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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00HANOI1160 |
A VIETNAMESE JANUS: THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACES OF THE POLITBURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S KEY LEADERSHIP BODY -- THE CURRENTLY 18-MEMBER POLITBURO -- IS A LARGELY SHADOWY GROUP WHOSE MEETINGS, AND MANY OF ITS MEMBERS' ACTIVITIES, ARE HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW. THE FIVE SEXAGENARIAN MEN IN THE STANDING COMMITTEE, THE INNER CIRCLE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S POLITI [...] |
2000-05-26 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON PHUM VM DPOL |
| 00HANOI2084 |
VIETNAM'S DISSIDENTS: IRREPRESSIBLE IN FACE OF OFFICIAL HARASSMENT [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: MISSION OFFICERS RECENTLY CALLED ON SEVERAL LEADING DISSIDENTS TO ASCERTAIN THEIR SITUATIONS AS WELL AS THEIR VIEWS ON VIETNAM'S FUTURE. ALL REMAIN SUBJECT TO ONGOING OFFICIAL MONITORING AND HARASSMENT, ALBEIT UNEVENLY APPLIED. INTERESTINGLY, SECURITY AUTHORITIES, IN MOS [...] |
2000-09-19 09:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR VM HUMANR |
| 00HARARE2895 |
ZIMBABWE'S ARREARS TO THE WORLD BANK [...] (C) ECON OFFICER RECENTLY LEARNED FROM THE WORLD BANK'S RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE THAT ZIMBABWE'S ARREARS TO THE IBRD AS OF MAY 29 TOTALED APPROXIMATELY U.S.$18 MILLION. INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS FROM ZIMBABWE TO THE BANK ARE DUE FORTNIGHTLY, AND ARE USUALLY IN THE U.S. $4 TO $5 MILLION RANGE, THO [...] |
2000-06-01 07:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE5514 |
UNDP RESREP BRIEFS DONORS ON UN/UNDP [...] (SBU) UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN ZIMBABWE VICTOR ANGELO BRIEFED DONORS ON SEPTEMBER 28 ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF A FIVE-PERSON MISSION SENT TO LOOK FOR POSSIBLE AREAS OF ENGAGEMENT ON ZIMBABWE'S LAND REFORM PROGRAM. THIS MISSION IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE RECEN [...] |
2000-09-28 14:53:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PINS PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE5624 |
U.S. - E.U. COOPERATION ON HIV/AIDS, MALARIA [...] SUMMARY: DONOR COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION IN ZIMBABWE IS A CORE COMPONENT OF THE U.S. MISSION'S RESPONSE TO THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE. THE U.S. MISSION, AND ITS E.U. PARTNERS, ARE TAKING THE LEAD IN THE DONOR COMMUNITY IN MITIGATING THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS. THE U.S. MISSION P [...] |
2000-10-04 13:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI KHIV TBIO ZI |
| 00HARARE5651 |
GOVERNMENT FLOUTS LAW AND SHUTS DOWN NEW RADIO [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 4, THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE WILLFULLY IGNORED A COURT ORDER AND SHUT DOWN THE RECENTLY LAUNCHED PRIVATE BROADCASTER CAPITAL RADIO. HEAVILY ARMED POLICE (SEVERAL WERE CARRYING AK47 ASSAULT RIFLES) APPEARED AT THE RADIO'S MAKESHIFT STUDIO IN THE 5- [...] |
2000-10-05 15:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ECPS ZI |
| 00HARARE5834 |
UN/UNDP TEAM GIVES OUTBRIEF: RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A BIZARRE OUTBRIEF ON OCTOBER 12, THE UN/UNDP TEAM SENT TO EXPLORE WAYS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN DONORS AND GOVERNMENT ON LAND REFORM MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO "IMPROVE" THE FAST TRACK PROGRAM. THE TEAM STRESSED THAT THEIR MANDATE WAS TECHNICAL -- NOT POLITICAL. DONOR [...] |
2000-10-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PINS PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6281 |
UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE ANGELO SHARES HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD, ACCOMPANIED BY LABOFF, PAID A CALL NOVEMBER 6 ON RECENTLY ARRIVED UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE (RES REP) VICTOR ANGELO TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE. THE RES REP TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT WHILE THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS IN THE DI [...] |
2000-11-07 15:35:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ZI |
| 00HARARE6318 |
SYMBOLIC MEETING BETWEEN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SUPPORTED A DINNER HOSTED BY MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE NKOSANA MOYO NOVEMBER 7 AIMED AT GETTING ZANU-PF AND MDC PARLIAMENTARIANS TALKING TO EACH OTHER. AMONG THE GUESTS WERE TWO MDC AND TWO ZANU-PF MPS. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS CORDIAL AND BOTH [...] |
2000-11-09 15:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE6423 |
UNDP HOLDS FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH THE DONOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN HARARE, VICTOR ANGELO, HOSTED A FOLLOW-UP MEETING OF THE LOCAL DONOR COMMUNITY ON NOVEMBER 9. THE PURPOSE WAS TO ALLOW THE DONOR COMMUNITY TO RESPOND TO THE DRAFT UNDP MISSION REPORT ON THE LAND REFORM PROCESS IN ZIMBABWE, AS WELL AS TO DISCUSS HOW [...] |
2000-11-17 10:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ZI |
| 00HARARE7273 |
A VISIT TO MR. MUGABE'S PLANET: THE [...] (C) IN HIS HOUR-LONG END OF YEAR MESSAGE DECEMBER 27, PRESIDENT MUGABE GAVE HIS VERSION OF EVENTS IN THE YEAR 2000. HE ATTRIBUTED THE COUNTRY'S DIFFICULT ECONOMIC PATCH TO FALLING COMMODITY AND RISING INPUT PRICES AS WELL AS RESERVE BANK MONETARY POLICY. HE REHEARSED THE REASONS FOR THE FAS [...] |
2000-12-28 16:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI UK |
| 00HOCHIMINHCITY1121 |
SCIENCE, DETERMINATION, AND CHARITY IMPROVE LIVES IN VIETNAM'S MEKONG DELTA IN BIG AND SMALL WAYS [...] SUMMARY. IN POOR POCKETS OF THE MEKONG DELTA, AWAY FROM THE LIMELIGHT, THERE ARE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS, VIETNAMESE AND FOREIGN, WHO ARE DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THEIR OWN AND OTHER'S LIVES. CONGEN STAFF VISITED VIETNAM'S MAIN RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, PRIVATE ELECTRICITY AND WATER SUPPLIERS, [...] |
2000-07-11 04:04:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO PGOV SOCI ENRG EWWT EAID KIPR ETRD VM KDTB |
| 00THEHAGUE1810 |
WHALES DEMARCHE [...] DUTCH IWC COMMISSIONER VON DER ASSEN TOLD EMBASSY HE LARGELY SHARES US POSITIONS CONTAINED IN REFTEL. WITH RESPECT TO AGENDA ITEM 7 (SANCTUARIES), VON DER ASSEN SAID THE NETHERLANDS MAY CO-SPONSOR THE AUSTRALIAN/NEW ZEALAND PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A SANCTUARY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. WITH RESPECT [...] |
2000-06-19 13:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS NL IWC |
| 00THEHAGUE1863 |
READOUT ON MTCR DUTCH CHAIR VISIT TO SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] END SUMMARY. TEXT OF DUTCH MTCR TRIP REPORT FOR FUTURE PARIS POC MTG (PROTECT UNTIL RELEASE AT NEXT MTCR POC MEETING) 2.(C/REL MTCR - REL TO MTCR UPON LATE JUNE POC MTG CIRCLTN) BEGIN TEXT OF DUTCH MTCR TRIP REPORT: GENERAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATE GIVEN BY THE NOORD [...] |
2000-06-22 12:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL HK MC MY SN IR NL MTCRE |
| 01ABUJA1861 |
NIGERIA: CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Canadian High Commissioner Ian Ferguson called the Ambassador on July 26 to fill him in on information he had picked up during the High Commissioner's farewell calls, including on President Obasanjo. Ferguson said he thought the U.S. would be particularly interested in what he had learn [...] |
2001-07-28 04:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AS ZI CA UK SF NI |
| 01ABUJA1922 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S ROLE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) In a July 31 meeting scheduled to discuss other issues (septel), Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by EconOff (notetaker), raised with President Obasanjo, as promised in reftelcon, Nigeria's continuing role in addressing the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe. Obasanjo was very forthcoming as [...] |
2001-08-02 10:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NI ZI |
| 01ABUJA2253 |
NIGERIA TURNS ZIMBABWE AROUND ON LAND SEIZURES [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo and Nigeria played the critical role in extracting GOZ commitment to stopping land seizures at the Abuja Ministerial on Zimbabwe September 6. The UK agreed to a "significant financial contribution" to land reform but views that commitment as contingent upon the [...] |
2001-09-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM SOCI EAID PINR NI ZI UK |
| 01ANKARA7811 |
TURKEY: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY A/DCM SCOTT MARCIEL FOR REASONS: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) FIGHTING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HAS LONG BEEN A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY (GOT). SINCE THE MID-1960S, TURKEY HAS FACED ALMOST A CONSTANT THREAT FROM DOMESTIC AND TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM TAR [...] |
2001-12-14 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER |
| 01HANOI1020 |
GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP CHANGES TO FOLLOW SHAKE-UP IN SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY RANKS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION EXPECTED TO BEGIN MAY 21 OR 22 WILL UNVEIL A NEW ASSEMBLY CHAIRPERSON, LIKELY CPV ORGANIZATIONAL CHIEF AN. IT MAY ALSO GIVE CLUES AS TO THE RELATIVE STRENGTH OF RISING [...] |
2001-04-27 11:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI2136 |
STAFFDEL REES VISIT TO CATHOLIC CHARITY IN HCMC [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT PORTER. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02136 01 OF 02 300933Z REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH STAFFDEL AT A SHELTER FOR GIRLS IN HCMC, A CATHOLIC NUN DESCRIBED A GRADUAL TENDENCY ON THE PA [...] |
2001-08-30 08:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
| 01HANOI3288 |
VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING: A MEETING OF THE MINDS, AND CONTINUED HIGH LEVELS OF SUPPORT DESPITE A SLOWING WORLD ECONOMY [...] SUMMARY: THE VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS (CG) MEETING WAS HELD IN HANOI, DECEMBER 7-8, 2001. CO- CHAIRED BY THE WORLD BANK AND THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM, THIS CG WAS CONSIDERABLY MORE UPBEAT THAN PREVIOUS MEETINGS. THERE WAS MUCH UNANIMITY AMONG THE DONOR AND INTERNATIONAL NGO ATTE [...] |
2001-12-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM FINREF SOE HUMANR HIV AIDS |
| 01HANOI638 |
LEADERSHIP OPTIONS BEING HASHED OUT IN CENTRAL COMMITTEE PLENUM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S CENTRAL COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CLOISTERED AT COMMUNIST PARTY HEADQUARTERS THIS PAST WEEK, DELIBERATING ON THE FATE OF GENERAL SECRETARY PHIEU AND A NEW LEADERSHIP LINE-UP. IN THIS "SECOND SESSION" OF TH [...] |
2001-03-19 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI952 |
ACTIVITIES OF PHIEU AND MANH IN THE RUN-UP TO THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS FORESHADOWED CHANGES [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE FIERCE JOCKEYING AMONG THE COMMUNIST PARTY (CPV) LEADERSHIP THAT PEAKED AT THE APRIL 19-22 NINTH PARTY CONGRESS HAS BEEN BUILDING FOR MONTHS. (REFTELS DETAIL OUR EXPECTATION THAT NATIONAL ASSEMB [...] |
2001-04-20 11:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL |
| 01HANOI985 |
POLITBURO MEMBERS WERE PORTRAYED AS UNITED IN OFFICIAL MEDIA IN RUN-UP TO PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, IN THE RUN-UP TO THE JUST-COMPLETED NINTH COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS, VIETNAM'S OUTGOING POLITBURO MEMBERS WERE PORTRAYED IN STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA AS UNITED IN T [...] |
2001-04-25 10:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR VM DPOL |
| 01HARARE2012 |
AJELLO IN HARARE TO DELIVER EU ULTIMATUM ON RULE OF LAW [...] (U) AMBASSADOR HOOKS ATTENDED A DINNER ON JUNE 26 HOSTED BY HIS SWEDISH COUNTERPART, LENNARTH HJELMAKER, IN HONOR OF VISITING EU GREAT LAKES ENVOY ALDO AJELLO. ALSO IN ATTENDANCE WERE UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO AND THE CHIEFS OF MISSION FROM AUSTRALIA, DENMARK, NORWAY, AND CAN [...] |
2001-06-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE2499 |
GLEANINGS FROM THE DIPLOMATIC HUSTINGS -- IT'S [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. INITIAL COURTESY CALLS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 02499 01 OF 02 240558Z ON COUNTERPARTS IN THE FRENCH AND BELGIAN EMBASSIES HAVE REVEALED DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE EU RANKS OVER HOW TO PROCEED ON ARTICLE 8 NEGOTIATIONS WITH ZIMBAB [...] |
2001-08-24 05:50:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
| 01HARARE2548 |
ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT REMAKING JUDICIARY IN ITS OWN IMAGE [...] (C) ZANU-PF IS PROCEEDING IN ITS CAMPAIGN TO FORCE INDEPENDENT-MINDED JUDGES OFF THE BENCH AND REPLACE THEM WITH SYMPATHETIC OR PLIANT JURISTS, ACCORDING TO A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE HIGH COURT BENCH. THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (CIO) IS REPORTEDLY WATCHING CERTAIN JUDGES VERY CLOSELY [...] |
2001-08-29 12:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE2701 |
MEDIA REACTION LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE - [...] THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE" DEDICATED ITS SEPTEMBER 13 EDITORIAL TO THE ABUJA LAND ACCORD BROKERED BY NIGERIA. UNDER HEADLINE "BEYOND ABUJA," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. ". . .IN SIGNING UP TO ABUJA, MUGABE MAY INDEED SEE THE PACT AS GIVING HIM BREATHING S [...] |
2001-09-13 15:11:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 01HARARE2787 |
FM MUDENGE LECTURES THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: IN AN EXCRUCIATING TWO- HOUR LECTURE TO THE FULL DIPLOMATIC CORPS SEPTEMBER 20 ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE EXTOLLED THE GREAT SUCCESS OF THE ABUJA AGREEMENT BECAUSE "EVERYONE AGREED ON THE CENTRALITY OF THE LAND ISSUE", PRAISED THE SADC HEADS OF STATE MEETING (S [...] |
2001-09-21 10:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE3241 |
MEDIA REPORT ABUJA COMMONWEALTH FOLLOW-UP; [...] FOLLOWING THE VISIT LAST WEEK BY A COMMONWEALTH TEAM TO ZIMBABWE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE COUNTRY IS MEETING ITS COMMITMENTS UNDER A NIGERIAN-LED LAND AGREEMENT SIGNED IN ABUJA ON SEPTEMBER 6, ALL THREE SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 28 CARRIED EDITORIALS CENTERING ON [...] |
2001-10-30 06:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 01HARARE3366 |
MEDIA REPORT U.S. AND EU UNDER FIRE; HARARE [...] THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED WEEKLY "CHRONICLE" DEDICATED ITS NOVEMBER 6 EDITORIAL TO DENOUNCE THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR ALLEGEDLY "GANGING UP AGAINST ZIMBABWE." UNDER HEADLINE "GANGING UP AGAINST ZIMBABWE WON'T WORK," THE PAPER COMMENTS: 2. "WHAT IS IT THAT [...] |
2001-11-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 01HARARE3470 |
AMERICAN FARMER IN ZIMBABWE PROVIDES GLOOMY [...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 15, THE EMBASSY RECEIVED AN URGENT MESSAGE FROM AMERICAN FARMER MITZI CARRUTHERS, WHO, WITH HER ZIMBABWEAN HUSBAND BRUCE, WORKS A SIZABLE FARM 20 KM OUTSIDE OF BINDURA TOWN. THEY DO NOT OWN THE PROPERTY, BUT LEASE IT FROM A ZIMBABWEAN WHO HAS SINCE RELOCATED TO AUSTRALIA. TH [...] |
2001-11-20 08:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE507 |
MDC MP URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO GET TOUGH [...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) MP DAVID COLTART TOLD POLOFFS ON JANUARY 24 THAT ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION MUST BE HELD BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND MARCH 31, 2002, AND SAID ANY ATTEMPT TO CALL AN EARLIER ELECTION WOULD BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. HE CLAIMED THAT THE MDC HAS THE SUPPORT TO [...] |
2001-01-25 05:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS 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 |
| 01LONDON5780 |
TFUS01: EMBASSY LONDON SITREP 11, 09/28/01 [...] (U) PM TONY BLAIR MET SEPTEMBER 27 WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF BRITISH MUSLIM LEADERS AT DOWNING STREET AND ANNOUNCED, "JUST AS WE HAVE BUILT A POLITICAL AND MILITARY COALITION FOLLOWING THE EVENTS IN AMERICA, NOW WE HAVE ALSO TO BUILD A HUMANITARIAN COALITION TO DEAL WITH THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] |
2001-09-28 17:53:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV US UK |
| 01STATE157224 |
TF UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER ATTACK SITUATION [...] No summary [...] |
2001-09-12 10:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC |
| 01VATICAN1615 |
VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] (U) THE MARCH 17 - 23 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - SOUTH KOREAN ARCHBISHOP LIKES POTUS RECIPE FOR KOREA - VATICAN OFFICIAL CONFIRMS PAPAL VISIT TO ATHENS - PAPAL SUPPORT FOR ARAB CHRISTIANS - VATICAN ADMITS NUNS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY PRIESTS ----------------- [...] |
2001-03-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI IS GR KN KS VT MEPP VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN3137 |
ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECT FUNDING REQUEST [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: POST SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING CONSIDERATION. WE RECEIVED THIS PROPOSAL FROM CARITAS BRINDISI, THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE VATICAN'S MAJOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT NGO. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 031 [...] |
2001-06-12 11:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM AL VT VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN3976 |
VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE JULY 14-20 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03976 01 OF 02 282136Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN RATIFIES NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY - WHITE HOUSE ACCUSED OF PUTTING "SPIN" ON PAPAL SPEECH - 2008 OLYMPICS: CHINA NOT ONLY [...] |
2001-07-27 09:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM MOPS AM KZ CH VM RW VT VTPREL |
| 02ABUJA1091 |
NIGERIA -- OBASANJO WARM TO MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: During a late night April 3 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo gave a Janus- faced performance. Affable and engaging at the onset, he commended POTUS for quickly approving UXO assistance to help with the Ikeja cantonment explosion. Obasanjo, asserting the military a [...] |
2002-04-08 16:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EFIN NI |
| 02ABUJA1232 |
NIGERIA: ABUJA ROUND-UP APRIL 8-19 [...] (C) Summary. The States' decision to hold local government elections May 18 has sparked controversy and additional lawsuits which apparently the Supreme Court will have to resolve (paras 2-4). Canadian PM Chretien visited Abuja for talks centering on NEPAD and the G-8 with Obasanjo and severa [...] |
2002-04-19 13:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON PREF NI |
| 02ABUJA2415 |
TRAVEL WARNING EVOKES STRONG POLITICAL REACTION IN [...] (C) The August 8 State Department Travel Warning has evoked highly negative reactions in Nigeria. Many in the Nigerian Government (GON) are interpreting the travel warning as a sign of deep U.S. disappointment and dissatisfaction with the Obasanjo Administration and a deliberate and even ho [...] |
2002-08-16 16:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL OPRC NI |
| 02ABUJA2766 |
NIGERIA: COMMONWEALTH TROIKA ON ZIMBABWE -- A [...] (C) Summary: Presidential International Affairs Advisor Ad'Obe Obe September 25 told Polcouns that the September 23 Commonwealth Troika meeting ended in stalemate. Australian PM Howard pushed to suspend Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth and for other sanctions to show displeasure over GOZ land s [...] |
2002-09-27 16:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI NI |
| 02ABUJA2989 |
NIGERIA: INEC CHAIRMAN DISMISSES CHARGES OF UNDER- [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 30 meeting with Chiefs of Mission from key western and other countries, INEC Chairman Abel Guobadia discussed INEC's performance during the recent voter registration and its plans for the spring general election. Guobadia dismissed allegations of both significa [...] |
2002-11-01 15:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA3036 |
NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA ACCUSES FRENCH OF ARMING [...] (C) During a private moment at the October 30 Australian National Day, I asked Minister of Defense T.Y. Danjuma if he could confirm reports of a GON military build-up in response to the ICJ decision on the Bakassi. Danjuma did not deny the reports as I thought he would; rather he said that N [...] |
2002-11-06 12:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
| 02ABUJA652 |
NIGERIA: OBASANJO GRATEFUL FOR U.S. SUPPORT ON [...] (U) Due to President Obasanjo's heavy schedule prior to his February 26 early morning departure (0530) for the Commonwealth Meeting in Australia, Ambassador Jeter was unable to personally deliver President Bush's letter announcing EOD assistance with the clean-up in the aftermath of the Ikeja [...] |
2002-02-28 13:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS MOPS NI |
| 02AMMAN3009 |
JORDAN'S BURGER KING PROUD TO BE UNAMERICAN [...] SUMMARY: BURGER KING JORDAN IS LINING ITS SERVING TRAYS WITH A LEAFLET IN ARABIC LABELING THE ORIGIN OF ALL OF ITS HAMBURGER INGREDIENTS. THE FLYERS DO NOT STATE SPECIFICALLY THAT BURGER KING'S PRODUCTS ARE NOT AMERICAN, BUT IT DOES LABEL EACH INGREDIENT AS JORDANIAN, ARAB, OR AUSTRALIAN. T [...] |
2002-06-09 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO PREL KPAO ECON |
| 02AMMAN6852 |
THE ARAB BANK'S PLACE IN JORDAN AND THE REGION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than seventy years, the Arab Bank has been among the most respected, and even beloved, financial institutions in the region. Having weathered wars, political and economic unrest, closures, and nationalizations, the Bank has grown into a regional and global player in t [...] |
2002-11-24 11:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN JO |
| 02ANKARA9080 |
2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKISH CONTRIBUTIONS [...] This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2002 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) Turkey experienced a major political change in 2002 when the governing coalition of Prime Minister Ece [...] |
2002-12-23 10:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PREL TU NATO |
| 02ATHENS4072 |
GREECE: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, THE GOG HAS ROTATED THREE FRIGATES (HS SPETSES, HS ADRIAS, AND HS PSARA) THROUGH ARABIAN SEA DUTY. EACH FRIGATE CARRIES APPROXIMATELY 200 CREW MEMBERS, A S-70B6 HELICOPTER, AND A UNIT OF HELLENIC NAVY COMMANDOS. GREECE HAS ALSO BEEN CONT [...] |
2002-11-26 09:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER GR |
| 02COLOMBO1422 |
GSL minister cautiously optimistic on direction of peace process based on meeting with Tiger spokesman [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a July 31 meeting, Milinda Moragoda, a senior GSL minister, provided the Ambassador a detailed readout of his recent talks with Anton Balasingham, the spokesman of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The atmospherics were excellent, he related. On substantive issues, pro [...] |
2002-08-01 11:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINR PREL PARM CE NO LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1682 |
Biographic sketches of members of Tamil Tiger [...] (C) Para two contains brief biographic sketches of the members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) team attending the upcoming talks with the Sri Lankan government. (Note: The talks are scheduled to take place in Thailand, September 16-18.) The four members of the LTTE team are: [...] |
2002-09-11 10:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1699 |
OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 129 (09-13-02) [...] (C) Try as we might, we have not yet received any Sri Lankan or Maldivian government reaction to President Bush's speech to UNGA yesterday. Regarding international events, it usually takes both governments time to digest things and then develop a response. They are very, very careful and re [...] |
2002-09-13 05:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CE |
| 02COLOMBO1790 |
Peace process update: Report of tensions in [...] (C/NF) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Reported tensions in military toward government's peace initiative -- President muted in public re peace process -- Largest Tamil Tiger cadre movement to date goes smoothly, according to monitors -- The flavor [...] |
2002-09-26 11:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINS MOPS CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1982 |
Peace Process Update: Norwegian envoy visits; [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister visits north and south in run-up to second round of talks -- Senior Tiger negotiator Balasingham continues consultations with leadership -- New poll highlights strong support for pe [...] |
2002-10-23 11:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE NO LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2101 |
Voting with their feet on the peace process, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Returns of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to points of origin in Sri Lanka have surged, with a large percentage of the 213,000 total returns this year transiting in the past eight weeks alone. Most of the returns are to points in Jaffna, but many have returned to the Tiger [...] |
2002-11-07 11:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM PTER EAID CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2174 |
High hopes for Oslo conference, as Sri Lankans [...] (C) SUMMARY: Expectations in Sri Lanka are running high for the November 25 Oslo conference. Observers see the conference as a chance for the international community to send a strong signal of support for the peace effort. Amid this focus on a political message, expectations have been lowe [...] |
2002-11-20 14:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE NO LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2179 |
FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: [...] POST NOMINATES DR. MOHAMED ALI, DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENT, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRAN [...] |
2002-11-22 05:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 02HANOI1169 |
HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: [...] (U) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR DINH THI MINH HUYEN, DIRECTOR OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' DEPARTMENT OF UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 01169 100714Z INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, TOLD DCM ON MAY 7 THAT THE GVN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] |
2002-05-10 07:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM VM HUMANR ETMIN |
| 02HANOI1523 |
VIETNAM: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ON THE AGENDA [...] SUMMARY: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS CONTINUES A FRONT- BURNER ISSUE AMONG THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND SOME GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN VIETNAM. THIS CABLE SUMMARIZES TWO RECENT IPR SEMINARS IN HANOI SPONSORED BY FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND AND WHICH INCLUDED PARTICIPATION BY THE EMBASSY ECONOMIC SECTION, [...] |
2002-06-13 05:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON VN IPROP |
| 02HANOI156 |
TEACHING THE PARTY ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY. A HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER AT THE MAIN PARTY SCHOOL HAS FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS BEEN UNDERTAKING A UNIQUE EFFORT TO EDUCATE OFFICIALS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL LEGAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00156 01 OF 02 240242Z CONCEPTS RELATED TO HUMAN RIGHTS. THIS LON [...] |
2002-01-24 02:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI VM DPOL HUMANR |
| 02HANOI1990 |
GVN VIEWS 35TH ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING AS "VERY [...] (U) SUMMARY: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE 35TH ASEAN MINISTERIAL MEETING IN BRUNEI AS "VERY SUCCESSFUL." HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED THE SIGNING OF A JOINT DECLARATION ON COUNTER TERRORISM BETWEEN ASEAN AND THE U.S., A POSITIVE MEETING BETWEEN FOREIGN MINISTER NGUYEN DY [...] |
2002-08-09 10:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PINR PTER VM ARF ASEAN CTERR |
| 02HANOI2612 |
VIETNAM AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02612 01 OF 02 300231Z REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) THE NOVEMBER 8 HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH VIETNAM WILL BE ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP IN OUR EFFORTS TO DEEPEN OUR BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] |
2002-10-30 02:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL SOCI VM HUMANR |
| 02HANOI2622 |
NONG DUC MANH VISITS RUSSIA AND BELARUS, [...] (U) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV), VISITED RUSSIA OCTOBER 9- 13 AND BELARUS OCTOBER 13-15. ALL SIDES HAVE DESCRIBED THE CAREFULLY SCRIPTED VISITS AS "SUCCESSFUL." MANH'S FOCUS WAS ON IMPROVING TRADE AND REAFFIRMING HIS "STRONG PERSONAL R [...] |
2002-10-30 09:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON BO RS VM |
| 02HANOI2709 |
VIETNAM-RUSSIA: STRONG BUT "PRAGMATIC" [...] (U) SUMMARY. SINCE THE BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET UNION, VIETNAM'S TIES WITH RUSSIA HAVE EVOLVED FROM CLIENT STATE TO A RELATIONSHIP BASED ON " MUTUAL PRACTICALITY AND PRAGMATISM." POLITICAL AND DEFENSE TIES STILL COUNT, BUT THE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP APPEARS INCREASINGLY IN THE FOREFRONT. THE [...] |
2002-11-08 04:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD ECON EPET ENRG RS VM |
| 02HANOI3028 |
EU HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE EU, REPRESENTED BY THE TROIKA AMBASSADORS, HELD A HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH THE GVN IN HANOI ON DECEMBER 5 (REF A). MORE THAN A DOZEN GVN OFFICIALS PARTICIPATED, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA), MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY (MPS), AND M [...] |
2002-12-19 09:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF EU VM ETMIN HUMANR |
| 02HANOI3108 |
VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING: A REALISTIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE TENTH VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP OF DONORS (CG) MEETING TOOK PLACE IN HANOI DECEMBER 9-11, 2002. DONORS AT THE MEETING, CO-CHAIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) AND THE WORLD BANK, EXPRESSED CONTINUED SUPPORT TO THE GVN'S ACTION PROGRAM FOR 2002-2007 AND URGED VIETNAM [...] |
2002-12-31 06:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE SOE FINREF |
| 02HANOI589 |
VIETNAM'S INCREASING ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. VIETNAM HAS MOVED STEADILY TO INCREASE ITS PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL AND MULTILATERAL FORA SINCE THE COMMUNIST PARTY (CPV) DIRECTED THE GVN TO IMPLEMENT A MORE OUTWARD ORIENTED FOREIGN POLICY AT THE SEVENTH PARTY CONGRESS IN 1991. TODAY, VIETNAM HAS MEMBERSHIP IN 62 GLOBA [...] |
2002-03-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI EAID ECON VM UN HUMANR APEC ASEAN |
| 02HARARE1385 |
2002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-06-07 07:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KTDB EFIN ETRD ECON EIND ZI |
| 02HARARE1901 |
UNDP-DONOR MEETING: MORE DOOM AND GLOOM [...] (SBU) Summary. UNDP Resrep (and newly-named UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator) to Zimbabwe Victor Angelo met with donors on August 20 in a refreshingly frank session. He listed upcoming events, including a proposed regional scientific conference on GMO issues, and detailed where food impor [...] |
2002-08-21 12:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PHUM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE1925 |
MEDIA REPORT MUGABE ATTACKS WEST; HARARE [...] The August 23rd edition of the government- controlled daily "Herald" gave prominent coverage to the Government of Zimbabwe's reaction to recent US criticism of the Mugabe regime. Under headline "President raps West" the paper ran two, page-one, above-the-fold st [...] |
2002-08-23 07:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1966 |
GOVERNMENT PRESS SAYS WEST CANNOT STOP "LAND [...] Under the headline "Demonisation won't derail land reform" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its August 27 editorial to declaring that Zimbabwe's land reform program is irreversible. Excerpts: 2. "A new wave of hysteria has gripped Britain, [...] |
2002-08-27 08:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE1998 |
MEDIA REPORT WSSD; HARARE [...] Under headline "West's concern on Zim baffling" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its August 30 editorial to encouraging the West to seek a face-to-face audience with the government of Zimbabwe to discuss issues of concern. Excerpts: 2. "T [...] |
2002-08-30 09:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 02HARARE201 |
UNRESREP PAINTS BLEAK PICTURE OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AT THE INVITATION OF UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO, THE DONOR COMMUNITY HELD ITS FIRST COORDINATING MEETING OF 2002 AT THE UNDP OFFICES. ANGELO, WHO NORMALLY SEEKS TO INTERPRET EVENTS IN A POSITIVE LIGHT, WAS PARTICULARLY DOWNBEAT. ON ELECTIONS, HE SAID THAT THERE NO LONGER APPEA [...] |
2002-01-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EAGR EAID ZI |
| 02HARARE2181 |
LOCAL AUSTRALIAN TAKE ON ABUJA MEETING ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Australian High Commissioner to Harare Jonathan Brown gave us a readout of the Abuja meeting, which he attended. His account was largely consistent with reftel accounts so we will only report that which provides additional elaboration or contrast. Brown said that the three presidents had ag [...] |
2002-09-30 09:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
| 02HARARE2372 |
ZIMBABWE FACES MULTIPLE AND INTER-RELATED CRISES [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-31 13:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ZI |
| 02HARARE269 |
MUGABE PROMISES FREE AND FAIR ELECTION, NAMES OBSERVER [...] (U) APPEARING BEFORE JOURNALISTS ON JANUARY 28, PRESIDENT MUGABE PROMISED THAT HIS GOVERNMENT WOULD DO ALL IT COULD TO ENSURE A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION, AND ANNOUNCED THAT INVITATIONS WOULD BE EXTENDED TO OBSERVER DELEGATIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING: THE OAU; SADC; COMESA; ECOWAS; THE NON-ALIGNED M [...] |
2002-01-29 15:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI |
| 02HARARE2803 |
ZIMBABWE PROMISES MORE OF THE SAME AT ZANU-PF [...] (C) ZANU-PF,s annual conference, concluded in Chinhoyi December 14, proved to be another platform from which the senior party leadership could blast their critics and blame others for the country,s economic woes. President Mugabe tacitly admitted that the land reform exercise had not gone we [...] |
2002-12-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI ZANU PF |
| 02HARARE557 |
MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] WHILE THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "ZIMBABWE INDEPENDENT" CONDEMNED THE RECENT ATTACKS ON ELECTION OBSERVERS IN ZIMBABWE BY ALLEGED ZANU PF SUPPORTERS IN ITS MARCH 1 EDITORIAL, THE BULAWAYO-BASED GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "CHRONICLE" SLAMMED PRESIDENT BUSH FOR ALLEGEDLY USING ORGANI [...] |
2002-03-04 10:32:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 02HARARE569 |
MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] WHILE THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY "ZIMBABWE INDEPENDENT" CONDEMNED THE RECENT ATTACKS ON ELECTION OBSERVERS IN ZIMBABWE BY ALLEGED ZANU PF SUPPORTERS IN ITS MARCH 1 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00569 050100Z EDITORIAL, THE BULAWAYO-BASED GOVERNMENT-CONTRO [...] |
2002-03-04 16:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 02HARARE572 |
MORE ON TSVANGIRAI'S ALLEGED "PLOT" TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE GOZ FIRED ANOTHER OFF-TARGET SALVO IN ITS CONTINUING ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT MDC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MORGAN TSVANGIRAI THROUGH ACCUSATIONS THAT HE APPROACHED THE CANADIAN DICKENS AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00572 01 OF 02 051236Z MAD [...] |
2002-03-05 12:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ZI |
| 02HARARE583 |
MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE [...] WITH ONLY THREE DAYS REMAINING BEFORE ZIMBABWEANS GO TO THE POLLS TO ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT, EDITORIALS IN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00583 01 OF 02 061343Z THE MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO CONCENTRATE ON THE ELECTION. EDITORIAL EXCERPTS FOLL [...] |
2002-03-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 02HARARE620 |
OUR TAKE ON ELECTION OBSERVATION EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOZ HAS TO A LARGE DEGREE SUCCEEDED IN ITS EFFORTS TO KEEP PRYING OUTSIDE EYES AWAY FROM THE PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN FIELD AND, IT NOW APPEARS, OUT OF THE POLLING STATIONS ON VOTING DAY. BY DERAILING THE EFFORTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION MISSION AND THE ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS SUPPORT [...] |
2002-03-08 12:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ZI |
| 02HARARE665 |
SADC-PF ISSUES HARD-HITTING ASSESSMENT OF ZIMBABWEAN [...] (U) ON MARCH 13, THE SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ISSUED A TOUGH CRITIQUE OF THE ZIMBABWEAN ELECTION PROCESS, SAYING THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN WAS MARRED BY INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE IN ALL PROVINCES OF THE COUNTRY, PREDOMINANTLY AGAINST MDC SUPPORTERS. THE SADC-PF CONCLUDED THAT THE CLIMATE OF "INSECURI [...] |
2002-03-13 16:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE678 |
COMMONWEALTH OBSERVER GROUP GIVES [...] (U) AFTER A ONE-HOUR DELAY, COMMONWEALTH OBSERVER GROUP (COG) HEAD OF MISSION ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR READ TO THE ASSEMBLED PRESS AND DIPLOMATIC CORPS IN INTERIM STATEMENT ON THE ZIMBABWEAN ELECTION THAT WAS SHORT BUT CERTAINLY NOT SWEET TO GOZ EARS. ABUBAKAR REMARKED ON THE COMMONWEALTH'S ENGA [...] |
2002-03-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ZI |
| 02HARARE689 |
MEDIA REACTION MUGABE WINS POLL; HARARE [...] EDITORIALS IN THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED AND THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00689 01 OF 02 150936Z PRIVATE NEWSPAPERS REMAIN SHARPLY DIVIDED ABOUT PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE'S VICTORY IN THE JUST-ENDED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN ZIMBABWE. WHILE THE [...] |
2002-03-15 09:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 02HARARE704 |
MUGABE INAUGURAL REMARKS PROMISE MORE OF THE SAME [...] (U) PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS SWORN IN FOR A FIFTH TERM ON MARCH 17, ONLY TWO DAYS AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE APPARENTLY HASTILY- ARRANGED INAUGURATION CEREMONY. FIVE AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE WERE IN ATTENDANCE -- TANZANIA'S BENJAMIN MKAPA; MOZAMBIQUE'S JOAQUIM CHISSANO; MALAWI'S BAKILI MULUZI; N [...] |
2002-03-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
| 02HARARE712 |
MEDIA REACTION COMMONWEALTH TROIKA; HARARE [...] THE INDEPENDENT DAILY "THE DAILY NEWS" DEDICATED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 00712 191048Z ITS MARCH 19 EDITORIAL TO THE COMMONWEALTH DELIBERATIONS OVER ZIMBABWE. THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED DAILY "THE HERALD" USED ITS EDITORIAL TO DISCOURAGING Z [...] |
2002-03-19 10:34:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI PREL PHUM |
| 02HOCHIMINHCITY785 |
THE FREE MARKET PHENOMENON OF ONE VIETNAMESE [...] (U) SUMMARY: FOR ONE VIETNAMESE FARMER IN THE MEKONG DELTA, PRODUCTION OF "TRA" AND "BASA" -- THE FISH FORMERLY KNOWN AS "CATFISH" -- IS A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THE SUCCESS OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND THE UNFETTERED APPLICATION OF FREE MARKET PRINCIPLES. FIERCE COMPETITION AND SELF-TAUGHT MARKE [...] |
2002-08-01 06:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS EAGR ETRD ECON VM |
| 02JAKARTA1407 |
EAST TIMOR: XANANA GUSMAO WINS PRESIDENCY; [...] SUMMARY. NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE HERO XANANA GUSMAO HAS WON A RESOUNDING VICTORY TO BECOME THE FIRST-EVER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF EAST TIMOR. XANANA WON 83 PERCENT OF ALL VALID VOTES CAST. XANANA, WHILE MINDFUL OF THE PRESIDENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS, INTENDS TO PLAY A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN [...] |
2002-04-18 01:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UN |
| 02KATHMANDU1037 |
KOIRALA CAMP CLAIMS CONSPIRACY IN DISSOLUTION OF [...] (C) Supporters of Nepali Congress Party President and former Prime Minister G.P. Koirala are, predictably enough, branding Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's unexpected decision to dissolve Parliament (Reftels) a threat to democracy. The Koirala camp obviously miscalculated the PM's likely [...] |
2002-05-24 13:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1245 |
TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE: ASYLUM REQUEST, PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. A group of Tibetan refugees arrested by Nepalese authorities in transit to Tibet from India seek a royal amnesty on the King's upcoming birthday, July 7. UNHCR, Post and other diplomatic missions are encouraging the GON to grant the requests. At the urging of UNHCR, Nepal releas [...] |
2002-06-25 13:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL ECPS PROP PHUM NP CH |
| 02KATHMANDU1688 |
NEPAL AND BHUTAN TALK REFUGEES "INFORMALLY," BUT [...] (C) Summary. Nepal and Bhutan have discussed the Bhutanese refugee issue "informally," but a date has still not been set for the next round of Ministerial-level talks on the issue. According to Nepal's Foreign Secretary, the differences between the two sides have narrowed, and Bhutan appeare [...] |
2002-08-30 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID AORC PHUM NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2045 |
FOLLOW-ON TO THE CONFERENCE ON NEPAL IN LONDON: [...] (C) Summary. The British Embassy in Kathmandu convened a meeting on October 11 of representatives of bilateral and multilateral donors to Nepal as a follow-up to the London meeting on Nepal in June. Despite continuing donor disquietude about Nepal's political and security problems, there was [...] |
2002-10-27 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID NP |
| 02KATHMANDU497 |
UPDATE ON TIBETAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: A UNHCR monitoring visit to the Tibet border was postponed after a promised Home Ministry permit failed to materialize. The Australian Embassy has expressed an interest in helping to coordinate representations on Tibetan refugee issues. One of ten Tibetan refugees in custody on [...] |
2002-03-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL NP |
| 02KATHMANDU509 |
MAOIST AMBUSH MARS ANNUAL RHINO RELOCATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Maoist insurgents killed two Royal Nepalese Army soldiers near Royal Chitwan National Park on March 10 just hours after the start of the annual relocation of rhinos from Chitwan to Royal Bardiya National Park. The subsequent army cordoning of the area forced four trucks carryi [...] |
2002-03-11 13:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PTER EAID ASEC SOCI NP |
| 02KATHMANDU921 |
Tibetan Refugees Hard Hit by Maoist Insurgency [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's Tibetan refugee community has been seriously affected by the violent Maoist insurgency, most directly by a recent string of bombings at Tibetan- owned carpet businesses and threats to Tibetan-run tourist facilities. Tibetans have made a significant contribution to Nepa [...] |
2002-05-10 10:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PTER PGOV KCRM PHUM SMIG NP |
| 02KATHMANDU978 |
MAOIST INSURGENCY IN NEPAL (SITREP ONE) [...] This is a reporting cable only. 2. Summary: A) This cable reports briefly on: significant events/trends of the Maoist insurgency; current status of activities related to the disaster declaration, and Mission activities in response to the insurgency. B) This cable contains no recommendat [...] |
2002-05-20 12:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP |
| 02LONDON8320 |
UNITED KINGDOM: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM CONTAINS EMBASSY LONDON'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 2002 "PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM" REPORT. EMBASSY INPUT IS KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS. 2. (U) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE UK TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN [...] |
2002-11-25 10:59:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK |
| 02RANGOON1254 |
STRONG ETHNIC SHOWING AT NLD'S 14TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst strong support from Western diplomats and ethnic representatives the NLD celebrated its 14th anniversary on September 27 in downtown Rangoon. NLD leaders called for the SPDC to enter into dialogue without delay for the benefit of the country. An array of leaders from e [...] |
2002-09-27 10:27:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 02RANGOON1293 |
DOWNER PUSHES REFORM DURING VISIT TO RANGOON [...] (C) Summary: Australian Foreign Minister Downer told Than Shwe and Khin Nyunt that the GOB should move convincingly to open a political dialogue with the NLD "within the next one to two weeks." He also urged the government to free all political prisoners. Khin Nyunt replied that he "fully su [...] |
2002-10-04 10:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AU BM |
| 02RANGOON1310 |
ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANIZATION CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: Under pressure from Bangladesh, the Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) contacted the Karenni National Progressive Party in late August 2002 regarding the possibility of relocating its bases to KNPP-controlled territory on the border between Thailand and Burma. According [...] |
2002-10-10 05:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PGOV PREL BG TH BM |
| 02RANGOON1354 |
SR PINHEIRO WILL INSIST GOB AGREE TO INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNSR PINHEIRO BRIEFED EU, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVES ON HIS PLANS OR HIS VISIT TO BURMA AND OUTLINED THREE OPTIONS: -- PLAN A - A JOINT INVESTIGATION BY SPDC, NLD AND ETHNIC REPRESENTATIVES (ALL AGREED THIS IS A NON-STARTER) -- PLAN B - AN INVESTIGATION BY I [...] |
2002-10-18 10:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL BM |
| 02RANGOON1355 |
BURMA'S COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD [...] (U) Summary: Burma has responded well to the criteria outlined in our certification demarche. It has continued to enforce its counternarcotics laws, increased pressure on cease-fire groups such as the United Wa State Army, and sharply reduced the production of opium and heroin within its terr [...] |
2002-10-18 10:10:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM BM |
| 02RANGOON1378 |
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR PINHEIRO BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON [...] (C) Summary: At an October 28 briefing, UN Special Rapporteur Pinheiro told diplomats in Rangoon that during his 12-day visit to Burma he strongly encouraged the SPDC to address continuing human rights abuses. He also encouraged the international community to implement programs that will pro [...] |
2002-10-28 09:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM |
| 02RANGOON1415 |
BURMA COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAM: RESULTS, RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: The GOB has provided a response to our request for additional information on Burma's performance in regard to the criteria set by the U.S. government for certification of its counternarcotics efforts in 2002. Included in the package are: -- statistics on all seizures of narcotic [...] |
2002-11-04 07:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM BM |
| 02RANGOON1473 |
BURMA'S COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAM: MORE DATA, MORE [...] In response to our request (ref D), the Government of Burma has provided a third package of information on its counternarcotics program. The latest package includes an outline of measures that the GOB has taken to implement its new money laundering law, a list of members of the United Wa Stat [...] |
2002-11-15 03:18:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM BM |
| 02RANGOON1609 |
2002 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-16 09:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM BM |
| 02ROME1461 |
OPCW ITALIANS CONCERNED ABOUT LINKAGE TO [...] (C) ITALY DOUBTS THE REMOVAL OF DG BUSTANI WILL BE SETTLED BY THE OPCW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND EXPECTS IT WILL HAVE TO BE RESOLVED AT THE STATES PARTIES MEETING THIS FALL, ACCORDING TO MFA ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT OFFICE DIRECTOR ALESSANDRO CEVESE. CEVESE MET WITH POL-MIL OFFICER JUST AFT [...] |
2002-03-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IT CWC |
| 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 |
| 02ROME1748 |
ITALY MAY LET PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY ENTER LIBYA [...] (S) SUMMARY. THE ITALIAN OFFICIAL CHAIRING AN INTERMINISTERIAL LICENSING COMMITTEE IS "INCLINED TO SUPPORT" THE APPLICATION OF AN ITALIAN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY FOR A LICENSE TO CONTRACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF LIBYA TO REFURBISH FACILITIES AT RABTA, LIBYA IN ORDER TO ALLOW THEIR PRODUCTION OF [...] |
2002-04-08 16:38:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETRD ETTC IT PARM PREL |
| 02ROME2188 |
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: INFORMAL [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: AT THE INSTIGATION OF THE INDEPENDENT CHAIR OF THE FAO COUNCIL, A GROUP WILL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 02188 061414Z MEET INFORMALLY MAY 18 TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE DRAFT DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER. GU [...] |
2002-05-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID FAO AGR |
| 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 |
| 02ROME2487 |
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: INFORMAL [...] SUMMARY: AN INFORMAL MEETING WAS HELD AT THE FAO TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE DRAFT DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT: FIVE YEARS LATER MEETING (WFS5YL) TO BE HELD IN ROME JUNE 10-13, 2002. PARTICIPANTS AGREED TO START FROM THE DRAFT LEFT UNFINISHED BY THE OPEN ENDED WORKING GROUP [...] |
2002-05-21 08:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID FAO AGR |
| 02ROME3093 |
REPORT OF FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY [...] SUMMARY. THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (CFS) MET JUNE 6-9 AND UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03093 01 OF 05 241459Z CONCLUDED NEGOTIATIONS ON THE DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER MEETING. THE UNI [...] |
2002-06-24 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EAGR FAO |
| 02ROME3174 |
LOOKING AHEAD TO FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC [...] SUMMARY: OPERATING AS THE INTERIM GOVERNING BODY (IGB) OF THE NEWLY-APPROVED INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES, THE OCTOBER 9-18 FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE WILL DISCUSS (AND POSSIBLY APPROVE), INTER ALIA, IGB RULES OF PROCEDURE AND TERMS OF REFE [...] |
2002-06-28 06:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR SENV FAO |
| 02ROME3280 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): AD REF HOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. TEAM SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED AD REF HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT (HCA) IN TALKS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS JUNE 21. TEAM BELIEVES THAT AD REF HCA PROTECTS FULLY U.S. INSPECTION RIGHTS WHEN ITALY IS THE INSPECTED STATE PARTY (ISP) AND RIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE THE ISP. END SU [...] |
2002-07-03 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM MARR KTIA IT CWC |
| 02ROME3296 |
GDIN PAVES WAY FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE [...] SUMMARY: ON JUNE 19-21, 2002, THE GLOBAL DISASTER INFORMATION NETWORK (GDIN) HELD ITS FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, ENTITLED "TAKING OFF: GDINS CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN HEALTH, SURVIVAL, AND WELL-BEING," AT THE SANTO SPIRITO MONUMENTAL BUILDING IN ROME, ITALY. EXPERTS WERE PRESENT FROM GOVERNMENT, IN [...] |
2002-07-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON IT TSPL KSCA |
| 02ROME3317 |
HELMS-BIDEN: PROGRAM EVALUATION AND SUNSETTING [...] FODAG HAS RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF PROPOSING A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD BOTH REQUIRE EACH FAO PROGRAM TO BE EVALUATED AND EACH PROGRAM TO HAVE A SUNSET DATE (I.E. SO THAT THE PROGRAM WILL NOT BE RENEWED UNLESS THE EVALUATION SHOWS THE CONTINUING RELEVANCE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM) TO A [...] |
2002-07-08 07:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD FAO |
| 02ROME3357 |
EU TAKES ON TERM LIMITS FOR FAO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. THE EU PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN GIVEN A MANDATE IN ROME TO SEEK SUPPORT AMONG ALL REGIONAL GROUPS FOR A PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE FAO BASIC TEXTS TO REINSTITUTE DIRECTOR GENERAL TERM LIMITS. THE EU INITIATIVE STRENGTHENS THE EXISTING GENEVA GROUP DECISION TO TAKE UP [...] |
2002-07-09 11:56:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KUNR FAO |
| 02ROME3534 |
NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE UN: SECTION 102 [...] SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, THE U.S. MISSION/ROME HAS OBTAINED LISTS OF NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE U.N. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO), THE WORLD FOOD UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03534 171134Z PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURE [...] |
2002-07-17 11:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI UN FAO WFP |
| 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 |
| 02ROME3855 |
U/S BOLTON DISCUSSES NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES WITH [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. U/S BOLTON DISCUSSED HIS RECENT MOSCOW VISIT, NON-PROLIFERATION AND ARMS COUNTROL ISSUES, MISSILE DEFENSE, THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, CHINA AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (REF A) AT AN AUGUST 5 WORKING LUNCH [...] |
2002-08-06 11:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MARR IT |
| 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 |
| 02ROME5252 |
PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES INTERIM COMMITTEE SETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. OBJECTIVES WERE LARGELY MET AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, ACTING AS THE INTERIM COMMITTEE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...] |
2002-10-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAGR SENV FAO |
| 02ROME5324 |
WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 - [...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 5.3 MILLION TONS (MTS). EMERGENCY OPERATIONS ARE FORECASTED TO REQUIRE 2.6 MILLION MTS, EXCLUDING NORTH KOREA, WESTERN SAHEL REGION AND COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE ASSESSMENTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. PROJECTED REQUIREMENTS FOR PR [...] |
2002-10-31 07:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5446 |
REPORT OF 123RD FAO COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: DURING THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZTION (FAO) COUNCIL'S 123RD SESSION (OCTOBER 28- OVEMBER 2), THE U.S. DELEGATION WAS SUCCESSFUL IN ENSURING THAT THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF AN INTERSSSIONAL "FRIENDS OF THE CHAIR" GROUP ON DIRECTOR ENERAL TERM LIMITS DID NOT PREJUDGE THE OUTCOM [...] |
2002-11-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR KUNR FAO EAG |
| 02ROME5831 |
FODAG AMBASSADOR CONVEYS U.S. MESSAGE ON FOOD AID [...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR TONY HALL, U.S. MISSION ROME, PRESENTED U.S. VIEWS ON THE GROWING HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA ON DECEMBER 2 TO SELECTED ROME-BASED PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES. AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE ALSO PARTICIPATED. EU AND AFRICAN REPRESENTA [...] |
2002-12-03 14:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AF EAID ETRD EU TBIO FAO WFP FAS |
| 02ROME6012 |
REPORT OF UNIDROIT 56TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] SUMMARY. THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE UNIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW (UNIDROIT) 56TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING DECEMBER 6, 2002 AND APPROVED A UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 06012 170743Z BUDGET FOR ORDINARY EXPENDITURE OF EURO 1,802,550.00 FOR 2 [...] |
2002-12-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ABUD IT UNIDROIT |
| 02ROME817 |
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR RELIEF ACTIVITIES [...] USAID/PPC'S HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE ADVISOR VISITED ROME JANUARY 20-23, 2002 TO PROMOTE THE USE OF CRUDE MORTALITY RATE (CMR) AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN UNDER FIVE AS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IN THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S (WFP) RELIEF ACTIVITIES. THESE MEETINGS RESULTED IN WFP'S AGREE [...] |
2002-02-15 16:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID WFP UN |
| 02STATE193342 |
SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT [...] (U) OCTOBER 1, 2002, 1100-1130, SECRETARY'S OUTER OFFICE. 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: SECRETARY POWELL SPOKESMAN RICHARD BOUCHER CHARGE D'AFFAIRES SHARI VILLAROSA EAP DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MATTHEW DALEY S/WCI AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER EXECUTIVE ASSIST [...] |
2002-10-03 00:41:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ENRG EAID ID TT |
| 02STATE53501 |
CW PROLIFERATION DEMARCHE: IRANIAN ORDER FOR [...] (S) BACKGROUND: DURING MISSILE NONPROLIFERATION TALKS ON MARCH 6 IN WASHINGTON, CHINA'S MFA ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT DIRECTOR GENERAL LIU JIEYI TOLD NP A/S WOLF THAT CHINA WAS TAKING SEVERAL, SIGNIFICANT NEW STEPS TO TIGHTEN CHINA'S NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL EXPORT REGULATIONS, INC [...] |
2002-03-20 16:16:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL CH IR |
| 02VATICAN3637 |
AID AND ADVOCACY FOR NORTH KOREA - VATICAN AGENCY [...] (SBU) CATHOLIC CHURCH AID AGENCY CONFEDERATION CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS (CI) REPORTS NORTH KOREA'S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CONTINUES WITH MORE THAN SIX MILLION PEOPLE FACING ACUTE SHORTAGES OF FOOD, MEDICINES, AND DRINKING WATER (REFTEL). CI IS SEEKING WAYS TO ATTRACT MORE DONORS AS PLEDGES FROM [...] |
2002-07-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KN KS VT |
| 03ABUDHABI1344 |
(C) TFIZ01: UAE AIRSPACE TO STAY OPEN, [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b, d). IRAQ WAR WON'T CLOSE UAE AIRSPACE --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Muhammad Al-Ghaith, the head of the UAE's federal civil aviation authority, told Econchief 3/19 that he had just signed a circular orderi [...] |
2003-03-19 14:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR MOPS ASEC PREL EAID PGOV AS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1414 |
UAE: 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is Poloff Marlene M. Menard, office: + 971 (0)2 4436691 ext. 2502, fax: + 971 (0)2 4434771; unclass email: menardmm2@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent about 30 hours writing the report. One FS-04 officer [...] |
2003-03-24 13:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 03ABUDHABI1437 |
TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 6, MARCH 25 [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ---------------- General Overview ---------------- 2. (U) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1000 local time, 3/25. Embassy Abu Dhabi, FCS (located outside of the Emb [...] |
2003-03-25 12:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2026 |
INVITE TO EXBS CONFERENCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-29 09:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL PTER KSTCC TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2335 |
UAE CAMEL RACING SEASON WRAP-UP: MUCH PROGRESS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard A. Albright for Reasons 1.5(B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A round of meetings with UAE officials confirmed earlier reports (see Refs A and B), that the UAEG has not yet succeeded 100 percent in implementing and enforcing the chi [...] |
2003-05-12 13:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3553 |
ESCALATING HEALTH CARE COSTS IN THE UAE [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC EROSION IN THE PREVIOUSLY GENEROUS HEALTH BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE UAEG TO NON- CITIZEN RESIDENTS. THE HIGHEST HEALTHCARE COSTS IN THE GULF REGION, COMBINED WITH DECREASING GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES IN RECENT YEARS, HAVE [...] |
2003-07-30 12:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AMGT APER |
| 03ABUDHABI4408 |
UAE STUDENT VISA APPLICATIONS LOW BUT HOPE ABOUNDS [...] SUMMARY: UAE NATIONALS CONTINUE TO APPLY FOR STUDENT VISAS IN LOW NUMBERS, ATTRIBUTED MOSTLY TO VISA REQUIREMENTS, SYSTEMIC COMPLICATIONS WITH THE TIMING OF FINAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADES, AND PARENTS' MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT US DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MUSLIMS AND ARABS. DESPITE THIS, POSITIVE SIGNS [...] |
2003-10-01 06:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL CVIS TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4495 |
UAE: PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES [...] (C) Per Refs A and B, Polchief delivered the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Principles on September 7 and followed up with MFA interlocutors September 28 and 30. Polchief also made contact with other embassies that had received similar demarche instructions from their ca [...] |
2003-10-06 12:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4792 |
UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION OFFICIALS REACT [...] SUMMARY: ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2003, ABU DHABI CONOFF AND EDUCATIONAL ADVISOR VISITED THE SCHOLARSHIP OFFICE AT THE UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (MOHE). DURING THIS MEETING, CONOFF DISCUSSED ADDRESSED THE CURRENT COMPLICATIONS FACING UAE STUDENTS, INCLUDING VISA PROCESSING DELAYS AND NA [...] |
2003-10-29 03:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO CVIS CMGT TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4803 |
A/S HARTY DISCUSSES VISAS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING HER VISIT TO THE UAE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONSULAR AFFAIRS MAURA HARTY ENGAGED A VARIETY SIPDIS OF UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OFFICIALS, MET WITH MISSION STAFF, AND CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ABU DHABI NEWSPAPER OF RECORD AL ITTIHAD. IN A MEETING WITH SENIOR UAE MIN [...] |
2003-10-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CMGT CVIS CASC KOCI TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4845 |
UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION OFFICIALS WARMLY [...] SUMMARY: ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2003, ABU DHABI CONOFF AND EDUCATIONAL ADVISOR VISITED THE SCHOLARSHIP OFFICE AT THE UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (MOHE). DURING THIS MEETING, CONOFF ADDRESSED THE CURRENT COMPLICATIONS FACING UAE STUDENTS, INCLUDING VISA PROCESSING DELAYS AND NATIONAL SE [...] |
2003-11-03 09:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO CVIS CMGT TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4859 |
UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION OFFICIALS WARMLY [...] SUMMARY: ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2003, ABU DHABI CONOFF AND EDUCATIONAL ADVISOR VISITED THE SCHOLARSHIP OFFICE AT THE UAE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION (MOHE). DURING THIS MEETING, CONOFF ADDRESSED THE CURRENT COMPLICATIONS FACING UAE STUDENTS, INCLUDING VISA PROCESSING DELAYS AND NATIONAL SE [...] |
2003-11-04 08:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO CVIS CMGT TC |
| 03ABUDHABI5031 |
ADNOC EXECUTIVES AND STUDENTS ALLEGE MISTREATMENT OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2003, ABU DHABI CONOFF AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ASSISTANT VISITED THE ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY (ADNOC) SCHOLARSHIP OFFICE. DURING THIS MEETING, CONOFF DISCUSSED VISA PROCESSING DELAYS, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) PROCEDURES AT US PORTS OF ENTRY [...] |
2003-11-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO CVIS CMGT ECON EPET BEXP TC |
| 03ABUJA1329 |
NIGERIA: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF THE [...] (C) On 18 July, President Obasanjo swore in 38 of 40 new Ministers and deputies and confirmed their various portfolios. In a novel twist, Obasanjo had forwarded the roster to the National Assembly without matching the prospective Ministers to any portfolios. He only designated the portfolios [...] |
2003-08-04 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA1995 |
MFA DOUBTFUL OF MUGABE INVITE TO CHOGM [...] (C) During a November 20 meeting with MFA Permanent Secretary Amb. Daniel Hart, CDA asked about any new SIPDIS developments related to the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) arising out of President Obasanjo's recent visit to Zimbabwe. Hart professed not to know the [...] |
2003-11-21 11:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI NI |
| 03ABUJA343 |
NIGERIA'S OBASANJO ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian President Obasanjo February 14 told DAS Bridgewater and Ambassador Jeter that Tsanvirgai had made a mistake by going to court. Dialogue was not possible under the circumstances, and it made no sense to continue sanctions, still less since Australia had implemented additi [...] |
2003-02-12 14:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ZI NI |
| 03ABUJA534 |
NIGERIA: THE FOUNDATIONS OF OBASANJO'S FANTASIES [...] (U) Although not a formal member of the Front Line States, Nigeria was in the vanguard of those fighting for the liberation of southern Africa. The current Chief of Staff of the Air Force has told us stories of the role he played in ferreting weapons to ZANU to shore up ZANU's fight against t [...] |
2003-03-19 18:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROP ZI NI UK AS |
| 03ABUJA637 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHE: DEMOCRATIC EXPRESSION CRUSHED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter delivered the demarche on Zimbabwe to President Obasanjo on March 26. At that meeting he was joined by British High Commissioner Philip Thomas. Allied with South Africa, the GON opposes continued suspension of Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth, and wants to disba [...] |
2003-04-04 16:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SF ZI NI SADC |
| 03AMMAN16 |
IRAQIS IN JORDAN: VIEWS FROM UNHCR [...] (S/NF) Summary and Comment: According to UNHCR officials, recognized refugees and asylum seekers represent 5,000 of the estimated 300,000 Iraqis resident in Jordan. With just a ten percent refugee recognition rate, UNHCR reports most Iraqis in Jordan are economic migrants who simply are look [...] |
2003-01-02 10:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ECON IZ JO PREP |
| 03AMMAN1769 |
MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN1876 |
TFIZO1: REPORT FROM U.S. REPORTER EXPELLED FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY - MR. NATE THAYER, A REPORTER EXPELLED FROM IRAQ, CALLED TODAY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON SITUATION IN BAGHDAD. HE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT HIS COMMENTS NOT/NOT BE PROVIDED TO PRESS OR PUBLIC. SITUATION IN BAGHDAD IS CHAOTIC WITH NO ONE APPEARING TO BE IN CONTROL. MS. MARY CAP [...] |
2003-03-29 09:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC AMGT ASEC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2130 |
RUWEISHED RELIEF EFFORTS FLAPPING IN THE WIND [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: On April 5, refcoord and DART-West monitored operations at the IOM/JRCS TCN transit and UNHCR refugee camps in Ruweished. Rather than serving as a brief stopping point on the way home, the IOM/JRCS transit camp is struggling to care for an unexpected population of [...] |
2003-04-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID KPAL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2131 |
TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 31 (4/08 1700 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 8. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSNs at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. 2. (S) The Ambassa [...] |
2003-04-08 16:19:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2427 |
950 ASYLUM SEEKERS AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER, UNHCR [...] (C) The GOJ is not admitting most asylum seekers to the UNHCR refugee camp at Ruweished. As of mid-day on April 22, 950 people (roughly 800 Iranian Kurds, 50 Iranian oppositionists and 100 Palestinians) are being held in no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts, where they [...] |
2003-04-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN2928 |
MEDIA REACTION ON SUICIDE BOMBINGS AND MIDDLE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-19 11:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03AMMAN3242 |
UNRWA MAY 21-22 DONORS MEETING: BUDGET [...] (U) Summary: UNRWA's May 21-22 meeting of major donors and host governments revealed an agency in an atypically sound cash-flow position but troubled by overall budget shortfalls and underfunded emergency needs in the West Bank and Gaza, with only USD 25 million received against its current [...] |
2003-06-03 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL KWBG EAID IS JO |
| 03AMMAN4185 |
JORDAN/SINGAPORE: US FTA PARTNERS LINK UP? [...] (u) This is a joint Embassy Singapor/Embassy Amman cable. 2. (sbu) Summary: Singapore Trade Minister George Yeo passed King Abdullah a letter from Prime Minister Goh Chok Yong on the margins of the World Economic Forum proposing a Free Trade Agreement between Jordan and Singapore. Jord [...] |
2003-07-10 05:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD PREL SN JO |
| 03AMMAN5793 |
VOLVIS PROGRAM ON EDUCATIONAL REFORM, CIVIC [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES DR. RAED QAQISH FOR A VOLVIS PROGRAM, MEMBER OF THE LOWER HOUSE OF THE JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT FROM OCTOBER 20-30, 2003. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: PREFIX: MR. F-NAME: RAED M-NAME: K. L-NAME: QAQISH M-ADDR1: P.O. BOX 1355 M-CITY: AL SALT 1911 [...] |
2003-09-10 05:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 03AMMAN6490 |
MEDIA REACTION ON TURKISH FORCES TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-09 12:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 03ANKARA1422 |
CASE AGAINST GERMAN FOUNDATIONS DISMISSED [...] (C) Summary: An Ankara court unanimously dismissed separatism and espionage charges against representatives of five German pro-democracy foundations. German diplomats welcomed the decision, but are concerned that the foundations might still face restrictions and harassment. This case, based [...] |
2003-03-06 04:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
| 03ANKARA3023 |
AUSTRALIA GROUP SPRAYER NON-PAPER SHARED WITH GOT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-09 08:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA4024 |
GOT PLANNING TO IMPLEMENT CATCH-ALL CONTROLS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-24 06:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA417 |
ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-16 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR TU |
| 03ANKARA4908 |
AUSTRALIA GROUP: NO INDICATION THAT THE GOT WILL [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires ad interim Robert Deutsch. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On August 4, polmiloff delivered reftel points to Omur Yurdakul, First Secretary in the MFA's Disarmament Department. Yurdakul said that she was not aware of any intention within the GOT to brea [...] |
2003-08-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL |
| 03ANKARA6857 |
THE VIEW FROM SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY: PART ONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE MESSAGES ABOUT THE AMCON ADANA REPORTING TEAM VISIT TO SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY FROM SEPTEMBER 14-26. REFTELS REPORT SOME ASPECTS OF THIS TRIP. THE REGION'S KURDISH POPULATION WAS DISTRUSTFUL OF STATE INITIATIVES; SAW THE "RETURN TO HOME" LAW AS INDISTINGU [...] |
2003-11-04 07:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KNNP TU |
| 03ANKARA7649 |
2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTION [...] (U) This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2004 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) In aiming to accelerate democratization, pursue its EU candidacy, revive the economy and tackle ch [...] |
2003-12-15 08:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PREL TU |
| 03BEIRUT5034 |
LEBANON: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-28 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER LE |
| 03BRUSSELS3243 |
CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2003 [...] This cable contains an action request. See para. 9. 2. Summary. In a productive June 9-10 meeting in Athens, the members of the Central Dublin Group reviewed regional reports from Central Asia (Italy), Eastern Europe (Germany), Southwest Asia (UK) and Southeast Asia and China (Australia). [...] |
2003-06-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03BRUSSELS4996 |
PARIS PACT ROUNDTABLE ON IRAN [...] Summary. The second roundtable convened by the "Paris Pact" for countries affected by the Afghanistan Opium Economy was held at the headquarters of the World Customs Organization in Brussels on October 15. This meeting was a considerable improvement over the first roundtable on the Balkans h [...] |
2003-10-28 08:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF KCRM SNAR IR RS XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03COLOMBO1389 |
INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2003 FOR SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-11 07:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV |
| 03COLOMBO1399 |
Norwegian facilitator set to arrive to work on [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Special Envoy Erik Solheim is slated to arrive in Sri Lanka on August 12. One key purpose of his visit is to try to convince the Tigers to vacate an unauthorized camp they have set up in the east. In other peace process news, the Tigers are getting ready for a semina [...] |
2003-08-11 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PREF CE NO FR LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1453 |
No movement regarding Tiger camp, as GSL [...] (C) SUMMARY: There has been no movement regarding the unauthorized Tiger camp in the east. As the Norwegian facilitators continue to work on the issue, key ministers are giving us differing views on the possibility that the GSL may use force to try to resolve matters. In other peace track [...] |
2003-08-20 10:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM CE NO FR LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1606 |
Donors reaffirm support for peace process at [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador participated in the follow-up meeting to the Tokyo conference held on September 12 in Colombo. Japanese Special Envoy Akashi chaired the meeting. In their remarks, donors and international agency heads reiterated their support for assistance to Sri Lanka, but un [...] |
2003-09-15 11:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PTER CE NO JA UN LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1712 |
Joint demarche on GSL regarding Proliferation [...] (U) On October 1, Ambassador, plus Ambassadors/Charges/DCM's from UK, Italy, Germany, France, Australia and Netherlands and Japan -- all of the PSI members with resident missions in Colombo -- called on GSL Acting Foreign Secretary Sarala Fernando, MFA Legal Adviser Rohan Perera and MFA Direc [...] |
2003-10-02 05:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM CE |
| 03COLOMBO172 |
SRI LANKA: THE LTTE BUILDS A FINANCIAL [...] SUMMARY: DUE TO AN INTERNATIONAL CRACKDOWN ON TERRORIST FINANCING POST SEPTEMBER 11, THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EALAM (LTTE) HAS SHIFTED OVER THE PAST YEAR FROM FOREIGN FUND-RAISING TO LARGELY DOMESTIC FINANCING. WHILE THE LTTE TRADITIONALLY LEVIED TAXES IN AREAS UNDER ITS CONTROL, RECEN [...] |
2003-01-30 06:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL PTER PGOV CE |
| 03COLOMBO1781 |
Tiger delegation wraps up meeting in Ireland [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tamil Tigers have wrapped up their meeting at the Glencree Center for Reconciliation located south of Dublin. The Glencree meeting appears to have helped the group further polish its response to the GSL's north/east interim administration proposal. The Tiger delegation is n [...] |
2003-10-14 11:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CE NO EI LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO1991 |
Colombo Plan: Report on November 18 Special [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On November 18, the Colombo Plan Council held a Special Session to address pressing matters in the wake of the postponed 39th Consultative Committee Meeting (CCM), originally scheduled for April 2003, in [...] |
2003-11-18 12:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR AORC CE |
| 03COLOMBO2199 |
IMI: OIL EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITY IN SRI [...] Summary: Hoping to begin off-shore oil prospecting soon, the Sri Lanka Government intends to announce its plans to international oil companies at a workshop in early 2004. End Summary. 2. The Government plans to open areas in the Mannar Basin off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka for [...] |
2003-12-31 10:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EPET ENRG BTIO CE ECONOMICS |
| 03COLOMBO239 |
Colombo Plan: Consensus emerging on [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 4. 2. (C) Poloff attended a February 11 Colombo Plan meeting focused on selecting a new secretary general of the organization. (Note: The new secretary general, who will serve a four-year term, will take over in June from the current incu [...] |
2003-02-11 11:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EAID SNAR CE TH IR |
| 03COLOMBO480 |
MEDIA PLAY: IRAQ [...] Over the 3/22-23 weekend Colombo's newspapers continued to criticize the war. "Stop this war forthwith," insisted the independent English DAILY MIRROR. The government-owned Sinhala weekender, DINAMINA, spoke of the "Middle East war environment: crisis and impact." "Alas! War" said the opp [...] |
2003-03-24 05:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE |
| 03COLOMBO497 |
FOURTH TOKYO CORE GROUP MEETING ROUNDUP [...] The UN and ADB reported on the Needs Assessment Validation Workshop held in Kilinochchi last week. It was attended by 150 people, 50 of whom were LTTE, including three LTTE consultants from Australia, senior central and provincial level Government staff, NGOs and civil society. There were n [...] |
2003-03-25 10:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO503 |
COLOMBO EAC MEETING MARCH 25, 2003 [...] (SBU) On March 25, 2003 Colombo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss the local security situation. The DCM chaired the EAC. 2. (SBU) The EAC agreed that the situation in Colombo is calm. The anti-U.S. protest on March 21, 2003 mobilized about 2000 people and was non- [...] |
2003-03-25 12:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AEMR PTER CASC CE |
| 03COLOMBO606 |
DRAFT DONOR STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES RE FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is an ACTION message. This cable contains the latest draft of the Donors' statement of principles regarding provision of foreign assistance to Sri Lanka as the peace process proceeds. It has been agreed to (ad referendum) by all of Sri Lanka's major bilateral donors at [...] |
2003-04-09 07:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO688 |
Tigers announce they are suspending peace talks; GSL, most observers see move as tactical [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a press release dated April 21, the Tamil Tigers suspended their participation in the peace talks and said they will not attend the June donors conference. The GSL has not yet reacted in public to the statement (short of a very brief letter to the Tigers taking note of their stateme [...] |
2003-04-22 09:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KPAO EAID CE NO JA LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO740 |
FY-2003 VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN [...] PAS COLOMBO REQUESTS FOR A FUNDED VOLVIS (TWO INDIVIDUALS TRAVELING TOGETHER - ITT) PROGRAM ON CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS. POST NOMINATES MR. NAUFEL ABDUL- RAHMAN, SECRETARY TO THE LEADER OF THE PARLIAMENT, AND MR. N.V. KEERTHIRATNE KARUNASENA WERAGODA, SECRETARY TO THE CABINET OF MINISTERS, FOR P [...] |
2003-05-05 02:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 03COLOMBO773 |
Tigers meet Japanese envoy and are [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese envoy Akashi met May 7 with Tiger leader Prabhakaran and pressed the LTTE to return to the peace talks. Akashi also gave the Tigers one week to make a final decision on whether they will attend the June donors conference in Tokyo. Prabhakaran was noncommittal, althoug [...] |
2003-05-07 07:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR EAID CE NO JA LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO914 |
OFDA ASSESSMENT: FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN [...] SUMMARY: USAID/OFDA ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR TRAVELED TO SRI LANKA FROM MAY 21-25 TO ASSIST THE MISSION WITH RESPONSE TO THE FLOOD DISASTER. SHE TRAVELED WITH USAID/SRI LANKA MISSION DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER (MDRO) TO THE WORST HIT DISTRICTS IN SOUTHWESTERN SRI LANKA. WHILE THE FLOODWATERS HAV [...] |
2003-05-29 11:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL CE |
| 03COLOMBO970 |
GSL looks forward to Tokyo and hopes for big [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GSL is looking forward to the Tokyo donors conference, hoping for a big impact both politically and financially. That said, the Tigers' apparent non-participation is casting a bit of a shadow. The Norwegians plan to be represented in Tokyo by development officials. India m [...] |
2003-06-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE NO JA IN LTTE |
| 03DJIBOUTI1703 |
DJIBOUTI: EXPULSIONS UPDATE [...] (U) On July 26 Djiboutian Interior Minister Abdoulkader Wais announced that all undocumented foreigners must leave Djibouti by August 31, a deadline which was later extended to September 15. According to Djiboutian security officials 180 illegal aliens were seized in the Ambouli neighborhood o [...] |
2003-09-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PHUM DJ |
| 03HANOI1043 |
MONITORING VISIT TO KY SON PHASE II PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Much to the relief of district officials and following extensive delays, the UNODC-funded Ky Son Phase II is up and running. Agriculture and livestock models -- the focus of the USG assistance to this project -- are being implemented in a number of communes dispersed around [...] |
2003-04-29 05:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV EAID LA VM UNODC CNARC |
| 03HANOI1063 |
NAM CAN BORDER OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Vietnam - Laos Nam Can border crossing in Nghe An province opened to foreigners in January 2003. There appears to be a frenzy of building activity in and around the border, but cross border traffic remains modest. Smuggling of drugs and other contraband in the border are [...] |
2003-05-01 23:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR SOCI PGOV ETRD ECON EAID LA VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI1437 |
VIETNAM: Ongoing evolution of the role of [...] (U) Summary: The gradual process of judicial reform and development of a "rule-of-law" state in Vietnam have contributed to the rise in the prominence of lawyers. The just-concluded Nam Cam trial (ref b) showcased pilot changes in court proceedings that are supposed to put defense attorney [...] |
2003-06-11 08:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EINV SOCI VM |
| 03HANOI1439 |
VIETNAM: FOLLOW UP TO SIXTH WTO WORKING PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam heard a consistent message at its Sixth WTO Working Party session in May regarding the need to make a "quantum leap" in it's approach to WTO accession but is interpreting that message in various ways. Publicly, GVN officials gave themselves a big pat on the back for th [...] |
2003-06-11 09:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD VM WTO BTA |
| 03HANOI1510 |
ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: A new Prime Ministerial degree in March 2003 reaffirmed the MFA's main diplomatic functions as the GVN's main foreign affairs agency and also confirmed its leadership over Vietnam's Border Commission and increasingly active Committee for Overseas Vietnamese. The new decree is u [...] |
2003-06-18 03:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL VM |
| 03HANOI1549 |
NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2003 [...] (U) In response to ref a request, post is providing responses keyed to 2003 certification demarche points (ref b) as follow: 2. (U) Implementation of the counternarcotics Master Plan for 2001-2005: --This is an ongoing activity that continues to make slow but steady progress. The Un [...] |
2003-06-20 06:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI1554 |
Khmer and Cham in Vietnam -- [...] (U) Summary: The Mekong Delta province of An Giang on the Cambodian border is home to members of all of Vietnam's recognized religious faiths and two of its larger ethnic minorities, the Khmer and the Cham. The Khmer follow Theravada Buddhism, while most Vietnamese Buddhists belong to the [...] |
2003-06-20 09:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 03HANOI1808 |
VIETNAM: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-16 02:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | BTA ECON EINV ELAB ETRD FINREF KTBD OPIC VN |
| 03HANOI1933 |
MFA SUGGESTS NEXT ROUND OF HR DIALOGUE [...] (U) In a meeting with A/DCM on July 30, MFA International Organization Department Acting Director Pham Binh Minh formally proposed that Vietnam host the next round of US-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, preferably in late August 2003. He suggested that Vietnam would be ready to up the level o [...] |
2003-07-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL VM HUMANR |
| 03HANOI199 |
VIETNAM: ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK - TYCO [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 21, 2003, the Vietnamese Supreme Court reversed a May 2002 landmark decision by the Ho Chi Minh City Economic Court that would have recognized an international arbitral award for the first time in that city. The Mission has been assisting Tyco Services Singapore sin [...] |
2003-01-24 09:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD VM |
| 03HANOI2489 |
VIETNAM - PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE RETURN OF [...] (U) Summary. In anticipation of the resurgence of SARS, Mission plans to encourage vaccinations against the flu and will continue to promote healthy practices in the work place. Consular Sections at both posts are in the process of a systematic updating, appraisal, and testing of our Warden S [...] |
2003-09-29 10:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC TBIO VM |
| 03HANOI2630 |
VIETNAM -- CANDIDATE FOR THE UN COMMISSION ON [...] SUMMARY: Post nominates Vietnam as a candidate country for the water initiative of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (see reftel). Vietnam has an incredibly diverse geography with accompanying water issues. Vietnam has a national water plan, and on-going research projects with a wid [...] |
2003-10-15 10:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EAGR KSCA SENV TSPL VM |
| 03HANOI2654 |
Vietnam -- BIOTECH REGs [...] Summary: Vietnam does not have a biotech framework law, but one is being developed. Vietnam does have several biotech labeling laws. However, they have not been implemented. There have not been any problems with biotech commodity trade, but Post will have to monitor the development of the new [...] |
2003-10-17 03:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON SENV TBIO TSPL |
| 03HANOI2795 |
Vietnam: Review of BTA Implementation [...] (U) December 10 will mark the second anniversary of the entry-into-force of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA). Ensuring timely and effective implementation of the BTA remains a critical component of our economic relations with Vietnam. We continue to provide significant techni [...] |
2003-10-31 08:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON EAID PREL VM IPROP BTA WTO |
| 03HANOI2860 |
VIETNAM'S EXPERIENCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's series of human rights dialogues with foreign governments are broad-based and generally non-confrontational. Many are linked to ongoing aid programs related to governance reform, but few dialogues result in -- or are expected to - produce concrete short- term results [...] |
2003-11-07 02:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SW SZ AS NO VM HUMANR |
| 03HANOI2869 |
TOUR D'HORIZON WITH DEFMIN GENERAL TRA [...] (SBU) Summary. Defense Minister Tra's meetings in Washington next week are unlikely to produce any surprises, but should put the full stamp of approval on better mil/mil ties and lead to a more active program of exchanges. Tra is keen to expand medical cooperation and also seeks more techn [...] |
2003-11-07 08:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR TH CH CB VM |
| 03HANOI3232 |
VIETNAM TIP: THE TAIWAN MARRIAGE PHENOMENON [...] Summary: Taiwan has become the export destination of choice for Vietnamese brides. 73,000 women - 95 percent of Vietnamese marrying foreigners - have married Taiwanese men since the phenomenon began to take off in 1995. Demand is growing, driven by (1) the desire of lower-middle class Taiwa [...] |
2003-12-15 02:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM VM TW OMIG TIP |
| 03HANOI3350 |
2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY -- REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CNARC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM |
| 03HANOI396 |
"PROTESTING" FOR PEACE IN IRAQ [...] (U) According to press reports, over 1,300 people turned up for a rally at Hanoi's downtown Cultural and Friendship Hall (a gift from the then-Soviet Union) on February 18 to demonstrate solidarity with the people of Iraq, express opposition to war and embargoes against Iraq, and to call for [...] |
2003-02-19 09:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PTER IZ VM |
| 03HANOI527 |
VIETNAM - ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) As instructed ref A, post provides input for the 2003 Anti-trafficking in Persons report. The point of contact in Vietnam is Tim Swanson, tel. 84-4-772-1500 and fax 84-4-772-2614. Post estimates that collecting information for and drafting the report required 48 hours, including 8 hours [...] |
2003-03-06 08:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM TIP LABOR |
| 03HANOI655 |
SARS IN HANOI: CURRENT SITUATION AND REQUEST FOR [...] Please see action/guidance requests in paras 9 and 10. What Happened? -------------- 2. Hanoi is one of the areas most affected in the current, worldwide epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The first Hanoi case was identified February 26th, when an American citizen (H [...] |
2003-03-17 14:17:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AMED TBIO SOCI VM |
| 03HANOI669 |
VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA: LOOKING FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam and Cambodia have a complex relationship with a volatile history, but both sides now appear to focus on the future. Cross border smuggling of drugs and other goods as well as human trafficking have emerged as significant problems. Vietnam reportedly does not view the [...] |
2003-03-19 02:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR SOCI PHUM ETRD ECON EAID CB VM ETMIN CNARC ASEAN TIP |
| 03HANOI702 |
TFIZ01: VIETNAM UPDATE MARCH 21 [...] (U) Vietnamese television, radio, and newspapers on March 20 and March 21 highlighted international protests against military action in Iraq, including another slew of mass pro-peace "meetings" throughout Vietnam that were described as involving at least tens of thousands of Vietnamese citiz [...] |
2003-03-21 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS CASC IZ VM |
| 03HANOI789 |
WGSARS: Vietnamese Medical Situation - Update 3/28 [...] (U) To our knowledge, no new SARS cases were reported on March 28 (but Mission was unable to get a hold of WHO in Hanoi by COB today to verify this information). The French Hospital discharged another four persons on the evening of March 27 for a total of 13 cases discharged since the beginni [...] |
2003-03-28 10:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED AMGT CASC TBIO VM |
| 03HARARE1169 |
MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush and Blair lied about Iraq" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its June 8 editorial to criticizing the United States-led war against Iraq, saying, "the invasion of Iraq was unjust." Adding: "Bush and Blair are shameless liars." [...] |
2003-06-09 12:20:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1319 |
MEDIA REACTION POWELL OP-ED ON ZIM UNDER FIRE; [...] Under headline "Powell is a slow learner" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its June 27 editorial to criticizing Secretary of State Colin Powell for penning a critical op-ed in the "New York Times" on Robert Mugabe's government. Excerpts fol [...] |
2003-06-27 08:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1544 |
MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "America's medieval barbarism" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its July 27 editorial to condemning the United States for making public the pictures of Saddam Hussein's two sons, Uday and Quasy, who were killed in a gun batt [...] |
2003-07-31 05:03:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1671 |
MEDIA REACTION EDITORIALS AGAINST LIFTING OF [...] Back to back editorials in the August 25 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" and the July 24 edition of its sister weekly "The Daily News on Sunday" are against the call for the lifting of travel and economic restrictions imposed on Robert Mugabe a [...] |
2003-08-25 14:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR ZI |
| 03HARARE1698 |
LABOR RESPONSE AWAITS CONSENSUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the deadline has passed on the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions' (ZCTU) July 29 ultimatum to the GOZ demanding resolution of the cash crisis (reftel), no threatened "unspecified action" has materialized. It now appears that a ZCTU National Council meeting will not take [...] |
2003-08-27 09:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV ZI |
| 03HARARE1977 |
BISHOPS PROPOSE PARTIES' RETREAT [...] (C) Bishop Trevor Manhanga on September 26 offered the Embassy an update on the so-called bishops' initiative. According to Manhanga, the bishops continued to meet personally with representatives from each party at least once a week. They remained especially encouraged by ZANU-PF's posture, [...] |
2003-09-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI |
| 03HARARE2256 |
MUGABE'S CHOGM ATTENDANCE IN AIR FOLLOWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian President Obasanjo met with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai twice and President Mugabe once during his visit to Zimbabwe on November 17. According to MDC sources, Tsvangirai told Obasanjo during the first meeting that the MDC would be willing to participate in a tran [...] |
2003-11-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI |
| 03HARARE2364 |
RULING PARTY CIRCLES WAGONS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ZANU-PF annual conference December 5-8 in Masvingo projected a ruling party united under the unquestioned leadership of Robert Mugabe and ever-resistant to outside influence. The conference ended suspense over succession speculation by indicating unambiguously that the party [...] |
2003-12-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI ZANU PF |
| 03HARARE2394 |
CALLS TO SEVER TIES NOT CREDIBLE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-12 09:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI |
| 03HARARE360 |
TSVANGIRAI TRIAL: BEN-MENASHE CROSS-EXAMINATION [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-21 10:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ZI |
| 03HARARE422 |
OBASANJO LETTER TO HOWARD: FANTASYLAND [...] (U) The recent letter from President Obasanjo to Australian PM Howard recommending lifting of Commonwealth sanctions on Zimbabwe surprised many observers in Zimbabwe, as many of the assertions on which his recommendation is based have little basis in reality. Indeed, the Nigerian president a [...] |
2003-02-27 11:19:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 03HARARE540 |
RECENT CHURCH ACTIVISM INCLUDING MEDIATION OFFER [...] (C) In recent weeks church leaders, including some from South Africa, have shown an increased willingness to speak out, and to organize events or meetings that draw attention to the political crisis in Zimbabwe. We would welcome Pretoria's and Capetown's assessment of a serious mediation init [...] |
2003-03-14 10:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY1142 |
KIEN GIANG PROVINCE: PRACTICALLY PERFECT, IF NOT FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The southern Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang faces significant challenges in attracting foreign investment and reducing poverty. Despite impressive recent economic growth, mostly due to rice farmers converting to more profitable shrimp farming, the province is still underd [...] |
2003-11-21 11:18:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ECON PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY342 |
HARASSED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE: DON DUONG AND FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Actor Bui Don Duong, his wife, and their two sons departed Ho Chi Minh City today on the first leg of their journey to the U.S. as intending immigrants. Up to the last minute, GVN security forces delayed and humiliated the family at Tan Son Nhut Airport, almost causing them to [...] |
2003-04-10 00:55:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SOCI PGOV VM HUMANR |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY585 |
THICH QUANG DO -- HOW FREE AT LAST? [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 30 meeting with Consul General, recently "released" United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) deputy Thich Quang Do launched into a two- hour plus discourse on religion, democracy, freedom, and capitalism. Confirming press reports, he said he would soon attempt [...] |
2003-06-30 17:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL EAID EINV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY604 |
CAN THO AND AN GIANG UNIVERSITIES - SEEKING [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent trip to the Mekong Delta region, DCM met with the Vice-Rector of Can Tho University and the Rector of An Giang University. Both expressed disappointment at the slow start to the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) scholarship program and expressed hope that it [...] |
2003-07-03 10:48:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI EAGR ECON OEXC VM |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY777 |
COFFEE AND COCOA IN DAK LAK PROVINCE -- THE POT [...] (U) Summary: Hopes for economic prosperity in Vietnam's Dak Lak province remain centered on agriculture, especially cash crop coffee. While low coffee prices have meant continued slow growth, they have also spawned diversification programs. During a visit to the largest of the four Central [...] |
2003-08-27 00:36:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL EINV ETRD EAGR SOCI VM |
| 03ISTANBUL1517 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINORITY RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (sbu) Summary: During courtesy calls on the Armenian Patriarch, Chief Rabbi, and Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan, Ambassador Edelman promised to maintain close relations with each community and to press the GOT to implement broader protection for religious freedom in Turkey. Each of the communit [...] |
2003-10-14 11:39:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
| 03JAKARTA13041 |
INDONESIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Indonesia significantly increased its support for the global coalition against terrorism during this period. The October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali that killed 202 - including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 28 Britons, and seven Americans galvanized the Indonesian Government into action, and t [...] |
2003-11-28 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL KJUS ID |
| 03KATHMANDU1496 |
NEPAL: MAOISTS ATTACK SECURITY FORCES; PRESSURING [...] (U) Since their July 31 commitment to a third round of peace talks (ref A), the Maoists have increased activities in violation of the cease-fire code of conduct resulting in the deaths of 8 security personnel and one Maoist. Maoist violations could be a unilateral attempt to restrict the army [...] |
2003-08-06 09:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS CASC NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1614 |
WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST [...] PEACE TALKS -- Dr. Bhattarai for no less than constituent assembly: The Maoists warned (8/24) the government that the ongoing talks would cease automatically if the latter declined to come up with its revised agenda by Tuesday and accept the Maoist condition for unconditional constituent [...] |
2003-08-26 05:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1721 |
UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 30- [...] Sixty-three Maoists and fifteen security personnel died in clashes this week. The Government of Nepal (GON) imposed curfews on twenty-three of Nepal's districts in an attempt to maintain law and order. Pyar Jung Thapa, Chief of Army Staff, pledged to maintain peace in Nepal and declared that [...] |
2003-09-05 04:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1890 |
AmCit Trekker Attacked and Robbed on Annapurna [...] SUMMARY. On Saturday, September 27, 2003, American citizen Sean Gamble called the Embassy reporting that he had been attacked, injured and his passport stolen by a group of four assailants while trekking on the eastern portion of the Annapurna Circuit, near the village of Tal. The attack app [...] |
2003-09-29 09:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU1900 |
American Threatened by Maoists on Trail in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A resident American woman visiting families she aids in Dolpo District, together with two non-American friends, were recently accosted by a group of twelve Maoists while hiking in the Upper Dolpo region. The leader of the Maoist group demanded to have their passports, repeated [...] |
2003-10-01 08:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC PTER NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2248 |
WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: November 11 to 17, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Parties to go in forceful and comprehensive manner: The five political parties protesting against the royal takeover of October 4 last year have decided to continue with the protest programs in a more forceful and comprehensive manner in days to come. (Centrist "Kantip [...] |
2003-11-18 02:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2281 |
NEPAL: LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION OFFERS TO PROVIDE [...] (C) A Geneva-based representative of The Lutheran World Federation, Peter Prove, has suggested that the faith-based organization could provide third-party monitoring of the repatriation of Bhutanese refugees from Eastern Nepal to Bhutan. Prove also advocated that the donor governments hold an [...] |
2003-11-21 08:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF BH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2323 |
UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 22-28 [...] Forty Maoists, one Royal Nepal Army soldier and twelve police died in clashes this week, while twelve security personnel were injured. Maoists reportedly killed three civilians and abducted five. Three children died after bombs left by the insurgents exploded. Police seized a large cache o [...] |
2003-11-28 06:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP |
| 03KATHMANDU2340 |
NEPAL: OTHER DONORS KEEPING A DISTANCE FROM US? [...] (C) Summary: Following the delivery of increased USG security assistance last year, Maoist insurgents embarked on an anti-American propaganda campaign intended, in part, to isolate the U.S. diplomatically, discourage other donors from collaborating with us, and to incite Chinese and Indian [...] |
2003-12-01 09:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER NP UK |
| 03KATHMANDU2432 |
BHUTANESE REFUGEES: FRIENDS OF BHUTAN VISIT TO [...] (C) During a recent visit to Kathmandu, the Swiss and Austrian Ambassadors resident in New Delhi reported on their visit December 1-3 to Thimpu. The five-nation Friends of Bhutan demarched the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB), urging it to increase transparency in the repatriation process, t [...] |
2003-12-15 05:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM BH NP |
| 03KATHMANDU287 |
BHUTANESE REFUGEES: GON HOLDS DONOR'S MEETING, [...] (SBU) On February 13, Nepal's Secretary of Foreign Affairs briefed international donors on the agreement reached between Nepal and Bhutan on verification of Bhutanese refugees. The Government of Nepal (GoN) and participating donors were openly skeptical of the agreement, pointing out the lac [...] |
2003-02-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID NP |
| 03KATHMANDU322 |
GARLANDS AND PETITIONS: AMBASSADOR VISITS [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Malinowski visited UNHCR-administered camps in eastern Nepal during the weekend of February 15-16 to assess the situation of the Bhutanese refugees and to monitor the provision of food and other assistance from donor countries including the United States. The high-level [...] |
2003-02-24 10:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EAID NP BT |
| 03KATHMANDU382 |
INDO-NEPAL CROSS-BORDER ENERGY TRADE STAGNATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's Minister for Water Resources Dipak Gyawali is sharply critical of India's policies on cross-border energy trade. He told us that he believes New Delhi focuses on the strategic aspects of water and energy to the exclusion of economics. Despite Nepal's current power surpl [...] |
2003-03-04 04:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ENRG PREL |
| 03KATHMANDU566 |
NEPALI MAOISTS PURSUE SEPARATE DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Anton Hagen, local head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), confirmed to the DCM that Maoist insurgents have enlisted his help in sounding out other European and Canadian donor agencies regarding a possible meeting with Maoist interlocutors. Hagen also confirmed t [...] |
2003-03-28 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID SZ NP |
| 03KATHMANDU702 |
NEPAL REQUESTS USG LENIENCY FOR WTO ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In an April 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Commerce Secretary Lawa Prasad Devkota requested that the USG show greater flexibility in accepting Nepal's revised WTO offers. As a long-time development partner, it is "kind of incumbent" upon the US to assist N [...] |
2003-04-18 04:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL SNAR NP |
| 03KUWAIT1062 |
HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT #1 24 [...] This is the initial USG Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) daily cable that will report on the humanitarian situation within Iraq from Kuwait City. End Summary. ------------- DART ARRIVALS ------------- 2. Team West is fully constituted with the arrival of NGaertner and JAcree. [...] |
2003-03-24 18:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF MOPS PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1080 |
USAID HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT [...] The DART is expecting the delivery of relief supplies to the warehouse in Kuwait within the week. On 23 March, a WFP plane arrived at Kuwait International Airport with 40 MT of high-energy biscuits, and on 24 March, two shipments of wheat donated by the Australian Government departed Muscat [...] |
2003-03-25 17:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF MOPS PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1103 |
USAID HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT [...] On 25 March, the Health Fusion Cell met with representatives in water and sanitation, civil governance, and OTI to strategize on health and water assessments, funding capabilities, and interventions. CA assessments have begun in Safwan to determine the condition of the 5,000 people who are i [...] |
2003-03-26 16:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ KU WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1242 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM DART UPDATES FROM SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] On 31 March, DART members, accompanied by Coalition forces, conducted a rapid assessment of Basra International Airport and a water treatment plant located on the airport property. On 2 April, the DART received updates from Coalition forces on the status of Umm Qasr Port, as well as food and [...] |
2003-04-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1296 |
TFIZ01: USAID/PRM SITUATION REPORT 7 APRIL 2003 [...] The first ship containing Australian-donated wheat is expected to off-load at the main port in Kuwait City on 7 April. The DART's APU continues to engage NGOs and Coalition forces on plans for responding to human rights abuses. The USAID Reconstruction Team is working with ORHA, Coalition [...] |
2003-04-08 04:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT1415 |
TFIZ01: DART SITUATION REPORT 13 APRIL 2003 [...] The issue of milling of the Australian-donated wheat has yet to be resolved as WFP cannot proceed with milling until the negotiations with OIP are completed. Representatives of the IRAC reported that documents have been completely looted from GOI intelligence offices in Umm Qasr. DART member [...] |
2003-04-14 14:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2415 |
PURCHASING WHEAT AND BARLEY IN IRAQ [...] The Executive Director of WFP met with ORHA staff in Baghdad on 13 May. The primary discussion point was WFP's plan for purchasing the local harvest. WFP has set aside USD 42 million for the purchase of approximately 100,000 MT wheat in the north. DART held follow-up conversations with WFP [...] |
2003-06-03 11:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2639 |
DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE 2 JUNE [...] DART Field Team West witnessed the smooth start up of the public distribution system in Al Hillah on 2 June with numerous food trucks dropping off and picking up commodities. Public response to the mistaken release of a notorious killer, linked to thousands of victims in the mass graves of B [...] |
2003-06-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT2707 |
DART WESTERN IRAQ UPDATE 8 JUNE [...] DART Field Team West visited a rural health center and two village water supply units on 8 June in An Najaf with DART-partner International Rescue Committee, which has already begun DART-funded work in rural water and health in An Najaf and Karbala. The DART also met with WFP staff, who said [...] |
2003-06-18 16:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF IZ WFP |
| 03KUWAIT3950 |
(U) "SCIENTIFIC SALAFIS" PRESS FOR BIDOON RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hardline Islamists are spearheading a push to resolve the status of the Bidoon, stateless persons resident in Kuwait who number in the tens of thousands. This appears to be an attempt by the so-called Scientific Salafis to portray themselves as principled, compassionate defender [...] |
2003-08-26 12:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT4486 |
(C) KUWAITI FM DISCUSSES AID TO IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Action Request - see paragraphs 8, 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed Iraq -- and, briefly, Afghanistan -- with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah September 30 (other topics septels). The Minister was keenly interested in how the Madrid donors conference will be st [...] |
2003-10-01 05:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON ETRD OPDC IZ AF KU |
| 03KUWAIT4709 |
(U) FRENCH AMBASSADOR HOSTS G8 CTAG MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The French Ambassador hosted a meeting October 13 of embassy representatives of G8 countries and Switzerland, as part of worldwide consultations in preparation for the November 17 second meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) created during the G8 [...] |
2003-10-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ETTC KU |
| 03KUWAIT858 |
(C) OIL FOR JORDAN: GOK AWAITS SPECIFIC REQUEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Shaykh Sabah told the Ambassador March 10 that Kuwait still awaits a specific request for support from Jordan (whose FM Muasher was due here later in the day). He spoke ambiguously about whether Kuwait's $100 million deposit in the Jordanian Central Bank is jus [...] |
2003-03-11 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EAID JO IZ KU |
| 03LAGOS2434 |
EXPAT OIL WORKERS KIDNAPPED IN NIGER DELTA -- MORE [...] (SBU) On Thursday, November 27, seven expatriates were kidnapped in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. One has escaped or has been released. No American citizens appear to be involved. 2. (CO) The seven expatriate employees of the Canadian pipe-coating company Bredero Shaw were kidnapped off [...] |
2003-11-28 15:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET PGOV PINR PHUM EINV NI |
| 03MONTREAL543 |
MEETING OF MALIAT PARTIES AT ICAO [...] SUMMARY: AT A BRIEF LUNCHTIME MEETING ON THE SIDES OF THE ICAO 5TH WORLDWIDE AIR TRANSPORT CONFERENCE, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT ON LIBERALIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT (MALIAT) MEMBER COUNTRIES MET TO DISCUSS WAYS TO INCREASE THE AGREEMENT'S MEMBERSHIP. CURRENT [...] |
2003-04-25 20:40:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ATRN ICAO |
| 03OTTAWA1470 |
Canadian response to demarche on Codex ad hoc [...] Demarche was delivered to Codex Contact point at Health Canada as well as to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada. 2. Response from CFIA contact (Chris Payette) is that GoC shares U [...] |
2003-05-23 15:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO CA |
| 03OTTAWA1812 |
Canada's Uranium: A primer [...] Canada is the largest uranium producer in the world - in 2002 production was 11,607 metric tonnes of uranium, about one-third of total world production. Canada typically provides 20 to 30 percent of uranium used in the United States. The two main players are Cameco, a Canadian-based publicly [...] |
2003-06-26 18:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ETRD ENRG KNNP CA |
| 03OTTAWA1975 |
OFFICIAL INFORMAL - DRAFT FOR REVIEW AND ADDITIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-14 14:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KRIM CA |
| 03OTTAWA2001 |
CANADIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-15 20:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KRIM CA PRE |
| 03OTTAWA2014 |
CANADIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-16 13:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KRIM CA |
| 03OTTAWA2180 |
AUSTRALIA GROUP: CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR JUNE 2003 [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-31 20:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL CA CBW |
| 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 |
| 03OTTAWA679 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NORTH KOREA [...] "Liberating Iraqis is main justification for war" Columnist Rosie DiManno writing from Jordan made the following observations in the liberal Toronto Star (3/10): "The most urgent and compelling reason for invading Iraq is the one never mentioned by bickering diplomats at the United Nations: [...] |
2003-03-11 20:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA |
| 03RANGOON1114 |
BURMA: UNODC MAKES A PITCH FOR KOKANG/WA [...] (SBU) Summary: The UNODC has been making a quiet pitch for support among donors for a new counternarcotics intervention in the Wa and Kokang areas of Burma's Shan State (dubbed the "KOWI" project). UNODC Burma resident representative Jean-Luc Lemahieu recently conducted a round of bilateral [...] |
2003-09-12 07:18:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR BM |
| 03RANGOON1215 |
ALATAS VISIT TO BURMA: "I DON'T WANT TO IMPOSE" [...] (C) Summary: He came, he saw, he left. Indonesian special envoy Ali Alitas made a four-day visit September 21-24 to deliver personal messages to the SPDC from President Megawati. In his own words, he did not want to "impose" on the regime with regard to ASSK and accepted at face value the S [...] |
2003-09-25 11:26:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM ASSK |
| 03RANGOON1313 |
BURMA HOSTS "ACCORD" REGIONAL DRUG TASKFORCE; [...] (C) Summary: On Oct. 16 Burma hosted the law enforcement taskforce of the ASEAN region's cooperative counterdrug entity, ACCORD. Members agreed that amphetamines pose the biggest drug threat to the region, lauded UNODC computer-based training for law enforcement, and demonstrated varying degr [...] |
2003-10-20 09:10:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM PGOV EFIN BM |
| 03RANGOON195 |
NLD CEREMONY PROVIDES PLATFORM FOR PEOPLES' [...] (SBU) Summary: The National League for Democracy and other opposition parties represented by the Committee Representing the People's Parliament (CRPP) celebrated Burma's Union Day on February 12 at NLD headquarters. In this first ever CRPP public celebration of a national holiday, the growi [...] |
2003-02-13 10:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON258 |
MUSLIM REPRESSION AND RESENTMENT NEAR BURMA'S [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime's repression of the mostly Muslim population of northern Rakhine State, located along the border with Bangladesh, is breeding resentment and poverty. DCM visited the area in mid-February as part of a trip to the region organized by UNHCR for diplomats. UNHCR [...] |
2003-02-27 08:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREF KISL BM UNHCR |
| 03RANGOON370 |
PINHEIRO SEEKING SPDC APPROVAL FOR HR ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, UN Special Rapporteur Pinheiro briefed the U.S., EU, Japanese, and Australian Ambassadors on his current visit to Burma. Pinheiro said the 6-day visit is to update information prior to his March 31 presentation to the UN Human Rights Committee and to request gove [...] |
2003-03-21 06:04:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM |
| 03RANGOON398 |
A DAY OF CONTRASTS AND BOMBS IN RANGOON [...] (SBU) Summary: Armed Forces Day, March 27, saw the military government mount its traditional large military parade and host a state banquet in the posh Armed Forces grand hall and theater. The pro-democracy parties celebrated Anti-Fascist Resistance Day (commemorating the 1945 switch of Gene [...] |
2003-03-28 09:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON484 |
ASSK GIVES PRESS A DOWNBEAT ASSESSMENT OF HER YEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi told reporters and diplomats April 23 that her trips to various regions of the country reassured her that ethnic groups are anxious for national reconciliation. She provided details on how the trips had been marred by attempts to intimidate NLD supporters. A [...] |
2003-04-23 10:44:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM ASSK |
| 03RANGOON517 |
EAP DAS DALEY MEETS WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Matt Daley, COM, and note taker spent over an hour and a half with Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence April 27 discussing a host of political issues. UN Special Envoy Razali's influenced was undermined, in the NLD leader's view, when Malaysian PM Mahathir bowed to the re [...] |
2003-04-30 00:46:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM BM NLD ASSK |
| 03RANGOON53 |
WHAT'S BEST FOR BURMA? UNCLEAR. [...] (C) Summary. During a conversation with David Rockefeller at the Chief of Mission's residence on January 12th, Aung San Suu Kyi talked about the need for a speedy transition, the dangerous state of the nation's education system, and her growing public support outside Rangoon. Unfortunately, AS [...] |
2003-01-13 08:05:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON BM ASSK |
| 03RANGOON549 |
60TH ANNIVERSARY OF "SIAM-BURMA DEATH RAILWAY" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: COM, DATT, and others participated in a May 1 Australia-organized ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the infamous Siam-Burma Death Railway. 133 Americas were among the estimated 12,000 Allied POWs who perishing while slaving on the railway's construction. This wa [...] |
2003-05-07 06:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS BM |
| 03RANGOON636 |
BURMESE GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON NLD FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: The Chief of Mission delivered reftel B demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today and will follow up tomorrow with the Deputy Foreign Minister and the Minister of Labor. In company with Ambassadors from Germany and Italy and the British Charge, she also confirmed NLD Cen [...] |
2003-06-01 12:25:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON757 |
BURMA'S COUNTERNARCOTICS PERFORMANCE [...] Summary: The Burmese government (GOB) has reduced opium cultivation, cooperated with the United States, Australia, China, Thailand, and other states on a series of major narcotics cases, and continued to prosecute traffickers. It has failed in regard to its new money laundering law, whose i [...] |
2003-06-25 09:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR |