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00HARARE1842	MUGABE CONFERRED STATUS OF A CARICATURE OF AN AFRICAN LEADER [...] (C) ZIMBABWE'S INCREASINGLY DESPERATE RULING PARTY, ZANU-PF HAS RESORTED TO VIOLENCE, BOTH RHETORICAL AND PHYSICAL TO COMBAT ITS ERODING POPULARITY. AS THREATS ISSUED BY ZANU-PF ESCALATE, SO DO INCIDENTS OF HARASSMENT AND MAYHEM AND THE DANGER THAT LESS STABLE ELEMENTS IN ZANU-PF WILL INTERP [...]	2000-04-06 10:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SOCI MARR ZI

00KINSHASA8421	FY'01 AFRP: IV NOMINATION - "WOMEN AND THE LAW", MARCH 19 - APRIL 6, 2001 [...] No summary [...]	2000-12-19 15:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL XA
00KINSHASA8501	MORJANE ADDRESSES DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY [...] AMBASSADOR MORJANE ADDRESSED THE ENTIRE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY DECEMBER 21 TO SUMMARIZE THE POLITICAL/MILITARY SITUATION IN THE DRC AT YEAR'S END, AND TO COMMUNICATE THE DIRECTION OF MONUC IN LIGHT OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1332. 2. OVERALL, MORJANE VIEWED THE CURRENT STATE OF PLAY IN THE DRC AS " [...]	2000-12-22 07:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL CG
01ABUJA1006	Nigeria: Obasanjo Foreign Policy [...] (C) Summary. President Olusegun Obasanjo is his own Foreign Minister. To understand how he has redirected Nigeria relations with the rest of the world, we examine his personal character and policy agenda. Obasanjo military career, his term as interim Head of State in the 1970s, and his y [...]	2001-05-07 10:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS ECON NI
01ABUJA1244	In Depth Discussion on ECOWAS Capacity Building [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/RA LTC Mike Bittrick discussed ECOWAS' capacity-building plans with newly arrived Deputy Executive Secretary Diarra and ECOWAS Military Advisor Dikio on May SIPDIS 14. Diarra outlined his vision and the responsibilities of his newly formed department. He identified areas w [...]	2001-06-01 06:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR MASS NI
01ABUJA1376	INTERIM REPORT ON MAP WORKSHOP [...] (U) This is a brief interim report; comprehensive report to follow. ------------- State of play ------------- 2. (U) At the fifth session of the five-nation Steering Committee of the Millennium Partnership for African Recovery Programme (MAP) held at Pretoria in March it was agre [...]	2001-06-15 18:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON NI SF AG OAU
01ABUJA1439	ECOWAS: KOUYATE'S OAU CANDIDACY (ROUND TWO) [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate on June 18. Regional issues, particularly Liberia, were the focus of their exchange (septel). Kouyate, in a private sidebar, also asked once again for USG support for his candidacy for Secretary General of the OAU, as [...]	2001-06-22 09:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NI ECOWAS OAU
01ABUJA2117	NIGERIA: BREAKFAST WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter and President Obasanjo discussed a smorgasbord of issues over a lengthy breakfast on August 24. The President said he would do everything possible to meet the counter-narcotics benchmarks, but he admitted that the Nigerian judiciary was broken and offered to r [...]	2001-08-28 12:47:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL SNAR ETRD BEXP MASS ECOWAS WCAR XF NI
01ABUJA2289	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON HUMANITRIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) CDA Andrews called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on 12 September. Mohammed echoed the words of President Obasanjo regarding the terrorist attacks against the United States (Ref F),and offered any and all assistance to locating the perpetrators and bringing them to justice. Andrews thanked the N [...]	2001-09-12 16:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS MARR KPKO SL NI UNAMSIL
01ABUJA2420	NIGERIAN ARMY TROOP ROTATION COMPLETELY CANCELLED [...] (U) This is IIR 6 871 0371 01, repeated through State Channels to ensure wider distribution outside of DOD. begin text: 2. (C/NF) Summary: Nigerian army staff stated that latest troop rotation cancelled. Elements of one battalion that had begun to move to Sierra Leone will be recalled [...]	2001-09-21 16:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MASS MARR KPKO SL NI
01ABUJA2480	U.S. MOVE TOWARD AFRICAN WTO POSITIONS APPLAUDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Fourth Organization of African Unity/African Economic Community Conference of Trade Ministers September 22-23 in Abuja, Nigeria ended with widespread appreciation for U.S. movement toward African WTO positions on agriculture, intellectual property, the environment, labor iss [...]	2001-09-27 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OVIP NI WTO
01ABUJA2562	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES SUDAN, DRC, BURUNDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on October 8. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sule Lamido, the Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, Adobe Obe, an advisor to President Obasanjo, and LTC Idris, the NSA's Military [...]	2001-10-11 10:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO CG SU BY NI
01ABUJA2591	TFUS01: CALL TO PRESIDENT OBASANJO REGARDING AIR [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-12 12:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL NI
01ABUJA2797	NIGERIA'S RISKS IN SUPPORTING US ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Since September 11, the Obasanjo Administration has lent unequivocal diplomatic support to USG anti-terrorists efforts, including coalition military operations against Al Qaeda and its Taliban hosts. This unambiguous support was not a given. Nigeria, home to Sub-Saharan Africa largest M [...]	2001-11-02 07:33:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PTER ETTC SOCI PINS PREL NI
01ABUJA2986	NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER DISCUSSES PKO PLANS, UNAMSIL, BENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 22 meeting with PolCouns and PolmilOff, Army Minister Batagarawa confirmed that Nigeria was planning to send an OFR Phase III battalion to Burundi. He also reported that Ghana probably would seek U.S. equipment support for its Burundi-bound battalion. Batagarawa [...]	2001-11-27 05:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PINS SL BU NI
01ABUJA3039	NIGERIA: PLAN FOR DEPLOYMENT TO BURUNDI [...] No summary [...]	2001-12-03 13:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS NI
01ABUJA3219	ECOWAS: KOUYATE TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 7 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate provided a tour d'horizon of sub-regional issues, including Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the upcoming ECOWAS Summit. While noting recent hiccups on disarmament, Kouyate was optimistic about [...]	2001-12-14 15:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS NI ECOWAS
01ABUJA3232	NIGERIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post provides the following input for the 2001 Annual Terrorism Report. The information is keyed to the questions asked in reftel: A. (U) Civilian rule returned to Nigeria with the inauguration of Olusegun Obasanjo as President in May 1999. Since his inauguration, President Obasan [...]	2001-12-19 16:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER NI
01ABUJA873	Operation FOCUS RELIEF Roundtable [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian Minister of Defense Danjuma chaired an Operation FOCUS RELIEF(OFR) round-table meeting on April 19. The Minister took the role of facilitator in the almost-two hour meeting, restating and clarifying various conc [...]	2001-04-25 14:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR NI SL
01BANJUL327	THE GAMBIA -- JAMMEH'S WEST AFRICA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH HE HAS NOT DEVELOPED A COHERENT STRATEGY FOR WEST AFRICAN REGIONAL SECURITY, PRESIDENT JAMMEH WANTS TO BE A MORE VISIBLE PLAYER IN SUB-REGIONAL DIPLOMACY. NEVERTHELESS, JAMMEH IS KEEN ON DEVELOPING A REPUTATION AS AN INFLUENTIAL PEACE BROKER. WITH EFFORTS IN THE CASAMAN [...]	2001-05-29 15:21:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LI SN GA
01BANJUL854	GAMBIAN MUSLIMS: MAJORITY IGNORE BIN LADEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: WITH A FEW NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS, GAMBIAN MUSLIMS (95% OF THE POPULATION) SUPPORT THE U.S. AND ARE UNLIKELY TO HEED THE CALL OF ANTI- AMERICAN ISLAMIC RADICALS. END SUMMARY. 2. (S) THE MEDIA: POST IS NOT AWARE OF ANY MEDIA OUTLETS WITH A RADICAL ISLAMIC EDITORIAL POLICY. THE STAT [...]	2001-10-15 15:04:00	Embassy Banjul	SECRET	PTER PINR XA GA
01BANJUL892	GAMBIAN ELECTION FALLOUT: ADMIRATION TURNS TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: A WAVE OF CRITICISM HAS REPLACED THE POSITIVE COMMENTARY HEARD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OCTOBER 18 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE UPC COALITION AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ALLEGE WIDESPREAD HARASSMENT AND UNREASONABLE ARRESTS SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS AND C [...]	2001-10-26 11:55:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PINR GA
01DAKAR2990	PRESIDENT WADE SEIZES OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (U) ON AUGUST 28, SENEGALESE AUTHORITIES REFUSED PERMISSION TO APPROXIMATELY 100 YOUNG WOMEN TO BOARD A LIBYAN CHARTERED AIRCRAFT, WHICH APPARENTLY LANDED WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION, AND WHICH WAS ALLEGEDLY TAKING THE WOMEN TO LIBYA TO PARTICIPATE IN A CULTURAL EVENT CELEBRATING THE THIRTY-S [...]	2001-09-07 16:28:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SG
01GABORONE3343	TFUS01: GOB SUPPORTS COALITION STRIKES AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STATEMENTS BY THE GOB TO DATE HAVE BEEN FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF USG ACTIONS AGAINST TALIBAN MILITARY TARGETS. IN A 10/11 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ERNEST MPOFU DEFENDED A MORE CAUTIOUS APPROACH IN ORDER TO AVOID EXTREMIST RETALIATION [...]	2001-10-12 08:24:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER BC
01HARARE502	ZIMBABWE REMARKS ON WCAR PREPCOM MEETING IN DAKAR [...] (C) ON JANUARY 23, POST DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO ALFRED MUTIWAZUKA, THE PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (PAO) IN THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OFFICE OF ZIMBABWE'S MFA. IN A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION WITH MUTIWAZUKA ON JANUARY 24, POLOFF LEARNED THAT ZIMBABWE IS SENDING JUSTICE MIN [...]	2001-01-24 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SOCI ZI
01HARARE522	READOUT ON MEETING BETWEEN ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE DCM OF THE BELGIAN EMBASSY IN HARARE PROVIDED A READOUT TO A SMALL GROUP OF DIPLOMATS OF PRESIDENT MUGABE'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LOUIS MICHEL, WHICH TOOK PLACE THE EVENING OF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00522 01 OF 02 251556 [...]	2001-01-25 15:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI CG
01PRETORIA4997	NEXT STEPS IN THE "NEW AFRICAN INITIATIVE": THE [...] (C) THE AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT LAST JULY MERGED THE MAP AND OMEGA DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TO CREATE THE "NEW AFRICAN INITIATIVE." SAG DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAP/NAI ISSUES COORDINATOR DAVID MALCOMSON BRIEFED EMBOFFS ON NEXT STEPS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THIS PROCESS. INITIALLY A 15 NATION HE [...]	2001-08-24 13:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL SF
01VATICAN2022	VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE APRIL 07 - 12 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - POPE RESPONDS TO UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX "DON'T COME" LETTER - VATICAN RADIO CUTS AIRTIME AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - CHANGES IN POPE'S PARTICIPATION IN EASTER EVENTS - POPE DISBURSES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AID - [...]	2001-04-12 09:25:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EAGR ECPS SENV EAID PINR UP VT VTPREL
01VATICAN6322	BIO INFO FOR GIUSEPPE PINTO - NEW VATICAN [...] THE POPE HAS APPOINTED ITALIAN PRIEST, MONSIGNOR GIUSEPPE PINTO, AS NUNCIO (AMBASSADOR) IN SENEGAL AND APOSTOLIC DELEGATE IN MAURITANIA. PINTO IS CURRENTLY THE ARGENTINA-CHILE DESK OFFICER AT THE VATICAN FOREIGN OFFICE. HE WAS BORN IN 1952 AND ORDAINED A PRIEST IN 1978. MONSIGNOR [...]	2001-12-06 15:37:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR SG MR VT
02ABUJA1027	NIGERIA: NEPAD MEETING SIDESTEPS ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Despite high-level attendance (including nine Heads of State),the March 26 NEPAD Summit did not produce any dramatic developments; the meeting was basically a planning session. The final communique was silent on Zimbabwe. However, Summit discussions and public statements by key [...]	2002-03-28 17:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ZI NI
02ABUJA1218	NIGERIA: RESPONSE TO UN RESOLUTION ON CUBA [...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Hart was surprisingly open to the possibility of a Nigerian abstention after hearing our points April 17. Hart agreed that the language was mild, saying, "Cuba should have nothing to fear" from it." He said that he would discuss the resolution with Foreign Ministe [...]	2002-04-18 16:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NI UNHRC
02ABUJA1346	NIGERIA: A PARTICIPANT'S PERSPECTIVE ON NEPAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolMilOff met on April 9 with Egyptian First Secretary Gamal Metwally for a read-out on the NEPAD meeting SIPDIS in Abuja March 26. While the achievements of the young organization have been more rhetorical than real, some progress has thus far apparently been achieved in defin [...]	2002-05-02 14:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ECIN ECON EAID PGOV NI
02ABUJA1399	NIGERIA: COMMONWEALTH-AFRICA INVESTMENT FORUM -- A [...] The Commonwealth Business Council (UK's equivalent to the Corporate Council for Africa) in coordination with the GON, hosted the annual Commonwealth-Africa Investment Forum in Abuja April 22-24. Embassy contacts at the British High Commission reported that while the Forum was successful, noth [...]	2002-05-06 09:57:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON NI
02ABUJA1465	NIGERIA: OBASANJO TO HOST INTERNATIONAL TIP SUMMIT [...] In a May 7 meeting, Mike Mku, the President's Special Assistant on Human Trafficking and Child Labor confirmed August 1-4 as the dates for the Government of Nigeria's "International Summit" on Trafficking in Persons. Mku gave RNLEO a copy of President Obasanjo's April 5 letter inviting Presid [...]	2002-05-14 13:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM NI
02ABUJA1725	NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXECSEC CHAMBAS'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: During two recent conversations with Ambassador Jeter, the last on May 24, ECOWAS ExeSec Chambas outlined the game-plan for Liberia developed at the May 17 Heads of State meeting in Yamoussoukro. Presidents Obasanjo and Wade were appointed to broker political reconciliation and a [...]	2002-06-07 12:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI
02ABUJA1816	COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA FLOWS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA [...] SUMMARY: There are important regional differences in the media in Nigeria that affect Embassy efforts to communicate U.S. views on the war on terror and other issues. This cable profiles the communications and media environment in Nigeria's north, which is predominately Muslim and Hausa spe [...]	2002-06-19 15:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO NI
02ABUJA2016	NIGERIA: ECOWAS REPORT WILL NOT CONTAIN FALSE [...] (C) During a July 3 meeting, Ambassador Jeter raised reftel points with ECOWAS Acting Executive Secretary (Deputy Executive Secretary for Economic SIPDIS Integration) Mame Sen, and Colonel Dixon Dikio, Military Advisor to the Executive Secretary. Both Executive Secretary Chambas and Deputy [...]	2002-07-03 17:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS XY LI NI
02ABUJA254	NIGERIA: SMALL ARMS/LIGHT WEAPONS [...] (U) This is an action request; Please see para 11. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During a January 3 conversation with PolMilOff, the Chairman of the Nigerian Committee on the ECOWAS Moratorium on Small Arms/Light Weapons (SA/LW) Musa Yahaya said Nigeria was making progress combating SA/LW proliferation [...]	2002-01-28 14:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KOMC NI ECOWAS
02ABUJA2565	ECOWAS: LIBERIA CONTACT GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) I managed to reach ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Chambas before he left Sweden on August 31. Chambas will be traveling in Europe for the rest of this week and returns to Abuja over the weekend. 2. (SBU) The Executive Secretary confirms that ECOWAS is proposing a meeting of th [...]	2002-09-03 13:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL XY LI ECOWAS UN
02ABUJA2652	CODEL DASCHLE -- BREAKFAST MEETING WITH OBASANJO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Olusegun Obasanjo hosted a breakfast meeting for Codel Daschle on August 31 at the Presidential Villa. In attendance were key Executive Council members and members of the Codel accompanied by Ambassador Jeter and Poloff. Obasanjo began by giving the Codel a brief hi [...]	2002-09-12 14:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV SENV ECON NI
02ABUJA2835	NIGERIA: IVOIRIEN CEASE-FIRE WILL TAKE MORE WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 9 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas summarized his visit to Cote d'Ivoire, stating Gbagbo's insistence that the mutineers relinquish their weapons and his reluctance to "legitimize" the rebels were the main hurdles to a cease [...]	2002-10-11 17:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV
02ABUJA3077	NIGERIA: FORCE STRUCTURE AND DEPLOYMENT PLAN FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ECOWAS has determined its force structure and adopted an ambitious French deployment plan for its monitoring force in Cote d'Ivoire. The deployment plan envisions the arrival of advance elements in Cote d'Ivoire by Friday, November 15 and calls for the monitoring force to be in [...]	2002-11-12 18:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV
02ABUJA3100	NIGERIA: POLITICAL PEER REVIEW ENDORSED AT NEPAD'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo hosted a NEPAD Head of State Implementation Committee (HSIC) meeting November 3. Nigeria's NEPAD coordinator, Ambassador Aluko-Olokun, briefed Abuja-resident G-8 diplomats November 4, that the HSIC endorsed voluntary peer review as "critical [...]	2002-11-14 07:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV XA NI
02ABUJA3163	NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXECSEC CHAMBAS PROPOSES MEETING [...] (C) During a November 11 conversation on Cote d'Ivoire with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas proposed a meeting of the Liberia contact group in Dakar on December 2. 2. (C) Chambas also said Senegalese President Wade would travel to Liberia on November 23 and that Wade hoped to [...]	2002-11-21 18:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NI LI ECOWAS
02ABUJA3340	NIGERIA: ECOWAS NAMES COORDINATOR FOR COTE [...] (C) During a December 19 telephone conversation, Nigerian Presidential Envoy on Conflict Resolution Raph Uwechue told Ambassador Jeter that he had been appointed the Special ECOWAS Representative to Cote d'Ivoire. Uwechue said his role would be to coordinate ECOWAS' political and military eff [...]	2002-12-19 13:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV
02ALGIERS2423	AU COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE RESULTS [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-21 09:15:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AG
02HARARE942	ZIMBABWE'S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS' OUTLOOK IS [...] (SBU) A shrinking economy (GDP has declined by about 25 percent since 1998),land resettlement, high inflation, an artificially pegged currency and weak mineral prices have combined recently to cause Zimbabwe's exports to contract sharply, with the 2001 total down about 30 percent from their [...]	2002-04-17 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD ZI
02HARARE959	MEDIA REACTION ELECTION AFTERMATH; HARARE [...] Under headline "Who will save us from fellow Africans?" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its April 22 edition to condemning African leaders for supporting the Government of Zimbabwe after fatally flawed March presidential poll. "We really thing their action wa [...]	2002-04-22 09:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE972	MEDIA REACTION ELECTION AFTERMATH; HARARE [...] Under headline "Wade has joined the bootlicking brigade," the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its May 22 editorial to denouncing Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade for "discrediting" the outcome Zimbabwe's presidential election. Excerpts: 2. "Senegale [...]	2002-04-23 07:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02ROME1544	REPORT ON IDLI ASSEMBLY OF MEMBER STATES [...] SUMMARY: THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW INSTITUTE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01544 01 OF 02 270916Z (IDLI) ASSEMBLY OF MEMBER STATES MET IN ROME MARCH 20, 2002 TO APPROVE IDLI'S WORK PLAN, ENDORSE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, AND APPROVE CHANGES TO IDLI'S BASIC TEXT [...]	2002-03-27 08:28:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KDEM IDLI
02ROME2340	NORTH AFRICA: OUTLOOK FOR DEMOCRACY SUBJECT OF [...] SUMMARY: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA PRESENTED A CONFERENCE MAY 3-4 ON STRATEGIES FOR A PLURALISTIC FUTURE IN NORTH AFRICA. ACADEMICIANS AND PRACTITIONERS FROM THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE, AND NORTH AFRICA PRESENTED THE HISTORICAL AND PRESENT-DAY CONTEXT IN WHICH DEM [...]	2002-05-14 09:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM EAID XI IT UN
02ROME2387	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE NOTES DETERIORATING [...] SUMMARY: THE FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES MET AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME MAY 6-10. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL EMPHASIZED THE LACK OF RESOURCES APPARENT IN THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE COMMITTEES, FORESHADOWING A CALL FOR MORE INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE AT THE UPCOMING WORLD FOOD SUMMIT; FIVE YEA [...]	2002-05-15 15:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR WFPO
02ROME3594	FAO INVOKES HELMS-BIDEN IN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] SUMMARY. THE FAO'S DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM BUDGET AND EVALUATION RESPONDED AT LENGTH IN WRITING TO THE U.S. DEMARCHE (REFTEL B) ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION. OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS HIS COMMENT: "I DO NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY THE U.S. SHOULD REQUEST AN E [...]	2002-07-22 12:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ETRD EAGR ECON FAO WHO
02ROME3676	FAO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GMO FOOD AID [...] (C) SUMMARY. FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL DIOUF IS EXPECTED TO SEND A LETTER TO UN UNDERSECRETARY OSHIMA CORRECTING HIS PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE AND STATING THAT THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL DOES NOT STIPULATE MILLING OF GM COMMODITIES TO PREVENT PLANTING. COPIES OF THE CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE SENT TO SOU [...]	2002-07-25 13:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ETRD EAGR EAID MZ FAO WFP
02ROME4561	FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES CONSIDER [...] SUMMARY: THE FAO FINANCE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES MET AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME SEPTEMBER 9-13, 2002. THE MAIN TOPIC IN THE JOINT SESSION WAS THE MEDIUM TERM PLAN (MTP) 2004-09 AND PRIORITIZATION OF RESOURCES. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL MADE A STRONG BID FOR INCREASED RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THE [...]	2002-09-20 09:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR WFPO
02ROME5134	GENEVA GROUP DISCUSSES TERM LIMITS [...] SUMMARY: THE GENEVA GROUP DISCUSSED TERM LIMITS ON OCTOBER 16. GERMANY HAS REQUESTED THAT THE ISSUE BE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA OF THE FAO COUNCIL WHICH MEETS OCTOBER 28 TO NOVEMBER 2. ACCORDING TO THE GROUNDWORK DONE BY DENMARK AS PRESIDENT OF THE EU, THERE IS CONSIDERABLE OPPOSITION TO TH [...]	2002-10-22 07:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR FAO
02ROME5421	LIBERIA: WFP ADDRESSES A GROWING NUMBER OF [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS),AND RESIDENTS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 [...]	2002-11-06 15:23:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN
02ROME5454	REFUGEE NUMBERS IN GUINEA'S FOREST REGION [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05454 01 OF 10 071545Z TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY D [...]	2002-11-07 14:35:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN
02ROME5832	NIGERIA, ZIMBABWE, COTE D'IVOIRE: ITALY, EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. AFRICA DG CABRAS REQUESTED A MEETING WITH POLMINCOUNS TO GET U.S. VIEWS ON THE CRISIS IN NIGERIA AND REVIEW OTHER TIMELY ISSUES. SOME ITALIAN NGOS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE APPLICATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN NIGERIA, BUT CABRAS AGREED THAT THE GOI'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITY MUST [...]	2002-12-04 05:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CI ZI NI IT
02VATICAN3638	CHURCH IN AFRICA: CONFRONTING FUNDAMENTALISM; [...] (C) SUMMARY: SECRETARY FOR THE CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELIZATION OF PEOPLES ARCHBISHOP ROBERT SARAH OFFERED DCM A TOUR D'HORIZON OF THE CHURCH'S CONCERNS IN AFRICA DURING A JULY 23 CALL. SARAH FOCUSED ON THE "NEW" CHALLENGE FROM FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAM, CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE GREAT LAKES [...]	2002-07-23 15:10:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VT VTPREL
03ABUJA1230	NIGERIA'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO COUP IN SAO [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter talked separately to Sao Tomean President de Menezes and new Nigerian Foreign Minister Adeniji July 16. According to both sources, President Obasanjo has been in direct communication with the coup leaders, telling them to stand down and return power to the country's const [...]	2003-07-17 19:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS PINS EPET PGOV NI TP
03ABUJA124	NIGERIA: CHAMBAS SAYS DISCORD AND LETHARGY HINDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 8 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas acknowledged ECOWAS diplomatic efforts in Cote d'Ivoire had lost steam due to ECOWAS Chairman Wade's erratic statesmanship, the lethargy of President Gbagbo and lack of focus of Togolese lea [...]	2003-01-21 17:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS KPKO NI IV
03ABUJA1246	NIGERIA: ABUBAKAR ON ECOWAS LIBERIA FORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Kansteiner, former Nigerian Head of State General Abdulsalaam Abubakar discussed the proposed deployment of an ECOWAS force and the establishment of a transitional government in Liberia. Abubakar said Nigerian [...]	2003-07-22 16:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS LI NI ECOWAS
03ABUJA1332	NIGERIA: CHAMBAS BRIEFING ON LIBERIA [...] On August 6, ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas briefed the diplomatic corps on the developments in the deployment of ECOMIL forces. Chambas informed the group that an open account had been established with ECOBANK in Accra, and that the account number would be circulated shortly. Paralleling ECOMICI, C [...]	2003-08-06 15:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS LI NI
03ABUJA1339	THE ABUJA SULLIVAN SUMMIT WAS A SUCCESS [...] Summary: The Sixth Leon H. Sullivan Summit, convened July 12-17 in Abuja was momentous and successful. The overarching Summit theme was "Africa: A Continent of Possibilities" and the week lived up to its name. President Bush, the first Republican President to visit Africa, made a historic a [...]	2003-08-07 09:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL SOCI EINV XA NI
03ABUJA1356	NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXSEC CHAMBAS SAYS OBASANJO [...] (C) Summary. During an August 5 conversation with Charge, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Chambas said President Obasanjo affirmed that Charles Taylor would be evicted from Liberia if he refused to leave willingly. However, Chambas characterized Taylor as conflicted, pulled by his expans [...]	2003-08-08 18:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS PHUM LI
03ABUJA1358	NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXSEC CHAMBAS SAYS OBASANJO [...] (C) Summary. During an August 5 conversation with Charge, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Chambas said President Obasanjo affirmed that Charles Taylor would be evicted from Liberia if he refused to leave willingly. However, Chambas characterized Taylor as conflicted, pulled by his expans [...]	2003-08-08 18:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS PHUM LI
03ABUJA1639	ECOWAS EXECSEC CHAMBAS ON GUINEA BISSAU [...] (C) CDA called on ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Ibn Chambas on September 19 to deliver demarche (REF B). Chambas shared his thoughts on recent developments in Guinea-Bissau and Liberia (reported septel). Characterizing GEN Seabra's September 14 takeover as a coup d'etat, Chambas said EC [...]	2003-09-19 17:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL XY GZ
03ABUJA1655	NIGERIA: NO MILITARY GOVERNMENT ACCEPTABLE IN [...] (C) In a courtesy call largely devoted to Liberia (reftel),MFA MinState Samaila brought up Guinea-Bissau and stated that Nigeria would not accept any military government there. Specifically, as long as there were military men in the government at any level, no new government would be accepte [...]	2003-09-24 15:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GZ NI
03ABUJA2133	NIGERIA ESTABLISHES NEPAD COUNTRY REPORT MECHANISM [...] (C) On November 14 President Obasanjo inaugurated Nigeria's Country Review team, the first step for countries that have acceded to the African Union's NEPAD peer review process. The team, made up wholly of Obasanjo supporters, was enjoined to submit a report on Nigeria's compliance with NEPAD [...]	2003-12-12 12:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON NI
03ABUJA351	NIGERIA: OULD ABDALLAH ON COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) Summary: Amadou Ould-Abdallah February 6 told Ambassador Jeter that several factors had engendered the post-Marcoussis disarray. Ould-Abdallah thought Kufuor would be more effective as ECOWAS Chairman than Wade had been. The French had leverage but were losing a little every day by fail [...]	2003-02-18 15:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS NI IV FR ECOWAS
03ABUJA638	NIGERIA: ECOWAS EXEC SEC CHAMBAS SAYS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: During a hurried April 3 dinner at the Ambassador's residence, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas said he was accompanying President Obasanjo to Cote d' Ivoire for the coalition government's Council of State meeting April 4. Obasanjo hopes that his attendance, along with President [...]	2003-04-04 18:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS PGOV IV NI
03ABUJA662	NIGERIA: CHAMBAS BRIEFING ON ECOWAS MINISTERIAL [...] On April 9, ECOWAS ExecSec Chambas briefed the diplomatic corps on the April 7 ECOWAS Ministerial in Abidjan. The briefing was similar to the one he gave in Abijdan (REF B). Stressing the need for immediate funding to ensure ECOMICI's continued viability, Chambas stated that he would join a [...]	2003-04-10 17:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PINS IV LI NI
03ABUJA720	NIGERIA: POLICY CONSIDERATIONS IN THE [...] (C) Summary. The April 19 election will test the tensile strength of Nigerian democracy and its supporting institutions. While many will play important roles in this national drama, the primary antagonists are President Obasanjo and Muhammed Buhari. Not only is this election a litmus test of [...]	2003-04-18 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM EFIN ECON PINS PTER PHUM PGOV NI
03HANOI1422	VIETNAM REACHING OUT TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As another symbol of how Vietnam prizes the diversity of its diplomatic contacts and seeks to maintain its third world credentials, the GVN hosted the first Vietnam - Africa Forum in Hanoi May 28-30. Delegations from 18 African countries discussed trade and investment and "opp [...]	2003-06-10 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID IV NI MA GV PU BN SG ZI RW AO SF MO WA CM VM MZ
03HANOI517	VIETNAM VIEWS ON NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From the GVN's perspective, the recently concluded Non-Aligned Movement summit in Kuala Lumpur demonstrated that NAM continues to "revitalize and unify." While NAM came out strongly against a war on Iraq, Vietnamese officials did not view the conference as "anti- American." [...]	2003-03-05 08:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID VM NAM ASEAN
03HARARE1371	MEDIA COVERAGE PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] An avalanche of news articles and opinion pieces focusing on the decisive African Nations Cup qualifying soccer match between Zimbabwe and Eritrea, especially in the government-controlled print and electronic media, failed to eclipse critical articles against Pr [...]	2003-07-08 09:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1437	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to five nations in Africa remains a sizzling issue in the leading newspapers in Zimbabwe. An epigrammatic sample of some of the articles, op-ed and opinion pieces follow: 2. Under headline "Cyclone Bush hits Africa" the [...]	2003-07-15 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2204	MDC LEGAL AFFAIRS SECRETARY ON RECENTLY CONCLUDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary for Legal Affairs David Coltart on November 4 confirmed to the Embassy the party's expectation that the court would delay issuance of judgment on the election petition (hearings on which concluded November 4) before eventually rejecting it. He outlined to Ambassado [...]	2003-11-05 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI MDC
03LAGOS384	NIGERIA: ENERGY UPDATE, FEB 20 [...] (U) This periodic update covering energy issues includes: --Oil Strike Suspended, No Effect on Exports --Wellhead Blows in Ogoniland --Local Content Rule Gives U.S. Firms Opportunity and Risk --Gas Developments, and --Almost Never Ever Power Anywhere -------------------------------------- [...]	2003-02-25 06:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS685	PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES: AFRICAN MINISTERS [...] Summary: The first annual African Ministerial Forum on Integrated Transportation (AMFIT) met in Abuja March 9 - 13. Ministers called for better policy coordination and private sector participation to help integrate African countries with the rest of the world. Ambassador Jeter, Deputy Assista [...]	2003-04-02 06:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAIR NI EINV ELNT
03OTTAWA2104	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; AFRICA; ICC [...] "Fallout from Iraq" The centrist Winnipeg Free Press observed (7/8): "...Mr. Bush's reasons for going to war may be questioned more and more sharply, as next year's presidential election approaches, if popular support for the Iraq invasion ebbs and poor performance of the U.S. economy saps [...]	2003-07-23 18:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA35	U.S./CANADA/U.K. TRILATERAL PEACEKEEPING MEETING [...] (U) The U.S. participated in annual talks on peacekeeping with Canada and U.K. in Ottawa on December 10-11, 2002 in which a broad range of peacekeeping issues were addressed. Canada's Director General of International Security, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),Jil [...]	2003-01-06 20:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL MASS CA UK UN
03ROME2485	REPORT OF FAO 102ND FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] Summary. The 102nd session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Finance Committee met May 5-9, 2003. Committee members were divided on the question of the 2004-2005 budget level, with the U.S. and Japan supporting zero nominal growth, G-77 members supporting real growth, Swit [...]	2003-06-05 13:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR ABUD FAO
03ROME4348	REPORT OF FAO 104TH FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] Summary. The 104th Session of FAO's Finance Committee met September 15-19 to discuss a number of issues particularly relevant to the Council/Conference meetings later this year. Top of the list was budget and finance for the upcoming biennium. Whereas the Organization outwardly continued t [...]	2003-09-24 12:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR ABUD FAO
03ROME4556	FAO: TIME FOR A REASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) serves US national trade, economic development and humanitarian interests in a wide range of important areas relating to food and agriculture, where national or regional action could never be as effective as FAO-led action. If FAO did not [...]	2003-10-03 15:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR ABUD EAID ETRD SENV KUNR FAO
03ROME4850	USAID Humanitarian Attache visits Mauritania [...] US Mission/Rome humanitarian attache visited Mauritania September 13-17, and traveled in the drought affected regions of Bareina, Aleg and Boghe. Assessments of this area show a serious emergency situation. Many vulnerable groups, particularly children, will require continuing food and non- fo [...]	2003-10-23 06:07:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR MR WFP UN
03ROME5195	The Netherlands evaluates its extra-budgetary USD [...] The Netherlands has just released a comprehensive evaluation of its extra-budgetary partnership with the UN's Rome-based Food and Agricultural Organization - FAO. The 25- month long study, undertaken by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB),r [...]	2003-11-17 12:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF NL FAO UN
03ROME5227	US Mission/Rome attends WFP-sponsored Regional [...] US Mission/Rome personnel attended (September 9-10, in Dakar, Senegal) a WFP-sponsored Regional Ministerial Conference for the Launch of the "Alliance for Action" on School Feeding, Health and Basic Education for the Sahel. Nine countries of the region pledged their support to the effort. Dele [...]	2003-11-19 10:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR MR WFP UN
03ROME5655	REPORT OF THE 32ND FAO CONFERENCE, INCLUDING THE [...] At the November 26 - December 11 meetings of the FAO Conference and FAO Council, member governments debated international anti-hunger, food policy and agricultural trade issues and agreed on a budget and important institutional reforms. 2. In his statement on the State of Food and Agricu [...]	2003-12-19 10:55:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC ETRD EFIS SENV EAID FAO WFP
03TEGUCIGALPA1667	MEDIA REACTION ON LIBERIA, JULY 14, 2003 [...] Op-ed by Carlos Alberto Montaner in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 7/12 entitled "Yankee, come home!". "The international public opinion wasn't prepared to witness the show put by countless demonstrators asking for a US military intervention in Liberia, to end the civil war th [...]	2003-07-14 21:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03THEHAGUE1879	NETHERLANDS 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Attached we transmit the text of the 2003 investment climate statement for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with chapter VII in the FY 2003 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has also been transmitted by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA for the attention of Neil Feird and Ann Mc [...]	2003-07-24 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON KTDB EFIN KIDE NL OPIC
03VATICAN4751	JOHN PAUL II: 25 YEAR CHAMPION OF HUMAN DIGNITY [...] (U) Pope John Paul II marked the 25th anniversary of his Pontificate October 16 with over 70,000 well-wishers in St. Peter's square. The Pope is one of the most compelling public figures of the 20th Century, and continues to garner international attention even as he struggles with physical li [...]	2003-10-17 11:20:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR SOCI VT
04ABUJA1472	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO MEETS WITH SENATOR [...] (C) Summary. At a meeting with Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, President Olusegun Obasanjo described a regional security initiative, the Gulf of Guinea Commission. Obasanjo also described negotiations with the Cameroonian President over the Bakassi peninsula without mentioning a previous c [...]	2004-08-27 12:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR ECON PINR NI
04ABUJA277	REP. JEFFERSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO, [...] President Obasanjo told visiting Congressman Jefferson, Charge Anyaso and notetakers February 16 that Nigeria has provided all necessary documents and legislation to the USG for the AGOA textiles visa (reftel and ref faxes),and considers the ball to be in the USG court. Obasanjo agreed with [...]	2004-02-20 04:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD NI
04ACCRA1550	GHANA FLIGHT DEPARTS FOR U.S. DESPITE FAA BAN [...] Per reftel, DCM Jerry Lanier met today with the Director General of Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA),Captain (Ret.) Joseph Boachie to hand deliver the letter and the accompanying talking points. Boachie accepted that the FAA would be sending a reassessment team and asked that we keep hi [...]	2004-07-27 07:13:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR GH
04ACCRA1645	GHANA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUGUST 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-10 17:38:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON ETRD EAGR ELAB KTDB PGOV GH
04ACCRA1960	ECOWAS DEFENSE MEETING IN ACCRA: AGREEMENT ON [...] (U) Summary: On September 29-30 the Chiefs of Defense Staff of fourteen ECOWAS countries met in Accra for the tenth Ordinary ECOWAS Defense and Security Commission meeting. Participants pledged a total of 6,500 military personnel to form an ECOWAS standby force. Participants discussed deve [...]	2004-10-01 15:25:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC GH MARR MCAP MOPS PREF PREL MAS ECOWAS
04ACCRA2536	GHANA 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Post is pleased to provide below the 2005 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ghana. This report revises and updates the ICS submitted August 2004. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Attracting foreign direct investment remains a key objective of Ghana's economic recovery program, w [...]	2004-12-22 22:38:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN BEXP KTDB ELAB GH OPIC USTR

04BRASILIA2249	PRESIDENT CHISSANO VISITS BRAZIL [...] () Summary: Mozambique President Chissano visited Brazil on August 31 and was rewarded with over USD 315 million in debt forgiveness for his country, the most relief Brazil has given during President Lula's administration. Chissano is well regarded in Brazil, and his decision to step down ha [...]	2004-09-03 20:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN BR
04BRASILIA3175	LULA'S INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL SCHEDULE FOR 2005 [...] According to the Ministry of External Relations, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will make at least thirteen international trips during 2005, continuing the feverish pace of his first two years in office. Lula's principal foreign policy objectives during his travels will contin [...]	2004-12-27 17:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV BR
04BRASILIA795	AFRICAN DIPLOMATS DESCRIBE BRAZIL'S AFRICA FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2003 the incoming Lula administration asserted it would refocus its foreign policy to place greater emphasis on Africa. Some African diplomats here, however, believe that Brazilian interest in their countries has remained unchanged, despite the rhetoric. While they admit t [...]	2004-04-02 11:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AF BR UNSC
04BUCHAREST3560	ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 15:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RO
04DJIBOUTI1365	30th Permanent Conference General Assembly of [...] (U) Summary: The 30th general assembly of the Permanent Conference of African and French Consular Chambers (CPCCAF) took place in Djibouti from October 3 to October 6, 2004. Several Djiboutian high officials in the Djiboutian government, the President of the CPCCAF and the French Ambassador sp [...]	2004-10-26 01:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV EFIN EAID DJ
04DJIBOUTI452	DJIBOUTI'S MFA HIGHLIGHTS MOVE TOWARDS MILLENNIUM [...] (C) In Ambassador's recent meeting with Mahmoud Yusuf Ali, Minister for Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ali stated that he believed all U.S. criteria and standards under the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) were achievable for Djibouti. Democracy, he said, is Djibouti's ulti [...]	2004-03-28 12:33:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PHUM SCUL LE SG DJ
04HARARE1157	STAFFDEL VISIT ILLUMINATES ELECTION REFORMS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Staffdel comprised of Majority Professional Staffperson Joan Condon and Democratic Party Professional Staffperson Pearl-Alice Marsh of the House International Relations Committee and USAID Congressional Liaison Susan Williams met with a host of interlocutors during a June 29-Ju [...]	2004-07-15 05:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI VIP
04HARARE1842	MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL ON PARTY TRAVEL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Movement for Democratic Change Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on November 4 updated poloff SIPDIS on the developing itinerary of opposition party leaders, including regional travel and a planned trip by him and Party President Morgan Tsvangirai to the United States in mid-No [...]	2004-11-08 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE47	OPPOSITION LEADER UPBEAT ON 2004 [...] (C) SUMMARY: With qualified optimism, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai offered an assessment of Zimbabwe's political landscape to Ambassador Sullivan during lunch on January 7 at the Residence. Tsvangirai identified mobilization of membership, coordination with civil society, and improving th [...]	2004-01-08 14:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ZI MDC
04KINSHASA1525	FY'05-AFRP: "Grassroots Democracy" April 11-29, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 10:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1530	FY'05-SCP: "Protection of Human Rights" [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 11:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1984	Special Winter FY'05 ECA/A/E/USS Study of the [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-26 05:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
04MADRID2586	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, THE NORTH AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS LISTED BELOW WERE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NETHERLANDS SUSPECTED TERRORIST CELL MEMBER OR DUTCH [...]	2004-07-08 10:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MONTREAL696	OAS ASSISTANCE FOR HEMISPHERE PORTS IN MEETING [...] Per reftel A request, post's Principal Officer contacted Port of Montreal (POM) Security Director Felixpier Bergeron to inquire about the POM's progress in completing a plan of action to comply with the new international regulations and standards set by the International Maritime Organization [...]	2004-05-12 16:59:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT KCRM PREL PTER MARAD OAS
04PRETORIA3646	SOUTH AFRICA - NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE VISIT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has begun to evaluate potential partner countries for an initiative to develop science academies in Africa. The Gates Foundation-funded initiative seeks to build science academies' capacity to provide independent scientific analysis and ad [...]	2004-08-12 08:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV TBIO KSCA OSCI SF
04PRETORIA4545	PERSPECTIVES ON NEPAD, ISLAM AND THE USA IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: S/P consultations in South Africa October 6-10, 2004 confirmed strong public and private sector support for NEPAD, due largely to Presidents Mbeki and Obasanjo's strong leadership. Expecting legal status as an African Union (AU) entity, the NEPAD Secretariat was optimistic, [...]	2004-10-12 14:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI SF
04ROME1672	WORLD FOOD OPERATIONS IN EASTERN CHAD [...] US MISSION ROME STAFF MET WITH THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S ASSOCIATE FRIDAY, APRIL 23 TO HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS RAISED IN REFTEL SPECIFIC TO W DURING THE APPROXIMATE HOUR-LONG MEETING, WFP OFFERED ASSURANCES THAT WFP ALSO STATED THAT REFTEL INFORMATION IS OBSOLETE AND OFFERED DETAI -------- OVERVIE [...]	2004-04-28 10:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID CD SU WFP
04ROME2873	FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION: DIOUF STACKS THE [...] (C) Summary: At the FAO Conference in November 2005, member governments will elect a Director General (DG) for a six-year term, beginning January 2006. The incumbent, Jacques Diouf (Senegal),who has been in office since 1993, as a still-unannounced candidate, has already garnered endorsem [...]	2004-07-23 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAGR PREL KUNR FAO
04ROME2926	FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION: INDIA'S PERMREP FLOATS POSSIBLE INDIAN CANDIDATES [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 10 below. 2. (C) Summary: Indian Permrep Himachal Som requested a meeting with Ambassador Hall on July 26 to discuss options for a possible Indian candidacy to succeed Senegal's Jacques Diouf as Director General (DG) of FAO. Som said the GOI support [...]	2004-07-28 14:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAGR PREL KUNR IN FAO
04ROME3681	Exchanging Letters with FAO over Locusts [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the text of Ambassador Hall's letter to FAO DG Diouf on September 16, 2004 follows: "I am writing to express the United States' concern over FAO's response to the locust plague in the Sahel. While I know that other donors share aspects of this concern, these views are not [...]	2004-09-23 11:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AF PREF UN FAO
04ROME3979	LOCUST EMERGENCY: DONORS' MEETING AT FAO, [...] Summary: At FAO Headquarters on 13 October, Director General Jacques Diouf and FAO Secretariat staff briefed representatives of donor governments and affected states on progress in bringing the locust emergency under control. FAO reported that the locust plague is "the worst in fifteen year [...]	2004-10-15 11:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC MASS SENV XI XY FAO
04ROME955	WFP BOARD APPROVES THE GAMBIA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26),approved The Gambia development project 10311.0 entitled Support to Basic Education in Rural Vulnerable Regions. The project is for three years, with a total cost to WFP of USD 6.92 million. Beneficiaries are estimated at [...]	2004-03-11 14:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR
04TELAVIV1830	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Dov Weisglass, senior aide to PM Sharon, asked National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, in talks he held with her over the past two days, fo [...]	2004-03-25 12:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04THEHAGUE1235	PCA: SECRETARY GENERAL REAPPOINTED AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting dominated by the French Ambassador's nine interventions on budgetary and linguistic matters, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Administrative Council approved the reappointment of Secretary General Tjaco van den Hout to a second five-year SIPDIS term. The [...]	2004-05-21 09:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN AORC IBPCA
04THEHAGUE13	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 2 [...] (U) Canadian representative Peter van Brakel briefly raised the U.S. push on TS data automation with del. He noted Canada's support of the U.S. initiative and said that Canada had been submitting its redacted industry data declarations via electronic means (CD-ROM) for some time. French and [...]	2004-01-06 10:51:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE283	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 30 [...] (C) Greek OPCW Attache Vassilios Kraniotis provided us with an update on planning for a potential terrorist attack using chemical agents at the Olympic games. Most of these plans, he said, had been downgraded from "Confidential" to "Official Use Only" by his government, but he asked us to pr [...]	2004-02-04 12:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE449	ICJ: FENCE PROCEEDINGS EXPECTED TO SPARK [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 23-25, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold hearings on the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) request for an Advisory Opinion on the legality of the so-called "Israeli fence" - the controversial structure being built by Israel to serve as a securi [...]	2004-02-23 05:37:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AORC ICJ
04THEHAGUE504	ICJ FENCE PROCEEDINGS WRAP-UP [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-27 12:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AFIN AORC ICJ
04USUNNEWYORK2570	59TH UNGA: GENERAL ASSEMBLY PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE [...] Summary. On November 11, the United Nations General Assembly marked the passing of Yasser Arafat. Secretary-General (SYG) Kofi Annan and GA President Jean Ping both made statements of condolences as did the leaders of the various regional groups. Gambia, on behalf of the African States; In [...]	2004-11-12 21:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA
05ABIDJAN1864	COTE D'IVOIRE INTENDS TO KEEP WEST AFRICAN CENTRAL [...] (U) The term of Charles Konan Banny, the current governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO),will expire in December 2005. The BCEAO is the common central bank for the eight West African Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries. The BCEAO governor is appointed by the Council [...]	2005-11-09 14:53:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IV
05ABUDHABI2169	UAE CHARITY - HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Human Appeal International (HAI),headquartered in the Emirate of Ajman, is one of the most visible UAE international charities. Aware of ongoing U.S. concerns about HAI's activities and terror finance connections, Econoff visited HAI on April 25 and met with the foun [...]	2005-05-15 09:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER KTFN EAID EFIN IQ TC UAE
05ABUJA1250	NIGERIA RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON G-4 RESOLUTION [...] (U) On the morning of July 11 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Abuja, Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche on UN reform to Ambassador Chike Alex Anigbo, Director of the First United Nations Department of the MFA. Poloff served as notetaker. 2. (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel ta [...]	2005-07-11 17:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KUNR AORC NI UNSC
05ABUJA1821	NIGERIA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INFLUENCE ANALYSIS [...] Introduction: Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and the central gravity for the continent's emerging democracies. Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo is the current Chair of the Africa Union, and with approximately 130 million people and still growing, Nigeria provides the largest s [...]	2005-09-26 13:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO NI
05ABUJA1891	ECOWAS SUMMIT ON COTE D'IVOIRE AND OTHER REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government met in Abuja for an Extraordinary Summit on September 30 to discuss the situation in Cote d'Ivoire. Liberia was a late addition to the agenda. The leaders created a list of recommendations, which they have not made public, which will be [...]	2005-10-04 15:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PBTS XY ECOWAS
05ABUJA2073	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On 24 October, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer met with Nigerian National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed. They discussed the Sudan Peace Process, recent Liberian elections, Cote D'Ivoire, the Bakassi dispute with Cameroon, upcoming Nigerian elections, the s [...]	2005-10-27 11:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM NI XY XW
05ABUJA2075	A/S FRAZER,S MEETING WITH NIGERIAN MFA RE [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer met with Nigeria's Foreign Minister Oluyemi Adeniji on 24 October to discuss the Sudan, Cote d'Ivoire (CDI),and other issues. During the meeting, Adeniji was vague on many issues, but spoke generally about the need to push the Southern Sudan [...]	2005-10-28 08:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER MARR PHUM XW XY NI
05ABUJA971	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH DR. CHAMBAS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, Dr. Mohammed ibn Chambas, discussed the role of ECOWAS in election monitoring on May 27. Chambas expressed concerns about the coming elections in Guinea-Bissau, particularly about candidate Kumba Yala, but said that neighbo [...]	2005-06-03 13:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EAID NI
05ACCRA151	ECOWAS MEETINGS IN ACCRA: NIGER NEW ECOWAS CHAIR [...] Summary: A round of ECOWAS statutory meetings in Accra January 10-19 culminated in the 28th Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government. ECOWAS heads of state unanimously selected President Mamdou Tadja of Niger as the new ECOWAS Chairman. There was candid discussion of regional conflict [...]	2005-01-21 16:15:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID ECON GH PGOV PREL ECOWAS
05ACCRA49	GHANA'S PRESIDENT AND PARLIAMENT SWORN IN [...] (C) Summary: President John Kufuor was sworn in for a second term on January 7. His inauguration was delayed by several hours because of a tug-of-war over the selection of the new Speaker of Parliament, Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes. This showdown could sour relations for some time between the two [...]	2005-01-11 14:23:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV GOG
05ACCRA770	REFUGEES IN THE GAMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Refugees in The Gambia comprise a disparate assortment of illiterate Senegalese farmers, Sierra Leonean professionals, and Liberians. While UNHCR provides for almost every imaginable need for the residents of Bambali Camp, urban refugees in Banjul struggle to eke out a meager [...]	2005-04-21 16:26:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GA SL SE LI PREF
05ADDISABABA4016	AU ON AMIS: TRANSITION TO BLUE HATS "ONE OF THE [...] (C) Summary: African Union (AU) Acting Peace and Security Commissioner El-Ghassim Wane confirmed to Addis-based partner representatives December 5 that the AU expects that the December 10-20 planning mission to Darfur to assess AMIS will make recommendations regarding the future of AMIS, to in [...]	2005-12-05 13:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS EAID SU AF UNION DARFUR
05ADDISABABA4223	AU BUREAU DIRECTOR ON U.S.-AU RELATIONS, AU [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) welcomes plans to enhance U.S.-AU relations and is willing to work with the USG on privileges and immunities for a U.S. Ambassador to the AU, AU Bureau of the Chairperson Director Mamadou Lamine Diallo told PolEconCouns and Poloff December 27. The AU plans [...]	2005-12-28 13:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU AU ER ET
05ANKARA3833	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 16-30, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Saturday, June 18: [...]	2005-07-01 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05BRASILIA1577	BRAZIL: ENHANCING COOPERATION WITH BRAZIL IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 6, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Africa Division Chief Joao Ignacio Padilha and poloff discussed a number of joint USG/GOB coordination projects in Lusophone Africa. Poloff and Padilha also talked about assistance projects that NGOs and other Brazilian [...]	2005-06-10 19:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL BR AO MZ
05CASABLANCA1316	IOM AND GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO HOLD JOINT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Marking International Migrants Day, December 18, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) released a statement saying, "More attention should be paid by the international community to the large numb [...]	2005-12-21 11:29:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG PREF PREL SOCI ELAB MO
05DAKAR3184	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 16, Senegal,s National Assembly passed a provisional constitutional amendment, extending deputies, terms in office from June 2006 until February 2007. President Abdoulaye Wade, whose goal was to delay legislative elections in order to couple them with the presidenti [...]	2005-12-23 13:53:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM SG
05DAKAR3185	SENEGAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT: GREAT HARVEST DOES NOT [...] SUMMARY: Quarterly Ministry of Finance statistics for the last trimester confirm that the strongest contributors to economic growth continue to be government capital investments and remittance-fueled consumer spending. The banking sector,s contribution to facilitating formal sector capital i [...]	2005-12-23 15:06:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ETRD EFIN EINV SG
05DAKAR3208	JOURNALIST ACCUSES PRESIDENT WADE OF MURDER [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a recent book entitled "The Judge Seye Affair: A Contract Killing," journalist Abdou Latif Coulibaly accuses President Wade of instigating the assassination of Supreme Court Judge Babacar Seye. Pape Ibrahima Diakhate, Assane Diop and Cledor Sene, shot Judge Seye on May 15, 19 [...]	2005-12-28 17:09:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SG
05DAKAR3213	SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE [...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is on the verge of entering a year-long election campaign leading up to the 2007 elections. The Senegalese are proud to be a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the U [...]	2005-12-29 12:57:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KMCA KPKO SG
05DARESSALAAM1163	AGOA FORUM OUTREACH [...] Per reftel, post confirms that it has invited and encouraged GOT participation at the 2005 AGOA Forum in Senegal next month. The Minister of Trade, Juma Ngasongwa, will lead a delegation of four trade officials to the Forum. The timing of the Forum makes it impossible for other ministers to a [...]	2005-06-15 09:44:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PREL AMGT TZ
05DJIBOUTI148	DJIBOUTI HOSTS SUB-REGIONAL FGM CONFERENCE, [...] (U) Summary: Djibouti hosted a sub-regional conference on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) February 2-3 with aims of raising awareness, discussing Islam's view on FGM, and the legal and political implications of the Maputo Protocol. The event was organized as a cooperation between the Government [...]	2005-02-15 04:51:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KISL KWMN SCUL SOCI PGOV DJ SO
05DJIBOUTI529	BIOS AND COMMENTARY ON NEW DJIBOUTIAN CABINET [...] (C) Summary: The following is current bio data on the new Ministerial cabinet, announced May 22nd, as well as on reasons behind the appointment/change/removal. An outline of Guelleh's policy "road map" for his new six-year term will follow septel. End Summary. 2. (C) Prime Minister Dileita [...]	2005-06-05 13:07:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI654	AGOA FORUM: FOREIGN MINISTER ALSO CONFIRMS [...] (C) During Ambassador's 6/11 meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on New Embassy Compound (NEC) issues, she informed the Minister of the Secretary of State's planned participation in the Dakar AGOA Forum July 18-20. She told the Minister that the Secretary's travel to [...]	2005-07-11 11:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD PINR DJ
05DJIBOUTI712	COMMERCE MINISTER'S REVIEW OF AGOA FORUM [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador called on Minister of Commerce, Rifki Abdoulkader Bamakhrama, 26 July to discuss his impressions of the AGOA Forum in Dakar, Senegal. Bamakhrama was pleased with his experience in Dakar and said while it was a very intense schedule, it was very educational and useful. H [...]	2005-07-27 07:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN DJ
05DOHA1131	G77 SUMMIT: NEW DEVELOPMENT FUND PROPOSED AT CLOSING [...] Summary. The G77 South Summit ended June 16 with a proposal for a new development fund to which Qatar would contribute $20 million. Leaders called on developed nations to meet the target of 0.7% of GDP toward overseas assistance. In addition to improved access to markets in developed economies, [...]	2005-06-21 08:15:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL ETRD KDEM XA XB XC XD XE XK XL XM XO QA UN
05DOHA85	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: QATAR [...] This report serves as the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Qatar. It will be provided to assist U.S. investors wishing to do business in Qatar. 2. A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment: 3. The Government of Qatar, under the leadership of His Highness the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa [...]	2005-01-12 11:10:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET QA KTBD OPIC USTR
05GABORONE523	GENERAL WALD AND SADC SECGEN DISCUSS SADC'S NEW [...] (C) Summary. Meeting with SADC Secgen Prega Ramsamy in Gaborone April 13, General Charles Wald explained how the U.S. could assist the African Union (AU) and its regional components, including SADC, to equip, train, organize and support the new Regional Responses Forces (RRFs). General Wald [...]	2005-04-14 04:15:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR US BC SADC POL MIL
05GENEVA1238	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS - FEBRUARY 7-25, 2005 [...] (U) Summary: The WTO services three week "mega cluster" took place in Geneva, February 7- 25, 2005. The meetings focused on preparations for revised offers indicatively due May 2005 with many "friends" groups presenting sector-specific proposals aimed at eliciting market access commitments [...]	2005-05-20 10:31:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTO
05GENEVA1320	MEETING OF THE WTO GENERAL COUNCIL - MAY 26, 2005 [...] Begin Summary. The meeting of the WTO General Council on May 26, 2005 was punctuated by two significant decisions - 1) a decision to create a working party on the accession of Iran to the WTO, and 2) formal approval of Pascal Lamy to be the next WTO Director-General. Lamy's term will [...]	2005-05-31 12:52:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1922	REPORT OF THE WMO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 57TH SESSION [...] The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 57th Executive Council (EC) Session was held June 21-July 1, 2005 in Geneva. The EC addressed a number of items including continuing financial reform efforts, potential changes to the WMO convention, program details, financial and administrative ma [...]	2005-08-11 12:54:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY TSPL SENV EFIN KUNR AORC WMO
05GENEVA2798	WTO TRIPS COUNCIL October 25-26 2005 [...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council meeting took place on Tuesday and Wednesday October 25-26, 2005. Mr. CHOI Hyuck of Korea chaired the meeting. There was an informal session held in the morning of October 25, with the formal session beginning on the afternoon and conti [...]	2005-11-16 09:17:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD WTRO
05KINSHASA1783	ITURI UPDATE: OPERATIONS AGAINST MILITIAS "BEARING [...] (C) Summary. Recent joint operations by MONUC and Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) against militia groups in the Ituri district have seen promising results, according to MONUC officials. Nearly 1,000 militia members have turned themselves in during the past month and mo [...]	2005-10-26 16:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
05KINSHASA198	CONGO/B: UPDATED 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Embassy Brazzaville submits the following updated Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to the questions in Ref A and C with very little change from Ref B. Republic of Congo (Congo/B) Overview of activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Congo/B is not belie [...]	2005-02-04 14:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CF
05KINSHASA88	CONGO/B: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Sensitive but unclassified - entire text. 2. Embassy Brazzaville submits the following Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to the questions in Ref A. Republic of Congo (Congo/B) Overview of activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Congo/B is not be [...]	2005-01-20 05:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CF
05KUWAIT3393	CHARITY OVERSIGHT DIRECTOR DESCRIBES HIS WORK; [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Econ Officer met July 27 with Ministry of Social Affairs Charitable Organizations Oversight Department Director Nasser Al-Ammer and Undersecretary Adnan Al-Omar to learn more about the day-to-day operations of th [...]	2005-07-31 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN PINR KU
05LIMA4819	PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-2005 MRP: ELECTRONIC COMMERCE [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: The program was designed to examine the scope and influence of electronic commerce in the national and global economy; review the U.S. economic system, current trends and economic policies, and the current efforts of government and business to promote electronic co [...]	2005-11-10 21:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05MADRID1727	SPANISH POLICE REPORT 16 ARRESTS FOR TRAFFICKING [...] All major Spanish dailies are reporting that Spanish National Police (SNP) authorities in the Canary Islands announced May 5 that 16 people from Spain and Cape Verde had been arrested on suspicion of trafficking children from the Cape Verde Islands through the Canary Islands to France. The S [...]	2005-05-06 09:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SP FR GA CV SG PO
05MADRID2164	SPAIN: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REQUESTS CANDIDATE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Embassy Madrid received the following note verbale from the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Spain on June 6 (the note is dated May 31). Informal embassy translation of the main points is as follows: The government of the Domin [...]	2005-06-07 10:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SP DR
05MAPUTO537	SUCCESSFUL USG-SPONSORED FORUM ENCOURAGES [...] Summary: On March 22-23 the Embassy and the USAID-funded Southern Africa Global Competitiveness Hub together hosted a business seminar - the Entrepreneurship Forum - in Maputo, attended by Mozambican university students, private sector representatives, and government officials, with outside sp [...]	2005-04-28 15:43:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR BEXP BTIO MZ EINV BFIF
05NDJAMENA1020	CHADIAN REBELS, RUMORS, REALITIES, AND REACTIONS [...] (S NF) Summary: Speculation about the existence of Chadian rebel groups continues to make Chadians uneasy about the regime's stability. The often conflicting reports and wide-ranging opinions about the size, composition, capabilities, and agendas of Chadian rebel groups make it difficult to [...]	2005-06-27 12:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1378	EIGHTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: JUMP-STARTING THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met September 8-9, taking advantage of a visit by the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim. The agenda was devoid of any overtly controversial issues and focused on a report by the Cease-fi [...]	2005-09-10 17:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1547	NINTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: WIDESPREAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Commission (JC) on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met October 13-14 in N'Djamena. The key agenda item, strengthening the cease-fire, was never completely covered, but participants vowed to rejuvenate the JC and reaffirmed their commitments to participate regularl [...]	2005-10-17 11:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1662	PRIME MINISTER AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji and National Assembly President Nassour defended proposed revisions to the oil revenue management law in meetings with the Ambassador on November 10. Yoadimnadji said the Government has moved forward with the revisions and remains open to dial [...]	2005-11-10 17:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA261	DEBY HOSTS HEADS OF STATE MEETING ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir agreed to stop aerial activity over Darfur and implement a unilateral ceasefire during the N'Djamena Summit on Darfur held on February 16. Bashir also told the heads of state of Chad, Gabon, Congo, representatives of Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, the [...]	2005-02-19 11:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05OTTAWA1522	NEW FOCUS FOR CANADA'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE [...] Summary: Canada is focusing its official development assistance (ODA) dollara and will be weaning 130 countries from its bilateral aid programs. The April 19 International Policy Statement (IPS) confirms that Canada, will concentrate its development assistance dollars on countries that can u [...]	2005-05-20 15:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV SENV CA
05OTTAWA3123	LETTER FROM MP DAVID KILGOUR TO SECSTATE URGING [...] Embassy has received a letter from MP David Kilgour addressed to the Secretary regarding NATO involvement in Darfur. Mr. Kilgour is an independent MP who has been a champion of human rights and humanitarian issues going back to international efforts on behalf of Soviet Jewry in the 1970,s. K [...]	2005-10-19 16:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CA PREL SU PARM MOPS
05PARIS1398	FRANCE SUBMISSION FOR 2005 TIP REPORT [...] (U) France is a destination country for trafficked persons, mainly women trafficked for prostitution from Eastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, and to a lesser extent Albania) and Africa (Nigera, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon). France's national Central Office for the Repression of Trafficking in Pe [...]	2005-03-03 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR RO
05PARIS1787	CHILD MARRIAGE IN FRANCE [...] (U) Following is post's response to request for information on child marriage. Following paras respond directly to reftel's three questions. 2. (U) Reftel Question A: Males can legally marry in France at age 18; females at 15 (Article 144, Civil Code). Girls between 15 and 18 can be mar [...]	2005-03-17 14:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN FR
05PARIS1805	FRENCH WELCOME DEMARCHE ON GBAGBO [...] (C) Embassy Africa watcher met March 15 with Nathalie Delapalme, FM Barnier's Africa advisor, to share the elements of the demarche on Ivoirian President Gbagbo (reftel) and to discuss the situation in Cote d'Ivoire generally. 2. (C) Delapalme welcomed the demarche on Gbagbo, noting that Fr [...]	2005-03-17 16:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IV FR
05PARIS2196	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. RWANDA 4. NIGER 5. SENEGAL 6. ANGOLA 7. ZIMBABWE 8. SUDAN 9. SOUTH AFRICA 10. GABON 11. DROC 12. SOMALIA Â [...]	2005-04-01 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS248	ELYSEE MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON UNIFIL RENEWAL, [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Elysee appears solidly behind the MFA in opposing a preambular reference to UNSCR 1559 in the UNIFIL renewal resolution, though it suggests greater flexibility than the MFA on asking DPKO to review UNIFIL's force structure (ref b). During a January 12 meeting, Pre [...]	2005-01-13 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY PTER PINR FR UNSC
05PARIS2789	MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES CAR, GUINEA-BISSAU, GUINEA [...] (C) MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher discussed his portfolios with Africa Watcher on April 20. Ref A reports his discussion of Cote d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso; Ref B reports his remarks on Togo. Foucher offered brief comments on other countries his office oversees. 2. (C) [...]	2005-04-25 17:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CT PU GV FR
05PARIS2931	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. NIGER 5. SOUTH AFRICA 6. SUDAN 7. NIGERIA 8. ABDOU DIOUF 9. AMINATA TRAORE Â [...]	2005-04-29 13:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS3146	DARFUR: FRENCH PREFER EU MISSION, BUT WOULD [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official confirmed France's preference for an EU assistance mission to the African Union (AU) in Darfur. While the French approach is still evolving, MFA officials believe the EU should continue to build on its existing assistance efforts to the AU (AMIS). Towards th [...]	2005-05-10 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS SU FR NATO EUN
05PARIS3187	FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-11 13:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3190	FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-11 13:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3194	FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-11 13:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS327	VISITING AF/W DEPUTY DIRECTOR DISCUSSES COTE [...] (C) Summary: During a January 10 meeting with visiting AF/W Deputy Director Larry Andre, French MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher stressed deep GoF pessimism on Cote d'Ivoire (CdI). GoF demarches to regional leaders prior to the Libreville Summit called for African Union (AU) [...]	2005-01-18 15:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV XY FR
05PARIS329	UNESCO "CULTURAL DIVERSITY" CONVENTION [...] Summary. Adopting a Convention on Cultural Diversity at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference remains the apparent goal for some key UNESCO members, despite the sharp differences on fundamentals shown during 14-17 December Meetings of Working Group ("Drafting Commission") charged with s [...]	2005-01-18 18:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PGOV PREL EU ETRD UN
05PARIS3491	FRENCH ON MAY 23-24 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on May 16 and spoke with MFA deputy chief for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on May 19. LeDeunff described Sudan as "incontestably the most important" subject the GAERC will tackle; said that the EU-3 will seek EU support for th [...]	2005-05-20 16:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PREL SU MARR MOPS PARM KNNP MNUC FR EUN NATO
05PARIS3871	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA DEVELOPMENT 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. SENEGAL 5. TOGO 6. CHAD 7. SUDAN 8. SOUTH AFRICA 9. DROC 10. LIBERIA Â [...]	2005-06-03 15:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS4192	FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 09:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4208	FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 09:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4213	FY 2006 IVLP- NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR MR. [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 10:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4217	FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR SIX [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 10:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS439	FRANCE AND WEST AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the last of a series of messages (reftels) briefly summarizing French relations with African nations. For the last two years, France's Africa policy has, of necessity, been focused on the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire. Two years after France hosted the Linas-Marcoussis and Kleb [...]	2005-01-25 13:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BN UV CV GA GH GV PU IV LI ML MR NG NI SG SL TO XY FR
05PARIS4453	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. SENEGAL 3. CHAD 4. DROC 5. CAMEROON 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. RWANDA/BURUNDI 8. NIGER 9. GUINEE BISSAU 10. TOGO 11. SOUTH AFRICA 12. UGANDA Â [...]	2005-06-24 13:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS4528	UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION UPDATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 13 2. (U) This will be the first of periodic updates on the current state of play at UNESCO of the draft cultural diversity convention. 3. (U) The secretariat is preparing its final report that will accompany the draft convention. We have seen a [...]	2005-06-28 17:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AORC SCUL CA FR UNESCO USTR
05PARIS4904	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. G8/AFRICA 3. MALI 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. SENEGAL 6. SUDAN 7. BURKINA FASO 8. CENTRAFRIQUE Â [...]	2005-07-15 09:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS5084	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS IN LONDON [...] NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS IN LONDON 2. SECRETARY RICE IN AFRICA AND ISRAEL 3. REVALUATION OF CHINESE CURRENCY (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: HEADLINES ARE DOMINATED BY THE ATTEMPTED TERRORIST ATTACKS IN LONDON YESTERDAY. "ANXIETY AFTER THE ATTACKS" LEADS RIGHT-OF- CENTER LE FIGARO UNDERSCORIN [...]	2005-07-22 10:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR

05PARIS5225	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. SECRETARY RICE IN AFRICA 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. SENEGAL 5. MADAGASCAR 6. SUDAN 7. NIGER 8. SAOTOME 9. TOGO 10. DROC 11. CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 12. ZIMBABWE 13. UGANDA Â [...]	2005-07-29 09:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS5459	THE FUTURE OF FRANCE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: France faces several challenges to its traditional leadership role among its former colonies and Africa's other francophone countries. We foresee a gradual decline of French influence in Africa, based on generational change, an increased willingness on the part of Africans to l [...]	2005-08-11 12:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM XA FR
05PARIS5478	USUNESCO: MEETING OF MAN AND BIOSPHERE [...] Summary and introduction: the agenda of the June 27-29 meeting of the bureau of the international coordinating council of the man and biosphere (MAB) program focused on management of biosphere reserves, including those that are also world heritage sites. Under MAB's current short-term strateg [...]	2005-08-12 11:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TSPL EAID SENV FR UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS5596	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. MAURITANIA 4. NIGER 5. CHAD 6. SENEGAL 6. CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 7. BURUNDI 8. SUDAN 9. GUINEA BISSAU 10. ZIMBABWE 11. BRAIN DRAIN Â [...]	2005-08-19 11:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS6375	USUNESCO: MEETING WITH UK LAWYER ON CULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary. USTR and Department lawyers met Monday with British and Japanese lawyers at UNESCO to discuss the preliminary draft convention on cultural diversity. The UK indicated that they do not share our concerns and are prepared to bring the convention to a vote over US opposition. Th [...]	2005-09-19 17:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6376	(U) USUNESCO: COUNTERING THE CULTURAL [...] (C) Summary. With the UNESCO general conference starting on October 3 and the General Conference Legal Committee scheduled to meet that first week, things are rapidly coming to a head. Several delegates have indicated that strong pressure in their capitals may help us to build a ground swel [...]	2005-09-20 06:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6751	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. PLUMPY NUT 3. NIGER 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. SOMALIA 6. FRANCE/AFRICA 7. SENEGAL 8. TOGO Â [...]	2005-10-03 07:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS6938	PDAS VOLKER HEARS FRENCH VIEWS ON AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: EUR PDAS Volker met AF PDAS-Equivalent Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Le Gal October 6 to discuss areas of converging interest in Africa. Barbier struck a positive note of appreciation for ongoing cooperation and consultations. France shared U.S. views on Sudan [...]	2005-10-11 06:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO PINR IV ZI LI SU FR
05PARIS7082	Small is Beautiful? France's "Co-Development" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After 20 years, the MFA's "Co- Development" Program has finally started to bear fruit. France's co-development program seeks to benefit both France and countries from which many of France's illegal migrants come by helping potential and actual migrants create their own small b [...]	2005-10-17 11:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL FR
05PARIS7128	USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] Summary. The UNESCO preliminary draft convention on cultural diversity was approved with an overwhelming majority on October 17 by the General Conference Commission IV (culture) and will now be sent to the plenary for a vote on Thursday where it will almost certainly be approved. U.S. attempt [...]	2005-10-18 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL SCUL BR JA FR UNESCO
05PARIS7182	FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE [...] Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer attempted to contact MOD officials both directly and indirectly to inquire about French company Avon Communications S.A. However, to date, the MOD has been unresponsive. The Avon company executive we spoke to (see paras 4 and 5 below) said that Avo [...]	2005-10-20 10:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS7401	USUNESCO: 33RD GENERAL CONFERENCE EDUCATION [...] SUMMARY: The work of Commission II (education) during the 33rd General Conference was the culmination of the US Delegation's work since the US reentry into UNESCO in October 2003. It produced results by injecting momentum into the moribund UN Literacy Decade; by completing - with US agreement [...]	2005-10-31 08:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
05PARIS7873	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. CHAD 4. GABON 5. BURKINA FASO 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. ETHIOPIA 8. NIGERIA Â [...]	2005-11-18 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8202	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. GABON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. RWANDA 5. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 6. NIGER 7. HISSENE HABRE 8. UGANDA 9. HIV/AIDS-MALAWI Â [...]	2005-12-02 16:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8692	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. SENEGAL 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CHAD/SUDAN 5. DROC 6. RWANDA 7. CAMEROON 8. FRANCE AND AFRICA Â [...]	2005-12-30 10:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PRETORIA2374	SOUTH AFRICA, BIOSAFETY UPDATE AND STATE SENIOR [...] (SBU) Summary. During a June 8-15 visit to South Africa, State Department Special Advisor for Biotechnology Madelyn Spirnak met with government officials, researchers, private sector representatives and officials from the New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) to discuss ag [...]	2005-06-20 08:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO SF
05PRETORIA453	READOUT OF THE JANUARY 17-18 MEETING OF THE BLAIR [...] (SBU) Summary. At a January 17-18 meeting in Cape Town, seventeen African ministers of finance grouped with members of the Blair Commission for Africa to consult on the Commission's report due February. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown attended the event as the last stop in a six-day [...]	2005-02-01 17:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EFIN XA SF
05PRETORIA4756	SOUTH AFRICA: CHIEF NEGOTIATOR ADDRESSES WTO ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Chief Trade Negotiator Xavier Carim told Econoff that the United States' proposal on agriculture had helped it reclaim the moral high ground in WTO negotiations and put the EU on the defensive. Nevertheless, analysis indicated that the United States could actually increase its [...]	2005-12-02 15:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON SF
05PRETORIA847	DTI DISCUSSES DOHA WITH COMMERCE DAS VINEYARD [...] (SBU) Summary. Commerce DAS Holly Vineyard met with Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) officials on February 18. There is more interest now by South Africa in taking advantage of the category 9 provisions of AGOA that allow duty-free import of certain handloomed, handmade and folkloric [...]	2005-02-25 11:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KTEX SF USTR
05RABAT2511	DEPUTY FM ON VISIT OF MAURITANIAN JUNTA LEADER FAL [...] (C) During a wide-ranging meeting on December 1 (Refs A and B),Ambassador asked Deputy FM Fassi Fihri for a read-out of Mauritanian junta leader Fal's November 20-21 visit to Morocco. Colonel Fal met with King Mohammed in Marrakech on November 21, and the visit was widely covered in the Moro [...]	2005-12-16 13:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PREL
05ROME1451	PESTICIDE OVERSTOCKS: FAO LETTER TO LOCUST [...] Summary. The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) alerted USUN Rome to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling desert locusts, via a letter (see below) to affected countries and the donor community to en [...]	2005-04-29 06:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME2555	DESERT LOCUSTS: FAO'S WORK ON PESTICIDES AND OTHER [...] Summary: In a letter dated April 16, 2005, the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Jacques Diouf alerted the international donor community to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling des [...]	2005-08-01 13:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME2560	DESERT LOCUSTS: JULY 21 FAO DONORS' MEETING [...] Summary: On July 21, an informal desert locusts donors' meeting was hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Chaired by FAO Director-General (DG) Jacques Diouf, the meeting was well represented by donors and affected countries. The meeting provided informa [...]	2005-08-01 15:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME2835	ITALIAN MFA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. To ensure Italian participation in an upcoming U.S.-led military exercise in West Africa, the Italian MFA has asked for USG assistance in paving the way for Italy to conclude bilateral status of forces-type agreement [...]	2005-08-25 14:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PARM PREL XY IT NATO
05ROME3638	AFRICA GROUP SEEKS STRONG MANDATE FOR RE- [...] (SBU) On October 31, Egyptian Ambassador Helmy Bedeir (current chair of the Africa Regional Group in Rome) and Senegalese Ambassador Papa Cheikh Saadibou Fall (representing the nominating country) called on Ambassador Hall in order to seek USG support for the re- election of Dr. Jacques Diou [...]	2005-10-31 14:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR XA FAO
05ROME4027	REPORT OF THE 33ND FAO CONFERENCE, INCLUDING THE [...] At the meetings of the Conference and Council of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),held in Rome from 16 to 28 November 2005, member governments discussed international anti-hunger, food policy and agricultural trade issues, and the key institutional questions of the organization [...]	2005-12-09 12:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC EAID ETRD SENV KUNR FAO WFP
05ROME4029	2005 INCSR SUBMISSION FOR ITALY (PART I) [...] Summary. The Government of Italy (GOI) is firmly committed to the fight against drug trafficking domestically and internationally. The Berlusconi government continues its strong counternarcotics stand with capable and effective Italian law enforcement agencies. Italy is a consumer country [...]	2005-12-09 13:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR IT EUN
05ROME764	FAO AND THE NEXT DESERT LOCUST INVASION [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been actively engaging the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the desert locust emergency in Sahelian West Africa and the Maghreb to determine FAO's preparedness for the next spring and summer 2005 locust control campaign. It has learned that [...]	2005-03-08 06:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF SENV XI XY UN FAO
05SANTODOMINGO4175	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON HIGH-LEVEL TRAVEL TO UNGA [...] MFA Director for International Affairs Amb. Michele Cohen told EcoPol counselor and poloff on August 31 that President Fernandez will speak at the UNGA on September 16. Embassy has just received a diplomatic note announcing that Fernandez and Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade are inviting U [...]	2005-09-01 15:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL DR
05TAIPEI153	Taiwan: 2004 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the Taiwan Investment Climate Statement for 2004, as requested reftel. A copy has been transmitted by e-mail to EB/OIA. ---------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- 2. Taiwan officially welcomes foreign direct [...]	2005-01-14 06:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON TW
05TAIPEI3262	CHINA OUTMANEUVERING TAIWAN IN AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: The PRC is promoting an economic and political campaign in Africa to expand its regional influence, secure natural resources, and pressure Taiwan's diplomatic partners. Taiwan officials and African diplomats resident in Taipei state Beijing is offering economic incentives to gove [...]	2005-08-08 01:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI3309	Taiwan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Tries to [...] Summary: Taiwan's Minister of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) (Mark) Chen Tan-sun led a delegation to Chad and Burkina Faso July 8-14 to reinforce Taiwan's interest in further developing diplomatic relations with Africa. Taiwanese businessmen have established small operations in the two African countr [...]	2005-08-09 08:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
05TAIPEI4368	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] SUMMARY: Taiwan dailies October 27 focused on legislative amendments regarding pensions for Taiwan farmers that will be passed in the Legislative Yuan before the year- end elections (December 3),and Taiwan's reaction to Senegal's resumption of diplomatic ties with China. Taiwan's Foreign Mi [...]	2005-10-27 08:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI4387	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] SUMMARY: Taiwan dailies October 28 focused on the latest development of a local scandal: local prosecutors reportedly will summon today former Presidential Office Deputy Secretary-General Chen Che-nan to further investigate his role in the Kaohsiung MRT scandal. 2. Editorials and Commenta [...]	2005-10-28 08:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI4517	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, AVIAN FLU [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage November 8 on the arrest of a famous poet who threatened Premier Frank Hsieh by phone last week, local scandals, and Taiwan's financial assistance to Senegal, which severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan in late October. Almost [...]	2005-11-08 23:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW ESTH
05TAIPEI4647	Taiwan Economy: Swamp of Negativism [...] (SBU) Summary: As AIT/T has reported in recent cables (refs),public trust in Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been seriously undermined by news of scandal, corruption, and mismanagement over the past several weeks. The erosion of trust in Taiwan institutions and of con [...]	2005-11-21 08:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
05TAIPEI4718	CROSS-STRAIT HEM AND HAW: THE GOOD NEWS, THE BAD [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's back-to-back announcement of a new round of Chinese New Year cross-Strait charter flights and rejection of a high-level PRC delegation visit to Taiwan was intended to strike a domestic political balance two weeks before the December 3 elections. President Chen's governm [...]	2005-11-25 09:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
05TEGUCIGALPA1326	MEDIA REACTION ON G-8 DEBT FORGIVENESS, JUNE 21, [...] On 6/21 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" published an editorial entitled "Politicians and Debt Forgiveness." "The debt forgiveness issue has already entered political campaigns." "The two candidates of the traditional parties have already talked about multilateral organiza [...]	2005-06-21 22:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05THEHAGUE2446	THE DUTCH IN AFRICA: SECURITY, AIDS AND WATER [...] Summary: The Dutch are among the world's most generous aid donors, giving about 0.8 percent of GDP or $4.2 billion in 2004. Roughly half of Dutch aid goes to 18 countries in Africa, making the Netherlands the fourth largest donor of bilateral aid to Africa. Dutch aid to Africa focuses on h [...]	2005-09-08 14:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05THEHAGUE2756	SCENESETTER FOR DASD THERSA WHELAN'S VISIT TO THE [...] Your visit to The Hague comes at a time when the GONL is broadening its already substantial aid to Africa and is boosting its efforts in security assistance and reform. The Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Development are pursuing joint SSR and DDR initiatives in Africa and have cre [...]	2005-10-12 14:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05VATICAN542	ANOTHER VOICE IN VATICAN SUPPORTING BIH BISHOPS [...] (C) The Vatican's Monsignor Petar Rajic (protect) gave us yet another indication of Holy See support for the Catholic bishops of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) November 22, expressing his support for their statement calling for constitutional change in the country, and general support for Bishop Pe [...]	2005-11-29 18:06:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PREL SOCI BK HR VT
05VATICAN553	SANT EGIDIO ASSEMBLES AFRICAN JUSTICE MINISTERS [...] (SBU) The Rome-based Sant'Egidio Community brought together justice ministers from several African states in November to consider their respective governments' positions on the death penalty and other issues involving their penal systems. Sant'Egidio's Mario Giro told us that the participation [...]	2005-12-13 16:03:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VT
06ABIDJAN1093	COTE D'IVOIRE'S PALM OIL SECTOR [...] Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's palm oil production has increased steadily in recent years, and its exports have nearly doubled. However, it still accounts for only one percent of world production and half of one percent of world exports. Palm oil also directly accounted for less than 1 percent o [...]	2006-09-29 16:39:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON IV
06ABIDJAN1094	COTE D'IVOIRE'S PALM OIL SECTOR [...] Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's palm oil production has increased steadily in recent years, and its exports have nearly doubled. However, it still accounts for only one percent of world production and half of one percent of world exports. Palm oil also directly accounted for less than 1 percent o [...]	2006-09-29 16:39:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON IV
06ABIDJAN1113	COTE D'IVOIRE: ABIDJAN-BASED REGIONAL [...] (U) Summary. The Abidjan-based regional stock market (BRVM) recently hosted the EconChief to discuss the current expansion of the bourse, its potential, limitations, and its place in the evolution of the market economy in Francophone West Africa. Reflecting the regional understanding that Co [...]	2006-10-04 17:28:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN1114	ABIDJAN-BASED REGIONAL STOCK MARKET [...] (U) Summary. The Abidjan-based regional stock market (BRVM) recently hosted the EconChief to discuss the current expansion of the bourse, its potential, limitations, and its place in the evolution of the market economy in Francophone West Africa. Reflecting the regional understanding that Co [...]	2006-10-05 08:57:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN1150	COTE D'IVOIRE: FORCES NOUVELLES COMMUNICATIONS [...] (C) Summary: FN Spokesman Lobognon expressed deep disappointment at the outcome of the Abuja Summit on Cote d'Ivoire, suggesting it would allow President Gbagbo to drag his feet on the identification process for yet another year. Lobognon added that Gbagbo acted to obstruct the consensus adop [...]	2006-10-12 15:48:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1153	EXXONMOBIL TELLS GOV'T IT INTENDS TO SELL [...] (SBU) ExxonMobil Regional Director John A.C. Bell, along with Regional Manager Frederic Dauvergne and local Director General Manar Sall met with EconChief on October 10 to discuss the company's announcement to the government of Cote d'Ivoire that it intends to sell its stake in its Ivorian f [...]	2006-10-13 15:10:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ASEC PREL IV ECON
06ABIDJAN606	COTE D'IVOIRE: ACOTA COORDINATOR VISIT SUMMARY [...] (U) Summary: ACOTA Program and Policy Coordinator, Chip Beck (Coordinator),visited Abidjan 13-14 May 2006 for a visit to, and an exchange of information with, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) Headquarters Staff. He received a general briefing from the Senior [...]	2006-06-07 14:46:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS IV
06ABUDHABI371	RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS TACKLE CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE Government ushered in the Islamic New Year February 1 with an evening of preaching that emphasized religious tolerance and moderation. However, the UAE's unified Friday sermon that preachers delivered two days later castigated the Danish media for publishing a cartoon of [...]	2006-02-06 11:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KDEM PREL KPAO ETRD AE
06ABUJA2839	NIGERIAN FM ON DARFUR, UNSC RACE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Nigerian Foreign Minister Joy Ogwu October 27. Minister Ogwu briefed the Ambassador on her recent travel to Sudan and the GON's thinking on the way ahead in Darfur, seemed to indicate support for Venezuela in the UNSC race, and talked about her desire to im [...]	2006-10-30 15:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SU NI
06ABUJA2973	ECOWAS ON NIGERIA'S 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas on November 13 to discuss SIPDIS Nigeria's 2007 elections. Dr. Chambas said that ECOWAS plans to observe the elections next year and that a pre-election assesment team, led by former President Soglo of Be [...]	2006-11-14 15:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3069	MACROECONOMIC SUCCESS HAS LIMITED GRASSROOTS IMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's economic reform program, the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS),is only two years old, but has resulted in macroeconomic stability with the climax of a Paris Club debt write off of $18 billion in 2005/2006. Nigeria's economic monitoring prog [...]	2006-11-29 07:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EPET NI
06ABUJA3200	THE WEST AFRICAN PEER EXCHANGE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING [...] Summary. At the West African Peer Exchange conference on Affordable Housing, Nigerian representatives discussed plans for increasing the number of affordable homes in Nigeria and presented an action plan. Most of the West African countries in attendance face similar problems on land tenure ti [...]	2006-12-14 17:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID SOCI NI
06ACCRA143	FIRST LADY VISITS GHANA [...] Summary: First Lady Laura Bush visited Ghana on January 15-17 in what will be remembered as a highlight in U.S.-Ghana relations. Accompanied by daughter Barbara, she launched the Africa Education Initiative Textbooks and Learning Materials Program in Africa, visited an HIV/AIDS clinic in a l [...]	2006-01-18 17:53:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID GH KPAO OVIP PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI
06ACCRA636	AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRESIDENT KUFUOR TO SUPPORT CMS [...] (C) Ambassador Bridgewater met March 15 with President Kufuor to urge his support for CMS Energy's $200 million project to expand its thermal power plant in Ghana from 220 MW to 330 MW. CMS and the IFC-led lenders group have failed so far to convince Cabinet to approve the government guarante [...]	2006-03-17 12:17:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EFIN EINV GH
06ACCRA829	USAID CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] USAID sponsored a conference and technology fair in Accra, March 30-31, 2006, to disseminate research highlighting the opportunities and issues for increased remittances and trade into and within West Africa. The conference goal was to discuss ways for the private sector to access more of the [...]	2006-04-11 08:47:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN GH
06ACCRA96	GHANA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per Ref A, Post is pleased to provide below the 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ghana. This report revises and updates the ICS submitted December 22, 2004 (Ref B). P Table of Contents ----------------- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. Conversion and Transfer Polic [...]	2006-01-13 11:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG BEXP ETRD EINV PREL PGOV GH
06ADANA246	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 27, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 06:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADDISABABA1003	DPKO ASG ANNABI MAKES TRANSITION PROGRESS WITH AU [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN is cautiously optimistic that planning for transition of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a UN mission is on better footing following consultations with AU Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit and his team, UN ASG for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi [...]	2006-04-14 13:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA1005	DARFUR: AU CONTINUES TO SUPPORT TRANSITION [...] (SBU) Summary/action request: Addis-based Darfur Liaison Group (LG) heads of mission met April 14 with African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit to discuss the AU's draft roadmap for implementation of the March 10 Peace and Security Council (PSC) decision on Darfur [...]	2006-04-14 14:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO EAID SU AU
06ADDISABABA115	AU SUMMIT KHARTOUM SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The January 23-24 African Union (AU) Summit in Khartoum will focus on the AU's efforts to make the organization more relevant for Africa, while retaining international credibility. The Summit will spotlight education, social and cultural issues, though the AU Commission's mod [...]	2006-01-11 17:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU AU
06ADDISABABA1472	AU PLANNERS AND NATO DISCUSS DARFUR PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A meeting between visiting DOD DASD Whelan, African Union officials working on Darfur issues, the NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Planning, and Embassy officials, highlighted challenges in implementing the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement. The AU DITF POLAD called for co [...]	2006-05-25 13:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA1709	AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON PREVIEWS AU SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Streamlining duplication among Africa?s numerous regional economic communities (e.g., SADC, COMESA, IGAD, EAC, WAEMU, CEMAC, ECOWAS, etc.) and establishing a ?United States of Africa? are among the nominal themes of the upcoming African Union Summit to be held in Banjul. More l [...]	2006-06-22 04:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI AU SU XA
06ADDISABABA1737	A/S FRAZER TALKS SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH AU [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit called Sudan's recent refusal to accept a UN Mission in Darfur a "big problem," but ultimately agreed with A/S Frazer that the GOS was simply delaying the inevitable UN deployment as long as possible. Frazer and Djinnit agreed that [...]	2006-06-25 06:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1779	A/S FRAZER TALKS SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH AU [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit called Sudan's recent refusal to accept a UN Mission in Darfur a "big problem," but ultimately agreed with A/S Frazer that the GOS was simply delaying the inevitable UN deployment as long as possible. Frazer and Djinnit agreed that [...]	2006-06-29 16:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1781	AFRICAN UNION: FRAZER URGES KONARE TO REMAIN FIRM, MOVE FAST ON AMIS TRANSITION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 16:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PTER AU SU SO
06ADDISABABA2009	AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: HUMAN RIGHTS OUTCOMES [...] SUMMARY: The African Union Summit met June 21-July 2 in Banjul, The Gambia, with the nominal theme of "Regional Integration and Harmonization of Regional Economic Communities (RECs)." For the United States, as an AU partner (i.e. non-member),most sessions were closed; however, these are the [...]	2006-07-21 08:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV AU XA
06ADDISABABA2021	NATO REPORTS LITTLE PROGRESS IN BOOSTING NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Planning Maurits Jochems and other NATO representatives cite little progress in convincing African Union officials to allow NATO to expand the types of assistance it is now providing to the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),despite earlier co [...]	2006-07-24 12:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2936	DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER REJECTS FJMHQ CONCEPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union civilian and military officials, including the new AMIS Force Commander, had few conclusions to share from a recently concluded internal "brainstorming" session on operational challenges facing the AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur. Sudan's recent acceptance of 1 [...]	2006-11-06 05:58:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2948	DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER ARGUES FOR UP TO NINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 2 briefing to major AU partners, officers from the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) highlighted two areas of continued fighting in Darfur: North Darfur, where GOS aerial reconnaissance and bombardment of suspected NRF strongholds continues; and the Darfur-Chad border, [...]	2006-11-06 14:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA323	AU SUMMIT KHARTOUM WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) Summit held January 23 and 24 in Khartoum highlighted the AU Commission's efforts to "do the right thing" in terms of promoting continental good governance and human rights, as well as social progress, but also produced member state division. Long negotia [...]	2006-02-02 12:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD SU AU
06ANKARA4804	TURKEY TO DECIDE ON UNIFIL PARTICIPATION AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will move toward a government decision to approve a Lebanon deployment during the week of August 21, following FM Gul's consultations in Israel on Sunday, according to MFA DG for the Middle East Bozkurt Aran. However, Aran told Ambassador on August 17 that this decision [...]	2006-08-17 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS TU LE
06ATHENS1821	GEORGE PAPANDREOU INVITES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI TO [...] (C) Summary: George Papandreou's closest foreign policy adviser Droutsas told Ambassador July 13 that Iranian FM Mottaki would be joining the Socialist International Presidium "for coffee" on July 15 on the Greek island of Samos. The invitation was extended when Papandreou visited Tehran o [...]	2006-07-13 14:45:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR
06BAMAKO1372	MOROCCO PUSHES SDAR OUT OF BAMAKO CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) A diplomatic offensive by Moroccan Ambassador to Mali Moulay Idriss Fadhil paid off when Mali reportedly compelled the AU organizers to not extend an invitation to the Sahara Democratic Arab Republic (SDAR) to attend the Fourth International Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (ref [...]	2006-12-01 11:59:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID ML
06BAMAKO1433	WHEN POLITICS AND COINCIDENCE COLLIDE: MALI'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 09:05:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO443	THE "FRERE GUIDE" QADHAFI CAUSES A STIR IN MALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Libyan leader Mouammar Qadhafi arrived to great fanfare in Mali on April 6 to celebrate the April 11 prophet Mohammed,s birthday (Mawloud). After a two-day stay in Bamako, Qadhafi and Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) headed on a 2-day road trip to Timbuktu. In a contr [...]	2006-04-17 13:01:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV EINV LY ML
06BANJUL11	THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT'S YEAR-END INTERVIEW [...] (C) In a year-end television interview, President Jammeh, in a vintage, shoot-from-the-hip performance, spoke of general economic improvement in 2005, while characterizing the dismal state of public utilities as among the country's "dramatic failures." He was optimistic about prospects for de [...]	2006-01-06 18:21:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM PINS KMCA GA
06BANJUL121	THE GAMBIA: RAPPROCHEMENT WITH SENEGAL CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Judging from reported official Senegalese/Gambian contacts of late, the two countries' rapprochement process following their August/October 2005 crisis over transport and border issues continues to advance (ref a provides background on the crisis). Building on Gambian President Jammeh's [...]	2006-02-27 17:55:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ELTN EWWT GA SG
06BANJUL153	THE GAMBIA: THE MALAISE EASES [...] (C) The malaise gripping The Gambia's political and human rights arenas at the end of 2005 is easing somewhat, as Nigerian President Obasanjo's February 5-6 mediation visit was successful in bringing about improved dialog between mercurial, rough-hewn President Jammeh and the opposition. Besid [...]	2006-03-11 14:09:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KMCA GA
06BANJUL171	THE GAMBIA: CONSULTATIONS WITH SENEGALESE ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 12:43:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS GA SG
06BANJUL172	THE GAMBIA: CONSULTATIONS WITH SENEGALESE ON [...] (U) Amidst reported clashes between the Bissau-Guinean military and Casamance MFDC rebels (reftel),a Senegalese delegation visited The Gambia March 17 and met with President Yayha Jammeh to discuss the Casamance situation. The delegation was headed by Pierre Kujabi, identified as an architec [...]	2006-03-20 12:53:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS GA SG
06BANJUL174	UPDATE: SUSPECTED AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Suspected AI cases, fi(s" e o*ted in reftel on March 1, 2006, have yet tt be sent for testing, according to FAO and Government of The Gambia (GOTG) sources. The FAO country representative referred to the outcome as a politically-motivated decision that contradicted the advice of [...]	2006-03-21 13:32:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR GA
06BANJUL182	THE GAMBIA: MORE ON FAILED COUP ATTEMPT [...] (C) Amidst ongoing calm and atmosphere of general normality in the Gambian capital following the reportedly aborted coup plot March 21, GOTG source claims that the ringleader was spotted entering the Casamance region in Senegal. In March 22-23 meetings, our Emergency Action Committee (EAC) agr [...]	2006-03-23 18:35:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS CASC ASEC GA
06BANJUL184	THE GAMBIA: PROMINENT JOURNALIST'S COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Well-informed journalist, Pap Saine, expressed certainty that there had been a coup attempt foiled here March 21, asserting that the immediate cause was widespread discontent in the regular army over special benefits enjoyed by President Jammeh's guard force. Saine indicated that the numb [...]	2006-03-24 13:37:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA
06BANJUL190	THE GAMBIA: POSSIBLE SENEGALESE ANGLE IN TELEVISED [...] (C) On March 27, Amcit (dual national) Tamsir Jasseh and other suspects in the aborted March 21 coup attempt gave televised confessions of their involvement, and Jasseh's role, judging from his statement, was greater than he had previously indicated to Ambassador. The statements by Jasseh and [...]	2006-03-28 17:36:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA
06BANJUL194	THE GAMBIA: CALM, BUT JITTERY ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Amidst a calm, but jittery atmosphere, there have been additional televised statements by persons suspected of involvement in the March 21 coup attempt. A senior police official noted the release of two military officers cleared of involvement and estimated the remaining number of detaine [...]	2006-03-30 18:38:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA
06BANJUL206	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON AFTERMATH OF ABORTED COUP [...] (C) Sources portray President Jammeh as still recovering from a sense of shock and betrayal following the aborted coup attempt March 21, although he works to convey the image of a leader fully in charge in his public appearances. The GOTG itself has yet to provide much information on the foile [...]	2006-04-04 18:11:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA
06BANJUL209	LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM GAMBIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) On April 5, 2006, Embassy received a letter, dated March 29, 2006, from Gambian President Jammeh to President Bush alleging the Senegalese Government's support for the recent abortive coup d'tat in The Gambia (ref a). Post will provide the text in this cable and forward the original to Wa [...]	2006-04-05 16:39:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS OPDC GA SG
06BANJUL212	THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON AFTERMATH OF [...] (C) In April 6 meeting with senior presidential adviser, Secretary General Njie, Ambassador reiterated our concern SIPDIS over reports of detainees' mistreatment, detention of National Assembly Speaker and others, and private newspaper's closure in connection with the recent aborted coup at [...]	2006-04-06 17:34:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL222	THE GAMBIA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FOLLOWING FOILED [...] (C) President Jammeh continues his efforts to demonstrate that he remains in charge and that the public is rallying around him, while opposition parties issued a statement April 9 expressing doubt about the GOTG's capacity to "manage the apparent crisis." There are signs of disarray at the N [...]	2006-04-10 17:19:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL227	THE GAMBIA; VISIT BY SENEGALESE FORMIN [...] (SBU) Senegalese Formin Cheikh Tidiane Gadio visited Banjul April 12 and met with President Jammeh, telling the press afterward that he had brought a message of "solidarity" from President Wade to Jammeh following the coup plot thwarted here March 21 (refs a and b). Gadio took the occasion t [...]	2006-04-13 15:37:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS GA SG
06BANJUL230	THE GAMBIA: GROWING TENSIONS WITH SENEGAL OVER [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 10. SUMMARY 2. (C) GOTG convoked diplomatic corps April 13 to protest GOS' alleged failure to cooperate with the Gambians' investigation into the coup plot thwarted March 21 as well. In a well-worn GOTG accusation, Gambian officials alleged that [...]	2006-04-14 14:25:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS GA SG
06BANJUL233	THE GAMBIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER REMOVED, [...] (C) The National Assembly Speaker, Sheriff Dibba, suspected of involvement in the failed coup plot, was released from detention April 15, but removed from the National Assembly by President Jammeh. A senior National Intelligence Agency official, Keemo Balajo, was also released and his job res [...]	2006-04-18 14:07:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL24	THE GAMBIA: READOUT ON CONSULTATIONS WITH SENEGAL [...] (C) Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Taal provided upbeat readout on the December 28-29 session of the Senegalese/Gambian Joint Consultative Committee (JCC),explaining the decision to place the Gambia River bridge project under the auspices of the "Gambia River Basin Development Organizati [...]	2006-01-11 17:27:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ELTN EWWT SG GA
06BANJUL250	THE GAMBIA: REPORTED MFDC CLASHES NEAR GAMBIAN [...] (C) During April 21 discussion with Ambassador, Interior Minister Baboucar Jatta took an urgent phone call from his Inspector General of Police. Afterward, Jatta said the Inspector General had reported acts of violence near The Gambia's border with the Casamance region, involving forces of di [...]	2006-04-21 17:13:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SG GA
06BANJUL252	THE GAMBIA: FURTHER DEMARCHE ON ACCESS TO AMCIT, [...] (C) Ambassador met April 24 with Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary William Joof and repeated previous requests for SIPDIS access to Amcit Tamsir Jasseh, detained for suspected involvement in the March 21 aborted coup plot (ref a). Ambassador stressed dismay at the delay in our obtaining a [...]	2006-04-24 17:30:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL259	THE GAMBIA: MORE ON REPORTED FIGHTING NEAR GAMBIAN [...] (SBU) In April 26 conversation, Ambassador asked Interior Minister Baboucar Jatta about situation along The Gambia's border with Senegal's Casamance region, following recent reports of fighting -- most recently during night of April 24-25 -- in that area, involving forces of dissident MFDC com [...]	2006-04-26 17:50:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS PREF CASC SG GA
06BANJUL273	THE GAMBIA: SUSPECTS IN COUP PLOT CHARGED, [...] (C) Seventeen suspects in the failed coup plot are finally charged, as the GOTG continues to press the GOS for access to the plot's ringleader. END SUMMARY DETAINEES CHARGED ------------------ 2. (U) On April 28, 17 detainees suspected of involvement in the coup plot thwarted here Marc [...]	2006-05-03 11:48:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM GA SG
06BANJUL317	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON TIES WITH SENEGAL [...] (C) In May 18 conversation with senior Presidential adviser, Secretary General Mambury Njie, Ambassador asked for an update on the Gambian/Senegalese relationship. Njie responded that ties remained strained, saying the GOTG continued to harbor suspicions of GOS involvement in the coup plot th [...]	2006-05-18 15:56:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SG GA

06BANJUL329	THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN [...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMAR [...]	2006-05-23 18:23:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU
06BANJUL332	THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN [...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMARY [...]	2006-05-24 10:27:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU
06BANJUL333	THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN [...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMARY [...]	2006-05-24 10:27:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU
06BANJUL354	THE GAMBIA: CONVERSATION WITH HUMAN RIGHTS NGO [...] (SBU) Poloff met on June 1 with the Executive Director of the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS),Hannah Forster (protect),to discuss her observations and her NGO's activities regarding the current human rights environment in The Gambia. Ms. Forster had recently a [...]	2006-06-05 15:15:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AU GA
06BANJUL366	THE GAMBIA: RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT JAMMEH'S REQUEST [...] (C) In recent discussion with Ambassador, the senior Presidential adviser, Secretary General Mambury Njie and Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary William Joof, raised the GOTG's previous request that the U.S. press Senegal to cooperate with the Gambians' investigation into the aborted coup att [...]	2006-06-09 16:09:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SG GA
06BANJUL394	THE GAMBIA: VISIT BY SENEGALESE PRESIDENT WADE [...] (U) On June 19, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade made a two-hour visit to Banjul, meeting with his Gambian counterpart, President Yahya Jammeh. In media remarks afterward, Wade indicated that he had come with a two-fold mission: to ascertain what assistance the GOS might provide the GOTG i [...]	2006-06-20 13:49:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AU GA SG
06BANJUL396	THE GAMBIA: SCENE-SETTER FOR VCI PDAS FORD'S AND [...] (C) VCI PDAS Ford and AF DAS Thomas-Greenfield will visit The Gambia against the backdrop of the AU Summit -- for which the GOTG is feverishly preparing -- but also against the backdrop of markedly negative human rights trend in this country, as highlighted by abuses following the coup plot t [...]	2006-06-22 09:47:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID MASS KMCA PTER PINS EINV ETRD
06BANJUL411	DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: AU PSC REAFFIRMS AMIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC),meeting on June 27 at the ministerial level at the AU Summit in Banjul, heard briefings on Somalia and election preparations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but issued a sole communique focusing on Darfur Peace Agreement [...]	2006-06-28 17:48:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO AU SU SO
06BANJUL436	THE GAMBIA: JAMMEH'S PITCH TO UNSYG ANNAN ON [...] (C) In conversation with Ambassador, UN Development Program Resident Representative Fadzai Gwaradzimba (protect) mentioned UNSYG Annan's meeting with President Jammeh on the margins of the July 1-2 African Union Summit here. The UNDP rep, who attended the meeting, confided that Jammeh had used [...]	2006-07-10 16:09:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SG GA
06BANJUL450	THE GAMBIA: TAIWANESE AMBASSADOR'S LIBERIAN [...] (C) We note reftel report of possible GOL contacts with Taiwan amidst the PRC's growing engagement in Liberia. We also note reporting in other channels of recent contacts between Liberian House Speaker Snowe and The Gambia-based Taiwanese Ambassador, Patrick Chang,who served as Ambassador to [...]	2006-07-15 12:25:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GA LI CH
06BANJUL451	THE GAMBIA: IMPROVED TENOR OF RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C) In July 14 discussion with Ambassador, recently-arrived Senegalese Ambassador Mamadou Fall spoke of an improved tenor of late in the Gambian/Senegalese relationship and cited as illustrative Senegalese President Wade's June 19 visit to Banjul (ref a) and his subsequent attendance at the Ju [...]	2006-07-15 12:26:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SG GA
06BANJUL465	THE GAMBIA: MEDIA CRACKDOWN CONTINUES [...] (C) The GOTG's crackdown on the media continues, as the journal, "Independent" remains closed and there are reports of authorities preventing publication of another journal, "Daily Express." The international NGO community has wasted no time in reacting to the crackdown, as exemplifed by the [...]	2006-07-20 17:16:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GA
06BANJUL526	REFUGEES FROM SENEGAL'S CASAMANCE REGION STREAMING [...] (C) As reported in ref A, the fighting that erupted between Senegal's military and MFDC rebels in Senegal's Casamance region has resulted in a large influx of refugees into The Gambia. According to our sources, the estimated number of refugees ranges from 2500 to 4500, with the latter being m [...]	2006-08-23 17:18:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREF PHUM PINS SG PU PREL GA
06BANJUL548	GAMBIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION -- CANDIDATE PROFILES [...] (U) The Gambian Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has accepted the nominations of three candidates to contest the September 22 Gambian presidential election. As expected the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has nominated incumbent president Yahya Jammeh [...]	2006-09-05 14:40:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM GA
06BANJUL574	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON TIES WITH SENEGAL [...] (C) In September 15 discussion, Senegalese Ambassador Fall cited the improved tenor in Senegalese/Gambian ties in recent months, expressed certainty that Gambian President Jammeh would win re-election September 22 by a comfortable margin, and knocked down rumors of close ties between Senegalese [...]	2006-09-16 10:33:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS PINS SG GA
06BANJUL576	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON THE MEDIA [...] (C) The generally negative trend in The Gambia's media environment continues, despite the enhanced media coverage accorded the opposition in connection with its Presidential election campaigning. The National Intelligence Agency detained a television reporter, who was subsequently fired, and [...]	2006-09-18 09:35:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KMCA GA
06BANJUL588	THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT JAMMEH WINS RE-ELECTION IN [...] (C) As expected, Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has won re-election in the September 22 contest, receiving over 65 percent of the vote, according to virtually complete results announced as of September 23 afternoon by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). Embassy observation teams dispa [...]	2006-09-23 16:18:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KMCA KDEM GA
06BANJUL601	THE GAMBIA: MORE REACTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) A well-informed journalist, Pap Saine, portrayed Taiwan and local businessmen of Lebanese origin as key sources of funding for President Jammeh's successful re-election campaign. A Commonwealth Secretariat official and election observer, Prof. Ade Adefuye, asserted that Jammeh's victory [...]	2006-09-28 18:00:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KMCA GA
06BANJUL680	THE GAMBIA: COOPERATION WITH SPAIN ON ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos visited Banjul for several hours October 9 to sign a bilateral "framework agreement" aimed at combatting the increasing illegal migration by Gambians to Spain's Canary Islands. In discussion with Ambassador, Spanish diplomat posted TDY in Banjul (Spa [...]	2006-11-01 15:39:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI ECON PREL GA SP
06BANJUL695	THE GAMBIA: ONGOING TENSIONS WITH SENEGAL [...] (C) Senegalese Ambassador Fall noted heightened Sengalese/Gambian strains due to GOTG's support for dissident Casamance rebel MFDC leader Salif Sadio, coupled with Gambian actions against pro-conciliation MFDC elements such as Magne Dieme. Fall said Senegalese armed forces chief would visit h [...]	2006-11-09 15:30:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PINS SG GA
06BANJUL708	THE GAMBIA: SENEGALESE VISITORS, JAMMEH'S [...] (C) President Jammeh used high-level Senegalese visits to deny -- unconvincingly -- meddling in the Casamance and profess his commitment to good ties with Senegal. Senegalese Chief of Defense Staff spoke of plans to conclude a MOU with the Gambian military to strengthen cooperation via, inter [...]	2006-11-20 18:32:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS GA SG
06BANJUL761	THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT JAMMEH'S INAUGURATION [...] (C) The December 15 inauguration of President Jammeh's third term featured pomp and ceremony, and the bombastic leader used the occasion to portray The Gambia as a future "economic superpower," while also requesting Gambians' "forgiveness." Four African heads of state (Nigeria, Togo, Mauritan [...]	2006-12-20 15:15:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMCA GA IR SG
06BANJUL764	THE GAMBIA: REPORT OF PRESIDENT'S MILITIA, IRANIAN [...] (C) In recent conversation with Ambassador, Pap Saine (protect) the well-connected chief editor of the private daily, "The Point," asserted that, nine months after the abortive coup plot in March, President Jammeh remained deeply concerned about another possible plot. According to Saine, Jam [...]	2006-12-21 15:25:00	Embassy Banjul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS MASS PREL GA IR
06BEIJING12531	JUNE 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN/SCO SUMMIT, [...] Key points made at the June 15 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- Iranian President Ahmadinejad's remarks at the June 15 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit reflected only Iran's position. -- Beijing welcomes Iran's willingness to negotiate with relevant parties to resolve [...]	2006-06-15 11:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PHUM ASEC CH IR
06BEIJING22919	PRC/AFRICA: CHINA-AFRICA FORUM GOALS: POLITICS, [...] (C) Politics remains the cornerstone of Sino-African relations even though the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A) will tout extensive economic ties, including burgeoning two-way trade and as many as 2,500 bilateral agreements, Chinese scholars have told us. As China increasingly [...]	2006-10-30 13:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING23548	PRC/AFRICA: PRC SEEKS NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Representatives from 48 African countries, including 41 Heads of State or Government, converged on Beijing for the November 3-5 Beijing Summit and Third Ministerial of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A). The PRC played up its desire to forge a "new strategic partnership" [...]	2006-11-06 12:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING24470	DECEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the December 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks will resume on December 18 with the Joint Statement of September 19, 2005 forming the basis for negotiations. -- Trade issues with the United States can be resolved through dialogue and China has worked in "ea [...]	2006-12-12 11:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ECON KN IS AJ CD CA CI LO KZ CH
06BRASILIA2399	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 84 [...] The following is the eighty-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-11-14 20:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2588	BRAZIL: BIOFUELS COOPERATION: 2ND PREPARATORY MEETING OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Second Preparatory Meeting of the Global Biofuels Forum, held in Rio de Janeiro on 27 and 28 November, achieved consensus on priorities and next steps for the group. Gregory Manuel, Special Advisor to the Secretary and International Energy Coordinator, and Lisa Kubiske, Dire [...]	2006-12-11 17:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV PREL EINV ECON BR
06BRATISLAVA895	SLOVAK AID: MORE BUREAUCRACY, LESS DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Slovak MFA is preparing to consolidate management and program authority over Slovakia's foreign aid budget before the end of 2006. Full MFA control over development assistance may help the GOS consolidate its aid programs and establish longer-term programs that better meet [...]	2006-11-06 15:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL ECON LO
06BRUSSELS1435	EU JHA COUNCIL FOCUSES ON VISA FEES, [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 27 agreed to raise the price of Schengen visas from EUR 35 to 60, while allowing for more favorable treatment of EU neighbors. "Countries with a European perspective" are eligible for reduced rates if they sign readmission agreement [...]	2006-04-28 14:25:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG EAID KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS2199	BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 26, 2006 [...] (U) In May, EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding levied a general criticism at European countries for lagging behind on implementing fast new technologies. The commissioner lamented Europe's slow take-up of new high-speed communications technologies such as broadband internet, te [...]	2006-06-27 13:10:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID EWWT EAIR BE
06BRUSSELS2988	SN-BRUSSELS AIRLINES PLANS EXPANSION IN [...] (U) According to company representatives, SN Brusels Airlines (SNBA) is planning to expand it presence in Africa in the coming years. Eschwing larger airports such as Casablanca, Nairobi and Johannesburg, where other international airlines have a strong presence, SNBA intends to focus on West [...]	2006-09-05 06:11:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV BE XY ZF
06BRUSSELS3748	BELGIAN STEWPOT: November 7, 2006 [...] Sustainable Development Week 2-3. NIKE Expands, Gets Green Approval Seal 4. GDP Growth Exceeds Forecast 5. Belgian "Peace Corps" Volunteers Chosen 6. World's Biggest Diamond sold in Antwerp 7. Northwest: New Brussels-Detroit Flight 8. By Their Snacks You Shall Know Them 9. Ri [...]	2006-11-07 15:47:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELTN BE
06CAIRO7159	EGYPT PRESSING FORWARD ON NILE BASIN INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Egypt is a strong supporter of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) as a tool for cooperative management of water resources and is leading efforts to finalize a framework agreement. In January, the GOE will host an NBI council meeting aiming to ratify the framew [...]	2006-12-17 14:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL KPAO EG ET ER SU BY RW UG TZ KE
06CARACAS2830	CHAVEZ AND THE GLOBAL CHESSBOARD [...] (U) With his eye towards increasing his international stature and gaining a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),President Chavez is literally traveling to all ends of the earth. As a part of this strategy, and in addition to his visits and signing of multiple b [...]	2006-09-15 20:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
06CARACAS80	GOV GRANTED OBSERVER STATUS IN AU [...] (U) Vice-Minister for Africa Reinaldo Bolivar announced December 23 that the African Union (AU) had approved Venezuela's May 2005 request for observer status. Venezuela is now one of 23 non-African states, including Cuba, granted observer status since the AU established guidelines for their p [...]	2006-01-12 20:08:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL VE
06CASABLANCA1325	MOROCCAN BANKS ON REGIONAL GROWTH, REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent series of meetings with Morocco's three national banks showed that while they have distinct personalities, they share a strong interest in expanding to francophone Africa and other countries in the Maghreb. They also agree that the economic climate in Morocco has improv [...]	2006-12-20 08:54:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KDEM MO
06COTONOU1149	BENIN: MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE A SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Benin hosted a ministerial conference on "Maritime Safety and Security in the Gulf of Guinea" in Cotonou on November 13-15. The conference, sponsored by NAVEUR, and organized by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS),involved ministerial delegations from [...]	2006-11-21 15:46:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS ETRD ECON MARR KMCA PGOV PREL BN EWWT
06DAKAR1004	GUINEA-BISSAU: BORDER CALMING DOWN FOR NOW [...] (U) Fighting in northern Guinea-Bissau has mostly ended with all rebel bases overrun by the Bissau-Guinean military. A new wave of displaced flooded into isolated Susana during the final push, but others have begun returning home to Sao Domingos, where life is returning to normal. The World F [...]	2006-04-26 16:47:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS EAID PGOV PHUM PREL ECON PU SG
06DAKAR1005	CASAMANCE: CHIEF REBEL STRONGER THAN ANTICIPATED [...] (SBU) Beginning in mid-March the Bissau-Guinean military lent a helping hand to Senegal, putting into execution its threat to cleanse the border area of Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) recalcitrant Salif Sadio and his supporters. Bissau- Guinean troops have succeeded in [...]	2006-04-26 17:26:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PINS PGOV PREL PU SG
06DAKAR1011	WADE'S ELECTORAL PROSPECTS UNSURE IN EAST AND SOUTH [...] (C) Ten months before presidential and parliamentary elections, there is broad disenchantment with President Wade in Senegal's East and South. Were the election held now, he would likely lose in sparsely populated Tambacounda Region. In Kolda and Ziguinchor, he needs to discipline his ruling [...]	2006-04-26 18:39:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SG
06DAKAR1021	SUDAN: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR NATO ASSISTANCE TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 15:57:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PKPO SU SG
06DAKAR1034	SENEGAL: COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING ON [...] DELETE THIS MESSAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED MCN'S NEW MESSAGE SENT OUT WITH NEW MCN AND NEW DTG. DAKAR 00001034 002.4 OF 002 ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR Â [...]	2006-04-28 11:26:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR CVIS KCRM KISL EAIR UN PU SG
06DAKAR1039	SENEGAL: COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 27 G8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting in Dakar focused as much on narcotics as it did on ideological radicalization. DCM drew on Ref A talking points and briefed the CTAG on counter-terrorism training that we have conducted in 2006. DCM noted that we are [...]	2006-05-02 10:16:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR CVIS KCRM KISL EAIR UN PU SG
06DAKAR1086	TRAVEL, DARFUR, MCA AND U.S. ASSISTANCE ON WADE'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Wade asked the Ambassador to meet with him on May 4. The 30-minute meeting covered his upcoming trip to the United States, France and Switzerland; a potential official trip later this year to meet with President Bush and to sign the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) C [...]	2006-05-08 15:52:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EAID KMCA PHUM SG
06DAKAR1100	WHAT DID SENEGALESE DO BEFORE THEY HAD CANDLES?; [...] (U) SUMMARY: The latest political joke making the rounds in Dakar these days is: "What did Senegalese do before they had candles? ... They had electricity." Unfortunately, Senegal's chronic electricity shortages are no laughing matter and continue to have adverse economic, social and politi [...]	2006-05-10 08:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET SG
06DAKAR1149	THERE'S TALK OF ANOTHER ELECTION POSTPONEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Some in the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) say poor logistics will require technical postponement of the February presidential and parliamentary elections to June 2007, past expiration of Wade's constitutional term. We have told them we would find that unacceptable. The opposit [...]	2006-05-15 15:33:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR1169	INFANTICIDE IN SENEGAL [...] (U) Senegalese are appalled at increasing media reports of infanticide. Though the practice seems to be limited, actual statistics are shaky. Factors which might lead parents to resort to the practice include poverty, emigration of the father, incest, the Islamic practices of polygamy and e [...]	2006-05-17 11:31:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI SG
06DAKAR1204	PRIME MINISTER SALL COMMENTS ON MCA, ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, the Ambassador called on Prime Minister Macky Sall to discuss the status of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, the Poverty Reduction Strategy Plan (PRSP) and election preparations. The Prime Minister stressed that the MCA Compact is the GOS, highest prio [...]	2006-05-18 17:04:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PINR PINS PREL KMCA KHDP SG
06DAKAR1205	FOUR HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL ARRESTS IN SENEGAL [...] (U) In the past two months, there have been a series of high profile arrests of political figures. Labor leader Ibrahima Sene (Reftel),Amath Dansokho, Secretary General of the Labor Party (PIT),Jean Paul Dias, head of the center right party BCG, and Pape Diouf, Mayor of the City of Bambey, [...]	2006-05-18 18:44:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS KJUS SG
06DAKAR1246	SENEGAL ON THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 13:33:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KUNR OPDC UN SG
06DAKAR1256	DEMARCHES TO NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORM AND IRAN IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-24 17:08:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KUNR UNSC UNGA IR SG
06DAKAR1264	THIRD MEETING OF THE UN HIGH LEVEL GROUP OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Wade opened the third meeting of the 15-member UN High Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations on May 28. Like Turkish Minister of State Aydin and former UNESCO Secretary General Mayor before him, Wade spoke of both economic and religious divisions, warning that [...]	2006-05-30 10:46:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM PINS ECON KIRF KISL SMIG UNAUS IR
06DAKAR1265	THIRD MEETING OF THE UN HIGH LEVEL GROUP OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Wade opened the third meeting of the 15-member UN High Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations on May 28. Like Turkish Minister of State Aydin and former UNESCO Secretary General Mayor before him, Wade spoke of both economic and religious divisions, warning that [...]	2006-05-30 10:49:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM PINS ECON KIRF KISL SMIG UNAUS IR
06DAKAR1268	PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL REPRESENTS WATERSHED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 2, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade convened an extraordinary Presidential Council to review the status of Senegal's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal. Prime Minister Macky Sall, most Ministers, heads of major independent agencies, representatives of mult [...]	2006-05-30 15:53:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EIND KMCA SOCI SG
06DAKAR1270	SENEGAL'S ACCELERATED GROWTH STRATEGY (AGS) AND [...] (SBU) The Minister of Finance met with the donors to update them on the development of Senegal's Accelerated Growth Strategy (AGS) on March 22. The Government intends to finalize and implement the strategy on July 1, but donors have not heard what changes have been made over the last two mon [...]	2006-05-30 16:24:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR SG
06DAKAR1279	SEVENTH HIGH LEVEL MEETING OF HEADS OF UN PEACE [...] (C) On May 29, UNSYG Special Representative for West Africa Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah told the Ambassador that he is traveling to Yaounde this week to try to broker a summit on demarcating the border between Cameroon and Nigeria on the Bakassi Peninsula. He also provided a summary of his May 12 [...]	2006-05-31 12:31:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PBTS SOCI KFLU XY CM
06DAKAR1280	THE CORNICHE HEMMED: WILL VOTERS SWALLOW WADE'S [...] (U) Two of three major roads leading through the Dakar peninsula and downtown are closed by construction. Using Kuwaiti funds for the next Islamic summit and on short notice, President Wade on May 10 began tunnel projects and road widening on the well-known Corniche, redirected traffic to al [...]	2006-05-31 13:43:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN PGOV ECON PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR1292	AN INCIDENT OF PRE-ELECTORAL POLITICAL VIOLENCE [...] (U) On May 28, in Prime Minister Macky Sall's hometown of Fatick, the ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) youth movement mixed it up with followers of Serigne Mamoune Niasse, the partially blind marabout from nearby Kaolack who is backing ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck's presidential cam [...]	2006-06-01 12:08:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PHUM KDEM SG
06DAKAR1299	SENEGALESE REACTION TO U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) On June 1, the Ambassador and DCM called on President Wade to deliver Ref A points orally, leaving him a copy of the transcript of the Secretary,s press conference. The Ambassador reminded Wade that they had discussed his planned visit to Iran when the Ambassador presented her credentials [...]	2006-06-01 14:27:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH IR SG
06DAKAR1306	WADE SEEKS U.S. INTERVENTION WITH JAMMEH [...] (C) During the Ambassador,s June 1 meeting with President Abdoulaye Wade to discuss Iran (Ref A),he also raised relations with The Gambia (Ref B). Wade declared that he has no intention of taking over The Gambia; on the contrary, Senegal seeks good relations. He said he would like the Unit [...]	2006-06-01 16:32:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GA SG
06DAKAR1307	EMBASSY DAKAR WORKSHOP ON IPR UNITES PLAYERS AND [...] On May 24, the Embassy hosted a workshop on intellectual property rights (IPR),which attracted an audience of nearly 50 people, including actors, musicians, authors, designers, screen-writers, union representatives, business owners, gendarmes, customs officers and other GOS officials. The A [...]	2006-06-01 16:33:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR EIND ECON SCUL PGOV KPAO SG
06DAKAR133	AN INAUSPICIOUS START FOR THE 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Every party involved with the 2007 legislative and presidential elections faces serious obstacles. President Wade is so concerned with ensuring a solid win that he is exploring ways to change Senegal,s electoral system and has approached former Prime Minister Seck,s camp, looking for a [...]	2006-01-19 16:39:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SG
06DAKAR1427	IS SENEGAL'S DEMOCRATIC CONSENSUS AT RISK? [...] (SBU) There is deep-rooted Senegalese consensus in favor of freedom of expression, rule of law, respect of national institutions, conformity to parliamentary or executive rules or custom, civilian control of security forces, the desirability of dialog between authorities and opposition, and [...]	2006-06-15 14:10:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PGOV PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR154	GUINEA-BISSAU: THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON, BUT WHERE'S [...] (C) The Vieira/Aristides Gomes Government continues to develop its program, and neither the Popular National Assembly (ANP) nor the Supreme Court seems anxious to bring the Government down. The African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) continues to argue for [...]	2006-01-23 14:05:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL KDEM BR FR GV SG PU
06DAKAR1553	COUNTRY TEAM AID PROPOSALS FOR CASAMANCE [...] (C) The Country Team met June 14 to discuss ways to move the Casamance peace process forward. We raised two central questions. First was whether the Senegalese Government and MFDC rebel movement have sufficient political will to resolve the conflict. Second was whether USG money could mak [...]	2006-06-30 12:28:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PINS SG
06DAKAR1554	MOODY RIVER: WADE'S STANDING IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) We traveled along the Senegal River Valley, from the dust-ugly but sugar-prosperous city of Richard Toll; to opposition fief Podor, which President Wade is contesting by building public works; and to a poverty- distraught Matam that is asking what Wade has done for it lately. We visit [...]	2006-06-30 12:29:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR1586	NGO ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SENEGAL: [...] (C) NGOs describe Senegal as being at one of the most vulnerable points in its post-independence history in terms of fundamental freedoms of expression, movement and association. RADDHO, a prominent local human rights organization, points to judicial independence as the key issue facing Sen [...]	2006-07-05 16:53:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SG
06DAKAR1587	CEREMONY MARKS SIGNING OF 2005 TIP GRANTS AND [...] Ambassador Jacobs presided over a ceremony to mark the signing of eight grants to GOS offices and NGOs actively involved in fighting trafficking in persons (TIP). The event also brought together key member of the anti-TIP community to note release of the annual TIP Report, as well as recogniz [...]	2006-07-05 17:52:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SG
06DAKAR1588	SENEGAL'S BOAT PEOPLE: MORE ORGANIZED AND HEADING [...] (U) The saga of Senegal's "boat people" continues, with reports of involvement by organized crime. With Europe grappling with the problem and tightening borders, Senegalese are talking about boats now being built to carry migrants to the United States. END SUMMARY. ORGANIZED CRIME ------ [...]	2006-07-05 18:06:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG SOCI ECON PREL KCRM CV SP SG
06DAKAR160	REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY [...] (SBU) On January 23, EmbOff delivered reftel points and supporting documents to senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials. 2. (C) On January 20, Senegalese Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development Mamadou Sidibe sought out Charge just before the cabinet and the diplomatic corps [...]	2006-01-23 17:58:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL AORC KNNP IR SG
06DAKAR1608	PRESIDENT WADE AGREES TO PUT HISSENE HABRE ON [...] (C) The African Union (AU) has asked Senegal to adjudicate the case of former Chadian leader Hissene Habre. President Wade has agreed, although under certain conditions. Human Rights Watch, the most vocal advocate of Habre's alleged victims, is optimistic, but is urging the international com [...]	2006-07-06 15:49:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM CD SG
06DAKAR1623	SENEGAL: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD [...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States in prom [...]	2006-07-07 15:22:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ECON PHUM EAID MASS PGOV PREL SOCI KMCA
06DAKAR1674	SENEGAL'S OPPOSITION PUT TO THE TEST [...] (SBU) The opposition, already fractured, has been put to the test in recent weeks. On June 30, the terms of office for Senegalese deputies should have ended, but the National Assembly remains in session thanks to a 2005 act extending the terms by eight months (Ref A). Despite debate within t [...]	2006-07-12 18:21:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KFRD EFIS SG
06DAKAR168	GUINEA-BISSAU SEEKS ASSISTANCE IN COMBATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On January 20, the Mission received a letter from Bissau-Guinean Prime Minister Aristides Gomes requesting assistance in combating narcotics trafficking through Guinea-Bissau. The letter noted that Bissau-Guinean Army officers, senior Ministry of Interior off [...]	2006-01-24 16:39:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EAID MARR PINS PU
06DAKAR1703	SENEGAL-EU FISHING NEGOTIATIONS STALLED [...] SUMMARY: Government of Senegal (GOS) and European Union (EU) representatives, after three rounds of negotiations, failed to agree on the new terms of the bilateral Senegal-EU fishing agreement. As a result, on June 30 at midnight, the Senegal-EU Fishing Agreement expired and the last of the [...]	2006-07-17 07:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV FAO AORC EAGR SG
06DAKAR1721	SEEKING TRANSFORMATIONAL PRESSURE POINTS IN THE [...] (C) Ref A sums up interagency talks on Senegal's 2007 elections and suggests "engaging ... Muslim Brotherhoods ... to ensure peaceful, fair and free elections." Our first reaction was that this would be a delicate exercise, given our focus on promoting Islamic-Christian dialogue, doctrinal m [...]	2006-07-18 08:45:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL SG
06DAKAR1740	SENEGAL,S ECONOMIC GROWTH: IS THE WINDOW OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal,s real GDP growth for 2006 is likely to fall short of earlier expectations. Production in key export sectors is down; fish, phosphate and peanut exports all face difficulties, and indications are that industrial sector output is below projected levels. According to loc [...]	2006-07-19 17:38:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID ENRG SG
06DAKAR1746	SENEGAL PLANS TO TACKLE ONGOING ENERGY CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal (GOS) recently hosted a three-day workshop in the coastal town of Saly to diagnose the current energy crisis in the wake of the ongoing world market price increases that continue to negatively affect the Senegalese economy. The workshop featured energy [...]	2006-07-20 13:45:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EAID ECON EPET SG CH VE IR
06DAKAR1759	SENEGAL'S IRAN PROPOSAL [...] (C) President Wade asked to meet with me July 21 to follow up on earlier discussions regarding the situation in Iran. He indicated his primary objective in getting involved is to help avoid a military strike against Iran. He is willing to support stepped up economic sanctions, visa restrict [...]	2006-07-21 16:13:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP IR SG
06DAKAR1760	TFLE01: PRESIDENT WADE CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE; [...] (C) On July 21, when the Ambassador met with President Wade, he called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza. The previous day, Senegal's Lebanese community organized a protest against Israel,s attack on Hezbollah. Cheikh Monein al Zein, leader of the small Shia commun [...]	2006-07-21 17:00:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS ASEC MOPS PREL LE IS SG
06DAKAR1761	HUMAN RIGHTS IN SENEGAL: MID-YEAR REVIEW [...] We recently invited key human rights activists to a luncheon seminar to review rights violations and concerns in the past year. About 40 people attended, representing key Senegalese NGOs specializing in freedom of speech, children and women's rights, TIP (trafficking in persons),transparenc [...]	2006-07-21 17:24:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI SG
06DAKAR1774	MOURIDE KHALIF BANS POLITICS IN TOUBA [...] (SBU) The Mouride Khalif has banned campaigning in his brotherhood's capital. As Senegal's fastest growing city, with at least half 800,000 souls, Touba looked to become a political battleground for 2007 elections. The holy city by tradition has no polling station, and was considered politi [...]	2006-07-25 10:48:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL SG
06DAKAR1780	IMPOSTERS CONTINUE TO EXPLOIT U.S. REFUGEE TRAVEL [...] (SBU) Per reftel, airlines in Dakar continue to see genuine Refugee Travel Documents (I-571) issued to imposters. In the past three months, Senegalese immigration officials seized five Refugee Travel Documents from travelers denied boarding by South African Airways (SAA) because they appeare [...]	2006-07-25 12:22:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG
06DAKAR1787	SENEGAL,S MCA TEAM HOSTS CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM; MCC [...] (C) Summary: On July 10, the Government of Senegal,s (GOS) &Agence pour la Mise en Oeuvre du Plateforme de Diamniadio8 (AMPMD),brought together representatives from civil society, the private sector, local government and donors to discuss Senegal,s compact development to date, solicit feedba [...]	2006-07-25 16:23:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM ECON KDEM KMCA SG
06DAKAR1789	SENEGALESE-GAMBIAN RELATIONS ARE GOOD, BUT IS THE [...] (U) Following his July 22 meeting with Gambian President Yaya Jammeh in Banjul, Prime Minister Macky Sall told the press that Jammeh had agreed to support the Casamance peace process. 2. (C) Sall,s trip came shortly after President Abdoulaye Wade,s visit to The Gambia for the African Unio [...]	2006-07-25 17:41:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS GA SG
06DAKAR181	SECK CASE: DOES WADE NOW FEAR A TRIAL? [...] (C) Six months after his arrest, former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck is still in pre-trial detention. However, on January 24, the Government acted on a judge,s recommendation to drop the most serious charge against Seck, that of being a threat to national security. This could pave the way for [...]	2006-01-25 17:43:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS SG
06DAKAR1845	FRUSTRATED BY SLOW PACE OF MCA AND OTHER [...] (U) On July 27, President Abdoualye Wade held a press conference at which he confirmed his candidacy for the February 2007 presidential election, announced that he expects to sign the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact in Washington in September, and highlighted his frustration with W [...]	2006-08-01 15:01:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV KMCA SG
06DAKAR1846	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 28 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 28, the Ambassador, Senior Regional Commercial Officer and Agricultural Attache called on Minister of Commerce Decroix to discuss the Doha Round, AGOA, U.S. assistance to Senegal's cotton farmers, possible Sri Lankan investment in the textile industry, and franchising. [...]	2006-08-01 15:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EAID EINV SG
06DAKAR185	SENEGAL ELECTIONS NOW SET FOR FEBRUARY 2007, BUT [...] On January 24, the prosecution dropped for lack of evidence "the threat to national security and defense" charges against former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck (Ref A) and his co-defendants: Hassan Fares, Mbaye Coulibaly, Sandrine Fares, Sandrine Madec, El Hadji Ndary Gueye and Coumba Ngouye Thi [...]	2006-01-26 07:34:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS SG
06DAKAR1854	61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) Format is keyed to reftel. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal -- President Wade will travel to New York following the G-77 and G-15 meetings in Havana. -- Mrs. Viviane Wade will travel to New York with her spouse. -- W [...]	2006-08-02 13:31:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP UNGA SG
06DAKAR1857	TFLE01: MORE PEACEFUL PROTESTS; WADE CALLS FOR [...] SUMMARY: President Wade reiterated his call for an immediate Middle East ceasefire. Almost 450 Senegalese have now fled Lebanon, with Morocco and France evacuating more than half. Senegalese, Bissau-Guineans and Lebanese in Bissau and Dakar staged peaceful demonstrations on July 31 and Augu [...]	2006-08-03 07:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PREL CASC ASEC MOPS LE IS PU SG
06DAKAR1863	WADE GOING TO DARFUR AND KHARTOUM [...] (C) On August 2, Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio told diplomats that President Abdoulaye Wade will travel to Sudan, August 4-7. During his visit, he will travel to Darfur to meet with Senegalese peacekeepers. On August 6, he is scheduled to meet Sudanese President Uma [...]	2006-08-03 16:32:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU SG
06DAKAR1878	TFLE01: SWASTIKAS IN DAKAR'S MAIN SQUARE [...] (U) On August 3, Senegal's Lebanese community staged another peaceful protest, erecting a memorial of sorts in Dakar's main square, Place de l'Independence. The memorial includes American and Israeli flags with reversed swastikas, as well as signs saying "Israeli and American assassins" belo [...]	2006-08-04 12:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PINS PREL CASC SG LE IS
06DAKAR1892	AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO FINANCE BRIDGE [...] During a recent visit to Senegal, the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) announced the Bank's plans to provide financial support for the construction of a bridge at Rosso, on the Senegal River, which will link Senegal and Mauritania. The project of building a bridge over [...]	2006-08-07 18:10:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO BEXP ECIN EAID SG MR
06DAKAR1897	SENEGAL REACTS TO URGENT DEMARCHE ON LEBANON [...] (C) Since the Ambassador and Minister of Commerce Mamadou Diop Decroix were chairing a follow-up to the Fifth African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum, DCM delivered Ref A demarche to Acting Foreign Minister Claude Absa Diallo on August 8. Ambassador Diallo repeated Senegal's call for [...]	2006-08-08 12:42:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS UN LE IS SG
06DAKAR1903	SUDAN SUMMIT TO TAKE PLACE IN DAKAR ON AUGUST 9 [...] (U) President Abdoulaye Wade has invited the Presidents of Sudan, Chad, Gabon and Tanzania, as well as the leaders of the Darfur rebel groups that did not sign the Abuja Darfur peace agreement (DPA) to Dakar for an August 9 summit. The ostensible aim is to achieve a lasting peace in Darfur an [...]	2006-08-08 14:23:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KPKO CD IR SU SG
06DAKAR1914	SUDAN AUGUST 9 SUMIT IN DAKAR CANCELED [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 16:20:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PNS KPKO SU CD SG
06DAKAR1918	SUDAN AUGUST 9 SUMMIT IN DAKAR CANCELED [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 11:41:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KPKO SU CD SG

06DAKAR1919	SUDAN AUGUST 9 SUMMIT IN DAKAR CANCELED [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 11:41:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS SU CD SG
06DAKAR1920	SUDAN AUGUST 9 SUMMIT IN DAKAR CANCELED [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 11:41:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS SU CD SG
06DAKAR1932	THE CASAMANCE: ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND POLITICAL [...] (C) The Ambassador visited the Casamance from August 2 through 5 to assess the peace process and the impact of USG development assistance to the region. After several failed attempts to initiate meaningful negotiations, the Casamance continues to hover in the realm of "no war, no peace." Rat [...]	2006-08-11 10:56:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM EAID SG
06DAKAR1937	SENEGAL ON PROPOSED UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (C) On August 10, DCM delivered Ref A demarche to Ambassador Claude Absa Diallo and Ambassador Mankeur Ndiaye, the Secretary General and Director of Cabinet at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, respectively. PolOff separately made the [...]	2006-08-11 13:39:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS PREL UN IS LE SG
06DAKAR1940	AMBASSADOR SIGNS USTDA GRANT FOR FEASIBILITY [...] On August 1, Senegalese Minister of Energy and Mines Madicke Niang and Ambassador Jacobs presided over a signing ceremony formalizing a USD 314,000 feasibility study grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to the Direction of Mining to assess the costs of transporting mined p [...]	2006-08-11 16:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EMIN SG
06DAKAR1970	SUPPORT FOR CONTINUANCE OF AGOA THIRD COUNTRY [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal (GOS) has selected the textile and apparel sector as a strategic growth sector for its Accelerated Growth Strategy. Although Senegalese companies continue to have limited, domestic production of cloth and finished apparel, companies are making noticeable ef [...]	2006-08-17 08:37:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA KTEX EINV ECON SG
06DAKAR2000	SENEGAL'S JUDICIARY SHAKEN BY CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (U) After protracted, heated debate about the extent of corruption in Senegal, a scandal involving one of the most senior judges has come to light. An investigation launched by the Inspector General for the Judiciary (IGAJ) led to early retirement or transfers of the judges involved and pros [...]	2006-08-21 10:42:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM KJUS SG
06DAKAR2001	MORE CANDIDACIES AND UNANSWERED QUESTIONS IN [...] (C) President Wade made official his intent to run for the presidency in 2007, as did Ousmane Kane, an international lawyer residing in New York, and Landing Savane, head of the AJ/PADS party. The Interior Ministry said that more than 75 percent of the cards have been produced for those who h [...]	2006-08-21 10:46:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SG
06DAKAR2011	PROMINENT SENEGALESE MUSLIM LEADER REQUESTS USG [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 11 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has received a USD 1.3 million request for financial support from prominent Senegalese Islamic leader Cheikh Hassan Cisse, to expand the broadcast capability of his community radio station, Medina Baye FM, af [...]	2006-08-21 14:00:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAID PHUM SENV SOCI KPAO SG
06DAKAR2012	CASAMANCE: THE 2004 TRUCE HAS ENDED [...] (C) The December 30, 2004 truce that many Senegalese hoped would mark the end of a two-decade conflict has ended. Arguing that Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) factional fighting has created a situation in which the Senegalese Armed Forces (SAF) must intervene to re-estab [...]	2006-08-21 14:18:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREF PHUM PINS SG PU GA
06DAKAR2030	DIAS FATHER AND SON ARRESTED, QUESTIONED ABOUT [...] (U) Jean-Paul Dias, head of the center right party BCG, and his son, Barthelemy, leader of the "Socialist Vision" movement within the Socialist Party (PS),were both arrested last week in an unusual display of force. Jean-Paul Dias was detained in Rebeuss Prison until his health failed, at wh [...]	2006-08-22 18:22:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CASC PINS KJUS SG
06DAKAR2091	REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR GAMBIAN REFUGEE SIDI M. SANNEH [...] (C) Embassy Dakar requests authorization for a refugee referral to the U.S. Resettlement Program on behalf of Gambian refugee Sidi M. Sanneh and his wife and daughter, who took refuge in Dakar in 2006. Sanneh has presented evidence of persecution based on his position as former Secretary for [...]	2006-08-31 11:10:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM GA SG
06DAKAR2114	SENEGAL LIFTS SAFEGUARD MEASURE FOR WAEMU OIL IMPORTS, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to ongoing controversy surrounding Senegal's application of a safeguard measure in 2005, President Wade signed a revised law on July 21, 2006, applying a 25 percent provisional safeguard tax on refined and palm oils originating outside the West African Economic and Mon [...]	2006-09-01 16:50:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV EAID EINV IV MY SG
06DAKAR2115	ILLEGAL MIGRATION FROM SENEGAL: THE "TITANIC" [...] (C) The supposedly U.S.-bound "Titanic" and its alleged twin (Ref B) have disappeared. According to the "Titanic's" builder, it was financed by a Lebanese businessman, (living near Soumbediounne Market (a large artisanal and fish market)) in Dakar, while a Spanish national had commissioned t [...]	2006-09-01 17:45:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PHUM SMIG SOCI ECON PREL KCRM CV SP SG
06DAKAR2116	SUPPORT FOR CONTINUANCE OF AGOA THIRD COUNTRY FABRIC [...] Guinea Bissau does not have a commercial textile or apparel manufacturing industry. Consequently, it has not requested a textile visa to take advantage of duty-free exports under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to the American market. It does, however, have a dynamic new enterpr [...]	2006-09-05 07:59:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA KTEX EINV ECON PU
06DAKAR2117	SUPPORT FOR CONTINUANCE OF AGOA THIRD COUNTRY FABRIC [...] Guinea Bissau does not have a commercial textile or apparel manufacturing industry. Consequently, it has not requested a textile visa to take advantage of duty-free exports under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to the American market. It does, however, have a dynamic new enterpr [...]	2006-09-05 07:59:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA KTEX EINV ECON PU
06DAKAR2120	RESOLVING SENEGAL'S EDUCATIONAL CRISIS [...] (U) In the past year, Senegal,s public education system has been shaken by faculty and student unrest from the university level down. Though the violence that disrupted university campuses in the spring has mostly dissipated, current protests by middle and secondary-school teachers have had [...]	2006-09-05 12:12:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ELAB ECON PHUM SG
06DAKAR2149	GUINEA-BISSAU: SSH PROGRAM 2006 OBLIGATION REPORT [...] Embassy Dakar's obligation report for the Ambassador's Special Self Help projects follows. The project selection committee recommended and tha Ambassador approved two projects totaling USD 15,000, which is the entire amount of Post's FY2006 SSH allocation for Guinea-Bissau. Post has signed ag [...]	2006-09-07 12:53:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM EAID PU
06DAKAR2151	GUINEA-BISSAU: SSH PROGRAM 2006 OBLIGATION REPORT [...] Embassy Dakar's obligation report for the Ambassador's Special Self Help projects follows. The project selection committee recommended and tha Ambassador approved two projects totaling USD 15,000, which is the entire amount of Post's FY2006 SSH allocation for Guinea-Bissau. Post has signed ag [...]	2006-09-07 12:53:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AFIN PU
06DAKAR2243	SUDAN'S PRESIDENT ASKS WADE TO CONTINUE HIS [...] (U) En route to Cuba, President Omar Ahmed El Bashir of the Sudan made a brief stop in Dakar on September 14, when he thanked President Wade for his interest in the Sudan and asked him to continue efforts to resolve the conflict in the Darfur region. Bashir thanked Wade for having played a si [...]	2006-09-15 14:54:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SG SU
06DAKAR2245	SENEGAL'S ENERGY CRISIS WORSENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There seems to be no medium- or long-term strategy to Senegal's energy crisis. After a year of rancor, the relationship between GE/GTi Dakar and Senelec has further deteriorated, and both's debts are mounting. On September 16, GTi shut down because of a lack of fuel, and the [...]	2006-09-18 09:17:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA SG
06DAKAR2246	GUINEA-BISSAU: RULE OF LAW RESOLVES TENSE SECURITY [...] (C) Two military officers were arrested August 28 for plotting to murder the Armed Forces Chief but were subsequently released for lack of evidence. In a separate incident reflecting the army's inability to control national territory, a Senegalese Movement of the Casamance Democratic Forces [...]	2006-09-18 09:29:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL KISL MARR PU SG
06DAKAR2255	PUSHING 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 16:11:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS EPET ENRG PINR CD CH SA SG
06DAKAR2271	"RENTREE POLITIQUE 2006:" ARROGANCE, CALCULATION, [...] (C) Senegalese are returning from vacation to warnings that social equilibrium is in peril. President Wade's fiercest critics slander him in turn as a ruthless, scheming tyrant or vainglorious doddering relic. The opposition is wallowing in hapless self-pity, and the more histrionic among t [...]	2006-09-19 16:11:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR2276	WADE MEETS WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT AND OFFERS [...] Before departing for the UNGA, President Wade met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in Dakar on September 13 and offered peacekeepers for the UN force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on September 14. Following the Iranian President,s visit, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade insisted that dial [...]	2006-09-19 17:33:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO IR LE SG
06DAKAR2307	TARIQ RAMADAN ENCOURAGES SENEGALESE MUSLIMS TO [...] (SBU) Tariq Ramadan, the Islamic scholar of Egyptian origin, gave a series of conferences to Islamic audiences in Senegal in August. His talks drew large audiences and enthusiastic press coverage, focused on his dual messages encouraging Muslims to take active part in politics but, at the sa [...]	2006-09-25 11:14:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KISL KDEM PINR SG
06DAKAR2364	SENEGAL'S STRATEGY TO ADDRESS ITS ENERGY CRISIS [...] (SBU) As we enter the ninth month of Senegal's energy crisis, the GOS and energy parastatals have outlined a number of steps that they hope will stabilize the situation. With presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007, there is widespread agreement among sector analysts that th [...]	2006-09-29 17:09:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA SG CH IR LY MO
06DAKAR2367	"THE WADE FORMULA" - PRESIDENT WADE'S PROPOSES GLOBAL OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 26, President Abdoulaye Wade convoked the Ambassador to discuss Senegal's MCC program and other large development plans and to present "The Wade Formula," the President's own vision of a new mechanism for fighting poverty in Africa by sharing a new global surcharge [...]	2006-10-02 07:50:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EAID ECON ETRD EINV SG
06DAKAR2431	GUINEA-BISSAU: ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL TOUR D'HORIZON ON [...] (SBU) Guinea-Bissau ranked 172 out of 177 countries on the UNDP's 2005 Human Development Index. This is a critical moment for Guinea-Bissau, which has only recently emerged from years of armed conflict and missed economic opportunities. With a government struggling to provide basic services [...]	2006-10-10 09:45:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EINV EPET EFIN SOCI PU
06DAKAR2460	WESTERN OIL COMPANIES REDUCE HOLDINGS IN SENEGAL AS OTHER [...] (SBU) Citing poor returns on investments, Exxon-Mobil officials have announced publicly the sale of its 300 service stations in Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Cameroon, Kenya, and the island of Reunion to the Libyan firm Tamoil. At the same time, Royal Dutch Shell is quietly selling off the r [...]	2006-10-13 06:15:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA CH IR LY MO SG
06DAKAR2473	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - SENEGAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 12:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PHUM AGOA SG
06DAKAR2477	SENEGAL: G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP FOCUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The October 10 G8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting focused on the recent wave of clandestine migrants from Senegal to the Canary Islands, rather than ideological extremism. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) both partici [...]	2006-10-13 13:56:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER SNAR CVIS SMIG KCRM KISL PU SG
06DAKAR2479	FIXER, HATCHETMAN, JAILBIRD, STATESMAN: FOUR [...] (C) Ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, Abdoulaye Wade's "spiritual son" and strategist until he fired and jailed him, is testing popular support for his presidential bid in a pre-campaign tour of the regions. We had no direct contact with Seck since April 2004, but in the last three weeks we ha [...]	2006-10-16 11:34:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ECON PINS PINR KDEM KMCA KHDP SG
06DAKAR249	UPDATE ON AFRICAN-MAURITANIANS IN SENEGAL [...] (C) African-Mauritanian leaders in northern Senegal told visiting Ambassador Joseph LeBaron and Dakar Political Counselor January 24 and 25 that they want organized repatriation as a group under international auspices, and insist on restoration of Mauritanian citizenship and full recovery o [...]	2006-02-02 15:48:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM PINR MR SG
06DAKAR2503	SENEGAL: FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR USITC STUDY ON [...] SUMMARY: Senegal's financial sector is anchored by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO),based in Dakar. The commercial banking sector is active, and relatively efficient, with a number of international banks using Dakar as their regional headquarters. Senegal has one of Africa's m [...]	2006-10-17 09:45:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EINV SG
06DAKAR2507	UNSC ELECTION: SENEGAL STILL SUPPORTING GUATEMALA; [...] (C) On October 17, Charge called Senegalese Acting Foreign Minister Claude Absa Diallo and requested that Senegal continue to support Guatemala in the contest for the Latin American Security Council seat. Ambassador Diallo assured Charge of continuing support and said that she would follow u [...]	2006-10-17 11:26:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GT VE SG PU
06DAKAR2571	SENEGAL: TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] (U) In response to Ref A request, post provides the following information on Senegal's textile and apparel industry. This expands upon information provided in Ref B. 2. (SBU) Senegal's textile industry produces limited volumes of domestic cloth and finished apparel. Despite being highlig [...]	2006-10-23 11:33:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX EINV AGOA SG
06DAKAR2588	LOOKING AT ELECTIONS AND OIL, UN SEES UNEMPLOYMENT AS [...] (SBU) On October 19, the six UN special representatives (UNSRs) in West Africa gathered in Dakar for their eighth meeting under the chairmanship of Ambassador Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative for West Africa. They focused on Cote d'Ivoire and Guinea alt [...]	2006-10-26 08:42:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECIN EPET PINS SNAR SG
06DAKAR2597	THE CASAMANCE: A SHRINKING REBELLION PRESENTS REAL [...] (C) The Casamance rebellion has shrunk to a limited geographical area, with less public support, greater logistic difficulties and more constrained operational capabilities than at any time since war began. Deprived of a Guinea-Bissau base and under pressure from animist spiritual leaders to [...]	2006-10-26 15:29:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV EAID ECON PINR SG
06DAKAR2610	SENEGALESE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT DOWN FOR THE COUNT [...] (SBU) Although Senegalese women recently received the legal right to head households and to enjoy the relevant tax and insurance benefits, Senegal's women's movement is stagnating. In a system where the few women in national politics tend to spend more energy consolidating power than using i [...]	2006-10-30 09:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KISL PINR SG
06DAKAR2612	THE LOST BOYS OF BISSAU [...] (U) During a recent adoption research trip to Guinea-Bissau, several contacts reported that young boys continue to be victims of child trafficking schemes. Children continue to be trafficked from Bissau to Senegal through networks of religious leaders (marabouts) and the GOGB has limited reso [...]	2006-10-30 10:10:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KOCI KFRD PU SG
06DAKAR2614	SENEGAL'S DONORS GIVE IMF MISSION AN EARFUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26, a visiting IMF Mission, on its first day in Senegal for Article 4 consultations, invited key donors to present their view of Senegal's economic situation and the policy performance of the Wade Government. The donors highlighted many issues of concern, a number of [...]	2006-10-30 11:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV SG
06DAKAR2661	DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - FOURTH QUARTER FY2006 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the fourth quarter (July-September) of FY2006. Responses are keyed to Reftel A. 2.A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: No change since last quarterly report. B. NON-IMMIGRANT (NIV) FRAUD: No change since last quarterly report. C. IMM [...]	2006-11-03 07:21:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG
06DAKAR268	THE NEWEST ROUND OF CABINET "FINE-TUNING" [...] (C) On February 1, President Wade made a "reamenagement technique" ("technical fine tuning") of the cabinet for political and economic reasons. Two ministers were ousted, two were promoted, and, in a nod to loyalists in the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) think tank, one of their own was b [...]	2006-02-06 07:43:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EAGR ETRD SG
06DAKAR2703	SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR A/S HARTY [...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States in [...]	2006-11-08 18:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP CMGT SMIG ECON EAID PGOV PREL KMCA SG
06DAKAR2717	SENEGAL: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Counter-narcotics elements of the Senegalese government remain concerned about the production and trafficking of cannabis, and to a lesser degree, hashish. Increasingly, quantities of cocaine are being seized; heroin seizures are rare. Senegal's 2005 money laundering statute and the establish [...]	2006-11-13 08:29:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SG
06DAKAR2748	STAFFDEL BRANEGAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff member Jay Branegan visited Dakar, November 2-3, 2006, to study the processes and procedures whereby the State and Defense Departments coordinate in embassies overseas, particularly in pursuing activities related to the Global War on Terro [...]	2006-11-15 16:52:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR ASEC OREP SG
06DAKAR2758	IMF MISSION DISAPPOINTS SENEGAL'S DONORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 8, an IMF Mission to Senegal for Article 4 consultations briefed the Ambassador and other members of Senegal's donor community on its impressions of Senegal's economic situation and performance and policy outlook for 2007. The team did not provide any new insights. [...]	2006-11-16 15:52:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SG
06DAKAR2779	2006-2007 GUINEA-BISSAU INCSR PART II: [...] This cable is Part Two of the 2006-2007 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Guinea-Bissau. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragrap [...]	2006-11-21 10:20:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR PU
06DAKAR2780	2006-2007 SENEGAL INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] This cable is Part II of the 2006 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Senegal. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragraph 17. 2. [...]	2006-11-21 10:46:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SG
06DAKAR2789	2006-2007 SENEGAL INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] This cable is Part II of the 2006 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Senegal. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragraph 17. 2. [...]	2006-11-21 15:58:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SG
06DAKAR2796	2006-2007 SENEGAL INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 15:24:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SG
06DAKAR2818	2006-2007 GUINEA-BISSAU INCSR PART II: [...] This cable is Part Two of the 2006-2007 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Guinea-Bissau. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragrap [...]	2006-11-27 12:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR PU
06DAKAR2876	DAKAR TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) [...] (C) The following are responses to reftel information request. (a) Post's Senior Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO): Robert P. Jackson Deputy Chief of Mission Tel: (221) 823-4296 ext. 2410 Email: (Unclass system) jacksonrp@state.gov Email: (Class system) jacksorp@state.sgov.go [...]	2006-12-01 09:51:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PETER SG
06DAKAR2887	PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL TO BUILD CIGARETTE PLANT IN [...] This is an action request for State Economic Bureau, Office of Trade Policy and Commerce, Office of Chief Counsel for International Commerce. See paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. Per Reftel, Post seeks guidance on Tobacco company Philip Morris International's (PMI) request for a letter o [...]	2006-12-04 08:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR BEXP ETRD EINV AMGT SG
06DAKAR2892	LABORING UNDER A MISAPPREHENSION: UNIONS PREFER [...] (C) Leaders of Senegal's splintered labor movement prefer dialog with the state, but workers demand action to protest worsening social conditions. A strike by secondary teachers may invalidate the school year, and their union may launch job actions "to remind government we are here." Energy [...]	2006-12-05 09:14:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR2926	REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR GAMBIAN REFUGEE KHALIFA [...] (C) Embassy Dakar requests authorization for a refugee referral to the U.S. resettlement program on behalf of Gambian refugee Major Khalifa Bajinka, his wife and three children. Bajinka took refuge in Dakar in late July 2006 and has been living in hiding here since his departure from The Gam [...]	2006-12-08 13:25:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM GA SG
06DAKAR2927	TERRORIST LISTS [...] (SBU) Currently the Senegalese Government does not have a specifically designated national list of banned terrorist entities. Rather, separate lists are maintained by different intelligence and enforcement agencies. 2. (SBU) The five agencies maintaining names of banned terrorist entities [...]	2006-12-08 14:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN SG
06DAKAR2940	CULTS AND VIOLENCE: POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS [...] (C) In conjunction with the presidential decree setting February 25 as the date for Senegal,s presidential and parliamentary elections, the Interior Ministry has forbidden carrying guns, clubs, machetes or knives from now through the coming elections, possibly out of concern about political or [...]	2006-12-12 12:25:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PINS SOCI PINR KISL SG
06DAKAR2961	GUINEA BISSAU: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] This cable responds to Ref A on the Worst Forms of Child Labor report. The situation in Guinea-Bissau is little changed since post reported on the 2005 Child Labor Report and the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report (Ref B). BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Guinea-Bissau does not have a serious p [...]	2006-12-15 11:44:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID PU
06DAKAR2979	OPPOSITION SEEMS BENT ON SELF-DESTRUCTION [...] (C) At lunchtime December 18, two opposition leaders told us by phone they are preparing to announce that the opposition will run multiple presidential candidates and two separate legislative lists. The Socialists may coalesce with ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, who plans to return to Dakar t [...]	2006-12-19 14:07:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM SG
06DAKAR2989	SENEGAL: GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION [...] (U) The GOS provided the following responses to reftel queries: A. (SBU) Immigration Databases: Question: What computerized immigration databases are used to track entries and exits? Answer: Currently, other than paper arrival and departure records, the Government of Senegal (GOS) [...]	2006-12-21 13:46:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KVPR KHLS PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC SG
06DAKAR2999	UPDATE FOR SENEGAL: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] On August 11, 2006, post provided comments on the final draft text of the U.S. Department of Labor's 2005 Worst Forms of Child Labor Report for Senegal, which included earlier Post input (Ref B). The situation in Senegal has changed little since August. The following information is keyed to [...]	2006-12-26 07:55:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM SOCI KCRM SG
06DAKAR3007	SENEGAL: ANNUAL OVERSES SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] Dakar is a high-crime post according to the number and frequency of crimes committed. Like most large cities, the full spectrum of criminal activity can be found. Official Americans, businesspersons, and visitors are victimized primarily by crimes of opportunity, e.g., pick-pocketing, purse- [...]	2006-12-26 14:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CAS AMGT APER SG
06DAKAR3016	CASAMANCE: ESCALATION IN REBEL ATTACKS [...] (SBU) On December 20, Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) combatants ambushed a Senegalese army vehicle near the village of Kagnaru, north of Bignona. Two soldiers died, and 14 suffered injuries. One day before, a Senegalese army vehicle struck a fresh landmine in the outsk [...]	2006-12-27 10:51:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS ASEC CASC KHDP PHUM SG MO
06DAKAR3020	SENEGAL INVITES ASSAD TO VISIT AND RECEIVES [...] (C) Before the Embassy could deliver reftel demarche, we discovered that Senegalese Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio was en route to Damascus. On December 13, Gadio extended an invitation to Syrian President Assad to visit Senegal; Gadio in turn received an invitation [...]	2006-12-27 13:42:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY SG
06DAKAR306	SENEGALESE VIEWS ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 12:33:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR PHUM UN SG AORC
06DAKAR316	EX-PM SECK RELEASED FROM PRISON: WHY AND WHY NOW? [...] (C) The Government released former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck from Reubeuss prison on February 7 after charges against him were "partially" dropped. It remains unclear which charges might be held open; one fallback is an accusation of undue accumulation of wealth. Seck was released precisel [...]	2006-02-08 18:39:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS SG
06DAKAR368	SENEGAL'S SOCIALIST PARTY IN CRISIS [...] (C) With one year to go until 2007 presidential and legislative elections, Senegal's leading opposition party is experiencing turmoil. Dissidents have created a faction within the Socialist Party (PS). Their goal is to suppress any aspirations PS Chair Ousmane Tanor Dieng has for the presid [...]	2006-02-15 14:23:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SG
06DAKAR394	SENEGALESE REACTIONS TO OFFENSIVE CARTOONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegalese reactions to Danish cartoons have been largely muted and moderate. Nonetheless, Embassy demarched the Foreign Ministry to denounce violence and support freedom of speech. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On February 14, Political Counselor made reftel demarche to Pape Oum [...]	2006-02-16 19:33:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAO ETRD SG
06DAKAR418	PRIME MINISTER PROMISES TO FOLLOW UP ON MCC CEO [...] (SBU) On February 20, Charge hand delivered the translated copy of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Chief Executive Officer John Danilovich,s February 13 letter to Senegalese Prime Minister Macky Sall (Ref A). Sall noted that he had already received the English-language version from th [...]	2006-02-21 14:52:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KMCA PREL SG
06DAKAR43	MFDC MURDERS CASAMANCE DEPUTY PREFECT: ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a long period of stagnation in the peace process, the Government and the Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) have launched new initiatives. The December 20 meeting in Sao Domingos, Guinea-Bissau (Reftel),between GOS representatives, MFDC leaders, and the [...]	2006-01-06 11:53:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS CASC PHUM PINR PU SG
06DAKAR433	PRIME MINISTER SALL COMMENTS ON SECK CASE AND [...] (C) Senegalese Prime Minister Sall remains convinced that former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck embezzled funds and illegally enriched himself at the Senegalese people,s expense. Although Seck,s legal team vehemently denies that Seck and President Wade reached any deal, Sall says that Seck agre [...]	2006-02-22 14:03:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR KJUS SG
06DAKAR441	UNDECIDED ON UNSYG AND ON VENEZUELAN CANDIDACY FOR [...] (C) On February 22, Charge made Ref A demarche to Acting Foreign Minister Claude Absa Diallo. While Ambassador Diallo appreciated U.S. interest in Senegal,s candidacy, she said that, after lengthy consultations, the Government of Senegal has decided not to present its candidacy for the new P [...]	2006-02-23 12:07:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UN UNSC SG GT VE
06DAKAR486	TIDJANE BROTHERHOOD: TIVAOUANE OPENLY CRITICIZES WADE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 10:46:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINR SG
06DAKAR527	GUINEA-BISSAU: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Guinea-Bissau is a source of children trafficked for forced agricultural work and begging, primarily in Senegal. Muslim Koranic teachers, known as marabouts, travel from Senegal or send intermediaries to convince parents to send children purportedly for a religious education. Children [...]	2006-03-02 07:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF PU
06DAKAR528	SENEGAL: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: After being upgraded last year from Tier 2 Watch List to Tier 2 status, Senegal has continued to devote significant time and attention to the issue of trafficking in persons. The most important achievement of the past year was passage of its first trafficking-in- persons (TIP) l [...]	2006-03-02 07:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SG
06DAKAR54	ENGAGING THE AU ON AMIS REHAT [...] (C) On January 9, Charge delivered Ref A demarche to Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, who said that Senegal has decided to support rehatting the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to make it a UN peacemaking (Chapter 7) operation. Gadio said that he and President [...]	2006-01-09 16:35:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR PHUM PINS AU SU SG
06DAKAR553	CENTRAL BANK REGULATIONS FORCING CITIBANK TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citibank officials are struggling with West African Central Bank (BCEAO) regulatory issues that make it difficult to meet Citibank's universal standard of full compliance with local banking regulations. If these regulations cannot be modified, Citibank may be forced to shed impo [...]	2006-03-03 17:39:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ETRD SG
06DAKAR558	UPDATE ON ICS BANKING CRISIS [...] SUMMARY: Pressure is mounting on local banks to take provisions against approximately USD 150 million in overdue loans to Senegal's failing phosphate mining concern, Industries Chimiques du Senegal (ICS). So far, Citibank appears to be the only foreign bank actively moving to write off bad l [...]	2006-03-06 08:27:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ETRD IN SG
06DAKAR565	QPOLITICS 2006: THE YEAR OF "ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!" [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 10:14:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SG
06DAKAR604	SENEGAL: INPUT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON [...] Embassy Dakar's submission for the 2006 President's Report on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for Senegal follows. MARKET ECONOMY /ECONOMIC REFORM/TRADE LIBERALIZATION --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. Senegal's market-based economy is heavily dependen [...]	2006-03-08 18:44:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON PHUM SG
06DAKAR612	IMI: THE SENEGALESE GOVERNMENT INVITES EXPRESSIONS [...] SUMMARY: President Wade,s dream project to build a new airport in Diass, a rural community located 45 kilometers (km) from Dakar, Senegal,s capital, is coming true. The Senegalese government, through Senegal,s Investment Promotion Agency (APIX),has set the stage first by creating &Aeroport [...]	2006-03-09 12:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAIR EINV SG
06DAKAR619	ELY OULD VALL: "MAURITANIA HAS NO REFUGEES IN [...] (U) Mauritania'S Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall made his first visit to Senegal as head of state, March 6-7, 2006. In a press conference shortly before departure, he said use of the term "refugee" is inappropriate for those who left Maritania in 1989, and that those who claim to be Mauritani [...]	2006-03-09 16:50:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF KFLU KUNR KPAL CN IZ MR SU SG
06DAKAR626	DEMARCHE TO SENEGAL ON LATEST WTO COTTON PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) On March 7, Senior Commercial Officer raised the Cotton-4,s latest World Trade Organization (WTO) proposal (reftel) with Minister of Commerce Mamadou Diop Decroix. Decroix said he had discussed the proposal with representatives of the Cotton-4 in Ouagadougou and that Senegal fully suppo [...]	2006-03-10 11:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR SG
06DAKAR664	SENEGAL: MARCH 15 AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between March 7 and 10, USAID/Senegal Health Officers visited the primary sites where migratory birds are found. They found Ministry of Livestock officials well informed about avian influenza, but health officials were less knowledgeable and less prepared. Although a national [...]	2006-03-15 14:41:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC EAID AMED EAGR SG
06DAKAR668	THE CONSULAR ROLE IN TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY [...] This year Embassy Dakar devoted our Consular Leadership Day (CLD) to exploring the consular section's role in transformational diplomacy. Drawing on input from several American citizen wardens, staff from the Public Affairs Section (PAS),CA's PDAS, Charge and, most importantly, the consular [...]	2006-03-15 15:22:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT APER CASC CVIS KPAO PHUM PTER SG
06DAKAR681	A (MERCIFULLY BRIEF) HISTORY OF VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 16:25:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PINS PGOV PINR ASEC CASC SG
06DAKAR697	SENEGALESE ON ACCELERATING UNSC ACTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 16:32:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SG SU
06DAKAR708	SENEGAL SEEKING UNSC SEAT FOR 2008-2009 [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) On March 15, the Mission received a diplomatic note dated the previous day from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The note &solicits8 the support of the United States for Senegal for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations [...]	2006-03-20 15:34:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AORC UNSC SG
06DAKAR709	OVER 5,000 DISPLACED BY GUINEA-BISSAU FIGHTING [...] (SBU) As of midnight on March 17, Senegalese authorities had registered 2,518 refugees and displaced persons fleeing the fighting between Bissau-Guinean forces and Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) factions who want peace and Salif Sadio's "Attika" MFDC forces (reftel). T [...]	2006-03-20 15:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF CASC EAID MOPS PINS PU SG
06DAKAR766	SENEGAL: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 08:26:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWAC UNSC LI NI SG
06DAKAR81	CODEL KOLBE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT WADE FOCUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel Kolbe met with Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade for over 75 minutes on January 4. They discussed Senegal,s Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal; peacekeeping; human rights, especially the charges against former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck; and the Casamance peace [...]	2006-01-12 15:47:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP EAID PHUM PREL KMCA KPKO SG
06DAKAR817	WADE'S CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES: THE TOWN WITHOUT A [...] (C) Old-timers claim populous and centrally-located Kaolack was once a beautiful, prosperous and charming city -- rather than a seasonally dust-choked or rain- sodden topographical smear on the road to somewhere else. With his Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) fragmented locally into at leas [...]	2006-04-03 14:23:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR PINR PINS KISL SG
06DAKAR82	GAMBIAN-SENEGALESE RELATIONS DEFINITELY ON THE [...] (C) On January 4, Prime Minister Macky Sall told Charge that the GOS was very pleased by his most recent visit to The Gambia. Sall believes that relations are back on a sound footing. 2. (C) In addition to the proposed bridge and related transportation issues, the Gambian Government,s de [...]	2006-01-12 15:49:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PHUM GA SG
06DAKAR832	IDRISSA SECK TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Ex-PM Idrissa Seck, released from prison less than two months ago, has declared he will run for president. In declaring, he reiterated denials that he made any deal with President Wade for his release, echoed friends' and allies' call for national "redressement" or recovery, and called, [...]	2006-04-05 15:33:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SG
06DAKAR835	IT MAY BE TIME FOR DIPLOMACY TO END THE FIGHTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fighting in northern Guinea-Bissau was a major theme of Charge and PolOff,s March 29-31 meetings with Bissau-Guinean leaders. Charge told Major General Tagme that parliamentarians and the media have a right to raise questions about the ongoing operations, which have displaced [...]	2006-04-05 17:16:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PREF SNAR PU SG
06DAKAR836	SENEGAL,S COPYRIGHT OFFICE FIGHTING TO PROTECT ITS [...] (U) In response to the Embassy,s sharing of talking points regarding the 2006 Special 301 Review, the Director General of the Bureau Senegalais du Droit d,Auteur (BSDA),Senegal,s copyright office, says she is firmly committed to protecting the intellectual property rights (IPR) of authors an [...]	2006-04-05 17:35:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EIND ECON SCUL PGOV SG
06DAKAR837	FIGHTING THE REAL OPPOSITION IN SENEGAL -- THE [...] (C) President Wade and his Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) have taken the unofficial pre-election campaign for the hearts and minds of potential voters to the press, and they expect the media to comply. One politician/labor activist was recently arrested after making a critical statement to [...]	2006-04-05 17:48:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SG
06DAKAR86	SUD FM AFFAIR: SIX JOURNALISTS ACQUITTED, REBEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Six journalists from the Sud Communications Group were acquitted on January 6 of charges of complicity in endangering Senegal's territorial integrity. In a volte-face, the prosecution joined the defense in requesting that all charges against the journalists be dropped. Moveme [...]	2006-01-13 07:14:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPAO SG

06DAKAR876	THE "LIBYAN GUIDE" GIVES PLENTY OF GUIDANCE TO [...] (C) President Wade celebrated Senegal's 46th anniversary of independence surrounded by five other African heads of state, but the presence of Mouammar Qadhafi drew the most fanfare. Foreign Minister Gadio told the Ambassador during her introductory call that there was no discussion of Sudan [...]	2006-04-11 16:43:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV EINV FR LY SU SG
06DAKAR898	SENEGALESE COMMENTS ON GAMBIAN COUP PLOT [...] (U) On March 30, President Abdoulaye Wade condemned the March 21 coup attempt in The Gambia. Wade told the Council of Ministers that "Senegal will never be a sanctuary for coup plotters." The Gambian Foreign Minister visited Dakar on April 7, and the next day the Senegalese Ministry of Fore [...]	2006-04-12 14:40:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS GA SG
06DAKAR904	GUINEA-BISSAU: COURTING U.S. AND OTHERS WITH [...] (C) In a March 29-31 visit, then Charge and PolOff saw a Guinea-Bissau that is oriented toward courting international donors and investors and implementing a domestic agenda that reflects the top priorities of UN, European and U.S. interests. The government,s priority is security sector refo [...]	2006-04-13 13:04:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ECON SNAR SG PU US
06DAKAR929	MANY IN SENEGAL ASK: "WHERE'S MY MONEY?" [...] It is common practice among politicians to make promises they cannot keep. Critics are complaining that this has become an art form in Senegal, where in the past couple of weeks, a rash of groups have complained publicly about money they were promised by the Government but never received. Th [...]	2006-04-14 15:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV ECON SG
06DAKAR932	AMBASSADOR JACOBS PRESENTS HER CREDENTIALS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During my 30-minute meeting with President Abdoulaye Wade on April 14, we discussed the strong bilateral relationship, U.S. assistance to Senegal, his upcoming visit to Iran, Senegal,s Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, counter-terrorism, conflict resolution, the Casama [...]	2006-04-17 19:58:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP PREL EAID PINS KPKO IR PU SG
06DAKAR933	SENEGAL: 2006 BUDGET CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal's 2006 budget allocates more money to the social sector (education and health),and relies on CFA francs (CFAF) 43.1 billion (USD 78.3 million) in savings from the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief initiative to reduce poverty, which affects nearly 57 p [...]	2006-04-18 08:50:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID MARR SG
06DAKAR939	AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER EXAMINES SENEGAL'S POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Director of West African Affairs Phillip Carter visited Dakar, March 26 through 29, to assess the political and economic situation. He had informative exchanges with a variety of GOS officials, Islamic leaders and opposition politicians. Carter praised recent steps taken by the [...]	2006-04-18 18:31:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG PGOV PHUM KMCA SG
06DAKAR940	AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER DISCUSSES SUDAN AND WEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/W Director Phillip Carter discussed peacekeeping and Darfur with Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG P.K. Fall early in his visit. Carter concluded his successful visit to Senegal with a tour d,horizon of African issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where Ambassador Mankeur [...]	2006-04-18 19:01:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU GA GV IV MR PU SG US
06DAKAR957	AVIATION SAFETY AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: South African Airlines begins daily flights from Johannesburg to Washington Dulles via Dakar next month. Delta Air Lines is scheduled to begin service from Atlanta through Dakar to Johannesburg in December. Recent FAA and TSA safety and security assessments [...]	2006-04-20 13:24:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EAID SG
06DAKAR959	POLITICAL LEADERS HARASSED BY POLICE [...] (SBU) The police's Criminal Investigation Department (DIC) in recent weeks has called in several opposition and labor leaders for interrogation. Senegal being ten months away from legislative and presidential elections, the increasingly organized opposition has stepped up attacks against Pre [...]	2006-04-20 16:59:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SG
06DAKAR985	SUDAN: LEVERAGING MORE SENEGALESE TROOPS TOWARDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 17:04:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SG
06DAMASCUS5304	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Senegal, Syria/Oman, Syrian [...] Summary: Syrian papers today (Nov. 14) reported that President Abdullah Wad of Senegal received an oral message from President Asad on bilateral relations and regional and international developments. The message was conveyed by Minister of Information Dr. Mohsen Bilal. The Senegalese presi [...]	2006-11-14 14:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5314	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, Syria/Iran, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today (Nov. 15) reported that Vice President Shar'a met separately with Faruq Qaddumi, Chief of the PLO Political Department, and Dr. Mustafa al-Barghuthi, Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative. Talks focused on the situation in the occupied territories and [...]	2006-11-16 12:48:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5403	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Syria/Senegal, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 14 reported that President Asad met on Dec. 13 with US Democratic Senator Bill Nelson. Talks focused on the latest developments in Lebanon, Iraq and the Palestinian territories. President Asad called for non-interference in Lebanese affairs, since the Lebanese [...]	2006-12-14 11:41:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAO OPRC SY
06DARESSALAAM1936	TANZANIA: CT PROGRAMS BY PARTNER NATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. To date, there have been only limited activities on counterterrorism (CT) and land/maritime border control by USG partner nations in Tanzania. In 2005/06, the British have sponsored two training programs in Tanzania to build capacity at Tanzania's international airports and to [...]	2006-12-15 03:13:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL XW YM ASEC TZ
06DARESSALAAM444	TANZANIA: INPUT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] Since 2003, Tanzania's exports under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) have reached a plateau at around USD 3.7 million per annum. In 2005, textiles and apparel accounted for nearly 74 percent of Tanzania's total AGOA exports. Tanzania's textile industries face several challenge [...]	2006-03-08 15:50:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM TZ
06DOHA51	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: QATAR [...] This report serves as the 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Qatar. It will be provided to assist U.S. investors wishing to do business in Qatar. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement. A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment: The government of Qatar, under the leadership of the [...]	2006-01-10 15:11:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET QA KTBD OPIC USTR ECON
06FREETOWN484	SPECIAL COURT WANTS MORE MONEY, SUPPORT [...] (C) On June 9, visiting AF/W Director Phillip Carter and PolOff met separately with three principal officials at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL): Registrar Lovemore Munlo, Acting Chief Prosecutor Christopher Staker, and Principal Defender Vincent Nmehielle. There appeared to be cons [...]	2006-06-13 12:56:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC SL NL
06FREETOWN617	SPECIAL COURT REGISTRAR DISCUSSES COMPLETION OF [...] (U) Special Court for Sierra Leone Registrar Lovemore Munlo met with Ambassador and PolOff on July 26 to discuss a number of issues the Court faces, including its completion strategy (discussed in reftel). Munlo stood by the draft completion calendar forwarded to the Management Committee that [...]	2006-07-31 14:40:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC SL SG
06GENEVA1954	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PASSES LEBANON RESOLUTION AT [...] In its second special session the Human Rights Council (HRC) passed August 11 by a vote of 27-11-8 with one absent a resolution condemning Israel for its actions in Lebanon. The resolution did not included any reference to Hizballah or its actions. The resolution sponsors, primarily from the [...]	2006-08-12 11:46:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2913	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL THIRD SPECIAL SESSION: ONCE [...] (U) The Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded its third Special Session November 15 with the passage of a one-sided resolution condemning Israeli military operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, especially the death of civilians in Beit Hanoun November 8, by a vote of 32-8-6. The r [...]	2006-11-15 19:05:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2928	HRC: CANADA ASKS WESTERN GROUP TO CONSIDER A [...] (SBU) The Western Human Rights Group (WHRG) met November 17 at Canada's request to discuss the possibility of requesting a special session of the Human Rights Council to address the situation in Darfur/Sudan or of asking that a segment of the November 27 - December 8 Council session be devote [...]	2006-11-17 14:02:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UNHRC SU
06JEDDAH474	POSITIVE FIRST MEETING WITH NEW OIC DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Director General of Political Affairs held a positive introductory meeting with ConGenOffs. He outlined the OIC's 10-year action plan that emerged from the organization's extraordinary summit held in Mecca in December 2005, and no [...]	2006-07-12 12:11:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PREL SA SOCI TSPL
06JEDDAH582	LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC [...] The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) conveyed the following letter and declarations via fax to Consulate General Jeddah for transmission To Secretary Rice. 2. The letter to Secretary Rice presents the Declaration on the Situation in Lebanon and the Declaration on the Situation [...]	2006-09-04 04:40:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PREL SA
06KHARTOUM1460	CHARGE'S VISIT TO DARFUR: SIX WEEKS AFTER DPA, A [...] (C) Summary: A tentative peace has emerged in Darfur six weeks after the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement. However, more must be done to create security around IDP camps and build confidence in the peace process. Some attacks between rebel groups continue, and banditry remains rife. Go [...]	2006-06-21 18:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1475	SUDAN/DARFUR: SUDAN REJECTS UN PKO; UN DEVISES [...] (C) Summary: In separate readouts, joint AU-UN Technical Assessment Mission officials stated that Sudan had decided not to permit a transition from the African Union Mission to Sudan to a UN peacekeeping operation, and a UN military planner provided details about its plans for a transition to [...]	2006-06-22 18:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2535	IBOK SAYS DPA NOT WORKING, AU MUST TRANSITION TO UN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met African Union Ambassador Sam Ibok October 17 at the U.S.-funded Darfur Peace Agreement Implementation Office in Khartoum. Ibok asked for U.S. support for strengthening the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) while planning for a future UN re-hat. [...]	2006-10-23 10:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2749	DARFUR'S AGONY AND BASHIR'S PLAN [...] (C) Summary: Darfur's agony is not ending. The territory is awash with weapons, including shipments of sniper rifles, assault rifles, and machine guns. Traditional social structures, already weakened, no longer keep the peace--even within internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. The new co [...]	2006-11-28 12:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU UN US
06KHARTOUM796	Pres. Bashir Interview with Al-Jazira at Arab [...] Summary: In a March 29 interview with Al-Jazira, President Bashir said: many southern forces had supported the government during the North-South civil war; Khartoum was both a northern state and the national capital subject to shari'ah law; the Arab League had pledged to support AMIS financ [...]	2006-03-30 13:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU
06KIGALI365	VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER TO RWANDA [...] (C) In a successful, productive visit to Rwanda April 4-8, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer engaged in candid discussion on a broad range of issues from regional security, bilateral relations, and Darfur to democracy and human rights. In her meetings with senior [...]	2006-04-18 18:24:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAGR KDEM PHUM KPKO MOPS RW CG
06KIGALI428	UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts [...] (SBU) Summary: During its visit to Kigali April 20-29, the UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts briefed Embassy on the focus of its current mandate and its challenges in the region. The experts highlighted the need for tighter immigration control at the DRC border, a GDRC mechanism fo [...]	2006-05-08 11:42:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KPKO ETTC RW
06KINSHASA108	LRA UPDATE: MONUC CONTINUES INVESTIGATION [...] (C) MONUC military spokesman Hans-Jakob Reichen told PolOff January 24 that MONUC has pulled all of its troops from the Garamba National Park area, and that no search-and-cordon operations are currently being conducted against suspected LRA forces. Reichen said the only MONUC forces near Garam [...]	2006-01-24 12:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SU UG GT CG
06KINSHASA1364	PETROLEUM SECTOR UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. While DRC's petroleum production has stagnated, international interest in exploring the DRC's potential reserves has expanded. French company Perenco currently operates the only two producing concessions, although the GDRC recently granted three new concessions for exploration [...]	2006-08-29 12:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ETRD EINV ECON CG
06KINSHASA144	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: FY-2006 CALL FOR AMBASSADOR'S [...] Embassy Brazzaville's selection committee has identified six, well-developed programs for funding by the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program in FY-06. The reputation and familiarity of this initiative have increased significantly in recent years as post endeavors to re-establish a full tim [...]	2006-01-27 12:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM EAID AMGT CF CG ECON XA AID
06KINSHASA586	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...]	2006-04-15 14:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF
06KINSHASA587	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAY [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...]	2006-04-15 14:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF
06KINSHASA589	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: MOUNZEO-MACKOSSO (PWYP) [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of PWYP (Publish What You Pay) Coalition charges of political intimidation and procedural irregularities in the arrest of transparency campaigners Christian Mounzeo and Brice Mackosso, embassy officers contacted key host-government authorities, NGO liaison officers [...]	2006-04-16 12:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR AU CF
06KUALALUMPUR1458	MALAYSIA HOSTS OIC CONFERENCE ON LEBANON AND [...] (C) Summary: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi on August 3 hosted dignitaries from 17 other countries belonging to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to discuss and plan a course of action in the Lebanon and Palestine conflicts. Predictably, Abdullah called for an immedi [...]	2006-08-03 23:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NACB IS LE MY
06KUALALUMPUR2271	MALAYSIA'S OIC ROLE FOCUSES ON PRACTICAL MEASURES [...] (C) Malaysia's senior diplomat supporting Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's role as Chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),Ambassador Ibrahim Abdullah, told us December 1 that Malaysia would continue to focus on "concrete and practical measures" by the OIC to help its po [...]	2006-12-12 10:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EAID KISL MY
06KUALALUMPUR982	RHETORIC AND PREDICTABILITY MARK NAM MINISTERIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 30 the Non-Aligned Movement's Coordinating Bureau (NAM-CoB) concluded its four-day ministerial conference in Malaysia's administrative capital, Putrajaya. The meeting was replete with the customary NAM rhetoric, and ended with the body of 116 nations issuing five statemen [...]	2006-05-31 22:56:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NACB IS IR MY
06KUWAIT1917	SPEAKER EVALUATION: BRENDA FLANAGAN BONDS WITH KUWAITIS VIA [...] GPRA FY06Q3: Dr. Brenda Flanagan, Davidson College literature professor and award-winning author, conducted an outstanding speaker program May 12-17, 2006, in Kuwait. An American of Trinidadian origin, Dr. Flanagan captivated Kuwaiti audiences with readings of timeless poetry by noted America [...]	2006-05-24 16:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KIRC OIIP XF KU
06LAGOS247	GFUP-O6-9259, NIGERIA: ARRESTS OF 4 NIGERIANS [...] On December 27, 2005, Guinean Bissau drug police arrested 4 Nigerian nationals and seized approximately 4 kilograms of cocaine at the Osvaldo Vieira International Airport, Bissau. The Nigerians arrived from Brazil via Portugal. All four individuals ingested a total of 243 pellets or condoms c [...]	2006-02-17 16:57:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC NI
06LAGOS726	DEA VISIT TO GUINEA BISSAU [...] (C) DEA CA Sam Gaye visited Guinea-Bissau, May 18-19, 2006. The purpose of the visit was to meet Bissau-Guinean counter-narcotics officials to discuss trafficking trends, share intelligence, and provide the Judicial Police (PJ) with drug test kits. The PJ pleaded for more resources. The A [...]	2006-05-30 11:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR PTER ASEC NI PU NARCOTICS
06MADRID1966	PLAN AFRICA: SPAIN INTRODUCES SELF TO NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 26, Vice President Fernandez de la Vega officially rolled out Plan Africa, an ambitious project developed by the Zapatero government to address what it perceives to be a glaring hole in Spanish foreign policy. Prompted both by fears of international terrorism and by more [...]	2006-08-03 15:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SMIG SOCI SP XY
06MADRID2281	SPAIN: FM MORATINOS ON MIDEAST, NORTH AFRICA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his trip to Ronda in southern Spain's Andalucia region, Ambassador Aguirre spent the afternoon and evening of September 9 with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. Ambassador pressed Moratinos on recent incendiary comments from President Zapatero regarding Iraq, and he raise [...]	2006-09-13 08:12:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SMIG SP
06MAPUTO668	MOZAMBIQUE: FRELIMO A NO-SHOW AT AFRICAN [...] (U) The African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) held its third regional anti-corruption training seminar in Maputo on May 22-23. This regional forum, which was supported by both the Canadian and Danish development agencies, aimed to strengthen the capacity of African parli [...]	2006-06-08 06:13:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREL MZ
06MINSK148	Suspicious Belarusian Trade [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent years, Minsk has actively sought to increase trade and relations with pariah states as a counterbalance to Western pressures to democratize and as evidence that Lukashenko's rule is accepted abroad. Despite these efforts, trade with these Outposts of Tyranny and State [...]	2006-02-13 10:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MONTREAL922	Montreal Celebrates OutGames Success - Part 2 of 2 [...] The 1st World OutGames, held in Montreal June 26-August 5, drew some 500,000 spectators, 10,248 athletes, and 5,200 volunteers and has been touted by officials, media, and human rights activists alike as a success. The three-day conference on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Huma [...]	2006-08-24 20:16:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI CASC CA
06MOSCOW7124	PUTIN MEETS WITH NGO REPRESENTATIVES AS PART OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The main GOR-sponsored civil society event, the Civil G8, was held July 3-4 in Moscow. The event brought together a wide range of NGOs for lively discussions on themes, including G8 agenda items as well as the state of Russia's civil society. Putin attended several Civil G8 event [...]	2006-07-06 08:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06NAIROBI1705	Embassy Urges Ex-Im Support for Locomotive Export [...] Summary: Ex-Im rejection of U.S. producer NREC's application for support for sale of eight locomotives to Kenya's Magadi Soda would contradict U.S. policy to help African countries expand their foreign trade, and produce a terrible optic for the USG. Embassy questions Ex-Im's projection that [...]	2006-04-20 07:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD EINV EAID ECON KE
06NAIROBI4020	S&P Gives Kenya Sovereign Credit Rating Grade B [...] Summary: In its first sovereign credit review, Kenya earned a "stable" outlook, grade 'B+' long-term foreign currency, and 'BB-' long-term local currency credit ratings from Standard and Poor's (S&P),making GOK securities below the minimum BBB- rating for investment grade. The private sector [...]	2006-09-14 14:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD KE
06NDJAMENA1054	TAIWAN DIPLOMATS BID ADIEU TO CHAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The timing of Chad's resumption of diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China was exquisitely timed to create the most humiliating situation possible for Taiwan, according to the outgoing Taiwan Ambassador. He speculated that Chad's decision was based on a desire to h [...]	2006-08-14 18:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CD TW
06NDJAMENA1057	ANOTHER FIVE YEARS FOR CHAD'S PRESIDENT DEBY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 8, after nearly sixteen years in power, President Deby rolled out the red carpet for himself and ten visiting African heads of state in a celebration to honor his claim to five more. The ceremony was marked by public displays of Chad's new rapprochement with Sudan and [...]	2006-08-15 10:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD
06NDJAMENA1272	CHAD DIMENSIONS OF UNSC 1706 [...] (SBU) Summary. There is an acute need for an international presence on the Chadian side of the border, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) N'Djamena. UNHCR reports a fledgling collaboration with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in implementin [...]	2006-10-26 15:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL PHUM PREF CD SU
06NDJAMENA251	CHAD PLEASED WITH U.S. SUBSIDY ELIMINATION, [...] SUMMARY: Following Hong Kong, Chad's Minister of Commerce has expressed the GOC's approval for U.S. measures to eliminate the Step 2 program, and provide technical assistance for Chad and other cotton-producing countries. Nevertheless, the GOC remains concerned by the rapid need to improve th [...]	2006-02-21 16:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA338	CHAD: 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART II) [...] Summary: This cable represents a continuation of Embassy N,Djamena,s responses to reftel regarding Chad,s prosecution and protection efforts. End Summary. - - - - - - - - - - PROSECUTION EFFORTS - - - - - - - - - - 2. (23. A) Trafficking cases are generally prosecuted using charges [...]	2006-03-01 16:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CD
06NDJAMENA453	CHAD: LAST-DITCH UN EFFORT ON ELECTIONS FAILS [...] (SBU) Summary: Midnight March 24, the deadline for candidates to announce themselves for the May 3 presidential election, passed with only five candidates being announced: President Deby and four of his allies. The significant political opposition held fast to its boycott, despite reported [...]	2006-03-27 12:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA460	CHAD: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR [...] (SBU) Emboff met acting MFA Europe-America officer Kama Dounia March 28 to make delivery (orally in French, written in English) of ref demarche urging Chad not to accept Charles Taylor if he attempted to flee to Chad, to cooperate fully with the UN and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and t [...]	2006-03-28 16:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UNSC CD LI NI KAWC XA XY
06NDJAMENA529	CHAD: TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONVENES AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan's Foreign Minister told the Ambassador April 9 that he was bringing his Africa ambassadors together in Ndjamena for a strategy session on how to cope with China's ratcheted-up efforts to expand influence in Africa and squeeze Taiwan out. Taiwan's assistance programs to [...]	2006-04-12 18:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CD
06NDJAMENA599	CHAD: DAS YAMAMOTO MEETING WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In meeting with French Ambassador Bercot April 25, DAS Yamamoto explained that he had urged President Deby to delay the May 3 election and begin a dialogue with the opposition. Bercot regretted this approach. He put little store in political dialogue. He preferred to ask Deby [...]	2006-04-25 17:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU FR
06NDJAMENA737	CHAD: OPPOSITION MEMBERS HOPE U.S. WILL PLAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent meetings two opposition leaders of the CPDC coalition reiterated that the May 3 presidential election was a farce and said it was "too late" to negotiate with President Idriss Deby Itno, at least without the significant involvement of and pressure from the interna [...]	2006-05-23 06:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EPET CD
06NIAMEY1193	ISLAM IN NIGER: SLOW MOTION CULTURAL CHANGE [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables examining the changing nature of Islam in Niger and its implications for the world's least developed Muslim democracy. Emboffs' recent travel to Maradi - a key trading center on the Niger/Nigeria border in the heart of "Hausaland" - and our examinati [...]	2006-10-26 13:54:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EAID SOCI KDEM NG
06NIAMEY672	NIGER: GROWING INTEREST IN NIGER'S OIL AND [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. (SBU) Over the past six months, there has been growing interest in Niger's mining and oil sectors by foreign investors, notably from China, Canada and France. As indicated below, the GON is pushing hard to attract investment in the gold, uranium and oil sectors, and to impro [...]	2006-06-26 14:36:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ECON ELAB PREL PINR
06NIAMEY866	AGOA: INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] (U) The following responds to reftel's request for information on Niger's textile and apparel manufacturing capabilities. Niger counts three mid-sized and one larger export oriented textile production firms: Enitex, Ste Alphadi, Herbert Toure, and Ram's Elle et Lui. Details on each follow, and [...]	2006-08-16 17:44:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX EINV ETRD NG
06NOUAKCHOTT1039	MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR JULY AND AUGUST 2006 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on August 22, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Mohamed Salem, Abderrahmane Ould Mohamed El-Houcein Ould Aliases: Abdel Ghader, El-Hadj Ould, Youssouf Al-Mauritani Nationality: Mauritanian L [...]	2006-08-25 10:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1259	UNDP DECLINES TO PRINT BALLOTS [...] (U) Basket fund steering committee members sent a letter October 20 to the Minister, Secretary General of the Presidency Habib Ould Hemet declining the government's last-minute request to have the UN fund and contract the printing of the ballots for the legislative and municipal elections to b [...]	2006-10-20 13:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT151	HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND [...] (U) During a three-day visit to Mauritania February 7 - 9, an eight-member interagency delegation headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman and including members from S/CT, DRL, AF, NSC, OSD and USAID met with transitional government and election's officials to assess Mauritania's transition to democracy [...]	2006-02-15 18:32:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT279	AFRO-MAURITANIAN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ON THE [...] (U) A breakaway wing of the exiled Afro-Mauritanian opposition group, African Liberation Forces of Mauritania (FLAM),has called on the Mauritanian transitional government to address the plight of the estimated 20,000 Afro-Mauritanians refugees living in Senegal and Mali. The refugees fled so [...]	2006-03-08 11:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT287	SEVERE CENSUS PROBLEMS BUT SUCCESSFUL VOTER LIST [...] (U) Emboffs met with members of the UN's Electoral Assistance Team, an NDI representative and a member of the National Independent Electoral Commission March eighth and ninth to discuss the status of the census/voter registration drive currently scheduled to end March 16. ------------------- [...]	2006-03-10 09:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT291	YOUTH EVENT REVEALS A PASSIONATE BUT ILL-INFORMED [...] (U) Local National Democratic Institute (NI) Political Party Prrogram Director Eric Duhaimeb"riefed Ambassador on NDI's highly successful "Yuuth Day" which the Ambassador opened with remarks in classical Arabic. The ten-hour program held a rch 8 and attended by over 700 students, youth rroups [...]	2006-03-13 09:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT313	AFRO-MAURITANIAN COALITION PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (U) On March 13 PollOff met with Mohamed Ould Sidi Ould Dellahi, President of the "Group of Parties for Change," the leading Afro-Mauritanian political party coalition, to discuss the outlook for Afro-Mauritanians in the coming elections. -------------------------------- "ELECTIONS WON'T CH [...]	2006-03-17 11:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT409	DISCRIMINATION PREVENTING AFRO-MAURITANIANS IN THE [...] (C) As the census to register voters finishes its first phase of door-to-door canvassing and enters into April's "fixed post" phase, there are indications that Afro-Mauritanians have been undercounted in relation to the general population. But hard statistics are impossible to get. The popul [...]	2006-04-06 17:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT440	MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2006 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on April 12, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Mohamed ETOURAH Alias: Mohamed al-Turath, Tourath Citizenship: Mauritanian Residence: Bassiknou, Mauritania Profession: Trader REF: TD-314/25 [...]	2006-04-13 13:12:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR
06NOUAKCHOTT457	MILITARY COUNCIL RESHUFFLES DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (U) In late March the Military Council for Justice and Democracy replaced several of Mauritania's Ambassadors and Consuls to key African and Middle East countries. The shuffle, which had been expected since the August 3 coup d'etat, surprised many observers in that it drew largely from the fo [...]	2006-04-19 16:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT487	MAURITANIA STILL SHORT $4-$5 MILLION FOR ELECTIONS [...] (U) An African Union (AU) sponsored Donors' Roundtable met in Nouakchott April 25 to solicit funds for Mauritania's electoral transition. Attendees included the AU, EU, UN, International Organization of Francophone Countries (OIF),and various Ambassadors and representatives from European, Af [...]	2006-04-26 09:55:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT562	IN POSSIBLY HISTORIC TURN, MAURITANIANS START [...] (U) At a ceremony commemorating the 17th anniversary of the outbreak of ethnic violence in Mauritania, key political parties and NGO's called on the transitional government to address the plight of the estimated 20,000 Afro-Mauritanian refugees living in Senegal and Mali. 2. (U) In a separa [...]	2006-05-12 12:37:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR
06NOUAKCHOTT605	IN A SIGNIFICANT MOVE, FAL ACKNOWLEDGES PAST HUMAN [...] (U) Colonel Fal visited three of Mauritania's southeastern regions May 12-14 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. Fal's speeches focused on the democratic transition and the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25, but also addressed other national top [...]	2006-05-18 17:59:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT632	GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (U) The transitional government's cabinet adopted a bill establishing a National Human Rights Commission May 17. The idea for the commission was first proposed in "National Consultations" that took place in October between political parties, NGO's and transitional government authorities (ref [...]	2006-05-24 15:45:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR
06NOUAKCHOTT648	UNHCR REPRESENTATIVES PROPOSE WAY FORWARD ON [...] (SBU) UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller, accompanied by Mr. Radhouane Nouicer of UNHCR Geneva and Head of Mission for UNHCR Didier Laye called on the Ambassador May 19 to discuss the situation regarding illegal migration from Mauritania to Spain. ----------------- [...]	2006-05-26 14:01:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM MR
06PARIS1352	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. DROC 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. SENEGAL 5. BURUNDI 6. MAURITANIA 7. UGANDA 8. KENYA 9. ZIMBABWE 10. NIGERIA Â [...]	2006-03-03 15:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS1550	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA EMIGRATION 3. AFRICA CORRUPTION 4. ALI FARKA TOURE 5. COTE D'IVOIRE 6. SENEGAL 7. BENIN 8. NIGER 9. SUDAN 10. UGANDA 11. SOUTH AFRICA Â [...]	2006-03-10 13:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS2005	UNESCO: MEETING THE FIRST LADY OF SENEGAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Oliver met with the First Lady of Senegal, Viviane Wade, on March 23 at the request of the Senegalese Delegation. Mrs. Wade requested the meeting in order to explore USG and First Lady Laura Bush's interest in partnering with her to combat disease and promote vaccin [...]	2006-03-28 17:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2259	FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL AFRICA ADVISOR OFFERS OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor for Africa Jacques Champagne de Labriolle on April 3 provided a broad overview of French Africa policy during a meeting with AF/W Director Phillip Carter. He made the following observations: -- Chad and Cote d'Ivoire were France's main concerns at prese [...]	2006-04-06 12:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XA IV FR
06PARIS2300	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. FAMINE IN AFRICA 3. SENEGAL 4. TAYLOR 5. DROC 6. COTE D'IVOIRE Â [...]	2006-04-07 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS2633	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. CHAD 3. SENEGAL 4. COTE D'IVOIRE Â [...]	2006-04-21 12:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS2796	USUNESCO: MEDIA FREEDOM - DANISH CARTOONS [...] (C) Classified by: PAO Caitlin Bergin for reasons 1.4; B/D 2. (C) SUMMARY: Executive Board Agenda Item 46, Title, was renegotiated by a working group during the Executive Board to address concerns about respect for culture and religion raised by the Danish cartoons of Mohammed published in [...]	2006-04-27 16:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL ECON UNESCO
06PARIS3927	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. CHAD 3. SENEGAL 4. MALI 5. COTE 6. MAURITANIA 7. SOMALIA 8. SUDAN 9. NIGERIA Â [...]	2006-06-12 08:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS393	UNESCO: SOCIAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES SECTOR [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 11, Dr. Marc Renaud, former president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, outlined for selected delegations his recommendations regarding the future role of UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector: to act as an "observatory"; [...]	2006-01-20 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS4390	UNESCO LITERACY PRIZES - BACKGROUND ON PRICES AND [...] (U) The 2006 UNESCO Literacy Prize Winners were announced yesterday, 21 June 2006. The winners are: Cuba, Morocco, Pakistan, Rajastan (India),and Turkey. The prizes are expected to be presented on 8 September 2006, International Literacy Day. 2. (U) The UNESCO International Reading Asso [...]	2006-06-26 14:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL CU CH UNESCO
06PARIS4448	FRANCE/CHAD: LOOKING FOR AFRICAN OPTIONS ON CAMP [...] (C) Summary: MFA AF A/S-equivalent Bruno Joubert told visiting DASD Theresa Whelan on January 26 that France is exploring the use of 200-250 African gendarmes for refugee protection at 12 camps in eastern Chad. He said French troops would not be able to provide protection but would coordina [...]	2006-06-28 07:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO CD SU FR
06PARIS4914	COURTESY CALL BY SENEGALESE AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO, AMADOU [...] (U) Summary: Senegal new Ambassador to UNESCO, Amadou Deme, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Oliver today, June 30th. The two Ambassadors discussed the need to work closely together to advance UNESCO capabilities to provide effective programs for Africa through all of UNESCO sectors. En [...]	2006-07-19 11:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL SG
06PARIS4963	UNESCO: FIRST INTANGIBLE HERITAGE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] Summary. The United States participated as an Observer State at the first General Assembly (GA) of States Parties to the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Convention from June 27-29. The GA's most important accomplishment was the election, on the final day, of the meeting of 18 Convention S [...]	2006-07-21 09:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS5764	UNESCO: DISCUSSION OF WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY WITH UNESCO [...] (U) SUMMARY. On Wednesday June 21, Ambassador Oliver hosted a luncheon with selected UNESCO Ambassadors for John Van Oudenaren of the Library of Congress (LOC) to introduce the concept of the World Digital Library (WDL). With Van Oudenaren, the Ambassadors discussed the possibilities of the [...]	2006-08-29 05:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AINF APER BBSR SCUL AINT EINT TINT KPAO
06PARIS5877	GUINEA-BISSAU: FRENCH MFA PROVIDES OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA deskoff Damien Syed on August 29 described Guinea-Bissau's political problems, primarily the opposition's refusal to accept the 2005 election results, and their negative effect on national unity and donor confidence. France is nonetheless crafting a Partnership Framework a [...]	2006-09-01 08:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SNAR PU FR
06PARIS6614	UNESCO REFORM: F/A EXPERTS MEETING HIGHLIGHTS BRASILIA [...] Summary and INTRODUCTION: At the September 27-29 meeting of UNESCO's Financial and Administrative (f/A) experts' group, the U.S, delegation: raised questions on the legal risks posed by the Brasilia office, underlining the Executive board's fiduciary responsibilities and urging that Brasilia [...]	2006-10-04 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC EAID
06PARIS715	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 07:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR MARR MCAP PREL
06PARIS7177	FRANCE SEES POST-DEBY CHAD APPROACHING [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's African Affairs Counselor Michel de Bonnecorse admitted to visiting U.S. Ambassador to Chad Marc Wall in an October 20 meeting that Deby's Presidency could be nearing its close, with assassination a growing possibility. The manner and place of Deby's demise - [...]	2006-11-02 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR KPKO SU CD FR
06PARIS719	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS720	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS7364	FRANCE/SUDAN SANCTIONS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION [...] (C) MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal provided the following biographical information to Africa Watcher on Khalil Ibrahim, the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) (Ref A). Le Gal confirmed on November 7 that Ibrahim remains in France, where he has been unable to renew his tr [...]	2006-11-14 10:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR PTER PINS CD SU FR

06PARIS7461	UNESCO: EQUITABLE GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION IS PARTIALLY [...] Summary. The United States participated as an Observer State at the Special General Assembly of States Parties to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention (the Convention) at its meeting held on November 9. The Special GA elected 6 additional States Parties as members to the Inter-Governme [...]	2006-11-20 14:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS7483	URBAN VIOLENCE TAKES A DOWNTURN; POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Violence in France's suburban ghettos, perpetrated primarily by marginalized and underprivileged youth (often but not exclusively of Muslim origin),continues to simmer despite the current calm. A recent downturn in violence appears attributable to widespread shock and horror fol [...]	2006-11-21 14:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER FR
06PARIS7485	URBAN VIOLENCE TAKES A DOWNTURN; POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Violence in France's suburban ghettos, perpetrated primarily by marginalized and underprivileged youth (often but not exclusively of Muslim origin),continues to simmer despite the current calm. A recent downturn in violence appears attributable to widespread shock and horror fol [...]	2006-11-21 14:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER FR
06PARIS7788	LILLE INSTITUTE CONCEIVED TO PROMULGATE MODERATE [...] (SBU) Summary: APP Lille Consul and Embassy Poloff called November 29 on Mohamed Bechari, Chairman of the recently inaugurated Institut Avicenne des Sciences Humaines (IASH),a multi-disciplinary private educational establishment devoted to the study of Islamic theology, history and the Arab [...]	2006-12-14 10:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR PGOV PHUM SCUL
06PORTAUPRINCE1543	PREVAL REVIVES DDR [...] (SBU) Summary. President Preval has asked MINUSTAH to develop and prepare to implement a Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration ((DDR) plan to serve as the carrot in his "carrot and stick" policy to combat Port-au-Prince's armed gangs (reftel). MINUSTAH's DDR department is preparing [...]	2006-08-21 12:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM HA
06PRETORIA4978	DELTA AIRLINES LAUNCHES SOUTH AFRICA SERVICE [...] (U) Summary. Delta Airlines launched daily direct service from Atlanta to Johannesburg South Africa December 5. The route is heavily booked through January with high passenger load factors and full cargo utilization. End Summary. 2. (SBU) U.S. carrier Delta Airlines launched a new service [...]	2006-12-08 12:21:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON KHLS KTIA SF
06RABAT1535	UNHCR ENCOURAGES REFUGEE SELF-RELIANCE AND GOM [...] (C) Summary: On August 10, A/Polcouns met with Johannes van der Klaauw, head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) office in Rabat to discuss the July 24 to 27 sit-ins in front of his office and recent developments relating to the Western Sahara. Van der Klaauw empha [...]	2006-08-14 15:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PBTS PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT1618	MOROCCO: FYO6 SECTION 1206 PROGRAMS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Poloffs met August 29 with MFA Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism officer Karim Halim to inform the Government of Morocco (GOM) of the likely provision of a combined $6,200,000 for Algeria [...]	2006-08-30 15:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MAS PARM PREL MO
06RABAT2	ASYLUM SEEKERS OVERWHELM UNHCR IN RABAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 30, Poloffs from Rabat and Casablanca met with UNHCR Head of Mission, Johannes van der Klaauw, at UNHCR headquarters in Rabat to discuss the status of refugee seekers in Morocco and UNHCR,s future plans. Van der Klaauw highlighted the challenges with the dramatic [...]	2006-01-03 08:53:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MO PHUM PREF PREL SMIG SOCI
06RIYADH6668	170 SAUDI AND MUSLIM SCHOLARS WORLDWIDE CALL FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: 170 Muslim scholars from more than seventeen countries, including twenty-nine Saudi citizens, issued an open statement on August 4 entitled "Statement and Appeal from Scholars of the Islamic Nation." The statement condemned Israeli "aggression" in Lebanon and Palestine, and crit [...]	2006-08-22 06:58:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA LE
06RIYADH8401	THE SAUDI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT I: STAB AT [...] (U) Summary: From September 16-19, Ahmed Elbashari, representative of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),and EconOff, met with senior management of the Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SA FIU) to conduct a final on-site assessment [...]	2006-10-22 09:56:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC SA
06ROME1025	ITALY'S FLEDGLING ISLAMIC CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Pisanu's hand-picked Muslim Consultative Council continues to be controversial after its first two meetings. Criticism by both the right-wing Northern League Party and some members of the Muslim community convinced Pisanu to cancel the next meeting until afte [...]	2006-04-05 08:49:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PGOV PTER IT HUMAN RIGHTS
06ROME1159	COESPU AT SIX MONTHS: MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS, U.S. [...] Summary and Action Request. The Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Vicenza, part of the larger Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) (a Presidential initiative),has trained 127 gendarme peacekeepers from six countries in its first six months. New courses are se [...]	2006-04-14 12:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IT
06ROME1308	ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] This unclassified cable is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Pos [...]	2006-05-03 08:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	JA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME1555	COESPU: ITALIAN PROPOSALS FOR NEXT CANDIDATE [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See Paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: Italy recommends inviting Chile, Ghana, Nigeria, Serbia and Montenegro (SaM),and South Africa to participate in the Center of Excellence for Police Stability Units (COESPU) in Vicenza. In addition, Italy looks to the U.S. [...]	2006-05-23 07:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT
06ROME323	(UPDATE) 2005 INCSR SUBMISSION FOR ITALY (PART I) [...] In accordance with Ref B instructions, Post submits an update to the INCSR report (Ref A) transmitted in December 2005. The updated text and figures below reflect the latest information from the GOI and should be included in the final draft of the INCSR. 2. Ref A cable, paragraph five. [...]	2006-02-03 13:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR IT EUN
06ROME556	ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] The following is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Post will prov [...]	2006-02-23 09:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06STATE86004	IRAN SEEKS CHAIR OF IOM EXCOM [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 11 and 12. ------------ Summary ------------ 2. (C) On June 7, 2006, the International Organization for Migration (IOM),a non-UN intergovernmental organization dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration, is holding its a [...]	2006-05-26 14:54:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG IR AORC
06TAIPEI103	Taiwan: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the Taiwan Investment Climate Statement for 2005, as requested reftel. A copy has been transmitted by e-mail to EB/IFD/OIA. ---------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- 2. Taiwan officially welcomes foreign di [...]	2006-01-12 06:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON OPIC KTDB USTR TW
06TAIPEI1139	DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MAINLAND AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan and the PRC will meet in early July to discuss direct cargo and passenger charter flights and increasing the number of PRC tourists visiting China, Mainland Affairs Council Chairman Joseph Wu told AIT Director Young on March 30. Wu described a deep sense of frustration a [...]	2006-03-31 10:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD CH TW
06TAIPEI4067	CHINA RATCHETS UP DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary. Bejing is ratcheting up its global drive to contain and undercut Taiwan, Taiwan Foreign Minister James Huang told the Director on December 6. In particular, PRC pressure in Central America and Africa is keeping the heat on Taiwan, said Huang, who just returned from relations-st [...]	2006-12-06 22:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TW
06THEHAGUE126	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - THE NETHERLANDS [...] The following transmits the draft 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with Chapter VI in the FY 2006 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has been forwarded by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA to the attention of J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Pa [...]	2006-01-19 14:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB NL OPIC USTR
06TOKYO1978	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/12/06-2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TUNIS2598	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: SEPT. 16 - OCT. 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Trade Balance Continues to Deteriorate B. Emirates Bukhatir to Build 5 Billion USD "Sports City" C. Emirati DIG Increases Stake in Karthago Airlines D. Legal Retirement Age to Be Rai [...]	2006-10-20 08:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB EAGR EFIN EINV EAIR KPRV TS
06USUNNEWYORK1343	UN REFORM: UN STAFF UNION REPORT CALLS FOR [...] SUMMARY: The UN Staff Union's Report of the Commission of Experts (CE) on Reforming Internal Justice at the United Nations concludes that the UN is in breach of the international human rights standards, because: it does not provide a level playing field for staff involved in administrative or [...]	2006-07-11 20:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1598	UNSC/DARFUR: ANNABI BRIEFS AND DRAFT RESOLUTION IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August 17 Security Council consultations, Assistant Secretary-General for peacekeeping operations Annabi painted a bleak picture of the current situation in Darfur as a result of the faltering Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and the weak African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). [...]	2006-08-21 23:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1599	STATE OF PLAY ON NEGOTIATIONS ON UK-US DARFUR [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. This cable outlines the views of key Security Council delegations on the UK-U.S. draft resolution authorizing the transition from an African Union (AU)-led to a UN-led force in Darfur. Russia, China and Fr [...]	2006-08-22 00:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1908	WRAP-UP OF UNDP/UNFPA EXECUTIVE BOARD SESSION, [...] The Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) met in New York September 11-13, 2006. This cable reports on the UNDP segment. UNFPA segment will follow septel. 2. Begin Summary. Twenty-seven program documents (www. [...]	2006-10-04 15:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNDP UNFPA ECON SOCI
06USUNNEWYORK1920	UNFPA SEGMENT OF THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE [...] Summary: At the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board meeting in New York on September 11-13, UNFPA Executive Director Obaid stressed the importance of equity and human rights for the world's poorest and most disadvantaged people. She said reproductive health, women's empowerment, and gender equality re [...]	2006-10-06 00:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PREF PREL UNFPA
06USUNNEWYORK2260	UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 61ST GA [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-18 17:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU
06USUNNEWYORK832	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: UN SECRETARIAT BRIEFS ON [...] SUMMARY. The GA Secretariat and Office of Legal Affairs provided a briefing April 19 on plans and preparations for the May 9 election of members of the Human Rights Council (HRC). The Secretariat reiterated that the HRC elections will provide for each candidate to be voted directly and indi [...]	2006-04-21 23:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK946	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: FIRST MEMBERS ELECTED [...] SUMMARY: In May 9 elections, the General Assembly elected the 47 members of the newly-created UN Human Rights Council. While most seats were filled in only one round of balloting, three rounds were required to fill the six contested seats allocated to the Eastern European Group. Iran's cand [...]	2006-05-11 14:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA UNHRC KUNR
06YAOUNDE1566	CAMEROON: EXXON FEARS EMPLOYEE UNREST IN SALE TO [...] (U) Summary. ExxonMobil representatives told Charge October 11 that they feared their 85 employees in Cameroon might take "illegal action," possibly to include violence, to pressure Exxon to make cash concessions to its employees as part of the pending share sale of Exxon's Africa operations [...]	2006-10-12 15:10:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT ENRG ELAB ETRD EPET LY CM
06YAOUNDE816	CAMEROON: A TALE OF TWO PRESIDENCIES [...] (C) In its 46 years of independence, Cameroon has only known two presidents, Ahmadou Ahidjo (1960-1982) and Paul Biya (1982-present). Ahidjo was a charismatic and decisive man who ruled a one-party state where citizens had no voice in their leadership. Under Ahidjo, Cameroon's economy fared [...]	2006-05-24 16:28:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM PINR CM
07ABIDJAN14	COTE D'IVOIRE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Cote d,Ivoire,s economy is projected to increase by 2 percent in 2007, slightly higher than 1.8 percent in 2006. The main contributors of the growth are higher export earnings from oil and refined products, cocoa revenues and proceeds from the telecommunications sector. Despite the [...]	2007-01-05 16:39:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC USTR KTDB ECON ETRD
07ABIDJAN863	COTE D'IVOIRE: VISIT OF STAFFDELS SMITH AND CLACK [...] (C) Summary. Shannon Smith, Majority Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Mark Clack, Foreign Relations Staff Member for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Cote d'Ivoire August 10-15. Smith and Clack conducted a review of programs under the Presi [...]	2007-08-17 09:33:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV KDEM IV
07ABIDJAN997	STATELESSNESS IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (SBU) Summary. Refugee Office Program Assistant participated in a September 13 trip organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Ministry of Justice to the towns of Meagui and Soube in western Cote d'Ivoire. The purpose of the trip was to exami [...]	2007-09-25 17:11:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL SOCI IV
07ABUDHABI228	HAMAS AND FATAH AGREE IN PRINCIPLE TO NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) Ambassador spoke to Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) on February 11 to relay reftel themes on the Hamas-Fatah agreement in principle for a National Unity Govenrment (NUG). The UAEG has issued two press releases regarding the Hamas-Fatah Agreement, and Abu Mazen has spoken t [...]	2007-02-12 12:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL PREL IS AE
07ABUDHABI731	UAE RED CRESCENT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFRICA [...] SUMMARY: During January 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007, the UAE Red Crescent Society (RCS),the main quasi-government charity, provided USD 13.36 million in humanitarian assistance to Africa, according to official figures received from the RCS. This assistance included: miscellaneous relief USD 3.5 [...]	2007-05-03 07:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM MOPS PREL XF SO IZ AF AE
07ABUDHABI897	NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT - UAE THOUGHTS [...] (SBU) Econchief contacted MinFinance A/US for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al Bustani on May 30 to inform him that the President was expected to announce the nomination of Robert Zoellick as President of the World Bank and to stress Mr. Zoellick's strong qualifications for the position. Al-Bustan [...]	2007-05-30 12:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IBRD AE
07ABUJA102	ECOWAS ELECTIONS ACTIVITIES [...] (U) Summary: ECOWAS has established an Electoral Assistance Unit within its Commission for Political Affairs, Defense, and Security. The unit is preparing to field assesment teams to seven presidential and legislative elections in the subregion in 2007, including Nigeria's April polls. Form [...]	2007-01-18 13:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07ABUJA1163	NIGERIA INL PROJECT PROPOSAL: TRAINING RELATED TO REDUCING [...] Summary. Embassy Abuja submits this proposal to obtain funds from the 2007 IPR Enforcement Training Funds Program, per reftel A. Embassy Abuja proposes a training program in Nigeria for officials from the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC),the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commissi [...]	2007-06-08 11:01:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR ETRD NI
07ABUJA1694	NIGERIA: ECON-RELATED NEW MINISTER BIOS [...] SUMMARY: The incoming Ministers come from a variety of backgrounds in keeping with Nigeria's ethnic diversity and several analysts have praised the appointments. President Yar'adua will act as Minister of Energy, following the footsteps of his predecessor. Questions remain on several Ministe [...]	2007-08-07 15:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV NI
07ABUJA2398	NIGERIA: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING AT MINISTRY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 12, 2007 meeting at the Ministry of Defense, Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte and Minister of Defense Alhaji Mahmud Yayale Ahmed affirmed common goals on defense- and peacekeeping-related matters. Minister Ahmed indicated that the GON was moving forward on p [...]	2007-11-16 12:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MASS PGOV PREL NI
07ABUJA903	YAR'ADUA'S AFRICAN TOUR [...] (U) Governor Musa Umaru Yar'Adua embarked on an African tour this week. In Benin, Yar'Adua called for stronger cooperation between the two countries and assured resident Nigerians that his administration will continue and consolidate the Obasanjo Administration's economic reforms. In Togo, [...]	2007-05-09 15:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
07ACCRA1822	GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is selecting Parliamentary Candidates for constituencies in three northern regions (Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions) ahead of the 2008 general elections. [NOTE: The NPP has been historically weak in these areas, and does not hold parliament [...]	2007-08-30 18:14:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL GH
07ACCRA2144	GHANA'S PRESIDENCY OF THE UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Ghana assumed the Presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the month of October, we expect its focus to be Africa centered, particularly as it relates to peace and security. According to Ghanaian officials, their agenda will likely include Sudan, Somalia, the Ethiopian [...]	2007-10-10 08:58:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS GH
07ACCRA2162	GHANA'S ICT DEVELOPMENT: IS THE GLASS HALF FULL? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is the first of two cables on the Information Communications Technology (ICT) sector in Ghana. It covers policy and services. Septel will address privatization of the two national carriers. Ghana's ICT sector has considerable promise. Telephone penetration rates have ri [...]	2007-10-11 08:34:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EAID GH
07ACCRA2240	GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY: As the 2008 presidential/parliamentary elections approach, two smaller parties - the Convention People's Party (CPP) and the People's National Convention (PNC) - are determining their respective Presidential candidates. Meanwhile, Ghanaian political observers are increasingly concerned [...]	2007-10-23 07:21:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL GH
07ACCRA838	THIRD ECOWAS MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON [...] THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) AND THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA HOSTED THE THIRD ECOWAS MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY: ADOPTION OF THE 2006-2010 ACTION PLAN (ACTION PLAN) FOR MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOSAFETY, FROM MARCH 27-30 IN ACCRA, GHANA. T [...]	2007-04-17 18:29:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON GH TBIO SENV
07ADDISABABA163	PRE-BRIEF ON UPCOMING AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - [...] (U) AU will meet again on January 19 to finalize preparations for Summit. 2. (U) Restricted access: the plenary hall will be limited to head of delegation plus one, although up to 5 plus one can watch on TV monitors for sessions. 3. (U) USAU submitted to Ethopian protocol the fo [...]	2007-01-19 14:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA2185	SOMALI TFG AMBASSADOR REVIEWS SOMALILAND, AMISOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia and PermRep to the African Union, African foreign ministers meeting in Accra unanimously rejected a Ghanaian motion to establish an AU committee to examine Soma [...]	2007-07-13 08:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET ER AU BN
07ADDISABABA852	SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] (S) Per reftel, Post has reviewed the proposal to provide USD 15 million in Section 1206 funds for Ethiopia, Djibouti, Yemen, Kenya, and Tanzania, as part of the East Africa Regional Security Initiative (EARSI). Post supports funding the proposal in FY07, with the following observations (see [...]	2007-03-19 14:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS PREL PTER EAID KPKO ET SO
07ANKARA2753	TURKEY'S PLANS FOR COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (U) We delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Human Rights Department Head Hasan Ulusoy on November 6, 2007. Ulusoy reported that Mr. Yalcin Kaya Erensoy, Turkey's Ambassador to Senegal, will represent Turkey at the November 14-17 Mali Ministerial. 2. (U) Ulusoy told us the [...]	2007-11-09 16:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA TU
07ANTANANARIVO615	AFRICAN UNION CHALLENGES BACAR IN THE COMOROS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An African Union (AU) ultimatum and ministerial delegation to the Union of the Comoros is applying pressure on renegade Anjouan island "President" Mohamed Bacar. All three islands of the Union are calm, awaiting Bacar's response to the AU. Rumors abound from Anjouan that Bacar [...]	2007-06-21 09:36:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC AU CN
07BAMAKO1336	MUSLIM LEADERS CHALLENGE ATT OVER DEATH PENALTY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 15:42:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL SOCI PHUM KWMN PINR ML
07BAMAKO782	MALI EXPLORING CONTRIBUTION OF TROOPS FOR THE [...] (U) Reftel demarche was delivered jointly by DATT and POLOFF to Brigadier General Salif Traore, the Secretary General for the Malian Ministry of Defense. Embassy made clear that it understood Mali was under pressure to address conflicting priorities, specifically given the need to dedicate r [...]	2007-07-24 16:43:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL UNSC MASS ML
07BANJUL11	THE GAMBIA: AN IRASCIBLE PRESIDENT JAMMEH IN [...] (C) In a year-end television interview, an irascible President Jammeh delivered a familiar diatribe against Western donors while also taking a swipe at Senegal. His derisive remarks about the opposition are hardly encouraging in the runup to the National Assembly elections January 25. END SUM [...]	2007-01-09 16:53:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMCA SG GA
07BANJUL134	THE GAMBIA: ARREST OF SENEGALESE CUSTOMS OFFICIALS [...] (C) The local media have reported Gambian authorities' early February arrest and ongoing trial of five Senegalese customs officials, allegedly picked up in Gambian territorial waters. In recent conversation with Ambassador, the prominent Gambian attorney representing the Senegalese defendants, [...]	2007-03-14 17:24:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GA SG
07BANJUL147	THE GAMBIA: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FINANCE [...] (C) Finance and Economy Minister Bala Gaye and Central Bank Governor Jatta were predictably upbeat on the GOTG's success in getting back on track with the IMF and were optimistic that The Gambia would perform satisfactorily under the new PRGF so as to qualify for debt relief as early as mid-20 [...]	2007-03-20 08:48:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ETRD EFIN PREL KMCA PTER IMF GA
07BANJUL167	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION [...] (C) In recent discussions on the negative human rights trend here, our contacts were downbeat on prospects for early improvement. A reform-minded Muslim cleric, Imam Baba Leigh, portrayed a cowed and co-opted Islamic relgious establishment as unwilling to confront President Jammeh over the GOT [...]	2007-04-02 11:02:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KMCA KISL GA
07BANJUL217	THE GAMBIA: TOP POLICE OFFICER FIRED [...] (C) On April 25, the GOTG announced the dismissal of the country's senior police officer, Inspector General of Police Musa Mboob and the selection of his deputy, Benedict Jammeh, as his successor. The announcement omitted any mention of the reasons for Mboob's removal, but a knowledgeable journ [...]	2007-04-27 11:09:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC GA
07BANJUL243	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON TIES WITH SENEGAL [...] (C) In recent conversation with Ambassador, Senegalese Ambassador Mamadou Fall asserted that heightened strains in the Senegalese/Gambian relationship persisted and cited the ongoing trial here of five Senegalese customs officials as a case in point (ref a). It was clear, Fall asserted, that [...]	2007-05-08 14:58:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GA SG
07BANJUL250	THE GAMBIA: FURTHER STRAINS IN TIES WITH SENEGAL [...] (C) In May 15 conversation with Ambassador, knowledgeable journalistic source spoke of growing strains in Senegalese/Gambian ties, saying a senior Gambian official, the National Intelligence Agency's head, had recently expressed concern to him privately that the GOS might close Senegal's borde [...]	2007-05-15 13:23:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GA SG
07BANJUL257	THE GAMBIA: MEDIA ATTACK ON SENEGAL, CONVICTION OF [...] (C) A pro-GOTG daily led May 17 with report of recent meeting of Gambian dissidents and GOS Interior Ministry officials in Dakar as part of anti-GOTG plotting; a reported participant denied the report. On the previous day, May 16, the trial of five Senegalese customs officials ended with thei [...]	2007-05-17 12:29:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SG GA
07BANJUL258	THE GAMBIA: A GESTURE TO SENEGAL [...] (C) Reftel reports the Gambian court's May 16 conviction and sentencing to 18-month prison sentences of five Senegalese customs officials. The following day, May 17, the GOTG announced President Yayha Jammeh's decision to pardon the five, who were immediately released and handed over to the S [...]	2007-05-18 10:34:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV POINS SG GA
07BANJUL281	THE GAMBIA: MILITARY COOPERATION WITH IRAN [...] (S) We note, per ref a, indication from GOS that Iran has agreed to supply arms to the GOTG. We also note previous reporting in other USG channels of possible Iranian weapons deliveries here. While Gambian officials deny any weapons deal with the Iranians, a well-informed journalistic source [...]	2007-06-02 12:31:00	Embassy Banjul	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS GA IR SG
07BANJUL283	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON TENSIONS WITH SENEGAL, [...] (C) An online "journal" reported May 28 the arrest of Senegal-based Gambian "rebels" entering The Gambia as part of preparations, with GOS complicity, for a renewed coup attempt. A knowledgeable source was not able to confirm the report, but said GOS had angrily denied a recent local media re [...]	2007-06-04 09:12:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PREF SG GA
07BANJUL285	THE GAMBIA: INFLUENCE OF SENEGALESE ENERGY [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-04 16:20:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL SG GA
07BANJUL301	THE GAMBIA: FURTHER MEDIA ATTACK AGAINST SENEGAL [...] (SBU) Following its May 17 article alleging GOS collusion in Gambian dissidents' anti-GOTG plotting (ref A),the pro-government "Daily Observer" led June 11 with further allegations of GOS support for destabilization efforts here. Under the headline "Senegal Continues to Destabilize Gambia," [...]	2007-06-11 16:36:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SG GA
07BANJUL325	THE GAMBIA: CASAMANCE VIOLENCE, SENEGALESE [...] (C) On June 22, the Inspector General of Police (IGP),claimed to RSO that on June 18 a "major battle" had erupted between Senegalese military forces and Casamance rebels near the Gambian border town of Sibanor. He said that the fighting had resulted in "substantial losses" to the Senegalese [...]	2007-06-22 13:39:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PREF SG GA
07BANJUL332	THE U.S./GAMBIAN RELATIONSHIP: DEPARTING [...] (C) The U.S./Gambian relationship remains strained,due primarily to President Jammeh's increasingly authoritarian leadership and consequent decline in the human rights environment here -- a decline that figured prominently in the June 2006 suspension of The Gambia's eligibility for the Milleni [...]	2007-06-25 15:41:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PHUM KPKO KPAO EINV ETRD
07BANJUL449	CASAMANCE REBELS SKIRMISH IN THE GAMBIA [...] (SBU) Post received a note verbale addressed to all diplomatic missions in The Gambia, dated August 16, from the Department of State (Ministry) for Foreign Affairs, documenting two casualties (one death) from an encounter between rival Senegalese rebel groups along the Casamance border on Ju [...]	2007-08-22 08:52:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PREF SG GA
07BANJUL5	THE GAMBIA: ONGOING TENSIONS WITH SENEGAL OVER THE [...] (C) On January 3, Senegalese Ambassador Mamadou Fall called on Ambassador to register concern over what he portrayed as the GOTG's continued meddling in the Casamance dossier. Fall claimed that three leading MFDC figures cooperating in GOS peace efforts -- Alexandre Djibba, Magne Dieme, and K [...]	2007-01-04 15:09:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SG GA
07BANJUL589	ETHNICITY IN THE GAMBIA: THE RISE OF THE JOLAS [...] (SBU) The Gambia is lauded by its government, people, and visitors for its ethnic diversity and the apparent harmony among its many tribes. The lack of civil conflict along ethnic lines in an often-troubled region is prized by Gambians. Freedom from tribalism is also touted at the political [...]	2007-11-29 15:03:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI GA
07BANJUL592	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Embassy Banjul hereby submits its update for reporting requirements on the worst forms of child labor. A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: The government of The Gambia ratified ILO Convention 128 in September 2000 and ILO Convention 182 in July 2001. The [...]	2007-11-30 08:17:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID GA
07BANJUL65	REACTIONS TO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Reactions to the January 25 National Assembly elections are generally positive with regard to the technical voting and counting procedures. However, observers and politicians alike have expressed dismay at the low voter turnout rate and some irregularities, while the opposition United [...]	2007-02-07 10:55:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM GA
07BANJUL83	THE GAMBIA: NO CHANGE IN UNHELPFUL POSTURE ON THE [...] (C) Ambassador raised the GOTG's Casamance posture in separate discussions February 14 with Senegalese Ambassador Mamadou Fall and Pap Saine, the well-connected chief editor of the daily, "The Point." Both asserted that President Jammeh's meddling in the Casamance was continuing, claiming tha [...]	2007-02-15 17:11:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS SG GA
07BANJUL88	GAMBIAN FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS TALK BUSINESS [...] On February 6, Econoff and Econ Assistant hosted a working luncheon for a select group of Gambian businesswomen to initiate discussions on ways to expand their businesses and increase trade between The Gambia and the United States. The lunch was attended by nearly 20 women representing the De [...]	2007-02-21 17:24:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP KWMN GA
07BANJUL95	THE GAMBIA: ONGOING CONTROVERSY OVER PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) Since mid-January, President Jammeh has maintained his weekly treatment program for HIV/AIDS and asthma patients (see refs a and b for background). The treatment program continues to receive lavish media attention, receiving top billing in the evening televised news broadcasts and in the [...]	2007-02-23 16:02:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI GA
07BEIJING2096	MARCH 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points made at the March 29 MFA press conference were: -- China has always viewed the Six-Party Talks "rationally" with neither pessimism nor optimism. -- The "so-called" stealing of United States military secrets was groundless and had ulterior motives. -- It is unfair for the Unite [...]	2007-03-29 10:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC XV CH KN KS JA RS CE PP SU NUIN
07BEIJING3861	JUNE 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRESIDENT BUSH-KADEER [...] Key points at the June 7 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA called President Bush's decision to meet with Rebiya Kadeer a "blatant interference in China's internal affairs." -- China and Costa Rica have established diplomatic ties. -- If the Korean nuclear issue is raised at G-8, the [...]	2007-06-07 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM GE KS NS CS RP
07BEIJING7473	DECEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the regular December 13 MFA press briefing: -- VFM Wu Dawei and ROK Ambassador Chun Yung-woo met this morning to discuss the Six-Party Talks and the "next stage of work." -- China hopes the Sudan Government can take measures to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens in Sudan. [...]	2007-12-13 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV JA KN KS SA IT FM SG FR LE IS
07BEIRUT1778	LEBANON: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADVANCING THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 16:26:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LE
07BEIRUT645	FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON TRIBUNAL, BRAMMERTZ, [...] (C) In a 5/7 meeting with Ambassador Feltman, French Ambassador Bernard Emie, just back from Paris, reported that France wants to move quickly toward a simple UNSCR establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Emie agreed that it appears that the pro-Syrians already recognize the inevita [...]	2007-05-07 14:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL UNSC LE SY
07BEIRUT651	LEBANON: HARIRI PROMISES SINIORA WILL SEND SECOND [...] (C) Indicative of increasing momentum toward Chapter VII, March 14 parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador in a 5/8 meeting that PM Siniora is about to send a second, more emphatic letter to UNSYG Ban Ki-moon. Although Chapter VII was not explicitly referred to in the d [...]	2007-05-08 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BERLIN1071	CHANCELLOR MERKEL PREVIEWS G-8 SUMMIT [...] Summary: German Chancellor Merkel emphasized climate change, hedge funds, Africa, and closer cooperation with emerging economies as core themes for the June 6-8 G-8 Summit in her remarks before the Bundestag May 24. Merkel acknowledged the debate on climate change is contentious, but argued d [...]	2007-05-25 15:25:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD SENV ENRG PREL PGOV PL EU GM
07BRASILIA1585	BRAZIL TO HOST MINISTERIAL MEETING ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian Foreign Ministry briefed representatives of embassies about its "Ministerial Meeting on International Governance for Sustainable Development," which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, September 3-4. The For [...]	2007-08-17 10:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV UN EAGR ECON KSCA BR
07BRASILIA1935	MINISTERIAL MEETING ON INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil hosted the "Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Sustainable Development: Challenges for International Governance," in Rio de Janeiro, September 3 and 4, 2007. Participants from t [...]	2007-10-10 11:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG UN KSCA BR
07BRASILIA2171	BIOFUELS IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel request, and pursuant to request for extension to Oct. 19 response date, Post submits the following information regarding the development and adoption of bio-based chemical products and liquid biofuels in Brazil, including research and reports available, [...]	2007-11-23 10:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV PREL EINV ECON PGOV OTRA BR
07BRUSSELS2160	BELGIANS SHARE USG DISAPPOINTMENT ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) The Belgian government shares U.S. disappointment with the results of the recently concluded session of the UN Human Rights Council. That said, the situation would have been much worse without the work of the various EU delegations, according to Francine Chainaye, the Belgian MFA's Directo [...]	2007-07-02 15:16:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM
07BRUSSELS3530	U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING GENERATES WIDE-RANGING [...] (SBU) Officials from the United States and the European Union (EU) engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of drug issues at a US-EU Troika Meeting in Brussels on November 14. The U.S. Delegation, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Christy McCampbell of the International Narcotics and Law En [...]	2007-12-21 10:22:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU
07BUENOSAIRES1972	AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S MEETING WITH UNHCR REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Cristian Koch-Castro, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representative for Southern Latin America, called on the Ambassador to discuss UNHCR's activities in Argentina and the region. Koch-Castro explained that UNHCR has made it a priority to strengthen the cap [...]	2007-10-03 13:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF AR BR CI UY BL PE
07CONAKRY1219	ORANGE ENTERS GUINEA'S CELL PHONE MARKET [...] (U) SUMMARY: Orange, Guinea's newest telecom operator, launched its operations on November 5 with a ceremony and short welcoming speech by Prime Minister Kouyate. Representing a joint partnership with Orange Groupe France Telecom, Orange's local business partner has big plans for Guinea. Loc [...]	2007-11-07 12:24:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EIND ECON GV
07CONAKRY1249	AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Guinea,s Minister of Interior offered a number of assurances to the Ambassador during his initial courtesy call on November 16, although he was not necessarily convincing. The Minister said that elections should move forward soon and that the Guinean Government will assure non- [...]	2007-11-19 15:28:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC GV
07CONAKRY1267	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MIN OF FINANCE ON GAS SUBSIDY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 16, the Ambassador met with the Minister of Finance. The Minister discussed the budget for the CENI, ongoing difficulties with implementation of program budgeting without a supportive budget director, the profoundly negative effects of the gasoline subsidy, and the [...]	2007-11-26 15:28:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EFIN ECON GV
07CONAKRY130	NO FIREWORKS AT UNION PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On February 1, the CNTG-USTG union coalition held its first press conference since the suspension of the general strike on January 27. The event was ostensibly organized to report on meetings between the visiting representatives from international labor organizations and various local [...]	2007-02-02 12:51:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS EAID GV
07CONAKRY1336	GUINEAN SUPREME COURT BUSY WITH LAND DISPUTES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with Lamine Sidime, President of Guinea,s Supreme Court, on December 13 for his initial courtesy call. The meeting was friendly, but formal, and did not delve into key substantive issues. Sidime said that the Supreme Court currently spends over 80 percent o [...]	2007-12-17 14:44:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM GV
07CONAKRY176	TFGV01: SITREP 39: FEBRUARY 13, 2007, 1700 HOURS [...] (U) On February 13, the military has deployed numerous small patrols around the city of Conakry to enforce the curfew. The streets were closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic until 1600 hours. The curfew will recommence at 2000 hours. 2. (SBU) The military and other security forces [...]	2007-02-13 15:33:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR PINS PGOV CASC AMGT GV
07CONAKRY177	TFGV01: SITREP 40: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 14, 2007, [...] (SBU) As of this morning, the military continues to enforce the "state of siege" that extends extensive powers to Guinea's armed forces. At 0800, streets were empty of vehicular traffic, but there was some pedestrian presence. Small breakfast vendors were in evidence, but market stalls, shop [...]	2007-02-14 11:10:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV

07CONAKRY181	TFGV01: SITREP 41: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 15, 2007, [...] (SBU) As of this morning, there were a few military patrols in several areas of Conakry. Most Guineans in the capital are respecting the curfew and do not circulate between the hours of 1800 and 1200 the next day. During the curfew, the military patrols the neighborhoods, often firing warni [...]	2007-02-15 10:34:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY187	TFGV01: SITREP 44: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 17, 2007, [...] (SBU) Conakry remains quiet. Yesterday afternoon, some shops and food markets opened during the non-curfew hours (noon - 1800),and vehicular traffic was slightly heavier than in previous days. During curfew hours, there is almost no vehicular traffic, except for military patrols, which con [...]	2007-02-17 11:20:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY229	TFGV01: SITREP 49: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 23, 2007, [...] (C) Today, February 23, marks the last day of the state of siege decreed on February 12. As required by the constitution, the National Assembly was called into session this morning. We expect the parliamentarians will ratify an extension of the state of siege, possibly for an additional twe [...]	2007-02-23 12:43:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY267	GUINEA 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the past year, the Government of Guinea has made concentrated efforts to address trafficking in persons. Most importantly, it has successfully investigated and prosecuted a trafficking case, sentencing the perpetrator to time in prison. The judicial sector is plagued by [...]	2007-03-02 12:31:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF GV
07CONAKRY370	GUINEA'S NEW GOVERNMENT MEETS INITIAL DEMANDS [...] (C) On March 28, Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate addressed the nation with a clear message thanking all Guineans for their patience and cooperation in the creation of a "government of broad consensus". The Prime Minister listed eight priorities for his government with the consolidation of nat [...]	2007-03-29 14:20:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PINS EAID GV
07CONAKRY831	Guinea 2007 TIP Report: Demarche to the Minister of Social [...] (U) On June 29, as directed in Ref A, Poloff delivered demarche on the 2007 Guinea Trafficking in Persons Report to the Minister of Social Affairs Tete Nabe. Also present were several members of the minister's cabinet and senior officials charged with issues of protection, social development, [...]	2007-07-20 07:28:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN KPAO SMIG PREL ELAB ASEC GV
07COTONOU136	BENIN: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, below is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Benin. 2. Investment Climate Statement A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Beninese law guarantees the right to own and transfer private property. The government of Benin officially favors and encourages foreign investment. [...]	2007-02-20 12:59:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR PGOV BN
07COTONOU494	BENIN: PROFILES OF NEW MINISTERS [...] This is the second in a series of telegrams concerning the newly formed government of President Boni Yayi. Reftel provided a list of ministers. This telegram provides profiles of ten new ministers who, along with returning Defense Minister N'Douro and Economy Minister Koupaki, will be the key [...]	2007-07-05 09:49:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON BN
07DAKAR1017	WHITHER SENEGALESE ISLAM?: AESTHETICS, HARMONY [...] (C) Sufi Brotherhood intellectuals inspired by Middle Eastern ideas are building institutions to reconsider traditional values, but they insist Senegalese common sense will sort out doctrinal trash. This is an opportune time for ideological innovation: the once narrowly nationalist and farm [...]	2007-05-10 12:07:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI KISL PGOV PINR SG
07DAKAR1025	GUINEA-BISSAU AND SENEGAL WILL OPPOSE BELARUS IN [...] (C) Guinea-Bissau Watcher delivered Ref A demarche and talking points to Bissau-Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities Maria da Conceicao Nobre Cabral on May 10 via telephone. Minister Cabral said she would instruct the Bissau-Guinean Permanent Represe [...]	2007-05-10 17:14:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC PU SG
07DAKAR1026	AFRICOM DELEGATION RECEIVES SENEGALESE INPUT [...] (C) The interagency AFRICOM delegation visited Dakar in April, meeting with Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Minister of Armed Forces Becaye Diop and Chief of Defense Major General Abdoulaye Fall on April 21. There was a marked co [...]	2007-05-10 17:58:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS OVIP SG
07DAKAR1027	OPPOSITION BOYCOTT THREATENS LEGITIMACY OF [...] (C) Alleging gerrymandering, Senegal,s leading opposition parties have formed an alliance to boycott the June 3 parliamentary election. President Wade, whom the opposition also accuses of manipulating electoral rolls, continues to dismiss calls to postpone for a third time. The press is rif [...]	2007-05-10 18:22:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR1035	DEEP CUTS IN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE WILL HARM SENEGAL'S [...] (SBU) Having recently been apprised of possible significant cuts to USAID/Senegal's operating (OE) budget and development program, perhaps as early as the current fiscal year, I feel compelled to provide an initial reaction in the hope that there is still an opportunity for this Mission, as we [...]	2007-05-14 07:48:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL KMCA PGOV SG
07DAKAR1039	SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR VICE ADMIRALS STUFFLEBEEM AND [...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for legislative elections on June 3, 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States in promoting peace and [...]	2007-05-14 12:10:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP MARR PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA SG
07DAKAR1041	DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2007 [...] (SBU) Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter (January-March) of FY2007 follows. Responses are keyed to Ref A. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since the last report, there has been no significant change in the economic situation. The current political situation co [...]	2007-05-14 12:12:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG
07DAKAR1042	GOVERNMENT OF SENEGAL'S VIEWS ON SAMPLE SHARING AND VACCINE [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the information requested in reftel: A. The Government of Senegal (GOS) shares the samples collected with World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) world reference labs and with some laboratories such as Pas [...]	2007-05-14 14:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU PINR SG
07DAKAR1051	CITES COP 14 PREPARATION: SENEGAL POSITION [...] Per reftel instructions, on May 14, EconOff delivered information on U.S. proposals for CITES COP 14 to Colonel Matar Cisse, Director of the Forestry and Water Department at the Ministry of Environment, and Abdoulaye Sy, Head of the Fauna Division. Mr. Sy is the GOS's senior expert on CITES i [...]	2007-05-15 12:27:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA ETRD SG
07DAKAR1054	2007 AGOA FORUM: SENEGAL AND GUINEA-BISSAU INVITED [...] On May 10, Ambassador Jacobs provided reftel information on the 2007 AGOA Forum to Senegal's Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Finance. In addition, the Economic Office briefed Mr. Abdoulaye Dieye, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Europe and the Americas, and Mr. Robert Niouk [...]	2007-05-16 07:42:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR EINV EFIN EAID PU SG
07DAKAR1062	SENEGAL'S POSITON ON USG INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 12:55:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS KSCA PREL ETRD IWC SG
07DAKAR1072	SENEGAL'S POSITON ON USG INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Senegal plans to support the U.S. positions on the Bowhead Whale quota and the Conservation Committee, according to Mrs. Ndeye Ticke Ndiaye Diop, Senegal's International Whaling Commissioner and Director of the Maritime Fishing Division of the Ministry of Maritime Economy and Mr. Moustap [...]	2007-05-16 13:18:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS KSCA PREL ETRD IWC SG
07DAKAR1075	MFDC DETAINEES IN THE GAMBIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Dakar appreciates reftel report on Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) members in The Gambia. According to Senegalese government, media, and MFDC sources, we believe Gambian authorities currently have approximately 28 MFDC leaders and other rebels in detention. [...]	2007-05-16 15:55:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS GA SG
07DAKAR1089	DARFUR: SENEGAL UNSURE ABOUT AMIS/UN TRANSITION [...] (C) After demarches at the Presidency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),DCM contacted Ambassador Mankeur Ndiaye, the Director of Cabinet at the MFA. Ndiaye would say only that the transition from the African Union (AU) Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a hybrid AU/UN peacemaking mission is [...]	2007-05-21 13:42:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU SG
07DAKAR1113	SENEGALESE ATTENDANCE AT THE AGOA FORUM [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 08:53:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD GH SG
07DAKAR112	SENEGAL: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] Senegal offers investors political stability, democracy, advanced telecommunications infrastructure, an advantageous geographic location, a bilateral investment treaty with the United States, low inflation, a currency pegged to the euro, easy repatriation of capital and income and abundant se [...]	2007-01-12 15:44:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTBD OPIC EFIN USTR ETRD SG
07DAKAR113	SENEGAL WILL PROBABLY PLEDGE AT LIBERIA PARTNERS' [...] (U) On January 11, Acting Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs Claude Absa Diallo told Charge that Senegal will participate in the Liberia Partners' Forum (reftel) and plans to make at least a symbolic pledge to underscore Senegal's support for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's government. [...]	2007-01-12 16:43:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL IV LI PU SG
07DAKAR1136	A WALK THROUGH DAKAR: THE PEOPLE SPEAK [...] (C) A pre-election walk through Dakar,s vibrant Medina district and the city,s principal domestic bus station revealed five themes on the minds of the populace. It is the duty of every citizen to vote; the opposition boycott is ill-conceived and undermines Senegal,s democracy; the cost of li [...]	2007-05-23 18:22:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR114	SOMALIA: SENEGAL WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO AU FORCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 17:26:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SO SG SU
07DAKAR1141	THE OPPOSITION EXPLAINS THE BOYCOTT [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with the Ambassador, leaders of many of the 17 Senegalese opposition parties that are boycotting the June 3 legislative election explained their position and probed possible U.S. government support. Warning that Senegal,s democracy is under grave threat, the party lead [...]	2007-05-24 11:20:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR1144	SENEGAL-GAMBIAN RELATIONS REMAIN TENSE [...] (S) Relations between Senegal and Gambia remain tense said Momar Gueye, Director of Asian and African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Gueye cited the Gambian government,s continued belief that Senegal had a hand in a failed March 2006 coup plot against President Jammeh, rumors of [...]	2007-05-24 16:32:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PREL PINS MARR PTER GA IR SG
07DAKAR1153	SENEGAL PLANNING TO SEND PEACEKEEPERS TO COMOROS [...] (C) On May 25, Ambassador Oumar Demba Ba, one of President Wade's Diplomatic Advisors, told DCM that Senegal has decided to contribute to an African Union peacekeeping force in the Comoros. The size, timing and logistics involved in this seventh ongoing peacekeeping mission have not been det [...]	2007-05-25 15:52:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR KPKO CN SG
07DAKAR1173	LOW TURNOUT BY MILITARY AND POLICE IN PRELIMINARY [...] (SBU) Military, paramilitary forces and national police cast the first votes, May 26-27, of Senegal,s 2007 legislative election. Turnout has been reported as extremely low, leading to claims of a successful boycott spearheaded by the &Front Siggil Senegal,8 while other observers argue that [...]	2007-05-30 15:29:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG
07DAKAR1223	IMF: SENEGAL'S POOR PUBLIC FINANCES WILL MAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to IMF Resrep for Senegal, Alex Segura, President Wade's administration has greatly exacerbated the country's public finances problems in recent years. The GOS and the IMF are facing difficult negotiations on a new program, whether a PRGF or a Policy Support Instrumen [...]	2007-06-05 17:14:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL KCOR SG
07DAKAR1258	LOW TURNOUT IN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On June 3, the people of Senegal voted in legislative elections. Turnout was an extremely low 34.75 percent with the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) securing 131 out of 150 seats in the National Assembly. A fierce debate has erupted between the boycotting &Front Siggil Senega [...]	2007-06-08 14:21:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR1266	AMBASSADOR MEETS THE TIDJANES [...] (C) In a long discussion with Ambassador Jacobs, the extremely influential spokesman of the Tidjane Brotherhood, Abdoul Aziz Sy al Ibn (Junior),underlined his community,s dismay at President Wade,s overt Mouridism and his use of state funds to promote their interests. Both Sy, and his elder [...]	2007-06-12 11:38:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR1276	MCC TELLS GOS IT HAS ENDED SUPPORT OF ORIGINAL COMPACT [...] (U) Possible action request for the Department, Johannesburg and Cape Town in para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The MCC has informed President Wade and Prime Minister Macky Sall that it will not continue supporting Senegal's MCC Compact proposal, the Diamniadio Platform. The MCC remains keen to [...]	2007-06-13 16:41:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KMCA PREL ECON SG
07DAKAR1283	SENEGAL,S SENATE RETURNS [...] (C) On February 12, 2007 the National Assembly passed a law to revive a Senate that in 2001 President Wade had declared unnecessary. With legislative elections over, questions are rife as to why. Six factors seem to have influenced Wade: Creating a power base for his son Karim, consolidatin [...]	2007-06-14 10:48:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR129	SENIOR MINISTER GADIO'S HOLIDAY MESSAGE TO THE SECRETARY: [...] (U) On January 16, the Embassy received a copy of a letter from Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. An unofficial translation follows. Begin text. Republic of Senegal Minister of Foreign Affairs Office of the Senior Minister D [...]	2007-01-17 17:15:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL PHUM KDEM SG
07DAKAR1323	SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR FIRST LADY (FLOTUS) [...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, President Abdoulaye Wade has just changed Prime Ministers and reshuffled his cabinet. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States [...]	2007-06-21 08:05:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA SG
07DAKAR1330	NEW GOVERNMENT HAS STRONG ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (SBU) President Wade, following a historically low turn out at recently concluded legislative elections, ousted Prime Minister Macky Sall. Even though Wade was not expected to keep Sall he used him as a scapegoat for being unable to maintain unity within the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party [...]	2007-06-21 13:43:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EFIN ECON SG
07DAKAR1348	TIP REPORTS DELIVERED; UNODC AND EU WORKING WITH ECOWAS [...] EmbOffs have delivered the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) reports to the Governments of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau, and the reports have been posted on the embassy Web site in English and French or Portuguese. In the course of related discussions, Embassy learned that the computer equipment [...]	2007-06-25 11:58:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM PU SG
07DAKAR1352	MOURIDE ISLAMIC LEADERS PREACH NONVIOLENCE AND GOOD [...] (SBU) Having recently visited Senegal's largest religious order, the Tidjanes (Ref A),on June 15 Ambassador Jacobs traveled to the holy city of Touba, to call on the Khalif of the Mouride brotherhood. The Mourides are the richest and most influential Sufi brotherhood in Senegal. The Khalif [...]	2007-06-25 14:33:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KISL PTER ECON SG
07DAKAR1379	POPULAR SENEGAL TREASURY BOND ISSUANCE A STOPGAP MEASURE [...] Through the regional central bank, Senegal recently sold approximately USD 100 million worth of treasury bonds, all of which were purchased very quickly by over-liquid commercial financial institutions anxious for investment opportunities. Individual investors were not able to directly partic [...]	2007-06-29 11:10:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD SG
07DAKAR1382	ROUNDTABLE ON SENEGAL'S AGOA FORUM PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 19, Senegal's Ministry of Commerce organized a stakeholder roundtable to assess the state of preparations for the GOS' participation in the July 18-19 AGOA Forum. EconOff and representatives from the West African Trade Hub/Dakar participated. Senegal is not yet well o [...]	2007-06-29 13:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EINV EFIN EAID EAIR SG
07DAKAR1400	LUNCH WITH ARAB AMBASSADORS TO SENEGAL [...] (C) On June 18, 2007, the Ambassador hosted a lunch with Arab Ambassadors. The frank discussion focused on democracy in the Middle East, terrorism and its root causes, Islamic parties, methodologies to win elections, the Palestinian question, and water issues as a potential spark for conflict [...]	2007-07-03 12:08:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PREL PTER KDEM KISL KPAL PINR SOCI SG
07DAKAR1452	HISSENE HABRE PROSECUTION STALLED [...] (C) International and domestic press are reporting accusations by human rights groups that Senegal is &dragging its feet8 on prosecuting former Chadian President Hissene Habre. Stephen Rapp, Special Prosecutor for Sierra Leone, discussed the issue during March 2007 meeting with Ambassador Ja [...]	2007-07-11 11:13:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PINR SG CD
07DAKAR1454	IMF RESREP ON SENEGALESE POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE [...] (S/NF) Senegal is clearly at a political and economic crossroads. Because we are friends, we should do what we can to help Senegal through this difficult time. On June 29, IMF ResRep Alex Segura sought out the Economic Counselor to better understand the MCC decision to end its work on the D [...]	2007-07-11 12:50:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID EFIN ECON PREL SG
07DAKAR1464	LARGE DRUG SEIZURE AND ARRESTS IN SENEGAL [...] (C) Senegalese gendarmes seized over two tons of cocaine in June and arrested a number of Latin Americans and Europeans involved in the trafficking. Senegal is cooperating with the FBI and DEA. These huge seizures indicate that no West African country is immune to the flow of cocaine from S [...]	2007-07-12 15:24:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PINS SG
07DAKAR1465	UPDATED SENEGALESE ATTENDANCE AT THE AGOA FORUM [...] On July 11, Senegal's Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, told the Ambassador that he will now lead Senegal's official delegation to the AGOA Forum. Gadio would welcome a bilateral meeting with Secretary Rice. We do not expect recently appointed Minister of Commerce Ama [...]	2007-07-12 15:45:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD GH SG
07DAKAR1468	SUDAN: SENEGALESE SUPPORT FOR HYBRID UNSCR [...] (C) Outgoing DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Claude Absa Diallo, the Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on July 13. Diallo said Senegal is in complete agreement with our proposal. She indicated that any change in troop levels had to be associated with the [...]	2007-07-13 13:01:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC SU SG
07DAKAR149	INTRIGUES TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On January 18, the Minister of Information announced plans to postpone legislative elections in response to a January 12 ruling by the Council of State, Senegal's highest administrative body. The Council voided President Wade's December decree allotting National Assembly seats (Ref B) o [...]	2007-01-19 13:34:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SG
07DAKAR1508	REACTION TO MCC DECISION AND JAFZA DEAL: QUESTIONS FROM [...] (U) The Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) decision to withdraw from the "Diamniadio" industrial platform project (reftel) has opened the door for Senegal's opposition politicians and press to challenge President Abdoulaye Wade's administration on governance, public finances, and commitm [...]	2007-07-20 09:43:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KMCA PREL ECON SG
07DAKAR1515	SENEGAL'S DONORS AGAIN GIVE IMF MISSION AN EARFUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the beginning of a two-week mission to negotiate a new program with Senegal, IMF officials on July 12 received a non-stop stream of complaints and concerns by the country's traditional donors over the current state of public finance and governance. Senegal very much needs a [...]	2007-07-23 07:52:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON ETRD EINV SG
07DAKAR1522	THE COST OF A NEW GOVERNMENT: CARS, HOTEL, AND A NEW SENATE [...] (SBU) Summary. A June 30 report in the daily "Wal Fadjri" that the Government of Senegal (GOS) was planning to spend CFA 2.250 billion (USD 4.5 million) to purchase Chinese "Hover" brand SUVs for the 150 newly elected Deputies, was confirmed by reliable sources at the Ministry of Finance. Th [...]	2007-07-23 15:55:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL SG
07DAKAR1523	CHINESE VICE MINISTER OF COMMERCE JIANGUO'S DAKAR VISIT [...] Summary: Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Wei Jianguo paid a visit to Senegal on July 12-13. The visit included the signing of four accords for economic cooperation and cultural projects. Wei's thirty-member business delegation discussed opportunities with their Senegalese counterparts. S [...]	2007-07-23 16:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN PREL ECON SG
07DAKAR1530	SENEGAL APPEARS READY TO GIVE-UP ON MCC OPPORTUNITY [...] (U) This cable includes an action request for MCC with coordination by the Department. Please see para 5 below. 2. (SBU) Summary: Senegal's Minister of Finance Abdoulaye Diop confirmed that Senegal insists on terms likely unacceptable to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) for fin [...]	2007-07-24 15:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KMCA PREL ECON SG
07DAKAR1541	The PDS-Time for a Change [...] (SBU) After two very comfortable elections victories President Wade now feels he has the power to revamp his Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS). The two main reasons that are being cited for this restructuring are that he is preparing a new platform for his son Karim to use as a springboard to [...]	2007-07-26 11:01:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR1557	The Cost of Immunity [...] (SBU) On July 17, President Wade asserted his authority when he instructed the Prime Minister to deliver a message to the National Assembly in which he promised to purchase a vehicle for each one of the 150 Deputies, detailed reforms the Deputies needed to undertake, and instructed them how to [...]	2007-07-26 17:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR1570	MAURITANIAN AND SENEGALESE PRESIDENTS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Mauritanian President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, paid an official visit to Senegal on July 9 and 10. He met President Wade and with the Mauritanian community where discussions included the status of Mauritanian refugees on the Mauritania-Senegal border. The newly installed P [...]	2007-07-27 13:15:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS SOCI PHUM PINR PREF OVIP SG MR
07DAKAR1571	SENEGALESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 62ND UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 13:20:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA SN
07DAKAR1572	DEMARCHE TO SUPPORT STEVE CARR FOR THE STANDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 13:24:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF OVIP PHUM ICRC SG
07DAKAR1574	DEMARCHE ON THE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 14:15:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL AORC SG
07DAKAR1575	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 14:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SG
07DAKAR1577	Time for the Mauritanians to go Home [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Charge d'Affaires, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees' (UNHCR) Regional Representative, Rosaline Idowu, was upbeat that a large percentage of the 20,000 Mauritanian refugees remaining in the Senegal River Valley would return home. She confirmed President W [...]	2007-07-30 07:50:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PREF SG
07DAKAR1591	IMF MISSION: MIXED MARKS, BUT READY TO SUPPORT SENEGAL'S [...] Summary: A visiting IMF team led by Johanness Mueller provided an end-of-mission briefing for donors on July 26 to inform them of the state of the ongoing negotiations of a new program with Senegal. Mueller termed FY 2006 a "difficult year," and said that, while Senegal is still struggling [...]	2007-07-31 13:34:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID SG
07DAKAR1655	FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY VISITS DAKAR, LECTURES AFRICAN [...] (SBU) On July 26-27, French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Senegal as the first stop on his mission to some of France's former African colonies. With the stated goal of heralding a new era in Franco-African relationships, he delivered a major speech on his African policy at a Dakar's Cheik [...]	2007-08-09 17:20:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON KISL SG
07DAKAR1693	SENEGAL: INDIAN IFFCO TO CONTROL ICS [...] Summary: On July 16 the Government of Senegal and the Indian Farmer Fertilizer Cooperative Limited Group (IFFCO) signed a new agreement to rescue Senegal's major phosphate producer, ICS. The goal of the negotiations was to recapitalize ICS, gain creditors' confidence, attract new shareholder [...]	2007-08-14 15:49:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ETRD IN SG
07DAKAR1725	IRANIAN CHIEF JUSTICE VISITS SENEGAL [...] (U) On July 28, President Wade met with Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Sharoudi, Chief of the Judiciary of Iran and Mohamed Reza Baghrei, Special Envoy of President Ahmadinejad in Dakar. Before departing Senegal on July 29, Sharoudi gave a press conference highlighting Iranian cooperation with Sene [...]	2007-08-22 16:26:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KNNP KISL KGIC EIVN ENRG SG
07DAKAR1727	CHINESE INVOLVEMENT IN SENEGAL'S NATURAL RESOURCES [...] (C) To date, China is not heavily invested in Senegal's natural resources sectors. China's presence in Senegal currently focuses on the importation of Chinese consumer and industrial goods, including automobiles, and Chinese assistance for public works projects. China does not have a fishin [...]	2007-08-22 16:53:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV SENV CM SG
07DAKAR174	DAKAR CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE, JANUARY 30-31, 2007 [...] Embassy Dakar confirms participation in the Crisis Management Exercise (CME) during the period 30-31 January 2007 and warmly welcomes CMT Team Leader Michael Braxton to Dakar, Senegal. The point of contact for coordination of the CME at post will be Roksana Houge. Country clearance for Micha [...]	2007-01-23 10:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA SG
07DAKAR175	DAKAR CRISIS MANAGEMEN EXERCISE, JANUARY 30-31, 2007 [...] Embassy Dakar conirms participation in the Crisis Management Exerise (CME) during the period 30-31 January 2007 and warmly welcomes CMT Team Leader Michael Braxton to Dakar, Senegal. The point of contact for coordination of the CME at post will be Roksana Houge. Country clearance for Michael [...]	2007-01-23 10:48:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA SG
07DAKAR1753	A WALK THROUGH DAKAR UNIVERSITY: THE STUDENTS SPEAK [...] (SBU) In a series of interviews conducted with University of Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) students from all disciplines, student leaders, and university professors concerning their political views and their educational experience, "Failing exams is the rule" and "Success is the exception" was an oft [...]	2007-08-27 12:13:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR ECON SOCI SG
07DAKAR1764	MAURITANIAN REFUGEES: THE DILEMMA OF RETURN [...] (SBU) On July 31, Poloff visited refugee villages in Dagana and Dodel to seek the opinions of refugees regarding recent initiatives by the Mauritanian Government inviting them to return home and President Wade's statement that those who wish to remain in Senegal will be granted Senegalese citi [...]	2007-08-28 12:05:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF MR SG
07DAKAR1816	SENATE ELECTIONS: DEMOCRATIC MISSTEP? [...] (SBU) On August 19, local officials and Members of Parliament elected 35 senators via indirect suffrage. The ruling PDS (Democratic Party of Senegal) won 34 out of the 35 "contested" seats. The only opposition member in the Senate will be a member of AJ/PADS, the African Party for Democracy [...]	2007-09-05 16:41:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL SG
07DAKAR1821	IDRISSA SECK - THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON? [...] (C) On July 25 a meeting took place between representatives of former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck and President Wade to explore ways for Seck to return to the Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) or a reconstituted &Liberal Movement.8 Since then, negotiations between the two parties have contin [...]	2007-09-06 09:32:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG
07DAKAR1859	THE ROAD AHEAD FOR SENEGAL,S OPPOSITION [...] (C) In a meeting with the Charge D'Affaires, the leaders of Senegal's main opposition parties explained their current campaign to hold a National Dialogue and warned that Senegal was faced with the triple threat of an unstable political situation, an out-of-control economy, and social disconten [...]	2007-09-13 11:42:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG
07DAKAR1861	SENEGALESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 62ND UNGA [...] (U) Post has received confirmation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that President Abdoulaye Wade will lead the Senegalese delegation to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. The delegation will also include but may not be limited to: --Mrs. Viviane Wade --Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Mi [...]	2007-09-13 16:06:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA SG
07DAKAR1868	REMITTANCES TO SENEGAL ARE AN ECONOMIC FORCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Formally recorded remittances to Senegal topped USD 800 million in 2006 and are undoubtedly higher this year. Informal money transfers are not quantified, but are also significant, perhaps equaling the formal flow. These funds are an important source of foreign currency and alle [...]	2007-09-14 11:27:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID SG
07DAKAR1918	CLANDESTINE IMMIGRATION-IN SEARCH OF ELDORADO [...] (SBU) Goaded by their families who sell everything to give them their shot, young men, women and even children are connected with unscrupulous middlemen who can charge them over a thousand dollars to spend up to 12 days on rickety boats in sometimes doomed attempts to make it to Spain or Europe [...]	2007-09-25 11:44:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL PREF SG
07DAKAR1934	GUINEA BISSAU:LIFE ON THE ISLANDS COMES INTO FOCUS [...] (C) The week of September 10-14 Poloff and FSN toured the Bijagos Archipelago, a collection of some 90 islands off the coast of Guinea-Bissau. On the islands of Bolama, Bubaque, Orango, Joao Vieira, Polao, Carache, Caravela, Caray, and Rubane Poloff learned what life was like in this remote, [...]	2007-09-27 16:34:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR ECON EFIS SOCI
07DAKAR1957	SENEGAL'S TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION [...] (U) Per reftel request, post provides the following information on Senegal's textile and apparel industry. 2. (U) Senegal is not a significant global producer of textile and apparel products. In 2006, total textile/apparel exports were USD 33.9 million, with exports to the U.S. at less than [...]	2007-10-01 15:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX ECON EINV AGOA SG
07DAKAR1966	International Donor's Conference for the Habre trial [...] (SBU) The Government of Senegal had initially planned to hold a donor's conference for a future trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre on September 17 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Gadio and Minister of Justice Sy chairing it. That plan was abandoned and no new dates have been dete [...]	2007-10-02 11:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS KAWC SG CD
07DAKAR1968	SENEGAL PROPOSES A QUID PRO QUO FOR CANDIDATES TO THE [...] (SBU) In response to our request for their support for Felice Gaer's candidacy for the committee against torture, Senegal has proposed a quid pro quo. In return for their support, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Senegal would like the United States to support Senegalese candidate, Abdoulaye [...]	2007-10-02 13:41:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNHCR UNGA
07DAKAR1987	SENEGAL SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET FOR OIC PROJECTS, PARASTATAL, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 28, Senegal's National Assembly approved a supplemental budget for the current fiscal year, augmenting targeted expenditures by eleven percent following the successful issuances of treasury bonds in June and August 2007, recent announcements of new loans from Saudi [...]	2007-10-04 16:04:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV SG
07DAKAR1988	WADE'S POST-U.N. DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE [...] (U) On October 1, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade gave a rambling, two and a half-hour press conference where he detailed his participation at the 62nd UN General Assembly meeting in New York and his other meetings and activities during his September trip to the United States. He opined t [...]	2007-10-04 16:04:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR PGOV IR ZI SG
07DAKAR1993	WADE INFORMS AND MISINFORMS ON MCC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has publicly confirmed that his government will not pursue a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact to help with Dakar's toll road project. Having previously lost the opportunity for MCC funding of a new industrial platform because of [...]	2007-10-05 07:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KMCA PREL ECON SG
07DAKAR203	HUMBLE FATHER AND PRODIGAL SON: WADE AND SECK [...] (C) With his Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) in shambles and poll numbers apparently dismal a month before elections, President Abdoulaye Wade has absolved ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck of alleged crimes and asked his one-time "spiritual son" for reconciliation. Seck's opposition coalitio [...]	2007-01-24 18:07:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR2059	SENEGAL: SIXTH CONSULTATIVE GROUP [...] SUMMARY: The sixth meeting of the Consultative Group (CG) for Senegal was convened at the World Bank's Paris Office on October 3-4, 2007. The meeting was chaired by Madani Tall, World Bank Director of Operations for Senegal. The 48-person Senegalese Delegation [press reports noted more than 100 [...]	2007-10-18 12:39:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV OTRA SG
07DAKAR2061	DANCERS GETS PROBABTION FOR "OBSCENE DANCING" [...] (C) A recent obscenity case against a well-known dancer, Ndeye Gueye, has pitted social conservatives, imams, and Islamists against secularist and lawyers who say that this kind of jurisprudence poses a danger to Senegal's traditions of social and religious tolerance. Gueye was charged, tried [...]	2007-10-18 15:01:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG
07DAKAR2071	2008 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE: SENEGALESE CANDIDATE. [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 08:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM KISL SG
07DAKAR2091	GOS WILL LIKELY SELL COMPANY SHARES AS PART OF ITS NEEDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal has announced plans to move forward on its much-touted privatization agenda and speed up its divestiture from three key public-private companies by early 2008: Sonatel (Telephone Company),ICS (Fertilizer Company) and Dakar Dem Dikk (public transporta [...]	2007-10-25 07:53:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID ELAB BTIO PGOV SG
07DAKAR2116	SENEGALESE PRESIDENT PLANS TO VISIT ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is still planning to visit Zimbabwe and meet with President Robert Mugabe in an effort to succeed where South African President Thabo Mbeki has failed: relieving the suffering of the people of Zimbabwe. To do so, according to President Wade, se [...]	2007-10-30 13:22:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SG ZI SF UK
07DAKAR2117	DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS FY2007 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the third and fourth quarters (April-September) of FY2007. Responses are keyed to Ref A. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since the last report, the energy crisis has resurfaced, with sporadic daily blackouts, which affect the economic [...]	2007-10-30 16:32:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG
07DAKAR2122	SENEGALESE PRESIDENT IMPRISONS REPORTERS [...] (C) The Senegalese Police's Criminal Investigations Department (DCI) arrested Moussa Gueye, a journalist at the small Rufisque-based paper, "L'Exclusif" after they published an article entitled "The President,s Night Escapades." The police made the arrest in an effort to identify who in the P [...]	2007-10-31 16:41:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PINS SG
07DAKAR2134	SENEGALESE SOCIALISTS IN SEARCH OF LEGITIMACY [...] (SBU) Senegal's main opposition party, the Socialist Party (PS),held its 14th Congress on October 27-28, 2007. Under the theme of "nouvel lan," they announced the beginning of a new march to regain the power they lost in 2000 when President Abdoulaye Wade's victory ended 40 years of Socialist [...]	2007-11-02 12:26:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SG
07DAKAR2144	DELIVERY OF MCC SCORECARD IS OCCASION FOR CRITICISM BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In receiving Senegal's FY08 MCC Scorecard, Presidential Advisor Aminata Niane criticized the MCC's lack of clarifying information in the annual indicators and the lack of flexibility by the MCC to help Senegal, an "important partner," achieve a compact. Minister Niane was not [...]	2007-11-06 14:18:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KMCA PREL ECON MCC SG
07DAKAR2165	ARE THE SENEGALESE SPEAKER'S DAYS NUMBERED? [...] (C) National Assembly President Macky Sall and presidential son Karim Wade's battle to succeed Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has become the source of an expanding rift within the ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS). Partisans on both sides are flooding the media with accusations an [...]	2007-11-09 09:25:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS SOCI ECON PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR2187	LETTER TO SECRETARY OF TREASURY PAULSON FROM SENEGALESE [...] (U) Embassy Dakar received a letter dated October 29 from Senegalese Minister of State and Minister of Finance Abdoulaye Diop for Secretary of Treasury Paulson asking that the Department of Treasury support provide training and capacity-building on techniques to capitalize on government bond i [...]	2007-11-13 12:04:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV SG
07DAKAR2211	IS POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THE HORIZON? [...] (S) In November 5 meeting Charge informed Barthelemy Dias, the new leader of the Socialist Party's youth movement and perennial presidential thorn in the side, that he had been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and informed that because of Dias's American citizenship the GOS believes [...]	2007-11-14 14:34:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM CASC SG
07DAKAR2212	LA RENTREE POLITIQUE 2007 - SUCCESSION SUCCESSION, [...] (C) In "Rentree Poltique 2006," we characterized the Senegalese opposition as self-pitying, the people as angry at the cost of living, youth as depressed about their prospects, and President Abdoulaye Wade as personalizing power. Not only has nothing changed since then, but the situation has w [...]	2007-11-14 15:28:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR2216	SENEGAL: THE SYMPTOMS OF INSTABILITY [...] (SBU) In a November 2, televised address President Abdoulaye Wade called for a "sacred union of the nation" to confront the country's economic difficulties. He proposed to reduce the salaries of all workers to establish a national solidarity fund. He also announced that he had instructed the [...]	2007-11-14 17:36:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL SG

07DAKAR2258	SENEGAL: THREATS AGAINST FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION [...] (SBU) Recently four journalists, Moussa Gueye, Moussa Doucar (REF A),Pape Amadou Gaye, and Elhadj Malick Seck were all arrested and later ordered released by President Abdoulaye Wade in the face of serious pressure from the union of journalists and public opinion. Gaye, editor-in-chief of "L [...]	2007-11-19 09:53:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL SG
07DAKAR2259	MAURITANIAN REFUGEES IN SENEGAL GOING HOME [...] (SBU) In a November 13 meeting hosted by the French Embassy, Rosaline Idowu, Regional representative for the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR),said that UNHCR and the governments of Senegal and Mauritania had signed an agreement to repatriate Mauritanian refugees living in Senegal. The [...]	2007-11-19 10:23:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF MR SG
07DAKAR2268	NOT MUCH RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN SENEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Resource nationalism is not a significant issue in Senegal at this time and the GOS has not attempted to directly manage the exploitation of the country's potential oil, gas, or mining reserves. The government's history to date is to negotiate exploitation rights with a wide ra [...]	2007-11-19 14:33:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EINV PGOV SN
07DAKAR2287	SENEGALESE PRESIDENT WADE RESTRUCTURES HIS PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, Senegalese President Adoulaye Wade chaired a meeting of the Directorate of the ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) where Macky Sall, president of the National Assembly, was removed as number two of the PDS (Wade is the party leader). The meeting also resolv [...]	2007-11-21 16:32:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR2288	NOT MUCH RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN SENEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Resource nationalism is not a significant issue in Senegal at this time and the GOS has not attempted to directly manage the exploitation of the country's potential oil, gas, or mining reserves. The government's history to date is to negotiate exploitation rights with a wide ra [...]	2007-11-21 17:23:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EINV PGOV SN
07DAKAR231	SENEGAL ON AU CHAIRMANSHIP VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 14:06:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SG
07DAKAR2332	Street Merchants Protest in Downtown Dakar [...] (U) Summary: On November 21, protests by small-time street vendors frustrated by a decision from Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade to remove their ubiquitous street stalls from the streets of Dakar bubbled over into violent demonstrations. On Friday 23 November Wade retreated saying that the [...]	2007-11-29 12:07:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR2363	SENEGALESE PRESIDENT WADE DOWNSIZES CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 3, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade fired 11 ministers (including eight women) and hired one new one. This decision fulfills his recent promise to reduce the size of the cabinet to moderate government spending. The new cabinet features 28 members, down from 38, [...]	2007-12-04 17:52:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR2364	SENEGAL'S LIST OF MINISTERS [...] (U) As a result of the December 3 cabinet reshuffle, Senegal has a new cabinet with twenty-eight ministers. Cheikh Hadjibou Soumare, Prime Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdoulaye Diop, Minister of State, Minister of Economy and Finance C [...]	2007-12-04 18:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR2376	SENEGAL WANTS AUDIT OF ASECNA ACCOUNTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Shortly after announcing its withdrawal from the Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa (ASECNA) with an eye towards directly collecting civil aviation revenues, Senegal reversed its decision in favor of the status quo. However, Senegal demanded that ASECNA's Board of Dire [...]	2007-12-07 09:13:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV SG
07DAKAR2410	Ivorian Reggae Star PNGed from Senegal [...] (SBU) Summary: Famed Ivorian Reggae star, Tiken Jah Facoly, was recently declared persona non grata in Senegal after commenting that if President Wade loved his people, he should step down from power. This decision once again spotlights the arbitrary nature of Senegal's judicial system and bri [...]	2007-12-19 11:36:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI PINR SG
07DAKAR2417	IDENT REVIEW RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT SENEGALESE PASSPORT [...] (U) Embassy Dakar recently reviewed the cases of refused Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) applicants whose IDENT hits revealed mala fide identity changes. This review identified several instances when legitimate Senegalese documents were obtained using fraudulent information. Two patterns of identity [...]	2007-12-20 10:36:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KCRM KFRD XY SG GA
07DAKAR258	SENEGAL: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-01 10:21:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV ECON PHUM EAID MASS PREL SG
07DAKAR262	SENEGAL: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-01 16:39:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OVIP PGOV ECON PHUM EAID MASS PREL SG
07DAKAR275	DETERIORATION IN THE CASAMANCE [...] (C) Senegalese Army reoccupation of the Casamance, initially somewhat successful, has proved unable to thwart rebel activity. Violence, while still largely concentrated in a northern triangle bordering on The Gambia, is becoming increasingly significant in the key city of Bignona, and rebel [...]	2007-02-02 14:36:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS ASEC CASC SOCI PGOV PINR SG GA PU
07DAKAR299	SENEGAL'S FIU (CENTIF) LAUNCHES NEW OUTREACH PROGRAM TO [...] SUMMARY: NGouda Fall Kane, Director General of Senegal's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) the CENTIF, presided over a January 23 workshop, where he encouraged enhanced cooperation with different partners including the country's notaries public to strengthen the understanding and implementatio [...]	2007-02-06 12:42:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER ECON EAID PINR KCRM SG
07DAKAR309	SENEGAL'S FIU (CENTIF) LAUNCHES NEW OUTREACH PROGRAM TO [...] SUMMARY: NGouda Fall Kane, Director General of Senegal's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) the CENTIF, presided over a January 23 workshop, where he encouraged enhanced cooperation with different partners including the country's notaries public to strengthen the understanding and implementatio [...]	2007-02-07 08:49:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER ECON EAID PINR KCRM SG
07DAKAR314	BISHOPS, MARABOUTS, BUSINESSMEN AND STONE-THROWING [...] (C) The election campaign has begun, marked by President Abdoulaye Wade's reaffirmation of the importance to him of religion, and by the first acts of violence against major presidential candidates. Days before, the country's most activist and outspoken religious leader told visiting AF/W De [...]	2007-02-07 15:41:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM KIRF SG
07DAKAR355	DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - FIRST QUARTER FY2007 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the first quarter (October-December) of FY2007. Responses are keyed to Reftel A. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: The economic situation in Senegal is difficult and has sparked concerns within the international donor community and am [...]	2007-02-13 15:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG
07DAKAR380	NEXT WEEK'S ELECTIONS: SOME RANDOM OBSERVATIONS [...] In a four-day trip to seven cities, we found flaws in the newly created electoral process. Watchdog organizations are under-funded, under-equipped, undermanned, not always well managed, and inefficient. Meanwhile, 15 presidential campaigns crisscross the country, tying up roads and raising [...]	2007-02-16 14:20:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PINS SG
07DAKAR393	SUNDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: THERE'LL BE A [...] (C) President Abdoulaye Wade's people claim he will win the first round presidential election on February 25. Others, in sharp contrast, claim his private polls are so bad he could drop out of the race before Sunday. Amidst this fog of spin and speculation, and absent reliable polls, we find [...]	2007-02-21 12:24:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR40	SENEGAL'S RESPONSE TO MERCURY ISSUES DEMARCHE [...] SUMMARY: At the 24th Session of UNEP's Governing Council, Senegal will likely support efforts to establish a legally binding treaty to control mercury, believing that such a convention will be a significant asset in the administrative and legal control of mercury, according to Mrs. Fatima Dia [...]	2007-01-08 08:40:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EMIN PREL AORC UNEP SG
07DAKAR410	DAKAR: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING ON ELECTION [...] (U) The Ambassador convened the EAC on February 22, 2007, to review our security posture in light of election violence that broke out on the evening of February 21, 2007. 2. (U) According to a variety of sources, supporters of President Abdoulaye Wade clashed with supporters of opposition [...]	2007-02-22 16:13:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV CASC PHUM PINS SG
07DAKAR412	GADIO REACTS TO CONDEMNATION OF ELECTION VIOLENCE [...] (C) Following the latest campaign violence on February 21 (reftel),I convened Embassy Dakar,s Emergence Action Committee. The Committee agreed on a number of steps to minimize danger to the private and official American communities. We also issued a press release condemning political viole [...]	2007-02-22 17:20:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL OPDC OPRC SG
07DAKAR416	SENEGALESE VIEWS ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 08:44:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS UNSC GV SG
07DAKAR426	SENEGAL: ELECTION SITREP 1, 13:50 GMT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Senegal's 4.9 million registered voters appear to be voting in large numbers today in what most see as a referendum on President Abdoulaye Wade's seven years in office. The voters roll is twice as large as the 2000 list and includes many youth who had hoped Wade would create more [...]	2007-02-25 13:41:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SG
07DAKAR427	SENEGAL: ELECTION SITREP 2, 22:00 GMT [...] SUMMARY: Turnout in Senegal's presidential election remains heavy; so the Government extended voting until 23:00 GMT, with many people voting by candlelight. Disorganization deterred an unknown number of Senegalese from casting their ballots. Thousands of potential voters had still not recei [...]	2007-02-25 22:06:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PINS SG
07DAKAR437	SENEGAL: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SITREP 3: WADE [...] (SBU) President Abdoulaye Wade is leading the first round presidential pack throughout the country and is ahead by surprising margins (80 percent in Touba) and in unexpected areas (Podor). The Government made an early claim that Wade was winning 57 percent, but the opposition is brandishing [...]	2007-02-26 17:58:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS ASEC PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR448	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR REGIONAL [...] Ambassador Janice L. Jacobs and Embassy Dakar warmly welcome and grant country clearance to all participants for attendance at the RSI Conference to be held in Dakar on 13 March 2007 to: 2. CONFERENCE POINTS OF CONTACT: a) Embassy control officer will be RSO John Bray. Embassy Tel: [221] [...]	2007-02-28 15:30:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC MASS OTRA SG
07DAKAR449	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR REGIONAL STRATEGIC [...] AMBASSADOR JANICE L. JACOBS AND EMBASSY DAKAR WARMLY WELCOME AND GRANT COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS FOR ATTENDANCE AT THE RSI CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN DAKAR ON 13 MARCH 2007 TO: 2. CONFERENCE POINTS OF CONTACT: A) EMBASSY CONTROL OFFICER WILL BE RSO JOHN BRAY. EMBASSY TEL: [221] [...]	2007-02-28 15:32:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC MASS OTRA SG
07DAKAR450	SENEGAL: ELECTION SITREP 4: SOME REASONS WHY WADE [...] (C) President Wade's allies and minions may have tried hard to manipulate Sunday's election, but as it turned out, they hardly needed to make the effort. Wade outclassed the competition by a comfortable margin, in highly competitive areas such as Kaolack and Saint Louis and even where he was [...]	2007-02-28 15:33:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR456	GUINEA-BISSAU: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Guinea-Bissau is a source of children trafficked for forced agricultural work and begging, primarily in Senegal. Muslim Koranic teachers, known as marabouts, travel from Senegal or send intermediaries to convince parents to send children purportedly for a religious education. Those chi [...]	2007-02-28 12:51:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF PU
07DAKAR457	TERRORIST FINANCE: SENEGAL'S RESPONSE TO USG CONCERN OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per Ref A request, Econ Counselor met separately with Senegal's Financial Intelligence Unit (CENTIF),Senegal's Department of Customs, and ECOWAS' Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA),to exchange views on the capacity and willingness [...]	2007-02-28 12:53:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER ECON EAID SG
07DAKAR478	SENEGAL: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SITREP 5: PROVISIONAL [...] (SBU) With the announcement of provisional election results, Senegal's voters gave incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade a comfortable victory. He won in 32 two of Senegal's 34 departments, gaining a national majority of 55.72 per cent with a vote tally of 1,873,907. With 70 percent turnout, th [...]	2007-03-01 12:41:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR479	SENEGAL: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SITREP 5: PROVISIONAL [...] (SBU) With the announcement of provisional election results, Senegal's voters gave incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade a comfortable victory. He won in 32 two of Senegal's 34 departments, gaining a national majority of 55.72 per cent with a vote tally of 1,873,907. With 70 percent turnout, th [...]	2007-03-02 08:00:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR489	A COMBATIVE WADE BLAMES SECK AND MEDIA FOR NEGATIVE IMAGE [...] (SBU) Within a few minutes of the announcement of preliminary official results, newly reelected President Abdoulaye Wade hosted a two-hour press conference in front of the media, his cabinet and the entire diplomatic corps. Rather than being magnanimous in victory, Wade blamed former Prime Mi [...]	2007-03-02 11:50:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PGOV SG
07DAKAR501	SENEGAL: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] SUMMARY: After being upgraded last year from Tier 2 Watch List to Tier 2 status, Senegal has continued to devote significant time and attention to the issue of trafficking in persons. Following passage of its first trafficking-in-persons (TIP) law in April 2005, police now maintain a compute [...]	2007-03-05 12:13:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF SG
07DAKAR506	GUINEA BISSAU: UPDATE FOR U.S./CHINA DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) At a time when traditional Western donors are proceeding slowly with budgetary and program assistance to Guinea-Bissau, China is surging ahead with new trade and aid programs for the impoverished nation. The PRC is still focused on fishing but is also exploring agricultural assistance, h [...]	2007-03-05 16:23:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD EAID PGOV PREL CH GB
07DAKAR508	TRANS-SAHARAN COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIP (TSCTP) [...] (C) The Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) Chiefs of Defense (CHODs) and the EUCOM Deputy Commander met in Dakar on February 6 and 7. There was general agreement that terrorism in North and West Africa is linked with organized crime, including illegal migration and traffickin [...]	2007-03-05 17:50:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR ECON PHUM EAID MASS PREL SG
07DAKAR547	SENEGAL: REFLECTIONS ON THE THREAT AND THE [...] (S/NF) With a population of approximately 12 million, democratic, pro-Western Senegal should remain stable for the foreseeable future. Despite its predominately Islamic population and high levels of unemployment, there is no evidence, and indeed little chance, that Jihadist ideologies have t [...]	2007-03-08 12:54:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC EAID PREL KISL SG
07DAKAR554	WHY WADE WON [...] (C) Defying predictions, President Abdoulaye Wade crushed all comers in the February 25 election. Senegalese disagree if there was fraud and on the degree of registration manipulation, but all concur President Wade had the money, machinery and message to win. Wade's charisma and an inconseq [...]	2007-03-08 18:19:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR562	SENEGAL NOT SUPPORTIVE OF USG PRIORITIES FOR HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 18:15:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC SG
07DAKAR567	FINAL RESULTS OF SENEGALESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] On March 11, Senegal's Constitutional Council rejected most of the appeals concerning election fraud and declared the final results: -- CANDIDATE VOTES PERCENT --------- ----- ------- Abdoulaye Wade 1,914,403 55.90 [...]	2007-03-12 13:37:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM SG
07DAKAR583	SENEGAL AGOA - INPUT FOR 2007 PRESIDENT'S REPORT [...] Following is embassy's input on Senegal for the 2007 President's report on AGOA keyed to the template outlined in reftel and last year's report as published by USTR. This text has also been provided to AF/W and AF/EPS via e-mail. 2. Begin embassy input: MARKET ECONOMY/ECONOMIC REFORM/E [...]	2007-03-14 17:46:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SG
07DAKAR588	SENEGAL'S FY07 BUDGET RELYS ON HIPC SAVINGS AND DOMESTIC [...] Senegal's FY2007 (January 1 - December 31) budget expenditures of CFAF 1.519 trillion (USD 2.978 billion) represents an overall increase of 7.9 percent over the 2006 budget. For 2007, the Government of Senegal is anticipating revenues of CFAF 1.048 trillion (USD 2.0 billion) from domestic sou [...]	2007-03-15 07:41:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID SG
07DAKAR596	SENEGAL: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT UPDATE: [...] (SBU) According to Judicial Police Director Ndoye, Senegal has successfully prosecuted two traffickers under the 2005 TIP law. Two Senegalese marabouts, Serigne Mamadou Thiam and Abdou Faye, were each sentenced to 18 months for sending boys from Senegal to Mali, with the intention of sending [...]	2007-03-15 14:23:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF SG
07DAKAR599	2007 DAKAR CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE: LESSONS [...] Post wishes to thank FSI for a successful crisis management exercise (CME). The timing of the exercise was excellent as Senegal prepared for its presidential elections in late February. The exercise enhanced post's crisis management preparedness and prepared post for the February crisis that [...]	2007-03-15 17:43:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA SG
07DAKAR612	AF PDAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD MEETS SENIOR MINISTER OF [...] (C) During a March 12, 2007 meeting with Senegalese Foreign Minister Gadio, AF PDAS Thomas-Greenfield praised a peaceful Mauritanian election while Gadio expressed hope that the new President will rejoin ECOWAS and deal with the refugee situation. On Somalia, Gadio agreed that a clear messag [...]	2007-03-16 15:37:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KDEM GV MR SO SU SG
07DAKAR617	NEA DAS GRAY MEETS FOREIGN MINISTRY SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: During a March 14, 2007 meeting, Senegalese Foreign Ministry Secretary General Claude Absa Diallo and NEA DAS Gordon Gray discussed Senegal,s hosting of the next Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) Summit, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran. Ambassador Diallo urged [...]	2007-03-16 18:28:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL IR SG
07DAKAR649	SENEGAL: NARCOTICS SEIZURES AND OTHER CRIME DATA FOR 2006 [...] On March 16, Leopold Diouf, the Director General for National Security in the Ministry of Interior and Local Government, released crime statistics for 2006. He noted that Senegalese police seized 29 kilograms of cocaine; 8,396 tons of marijuana, and 129,232 capsules of various psychotropic dr [...]	2007-03-21 11:08:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC KCRM SG
07DAKAR666	POSSIBLE SENEGAL-INDIA AGREEMENT TO REVIVE PHOSPHATE [...] (SBU) Two days before the reelection of President Wade, the Government of Senegal (GOS) and the India Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited Group (IFFCO) signed what is described as an interim agreement on February 23, to revive production at Senegal's national phosphates company, Industries [...]	2007-03-22 17:20:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EIND ETRD IN SG
07DAKAR67	GUINEA BISSAU: ADDITIONAL LES STAFF NEEDED [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 8. The U.S. strategy for Guinea-Bissau (Ref A) calls for a review of security and staffing in Guinea-Bissau at the end of 2006. The situation is peaceful; USG activities continue to increase; post is opening new office space; and efforts to re-op [...]	2007-01-09 16:42:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT PREL AODE APER PU
07DAKAR673	SENEGAL'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER STRIKE [...] (U) Led by the Confederation of Autonomous Unions (CSA),Senegal's 17,000 elementary school teachers staged a March 20 nationwide "warning" strike. Their objective was to demand equal implementation of a new benefit President Wade granted high school teachers on the eve of February 25 preside [...]	2007-03-23 15:28:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB SOCI PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR674	PRESIDENT WADE SEEKS MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL BIOFUELS [...] (U) On March 22, Ambassador Claude Absa Diallo, the Acting Foreign Minister, convoked the DCM (then Charge) to present a March 8 letter from President Abdoulaye Wade to President George W. Bush seeking membership in the International Biofuels Forum that was launched in New York on March 2. An [...]	2007-03-23 16:25:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG OPDC PREL SG
07DAKAR682	SENEGAL - RELATIVELY WELL-PREPARED FOR AVIAN/PANDEMIC [...] SUMMARY: Senegal appears relatively well-prepared to cope with an outbreak of Avian and/or Pandemic Influenza (AIPI). The Government of Senegal has an active AI working group and has hosted a number of AIPI conferences and exercises. The USG has also hosted several regional seminars on AIPI [...]	2007-03-26 11:37:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMGT ASEC CASC KSAF SG
07DAKAR696	SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION ATTENDING [...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for President Abdoulaye Wade's second inauguration on April 3, 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United Sta [...]	2007-03-27 14:12:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ELAB PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA SG
07DAKAR705	AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH REES' VISIT TO DAKAR [...] (U) In meetings with the Senegalese government, civil society, NGOs and Catholic and Muslim religious leaders, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees, Special Representative for Social Issues, discussed U.S. contributions to the fight against HIV/AIDS, the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, U.S. problems wi [...]	2007-03-29 08:36:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI TBIO PHUM PINS PREL KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR777	TSCTP/RSI CONFERENCE: LESS COUNTERTERRORISM, MORE [...] (S) SUMMARY: To succeed in the medium- and long-term against terrorism in the Trans-Sahara region, the USG must help countries address fundamental social, economic, and political problems that undermine their stability, concluded Ambassadors at the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership ( [...]	2007-04-10 11:51:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PTER EAID MASS PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI SG
07DAKAR785	PARLIAMENTARY GENDER PARITY LAW NOT AS GOOD AS IT [...] (SBU) At President Wade's initiative, a new law requires gender parity in the proportional lists -- but not the constituency lists -- of candidates in future legislative elections. Many women consider this a major step forward, but one of the most outspoken, Penda Mbow, calls it a Wade campa [...]	2007-04-10 18:22:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KWMN PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR82	SENEGAL TO INCREASE TROOPS IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) During a 12 December meeting at the Senegalese Armed Forces Headquarters, Senegalese Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Colonel Cherif Mbodj informed Embassy Dakar Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief that Senegal would be increasing the size of its troop contribution for the A [...]	2007-01-10 11:54:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SG SU MOPS
07DAKAR820	SENEGAL CONTEMPLATING WITHDRAWAL FROM DARFUR [...] (C) On April 11, Senegal,s Council of Ministers issued a statement declaring that &If the African Union is not empowered and given the means to assure the safety of our people in the field, the Government of Senegal could foresee a pullout of its (532) peacekeepers.8 The statement deplored t [...]	2007-04-13 12:55:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PKPO PREL SG SU
07DAKAR823	LABOR SECRETARY CHAO LEADS PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO [...] SUMMARY: Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao led the presidential delegation to the second inauguration of Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, as well as the 47th anniversary celebration of Senegal's independence from France and related events. During the April 3-5 festivities, Senegal hosted [...]	2007-04-16 06:59:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP ELAB EAIR PGOV KMCA SG
07DAKAR833	WADE RE-INAUGURATED: IMAGINING SOLUTIONS TO [...] (C) The odd thing about President Wade's re-election is that few Senegalese are asking about his second-term plans: what they really want to know is whom he will anoint to succeed him. Meanwhile, with various opposition parties boycotting upcoming parliamentary elections, doubts about the fa [...]	2007-04-16 18:33:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON PINS PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR862	SEEKING PUBLIC COMMITMENTS OF PERSONNEL FOR DARFUR [...] (SBU) With President Abdoulaye Wade in Nouakchott for the presidential inauguration and Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio out of the country, Charge made reftel demarche to Ambassador Mankeur Ndiaye, the Director of Cabinet at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ndiaye rep [...]	2007-04-19 15:06:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO SU SG
07DAKAR869	GUINEA BISSAU: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSAL [...] Embassy,s trafficking in persons (TIP) project proposal for Guinea-Bissau follows. This year, G/TIP proposed to downgrade Guinea-Bissau to Tier Two Watch List in the annual Trafficking in Person,s Report. Guinea-Bissau has demonstrated improvement in its anti-trafficking efforts since it ap [...]	2007-04-20 12:00:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ASEC ELAB KCRM PREL SMIG PU
07DAKAR871	SENEGAL: FY-2007 ESF AND INCLE PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Embassy Dakar is pleased to submit four project proposals to strengthen and expand Senegal's commitment to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The proposals, listed in order of funding priority, would provide training in trafficking for law enforcement and health officials, give social assi [...]	2007-04-20 12:30:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ASEC ELAB KCRM SMIG SG
07DAKAR922	NIGERIA: WADE SAYS LET THE COURTS DECIDE ON THE ELECTIONS [...] (U) On April 24, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade's spokesman El hadji Amadou Sall issued a statement on the Nigerian elections in which he appealed for an end to election-related violence and called on parties to use the mechanisms provided in the Nigerian Constitution to settle disputes. [...]	2007-04-26 11:02:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM NI SG
07DAKAR938	LETTER FROM THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC [...] The Embassy of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau to the Republic of Senegal has requested that we forward the following letter from the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Maria da Conceicao Nobre Cabral, to Secretary of Stat [...]	2007-04-27 12:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS OPDC PU
07DAKAR940	SENEGAL CURRENTLY HAS 2,681 SOLDIERS AND CIVPOL IN SIX [...] Eighty Senegalese peacekeepers who have been serving as civilian police (CIVPOL) in Haiti returned last week. With Senegal benefiting from the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) and Centers of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) programs, the Mission has [...]	2007-04-27 12:22:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MCAP KPKO SG
07DAKAR944	GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA, PHASE [...] Senegal's National Malaria Control Program (PNLP) is using this Global Fund grant to introduce new artemesinin-based combination therapy (ACT) drugs for treatment of uncomplicated malaria, provide intermittent preventive treatment for pregnant women, and distribute insecticide-treated bednets. [...]	2007-04-27 15:12:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV TBIO SOCI SG
07DAKAR952	EMBASSY DAKAR,S PROPOSALS FOR FY-2007 AMBASSADOR,S [...] Embassy Dakar is pleased to submit three proposals to aid organizations that provide critical assistance to refugees in Senegal. Each of the three USD 20,000 proposals focuses on the conflict-ridden Casamance region. The proposals consist of continuing a project to increase awareness of the [...]	2007-04-30 17:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID SG
07DAKAR962	NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 13:31:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ SG
07DAKAR963	NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 14:43:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ SG
07DAKAR996	UPDATED EMBASSY AKAR PROPOSAL FOR FY 2007 [...] EmbassyDakar is pleased to re-submit one project proposa to aid an organization that provides critical asistance to refugees in Senegal. The proposal focses on assisting landmine victims in the Casamane region. PROPOSAL ONE: HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL-INGUICHOR -------------------------------- [...]	2007-05-07 17:54:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID SG
07DARESSALAAM819	TANZANIA: FOREIGN MINISTER MEMBE DISCUSSES [...] (C) The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bernard Membe, told the Charge June 6 that Tanzania will join an AU mission to stabilize the situation in the Comoros Islands, by sending a company of 200 soldiers to monitor upcoming elections and train the Comoran army. The M [...]	2007-06-07 15:41:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MOPS IR SO ZI TZ
07DJIBOUTI1230	DJIBOUTI STRIKES (FRANCE) BACK; TENSIONS COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djiboutians made an unprecedented show of support for their president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, during a government-organized rally on October 20 with over 20,000 people thronging the streets to express an anti-French sentiment over the celebrated Borrel Affair. Anti-French songs in t [...]	2007-10-29 07:32:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL DJ
07FREETOWN464	SPECIAL COURT DELIVERS GUILTY VERDICT IN CDF TRIAL [...] (U) On August 2, Moinina Fofana and Allieu Kondewa of the Civil Defence Force (CDF) were found guilty of war crimes committed during Sierra Leone's decade long civil war by a majority of the three judges of Trial Chamber I in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). Fofana was convicted on f [...]	2007-08-02 20:13:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KAWC SL
07FREETOWN754	FREETOWN MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 2007 [...] Summary: Embassy Freetown's outreach in November 2007 included articles surrounding A/S Frazer's attendance at the inauguration of President Koroma, newly-arrived Ambassador Perry's courtesy calls on Ministers, the opening of two new American Shelves in Freetown, and the Embassy's commemoratio [...]	2007-12-21 13:43:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO SL
07FREETOWN79	SIERRA LEONE 2007 NATIONAL ELECTIONS: SETTING THE [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables intended to set the context for the July 28, 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections, only the fifth multiparty elections in Sierra Leone since its independence in 1961. Post welcomes any comments or suggestions. ---------------------------- [...]	2007-02-02 15:45:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ELECTIONS SL
07GENEVA2626	Human Rights Council Session Highlights Troubling [...] Summary: The Human Rights Council's resumed Sixth Session of December 10-14 highlighted the pernicious dynamic of previous sessions in which important resolutions were held hostage to negotiations between the European Union and Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). That dynamic was e [...]	2007-12-17 16:51:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
07HARARE1073	Zim Notes November 30, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2007-11-30 09:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
07ISLAMABAD2348	ISLAMABAD HOSTS ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC [...] (U) On 15-17 May, the 34th Islamic Conference of Ministers convened in Islamabad. Ministers discussed the need for stability in Iraq and Somalia; assistance for Sudan and Afghanistan; concern over Iran; and independence for Kosovo. Other highlights were a brainstorming session on the causes o [...]	2007-05-26 08:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07KHARTOUM1526	AMIS CAMP IN HASKANITA ATTACKED [...] (SBU) On the evening of September 29 the AMIS Military Group Site (MGS) in Haskanita came under brazen attack by an unidentified force using small arms fire, machine gun fire, and rocket-propelled grenades, but the attack was repulsed. In the early hours of September 30, the MGS was attacked [...]	2007-09-30 14:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1608	HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 4 report, the Chief of Plans for UNAMID Transition, Colonel Johnstone, in El Fasher, North Darfur, described current UNAMID deployment status. He termed GOS cooperation to date as "reasonable," noted the complexity of the transition, provided a rundown of troop con [...]	2007-10-15 05:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1609	HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 4 report, the Chief of Plans for UNAMID Transition, Colonel Johnstone, in El Fasher, North Darfur, described current UNAMID deployment status. He termed GOS cooperation to date as "reasonable," noted the complexity of the transition, provided a rundown of troop con [...]	2007-10-15 05:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM643	POSSIBLE EXECUTION OF SLA/M SOLDIERS BY AMIS TROOPS [...] (S) Post draws Department attention to the information report referenced above, supported by photographic evidence, which suggests that three Sudan Liberation Army Minawi (SLA/M) soldiers may have been executed by Senegalese troops in retaliation for the deaths of five of their own. The incid [...]	2007-04-24 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM756	HSP IN SIX MONTHS... CAN AMIS LAST? [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: A senior UN military official in Khartoum estimated that the Heavy Support Package (HSP) will not deploy for at least six months due to the lack of agreement on chain of command and the rules of engagement between UN and AU headquarters. Other international officia [...]	2007-05-14 16:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPKO UN AU SU MOPS
07KHARTOUM780	AMIS READY FOR HONORABLE EXIT [...] (S) A senior African Union official told Poloff on May 17 that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) needs a viable exit strategy to turn the peace-keeping mission in Darfur over to the United Nations. At a weekend "brainstorming retreat" in Port Sudan for AU staff a few days earlier, they [...]	2007-05-18 14:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL KPKO AU UN SU EG
07KIGALI1062	IT FOR AFRICA: RWANDA LEADS THE WAY [...] Summary. Rwanda hosted the Connect Africa Summit October 29-30. Six African presidents, 53 communications ministers, and 19 corporate executives attended the summit which was intended to accelerate broadband and wireless connectivity in Africa. Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary General of the Int [...]	2007-11-16 05:07:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI633	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 15:29:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KUALALUMPUR467	MALAYSIAN OIC DIPLOMAT ON HAMAS VISIT, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) The March 3 visit of a senior Hamas leader was in line with Prime Minister Abdullah's desire to engage directly and in more detail on Middle East issues, Malaysia's senior OIC diplomat Ambassador Ibrahim Abdullah told polchief March 9. The Pakistan initiative represents a "repackaging" o [...]	2007-03-12 11:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KISL KNNP OIC IS PK IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR782	MALAYSIA'S POLITICAL CYCLES [...] Summary: Malaysia's established cycle of meetings and events helps define the country's political landscape and determine to an extent the pace of political developments. In this cable we outline the government's primary meeting schedule and the political events that drive Malaysia's politic [...]	2007-04-26 08:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR MY
07KUALALUMPUR812	AFGHANISTAN: MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi plans to visit Kabul on June 3-4 at the invitation of the Aga Khan to attend an Enabling Environment Conference on Enhancing Private Investment and Development. Abdullah is expected to spend one over-night in Kabul on his 36 hour visit. A delegat [...]	2007-05-07 09:11:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL AF MY
07LAGOS522	IFC VILLAGE TELEPHONY PROJECT UNDERWAY IN NIGERIA [...] Summary: The International Finance Corporation would create, at a minimum, 1000 businesses for rural women and extend mobile phone network coverage to rural areas. The Village Phone Project would also expand the capacity of microfinance institutions to manage small-scale loans. This project wa [...]	2007-07-25 15:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EIND NI PGOV PREL EINV
07LIBREVILLE82	DHRF-FUNDED RITUAL CRIMES CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS TABOO [...] Summary: Post used DHRF funds to sponsor a one-day conference on ritual crimes organized by the local NGO "L'Association de Lutte Contre les Crimes Rituels" (ALCR). The objective of the conference was to focus attention on ritual crimes in Gabon and help develop a plan of action to fight the pr [...]	2007-02-14 13:57:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG PGOV OPRC EAID KCRM GB
07LISBON3178	EU-AFRICA SUMMIT; EPAS, ZIMBABWE, DARFUR [...] (SBU/NF) Summary. The Portuguese are justly proud of the successful EU-Africa Summit held December 8-9 in Lisbon, even if the self-congratulation is sometimes over the top. Economic partnership agreements that the European mission thought were a done deal were derailed for further study, and [...]	2007-12-18 16:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID ETRD PINS MOPS PHUM EUN XA PO
07LOME584	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE PARTICIPANTS TO US [...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for two Togolese police officers and one customs officer nominated to attend the GIABA/U.S. Treasury Department Regional Workshop on "Cross-Border Cash Smuggling." The workshop will take place in Dakar, Senegal on 5 - 7 September, 2007. 2. Na [...]	2007-08-09 14:01:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TO
07LONDON317	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met at Central Hall Westminster in London, UK from 06-09 November 2006, to hold the ninety-seventh session of the Council (C97) chaired by Mr. Johann Franson (Sweden). Topics of significant interest included: Condolences for the recent pa [...]	2007-01-25 16:18:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA
07LUANDA650	ANGOLA CHAIRS SOUTH ATLANTIC PEACE ZONE [...] (C) Summary. Angola hosted the sixth Ministerial Conference of the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone from June 18-19, 2007 in Luanda, and now chairs the organization. The main outcome of the conference was approval of the Luanda Action Plan (LAP),an extremely broad paper calling for [...]	2007-06-27 16:06:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AO
07LUXEMBOURG80	LUXEMBOURG: 2007 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Luxembourg is pleased to present the following information regarding trafficking in persons in Luxembourg. Point of contact is Tom Boughter; tel: +352 46-01-23, ext. 2240. Political officer (FS-04) spent 20 hours meeting contacts and collecting information for this report. Acting [...]	2007-02-23 13:37:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB LU

07MADRID1295	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) In a June 25 energy conference organized by the American Chamber of Commerce, the Ambassador spoke on the security, environmental and economic benefits of diversifying our energy sources. The Ambassador discussed the President's new initiative on climate change and our commitment to renew [...]	2007-07-03 14:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD TBIO SP EINV
07MADRID1341	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Operation Glamour, a major police operation against pirating in Spain netted 334,095 name brand articles made in Asia with an estimated value of 25 million euros, according to Pedro Calvo, delegate of Community Security & Mobility. Operation Glamour was successful in dismantling an interna [...]	2007-07-09 14:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR TBIO SP
07MADRID1597	SPAIN: IMMIGRATION UPDATE 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: In 2006, Spain's population rose from 43,758,300 to 45,166,894 according to the national census. Of the additional 1.35 million people, the majority were immigrants. Over the last six years, the overall immigrant population in Spain has more than doubled to 4.5 million. In the l [...]	2007-08-17 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SMIG SP
07MADRID1600	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) This follows Thursday's 3.72% drop. Spain's Dow equivalent, the Ibex-35, had a rocky week, like most European stock markets. The market fell by about 4% over the week. The general and financial press has been full of stories about the dramatic events on the stock market, particularly aft [...]	2007-08-20 08:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SMIG
07MADRID1734	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) For the first time, on 9/5/07, Economy and Finance Minister Solbes conceded that there was more "uncertainty" about prospects for the Spanish economy, although he was quick to add he still thinks that Spain will grow by "close to" 3% in 2008, which is still higher than the eurozone average [...]	2007-09-10 11:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID1735	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) For the first time, on 9/5/07, Economy and Finance Minister Solbes conceded that there was more "uncertainty" about prospects for the Spanish economy, although he was quick to add he still thinks that Spain will grow by "close to" 3% in 2008, which is still higher than the eurozone average [...]	2007-09-10 11:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID2035	COUNTER-TERRORISM: DCM'S OCTOBER 25 CONVERSATION [...] (S) DCM met October 25 with Spanish Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho and congratulated him on the Guardia Civil's October 23 arrest in Burgos of six suspected Islamic terrorists from the self-proclaimed "al-Ansar" group. The six are accused of fund raising, recruiting terrorists [...]	2007-10-25 16:49:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PREL PTER SNAR SP
07MADRID2129	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - NOVEMBER [...] (U) The 0.7% quarter-on-quarter GDP growth figure was lower than the second quarter's 0.9%, so it tracks with other signs of a slowdown. The Spanish government forecasts full-year 2007 growth of 3.8%. (Comment: The big question is how much lower growth will be in 2008. The opposition conser [...]	2007-11-19 10:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KIPR PTER SOCI TBIO SP
07MADRID2155	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - NOVEMBER [...] (U) There is much media speculation that Second Vice President and Finance Minister Solbes will run for a parliamentary seat, perhaps as the number two to President Zapatero in the Madrid area. (Comment: Getting Solbes to stay, and to run, is all about shoring up the PSOE's centrist and center [...]	2007-11-26 13:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KIPR PTER SOCI TBIO SP
07MADRID2216	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (U) The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) held its 19th Business Roundtable with the GOS in Madrid on December 4. The EIU tried with mixed success to get the high-level participants to talk about the prospects of a hard landing versus a soft landing scenario for the Spanish economy. President [...]	2007-12-10 09:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT KIPR PARM PGOV SP
07MADRID2238	SPAIN/ISLAM: GOS SURVEY FINDS MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Spain released its second annual survey of first generation immigrants of Muslim faith on December 11. The results, which generally described a tolerant and fairly content Muslim population in Spain, closely corresponded with those of the 2006 survey. Eighty-t [...]	2007-12-14 12:39:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF KPLS SP
07MADRID336	SPANISH ASSISTANCE IN AFRICA: NOT THE SAME AS PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on the 2006 conversations and correspondence between Assistant Secretary Frazer and Spanish Director General Alvaro Iranzo, Emboffs met February 20 with Cristina Diaz Fernandez-Gil, Deputy Director General for Spanish International Cooperation in Africa and Asia, to d [...]	2007-02-23 08:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID SP XA
07MADRID383	SPAIN HOSTS MINISTERIAL WITH ARAB NATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs briefed PolCouns February 26 on events surrounding the February 23 Spain-Arab Nations Ministerial in Madrid to inaugurate Spain's newest cultural/international center, "Casa Arabe." Approximately 14 Arab Foreign Ministers attended t [...]	2007-03-02 11:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KISL SP
07MADRID950	DEPUTY FM LEON ON KOSOVO, IRAQ, IRAN/VENEZUELA, [...] (C) Summary. Charge met with MFA Secretary of State Bernardino Leon on May 17 at the Charge's residence. Leon said Spain was looking forward to the visit of Secretary Rice and said that there was concern that the visit not be manipulated by "either side" of the Spanish political spectrum. C [...]	2007-05-18 17:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
07MANAGUA1622	ORTEGA ADMINISTRATION AT SIX MONTHS [...] (C) Summary: During his first six months in office, President Daniel Ortega has expanded executive powers and used them to destroy or give away pieces of Nicaragua's cultural patrimony; to threaten opposition media and freedom of expression; to fire large numbers of government officials and r [...]	2007-07-02 17:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON NU
07MANILA3728	MINDANAO PEACE PROCESS MOVES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. The Philippine government has made important progress on each side of its dual-track peace discussions with Muslim groups in Mindanao, increasing the likelihood that both sets of talks will return to formal negotiations early in the new year. During preparatory talks in Kuala L [...]	2007-11-20 09:09:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KISL RP
07MONTREAL302	Blue Lantern Level 3: Pre-License Check on Application [...] (SBU) Conoff contacted Rheinmetall Canada headquarters in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. All officials contacted were helpful and forthcoming, and though they had not been contacted by the Mission in the past, understood the purpose of our questions. 2. Natalie Nantel, Transport Coordinator [...]	2007-07-25 14:28:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC NL CA TU GM NO
07NAIROBI1221	KENYA'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES, DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has ambitious plans to open a number of diplomatic missions around the world. The overriding goal of Kenyan diplomacy is to promote economic development through greater market access and increased investment and remittances. Africa has replaced Europe as the chief preocc [...]	2007-03-15 11:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KE PREL SENV
07NAIROBI2242	CITES COP 14: KENYA SEEKS USG SUPPORT ON IVORY TRADE BAN, [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya remains hopeful that the U.S. will side with it and Mali and oppose efforts by Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa to get CITES approval for additional one-off sales of government-held stockpile [...]	2007-05-25 13:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON KSCA ETRD PGOV PINR KE
07NAIROBI3968	Delta Announces New York-Nairobi Service Starting June [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: U.S. carrier Delta Airlines has announced plans for Nairobi-New York service via Dakar starting in June 2008. Since Kenya is an FAA Category 2 country, Nairobi passengers, luggage and cargo must be offloaded, checked, and re-load [...]	2007-10-04 14:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR AGOA ECON ETRD PTER KE
07NAIROBI4441	Kenya Air Services Negotiations; Questions from Kenya [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya Airways sees no real benefit from Kenya signing an Open Skies Agreement with the U.S. until Kenya achieves Category 1 status. In fact, it is concerned about the potential competition from U.S. airlines that could ser [...]	2007-11-14 05:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA ECON KE
07NDJAMENA262	NEW CHAD CABINET: KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, YOUR [...] (SBU) President Deby's new cabinet, announced on March 4, features eight new ministers. The new cabinet has several notable characteristics. Some 13 percent have participated in the international visitors program and one is a former USAID employee. For the first time in recent memory, the c [...]	2007-03-26 15:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL CD
07NDJAMENA506	ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy NQDjamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...]	2007-06-19 16:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA508	CORRECTED VERSION: ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy N'Djamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...]	2007-06-20 06:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA53	CHAD:SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] (S/NF) Following are AmEmbassy N'djamena's comments on Section 1206 proposals for Chad. Given the fragility of the political situation in Chad, highly visible equipment deliveries or major new training programs should be avoided, 2. (S/NF) A. Improve Partner National Intelligence (Al [...]	2007-01-22 11:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PK PM PREL MASS CD
07NDJAMENA628	CHAD: SECTION 1206 FOR FY 07 [...] (S/NOFORN) Post has reviewed the FY 07 proposed 1206 activity (reftel A) and declines the following program: Tactical Communications Interoperability (TCI) (USD 3.144) for Chad, Algeria, Mauritania and Nigeria Reason: At this time a number of training and equipment activities are underway [...]	2007-07-31 10:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET	PARM PK PM PREL MASS CD
07NDJAMENA942	UPDATE ON MINURCAT IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: MINURCAT is moving forward in preparing training activities for Chadian police, but the security and political situation could significantly delay or prevent the planned deployment to eastern Chad. Privately, MINURCAT members expressed concern about their narrow mandate, which [...]	2007-12-06 16:44:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF UNSC CD CT
07NEWDELHI1325	INDIA FALLING SHORT OF POTENTIAL IN AFRICA, [...] (C) Summary. Indian strategic thinkers agree that China is leading India in involvement with Africa by almost all economic and political measures. Not only does China have a greater volume of bilateral trade with Africa, but China is also pouring development aid and concessional loans into [...]	2007-03-19 12:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IN CH ECON ENRG EPET EAGR
07NIAMEY531	AGADEZ: THE KHADAFI SHOW [...] (U) As reported reftel A, Libyan leader Mouammar El Khadafi celebrated Mouloud with regional heads of state in the northern Nigerien city of Agadez. While avoiding the sort of controversial pronouncements -- on, inter alia, an independent Tuareg state in the Sahel -- that characterized his 200 [...]	2007-04-04 15:55:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL LY NG
07NIAMEY656	NIGER: GON EFFORTS REGARDING TUAREG DISSIDENTS, [...] Nigerien police officer and Tuareg ex-combatant Daouada Algabid on May 10 told DCM that a high-level French military delegation is in Niamey to ask the GON to allow French troops currently in Chad to come to Niger to provide security for the French Uranium company AREVA's mines near Arlit. Th [...]	2007-05-11 10:44:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS FR NG
07NIAMEY703	NIGER AND THE MAPUTO PROTOCOL: A CLERIC'S [...] (SBU) After trying and failing to get the Additional Protocol to the African Human and People's Rights Charter Relating to Women's Rights in Africa (the Maputo Protocol) adopted by the National Assembly last year (reftel A),the Government of Niger (GON) is trying again. Women's NGOs, GON offi [...]	2007-05-22 09:18:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KWMN PHUM NG
07NIAMEY739	ISLAM IN NIGER (4): ATTITUDES TOWARD IZALA IN [...] (U) NOTE: This is the fourth in a series of cables (reftels A,B,C) reporting on the changing nature of Islam in Niger. END NOTE ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Previous cables in this series examined the rise, in Niger, of a Wahhabist-inspired form of Islamic fundamentalism from the Sha [...]	2007-05-29 15:48:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PINR PTER SOCI KISL NG
07NOUAKCHOTT1010	Mauritania Exceeds Development Funding Target at Paris [...] The Government of Mauritania, with support from the World Bank, the European Commission and the UN Development Program, convened the fifth Consultative Group (CG) meeting in Paris December 4 and 5. Some three dozen bilateral and multilateral partners reviewed Mauritania's national development [...]	2007-12-11 15:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PHUM KMCA MR
07NOUAKCHOTT334	MAURITANIA SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION [...] (C) After almost 30 years of military rule, Mauritania's first credibly elected president since independence will be sworn in on April 19. The U.S., in cooperation with its international partners and the Mauritanian transitional government, worked actively to bring about this historic transit [...]	2007-04-05 18:55:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA MARR MASS ASEC
07NOUAKCHOTT683	EMBASSY NOUAKCHOTT CONCURRENCE ON FY08 REQUEST FOR [...] (C/rel NACT) The US European Command J2, in conjunction with the Defense Attache Office at U.S. Embassy Nouakchott, has developed a request for funding under section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act entitled &Improve Partner Nation Intelligence.8 The Chief of Mission strongly s [...]	2007-08-01 11:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PINR MR
07NOUAKCHOTT711	U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEE REPATRIATION [...] As seen reftel, Mauritanian government has begun to act on President Abdallahi's courageous decision to put an end to the issue of Mauritanian refugees. The refugee issue has had lasting effects on the human rights of refugees and other victims of the 1989 Events, has impeded national reconci [...]	2007-08-07 19:25:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PREL MR
07PARIS1119	PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) The March 14 meeting of the Paris Club reviewed the debt status of 24 countries, taking steps to prepare for debt treatments in the coming months for the Central African Republic (likely in April),the Gambia (in May),Sao Tome and Principe (in May),and Liberia. Creditors confirmed the [...]	2007-03-22 13:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS1695	AF DAS THOMPSON'S MFA DISCUSSIONS ON ZIMBABWE, [...] (C) Summary: AF DAS Carol Thompson pushed for active engagement on Zimbabwe and mapped out USG public health initiatives in Africa, e.g. PEPFAR and the President's Malaria initiative, in a meeting with MFA AF A/S-Equivalent Jean de Gliniasty. Gliniasty called for letting Africans take the le [...]	2007-04-27 14:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR ZI FR
07PARIS1947	MAY 2 BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) The French hosted consultations on biological weapons (BW) nonproliferation with the U.S., UK, and Germany in Paris, May 2, 2007. (May 3 chemical weapons discussions are reported reftel). New French and UK Heads of Delegation for this round of "Close Allies" reinvigorated discussions, fa [...]	2007-05-15 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL GM UK FR
07PARIS266	UNESCO: AFRICAN MIGRATION MEETING WITH ADG PIERRE SANE [...] An informal consultative meeting was held Wednesday, 17 January 2007 at UNESCO to discuss the issue of African Migration, in connection with the Executive Board resolution number 57, initially put forward by Senegal. 2. The meeting chaired by Pierre Sane, UNESCO's Assistant Director General [...]	2007-01-23 16:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL SOCI SMIG
07PARIS3402	MUSLIM OUTREACH -- SENIOR ADVISOR FARAH PANDITH'S [...] (SBU) In meetings in Paris July 25 - 26 with a wide range of figures from France's large and diverse Muslim community and France,s new government, EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith underlined U.S. interest in respectful dialogue and exchange of ideas with France's Muslim population, the larges [...]	2007-08-14 07:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PTER PGOV EUN FR PINR ECON
07PARIS3919	FM KOUCHNER'S SEPT. 19-21 VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) The Bernard Kouchner who arrives in Washington Sept. 19 remains both an extremely popular French politician and one of the few of President Sarkozy's ministers who has retained a margin of independent authority. Kouchner, the most prominent of the Socialists who accepted positions in the Sarkoz [...]	2007-09-18 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS4309	FRANCE PREPARING TO ANNOUNCE NEW AFRICA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: France is planning to announce a major shift in its Africa policy, to be unveiled by President Sarkozy during his scheduled visit to South Africa in February 2008, according to Romain Serman, an AF-advisor at the French Presidency. The change in policy is intended to minimize, [...]	2007-10-18 13:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XA FR
07PARIS4420	DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' MEETINGS WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary. On October 24-25 in Paris, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and Embassy staff advanced U.S. positions regarding thematic and country-specific resolutions proposed for the upcoming UN Third Committee with DAS-equivalent for Human Rights, Humanitarian and Social Affairs Jacques Pellet, [...]	2007-11-06 08:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UN FR
07PARIS4592	MAURITANIA: AMBASSADOR BOULWARE'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania Mark Boulware in Paris on November 19 hailed Mauritania's transition to democracy, which the French said they would tout as an example to other African countries and use to justify rewarding Mauritania for its good beh [...]	2007-11-29 10:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EAID ECON MR FR
07PARIS4693	AF A/S FRAZER'S NOVEMBER 27 MEETINGS IN PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF A/S Jendayi Frazer met with Darfur rebel leader Abdul Wahid al Nur and, separately, with Presidential Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Bruno Joubert and MFA AF A/S Jean de Gliniasty on November 27. Abdul Wahid requested a range of U.S. assistance, professed his support for the U.S [...]	2007-12-12 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EUN SU IV CD CT SG FR
07PARIS4732	FRANCE/AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Advisor Romain Serman on December 17 reported on key France-Africa issues, some resulting from meetings at the December 8-9 Lisbon EU-Africa Summit: -- Rwanda: Presidents Sarkozy and Kagame agreed to work to normalize relations and to maintain personal super [...]	2007-12-17 17:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR SU CD IV RW CT UV FR
07PARIS486	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: French MFA A/S-Equivalent for Africa Gliniasty told DCM on February 1 that France had not invited President Mugabe of Zimbabwe to the February 13-15 Africa-France Summit. Gliniasty confided that the Zimbabwean delegation had complained vocally in the course of the AU Summit abou [...]	2007-02-08 08:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR SU SO CI FR
07PARIS688	JAPAN/AFRICA: JAPANESE EMBOFF DISCUSSES WEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chie Kinumaki, an Africa Watcher at Japan's Embassy in Paris, on February 21 discussed efforts to assist 30 Japanese nationals in leaving Guinea; the impasse in Cote d'Ivoire; concerns about China's lack of interest in promoting democracy, human rights, and sound business pract [...]	2007-02-23 09:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR CONS ASEC XY GV IV CH JA FR
07PARIS798	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 16:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07PARIS847	PART I: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - CEREMONY OVER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The XXIV Africa-France Summit in Cannes was an anodyne event that took place without pyrotechnics under the banner of "Africa and World Equilibrium." Turn-out, with 34 African heads of state in attendance, was below the peak of the 2003 Paris Summit and failed to matc [...]	2007-03-06 08:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA FR
07PORTAUPRINCE1620	HAITI MONTHLY: SEPTEMBER, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) LOVINSKY PIERRE-ANTOINE KIDNAPPING STILL A MYSTERY. Frantz Thermilus, Director General for the Judicial Police (DCPJ) told Poloff at a reception September [...]	2007-10-04 18:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON HA
07PRAIA82	CONDOLENCE BOOK FOR PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD [...] Severino Almeida, The Secretary General came to the Embassy on January 24 to sign the condolence book opened in the memory of the late former President Gerald R. Ford. The Secretary General wrote: "In memory of former President of the United States of American Gerald Ford. The Ministry of [...]	2007-01-31 18:44:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED	CV PGOV PREL
07PRETORIA606	AFRICA PEER REVIEW MECHANISM PRIMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is perhaps the most developed and imaginative component of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD),but has been slow to get off the ground. Only three countries (Ghana, Rwanda, and Kenya) have completed their review, altho [...]	2007-02-21 07:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EAID AU SF
07RABAT1860	ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS NOV-DEC 2007 [...] Included in this round up: Royal Air Maroc loses control of Air Senegal. Moroccan trade deficit continues to grow. Timely rains usher-in the planting season. Casablanca remains plagued by inefficiencies. Moroccans don't need a visa to visit TGI Friday's. --------------------------------- [...]	2007-12-19 12:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAIR EAGR MO
07RABAT224	WESTERN SAHARA: LANDMINES CLAIM LIVES, SPARK [...] (SBU) Summary: Several recent landmine incidents, with at least three deaths, highlight the continuing danger of landmines in the Western Sahara. Two prominent Sahrawi figures, one a local leader and CORCAS member, the other a member of the upper house of parliament, were killed when the veh [...]	2007-02-06 18:41:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PBTS PHUM PREL EAID MOPS KHDP MO
07RIYADH397	DECEMBER 2006 MEETING OF STRATEGIC DIALOGUE HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 10:15:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO PINR KISL KWMN SA
07SECTON03OF04DAKAR269	SENEGAL: SENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-02 11:18:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PHUM EAID MASS PREL SG ECON
07STATE129764	U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 - 5. BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) On October 1, 2007, on the margins of this year,s UN General Assembly (UNGA),Mali, the Chair the Community of Democracies (CD),will host a short meeting of Ministers that will set the stage for its bi [...]	2007-09-14 20:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07STATE144739	SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO CABLE ON INDOOR AIR [...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 3. SUMMARY 2. SUMMARY: Reftel asked posts in countries where greater than 20 percent of the population uses biomass and coal to meet basic energy needs to assess host countries, commitment to addressing the health concerns posed by indoor air poll [...]	2007-10-16 18:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	BC BN ET GH IV NI SENV TBIO UG UV ZA
07STATE147667	URGENT DARFUR DEMARCHE FOR AVIATION SUPPORT AND [...] Purpose and Objective: This is an action request. All Embassies on the action line are requested to make a high-level demarche by the Ambassador or the DCM requesting the host country to provide the support listed below for the UN-AU hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur, Sudan (UNAMID). [...]	2007-10-23 17:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO UN SU
07STATE159330	SUPPORT FOR NEW DELHI CONFERENCE ON AVIAN AND [...] This is an action request (see para 12) both for posts whose host governments have not yet accepted invitations to the New Delhi avian and pandemic influenza conference and for donor nations. SUMMARY ------- 2. Begin Summary: The USG has assumed a world leadership role in the effor [...]	2007-11-21 21:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU EAID TBIO PREL XX
07STATE161824	SUDAN - UNAMID DEMARCHE REQUEST TO FOREIGN [...] Purpose and Objective: This is an action request. Embassy Madrid is requested to make a high-level demarche by the Ambassador to Foreign Minister Moratinos requesting Spain to provide helicopter (number 1 priority) or transport support for the United Nation-African Union Mission in Darfur ( [...]	2007-11-30 00:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO UN SU
07STATE18359	TFGV01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 002 AS OF 1530 EST [...] (SBU) Embassy Conakry comments the capital was relatively quiet throughout the day, with no vehicular and little pedestrian traffic. There were some small, sporadic protests. The curfew remains in effect. Shops and offices remain closed. Post reports military patrols were on the street, [...]	2007-02-13 22:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC GV KHLS
07TAIPEI1154	TAIWAN VERSUS CHINA IN AFRICA: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (C) Summary: Taipei plans to host an Africa Summit this September to shore up bilateral relations with the five African countries that still recognize Taiwan following the losses of Senegal and Chad over the last two years. The summit in part is a response to Beijing's growing influence in [...]	2007-05-23 07:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XA TW
07TAIPEI1283	TAIWAN REACTS TO COSTA RICA BREAK [...] (C) Summary: In a June 7 press briefing, FM James Huang announced Taiwan was severing relations and ceasing cooperation projects with Costa Rica after having confirmed that San Jose was switching diplomatic recognition to the PRC. Huang blamed Beijing for unrelenting "suppression" of Taiwa [...]	2007-06-07 10:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW CR
07TAIPEI73	Taiwan's 2007 Investment Climate Statement (Part II) [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-11 01:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR OPIC KTDB USTR TW
07THEHAGUE160	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Maartin Lak (Netherlands) held a January 25 consultation to review 2006 accomplishments and taskings for 2007 work. Lak noted A/S Commerce Padilla's initiative and called for states to assist implementing states, focusing on those states with industries, but remain without leg [...]	2007-01-29 15:23:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1913	KOENDERS ON FUTURE DUTCH FOREIGN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dutch foreign assistance will now increase emphasis on women's rights, fragile and conflict states, climate change, and economic growth issues in a shift of development strategy recently unveiled by Bert Koenders, the Netherlands' new and energetic Development Minister. The st [...]	2007-10-18 16:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON NL
07TOKYO1271	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TRIPOLI929	DARFUR TALKS STRUGGLE WITH POOR REBEL ATTENDANCE [...] (C) Summary: UN/AU-led Darfur mediation talks began as announced on October 27 in Sirte, Libya, even in the absence of major political and military leaders from the Darfur rebel movements. The UN/AU leadership is slowly proceeding with a plan to dispatch teams to Juba and Darfur to encourag [...]	2007-11-04 12:33:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU LY
07TRIPOLI999	LIBYAN ORGANIZATION ISSUES STATEMENT OPPOSING AFRICOM [...] On November 21, the Community of Sahel and Saharan States (Cen-Sad) issued a statement at its Tripoli headquarters "categorically rejecting" Africom and any foreign military presence in any Cen-Sad member country. The statement noted that Cen-Sad represents roughly half of Africa's territory [...]	2007-11-27 15:20:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PMIL PGOV LY
07USNATO442	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 1 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Deputy Secretary General (DSYG) reported on a series of ISAF-related decisions in the Military Committee. The Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee briefed the Council again on the need for rotary wing capability for RC-South when th [...]	2007-08-01 16:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO636	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Ambassadors congratulated ISAF for excellent military and media coordination on Operation MAR KARARDAD in Musa Qala, but expressed concern that follow-up efforts to hold Musa Qala are implemented across the civil-military spectrum. Ambass [...]	2007-12-14 10:48:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO637	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (U) This cable is being retransmitted due to an error in the reftel number. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Ambassadors congratulated ISAF for excellent military and media coordination on Operation MAR KARARDAD in Musa Qala, but expressed concern that follow-up eff [...]	2007-12-14 11:31:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO98	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 14, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) stressed the immediate need to get ISAF X HQ fully staffed. SHAPE MG Stein detailed ISAF operational successes and plans. UK noted that the jury is still out on Musa Qala, though it believes that Taiban influence is wanin [...]	2007-02-15 15:54:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USUNNEWYORK1193	UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 62ND GA [...] (SBU) Gerald Scott is again serving as Senior Area Advisor for Africa at USUN during the regular session of the General Assembly. These are his personal reflections on African participation as the regular session of the 62nd GA draws to a close. (Note that while in the UN context the African [...]	2007-12-20 18:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU
07USUNNEWYORK1200	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 20 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: -- HSP Deployment Update: Equipment for the Chinese engineering unit is still in transit; Bangladesh and Nigeria have not yet provided a load list from which the UN can contract air movement. The UN concluded a pre-d [...]	2007-12-20 21:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1221	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 27 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3, 6 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: --Deployment Update: Chinese Engineers and Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU) are the only Heavy Support Package units arriving in calendar year 2007. UN DPKO expects the remainder of the HSP units [...]	2007-12-28 13:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC AF SU
07USUNNEWYORK134	DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO BLAMES SLOW DARFUR PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Assistant-Secretary Silverberg met with United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (SYG) Guehenno on February 8 to discuss Department concerns on Darfur progress, including candidates for Special Representative and Force Commander for the h [...]	2007-02-15 21:04:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK154	UN COMMISSION ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2007 SESSION [...] (U) Summary: The Commission on Social Development held its 45th session from February 7 to 16, 2007. Deputy Permanent Representative of Iran, Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi chaired the session, whose main theme was "Full Employment and Decent Work for All." Discussions and panels included macroeconomic [...]	2007-02-27 14:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB TBIO SOCI UN
07USUNNEWYORK156	DARFUR: USG AND UN GET READY TO TEST BASHIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S Silverberg expressed on February 20 to UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Guehenno U.S. support for UN candidates for leadership positions in the Darfur hybrid operation. The A/S also pushed for deployment of advance elements of the Heavy Support Package (HSP) in ord [...]	2007-02-27 23:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK157	UNFPA SEGMENT OF THE 2007 FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF [...] Summary: The UNDP/UNFPA Joint Executive Board First Regular Session for 2007 took place on January 23-26. Opening the UNFPA segment, UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid announced that UNFPA,s financial situation had achieved record highs in total core income, number of donor countries, and [...]	2007-02-28 15:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KUNR KWMN UNDP UNFPA
07USUNNEWYORK417	ARAB LEAGUE, OIC, NAM DELEGATION SEEKS SECURITY [...] (C) As anticipated reftel, a joint Arab League/OIC/NAM delegation met May 25 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad in his capacity as President of the Security Council to request Security Council action to bring an end to the violence in Gaza. The delegation, headed by Egyptian PR Maged Abdelaziz [...]	2007-05-29 18:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK574	WEST AFRICAN STATES ASK FOR HELP IN COMBATING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held an informal meeting on July 11 to address the technical assistance needs of West African states in fulfilling their counter-terrorism obligations under Security Council resolution 1373. Present at the meeting w [...]	2007-07-13 19:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER XY KFTN KCRM
07USUNNEWYORK639	RESOLUTION ON REVITALIZATION PASSES BY CONSENSUS [...] Requests the Secretary-General to submit an update to his report on the implementation of resolutions on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly, in particular resolutions 58/126, 58/316, 59/313, 60/286 and the present resolution, at its sixty-second session; 2. Decides to [...]	2007-08-03 18:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA KUNR AORC
07USUNNEWYORK773	UN DEBATE ON TAIWAN MEMBERSHIP [...] (U) Summary: When determining the agenda for the 62nd UN General Assembly September 19, the General Committee considered whether to include the agenda item "Urging the Security Council to process Taiwan's membership application pursuant to provision rules of procedure 59 and 60." Following a [...]	2007-09-20 21:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA CH TW
07USUNNEWYORK782	62ND UNGA ADOPTS THE REPORT OF THE GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 17:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA PHUM CH TW
07USUNNEWYORK786	UNGA KEEPS TAIWAN UN MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION OFF [...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly met in plenary session September 21 to consider the report of the UN General Committee containing its recommendations for the agenda of the new (62nd) UNGA session which opened September 18. The General Committee had decided not to inscribe the agenda it [...]	2007-09-22 01:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA CH TW
07USUNNEWYORK814	UNSC ADOPTS PRST CONDEMNING DARFUR ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Security Council adopted a presidential statement condemning the September 29 killing of 10 AMIS peacekeepers at a camp near Haskanita, South Darfur (please see paragraph 6 for PRST text). The PRST adoption followed two days of heated Security Council debate on October 1 and 2 [...]	2007-10-03 21:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK851	UNGA HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON INTERRELIGIOUS AND [...] (U) Summary: Speakers at a UN General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace, Oct. 4-8, stressed the value of dialogue and education in overcoming misunderstanding and the importance of respecting basic freedoms, particularly fr [...]	2007-10-11 13:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF AORC UNGA XF XC XD NU CU
07USUNNEWYORK886	SYG BAN PRESSES SUDAN TO ACCEPT HYBRID FORCE IN [...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on October 18, SYG Ban Ki-Moon said he had urged AU Chair Konare, as well as Nigerian, Egyptian, Senegalese, and Rwandan officials, to press Sudanese President Bashir to accept the hybrid troops on offer. He also said he plans to urge South Afric [...]	2007-10-19 14:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK896	U.S. RAPE RESOLUTION: STATE OF PLAY AS OF OCT. 19 [...] (U) Summary: The United States tabled its anti-rape resolution in the UNGA Third Committee on Wednesday. The resolution has attracted considerable opposition from certain African, Middle Eastern, and other delegations who correctly perceive it as targeting, inter alia, the Government of Suda [...]	2007-10-20 01:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UN UNGA KWMN SOCI
07USUNNEWYORK944	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (U) Summary: On October 24, Professor John Dugard, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, briefed the Third Committee of the General Assembly on his latest report, UN document A/62/275 of 17 August 2007. Israel called the report one-s [...]	2007-11-01 13:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA KPAL IS
07USUNNEWYORK949	SYG BAN VENTS DARFUR FRUSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council's Perm 5 that he has become "personally angry" with Sudanese President Bashir for lack of cooperation on UNAMID force generation and for lack of implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Urging the [...]	2007-11-01 21:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK951	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Darfur deployment update: --AMIS Force Commander has yet to request in writing that contracted US military advisors continue in their current positions; --The first of the High Ranking Operational & Technical Advisory Team (HROTAT) visits began this week with UN personnel trav [...]	2007-11-01 23:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF SU UNC KPKO UN
07USUNNEWYORK980	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER 8 [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Wolcott met with DPKO U/SYG Guehenno November 8 to discuss UNAMID deployment. Guehenno reported that Sudanese Major General had backpedaled on his promise to meet in Addis Ababa after the UN communicated that the meeting would be primarily technical and not an opportunity to [...]	2007-11-08 23:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU UNC UN KPKO
07YAOUNDE1449	TRANSPARENCY BAROMETER: CAMEROONIANS ARE CHAMPION [...] (U) More Cameroonians bribed public officials in the last year than any other nationality surveyed, according to Transparency International's (TI) just-released 2007 Global Corruption Barometer, a survey of corruption in 60 countries, including five in sub-Saharan Africa. Seventy-nine percen [...]	2007-12-12 08:47:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCOR ETRD EAID PGOV CM
08ABIDJAN274	RESIDENT IMF, WORLD BANK HEADS DISCUSS EARLY HIPC [...] (C) Summary. In an April 18 meeting, IMF ResRep Phillipe Eugume defended the notion of an early HIPC Decision Point, noting Cote d'Ivoire's heavy indebtedness and already negative cash position with the IFIs, but acknowledged substantial shareholder reluctance to proceed with such a course [...]	2008-05-02 08:10:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID IMF IBRD PGOV PREL IV
08ABIDJAN279	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES IN COTE D'IVOIRE. [...] (SBU) Summary. The global price rise in basic foodstuff commodities is having a serious impact on Cote d'Ivoire, particularly the rise in rice prices. Imported rice has become substantially more expensive compared to its local competition in the past 18 months. The government has attempted [...]	2008-05-02 14:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL

08ABIDJAN907	U.S. TREASURY TRAINS WEST AFRICAN FINANCIAL [...] Summary. December 15-19, advisors from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provided training in financial investigative techniques to 55 individuals from francophone and lusophone West Africa. Ambassador delivered opening remarks. On margins of the course, eco [...]	2008-12-31 10:13:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER EFIN ECON KCRM KTFN IV

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