as well as improvin [...]
2008-12-17 14:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CG
08KINSHASA1175DRC FOREIGN MINISTER ON THE EAST, RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) During a December 30 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba said he was cautiously optimistic about improving DRC-Rwandan relations. Thambwe identified the task of eliminating illegal economic activity in war-torn North Kivu as key to ending the conflict. [...]
2008-12-31 13:33:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS CG
08KINSHASA147Political ties mark new parastatal boards
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although many senior parastal executives appointed by President Kabila January 12 were vetted through a public examination process, connections with the ruling coalition or senior political figures were highly influential in appointments of most governing board members. End sum [...]
2008-02-11 14:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EMIN ENRG EFIN KDEM CG
08KINSHASA177Another Katangan academic takes over as presidential
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Kabila named fellow Kantangan Kaumba Lufunda as special counselor for security matters February 4. A criminologist by training, Kaumba was a bete noire of Congolese human rights groups during his tenure as rector of the University of Lubumbashi. It is too early to sa [...]
2008-02-20 06:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR SOCI KDEM CG
08KINSHASA224SSR roundtable long on particulars, short on priorities
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Congolese government presented its priorities for reform of the military, justice and police sectors at the long-awaited but hastily-organized security sector reform (SSR) roundtable February 25-26 in Kinshasa. Officials offered a series of detailed presentations which gave [...]
2008-03-05 18:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MASS CG
08KINSHASA326DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 15:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDCG EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB EMIN PGOV
08KINSHASA327DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 16:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDCG EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB EMIN PGOV
08KINSHASA329DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary Aviation -------- - MONUC Owes Government of Uganda USD 10 Million in Aviation Fees - Royal Air Maroc Service to Casablanca and Europe - Air Zimbabwe Offers Flights from Kinshasa to Dubai and Brussels Banking Sector -------------- - Low Rate of Bank Account Ownership in DR [...]
2008-04-04 15:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA332DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary Aviation -------- - MONUC Owes Government of Uganda USD 10 Million in Aviation Fees - Royal Air Maroc Service to Casablanca and Europe - Air Zimbabwe Offers Flights from Kinshasa to Dubai and Brussels Banking Sector -------------- - Low Rate of Bank Account Ownership in DR [...]
2008-04-07 06:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA333DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary Aviation -------- - MONUC Owes Government of Uganda USD 10 Million in Aviation Fees - Royal Air Maroc Service to Casablanca and Europe - Air Zimbabwe Offers Flights from Kinshasa to Dubai and Brussels Banking Sector -------------- - Low Rate of Bank Account Ownership in DRC [...]
2008-04-08 06:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA361Press freedom quarterly: January-March 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese authorities used restrictive freedom of expression laws to convict a journalist in Kasai Oriental province and arrest four others in Kinshasa and South Kivu. Police beat a cameraman filming their operations in Katanga. Legal proceedings resumed in the case of murdere [...]
2008-04-18 11:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM CG
08KINSHASA40 MONUC's Kivus Conference Report -- third day of
[...] (SBU) Under the moderation of Azarias Ruberwa, today's plenary started with speeches by governors Didier Manara (Maniema province) and Medard Autsai (Orientale province). Both presented their respective provinces, which they portrayed as places where ethnic groups coexisted peacefully, as exa [...]
2008-01-14 16:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA413DRC APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary Agriculture ----------- - New DRC Agricultural Code Presented to Traditional Chiefs - African Wildlife Foundation Assists Isolated Population - Orientale Province Poised to Renew Agricultural Activities Aviation -------- - CAA Suspends Flights, All Planes to South Afric [...]
2008-05-12 06:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA426PRC Engagement in the DRC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The story of Chinese (PRC) involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),dating to the 1970's when the DRC was barely into its second decade as an independent nation, is long and complex. Since the early 2000's, China has ramped up its presence and exchanges with the D [...]
2008-05-13 15:54:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ECPS MARR PREL PGOV SENV
08KINSHASA435ANGOLA'S INFLUENCE IN THE DRC
[...] (U) Background and summary: This cable provides an overview of Angola's political and military interests and goals in the DRC. Angola is one of the DRC,s closest allies and the two countries cooperate closely on economic matters, border security, and between militaries. The nature of the cu [...]
2008-05-16 15:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR AO CG
08KINSHASA437 MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE
[...] As background in responding to reftels, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has warm relations with Cuba. In fact, former President Laurent Kabila, whose son Joseph is the DRC's current head of state, fought alongside Che Guevara in the 1960's in the eastern Congo in [...]
2008-05-16 17:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU CG
08KINSHASA46 MONUC's Kivus Conference Report -
[...] (SBU) Summary: The ethnic communities of South Kivu commence their presentations in the fourth Plenary session. Tension rises swiftly when the Bembe and the Fulero issue anachronistic anti-Tutsi declarations, and the Banyamulenge demand the recognition of the Minembwe Territory. The Conferen [...]
2008-01-17 12:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA54 Goma Report for January 19 - Kabila
[...] (SBU) Summary: With forty-eight hours left in the Kivus Conference, President Kabila summoned diplomats present in Goma January 19 to outline the peace process that would be established by the conference. The government and all internal armed forces and ethnic communities in the Kivus would [...]
2008-01-21 09:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA560SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE JULY 01-02 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of central Africa a [...]
2008-06-26 15:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR PHUM CG
08KINSHASA693PRESS FREEDOM QUARTERLY: APRIL-JUNE 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese security personnel, often under orders from government officials, as well as illegal armed groups continue to harass, intimidate, and detain journalists. Federal immigration service agents (DGM - "Direction General de Migration" in French) detained an independent Bel [...]
2008-08-25 13:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM CG
08KINSHASA706SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI
[...] (SBU) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of Central Africa and beyond [...]
2008-08-27 16:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR PHUM CG
08KINSHASA733SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DRL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of Central Africa and bey [...]
2008-09-05 12:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PHUM PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR CG
08KINSHASA802 DRC PRIME MINISTER GIZENGA RESIGNS
[...] (U) Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga delivered his resignation letter to President Joseph Kabila today, September 25. In a subsequent address on national television, Gizenga cited health reasons as the driving force behind his resignation, which Kabila has yet to formally accept. Although it w [...]
2008-09-25 16:33:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA891 Kabila visits Quebec City to promote Kinshasa's
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila has broken with his preference for staying at home to instead attend this week's Francophonie Summit in Quebec City. Just days ago, the Democratic Republic of the Congo submitted its letter of candidacy for Kinshasa to host the 2010 summit; the only oth [...]
2008-10-16 14:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID SCUL CG
08KINSHASA906 CATHOLIC CONFERENCE OF DRC CONDEMNS
[...] (U) The Congolese Catholic Conference of Bishops ("Conference Episcopale Nationale du Congo" - CENCO - in French) issued a statement October 13 expressing grave concern about the resumption of hostilities between armed groups and government forces in the eastern part of the country. The state [...]
2008-10-21 13:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA933 KABILA NAMES NEW GOVERNMENT OCTOBER 26
[...] (U) President Joseph Kabila, in a government decree released late in the evening October 26, presented the new DRC cabinet of Prime Minister-designate Adolphe Muzito. Major changes include an increase in the number of ministers from 33 to 37 and the replacement of the three ministers of state [...]
2008-10-27 13:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
08KINSHASA973 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS CRISIS PLAN TO DEAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly adopted on October 28 a non-binding plan for the DRC to deal with the crisis in eastern DRC. (Note: An unofficial embassy translation of the plan begins at para. 9. End note.) The plan proposes alternatives for political, military, and diplomatic dialo [...]
2008-11-05 17:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA975 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES MUZITO GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly approved the government of Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito on November 2. The government easily obtained the necessary absolute majority vote following intense debate during an emergency plenary session of parliament. Muzito stressed reinforcing state author [...]
2008-11-06 06:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CG
08NOUAKCHOTT654MEETING WITH FORMER ECON MINISTER VEZZAZ --
[...] (C) MCC Scorecard A Validation Of Abdallahi Policies: Charge met November 5 with former Minister of Economy and Finance (and current FNDD economic director) Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz who had been the Mission's principal ministerial counterpart in the development of Mauritania's MCC Thres [...]
2008-11-06 13:34:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KMCA MR
09ABUDHABI314EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HAYATI AND SONS
[...] Ref email requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification at Hayati and Sons Trading, Dubai, UAE for the shipment of Dental Products, Toff, Matrix bands exported by J.R. Rand Corporation, Deer Park, New York. 2. On March 26, 2009 Export Control Officer (ECO) met with Mr. Hassan Hay [...]
2009-03-29 09:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ADDISABABA2061USAFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During their August 20 meeting at African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, USAFRICOM Commander General William E. (Kip) Ward and African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping discussed U.S./Africa cooperation in combating narco-trafficking through Africa, as well as ongoing USG [...]
2009-08-25 05:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MASS SNAR KCRM PINR AU
09BUJUMBURA334RESPONDING TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (S/NF) Post concurs with reftel conclusion that the purported nuclear material in Bujumbura is likely a hoax. Despite this, due diligence demands the material be tested, and Post believes this is a good opportunity for cooperation with the Burundian government. Note that Post wishes to work w [...]
2009-07-16 09:23:00Embassy BujumburaSECRETKCRM KNNP ASEC PARM PINR PREL PTER
09HARARE971AMBASSADOR RAY'S COURTESY CALL WITH DRC AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an uncharacteristic session of candor, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mawampanga Mwana Nanga was critical of ZANU-PF and indirectly President Mugabe. The parties here need to spend more time talking to each other to meet the needs of the people, [...]
2009-12-15 13:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI CG
09KINSHASA1025EQUATEUR ELECTIONS: THE END OF THE OPPOSITION?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The interim governor, Jean-Claude Baende, won a special gubernatorial election in Equateur Province. Baende is an independent with close ties to President Kabila's AMP. As the AMP now controls all 11 provinces, it is well-situated to crush a feckless opposition in (unlikely) 2 [...]
2009-11-19 13:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINS CG
09KINSHASA105KABILA PRESS CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON EASTERN DRC
[...] (SBU) DRC President Joseph Kabila held a press conference January 31, addressing questions on the situation in the East and on the state of the economy in the DRC. Kabila defended his decision to allow Rwandan troops into the DRC to pursue FDLR combatants, stressing that both Ugandan and Rwan [...]
2009-02-03 07:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS ECON KPKO CG
09KINSHASA1050 U.S. MILITARY TRAINING: WHAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: While local audiences in Kisangani are supportive of U.S. military training of the FARDC battalion, they have expressed concerns about the motivations of the U.S. effort, manner in which candidates are being vetted, and the nature of follow-on activities to sustain the battalio [...]
2009-12-02 06:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1073U.S. MILITARY TRAINING: WHAT THE PUBLIC IN KISANGANI
[...] (SBU) Summary: While local audiences in Kisangani are supportive of U.S. military training of the FARDC battalion, they have expressed concerns about the motivations of the U.S. effort, manner in which candidates are being vetted, and the nature of follow-on activities to sustain the battali [...]
2009-12-10 08:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1079CAMPAIGN FOR 2011 ELECTIONS KICKS OFF AS KABILA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 7 State of the Nation address, President Kabila implicitly launched his campaign for the 2011 local and presidential elections, focusing his points primarily on domestic political issues. Kabila predicted GDP growth of 5.4% in 2010, and he lauded the progress ma [...]
2009-12-14 06:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN SENV KDEM EINV CG
09KINSHASA1080AUGUSTIN KATUMBA, PRESIDENT'S ALLEGED TREASURER
[...] (C) Summary: National Assembly Deputy Augustin Katumba Mwanke resigned as Executive Secretary of the ruling coalition, the "Alliance pour la Majorite Presidentielle" (Alliance for the Presidential Majority -- AMP) last week. He relinquished the position amid pervasive rumors of an impending [...]
2009-12-14 06:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CG
09KINSHASA1083DONGO, KATUMBA'S RESIGNATION, AND ANGOLA -- ANY
[...] (S) Summary: The situation in Dongo remains very fluid, with over 74,000 DRC refugees having crossed over the Ubangi River into the Republic of Congo and up to 38,000 IDPs in the area within the DRC. The region remains too unsafe for humanitarian workers to enter. MONUC has publicly announc [...]
2009-12-15 10:05:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPGOV PREL PINS PHUM PREF MOPS EAID CG
09KINSHASA1084DONGO, KATUMBA'S RESIGNATION, AND ANGOLA -- ANY
[...] (S) Summary: The situation in Dongo remains very fluid, with over 74,000 DRC refugees having crossed over the Ubangi River into the Republic of Congo and up to 38,000 IDPs in the area within the DRC. The region remains too unsafe for humanitarian workers to enter. MONUC has publicly announce [...]
2009-12-15 10:06:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPGOV PREL PINS PHUM PREF MOPS EAID CG
09KINSHASA1089 CONGOLESE MEDIA AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The media environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is unusually problematic and complicated, even by African standards. This is the first in a series of reports on the DRC press and mass media designed to help USG readers better understand the constraints and c [...]
2009-12-16 07:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1090 CONGOLESE MEDIA AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The media environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is unusually problematic and complicated, even by African standards. This is the first in a series of reports on the DRC press and mass media designed to help USG readers better understand the constraints and c [...]
2009-12-16 08:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1105AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba on December 17 to discuss MONUC's mandate renewal, fighting in the Dongo area of Equateur Province, and DRC-Angolan relations. Septel reports on discussions regarding finding a site to build a new embassy, as well as GD [...]
2009-12-17 16:05:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS PHUM PREF CG AG
09KINSHASA1144KENGO SAYS GOVERNMENT IS NEGOTIATING WITH EQUATEUR
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met December 21 with Senate President Kengo wa Dondo. Kengo said the GDRC is negotiating with Dongo rebels, discussed his legislative agenda for the upcoming session of parliament, and gave his view on security sector reform (SSR). His priorities for the legislative [...]
2009-12-24 11:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EFIN MCAP MASS PREL 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
09KINSHASA255ANNUAL CIWG MEETING - KINSHASA
[...] (S/NF) The Counter Intelligence Working Group (CIWG) met on 03/13/09. The A/DCM, ORA, DAO, POL, and RSO attended the meeting. 2. (S/NF) All CIWG members concurred that the technical and humint capabilities of host country intelligence services are extremely limited. 3. (S/NF) Financial [...]
2009-03-19 13:34:00Embassy KinshasaSECRET//NOFORNASEC
09KINSHASA316 SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL INHOFE TO THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]
2009-04-02 11:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS 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
09KINSHASA334 SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL ADAM SMITH TO THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]
2009-04-07 14:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA336 SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM WARD TO THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]
2009-04-07 16:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA431KAMERHE ADVISOR DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND THE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Manya Moupondo, Diplomatic Advisor to former National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe and GDRC delegate to the GDRC-CNDP political talks, told Emboffs that the transition from Kamerhe to the new Assembly President, Evariste Boshab, has been smooth. She expressed some concern t [...]
2009-04-30 17:08:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MOPS KDEM CG
09KINSHASA45DRC: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Per reftel, following is the text of the Investment Climate Statement for the DRC for 2009. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. (U) The DRC's rich endowment of natural resources, large population size (approximately 65 million) and generally open trading [...]
2009-01-15 12:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR 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
09KINSHASA535GDRC CABINET RESHUFFLE IMMINENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Diplomatic and host government sources in Kinshasa and Goma indicate that a cabinet reshuffle by President Joseph Kabila is imminent. A major reason behind the reshuffle is the integration of former CNDP and armed group members into mainstream political and administrative posit [...]
2009-06-08 13:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM 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
09KINSHASA632PRESIDENT PRESIDES OVER NATIONAL DAY FESTIVITIES IN GOMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila presided over well-executed and lavish Independence Day ceremonies in Goma on June 30. Charge and Goma emboff attended ceremonies on behalf of the USG. Observers were impressed by a parade of smart-stepping soldiers, well-equipped police, and a wide array of [...]
2009-07-02 16:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA633 DEATH OF JEANNOT BEMBA SAOLANA
[...] (SBU) DRC senator and businessman Jeannot Bemba Saolona, father of opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, died of cardiac arrest in Brussels on July 1. Local media in Kinshasa announced the death of Bemba, a former Minister of Economy during the 2003-2006 transition and ex-head of the DRC chamb [...]
2009-07-06 07:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA643 DRC NOMINATES NORBERT NKULU, CLOSE
[...] (SBU) The head of the DRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Directorate, Banza Ngoy Katume, confirmed July 6 media reports that Norbert Nkulu Mitumba Kilombo is the DRC Ambassador to Rwanda-designate. 2. (SBU) Nkulu, born December 15, 1946, graduated in law from Lo [...]
2009-07-06 16:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA652EQUATEUR: "A REAL DIFFERENT CONGOLESE PROVINCE"
[...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to Equateur Province, polcouns met with Acting Governor Jean-Claude Baende, provincial government officials, parliamentarians, and MONUC officials, all of whom outlined the political struggle between supporters of impeached Governor Jose Makila and Acting G [...]
2009-07-07 14:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KWMN SENV PINR 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
09KINSHASA826DRC TAKES ON SADC CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: As expected, Zimbabwe and Madagascar were front and center at the September 7-8 SADC Summit. On Zimbabwe, the SADC leaders called for a lifting of all sanctions against the country, with some arguing that full implementation of the global political agreement should not be a pre [...]
2009-09-10 13:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD CG
09KINSHASA861AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY PM MOBUTU
[...] Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Joseph Mobutu Nzanga Ngbangawe told the Ambassador on September 21 that there would most likely be a cabinet reshuffle in early October, probably the last before upcoming elections in 2010 (local) and in 2011 (parliamentary and presidential). Muzito, who Mobut [...]
2009-09-23 10:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM CG
09LUANDA760ANGOLA SEEKS STABILITY IN DRC
[...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with AFRICOM Deputy Commander Ambassador Tony Holmes, Angola's top defense decision-makers were categorical: the GRA's primary objective in the DRC is stability, and Angola has nothing to do with ongoing security incidents in Congo's Equateur province (Ref [...]
2009-12-16 15:36:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AO CG
10KINSHASA176SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO THE DEMOCRATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) stands at a crossroads in 2010, having registered progress in stabilizing the security situation in the volatile eastern part of the country in 2009, and awaiting local and national elections in 2011. On the security and democratization [...]
2010-02-10 19:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS MASS MONUC EAID ECON
10KINSHASA218Cabinet Reshuffle Announced Over Weekend; Impact Still
[...] 1. (U) On February 20 President Kabila announced a new cabinet, his third since taking office in December 2006. Also included in the announcement are the names of a new special advisor for security affairs, as well as a new chief of staff. Analysis of the new cabinet's likely impact, [...]
2010-02-22 11:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON CG
10KINSHASA22MIMINCO INVESTMENT DISPUTE STILL SIMMERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: MIMINCO local representative Joseph Kabwika reported to Econoff on January 6 that no progress has been made on either GDRC payment of a USD 13 million ICSID settlement to MIMINCO or the expropriation of MIMINCO from its headquarters building in Kinshasa. He requested immediate [...]
2010-01-08 15:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV KJUS KTFN CG
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
10KINSHASA39Cabinet reshuffle announced February 20: Prime Minister is
[...] (C) Summary: Ending a long period of speculation about a cabinet reshuffle, President Kabila announced his new government late Friday, February 19 (ref C). The big winner was Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito who kept his position and received support when Kabila appointed trusted confidants to [...]
2010-02-26 07:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR PREF PHUM 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
10KINSHASA56Minister of Social Affairs Sacked
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila issued a decree on January 9 dismissing Minister of Social Affairs, Humanitarian Action and National Solidarity Barthelemy Botswali for "conducting himself in a dishonorable manner." There are various rumors floating around to explain his dismissal, but most [...]
2010-01-17 15:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM CG
10KINSHASA9SENATE PRESIDENT KENGO'S OUVERTURES TO THE U.S. - WHAT'S THE
[...] (C) Summary: Senate President Kengo wa Dondo has unexpectedly approached United States diplomats, in Kinshasa and at the AU in Addis Ababa (reftels),to request assistance in facilitating meetings with senior USG officials during an upcoming trip to Washington. One of the Congo's most astute [...]
2010-01-20 09:11:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
10KINSHASA92DRC: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Per reftel, the following is the text of the Investment Climate Statement for the DRC for 2010. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. (U) The DRC's rich endowment of natural resources, large population size (approximately 68 million) and generally [...]
2010-01-26 15:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ELAB ETRD ECON KTDB OPIC USTR CG
86KAMPALA2314 MUSEVENI AND THE RADICAL MUSLIMS.
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: UGANDA'S RELATIONS WITH LIBYA CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY. PRESIDENT MUSEVENI HAS MET WITH DELEGATIONS FROM THE PLO AND SAHARAN ARAB DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (SADR); GOU HAS NORMALIZED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE LATTER ORGANIZATIONS. NRM HAS ALSO RESPON [...]
1986-07-16 09:14:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PNAT PTER PGOV EPET PLO UG WI LY IR XA SX
86LONDON1567 THE UGANDA SITUATION: LONDON VIEWS
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. OUR FCO COLLEAGUES ARE WATCHING THE UGANDA SITUATION WITH GROWING CONCERN, AND THEIR ANALYSIS OF MUSEVENI'S NEGATIVE ROLE VERY MUCH COINCIDES WITH OUR OWN IN REFTEL. THE FCO WAS THOROUGHLY RATTLED BY THE FIGHTING IN KAMPALA ON WEDNESDAY MORNING; HOWEVER, THE BRITIS [...]
1986-01-23 18:30:00Embassy LondonSECRETUG PGOV PREL
89STATE302065PRESS GUIDANCES - UTA CRASH/ANGOLA/SWAPO
[...] THE FOLLOWING THREE GUIDANCES WERE PREPARED FOR THE NOON BRIEFING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1989. 2. Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE CRASH OF UTA FLIGHT 772? A. WE UNDERSTAND THAT UTA FLIGHT 772 BOUND FROM NDJAMENA TO PARIS CRASHED 650 KMS NORTHWEST OF NDJAMENA IN CENTRAL NIGER [...]
1989-09-20 22:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL SF US
91STATE374256 LIBYAN OFFICIALS INDICTED FOR BOMBING PAN 103
[...] S - ENTIRE TEXT. THE PAPER IS EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AND IS CLASSIFIED SECRET UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 AT 1530 (GMT). AFTER THAT POINT THE WHITE PAPER IS DECLASSIFIED AND SHOULD BE SHARED WIDELY WITH HOST GOVERNMENT. 2. AS DISCUSSED IN SEPTEL (MESSAGE REFERENCE NUMBER NOT YET AVAILABLE [...]
1991-11-14 18:04:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER LY
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