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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

00HARARE2102	MPINGA: MNANGAGWA PLAYS BOTH ENDS AGAINST THE [...] (C) MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS EMMERSON MNANGAGWA TOLD ME APRIL 14 THAT HE HAS KNOWN SOUTH AFRICAN/CONGOLESE BUSINESSMAN KALAA MPINGA FOR FOUR YEARS. MPINGA, WHOSE AGE HE GUESSED TO BE 38- 40, IS THE NEPHEW OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO'S MINISTER OF STATE [...]	2000-04-15 10:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ZI CG
00HARARE2197	MUGABE MEETS PROTAGONISTS IN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL FARM CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT MUGABE RECENTLY HAS MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) AND THE WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION THAT IS SPEARHEADING THE OCCUPATIONS OF FARMS, BOTH SEPARATELY AND TOGETHER. AS OF APRIL 20 IN HARARE, THE GENERAL SENSE IS THAT THE MEETINGS HAVE SOM [...]	2000-04-20 16:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
00HARARE2953	MINISTER OF STATE TELLS AMBASSADOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS ZANU-PF ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: MINISTER OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR INDIGENIZATION (BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT),CEPHAS MSIPA, TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD JUNE 1 THAT ZANU-PF'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION STRATEGY IS TO USE THE "WAR VETERANS" TO INTIMIDATE THE PUBLIC INTO SUPPORTING THE RUL [...]	2000-06-02 10:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI ZANU PF
00HARARE3098	ZIMBABWEAN ELECTION MONITORS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DOMESTIC ELECTION MONITORS HAVE EXPRESSED SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION THAT UN ACCREDITATION OF INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS WILL BE APPROVED BY AN INTER-MINISTERI AL GOVERNMENT BODY, RATHER THAN BY THE ELECTORAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION (ESC),AS HAS BEEN T [...]	2000-06-09 07:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI PREL KDEM EAID EU
00HARARE3166	UN PULLS OUT OF ELECTION PROCESS; CONFUSION OVER ACCREDITATION REMAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE UN ANNOUNCED AT A DONORS' MEETING JUNE 9 THAT IT WAS WITHDRAWING ITS ELECTORAL SUPPORT UNIT. THE UN CITED THREE REASONS: CHANGES IN ELECTORAL REGULATIONS GIVING A GOZ BODY CONTROL OVER ACCREDITATION FOR INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS, WHICH THE UN HAD PLANNED TO COORDINATE; A NOTE [...]	2000-06-13 15:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM ZI EU
00HARARE3168	IRI AND NDI OBSERVER DELEGATIONS FACE CONFIDENTIAL [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST; SEE PARAS 8-10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: OBSERVER DELEGATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE (NDI) AND INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE (IRI) ARE FACING BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES THAT SO FAR HAVE PREVENTED THEM FROM RECEIVING ACCREDITATION FROM [...]	2000-06-13 16:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM ZI
00HARARE3482	EU INTERIM REPORT ON ELECTIONS TAKES A TOUGH STANCE [...] SUMMARY: THE EUROPEAN UNION OBSERVER MISSION ISSUED AN INTERIM STATEMENT ON ZIMBABWE'S JUNE 24-25 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AT MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 25-26. THE REPORT COVERS THE PRE-ELECTION PERIOD AND THE VOTING; A LATER REPORT WILL COVER THE VOTE COUNT AND THE POST-ELECTION PERIOD. THE EU DETE [...]	2000-06-26 14:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV ZI EU ZANU PF
00HARARE3959	FOREIGN MINISTER ZUMA SHARES VIEWS ON BURUNDI WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE SHARED WITH SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN MINISTER DR. NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA JULY 17 USG CONCERNS ABOUT ACHIEVING A SUSTAINABLE PEACE IN BURUNDI. HE RELATED THE CONTENT OF HIS DISCUSSIONS IN CAPE TOWN WITH FACILITATOR NELSON MANDELA AND HIS WORD OF CAUTION TO M [...]	2000-07-19 09:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS BY TX SF
00HARARE3963	SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE'S MEETING WITH FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE HAD A PRODUCTIVE MEETING ON BURUNDI WITH A RECEPTIVE NELSON MANDELA ON JULY 17 REGARDING THE STATE OF PLAY OF THE ARUSHA AGREEMENT AND PLANS FOR THE JULY 19-20 MEETING OF REGIONAL HEADS OF STATE. WOLPE MADE INROADS ON TOPICS SUCH AS THE DANGER OF SIGNI [...]	2000-07-19 12:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BY SF
00HARARE4083	ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS POLITICAL [...] (C) MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TOLD CHARGE JULY 25 THAT THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE WILL MEET IN LUSAKA ON JULY 28 (REFTEL),AND THAT HE AND HIS MINISTER PLANNED TO ATTEND. AFTER INQUIRING ABOUT KABILA'S RECENT THREAT TO PULL THE PLUG ON MONUC, THE Z [...]	2000-07-25 13:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ZI CG
00HARARE4362	WITH MUGABE IN CRUSADE MODE, THE STATE'S FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT MUGABE IS IN CRUSADE MODE, CAMPAIGNING FOR HIS PARTY'S CAPTURE OF THE PRESIDENCY IN 2002. HE HAS MADE CLEAR HIS LEGACY WILL BE THAT OF THE BLACK ZIMBABWEAN WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE WORLD TO RETURN THE LAND TO HIS PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE COUNTRY AND [...]	2000-08-07 14:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON ZI
00HARARE5003	NEW ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT STILL FEELING ITS WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: SINCE ITS JULY 20 OPENING (REFTEL),ZIMBABWE'S NEW PARLIAMENT HAS FALLEN INTO RAUCOUS DEBATE AND POLITICAL SPARRING THAT HAS YIELDED FEW CONCRETE RESULTS. ONE HUNDRED EIGHT OUT OF 150 MEMBERS ARE NEW TO THE LEGISLATIVE BODY AND THIS HAS BEEN REFLECTED IN THE LOW QUALITY OF DEBAT [...]	2000-09-11 08:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ZI CG
00HARARE5137	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER [...] (C) IN A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ON SEPTEMBER 11, NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER EMMERSON MNANGAGWA INITIALLY DENIED THAT HE WAS STILL A KEY PLAYER ON DRC POLICY, BUT LATER ADMITTED THAT HE WOULD TRAVEL SOON TO KINSHASA, AT PRESIDENT MUGABE'S REQUEST, TO LEARN KABILA'S LATEST THINKING ON LU [...]	2000-09-13 14:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAGR PINR PHUM ZI
00HARARE5337	COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION FILES BROAD LAWSUIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) FILED A BROAD LAWSUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ON SEPTEMBER 18 WITH THE SUPREME COURT OVER THE BREAKDOWN IN LAW AND ORDER AND CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE GOZ'S FAST TRACK RESETTLEMENT EFFORT. THE LAWSUIT CITES PRESID [...]	2000-09-21 13:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAGR PREL EAID ZI
00HARARE5397	ZIMBABWE BANK DIRECTOR PROVIDES SOME HOPE FOR MORE STEADY FUEL SUPPLIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM AND POLOFF CALLED ON GIDEON GONO, DIRECTOR OF THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF ZIMBABWE (CBZ),SEPTEMBER 25 TO GET AN UPDATE ON ZIMBABWE'S FUEL SITUATION. AS REPORTED REF B, THE CBZ, AND GONO PERSONALLY, HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN KEEPING FUEL FLOWING INTO ZIMBABWE UNDER THE MOST ARDUO [...]	2000-09-26 14:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL PINR ECON SENV ZI SA
00HARARE5461	ZANU-PF REPORTEDLY INTERESTED IN DEAL WITH MDC [...] (C) ACCORDING TO A SENIOR MDC ADVISOR, THE OPPOSITION PARTY HAS RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FEELERS FROM ZANU-PF ABOUT MAKING A DEAL THAT INVOLVES PRESIDENT MUGABE'S DEPARTURE FROM OFFICE. MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI IS REPORTEDLY WILLING TO AGREE TO A GRACEFUL EXIT FOR MUGABE BECAUSE IT IS IN ZIMBABWE [...]	2000-09-27 14:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ZI MDC ZANU PF
00HARARE5829	ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY IGNORING CLAMOR FOR CHANGE AT ITS OWN PERIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLITICAL PUNDITS AND WOULD-BE REFORMERS ARE AGAIN RAISING THEIR HOPES THAT THE ZANU-PF EXTRAORDINARY CONGRESS DUE TO BE HELD BY THE END OF THE YEAR WILL RESULT IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A SUCCESSOR TO MUGABE AND A REJUVENATION OF THE PARTY. THE POPULATION AT LARGE, VICTIMIZED BY T [...]	2000-10-13 11:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ZI ZANU PF
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
00HARARE6564	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 21, MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, PRESIDENT OF THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),BRIEFED THE HARARE DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON THE MDC VIEW OF THE SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE IN THE CONTEXT OF AN EU-SADC CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN BOTSWANA NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 1. TSVANGIR [...]	2000-11-22 16:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM ZI
00HARARE6907	SENIOR FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON [...] (C) ON DECEMBER 7 DCM HAD BREAKFAST WITH A VERY TIRED DAVID HAMADZIRIPI, A SENIOR OFFICIAL OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CURRENTLY POSTED IN KINSHASA. THE ZIMBABWEAN DIPLOMAT, WHO ATTENDED THE DRC DISENGAGEMENT MEETING IN HARARE, REPORTED THAT HIS GOVERNMENT EXPECTED THE SIGNING CEREMON [...]	2000-12-07 14:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS CG ZI
00HARARE7163	UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE SEES POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO BRIEFED DIPLOMATIC HEADS OF MISSION AND SELECTED AID DIRECTORS DECEMBER 19 ON THE CONTENTS OF ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH-BROWN'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUGABE. HE TOLD THE GATHERING THAT HE HAD DETECTED [...]	2000-12-20 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR EAID ZI
00KINSHASA8385	WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORT - WEEK OF DECEMBER 11 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: Gasoline and diesel prices rose on December 11, and public transportation fares went up 50 percent on the 13th. Kinshasa's motor fuel supplies were adequate but the GDRC twice closed service stations without providing advance notice, causing confusion. The Congolese franc weakene [...]	2000-12-18 15:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET EMIN KSAC AMGT PREL CG
00KINSHASA8505	IS MASASU DEAD OR ALIVE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: EVER SINCE "COMMANDANT" ANSELME MASASU'S ARREST OCTOBER 31, THERE HAS BEEN CONSTANT SPECULATION AS TO HIS HEALTH AND WHEREABOUTS. THE RUMOR MILL PEAKED RECENTLY WHEN THE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO "ASADHO" PUBLISHED A REPORT ALLEGING THAT MASASU, ALONG WITH FAC FOLLOWERS FROM THE KIVUS, HA [...]	2000-12-22 08:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CG
00KINSHASA8579	AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE ON MASASU AND THREE OTHER [...] (C) IN A DECEMBER 27 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER SHE OKITUNDU (SEPTEL),AMBASSADOR SWING REQUESTED INFORMATION ON THREE POLITICAL PRISONERS, AS WELL AS "COMMANDANT" ANSELME MASASU. THE AMBASSADOR SUGGESTED THAT THEIR RELEASE AS A NEW YEAR'S GESTURE, COMING ON THE HEELS OF THE RELEASE OF HUN [...]	2000-12-27 14:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CG
00THEHAGUE1695	PEACEKEEPING REMAINS SENSITIVE ISSUE IN... [...] SUMMARY: SINCE THE FALL OF THE SREBRENICA ENCLAVE IN 1995, DUTCH POLITICIANS HAVE REPEATEDLY BEEN REVIEWING THEIR PEACEKEEPING DECISIONMAKING PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT DUTCH TROOPS WILL NEVER AGAIN BE PLACED IN SUCH AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION. GIVEN THEIR CONTINUING BELIEF IN THE GOAL OF PROMOTING PEACE A [...]	2000-06-07 13:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO MARR NL MPOS NATO EUN
01ABUJA1072	BIG PROJECT, BIG PROBLEMS? [...] (C) The Senate Public Accounts Committee Chairman plans public hearings on the massive sports stadium now under construction on the edge of Abuja. Unbudgeted by the National Assembly, but (for now) privately financed by contractors eager to please the Obasanjo government (with a government l [...]	2001-05-14 08:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PINS NI
01ABUJA1312	NIGERIA: THE OBASANJO ADMINISTRATION AT TWO YEARS [...] (C) Summary. At the halfway mark of his Presidency, Olusegun Obasanjo struggles to rebuild long-neglected institutions, restore public confidence, and jump-start the economy through deregulation and increased investment. Obasanjo's progress toward vital political and economic objectives is sl [...]	2001-06-13 07:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL ECON ENRG NI
01ABUJA1449	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR VISITS SOKOTO STATE: OFR [...] (U) In his first trip to the Northwest, Ambassador Jeter travelled to Sokoto State on June 19 and 20 to hold meetings with Governor Bafarawa, Sultan of Sokoto Maccido and Brigade One Commander General Emejuru. The Ambassador thanked the officials for their support for Operation Focus Relief P [...]	2001-06-22 19:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI KISL NI
01ABUJA2036	NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER ON BAKASSI PENINSULA [...] (C) After a meeting on security assistance at the Ministry of Defense (septel),Ambassador had a private aside with the Minister of State for Defense (Army),Lawal Batagarawa, on the situation in the Bakassi Peninsula. Batagarawa stated that other than changing the military command structure i [...]	2001-08-16 05:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CM NI
01ABUJA2074	THE BLOOM IS OFF THE ROSE: NIGERIA'S DRUG [...] No summary [...]	2001-08-17 18:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM NI PGOV SNAR
01ABUJA2542	MONEY LAUNDERING CONTROLS IN NIGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-09 11:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN SNAR NI
01ABUJA2606	ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-12 16:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EFIN KCRM NI
01ABUJA2665	NIGERIA: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETING WITH ATTORNEY [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-18 15:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR CJAN KCRM NI
01ABUJA2667	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ON THE GLOBAL COALITION [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Jeter met October 12 with Vice President Atiku Abubakar to discuss tighter money laundering controls in Nigeria, the proposed structure for the "son of JEPC", the need to increase U.S. investment in Nigeria and bilateral trade. Although offering condolences for the Se [...]	2001-10-18 20:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER BEXP NI
01ABUJA2709	DRAFT 2001 COUNTRY HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR NIGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-24 21:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KSEP NI PHUM
01ABUJA2710	NDLEA EXHIBITS GREATER DRUG ENFORCEMENT PROWESS [...] Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter for reasons 1.5(b) and (d). 2.(C) Summary: In two recent meetings with the Ambassador, NDLEA Chairman Bello Lafiaji extolled the drug enforcement agency's more energetic efforts. Drug seizures made thus far already surpass last year's totals and t [...]	2001-10-24 21:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR NI
01ABUJA2841	NIGERIAN EFFORTS TO FREEZE TERRORIST ASSETS [...] No summary [...]	2001-11-07 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER NI
01ABUJA3143	WORLD AIDS DAY [...] SUMMARY: ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 1, THE NATIONAL ACTION COMMITTEE FOR AIDS (NACA) ORGANIZED A DAYLONG CALENDAR OF EVENTS TO COMMEMORATE WORLD AIDS DAY IN ABUJA THAT INCLUDED A PLENARY SESSION FOR MAJOR GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ACTORS, A CITY TOUR AND RALLY, AND A SOCCER COMPETITION. THE PL [...]	2001-12-11 06:57:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ECON PREL
01ABUJA3223	WAR ON TERRORISM: NIGERIA'S EFFORTS TO UPGRADE LAWS [...] No summary [...]	2001-12-14 18:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KCRM KTIA PREL NI
01ABUJA3273	NIGERIAN JUSTICE MINISTER ASSASSINATED [...] (U) 71-year-old Nigerian Minister of Justice and Attorney General Bola Ige was assassinated in his Ibadan (Oyo State) home on 23 December around 2100. According to press reports, Ige had just released his security detail so they could get something to eat. Four or five individuals entered the [...]	2001-12-27 12:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS OIIP NI
01ABUJA875	CODEL Hastert Meets Obasanjo, National Assembly [...] Summary. In a six hour visit on April 17, CODEL Hastert met with President Obasanjo, and, separately, with Speaker of the House Ghali Na'Abba and other assembly members. With Obasanjo Speaker Hastert emphasized USG commitment to AGOA, and to HIV/AIDS programming assistance and basic healthc [...]	2001-04-25 15:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL EFIN BEXP MASS SNAR NI
01ACCRA2992	GHANA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2001-12-05 12:56:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL GH
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
01BOGOTA10584	FARC RESISTS RE-STARTING TALKS/SLAMS U.N. [...] No summary [...]	2001-11-27 22:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
01BOGOTA8685	FARC KIDNAPS FORMER MINISTER OF CULTURE AND 10 OTHERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: FORMER MINISTER OF CULTURE CONSUELO ARAUJO NOGUERA AND SOME 10 TO 25 OTHER HOSTAGES WERE KIDNAPPED BY THE FARC NEAR VALLEDUPAR, CESAR DEPARTMENT, ON THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 24. ARMY SOURCES CLAIM THE HOSTAGES' CARS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED FROM THE AIR IN A MOUNTAINOUS REGION NORTH [...]	2001-09-25 23:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL CO
01GABORONE3517	BOTSWANA: TREASURY DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR [...] THE GOB HAS TAKEN SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO ENSURE THAT ITS FINANCIAL SYSTEM DOES NOT BECOME A HAVEN FOR ILLEGAL FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, WHETHER MONEY LAUNDERING, DRUG TRAFFICKING, OR TERRORIST FINANCING. WHILE WE STILL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT VARYING LEVELS OF IMPLEMENTATION BY THE DIFFERENT AGENCIE [...]	2001-11-01 13:56:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PREL PTER BC
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
01HANOI1308	ROLE OF VIETNAM'S COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARIAT [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO A LEADING GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WITH LONG EXPERIENCE IN PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE STAFF WORK, THE NEW PARTY SECRETARIAT IS IN FACT A DECISION-MAKING BODY WHICH SIPDIS WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE GENERAL SECRETARY. IT DOES NOT SIMPLY PROVIDE POLICY STUDIES AND PAPER [...]	2001-05-31 08:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VM DPOL
01HANOI3019	10TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION: AN OVERVIEW [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES ROBERT C. PORTER, REASON: 1.5 (D) CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 03019 01 OF 03 160922Z 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE UPCOMING NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (NA) SESSION WILL CONVENE ON NOVEMBER 20. ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE US WILL BE PRIMARILY [...]	2001-11-16 09:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ETRD VM HUMANR DPOL BTA
01HANOI539	DAS BOYCE MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LE CONG PHUNG ON ARF AND ASEAN ISSUES [...] EAP DAS BOYCE MET FEBRUARY 28 WITH LE CONG PHUNG, VICE FOREIGN MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR ASEAN AFFAIRS, TO DISCUSS A RANGE OF ISSUES CONCERNING ASEAN AND THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM (ARF). MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTORS PHAM HUU CHI AND TRAN NGOC AN, AND AMERICAS DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DOAN X [...]	2001-03-08 02:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VM ASEAN ARF
01HANOI566	TREATY OF AMITY AND COOPERATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: VIETNAM PRESSES FOR ARF MEMBER ACCESSION [...] ON FEBRUARY 6 MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT CALLED IN LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES OF ARF MEMBER-COUNTRIES FOR A BRIEFING ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE TREATY OF AMITY AND COOPERATION (TAC) IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR PHAM HUU CHI PRESIDED; REPRESENTATIVES FROM CANADA, CHINA, DPRK, I [...]	2001-03-09 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VM ASEAN ARF
01HANOI919	LEANER POLITBURO AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO BE UNVEILED AT WEEKEND COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: FOUR NEW POLITBURO MEMBERS -- REPORTEDLY INCLUDING MASS MOBILIZATION HEAD DUOC AND FORMER LABOR MINISTER HOAN -- ARE EXPECTED TO JOIN A SLIMMED-DOWN, 15- MEMBER LEADERSHIP TO BE UNVEILED AT THE NINTH [...]	2001-04-18 11:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR 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
01HANOI965	NEW VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP HEADED BY MANH BODES WELL FOR ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: AS PART OF A MAJOR GENERATIONAL CHANGE IN SENIOR COMMUNIST PARTY RANKS, MODERATE NONG DUC MANH WAS OFFICIALLY INSTALLED AS VIETNAM'S SENIOR LEADER APRIL 23 AT THE CLOSE OF THE NINTH PARTY CONGRESS. [...]	2001-04-23 11:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON 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
01HARARE1201	ZIMBABWE POLICE ARREST SUSPECT IN MARCH KILLING [...] (U) THE MARCH 31 EDITIONS OF BOTH THE GOZ-CONTROLLED "THE HERALD" AND THE INDEPENDENT "THE DAILY NEWS" REPORTED THAT THE ZIMBABWE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF GLORIA OLDS. OLDS, A 72-YEAR- OLD WHITE FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER, WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED BY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE I [...]	2001-04-02 15:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAGR PGOV PINS ZI
01HARARE125	ZIMBABWEAN OPPOSITION STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH [...] (C) IN RECENT WEEKS, THE INDEPENDENT PRESS HAS CRITICIZED THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) FOR FUMBLING ALONG WITHOUT ANY SENSE OF URGENCY OR DIRECTION. MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL WELSHQ NCUBQTRONGLY REJECTED THE CRITICISM, SAYING SOME WERE UNDERSTANDABLY FRUSTRATED WITH THE DE [...]	2001-01-09 13:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ZI
01HARARE1453	MDC WINS TWO PARLIAMENTARY LEGAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) IN A SIGNIFICANT LEGAL VICTORY FOR THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC),HIGH COURT JUDGE JAMES DEVITTIE ON APRIL 26 NULLIFIED ZANU-PF'S PARLIAMENTARY VICTORIES IN TWO CONSTITUENCIES LAST JUNE -- BUHERA NORTH IN MANICALAND AND HURUNGWE EAST IN MASHONALAND WEST -- AND DECLARE [...]	2001-04-27 11:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM PINS ZI
01HARARE1751	ZIMBABWE COUP PLOT REPORT TOUCHES A RAW NERVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE HAS VIGOROUSLY DISPUTED A MAY 29 ARTICLE IN THE BRITISH "GUARDIAN" NEWSPAPER THAT STATES THAT ZIMBABWEAN MILITARY OFFICERS ARE PLANNING A COUP AGAINST PRESIDENT MUGABE. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CORROBORATE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE REPORT. THE GOZ'S INITIAL [...]	2001-05-31 14:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV MARR SOCI PHUM PREL ZI
01HARARE1914	READOUT ON SADC MINISTERIAL MEETING IN HARARE [...] (C) SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) MINISTERS MET IN HARARE ON JUNE 11 TO APPROVE A PROTOCOL THAT WILL RESTRUCTURE SADC'S ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENSE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 01914 171453Z AND SECURITY. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF "DISCREPANCIES" IN [...]	2001-06-17 14:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ZI AO
01HARARE2666	BULAWAYO MAYORAL VOTE AND MAKONI WEST BY-ELECTION MARRED [...] (C) THE SEPTEMBER 8-9 BULAWAYO MAYORAL ELECTION AND PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION IN MAKONI WEST WERE MARRED BY MISSION- OBSERVED IRREGULARITIES, WHICH WOULD LEAD US TO CHARACTERIZE THEM RESPECTIVELY AS "FLAWED" AND "NOT FREE AND FAIR." IN BULAWAYO, LARGE NUMBERS OF VOTERS WERE TURNED AWAY FOR A [...]	2001-09-10 15:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3062	TSVANGIRAI EMERGES UNSCATHED FROM ATTACK ON HIS VEHICLE; [...] (C) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI ESCAPED INJURY ON OCTOBER 12 AFTER HIS CONVOY WAS SIPDIS ATTACKED BY STONE-THROWING ZANU-PF SUPPORTERS. TWO WINDOWS IN HIS VEHICLE WERE SHATTERED AND THE VEHICLE'S BODY WAS DAMAGED. POLICE WERE UNHELPFUL AND FAILED TO AR [...]	2001-10-15 15:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3356	ZIMBABWE MOVES TO PROHIBIT INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC [...] No summary [...]	2001-11-09 11:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE3365	MEDIA REPORT 2002 PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT; HARARE [...] ALTHOUGH NO DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL POLL DUE EARLY NEXT YEAR, THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAS STARTED RUNNING EDITORIAL COMMENTARIES FOCUSING ON THE LANDMARK PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT. FOLLOWING ARE EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS FOCUSING ON THE DEBATE OVER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS [...]	2001-11-13 12:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE3400	WAR VETERAN MURDER SPARKS GOZ CRACKDOWN ON MDC AND UNREST [...] (C) GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE BLAMED THE MURDER OF A SENIOR WAR VETERAN IN BULAWAYO ON THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) AND HAS MOVED TO ARREST A NUMBER OF PARTY OFFICIALS. MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL WELSHMAN NCUBE REJECTED THE ALLEGATIONS AS SIPDIS "UTTER RUBBISH," WHILE MDC PRESIDENT M [...]	2001-11-14 14:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE343	ZIMBABWE VIEW ON KABILA'S APPARENT [...] (C) CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO THE ACTING PERMSEC IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DR. NGONI CHIDEYA THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 17. THE CHARGE PRESSED OUR DESIRE FOR THE ADHERENCE TO THE LUSAKA AGREEMENT IN THE WAKE OF THE APPARENT AS [...]	2001-01-17 15:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ZI CG
01HARARE349	INITIAL ZIMBABWEAN THINKING ON NEXT STEPS IN DRC [...] (C) CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, DELIVERED REF A POINTS ON JANUARY 18 TO SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF REFRAINING FROM OFFENSIVE ACTION AND OF INCLUDING RWANDA AND UGANDA IN DISCUSSIONS ON THE WAY FORWARD. MNANGAGWA WAS PRESIDENT MUGABE'S DRC SPECIAL [...]	2001-01-18 10:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ZI CG
01HARARE3597	MDC WILL NOT BOYCOTT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) MDC LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER 27 THAT RAMPANT MANIPULATION OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS AND INTENSIFYING VIOLENCE AGAINST OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS CONFIRM THAT THE RULING PARTY IS PREPARED TO WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BY ANY MEANS. DESPITE THE UNLIKELY PROSPECT [...]	2001-11-30 09:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
01HARARE3630	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION WITH ELECTORAL [...] (C) ELECTORAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION (ESC) CHAIRMAN SOBUSA GULA-NDEBELE TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER 29 THAT THE CONSTITUTION AND ZIMBABWEAN LAW ARE VAGUE ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ESC AND THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR ELECTIONS, AND ACKNOWLEDGED PREVIOUS DIFFICULTIES BETWEEN THE TWO E [...]	2001-12-04 14:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE3672	A/S KANSTEINER MEETS WITH CROSS SECTION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON DECEMBER 9, A/S KANSTEINER MET WITH A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF BULAWAYO SOCIETY TO DISCUSS THE RECENT POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THAT CITY, ONGOING GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ATTEMPTS TO SUBVERT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE DETERIORATING ECONOMY AND LOOMING FOOD SHORTAGES, PASSAGE [...]	2001-12-11 09:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PINS ZI
01HARARE368	ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT TO CONVENE DRC ALLIES [...] (C) CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO DR. NGONI CHIDEYA, THE ACTING PERMANENT SECRETARY IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE MORNING OF JANUARY 19. DR. CHIDEYA HAD POSTPONED THE MEETING FROM JANUARY 18. THE CHARGE EMPHASIZED THAT THE USG HAS SI [...]	2001-01-19 09:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ZI CG
01HARARE3690	A/S KANSTEINER DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGE TO [...] (C) IN MEETINGS DECEMBER 10-11 WITH SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE, AND FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI -- AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY KANSTEINER EXPLAINED ZDERA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS. SIPDIS HE EMPHASIZED THAT THERE IS STILL TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT O [...]	2001-12-12 15:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE3730	A/S KANSTEINER DELIVERS MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO [...] (C) DURING HIS DECEMBER 10-11 VISIT TO HARARE, AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY MET WITH A RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING MDC LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WILSON SANDURA, UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO, COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) OFFICIALS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF H [...]	2001-12-14 09:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE3739	MDC LEADER CHARGED WITH POSSESSING UNLICENSED [...] (C) ON DECEMBER 15, POLICE CHARGED OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI UNDER THE POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT WITH POSSESSING AN UNLICENSED RADIO. THE RADIO WAS A WALKIE-TALKIE USED BY ONE OF HIS BODYGUARDS. AFTER INSTRUCTING TSVANGIRAI TO WRITE A S [...]	2001-12-17 14:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3748	MDC LEADER CHARGED WITH POSSESSING UNLICENSED [...] (C) ON DECEMBER 15, POLICE CHARGED OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI UNDER THE POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT WITH POSSESSING AN UNLICENSED RADIO. THE RADIO WAS A WALKIE-TALKIE USED BY ONE OF HIS BODYGUARDS. AFTER INSTRUCTING TSVANGIRAI TO WRITE A S [...]	2001-12-17 20:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE538	ZIMBABWEAN SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE HOLDS FIRM [...] (C) THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF ZIMBABWE'S SUPREME COURT, ANTHONY GUBBAY, TOLD CHARGE ON JANUARY 26 THAT ZANU-PF WANTS TO FIND A WAY TO FORCE HIM AND HIS FOUR COLLEAGUES OFF THE COURT. IN A MEETING SEVERAL DAYS EARLIER, VICE PRESIDENT MUZENDA REPORTEDLY ACCUSED GUBBAY, WHO IS WHITE, OF BEING A RACI [...]	2001-01-26 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE741	GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE INTENSIFIES SQUEEZE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S ASSAULT ON THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA HAS NOT ABATED IN THE WAKE OF THE BOMBING OF THE "DAILY NEWS." THE CURRENT ATTACK ON PRESS FREEDOM IS, HOWEVER, MORE SOPHISTICATED AND MAY IN THE LONG RUN BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE "DAILY NEWS" PRI [...]	2001-02-13 14:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM ZI
01HARARE765	THE CURRENT STATE AND PROJECTED CONSEQUENCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 15 THE START OF PHASE II OF THE "FAST-TRACK" LAND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM, AIMED AT RESETTLING A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION AS COMMERCIAL FARMERS. WHILE THIS PROGRAM APPEARS TO BE BASED ON A PREVIOUS MODEL DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATIO [...]	2001-02-16 11:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PHUM EAID ZI
01HARARE859	ZCTU UNION LEADER CONFIRMS THAT LABOR CONGRESS [...] (C) ACCORDING TO A HIGH-LEVEL UNION OFFICIAL WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY'S NATIONAL EXECUTIVE, THE JUST-ENDED ZIMBABWE CONGRESS OF TRADE UNION'S (ZCTU) FIVE-YEAR CONGRESS RESULTED IN THE ELECTION OF A NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BODY THAT SOLIDLY SUPPORTS THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CH [...]	2001-02-28 05:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE871	ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY OFFICIALS DIVIDED ON MANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN CHARGE, POLOFF, AND THREE MID-LEVEL ZANU-PF OFFICIALS REINFORCED THE NOTION THAT ZANU-PF IS NOT THE MONOLITH OF OPINION THAT IS OFTEN CONVEYED IN THE PRESS. CHARGE AND POLOFF SPOKE TO DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, SPORTS AND CULTURE AENEAS CHIGWEDER [...]	2001-02-28 14:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ZI
01HARARE918	ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT AND CHIEF JUSTICE REACH NEW [...] (U) A LOOMING SHOWDOWN BETWEEN ZIMBABWE'S EMBATTLED CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) WAS AVERTED MARCH 2 WHEN GUBBAY AGREED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, AND THE GOZ AGREED TO RETAIN GUBBAY'S JUDICIAL PRIVILEGES AND REFRAIN FROM DEMANDING THE [...]	2001-03-05 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE919	SEVENTY-TWO YEAR OLD FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER [...] (C) ON MARCH 4, A 72-YEAR-OLD WHITE FEMALE COMMERCIAL FARMER, GLORIA OLDS, WAS BRUTALLY AND VICIOUSLY ASSASSINATED BY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE IN AN AMBUSH ON HER FARM. HER SON MARTIN WAS KILLED BY "WAR VETS" ON HIS FARM, WHICH WAS NEXT TO GLORIA'S, LAST QPRIL AND NO ONE HAS YET BEEN ARRESTED. [...]	2001-03-05 16:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAGR PGOV EAID PINR
01HOCHIMINHCITY1314	CG'S INITIAL MEETING WITH HCMC PLANNING AND INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT [...] SUMMARY: CG YAMAUCHI, ACCOMPANIED BY DPO AND POLOFF, PAID A NOVEMBER 20 COURTESY CALL ON MR. TIN HUU NGUYEN, ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE HCMC DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT (DPI). TIN STATED THAT THE BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT (BTA) WOULD INCREASE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN HCMC. TIN VOWED DPI WOULD [...]	2001-11-23 04:40:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV VM
01HOCHIMINHCITY688	UPDATE ON ARREST OF FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A RELIABLE CATHOLIC SOURCE IN HCMC SAID THAT FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY BEGAN A HUNGER STRIKE WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED ON MAY 17. ON MAY 29 OR MAY 30, POLICE TRANSFERRED HIM FROM JAIL TO A MILITARY HOSPITAL IN HUE. FATHER LY REPORTEDLY REFUSED TO ACCEPT INTRAVENOUS SOLUTIONS, BUT EVENTUA [...]	2001-06-08 07:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
01KINSHASA328	GDRC ADMITS KABILA DEAD [...] (C) CHARGE, ALONG WITH FRENCH AND BELGIAN AMBASSADORS, WAS CONVOKED EARLY AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 18 FOR A MEETING WITH MWENZE KONGOLO (MINISTER OF JUSTICE),HENRI MOVA (MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT) AND MAWAMPANGA MWANA NANGA (MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND LIVESTOCK). AT THE BRIEF MEETING, MWENZE SAID [...]	2001-01-18 12:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CG
01KINSHASA419	KABILA LAID TO REST [...] (C) SUMMARY --------------- IN A DIGNIFIED, WELL ORGANIZED SIX-HOUR CEREMONY, PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA WAS BURIED JANUARY 23 IN THE PRESENCE OF SIX AFRICAN PRESIDENTS, AND NEARLY A DOZEN OTHER HIGH-LEVEL FOREIGN DELEGATIONS ALMOST ALL OF WHOM DEPARTED KINSHASA BEFORE NIGHTFALL. SECURITY WA [...]	2001-01-24 11:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
01VATICAN1745	VATICAN CONDEMNS CLONING BUT PROTECTS THE CLONES [...] CHARGE AND POLITICAL ASSISTANT MET MARCH 23 WITH THE POPE'S THEOLOGIAN, FRENCH-BORN DOMINICAN MONK GEORGES UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 01745 311607Z COTTIER, TO DISCUSS THE CLONING OF HUMAN BEINGS. COTTIER AFFIRMED THE VATICAN POSITION THAT CLONING IS IMMORA [...]	2001-03-30 10:47:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO VT
01VATICAN2022	VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE APRIL 07 - 12 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - POPE RESPONDS TO UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX "DON'T COME" LETTER - VATICAN RADIO CUTS AIRTIME AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - CHANGES IN POPE'S PARTICIPATION IN EASTER EVENTS - POPE DISBURSES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AID - [...]	2001-04-12 09:25:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EAGR ECPS SENV EAID PINR UP VT VTPREL
01VATICAN5650	VATICAN-WTO: GREATER TRADE, IPR FLEXIBILITY FOR [...] THE VATICAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUED A NOTE VERBALE OCTOBER 26 TO ALL ACCREDITED MISSIONS OUTLINING THE HOLY SEE'S STANDARD POSITION AHEAD OF THE WTO DOHA MINISTERIAL THAT DEVELOPED NATIONS SHOULD BE MORE OPEN TO IMPORTS FROM THE DEVELOPING WORLD, WHILE WARNING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AGAINST FO [...]	2001-10-31 13:55:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ETRD ECON VT USTRD WTRO
01VATICAN6026	AGE PREVENTS POPE TRAVELING TO OCEANIA [...] POPE JOHN PAUL II'S INCREASING INFIRMITY HAS PREVENTED HIM TRAVELING TO OCEANIA TO PROMULGATE A NEW CHURCH DOCUMENT FOR THE REGION. THE VATICAN CITED DISTANCE AND THE EFFECT OF THE FLIGHT ON THE POPE'S HEALTH AS THE REASONS FOR ISSUING THE DOCUMENT IN ROME, NOVEMBER 22, VIA INTERNET (A FIRST [...]	2001-11-23 11:47:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR VT
01VATICAN6619	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CATHOLIC-JEWISH HISTORICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED CATHOLIC-JEWISH DIALOGUE DURING A 12/18 COURTESY CALL ON PROPAGANDA FIDES CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 06619 310931Z PRESIDENT CARDINAL WALTER KASPER. KASPER WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT A CATHOLIC-JEWISH COMMISSION OF LAY HISTORIANS WOULD BE RE-FORMED WITH A CLEAR MANDATE [...]	2001-12-31 08:43:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KNAR PHUM PREL VT
02ABUJA1081	BAUCHI: A STATE THAT WORKS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Jeter visited Bauchi State from February 10-12, accompanied by USAID A/DIR Suggs and Pol/OFF Kinder. In addition to private meetings with Governor Mu'azu, the Ambassador and his team visited several development projects including the Yankari Game Reserve, paid a courtesy call o [...]	2002-04-08 12:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR EAID ECON PREL NI
02ABUJA1193	NIGERIA: BENUE UPDATE - INFORMATION ON JUDICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Sani Sufi, Secretary of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on inter-communal conflicts in Plateau, Benue, Taraba and Nassarawa States April 15 briefed PolOffs on the Commission's plans. Members have been selected and the body inaugurated by the Federal Government. Sufi was o [...]	2002-04-16 16:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS PINS NI
02ABUJA156	NIGERIA: POLICE STRUGGLE TO SOLVE IGE MURDER [...] No summary [...]	2002-01-18 16:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV SNAR NI
02ABUJA1572	INCREASED DRUG SEIZURES AT LAGOS AIRPORT [...] Since the beginning of April 2002, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) unit at Lagos' Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos has reported seizures of cocaine and heroin amounting to 40 kilograms. All of these narcotics shipments were either entering Nigeria from k [...]	2002-05-22 18:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NI
02ABUJA1594	NIGERIA: OBASANJO SAYS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: During a late evening May 18 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, an animated President Obasanjo claimed the bilateral relationship was too one-sided. While we dun him with multiple demands to reform at home and hew our line on foreign policy issues abroad (Zimbabwe and Cuba),we w [...]	2002-05-23 19:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID NI
02ABUJA1595	NIGERIA: ASSOCIATIONS CHALLENGE ELECTORAL [...] Summary: The thirty-three political associations railed against party registration guidelines the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revised on 5/17, arguing that the amended guidelines were as unconstitutional as the ones they rejected earlier this month (reftel). Though the ass [...]	2002-05-23 19:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
02ABUJA1850	NIGERIA: A RETURN TO REGIONAL ELECTORAL POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: A current snapshot of presidential electioneering shows two contesting strategies, one devised by the President's camp, the other by his strongest opposition. The President appears content to steamroll the PDP nomination through tightening his grip on the party apparatus. To win t [...]	2002-06-21 16:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI

02ABUJA187	(S) NINTH TERRORIST LIST: NASCO GROUP (NIGERIA) [...] (S) Summary: The question of including the NASCO Group (Nigeria) Ltd AND other NASCO SUBSIDIARIES IN NIGERIA in the assets freeze is a question of balancing our national security interests in confronting terrorism and its many components against our interests in Nigeria and the resultant stra [...]	2002-01-22 15:00:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PTER PREL ECON ETTC NI
02ABUJA1910	NIGERIA: KANO AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION SLOWS; CAUSE [...] (C) Summary. Seven weeks after the May 4 crash of an EAS BAC 1-11 in Kano, the GON response has lost momentum. NTSB investigator Jones indicated official investigation was substandard and likely to produce inaccurate results. Aviation Minister Chikwe continues to change personnel and bruit new [...]	2002-06-25 15:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR CASC PREL NI
02ABUJA1913	NIGERIAN READOUT TO G-7 AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: The GON feels Africa needs more carrots and fewer sticks to advance development, NPC Commissioner Isaac Aluko Olokun told G-7 Heads of Mission in late May. He urged greater understanding for Nigeria's institutional flaws and argued that NePAD should be a process, not an instituti [...]	2002-06-26 11:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL KCRM PINS NI
02ABUJA2202	NIGERIA: THREE NEW POLITICAL PARTIES--OLD WINE IN [...] (C) Summary: INEC registered three new political parties June 22, bringing the total of approved parties to six. However, this doubling of the number of parties does not represent liberalization of the political landscape. At least two of the three parties, the NDP and the UNPP, are tied to fo [...]	2002-07-24 14:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS NI
02ABUJA2598	NIGERIA: UPDATE ON FATF MONEY LAUNDERING REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-06 17:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN SNAR PGOV PREL NI
02ABUJA2651	NIGERIA: HIV/AIDS [...] SUMMARY: This cable summarizes the strategies and activities undertaken by USAID and CDC to build national and local capacities to alleviate the impact of HIV/AIDS and reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with the disease. Key to USAID and CDC's efforts are technical assistance [...]	2002-09-12 12:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID SOCI NI
02ABUJA2830	NIGERIA: FIREARMS INTERDICTION TRAINING A HIT [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-11 15:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM MARR PGOV NI
02ABUJA2871	NIGERIA: ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION'S PROGRESS [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-18 12:11:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	KCRM PGOV KJUS NI
02ABUJA2875	NIGERIA: REACTION TO FATF THREAT OF SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-18 16:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCRM PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA2976	NIGERIA: UPDATE OF THE CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ACT (GSP) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS [...] Laws and Regulations Proscribing the Worst Forms of Child Labor: In 2002, President Obasanjo signed the instruments of ratification for ILO Convention 182, Worst Form of Child Labor, Convention 138, Minimum Age for Employment, and Convention 111, Equality of Occupation. Some form of legisla [...]	2002-11-01 09:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD EIND PHUM SOCI NI AID
02ABUJA3179	NIGERIA: PROTESTS IN ABUJA AFTER JUMA'AT [...] SUMMARY: A demonstration that began at the Abuja National Mosque after Juma'at prayers today (about 1500 Abuja, 0900 EST) turned violent, with participants in the 1,000-plus group of protesters breaking windows, throwing stones and burning at least one car. End Summary. 2. Contacts who [...]	2002-11-22 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI CASC NI
02ABUJA3314	NIGERIA: LAWS ENACTED BEFORE FATF DEADLINE [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-16 14:02:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SNAR KCRM NI
02ABUJA3390	Nigeria's Privatization Czar Plans to Bow Out [...] (C) Summary: Nasir El-Rufai, Director-General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises, Nigeria's agency for the privatization of state-owned firms, told the Ambassador and DCM on separate occasions that he plans to resign early next year and return to the private sector. El-Rufai said that Presi [...]	2002-12-31 16:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN NI
02ABUJA461	NIGERIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR INDICATORS [...] Market statistics: By most accounts, Nigeria's telecom sector witnessed significant growth in 2001, but accurate statistics are difficult to obtain. Although information regarding telecom companies and government agencies participating in the sector is current, data on growth trends is availab [...]	2002-02-08 16:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ETRD NI
02ABUJA462	NIGERIA: POST'S RESPONSE TO V1 OF NIGERIAN HRR [...] No summary [...]	2002-02-08 16:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB NI PGOV PHUM PREL
02ABUJA509	NIGERIA: FORMER HEAD OF STATE THINKS OBASANJO [...] (C) Summary: During a February 1 breakfast meeting, former military Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar told Ambassador Jeter that President Obasanjo meant well but has performed badly the past several months. Obasanjo's sincere intentions have been betrayed by his abrasive manner and by mala [...]	2002-02-15 12:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR PGOV NI
02ABUJA680	NIGERIA: WEEKLY POLITICAL WRAP UP - FEB 25 TO MAR 1 [...] (C) The Senate on February 27 consented to the President's February 26 nomination of Dr. Olu Agunloye as Minister without Portfolio. Agunloye, a physicist by training, was a close friend of slain Attorney General Ige. Like Ige, Agunloye hails from the Southwest and is a member of the Yoruba- [...]	2002-03-01 14:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON NI
02ABUJA693	NIGERIA: GLOBAL FUND PROPOSALS FORTHCOMING [...] No summary [...]	2002-03-05 08:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV EAID NI
02ABUJA886	NIGERIA: ABUJA WEEKLY REVIEW: MARCH 11-15, 2002 [...] (U) Electoral preparations were high on the agenda of the Northern Governors when they met this week. As a result of their discussions, the Governors issued a statement opposing the Federal Government's plan to use the proposed national identification card as the voter registration document. [...]	2002-03-19 14:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON NI
02ADANA418	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 17, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2002-12-18 11:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ADANA431	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 25-26, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]	2002-12-30 10:17:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02AMMAN2645	Mr. Robert McNamara - Target-of-Opportunity [...] Summary: PAS Amman organized three public concerts and two workshops for musician Mr. Robert McNamara during his program in Jordan on May 19 through May 21. Mr. McNamara's program in Jordan was the first of PAS' cultural programs to be pursued following the events taking place in the region. [...]	2002-05-23 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
02AMMAN2652	JORDAN--FTA ENVIRONMENT COMMITMENTS [...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 5. 2. (SBU) Jordan has made some progress in strengthening its environmental regulatory structure since signing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. in October 2000. Specifically, seven new environmental by-laws, drafted by the General Corporati [...]	2002-05-23 15:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD JO PREL SENV
02AMMAN2802	CHIEF OF MISSION SUPPORT FOR AMMAN AMERICAN [...] I STRONGLY SUPPORT AMERICAN EMBASSY AMMAN'S DIRECT ENGLISH TEACHING PROGRAM AND THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE CENTER (ALC) AS A PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TOOL. THE ALC'S GOAL TO BECOME A MODEL OF ENGLISH TEACHING IN THE REGION WILL INCREASE THE ALC'S ABILITY TO [...]	2002-05-30 12:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
02AMMAN2990	ILO/PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION: DEMARCHE TO JORDAN [...] Per reftel, on June 5 PolCouns delivered ref points to Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to the Foreign Minister. PolCouns emphasized that the draft resolution on the situation of workers in the Occupied Territories contains subjects outside the mandate of the ILO and is an attempt to politiciz [...]	2002-06-06 13:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL PREL ELAB IS JO
02AMMAN3044	JORDAN'S ECONOMIC OLD GUARD FLEXES MUSCLES [...] (c) Anti-normalization, pro-Iraq, and anti-reform elements in Jordan's business community are trying to re-establish themselves in the kingdom's economic decision-making arena. These recidivist groups have been encouraged by an increase in anti-American, and hence anti-globalization, feelin [...]	2002-06-10 08:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETTC ETRD IZ JO
02AMMAN3461	JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-26 09:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3953	. . . AND NOW ELECTIONS APPEAR LESS LIKELY [...] (C) As King Abdullah's July 31st visit to Washington approaches, the status of elections to reinstate Jordan's Parliament remains uncertain, but elections before the spring of 2003 seem unlikely. When we last reported on this topic in mid-June, regional tensions had abated somewhat (Ref. A). [...]	2002-07-17 15:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL JO
02AMMAN4722	ARAB-ISRAELI COOPERATION--MERC MAKES THE GRADE [...] (SBU) An embassy survey of Jordanian scientists collaborating with Israeli counterparts on MERC (Middle East Regional Cooperation) projects confirmed that, despite the tense political climate in the region, the projects generally are on track. Creative measures have been taken to maintain mom [...]	2002-08-20 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL JO MEPN
02AMMAN6282	ASSASSINATION OF U.S. DIPLOMAT IN AMMAN 10/28: [...] (C) The GOJ's investigation of this morning's murder of USAID employee Larry Foley continues. As reported previously, cooperation from the GID and PSD has been excellent. 2. (S/NF) Investigation: According to investigators working the case, the assailant used a small caliber 7mm handgun to [...]	2002-10-28 15:48:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PREL JO
02AMMAN7434	JORDANIAN MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT BACK ON TRACK? [...] (SBU) Summary. According to local press and contacts, the Jordanian government may be on the verge of ratifying a new law, heralding the creation of a new, free-standing, ministry of environment. Jordanian government officials believe the new ministry will retain the General Corporation for E [...]	2002-12-23 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD PGOV JO
02ANKARA8252	TURKEY'S DEEP STATE [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Deep State, the behind-the-scenes machinery and power relationships among selected members of the military, judicial, and bureaucratic elite, has endured as an essential factor in political life and in citizens' wary calculations of their relation to the State. Now, however [...]	2002-11-15 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU
02ANKARA8305	TURKEY: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-15 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER TU
02ANKARA8728	EMBASSY RAISES PAMUKBANK CASE WITH AK VICE CHAIRMAN [...] (C) We met November 29 with AK Vice Chairman and MP Murat Mercan to highlight the risks resulting from the Danistay's November 22 injunction against BRSA's takeover of insolvent Pamukbank. We said the decision, although taken by an independent judicial body, undermined the BRSA's credibility [...]	2002-11-29 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
02ANKARA9054	DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-19 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU
02BOGOTA3159	FARC RESUMES ATTACKS AGAINST CIVILIAN POPULATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: FARC ACTIONS AGAINST THE MILITARY, THE CIVILIAN POPULATION, AND COLOMBIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE FLARED DURING A THREE-WEEK PERIOD FOLLOWING THE END OF THE DESPEJE. SINCE THEN, FARC ACTIVITY AGAINST THE POPULATION HAD BEEN MINIMAL, UNTIL THIS PAST WEEK: FROM MARCH 24 TO 27, FARC REBELS [...]	2002-04-08 23:35:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINR SOCI CO
02BOGOTA3281	DETAILS ON FARC CAMPS IN VENEZUELA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN INTERLOCUTORS UNEQUIVOCALLY CONFIRM THE EXISTENCE OF FARC CAMPS IN VENEZUELA (REFTEL). EMBASSY INTERLOCUTORS IN THE GOC FEEL THE VENEZUELAN MILITARY HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ORDERED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO FARC AND ELN C [...]	2002-04-11 20:44:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS VE CO
02COLOMBO1709	Initial draft submission of the 2002 Annual [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified and Noforn. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU/NF) Below is Mission's initial draft submission of the 2002 Annual Human Rights Report for the Maldives: Begin Text: The Republic of Maldives has a parliamentary style of government with a [...]	2002-09-16 00:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KSEP PREL MV
02COLOMBO1743	Thailand talks conclude on positive note, with [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request -- Please see Para six. 2. (C) Summary: The first round of talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers has ended on a positive note. Per a press statement issued by the Norwegian facilitators (see Para seven),the two sides h [...]	2002-09-18 11:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS EAID KPAO CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1848	President Kumaratunga's swipe at the PM sparks [...] (C) Summary: In a recent speech, President Kumraratunga accused Prime Minister Wickremesinghe of soliciting bribes years ago. The accusation has prompted another cohabitation dustup, with the PM's supporters responding with salvos of their own aimed at Kumraratunga. In a more muted fashion [...]	2002-10-04 05:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1993	SRI LANKA: DRAFT SUBMISSION FOR 2002 ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-24 14:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ELAB KSEP PHUM PREL
02COLOMBO2032	Second round of GSL-LTTE talks slated to kick [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers are scheduled to kick off their second round of talks on October 31 in Thailand. The Norwegian-facilitated talks are slated to focus mainly on technical issues, including the modalities of forming a task force on humanitarian issue [...]	2002-10-30 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM EAID CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO2064	Second session of talks between the Sri Lankan [...] (C) SUMMARY: The second session of GSL-LTTE talks made significant progress, with the two sides agreeing to form sub-committees focusing on humanitarian, de- escalation, and political issues. The two sides also agreed to a meeting schedule stretching into March 2003. In another constructive [...]	2002-11-04 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID KPAO CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO2080	Reviewing recent talks, Norwegian envoy upbeat, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Ambassador Wills, Norwegian Ambassador Westborg was upbeat about the recently concluded second session of GSL-LTTE talks, but stressed that the process still had a long way to go. He took note of the LTTE's apparent downgrading of its long-standing [...]	2002-11-05 11:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID PINR CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO2142	In public statement, president's party flays [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga's party, the People's Alliance, has issued a public statement excoriating the government's handling of the peace process. The statement was also critical of the Norwegian facilitation effort, and U.S. and UK participation in the Oslo conference. Somewhat a [...]	2002-11-16 07:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KPAO EAID CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2304	2002 International Narcotics Control Strategy [...] Please find attached Mission's 2002 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR). Responses to Ref B queries re Sri Lanka are covered in Paragraph two and the Maldives in paragraph three. Information on money laundering requested in Ref A will be provided by Septel. ========= [...]	2002-12-13 06:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL CE MV
02HANOI1384	VIETNAM: EFFECTING CHANGE WITH THE BTA AND [...] CLASSIFIED BY ECON/C CLAIRE PIERANGELO, REASONS 1.5 (D) 2. (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: DURING RECENT MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS, U.S. TECHNICAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 01384 01 OF 02 301039Z ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS, AND OTHER L [...]	2002-05-30 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN ETRD EAID PREL KJUS VM BTA
02HANOI2255	CONGEN MEETING WITH THICH HUYEN QUANG [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY EMI L. YAMAUCHI, CG; REASON 1.5(B) 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: CONSUL GENERAL AND POLOFF VISITED THICH HUYEN THQ (THQ) AT THE PHUOC QUANG PAGODA IN QUANG NGAI PROVINCE ON SEPTEMBER 6. THQ WAS CANDID AND FEISTY IN DESCRIBING HIS HEALTH AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS CONFINEMENT. HE [...]	2002-09-17 08:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
02HANOI2272	"WIN US OVER" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) AMBASSADOR'S SCHEDULED SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING TO DISCUSS CHINA (REF A) WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LE VAN BANG (FORMERLY AMBASSADOR TO U.S., AND NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR NORTHEAST ASIA) WAS UNAVOIDABLY DIVERTED INTO A DISCUSSI [...]	2002-09-18 10:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD MARR VM CVR
02HANOI2607	PRISON BEATINGS [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ACCORDING TO UNUSUAL MEDIA REPORTS, HOANG TIEN PRISON IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE OF HAI UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02607 290740Z DUONG (WHICH EMBOFFS VISITED IN SEPTEMBER -- REF B),HAS EXPERIENCED THREE SERIOUS INCIDENTS INVOLVING GU [...]	2002-10-29 07:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV 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
02HANOI2686	VIETNAM - WHERE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IS SERIOUS [...] SUMMARY: USAID/DCHA/OFDA'S REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR ASIA VISITED HANOI OCTOBER 27-30 TO REVIEW DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THOSE FUNDED BY OFDA. THE GVNGVN CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE AN EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS THAT IS PERHAPS UNMATCHED IN THE [...]	2002-11-06 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL VM
02HANOI3037	WRAP-UP OF THE 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 2ND SESSION [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE 11TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (NA) CONCLUDED ITS SECOND SESSION ON DECEMBER 16, HAVING BEGUN ITS USUAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03037 01 OF 03 200759Z YEAR-END MEETING ON NOVEMBER 12. NA DELEGATES REVIEWED REPORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT ON SOCIO-EC [...]	2002-12-20 07:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON VM DPOL
02HANOI3055	THE DILEMMA OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (U) THIS IS A JOINT EMBASSY/CONGEN MESSAGE. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: THE REAL STORY OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS IS A LONG-TERM STRUGGLE FOR MODERNIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN A REGION DEFINED BY ETHNIC RESENTMENT, ECONOMIC IMBALANCE, POVERTY AND ISOLATION, LAND ISSUES, RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES, INTOLER [...]	2002-12-23 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS PREL SOCI VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
02HANOI3098	VIETNAM: NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT 2003 [...] THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT 2003 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR VIETNAM. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT: UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03098 01 OF 08 301021Z VIETNAM TRADE SUMMARY THE LANDMARK US-VIETNAM BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT THAT SEEKS [...]	2002-12-30 09:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS AORC VM FINREF BTA IPROP
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
02HARARE1237	MAY 22 DISCUSSIONS WITH MDC MP DAVID COLTART [...] (c) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met with MDC MP and shadow justice minister David Coltart over breakfast on May 22. Coltart addressed his personal security and his upcoming trip abroad, then described developments in the MDC's legal challenge of the results of the March 2002 presidential [...]	2002-05-22 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON PHUM ZI
02HARARE1307	TSVANGIRAI DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE'S CHALLENGES WITH [...] (C) MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai told a visiting staffdel that the MDC was pursuing its legal challenge of the election result, had embarked on a campaign to sensitize African governments to the situation in Zimbabwe, and welcomed dialogue with ZANU-PF, so long as the ruling party did not ins [...]	2002-05-31 08:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
02HARARE1357	PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA COMMISSION NAMED [...] On June 1 Information Minister Jonathan Moyo appointed a six-member Media and Information Commission to license media organizations, accredit journalists, and assume other functions related to controlling the media in Zimbabwe. The Media and Information Commission is a s [...]	2002-06-04 12:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE1406	THE ZIMDOLLAR PLUMMETS ON THE PARALLEL MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: After remaining fairly stable for six months from December 2001 at around Z $320=US $1, the Zimdollar has devalued sharply on the parallel market over the last few weeks, with reports of trades in recent days going off at anywhere between Z $520 and Z $580. This is roughly a 7 [...]	2002-06-12 07:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE1635	COMMERCIAL FARMERS CHARGED WITH CRIME OF FARMING [...] Summary: On July 4-5, 15 Chiredzi-area commercial sugar farmers were charged with violating section 8 of the Land Acquisition Act by continuing to farm past the government-mandated deadline for ceasing commercial farming activity. As of May 10, 2002 all farmers who fail to stop occupying, ho [...]	2002-07-15 13:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV ZI
02HARARE1851	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.S., UK obsession with Hussein only makes him more popular" the August 12 edition of the independent daily "The Daily News" carried the following op- ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem on page 6: 2. ". . .There is a kind of immoral resignation that Ge [...]	2002-08-15 08:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO ZI
02HARARE1948	GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO TIGHTEN CONTROL OF MEDIA [...] The government-owned weekly "Sunday Mail" reported on August 25 that the government has introduced amendments to the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) that will further tighten government control of the media. According to [...]	2002-08-26 13:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO ZI
02HARARE2062	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Who will pre-empt the war on Iraq?" the independent, pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its September 8 editorial to urging the United Nations Security Council to stop the United States and Britain from attacking Iraq. Excerpts: [...]	2002-09-09 13:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2308	Zimbabwe's Elusive Inflation Rate [...] Summary: Evidence suggests the GoZ understates the country's inflation, as the Central Statistical Office (CSO) relies on an outdated Consumer Price Index (CPI) and disregards product availability. However, data are unavailable to determine how far inflation runs beyond the official rate, cur [...]	2002-10-21 09:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ZI
02HARARE2316	MEDIA REACTION ON THE U.S., UN AND IRAQ; [...] Under headline "U.S. drums of war silenced - for now" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its October 21 editorial to applauding the recent United Nations resolution regarding arms inspection in Iraq. Excerpts: 2. ". . .While we applaud the ne [...]	2002-10-21 14:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2445	OFFICIAL JONGWE AUTOPSY RESULTS IDENTIFY POISONING [...] (U) Learnmore Jongwe, former MDC spokesman and MP from Kuwadzana, died from chloroquine poisoning, according to the state run newspaper, The Herald. Jongwe was found dead in his prison cell early in the morning of October 22 (See Reftel). The police autopsy was performed on October 24. The Jo [...]	2002-11-08 09:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZI
02HARARE2715	GOZ IDENTIFIES SHOOTER IN GILMAN CASE [...] (C) In the police report, handed to the Ambassador by the MFA (Ref C),the police identified the shooter. For the most part, the report is consistent with A/RSO's observations and investigations in Mutare in the days following the Gilman murder. RSO learned that police inquiries have been ope [...]	2002-11-26 15:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CASC ASEC
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
02HARARE2852	DISCOVERY OF BODIES IN ABANDONED WELL [...] (C) Summary: On December 10 police in Nkayi District (in Matabeleland North Province) reportedly retrieved five skeletons from an abandoned well near the town of Lukona. A local war veteran, implicated in a previous case of murder by torture freely accompanied police when the bodies were ret [...]	2002-12-20 10:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
02HARARE345	ZIMBABWE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT PLACES [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 31, THE PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE PASSED THE DECEPTIVELY-NAMED ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT AFTER THREE WEEKS OF DEBATE. THE ACT, WHICH HAS YET TO BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT AND GAZETTED INTO LAW, ESSENTIALLY PLACES ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENT JOURNALIS [...]	2002-02-07 14:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM 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
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
02HARARE96	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR AND DCM MET WITH PRESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR CHARLES UTETE AND HIS CHIEF OF STAFF ON JANUARY 9. THE AMBASSADOR CITED CONTINUED U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE -- COUNTER-TERRORISM, HIV/AIDS ASSISTANCE, FOOD ASSISTANCE -- BUT NOTED THAT PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED USG CONCERNS OVER N [...]	2002-01-10 11:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI
02HOCHIMINHCITY471	VIETNAMESE GRASSROOTS COMMUNISM - AMBASSADOR [...] SUMMARY: IN A CORDIAL FIRST MEETING, AMBASSADOR BURGHARDT AND HCMC COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARY NGUYEN MINH TRIET DISCUSSED THE ROLE OF THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST PARTY, CORRUPTION, INVESTMENT AND THE BTA, AND THE DIRECTION OF THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. TRIET STRESSED THE GRASSROOTS NATURE OF VIET [...]	2002-05-06 09:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VM BTA DPOL
02HOCHIMINHCITY728	NEW SECRETARY GENERAL OF CENTRAL FATHERLAND [...] ON JULY 2, MR. HUYNH DAM, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HO CHI 00728 221034Z HCMC PEOPLE'S COUNCIL AND DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE HCMC COMMUNIST PARTY COMMITTEE, TOOK OFFICE AS THE NEW SECRETARY GENERAL OF VIETNAM'S CENTRAL FATHERLAND FRONT SIPD [...]	2002-07-22 09:22:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR VM
02KATHMANDU1005	PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED; ELECTIONS CALLED FOR [...] (C) Summary. Nepal's King on May 22 announced the dissolution of Parliament and called elections for November 13 after a faction of the ruling party refused to support Prime Minister Deuba's attempt to extend the state of emergency. The ruling party then kicked out the PM May 23. Three Minis [...]	2002-05-23 13:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ASEC PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1036	FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS IN ANGER, BUT HOPES TO [...] (C) Summary. Three Ministers resigned May 23 because the Prime Minister had not consulted them on the decision to suspend Parliament, Finance Minister Mahat told Ambassador May 24. Even so, Mahat said he was prepared to stay in the Cabinet under the right conditions. Mahat was especially bi [...]	2002-05-24 12:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1255	NEPAL: IS THE STATE OF EMERGENCY NECESSARY? [...] (C) When Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba decided to dissolve Parliament, he cited MPs' refusal to extend the state of national emergency as a primary reason (Ref A). Legal experts and others, however, hold different opinions on the continued need of the state of emergency, as Parliament pas [...]	2002-06-26 10:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP GON
02KATHMANDU1336	PRESS FREEDOM UNDER NEPAL'S STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of the State of Emergency in Nepal, 123 journalists have been arrested, with 35 still detained, three tortured, and one reportedly killed. Inaccuracy and partisanship in the press have led to government mistrust and restrictions on publications. Press reacti [...]	2002-07-10 03:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PTER NP
02KATHMANDU1387	Nepal's Local Officials Stay Home as PM Allows [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's government allowed the terms of local-level elected officials to lapse on July 16, a move affecting around 200,000 village-, municipality- and district-level politicians. Civil servants reportedly will be tasked with performing their functions. The terms expired after [...]	2002-07-17 13:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC PTER PREL PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1435	PM DEUBA SAYS LOCAL POLLS TO FOLLOW NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Nepal's Prime Minister Deuba briefed donors July 23 on preparations for upcoming elections and efforts to manage local-level government bodies in the absence of elected representatives. Deuba said rolling local elections into the national elections slated for November was imprac [...]	2002-07-24 11:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1465	NEPAL'S NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FLOUNDERS [...] (C) Summary: A founding member of Nepal's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was suspended from the body on July 24 for "behavior unbecoming the glory of the post." The incident underlines serious flaws in the NHRC: members' strong political affiliations have led to a polarization of [...]	2002-07-29 01:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI PTER PREL NP
02KATHMANDU1618	Seventeen Nepalese Bureaucrats Arrested in Anti- [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Seventeen Nepalese public officials have been arrested after the government body charged with investigating corruption raided the homes of 22 revenue officers on August 17. The houses of two joint secretaries were among [...]	2002-08-20 12:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SNAR PINR NP GON
02KATHMANDU1772	PM WORRIED ABOUT RUMORS OF KINGLY INTERVENTION [...] (C) In a September 12 meeting with the Ambassador and UK Ambassador Keith Bloomfield, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba seemed clearly distressed by rumors that King Gyanendra wants to postpone the November 13 national elections, "seize power" by invoking Clause 127 of the Constitution, and s [...]	2002-09-12 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP GON
02KATHMANDU1885	NEPAL: MAOIST ATROCITIES ESCALATE [...] This message updates reporting on Maoist attacks on civilian targets (Ref D) during the month of September. In addition to their demolition of a helicopter on a humanitarian mission and the kidnapping of schoolchildren reported Ref A and the series of bomb explosions in Kathmandu before the [...]	2002-09-27 10:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINS NP
02KATHMANDU1890	NEPALI ARMY'S EVOLVING APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In the ten months it has been mobilized against Maoist insurgents, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has had to change from a ceremonial, parade-ground army, occasionally deployed in UN Peacekeeping Operations, to a combat-ready fighting force, expected to counter and overcome an enemy who uses [...]	2002-09-27 12:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MCAP PTER NP
02KATHMANDU1938	NEPAL: REACTIONS TO KING'S ASSUMPTION OF [...] (C) After initially denouncing King Gyanendra's October 4 assumption of executive power (Ref A) as unconstitutional, leaders of most political parties are still coming to grips with--and trying to assess how best to turn to their advantage--the monarch's action. As of COB October 7, most pa [...]	2002-10-07 12:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
02KATHMANDU2060	NEPAL CORRUPTION AUTHORITY TAKES ON EX-MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Despite the recent change in government, the Commission for Investigation into the Abuse of Authority (CIAA),the autonomous constitutional body charged with prosecuting corruption, is continuing to pursue a number of high-profile cases against several former ministers and prominent civ [...]	2002-10-30 08:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SNAR NP
02KATHMANDU2228	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 15-21 [...] (U) Summary: Nepal's Maoist insurgents continued their violence this week, killing at least fourteen civilians in brutal attacks around the country. Two children, aged fourteen and nine, were among the victims. In Kathmandu Valley, the rebels assassinated a police officer, burned a Village [...]	2002-11-22 10:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NP PGOV PTER PHUM CASC IN
02KATHMANDU2301	NEPAL: MAOISTS CALL INDEFINITE SCHOOL STRIKE [...] The Maoist student arm, All-Nepal National Free Student Union-Revolutionary, called for an indefinite school strike (or bandh) in Kathmandu Valley starting on December 9th. The Maoists are asking the Government of Nepal meet thirteen demands to avert the strike. The Government has neither made [...]	2002-12-04 11:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	NP PGOV PTER SOCI
02KATHMANDU2302	NEPAL: MAOISTS SEEKING DIALOGUE FOR TACTICAL ENDS [...] (C) A December 3 statement by Maoist leader Prachanda claimed that the insurgents are suspending violent attacks against infrastructure and against mainstream political party members in order to create a conducive environment for dialogue. Despite their frequent calls for dialogue with the [...]	2002-12-04 12:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2440	EXTORTION LETTER DELIVERED TO COCA-COLA'S LOCAL [...] On 17 December, Mr. N.N. Singh (source protect),the head of Coca Cola's Nepal operations, told RSO that he had received a letter purporting to be from the Maoists and "requesting...financial support of" 3 million Nepali Rupees (NRs). Singh stated that he had received the letter several day [...]	2002-12-20 08:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PINS NP
02KATHMANDU2443	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 14-DEC 20 [...] On December 18 the European Union issued a statement calling for the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents to move ahead toward negotiations. A December 19 report by Amnesty International found human rights abuses in Nepal at an unprecedented high. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan' [...]	2002-12-20 09:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU377	179 REPORTEDLY KILLED AS MAOISTS OVERRUN DISTRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maoist insurgents attacked an airport, a district police office, and an army barracks in Achham District in western Nepal shortly after midnight February 17. Initial reports indicate 48 soldiers, at least 76 policemen, and 55 civilians, including the Chief District Officer and [...]	2002-02-17 14:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINS NP
02KATHMANDU510	NEPAL ARMY CHIEFS DISCUSS ROLE OF THE ARMY AND [...] (C) RNA Chief General Rana and his deputy, Lt. General Thapa, went out of their way to underline their support for democracy at a February 28 dinner with emboffs. Rana stated unequivocally that a coup by the RNA was "out of the question." According to Rana, the RNA's role is to quell the [...]	2002-03-11 13:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP NP PGOV MASS
02KATHMANDU616	HUMAN RIGHTS: AN UPDATE ON DETENTIONS AFTER FOUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the Prime Minister's assurances to donors and the general public that the curtailment of human rights under the state of emergency is directed only against Maoists and their supporters (Ref A),the security forces appear to be casting their nets more broadly, detaining a [...]	2002-03-28 07:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU633	MAOIST ATROCITIES AGAINST CIVILIANS ON THE INCREASE [...] (U) MAOIST ACTIVITIES HAVE TAKEN A MORE VIOLENT TURN, WITH ATROCITIES PERPETRATED AGAINST HELPLESS CIVILIANS ESCALATING BOTH IN NUMBER AND SEVERITY. REPORTS OF THE MAOISTS DECAPITATING VICTIMS OR TORTURING THEM TO DEATH WITH KNIVES IN DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BECOME A HEART-RENDING CO [...]	2002-03-29 12:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER PGOV PINR NP
02KATHMANDU634	SUSPECTED TORTURE, EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING BY ROYAL [...] (S) Summary. Evidence that Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) personnel brutalized and killed one man they suspected of being a Maoist has spurred private investigations into the army's alleged practice of covering up the deaths of detainees. Military attaches from the U.S. and U.K. Embassies viewed [...]	2002-03-29 12:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PTER MARR ASEC PREL PINR NP
02KATHMANDU672	PM DEUBA FACES DOWN MOUNTING OPPOSITION, CRITICISM [...] (C) Ever-present rumors that former Prime Minister and ruling Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala continues to plot the political downfall of sitting PM Sher Bahadur Deuba have increased in virulence after a three-day Opposition boycott of Parliament and multi-partisan disc [...]	2002-04-03 12:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP

02KATHMANDU800	Parliament Adjourns With Passage of Anti- [...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament adjourned April 17 after passing four anti-corruption bills. Legislators will return in May for a budget session and to consider further extending the state of emergency in effect since November 2001. The four new anti-corruption measures provide for punishments f [...]	2002-04-24 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SNAR PINR NP GON
02KINSHASA793	LAURENT D. KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL SCENESETTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE LONG-AWAITED TRIAL OF THE 116 SUSPECTS IN THE ASSASSINATION OF THE LATE PRESIDENT LAURENT DESIRE KABILA BEGAN ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 3. ON MARCH 20, THE GENERAL PROSECUTOR PUBLICLY READ THE CHARGES (IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DEFENDANTS, THEIR LAWYERS, AND THE PUBLIC) AT MAK [...]	2002-04-03 15:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL
02MADRID4435	SPAIN: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] ACTIONS AGAINST AL QAEDA OPERATIVES BUILDING ON ARRESTS MADE IN 2001, SPANISH LAW ENFORCEMENT MADE ADDITIONAL ARRESTS OF AL QAEDA ASSOCIATES DURING 2002. IN JANUARY, POLICE ARRESTED MOROCCAN CITIZEN NAJIB CHAIB MOHAMED IN A BARCELONA SUBURB. CHAIB MOHAMED WAS ACCUSED OF BELONGING TO A TERRO [...]	2002-12-05 09:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SP
02RANGOON1387	NLD EXPANDS RESIDUAL PARLIAMENTARY BODY [...] (SBU) On October 23 the Committee Representing the Peoples, Parliament (CRPP) announced that it was appointing four new ethnic members and inviting other political parties to join. The CRPP was created by the NLD and ethnic parties in September 1998 to represent the Parliament that was elect [...]	2002-10-29 08:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM NLD
02RANGOON1418	NLD STATUS REPORT: SIX MONTHS AFTER ASSK'S RELEASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Almost six months after her release from house detention, ASSK continues with a disciplined, non-confrontational strategy to rebuild her political forces while attempting to draw the regime into dialogue on national reconciliation. She has succeeded in reviving NLD leadership [...]	2002-11-04 09:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BM ASSK NLD
02RANGOON1486	THE ILO: SLOWLY ESTABLISHING A WORKING PRESENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: The new ILO liaison officer in Rangoon met with Secretary One General Khin Nyunt this week and received assurances that the SPDC would work with the ILO to address problems with forced labor. She was also told that she can travel freely anywhere she wants in Burma. These assura [...]	2002-11-18 09:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PREL BM
02ROME1015	EX-KING DETERMINED TO GO HOME, BUT CONCERNED ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY KHALILZAD CALLED ON FORMER KING OF AFGHANISTAN ZAHIR SHAH FEBRUARY 25. FOR MOST OF THE SESSION, GENERAL WALI, ROYAL SON MIR WAIS, GRANDSON MUSTAPHA, SULTAN GHAZI AND HAMID SIDDIQ JOINED. ZAHIR WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND APPARENT GOOD HEALTH, JOKING WITH [...]	2002-02-27 05:54:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF IT IR AFGHANISTAN
02ROME2071	WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: CODE OF [...] SUMMARY: A COALITION OF COUNTRIES (DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING)IS PROMOTING WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER ENDORSEMENT OF A VOLUNTARY CODE OF CONDUCT ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD AS A "DELIVERABLE" OF THE UPCOMING SUMMIT- LEVEL MEETING. THE UNITED STATES OBJECTED TO A CODE OF CONDUCT AT THE 1996 W [...]	2002-04-29 14:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO
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
02ROME2727	WFP LOGISTICS-MOVING FOOD AND NON-FOOD ITEMS IN ANGOLA [...] SENIOR EMERGENCY COORDINATOR IN THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME TO THE U.N. AGENCIES TRAVELED TO ANGOLA APRIL 13-- 20 TO REVIEW THE OPERATIONS OF THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE EMERGENCY COORDINATION UNIT OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE U.N. (FAO/ECU),AS WELL AS TO LOOK [...]	2002-06-06 12:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF WFP UN
02ROME287	PROGRAM EVALUATION: DVC WITH ITALIAN NATIONAL [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: A DVC ON ECONOMIC ISSUES ORGANIZED IN COLLABORATION BETWEEN PA ROME AND THE ITALIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL ON ECONOMICS AND LABOR (CNEL),A CONSULTING BODY TO THE PARLIAMENT AND TO THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ON ECONOMIC AND LABOR ISSUES. PA MILAN WAS "PASSIVE" ON THE PROGRAM. [...]	2002-01-18 15:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	DVC OIIP
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
02ROME3214	OUTCOME OF WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER [...] SUMMARY: DESPITE POSTPONEMENT AND COMPETING EVENTS, THE JUNE 10-13 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) MEETING WAS WELL ATTENDED AND UNMARRED BY VIOLENT PROTESTS. 47 HEADS OF STATE ATTENDED, OF WHICH TWO WERE OECD COUNTRY LEADERS (SPAIN AND ITALY). THE U.S. DELEGATION, LED BY SECRET [...]	2002-07-02 07:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID FAO AGR
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
02ROME3328	ITALY NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE RAVALOMANANA AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN RESPONSE TO OUR JUNE 27 DEMARCHE ASKING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 03328 090150Z THAT ITALY ACCEPT RAVALOMANANA AS PRESIDENT OF MADAGASCAR, THE GOI PROVIDED A NUANCED STATEMENT INDICATING THAT IT IS NOT YET CONVINCED THAT RAVALOMANANA CAN BE [...]	2002-07-08 10:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MA IT UN
02ROME3477	ROME GENEVA GROUP:POST WFS5YL AND TERM LIMITS [...] SUMMARY. ROME GENEVA GROUP (MAJOR DONORS) MEMBERS CHARACTERIZED THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) AS NEITHER A SUCCESS NOR A FAILURE. MEMBERS DISCUSSED WAYS TO REVITALIZE THE WFS5YL FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM IN ORDER TO AVOID HOLDING ANOTHER SUMMIT-LEVEL MEETING IN [...]	2002-07-15 06:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO
02ROME3508	UN TO SEEK COMMON POLICY ON GMO FOOD AID? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FODAG HAS LEARNED FROM THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (PLEASE PROTECT) THAT THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL HAS ASKED HIS UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS TO "TAKE THE LEAD IN FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT AND ARTICULATION OF A COHERENT SYSTEM-WIDE POSITION ON THE ISSUE OF IMPO [...]	2002-07-16 08:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ETRD EAGR EAID UN FAO WFP
02ROME3639	BOSSI ON ITALIAN POLITICS, DEVOLUTION, IMMIGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NORTHERN LEAGUE LEADER (AND MINISTER FOR REFORM AND DEVOLUTION) BOSSI MET WITH THE AMBASSADOR JULY 17 FOR A WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION OF ISSUES, INCLUDING DOMESTIC POLITICS, DEVOLUTION, IMMIGRATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE EU. RELAXED AND STRAIGHTFORWARD, BOSSI EXPLAINED NEXT STEPS IN [...]	2002-07-23 16:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR ELAB IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS
02ROME3645	COUNTING THE HUNGRY: FAO MEETING ON MEASURING [...] SUMMARY: THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) CONVENED AN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM ON MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF FOOD DEPRIVATION JUNE 26- 28, 2002 IN ROME. PARTICIPANTS COMPARED AND CONTRASTED FIVE WIDELY RECOGNIZED METHODS OF MEASURING FOOD DEPRIVATION AND UNDER-NUTRI [...]	2002-07-24 08:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO EAID ASEC
02ROME3647	ITALY FULLY SUPPORTS DRAFT OPTIONAL PROTOCOL ON [...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EMANUELE PIGNATELLI TOLD POLOFF JULY 23 THAT THE GOI SHARES THE EU POSITION ON THE DRAFT OPTIONAL PROTOCOL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 03647 240902Z ON TORTURE. STATING THAT THE GOI HAS [...]	2002-07-24 09:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IT HUMAN RIGHTS
02ROME4122	ITALY STATIONING AND SOVEREIGNTY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE ITALY STATIONING AND SOVEREIGNTY WORKING GROUP (ISSWOG) WAS HELD IN ROME ON MAY 7. SENIOR US MILITARY OFFICIALS MET WITH EMBASSY ROME REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS ISSUES EFFECTING US PERSONNEL STATIONED AT MILITARY FACILITIES IN ITALY. PARTICIPANTS AND AGENDA ITE [...]	2002-08-22 17:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR FORCES IN ITALY
02ROME4755	EC MEMBERSHIP IN FAO CODEX COMMISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. MISOFF SHARED REFTEL INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 04755 020543Z MEMBERSHIP IN THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION WITH CANADIAN DEPUTY [...]	2002-10-02 05:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO
02ROME5090	BERLUSCONI-PUTIN MEETING: ITALIAN READOUT [...] (S) IRAQ WAS THE MAJOR SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION AT A WORKING LUNCH IN MOSCOW BETWEEN ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN ON OCTOBER 16. THE TWO LEADERS AGREED ON THE NEED FOR A STRONG UNSC RESOLUTION THAT WOULD SEND INSPECTORS BACK TO IRAQ SOON WITH A STRONG MANDATE TO GO "ANYWHERE, [...]	2002-10-17 16:25:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL IT IR IZ
02ROME5226	WFP BOARD DISCUSSION OF BIOTECH FOOD [...] SUMMARY: DURING THE OCTOBER 21, 2002 DISCUSSION OF BIOTECH ENGINEERED FOOD AID AT THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, EU MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD ARGUED THAT WORKABLE ALTERNATIVES TO BIOTECH ENGINEERED FOOD AID MUST BE FOUND AND THAT THE SOVEREIGN RIGHT OF COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT OR REJECT BIOTECH FOOD [...]	2002-10-25 09:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR SENV FAO WHO
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
02ROME5323	REPORT ON FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE NINTH SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE MET OCTOBER 14-19, CHAIRED BY ROB BERTRAM OF THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE COMMISSION ENDORSED A DRAFT MATERIAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT (MT [...]	2002-10-31 07:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR SENV FAO
02ROME860	PROPOSED ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL SYSTEM REGULATORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT IS CONSIDERING DRAFT LEGISLATION TO CHANGE THE NATURE OF ITALY'S INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES. WHILE ONLY IN ITS EARLIEST STAGES WITHIN THE PARLIAMENT, THE PROPOSAL WOULD TURN THE BANK OF ITALY (ITALY'S CENTRAL BANK) INTO A RESEARCH INSTITUTION [...]	2002-02-21 06:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ECON IT ITALIAN POLITICS
02ROME895	WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER STATE OF [...] SUMMARY. THE RESCHEDULED UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00895 01 OF 03 221143Z ORGANIZATION (FA0) WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) WILL MEET JUNE 10-13 IN ROME. THE FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (MEETING IMMEDIATELY BEFO [...]	2002-02-22 11:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID FAO AGR
02TEGUCIGALPA2746	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, only in office since January, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda since June as it tries to reconcile its ambitious goal [...]	2002-09-30 17:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD PTER SNAR PHUM ELAB HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2967	GOH POSITIVE INITIATIVES TO RESOLVE OUTSTANDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Clear property ownership is important to improving the well-being of the Honduran urban and rural poor, as well as to the resolution of outstanding Amcit investment disputes. Although the GOH has not formed a small Commission to address the outstanding Amcit disputes as Embass [...]	2002-10-28 16:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID EAGR PGOV AMGT HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3365	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL HILL'S VISIT TO HONDURAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, in office since January, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda since June as it tries to reconcile its ambitious goals to [...]	2002-12-13 22:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO
02VATICAN1171	THE VATICAN'S ""OTHER"" INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2002-03-06 13:35:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	EG IS IT JO LE PREL SA SY VT VTEG
02VATICAN1975	ENGAGING CATHOLIC CHURCH IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) PER REFTEL, AMBASSADOR MET WITH VATICAN FM EQUIVALENT ARCHBISHOP JEAN LOUIS TAURAN EVENING OF APRIL 19 TO URGE THE HOLY SEE TO TAKE AN ACTIVE AND APPROPRIATE ROLE IN SUPPORT OF VENEZUELAN DEMOCRACY. TAURAN WAS WELL BRIEFED ON THE SITUATION IN VENEZUELA. AS USUAL, HE REFERRED TO THE POPE' [...]	2002-04-22 15:14:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE VT
03ABUDHABI1377	MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN [...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ AND IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN BASRA AND HALABJA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL BLAMED THE IRAQI REGIME FOR THE WAR, AND A SAME-DAY ARTICLE REPORTED UAE FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER AL KINDI AS SAYING THE SAME. [...]	2003-03-23 11:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1482	UAE STATE-OWNED MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL OF THE WAR [...] (U) This cable is classified by Ambassador Marcelle Wahba for Reasons 1.5(B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: War coverage dominates most UAE print and electronic media, whether state-owned or private. Because of the federal structure of the UAE, virtually all state-owned media are owned by the [...]	2003-03-29 11:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPRC OIIP KPAO KWWW TC
03ABUDHABI1570	UAE SAYS GCC-EU FTA DISCUSSIONS MAKING NO HEADWAY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT - REASONS: 1.5 (D). 2. (C) The MFA's Deputy Director for GCC Affairs, Khalid Al-Ghaith, gave Econchief a readout April 1 of ongoing discussions between the European Union and the GCC towards concluding a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). According to A [...]	2003-04-01 13:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD KIPR BEXP EU TC
03ABUDHABI1750	IRAQI EXPATS IN UAE CONVEY MESSAGE TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 7. 3. (C) SUMMARY: Polchief -- after securing agreement from the organizers that she would be in listening mode only -- accepted an invitation t [...]	2003-04-12 13:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPAO KDEM IZ TC
03ABUDHABI1944	MEDIA REACTION: RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ GEN. GARNER NEW [...] SUMMARY: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, GENERAL JAY GARNER'S VISITS IN IRAQ, AND A CONFLICT BETWEEN ARAFAT AND ABU MAZEN OVER THE FORMATION OF A NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT NOT ONLY IRAQ BUT THE WHOLE WORLD MUST BE REBUILT AFT [...]	2003-04-23 11:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2176	UAE FORMALLY ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO ASSUME [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (C) The UAE last week moved one step closer to its goal of assuming total managerial control of the Arab Bank for Investment and Foreign Trade (ARBIFT) by announcing at the annual general meeting (AGM) in Abu Dhabi its f [...]	2003-05-05 10:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV LY 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
03ABUDHABI2345	ABU DHABI: A RENTIER STATE IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) Local press reported that commercial and residential rents in Abu Dhabi jumped between twenty and thirty percent in the last year as the UAE capital maintained its status as one of the world's most [...]	2003-05-14 09:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI2528	SUCCESS IN IRAQ PLAYS WELL WITH ONE SENIOR UAE [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) Deputy Managing Director Khalifa Al-Kindi queried DCM during a 5/19 courtesy call about the future of Iraq and the roadmap for peace between Israel and t [...]	2003-05-28 11:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI2876	EXBS TEAM RECEIVES COMMITMENT FROM UAEG FOR TRAINING [...] (U) Classified by Acting DCM Thomas E. Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: An interagency USG visited the UAE June 14-15 to successfully re-launch a comprehensive, multidisciplinary training roadmap on the key bilateral issue of export controls and border se [...]	2003-06-15 12:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL PTER KSTC TC
03ABUDHABI3037	UAE MEPI COUNTRY STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY: Following is the UAE's country strategy for MEPI, which has been developed by PA and coordinated with POL and ECON. This includes long-term goals, specific objectives, suggested mechanisms by which goals could be realized, and a request for funding for two UAE-specific projects. END SU [...]	2003-06-25 10:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ETRD SOCI SCUL BTIO EAID PGOV
03ABUDHABI3164	UAE: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-07 06:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON KSPR KTBD KPRP OPIC TC
03ABUDHABI3208	ABU DHABI'S NEXUS OF ECONOMIC POWER, PART II: THE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (C) This is the second cable in a series that focuses on the informal, and less visible, power structure of Abu Dhabi emirate and -- through the power of the purse st [...]	2003-07-09 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI3510	LIFT AND SUSTAIN OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF POLISH [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) The Ambassador asked UAE Chief of Staff LT. General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed (MBZ) whether the UAE would be able to provide continued "lift" in support of Iraqi stabilization efforts. MBZ said that they c [...]	2003-07-29 06:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL TC
03ABUDHABI3585	IRAQ DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B & D). 2. This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 3. (U) Embassy understands that the European Commission is heavily promoting Spain as a venue for the planned Iraq donors' conference and that the issue will be discuss [...]	2003-08-02 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EAID EFIN PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI552	THE MONEY PIT: FISCAL IRREGULARITIES IN THE UAE [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Tom Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) The UAE federal government's top financial control body -- the Abu Dhabi Audit Department -- announced publicly on February 1 that the federal coffers had received only USD $107,000 of the USD $9 million [...]	2003-02-02 13:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV TC
03ABUJA1467	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TIDBITS [...] (U) The Amina Lawal case is to appear again before the Katsina State Shari'a Court of Appeal on Wednesday August 27. Hearings have been delayed three times before for various reasons. Meanwhile, the Jigawa State Shari'a Court of Appeal dismissed charges of rape (with a penalty of death by s [...]	2003-08-27 08:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KIRF PHUM PREL NI
03ABUJA1515	GON REMOVES POLICE PROTECTION FROM OFFICIALS [...] (U) The Inspector General of Police's Office announced August 21 that, on orders from the Presidency, it would greatly reduce the use of police as bodyguards. Bodyguards have been limited to the President, Vice President, Ministers and Ministers of State, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, S [...]	2003-09-04 12:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA1557	DISGRUNTLEMENT IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Growing National Assembly discontent over recent moves by President Obasanjo led to a quickly suppressed and publicly denied, August 21 attempt to impeach House Speaker Aminu Bello Masari. Obasanjo had installed Masari and the Senate President, then forced his own selections for committ [...]	2003-09-05 14:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA158	NIGERIA: MONEY LAUNDERING SECTION OF 2002 INCSR [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-27 08:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM EFIN NI
03ABUJA159	NIGERIA: 2002 INCSR SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-27 08:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM NI
03ABUJA1668	VP CANDIDATE AND FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT OKADIGBO [...] (U) Embassy learned early September 26 that former Senate President and ANPP Vice Presidential candidate Chuba Okadigbo passed away in the early morning hours. No official announcement has been made as of mid-morning September 26. 2. (U) In spite of rumors already beginning to circulate, [...]	2003-09-26 10:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI
03ABUJA1730	NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON TAYLOR [...] (C) CDA took the opportunity of a meeting with Foreign Minister Adeniji October 7 to express appreciation for Nigeria's leadership efforts on Liberia and Guinea-Bissau, but also to express continuing concern over Charles Taylor's interference in Liberian affairs. Noting the GON's interest in [...]	2003-10-08 17:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LI NI
03ABUJA1974	AMINA LAWAL: THE JUDGMENT [...] Summary: Amina Lawal's conviction for Zina (adultery) was overturned by the Katsina State Shari'a Court of Appeal on September 25. The decision by four appeals judges to one on the panel agreed with the defense on several counts and found no evidence for the prosecution. Post presents the tr [...]	2003-11-19 13:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KIRF NI
03ABUJA2150	Electoral Reform and the INEC Seminar [...] (SBU) Summary: The INEC Seminar November 27-28 (septel) highlighted important divisions on possible electoral reforms. There were several less-than- serious ideas bruited, but the more important reform proposals basically present a choice for the future between the Independent National Electo [...]	2003-12-15 13:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA2161	NIGERIA: WHITE ELEPHANT STEEL COMPLEX TO GULP MORE [...] (C) Summary: In June 2003, the GON awarded SOLGAS (a U.S.-based energy company) sole rights to refurbish the yet to operate Ajaokuta Steel Complex, to sell energy to the national grid from the Complex's electric plant, and to operate a yet to be built LNG-fired electric plant. Despite claims [...]	2003-12-17 05:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINT EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD NI
03ABUJA2193	NIGERIA: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-22 10:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM EFIN NI
03ABUJA284	NIGERIA: TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXPANSION A SUCCESS [...] Summary: While there is still a long way to go to bridge the telecommunications divide between Nigeria and the developed world -- or even between Nigeria and the rest of Africa -- the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has made a promising start. Quiet support from USAID/Nigeria, the L [...]	2003-02-10 09:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECPS ECON PGOV NI
03ABUJA342	NIGERIA'S OBASANJO ON ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) Accompanied by AF DAS Bridgewater and DCM, Ambassador Jeter February 14 urged Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to conclude an Article 98 Agreement with the US. Ambassador Jeter stressed that the Rome Statute specifically provided for such bilateral accords and pointed out that Nigeria [...]	2003-02-14 17:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR NI ECOWAS
03ABUJA404	NIGERIA: ANPP/PDP FUELED VIOLENCE IN KWARA STATE [...] (U) Kwara state is located on Nigeria's ethnic and religious divide and its divisive politics provide a study of the difficulties facing Nigerian politics in general. Until the Islamic Jihad in the early 19th century, Ilorin, the modern capital of Kwara state, was a part of the Oyo (Yoruba) [...]	2003-02-25 15:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NI
03ABUJA457	POSSIBLE CONFLICT OVER BUHARI'S CAMPAIGN LAUNCHING [...] (C) According to retired Air Vice Marshal Moukhtar Mohammed, one of the close advisers to ANPP Presidential Candidate Muhammadu Buhari, Buhari plans go ahead with the launching of his campaign in Port Harcourt on March 8. The campaign team plans to travel to the area with the body of Marsha [...]	2003-03-10 06:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KDEM NI
03ABUJA515	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] The following is post's submission for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs below are keyed to questions in reftel. Note: Post tried to confine material to respective sections, but several examples have overlapping relevance to the general overview, prevention, prosecu [...]	2003-03-18 16:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
03ABUJA600	NIGERIA: TARIFF AND BAN INFORMATION [...] Mission provides the following clarifications on GON trade policy measures as requested by reftel. Mission understands that Washington agencies will use this information to prepare a formal high-level demarche to deliver to the GON. The timing of the demarche will be key to its effectiveness. [...]	2003-04-01 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV NI
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
03ABUJA674	NIGERIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS ON APRIL 12 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The April 12 National Assembly elections will demonstrate if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was right when it said it was ready to hold these and the April 19 gubernatorial and presidential polls. In addition to being a logistical "dry run" for the April 1 [...]	2003-04-11 19:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
03ABUJA718	NIGERIA: WARRI CRISIS COMING TO A HEAD [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 22:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EPET NI
03ABUJA819	NIGERIAN MEDIA AND THE RECENT ELECTIONS [...] Summary. GON media officials have reacted angrily to what they view as instances of negative foreign press coverage of Nigeria recent elections and to comments by some international observer missions critical of government-owned media treatment of opposition candidates during the campaign [...]	2003-05-05 14:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM PREL NI
03ABUJA887	NIGERIA: INFORMATION ON GON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] Paragraph 2 provides answers to reftel questions. 2. A. Does the host government publish the national budget in a timely manner? Answer: Yes, with minimum delay (under one year). B. Where sub-national levels of government are significant, are their combined fiscal positions pub [...]	2003-05-14 16:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	AA AMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD NI
03ACCRA598	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION - ENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) continues the balancing act of assembling a historical record of human rights abuses while avoiding politically charged proceedings. It faced its most difficult public proceedings yet when the independent journalist Kwaku Baako deviate [...]	2003-03-25 15:24:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GH
03ADANA102	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 10, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. 2. Hurriyet/Bolge: It is claimed that 150 mayors nationwide [...]	2003-04-10 16:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA105	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 14, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Evrensel/Bolge: Th [...]	2003-04-14 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA114	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 21, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Bolge: A visible d [...]	2003-04-21 16:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA121	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 28, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Sabah/Cumhuriyet/Ra [...]	2003-04-28 12:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA123	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 29, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Radikal: Jandarma M [...]	2003-04-29 15:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA125	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 1, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet: The dead [...]	2003-05-02 08:53:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA132	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 7, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet: Turkish P [...]	2003-05-07 16:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA140	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 21, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet/Milli Gaz [...]	2003-05-21 13:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA152	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 05, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet: A polit [...]	2003-06-05 15:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA23	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 24, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-01-27 09:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA230	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 02, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Milliyet/Evrens [...]	2003-09-02 17:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA30	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 29, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-01-30 10:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA35	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 31, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-02-03 08:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA45	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 7, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-02-18 10:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA5	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 8, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS --------------------------- [...]	2003-01-09 09:25:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA53	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 22-23, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]	2003-02-25 13:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA83	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 24, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. 2. Cumhuriyet/Evrensel/Dunya/Tercuman/Sabah/ Hurriyet: Havin [...]	2003-03-24 16:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA9	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 11-12, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ----------------------- [...]	2003-01-14 09:01:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03AMMAN1744	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 8 (3/23 1600 LOCAL) [...] (C) The GOJ this afternoon publicly announced (confirmed by the Foreign Minister to the Ambassador) the expulsion of five Iraqi diplomats "for security reasons and for performing actions that contradict the nature of their work as diplomats". The Minister said they would be asked to leave th [...]	2003-03-23 12:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS EAIR ECON EWWT IZ JO
03AMMAN1901	Jordan: Reply to Questionnaire [...] (u) Below is information on duties/taxes and customs procedures for information technology products and electronic commerce transactions for Jordan. Answers are keyed to questions reftel. Follow-up questions should be directed to Ian Campbell, Econ Section (CAMPBELLIP2(at)state.gov). Informat [...]	2003-03-31 05:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD JO ECIP
03AMMAN2196	TF1Z01: JORDAN TELECOM REGULATOR NIJEM ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Muna Nijem, the head of the Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) concluded a week of meetings recently in Washington with FTC, DOS, and World Bank officials in which she emphasized her commitment to make the TRC, with USG assistance, the strong body the sect [...]	2003-04-10 14:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV ECON JO
03AMMAN2232	JORDAN - REQUEST FOR 2003 EMBASSY SCIENCE [...] SUMMARY: Post welcomes the opportunity to further USG environmental and trade objectives in Jordan and requests an Embassy Science Fellow from EPA for up to three months during the summer of 2003. The fellow will provide technical assistance to the recently created Ministry of Environment, p [...]	2003-04-13 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL SENV ETRD AMGT APER KSCA JO
03AMMAN2504	JORDAN TO HOST SPECIAL WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM [...] Post received original letters from King Abdullah to President Bush, NSA Rice, Secretary Powell, USTR Zoellick, Administrator Natsios, and Senator John Kerry, inviting them to participate in an extraordinary meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to be held in Jordan June 21-23. The theme [...]	2003-04-28 14:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KPAO OVIP JO
03AMMAN2509	JORDAN-BASED COMPANY REPEATS OFAC LICENSE REQUEST [...] (SBU) In response to letter delivered APRIL 16 as requested in REF B, recipient Dr. Muwaffak Haddadin, Director General, Arab Company for Drug Industries and Medical Appliances (ACIDMA) asked that we pass along his response on behalf of the company addressed to OFAC's David Mills. Haddadin to [...]	2003-04-29 08:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC JO
03AMMAN3464	AMBASSADOR MEETS JORDANIAN MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a June 2 courtesy call on the Jordanian Minister of Environment, Dr. Mohammed Thuneibat, the Ambassador commended the minister for his leadership of Jordan's newest ministry and impressed upon him the need for an environmental regulatory and enforcement body to complement th [...]	2003-06-11 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL EAID JO
03AMMAN4352	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-15 12:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4403	POLL SHOWS JORDANIANS WANT PARLIAMENT AND SEEK [...] (U) Summary: The University of Jordan,s Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) released an opinion poll 8 July which suggests Jordanians want an active Parliament but doubt that their newly elected Lower House will be an effective law-making body. It also reveals that domestic concerns, not fo [...]	2003-07-16 14:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM JO

03AMMAN4538	HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS: GOJ CREATES TWO NEW HUMAN [...] (C) Over the past few months, the GOJ has created two new governmental human rights organizations -- the National Center for Human Rights and a Directorate of Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry. While the work of these new institutions has ramped up too slowly for local activists, their c [...]	2003-07-23 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI JO
03AMMAN4827	POLITICAL ISLAM IN JORDAN: OPPOSITION MOSTLY FROM [...] (C) Political Islam is a mostly moderate force in Jordanian society. By far, the most important Islamic organization in Jordan is the Muslim Brotherhood, and then its political arm, the Islamic Action Front. There are no other Islamic groups in the country that match the MB/IAF in influence a [...]	2003-08-03 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM XF XA XG
03AMMAN5232	CPA TELECOM TEAM RECEIVES OFFERS OF HELP FROM GOJ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The CPA telecommunications team met with the Jordanian Minister of Information and Communications Technologies, Minister of Planning and a representative from the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission(TRC) on July 30. Discussion with GOJ officials centered around partnerships [...]	2003-08-18 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EAID JO CPA
03AMMAN5245	JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT GIVES ABUL RAGHEB'S [...] (U) On August 14, Jordanian Members of Parliament (MPs) overwhelmingly approved the new government of Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb. Despite this support, many MPs criticized the prime minister's cabinet and agenda during the five days of debate that preceded the vote. In the end, Abul Rag [...]	2003-08-19 07:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL JO
03AMMAN5329	GOJ CONDEMNS UN HEADQUARTERS BOMBING; PRESS, [...] (U) The GOJ reacted strongly against the August 19 bombing of U.N. HQ in Baghdad. Information Minister, Nabil al-Sharif, released a statement condemning the "criminal and cowardly act" and expressing hope that it would not delay achieving the goals of security and stability in Iraq. The stat [...]	2003-08-21 14:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN5698	BAGHDAD BASED IRAQIS SHARE THEIR PERSONAL [...] (C) PolOff discussed with two Baghdad based Iraqis what their lives in Iraq are like post-Saddam, Iraqi expectations vs. current realities, the lack of security and basic services, and observations on how the U.S. can ensure stability, democracy and prosperity in Iraq. Among their chief concer [...]	2003-09-07 16:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN6491	JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT FINISHES EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) The 14th Jordanian Parliament ended its 75 day "extraordinary session" on September 28. While the Parliament discussed a wide variety of topics and took several important procedural steps, including the election of Speaker, the formation of committees and the approval of a new Cabinet, it [...]	2003-10-09 13:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON JO
03AMMAN6820	American Corners In The Middle East [...] Post requests 4 (four) American Corners collections and supporting equipment to be hosted at the institutions listed individually below. Post estimates the cost of each Corner at approximately USD 102,000 based on module costs provided by IRO and current procurement costs of equipment and su [...]	2003-10-26 12:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KPAO OIIP
03AMMAN7068	BIOS FOR JORDAN'S NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (C) Reflecting a trend (and the 11 ministers) carried over from the previous Jordanian cabinet, western-educated, Muslim, "East Bankers" dominate the newly-appointed, slimmer, 21-member cabinet of Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez. We count seven Jordanians of Palestinian origin ("West Bankers" [...]	2003-10-30 15:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM KWMN PHUM ECON JO
03AMMAN7509	NEW JORDANIAN SENATE: MORE WOMEN, FEWER [...] (C) The King November 17 appointed a new 55-member Senate. Fourteen senators were carried over from the previous 40-member Senate. In line with tradition, the Senate contains a large number of former government officials, including 24 former ministers and four former prime ministers. The n [...]	2003-11-19 13:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JO
03AMMAN765	JORDAN'S AMCHAM PLANS 2003 PROGRAM [...] (u) With the regional outlook uncertain for the coming months, the Board of Directors of JABA, Jordan's AmCham, have restructured their event planning for 2003. They are shifting more of their events to late in the year and planning more trips to the U.S. in an effort to keep momentum going [...]	2003-02-04 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV BEXP JO
03AMMAN8293	MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM HUSSEIN'S CAPTURE [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-18 14:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03ANKARA1267	IRAQ: CODEL HEFLEY PRESSES FOR TURKISH SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 20-21 meetings, Codel Hefley politely but aggressively pressed Turkey's leadership to permit U.S. forces to use Turkey as a potential base for operations. While recognizing the political difficulties Turkey's elected politicians face, the Codel called upon them to he [...]	2003-02-26 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD TU IQ
03ANKARA1311	TURKISH MFA REQUESTS HIGH-LEVEL TALKS AND POSSIBLE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 12 for action request. Summary: -------- 2. (S) MFA advised DCM that the GOT would like to hold further talks on humanitarian assistance at a senior level, and that a Memorandum of Understanding on this issue might be necessary. MFA wants to h [...]	2003-02-27 16:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EAID IZ MOPS PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA1396	TURKEY: ANTI TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) As requested, Post's responses are keyed to questions in ref (A). Embassy point of contact is Christina Boiler, Political section (telephone: 90-312-455-5555; fax: 90-312-468-4775). Boiler (rank: junior officer) spent [...]	2003-03-05 08:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA1447	TEKEL PRIVATIZATION: DOWNSIZING A MONSTER OR JUST [...] (SBU) Summary: The AK government has highlighted its commitment to accelerate privatization, and to realize $4 billion in privatization revenue in 2003. The feature privatization in the first half of 2003 is TEKEL. This cable describes Turkey's 70-year old tobacco and spirits giant TEKEL, [...]	2003-03-06 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1578	ECHR RULING: OCALAN TRIAL UNFAIR, PRISON [...] (C) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights ruled that jailed PKK leader Ocalan did not receive a fair trial, while also determining that his prison conditions are acceptable. Both the GOT and Ocalan's attorneys plan to appeal the ruling. Regardless of the outcome of the appeal, Ocalan wil [...]	2003-03-12 17:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK
03ANKARA2022	OESI PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: BLACK SEA LONG-TERM [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS
03ANKARA2049	TFIZ01: MFA PREPARED TO MEET TRILATERALLY WITH USG [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 10. Summary ------- 2. (C) Feza Ozturk, MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations called a meeting on March 27 with Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) and UNHCR Deputy Representative for Turkey to prov [...]	2003-03-28 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA2198	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-04 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA2323	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 10: MARKETS DROP ON NO. [...] (U) As of 2:00 pm local time April 10, local news reports that Iraqi Kurds have taken Kirkuk are raising market concerns of a Turkish reaction that could jeopardize the U.S. aid package. T-bill yields rose nearly three percentage points to 66 percent; the lira depreciated almost two percent [...]	2003-04-10 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2368	TURKISH PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE: ILL [...] (C) Summary: The parliamentary Human Rights Committee does not play a significant role in the development of reform legislation, and the public comments of its Chairman to date have focused on supposed human rights violations outside Turkey. Committee members are generally not well informed on [...]	2003-04-11 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2664	TURKISH IMPLEMENTATION OF OECD BRIBERY CONVENTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOT Parliament ratified the OECD Bribery Convention in 2000, but did not ratify the implementing legislation until January 2, 2003. This makes Turkey the last of the 35 signatories to the Convention to ratify laws that make it a crime to bribe foreign officials in internatio [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV BR AR SI CI BU
03ANKARA2902	SUGAR LAW LEAVES BITTER TASTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new sugar law implemented in September 2002 was supposed to eliminate the sugar industry's rampant overproduction, as well as GOT subsidies for its export, and eventually move the industry toward the free market. However, even as state-owned sugar company SEKER (its privati [...]	2003-05-05 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA2903	TURKEY: FRIENDSHIP AND FEAR IN RURAL ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: In conversations at all levels during April visits to Ankara sub-provinces, poloffs encountered Turks eager to get U.S.-Turkish relations back on track. Nevertheless, we also noted the kind of suspicion and doubt from State authorities about the purpose of our trips that we normal [...]	2003-05-05 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA2912	IRAQ: LETTERS FROM TGS CHOD OZKOK TO CJCS MYERS, [...] (C) On May 5, 2003, the Embassy received copies of three letters from TGS CHOD Gen. Ozkok: (1) an April 30 letter to CJCS Gen. Myers (see para two for text),(2) a May 1 letter to CJCS Myers (see para three for text) and (3) a May 1 letter to SACEUR Gen Jones (see para four for text). The fi [...]	2003-05-05 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA301	EMBASSY PRESSES AK ON ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered reftel points to Prime Minister Gul January 9, emphasizing that any possible U.S. financial assistance was conditional on continued implementation of the economic reform program. Embassy delivered the same message January 9 and 13 to Treasury U/S Oztrak and [...]	2003-01-13 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3085	GOT REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY IN [...] ACTION REQUEST - PARA 4. 2. Embassy received MFA diplomatic note no. 2003/UKGY/178657 dated May 5 requesting USG support for its candidate to the International Tribunal for Rwanda at the United Nations General Assembly in June 2003 in New York. The body of the diplomatic note is as fol [...]	2003-05-12 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IO TU UN
03ANKARA3154	FORMER MP DISCUSSES ROLE IN MANISA TORTURE [...] (C) Summary: Sabri Ergul, one of the prosecuting attorneys in the high-profile Manisa police torture case, used his status as a parliamentarian to maintain pressure on the GOT and ensure the 10 defendants were convicted and sentenced. Ergul served as a witness in the case, having seen some of [...]	2003-05-13 16:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA3694	DEFINING THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY: GENERAL STAFF AND GOVERNMENT STRUGGLE WITH THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER [...] (C) Summary: Chief of the General Staff (TGS) Ozkok's attempt to smother disgruntlement in senior ranks and at the same time to warn ruling AK party against perceived anti-secular trends has achieved neither goal. While tensions between the military and AK, and within each, will continue, we [...]	2003-06-06 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU
03ANKARA3732	TURKEY'S OPPOSITION CHP DEVELOPS "NUANCES" ON EU [...] (C) Ref A noted main opposition CHP's general support for the AK government's sixth EU reform package, which could be brought to Parliament perhaps as early as this week. However, in light of the May 28 NSC meeting and the well-publicized opposition to the reform process among hardliners in th [...]	2003-06-09 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA3974	SIXTH EU-RELATED REFORM PACKAGE IN PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) Summary: With the Turkish Parliament beginning its consideration of the GOT's sixth EU-related reform package in the past two years, the ruling AK Party has moved forward despite an attempt by the military-dominated National Security Council (NSC) to delay the legislation and the outspoken [...]	2003-06-19 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA4068	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-25 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4121	WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE: RECENT IMPROVEMENTS [...] Summary. Turkey's wastewater resources infrastructure serves its metropolitan populations sufficiently but is unable to provide adequate sanitation services in rural areas. Most wastewater is disposed of untreated in bodies of water. Although the number of wastewater treatment facilities i [...]	2003-06-27 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO PGOV ECON TU
03ANKARA4222	IRAQ: TURKS REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT KURDISH [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (U) Classified by DCM Robert Deutsch. Reasons: 1.5 (B and D). 3. (C) Action Request: Refs A and B list GOT offers of assistance related to the reconstruction and stability of Iraq, for which Post has requested guidance from the Department or OCP [...]	2003-07-03 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA4525	TURKEY: DRAFT 2003 IRF [...] The following text is the draft 2003 report on International Religious Freedom (IRF) for Turkey: 2. The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice; however, the Government imposes some restrictions on religious groups and on [...]	2003-07-18 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF TU
03ANKARA4544	TURKISH GENERAL STAFF OBJECTS TO EU REFORM PACKAGE [...] (U) CNN Turk and NTV news channels report July 18 that the Turkish General Staff (TGS) leadership has voiced objections to the AK Government about its latest EU-related reform package. According to the reports, TGS opposes the reforms because: 1) they "restrict the jurisdiction of the National [...]	2003-07-21 07:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4895	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-04 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4956	MEETINGS WITH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR AND TREASURY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC COUNSELOR SCOT MARCIEL FOR REASONS 1.5 (B),(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SERDENGECTI AND TREASURY U/S CANAKCI EXPRESSED CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ABOUT THE NEAR-TERM MACROECONOMIC OUTLOOK IN MEETINGS WITH EMBOFFS THAT COINCIDED WITH A CENTRAL BANK INTEREST [...]	2003-08-06 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA4984	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-07 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA5419	IRAQ: KIRKUK VIOLENCE HAVING IMPACT ON TURKISH [...] (C) The August 23-24 violence in Kirkuk that left several Turkmen and Kurds dead/injured was front page news in Turkey over the weekend, and generated demonstrations in front of the Ankara PUK offices that reportedly left 23 police and 5 demonstrators injured. While the story has subsided here [...]	2003-08-25 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA5516	IRAQI MINISTERS: TURKISH OFFICIALS COMPLAIN THERE [...] (C) In seperate conversations with the Ambassador and DCM Sept. 1 and August 30 respectively, MFA Deputy Undersecretary Ali Tuygan and MFA Acting Director General Safak Gokturk said Turkey was disappointed that the Iraqi Governing Council had appointed only one Turkmen minister. Turkish Ambass [...]	2003-09-02 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA5566	TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY: FOCUS NOW ON IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Summary: European diplomats in Ankara say the GOT's extensive human rights reforms have brought Turkey close to meeting EU accession criteria; the EU will now focus on how well the reforms are implemented. However, Turkey still falls short of the criteria in some areas, and pro-EU advocat [...]	2003-09-04 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA5644	BANK REGULATOR'S HEADACHES [...] (U) Classified by Economic Counselor Scot Marciel for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: In a meeting with econoffs September 4, embattled BRSA Chairman Engin Akcakoca described GOT consideration of legislation that, if enacted in its current form, would greatly reduce the indepe [...]	2003-09-05 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA5964	TURKEY'S NSC SECGEN TAKES CONSERVATIVE APPROACH ON [...] (C) Summary: During their initial meeting on the eve of the September 19 NSC meeting that would consider a troop contribution to the stabilization force in Iraq, new NSC Secretary General General Sukru Sariisik revealed little to SIPDIS the Ambassador of what would occur at the meeting. [...]	2003-09-22 12:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY IZ MARR PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA6342	NO AGREEMENT WITH IMF LIKELY UNTIL AT LEAST NEXT [...] (Sbu) Summary: IMF Resident Representative told Econoffs October 8 that the Fund Mission is highly unlikely to wrap up agreement on the Sixth Review until early next week at the earliest. Though the Turkish economic team had a long meeting with the Prime Minister October 7 on the IMF issues, [...]	2003-10-08 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA6390	INVESTMENT DISPUTES: PROGRESS FOR CARGILL/ADM, [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT announced October 9 that it will will increase the quota for non-sugar sweetener producers to 15 percent of the total sugar quota for the year that began September 1, which means Cargill and ADM can avoid potentially ruinous production cuts. Cargill, however, is still [...]	2003-10-10 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECPS ETRD PGOV TU
03ANKARA7145	ROILED WATERS AT THE BANK REGULATORY BODY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Under pressure over the failure to prevent the Imar Bank fiasco, bank regulatory body chairman Engin Akcakoca resigned November 5. GOT claims not to have exerted pressure are suspect, given earlier GOT actions, raising questions about the Ak Party Government's commitment to an [...]	2003-11-17 17:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ECON PINR TU
03ANKARA7213	IRAQ: A/S DEWEY AGREES NEXT STEPS ON REPATRIATING [...] (SBU) On November 19, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey met with Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sensoy, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Morjane, CPA rep Bartlett and Khalil Afar from the Iraqi Embassy on next steps for the voluntary repatriation of Turkish refugees in Iraq, including those in the Ma [...]	2003-11-20 06:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
03ANKARA7338	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-28 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7417	MEETING WITH WORLD BANK ECONOMIST [...] (C) Summary: Resident World Bank economist James Parks told econoffs that the GOT has yet to meaningfully re-engage with the Bank in several sectors, though in others there is a continuing dialogue. Parks raised the question of how to avoid a sharp fall in the lira, given the likely size of nex [...]	2003-12-03 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAGR ENRG ECPS TU
03ANKARA7494	MEETING WITH IMF RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE [...] (Sbu) IMF Resrep Odd Per Brekk told econoffs it is still possible the IMF Board could meet to approve the Sixth Review this year, but it will require expedited parliamentary action on the required legislation the week of December 8-12. The GOT seems to be making a serious effort to get the b [...]	2003-12-08 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA7691	NEW HIGHER EDUCATION PRESIDENT TAKES OVER TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, President Sezer appointed Erdogan Tezic, the rector of Galatasaray University, as head of the Higher Education Council (YOK),replacing Kemal Guruz. Like President Sezer, Erdogan Tezic is a specialist in constitutional law, having served as a law professor in Istan [...]	2003-12-16 10:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OEXC SCUL TU
03ANKARA7699	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-16 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7761	GOT's Unclear Message on Data Exclusivity [...] (SBU) At the December Economic Partnership Commission meeting, the Turkish Health Ministry and Foreign Trade Undersecretariat took seemingly contradictory positions on data exclusivity protection for pharmaceuticals. A followup meeting with the Health Undersecretary reinforced our impression [...]	2003-12-18 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
03ANKARA7777	DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-19 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU
03BEIRUT4562	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI URGES U.S. TO WORK WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri October 27. The discussion focused principally on Iraq and Syria. Berri, having just returned from Damascus, again tried to impress upon us that Syrian President Asad desires a good relationship with the United States and that [...]	2003-10-28 17:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY LY
03BRASILIA1066	BRAZILIAN FTAA COORDINATOR ON A SOCIAL AGENDA FOR [...] (U) Brazilian press reported on March 28 that President Lula wants to include discussion of social issues in the FTAA negotiations and that the GOB plans to submit proposals for doing so at the Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) meeting in Puebla, Mexico April 7-11. In discussions with EconOff [...]	2003-04-03 12:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA2407	PENSION REFORM: GOB VEERS, TACKS, TAKES ON WATER [...] (U) Lula's crucial pension-reform bill was approved by the Chamber of Deputies special committee on July 23 -- but only after undergoing political buffets and a perhaps fateful overhaul. In a fundamental about-face, the GoB has accepted that all current public-sector employees will remain elig [...]	2003-07-31 10:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
03BRASILIA2859	MINISTER ROUSSEFF EXPLAINS NEW ENERGY MODEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mines and Energy Minister Rousseff and Vice Minister Tolmasquim have provided EmbOffs a two-hour presentation of Brazil's new energy model. The Minister summed up the new model as re-establishing the concept of public service as the sector's prevalent principle. It aspires [...]	2003-09-04 12:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR
03BRASILIA3122	NEW DECREE TO FACILITATE IMPORTATION OF COPIED DRUGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GoB has taken its latest step in laying the legal groundwork necessary to import copied versions of patented pharmaceuticals. President Lula signed a decree on September 4 revising the implementation of Article 71 of Brazil's 1996 patent law, which governs the granting of co [...]	2003-09-26 19:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PGOV ECON EINV SOCI BR
03BRASILIA3459	CAN ITAMARATY'S STRANGLEHOLD ON FTAA POLICY BE [...] Summary. Widespread reporting in Brazil on the outcome of the FTAA TNC meeting in Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) unleashed a hail of criticism directed at Itamaraty, both on the substance of its FTAA policy and its conduct in T&T. By the end of the TNC meeting, Brazilian dailies were reporting that [...]	2003-10-27 17:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA3942	PRESIDENT LULA ANNOUNCES BRAZIL'S NEW ENERGY MODEL [...] President Lula announced Brazil's new energy model and signed the provisional measures (MP) to implement it on December 11. The MP was published in the Official Daily of the Union December 12. The GoB had long reiterated its intent to introduce the model before year's end, but there was dou [...]	2003-12-17 17:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR
03BRASILIA3982	BRAZIL: UPDATES TO 2003 NTE [...] Per Ref A, this cable transmits post's draft of the 2003 NTE. A separate copy is being emailed directly to USTR (Cronin and Blue). IMPORT POLICIES Brazil's arithmetic average applied tariff was an estimated 11.5 percent in 2003. Brazil currently maintains no applied tariff rates in exce [...]	2003-12-23 14:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ECON EINV PGOV BR
03BRASILIA439	BRAZIL SWAYS MERCOSUL ON FTAA OFFERS [...] (U) Following through on its rhetoric to strengthen and unify Mercosul, Brazil's new government has acted forcefully and decisively to forge consensus with its Mercosul partners over FTAA initial offers. Foreign Minister Amorim, first securing the Argentine pledge of solidarity in Buenos Aires [...]	2003-02-07 14:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BR FTAA
03BRASILIA698	BRAZIL: SPECIAL 301 RESPONSE [...] Summary. Post recommends that Brazil remain on the Priority Watch List for the 2003 Special 301 Review. New attention to entrenched IPR problems, particularly in the copyright area, may be forthcoming under the new Lula government. Driven largely by concern over lost tax revenues, impact o [...]	2003-03-02 10:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BTIO
03BRUSSELS4143	FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EU USE-OF-FORCE DOCTRINE: [...] (C/NF) The draft European Security Strategy (ESS),which will be discussed at the September 5-6 informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (ref. A),provides the U.S. with an early opportunity to engage on this emerging EU security doctrine. Born of the divisions over Iraq, the ESS is [...]	2003-08-28 18:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS MARR MCAP FR IT PL UK DA GM SP NATO UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03COLOMBO101	Sri Lanka: Five things that upset Sinhalese [...] (C) Always a lively crowd, Sri Lanka's Sinhalese extremists have been raising a ruckus over five issues of late. They have demanded, for example, that (#1) the Norwegian Ambassador be expelled from the country, and complained about (#2) a pro-Tamil movie that opened in Europe recently and (# [...]	2003-01-17 05:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SOCI CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1015	MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 11) TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] Summary. In the aftermath of the Tokyo Conference, Sri Lankan English and vernacular media was in high gear. Tamil newspapers ran positive headlines about Tokyo's outcome, but reflected concern about opposition party views of donor money. Tamil editorials encouraged the LTTE to return to pe [...]	2003-06-11 08:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1027	FY 2003 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY [...] Post response for Maldives to reftel survey request follows: a. Does host government publish national budget in a timely manner? 1 - Does not publish, or publishes with significant delay (three years or more) 2 - Yes, with some delay (one year or more) 3 - Yes, with minimum delay (under [...]	2003-06-12 10:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AA AMGT EAID EFIN EINV EPET ETRD MV ECPN
03COLOMBO1048	MEDIA PLAY: (JUNE 13) TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-16 07:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1179	Mission recommends alternate organization for [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 6. 2. SUMMARY: The judicial reform project to increase the capacity of courts in Sri Lanka's war-torn north and east, as well as administer legal aid to those affected communities, has been only partially successful. The portion of the grant r [...]	2003-07-07 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1256	NEW PROPOSAL GOES TO LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 17, the Norwegians conveyed to the LTTE the new GSL proposal to try to lure the LTTE back to the negotiating table. We may not know for several weeks whether it will be successful, but the 19-month old ceasefire does not seem at risk. President Kumaratunga,s own po [...]	2003-07-17 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE PGOV PREL LTTE
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
03COLOMBO1512	Counternarcotics Update: Latest heroin [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) This update of the counternarcotics situation in Sri Lanka reviews the following: >> Latest heroin seizures >> Police report a new trend in drug smuggling >> USG assistance for Sri Lanka's counter [...]	2003-08-29 06:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PREL CE
03COLOMBO1540	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR MALDIVES, [...] The following is the 2004 Investment Climate Statement for the Republic of Maldives. This statement will be included in the Post's FY 2004 Maldives Country Commercial to be sent separately. Begin text. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT MALDIVES, SEPTEMBER 2003. Openness to Foreign Investm [...]	2003-09-05 05:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV MV OPIC ECONOMICS
03COLOMBO1551	MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN COLUMNIST SAYS U.S., [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-08 05:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO1623	2003 Human Rights Report for the Republic of [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified entire text. 2. (U) Following is the 2003 Country Human Rights report for the Republic of Maldives. BEGIN TEXT: 3. (U) The Republic of Maldives, which is made up of 1,190 islands, less than 200 of which are inhabited, has a parliamentary style of gove [...]	2003-09-18 10:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL KSEP MV
03COLOMBO1693	Prime Minister's vocal support for Coalition [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Wickremesinghe's remarks supporting Coalition actions in Iraq during his recent UNGA address have netted a small backlash, with several newspapers criticizing the PM's stand as being too pro-U.S. In discussions, observers had a mixed reaction as to whether the PM [...]	2003-09-30 09:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO CE IZ UN
03COLOMBO1801	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead. Reasons 1.5 B and D. 2. (C) Summary: During his initial courtesy call with Finance Minister Choksy on October 10, the Ambassador raised TDA technical assistance, aid utilization, government procurement problems, and the Iraq Donors Confe [...]	2003-10-17 04:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EAID PREL IZ CE
03COLOMBO1810	WALK-IN DESCRIBES MUSLIM EXTREMIST ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C/NF) Summary - On 10/14/03 and again on 10/15/03, RSO interviewed an unknown walk-in Source of undetermined reliability who claimed to have information on several aspects of Muslim radicalism in Sri Lanka. The information included the name of a passport vendor in Colombo who provides false [...]	2003-10-17 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC CE PTER
03COLOMBO1930	Sri Lanka Update: PM returns; President [...] (C) SUMMARY: To a rapturous welcome, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe returned to Colombo from the U.S. on the morning of November 7. Contacts have told Mission that the UNP government and its allies are continuing to closely consult on how to proceed in response to the President's sudde [...]	2003-11-07 07:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER ASEC CASC CE LTTE
03COLOMBO2001	Parliament reconvenes after two-week [...] (SBU) Following its two-week suspension by order of President Kumaratunga, Parliament reconvened on schedule the morning of November 19. With most of the body's 225 MPs present, Joseph Michael Perera, Speaker of the Parliament, opened the session by harshly criticizing the President's decisi [...]	2003-11-19 11:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM CE
03COLOMBO2039	COLOMBO EAC DATED 11/24/03 [...] (SBU) Summary - In response to information and guidance provided in Reftels, Embassy Colombo convened an EAC on 11/24/03 to discuss the Embassy's current security posture and to develop a plan of action to address other potential American targets in Sri Lanka that could be perceived as "soft." [...]	2003-11-26 05:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CE PTER
03COLOMBO436	Demining: Advance team prepares the way for [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Preparations for the arrival of the second round of the USG-funded Quick Reaction Demining Force (QRDF) are well in gear. The GSL is proving very helpful in arranging for the QRDF's return. M [...]	2003-03-14 06:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PTER CE LTTE
03COLOMBO485	Sixth round of talks proves constructive; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The sixth round of GSL-LTTE talks wrapped up on March 21, with the two sides issuing a comprehensive press statement. Minister Moragoda, a key GSL negotiator, told the Ambassador he was encouraged by the talks -- the Tigers seemed committed to the peace track for now and badly w [...]	2003-03-24 09:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KPAO CE NO JA CH LTTE
03COLOMBO52	GSL-LTTE talks in Thailand: Fourth round [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fourth round of GSL-LTTE talks wrapped up in Thailand on January 9. Key understandings reached by the two sides included their agreement to move forward on resettling displaced persons. They also agreed to continue discussions re security zones in Jaffna, and to involve th [...]	2003-01-09 11:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PHUM CE NO TH LTTE
03COLOMBO735	Reports steadily mount that Tigers are [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports are steadily mounting that the Tigers are assassinating Tamil opponents, especially military informants and those in anti-Tiger political parties. The government has been slow in investigating the cases, but has recently formed a commission to look into the matter. Whi [...]	2003-04-30 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE LTTE
03COLOMBO747	FY 2003 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY [...] Post response to reftel survey request follows. Post consulted IMF and WB rep offices in Colombo and Central Bank contacts in preparing this response. a. Does host government publish national budget in a timely manner? 1 - Does not publish, or publishes with significant delay (three year [...]	2003-05-05 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AA AMGT EAID EFIN EINV EPET ETRD CE ECPN
03COLOMBO851	Tigers issue hard-edged letter demanding [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tamil Tigers have sent the Norwegian facilitators a tough letter demanding the setting up of an "interim administrative structure" in the north/east, which the group would control. The Tigers say they might restart peace talks and come to the Tokyo conference if the governm [...]	2003-05-21 11:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR EAID CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO910	Norwegians deliver GSL proposal re assistance [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian facilitators delivered the latest GSL proposal re assistance to the Tigers late May 28. The Tigers indicated that they need time to review it. The government is only beginning to brief the public on the matter, but, based on what we are hearing, the proposal would go [...]	2003-05-29 10:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO939	In reaction to latest Tiger letter, GSL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GSL is proposing to hold a "clear the air" meeting with the Tamil Tigers. The government's proposal is in response to the Tiger's stark rejection of the latest GSL plan re control of assistance to the north/east. It is by no means clear whether the Tigers will take the bai [...]	2003-06-02 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO960	In response to PM's latest letter, Tigers do [...] (C) SUMMARY: In their June 4 reply to the prime minister's latest letter, the Tigers have not budged from their demand that an interim administration be created for the north/east. The group says it is willing to discuss the issue, but only if the GSL takes steps toward meeting this demand f [...]	2003-06-04 11:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO983	MEDIA PLAY: (June 8) Tokyo Conference; Colombo [...] Summary. On the eve of the Tokyo Conference, a frenetic Sri Lankan media was consumed with talk of an interim administration for the north and east and the fate of donor money sans LTTE participation. Tamil newspapers were engrossed with Tokyo-related issues large and small - but especially [...]	2003-06-09 05:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO994	Domestic Politics Update: Meeting between PM- [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's domestic political situation reviews the following: -- In meeting, prime minister and key presidential aide reportedly discuss coalition government -- Supreme Court ruling puts provincial chief ministers in jeopardy -- Sri Lanka debates whether to lift lo [...]	2003-06-09 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PHUM SOCI CE
03FRANKFURT5570	TOP HESSE CDU PLAYERS KOCH AND ROTH TUSSLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Hesse's two most powerful Christian Democratic (CDU) politicians, Hesse's Minister President Roland Koch and Frankfurt Lord Mayor Petra Roth have public disagreements and competing national ambitions. Roth was elected in May 2003 as president of the German Council of Cities. [...]	2003-07-08 13:15:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EAIR GM
03GUATEMALA1581	BERGER SELECTS EDUARDO STEIN AS VP CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: The front-running Gran Alianza Nacional (GANA) officially nominated former Foreign Minister and chief of two OAS missions to Peru, Eduardo Stein, as its Vice Presidential candidate. The move, announced on June 16, broadens the appeal of the Berger ticket providing it with needed [...]	2003-06-19 20:46:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA1813	SECOND LABOR WORKING GROUP: LIMITED PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador attended the second bilateral working group meeting on labor issues with the GOG on July 10 and emphasized the need for concrete progress prior to submission of a CAFTA to the U.S. Congress. He reiterated USG concern about impunity for violence against union le [...]	2003-07-15 22:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV GT
03GUATEMALA188	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH G-13 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on January 14 with members of the Donor Dialogue group (6 major bilateral donors, plus 4 multilaterals, MINUGUA, USAID, and UNDP) to discuss development cooperation and preparations for the May consultative group meeting. Ambassadors and IFI Reps queried the [...]	2003-01-23 22:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID SNAR PGOV PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2014	CODEL BALLENGER VISIT ADVANCES U.S. INTERESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. Congressional delegation led by Rep. Cass Ballenger, and including U.S. Representatives Kevin Brady, Jerry Weller, and Marsha Blackburn, visited Guatemala August 4-6. The CoDel conveyed to the GOG, civil society, the private sector and the press USG concern over recent [...]	2003-08-06 23:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR ELAB CASC GT

03GUATEMALA220	AMBASSADOR AND LARUE DISCUSS CLANDESTINE GROUPS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador visited the headquarters of the Center for Legal Action in Human Rights (CALDH) on January 22 to meet with director Frank LaRue. The Ambassador informed LaRue of his personal efforts in support of the commission to investigate clandestine groups with various GOG le [...]	2003-01-28 15:23:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT UN OAS
03GUATEMALA231	GERARDI WITNESS FOUND DEAD [...] (U) Summary: A key witness in the Gerardi trial was reportedly murdered on December 19, 2002. The body of the witness, Noe Gomez Limon, was found on January 21, nearly a month after the murder, and details about the murder remain fragmentary. On January 22, MINUGUA called on the government t [...]	2003-01-29 14:00:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT
03GUATEMALA2563	HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: COURT UPHOLDS GERARDI [...] (U) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in human rights in Guatemala. Topics include: -- Constitutional Court Rejects Defense Request to Annul Gerardi Sentence -- Murder of Community Organizer in Chichicastenango -- Ovalle Shooters Sentenced to Life [...]	2003-10-03 17:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM GT
03GUATEMALA511	FEBRUARY 25 DINNER WITH PRESIDENT PORTILLO [...] (S) Summary: In a one-on-one dinner, President Portillo committed to making his decision on the UNHRC Cuba issue "in a calm moment," promised to energize his Labor ministry on issues of labor justice, issued instructions to his Agriculture Minister (by phone during dinner) to get the Mediter [...]	2003-02-26 16:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU ELAB PHUM SNAR GT
03GUATEMALA759	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON LABOR ISSUES [...] Ref A requests information about current or recently completed technical cooperation activities in the labor field. That information was included in Ref B and is included in Paras 2-9 below. Information about USAID bilateral projects in the labor sector is included in Paras 10-11, and USAID [...]	2003-03-21 18:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID KSUM ECON SOCI GT
03GUATEMALA77	AMBASSADOR AND MINUGUA CHIEF TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and USAID Director met with MINUGUA Chief Koenigs, who was thankful for USG support on extension of MINUGUA's mandate through 2004, and was cautiously optimistic about further implementation of the Peace Accords. The Ambassador discussed possible counternarcoti [...]	2003-01-10 18:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAID PGOV MOPS GT
03GUATEMALA933	AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Gutierrez met on April 3 to discuss the upcoming visit of the Central American presidents to Washington to meet with President Bush on CAFTA. The Ambassador carried out demarches on Cuba and Iraq (septels),mentioned upcoming visits of USG off [...]	2003-04-08 17:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR OVIP KIPR PHUM ELAB MARR GT
03HANOI1258	VIETNAM: P.L. 108-7 - Consolidated Appropriations [...] This cable was originally sent May 5, 2003 but encountered TERP transmission problems. Post apologizes for the delay. Responses to reftel questionnaire follow: a. Does host government publish national budget in a timely manner? 2 - Yes, with some delay (more than one year) b. Wher [...]	2003-05-22 10:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AA AMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD VM FINREF
03HANOI1320	REVIEWING BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Nguyen Tan Dung and the Ambassador (accompanied by DCM Porter and poloff) held a two-hour discussion on bilateral issues on May 27. The meeting received generally positive coverage in the state-controlled print and broadcast media. Dung highlight [...]	2003-05-30 09:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KIRF OEXC ECON ETRD VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HANOI135	Vietnam on Religious Freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: In two recent meetings with the Ambassador, GVN officials discussed religious freedom issues originally raised by Ambassador Hanford at the November 2002 Human Rights Dialogue in a frank manner, but had little specific information. The most welcome news was that the Southern [...]	2003-01-16 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
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
03HANOI1535	In the Hoa Hao Heartland [...] (SBU) Summary: The south's An Giang province includes members of almost all of Vietnam's religious communities, but is the homeland of the indigenous Hoa Hao Buddhist sect which, according to GVN figures, comprises almost 40% of the province's two million residents. The GVN-recognized Hoa [...]	2003-06-18 23:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HANOI1556	TRAINING CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN NORTHERN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY. Hanoi's Catholic seminary offers training to over 200 would-be priests over a seven year period. Local Committees on Religious Affairs screen out some candidates, allegedly on grounds of "personal conduct." Virtually all graduates become priests; a small percentage is able to c [...]	2003-06-20 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HANOI1687	PROTESTANTS CLAIM MORE HARASSMENT [...] (U) Summary. Unconfirmed reports continue to indicate efforts by local authorities to pressure ethnic minority Protestants in some locations to renounce their faith. These reports claim at least one recent murder and more detentions. Some ethnic minority Protestants have reportedly also ha [...]	2003-07-03 07:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
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
03HANOI2074	Correcting judicial wrongs: welcome steps [...] (U) Summary. A new Vietnamese National Assembly resolution enables victims of judicial and police injustice to seek financial compensation from the responsible government agencies and even individual official(s). The resolution holds officials personally responsible for misadministration of [...]	2003-08-15 09:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS VM
03HANOI2364	POLITBURO MEMBER TRAN DINH HOAN ON PARTY AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Summary. Politburo member Tran Dinh Hoan welcomed improving U.S.-Vietnam relations, called for more high-level visits and mutual understanding, claimed that the CPV was tackling the major problem of corruption in its own way, and explained how the Ho Chi Minh National Political Academ [...]	2003-09-18 00:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PREL PINR VM
03HANOI2667	National Assembly Fall Preview [...] (U) Summary: During a month-long plenary session beginning October 21, the National Assembly is expected to approve nine draft laws, most significantly a new Criminal Procedures Code and a Land Law. Major political issues to be debated include earlier access to defense lawyers for people unde [...]	2003-10-17 10:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV VM DPOL
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
03HANOI2898	CONVICTION OF TRAN DUNG TIEN [...] (U) Activist Tran Dung Tien (usually described as a former bodyguard of Ho Chi Minh) was sentenced after a brief trial on November 12 to ten months in prison by the Hanoi People's Court under article of 258 of the Penal Code ("Abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the [...]	2003-11-12 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR
03HANOI3243	VIETNAM: NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT [...] The following is the text of the draft National Trade Estimate report for Vietnam. 2. Begin Text of Report: TRADE SUMMARY The landmark U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement that seeks to normalize trade relations between the two countries came into effect on December 10, 2001, and [...]	2003-12-16 03:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN VM ASEAN BTA FINREF IPROP
03HANOI3252	THE SECOND U.S.-VIETNAM LABOR DIALOGUE [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) and Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) held a half-day labor dialogue on November 6 in Hanoi. This discussion, the second since the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in November 2000, covered Vietnam' [...]	2003-12-16 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID ECON ETRD VM LABOR
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
03HANOI483	QUESTIONNAIRE ON DUTIES/TAXES AND CUSTOMS [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 06:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP XXX
03HANOI486	VIETNAM: YEAR 2003 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Embassy recommends continued placement of Vietnam on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2003 as enforcement of IPR in Vietnam remains weak and IPR violations are rampant. We do not believe elevation to the Priority Watch List is warranted, however, as: -- The U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trad [...]	2003-02-28 09:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR VM IPROP BTA
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
03HANOI636	U.S.-VIETNAM FISHERIES CONSULTATIONS [...] SUMMARY: A USG fisheries delegation led by the U.S Department of Commerce NOAA Fisheries and including STATE/OES and others met with Vietnamese fisheries officials and visited several fisheries-related activities in and near Hanoi the week of March 10. Both sides gained insight into opportu [...]	2003-03-14 08:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV OTRA VM APEC
03HARARE1130	AFTER MUGABE: POST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A U.S. [...] (c) Summary: While it is still uncertain whether President Robert Mugabe will depart in the next days or months, Post considers it prudent to offer policymakers "day after" recommendations at this stage. Assuming a transition government is committed to political and economic reform, the U.S. [...]	2003-06-04 10:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ZI EXIM
03HARARE1135	"NEW" MEDIA AMENDMENT TOPS PARLIAMENT AGENDA [...] Parliament resumes on June 10, after a two-week adjournment, to allow legislators to review the new text of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Bill introduced by Minister Patrick Chinamasa on May 13. The new text is by-and-large the old amendments with only one sub [...]	2003-06-04 14:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ZI
03HARARE1420	JUDGE UPHOLDS SUSPENSION OF HARARE MAYOR ELIAS [...] (C) On July 10, High Court Justice Susan Mavangira upheld Minister of Local Government Ignatius Chombo's controversial suspension of Harare MDC Mayor Elias Mudzuri for alleged misconduct. In effect this ruling bars Mudzuri from going to his office, and from carrying out the functions of mayor. [...]	2003-07-11 10:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1476	MEDIA REACTION U. S. FOREIGN POLICY, BUSH'S VISIT [...] The July 20 editions of the two government-controlled weeklies - "The Sunday Mail" and the "Sunday News" - carried lengthy articles centering on United States foreign policy, President George W. Bush's visit to Africa, and another urging the United States to loo [...]	2003-07-23 07:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1555	CHEGUTU ZANU-PF CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO SUSPEND MDC [...] (C) On July 31 the ZANU-PF dominated city council of Chegutu voted to suspend the MDC Mayor of Chegutu Francis Dhlakama and withdraw all benefits of his office. Dhlakama facilitated an early July Ministry of Local Government audit which detailed corruption perpetrated by various members of th [...]	2003-08-01 10:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1656	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Will America learn from its past mistakes?" the pro-government weekly "Business Tribune" carried the following feature article by Billet Magara in which he criticizes the United States for leading a military campaign against Saddam Hussein, sayin [...]	2003-08-21 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1974	PARLIAMENT TO RESUME SESSION ON OCTOBER 7 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After making limited progress on the government,s ambitious legislative agenda during the last session, Parliament is slated to resume attention on October 7 to a host of potentially important bills, including an electoral act and an anti-money laundering law. Parliament last [...]	2003-09-30 06:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZI
03HARARE1995	Zimbabwe's Food Crises Set to Continue in the Face [...] As a result of the continuing severe economic decline, particularly in the crippled agricultural sector, the food crisis in Zimbabwe is expected to continue into the 2004/05 marketing year. Projections for Zimbabwe's 2003/2004 agricultural season are bleak, largely due to worsening input supp [...]	2003-10-01 09:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
03HARARE1997	THE DAILY NEWS STRUGGLES TO RETURN TO THE STREETS [...] (SBU) Since Sept 24 (reftel) the only independent daily newspaper in Zimbabwe, The Daily News (TDN),has not succeeded in getting an edition on the streets. TDN,s parent company, Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),was optimistic several times about returning to press only to see the g [...]	2003-10-01 15:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI KPOL
03HARARE2016	"Export or Die" for Mutare Businesses [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabweans in and around Mutare, the country's third largest city, continue to fare better than most countrymen. On a recent sojourn, we observed the same U.S. dollar/local crevice found in Masvingo (ref). Clearly, however, Mutare's export sector enables more to reach the privi [...]	2003-10-06 13:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2257	ZCTU LEADERS, DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, police arrested 9 members of the ZCTU governing body, and about forty-five civil society leaders and ZCTU members nationwide in advance of a ZCTU planned demonstration. There were credible reports that WOZA Director Jenni Williams was severely beaten during arrest [...]	2003-11-18 15:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ASEC ZI ZCTU
03HARARE232	INFORMATION MINISTER SAYS DAILY NEWS IS "ILLEGAL" [...] In the continuing legal battle between the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),publishers of the independent daily "The Daily News," and the government of Zimbabwe over the mandatory registration of media houses and accreditation of journalists under the controver [...]	2003-01-31 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2329	Weary retailer asks, what next? [...] (U) Summary: A major Zimbabwe retailer has just lived through violent occupations, price controls, imperious ministers, high inflation and shortages of fuel, electricity and cash. Its Chief Operating Officer now wonders what more the GOZ can throw at him. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Embassy [...]	2003-12-02 05:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV 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
03HARARE2451	YEAR-END LEGISLATIVE FLURRY REINFORCES RULING [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament adjourned for the holiday season on December 18 after passing legislation that disenfranchises thousands of voters and favors the ruling party in the 2005 Parliamentary elections. However, Parliament was not able to push through legislation that would ease the acquisi [...]	2003-12-23 09:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZI
03HARARE271	Tobacco harvest may beat early forecasts [...] Summary: It remains difficult to forecast Zimbabwe's all-important tobacco earnings this year. Experts agree the harvest will be marginally better than initially expected, but a steep drop from last year. End Summary. 2. The stakes are high since tobacco will remain Zimbabwe's leading expo [...]	2003-02-06 14:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EFIN ECON ZI
03HARARE452	MEDIA REACTION NAM/IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "New challenges for NAM" the pro-government weekly the "Sunday Mirror" dedicated its March 2 editorial to calling on the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) to transform into "a reasonable, balanced and objective counter-force" in international issues. "I [...]	2003-03-04 06:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE485	BINGA - INCREASED PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION AMONG [...] Summary: On February 11, Save the Children-UK (SCF) issued its third Binga District Nutrition Survey in which they reported a slight increase in the prevalence of acute malnutrition among children aged 6 -59 months. The increase was not enough for malnutrition among pre-school aged children i [...]	2003-03-07 09:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KHIV ZI
03HARARE542	IMF Assesses Zimbabwe [...] Summary: Unless the GOZ augments its recent devaluation with additional reforms, a visiting International Monetary Fund delegation predicted the country will lose voting rights in June. End summary. 2. Alongside World Bank observers, the IMF team concluded the annual "Article 4" review of t [...]	2003-03-17 08:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE588	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush, Blair must learn from history" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its March 21 editorial to declaring that the war against Iraq is uncalled for and is bound to fail, adding, "America must not be allowed to bully the world [...]	2003-03-21 09:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ
03HARARE594	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Over the 3/22-23 weekend, Zimbabwean newspapers dedicated major acreage to comment on the war to disarm Iraq. The tone is critical. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "U. N. in tatters" the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" (03/23) comments: [...]	2003-03-24 08:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI IZ
03HARARE600	MUGABE INCITES BRUTALIZATION OF MDC SUPPORTERS [...] (C) In the wake of the successful March 18 - 19 MDC stayaway the GOZ has embarked on a massive retribution campaign against lower-level MDC officials, and some MDC MPs. Police, suspected CIO officers and soldiers have arrested, beaten, raped and tortured several hundred MDC supporters. The GO [...]	2003-03-24 16:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI MDC
03HARARE642	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ - OPINION [...] The March 30 editions of the government- controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" and the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" carried a number of opinion pieces focusing on the war in Iraq. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "U.N. becomes irrelevant" the "The [...]	2003-03-31 12:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE648	MDC WINS HIGHFIELD AND KUWADZANA [...] (C) The opposition MDC won by-elections in the Harare high-density suburbs of Highfield and Kuwadzana by significant margins, despite an electoral process tilted heavily in favor of ZANU-PF. The March 29-30 voting process itself was peaceful and orderly, if at times slow. The environment in [...]	2003-03-31 16:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE676	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.N. must stop murder of innocent civilians" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" used its April 4 editorial to label President Bush and Tony Blair as "the real terrorists." Excerpts: 2. ". . .It is sad that the American and British inva [...]	2003-04-04 10:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE729	ZIMBABWEAN UNIVERSITY PROFILES [...] This cable is the first in a series looking at issues related to higher education in Zimbabwe. ---------------------------------- SCENESETTER: EDUCATION IN ZIMBABWE ---------------------------------- 2. Since independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has invested heavily in education, impro [...]	2003-04-14 06:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL ZI
03HOCHIMINHCITY1100	BALANCING ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN SOC TRANG AND [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM (then Charge) and ConGen Poloff visited Soc Trang and Tra Vinh Provinces during October 1-3, to examine firsthand the situation for the ethnic Khmer in the Mekong Delta, in light of continuing reports of discrimination from sources overseas. Situated in an area that once be [...]	2003-11-10 07:29:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
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
03ISTANBUL1579	TWO MURDERS, THREATS SHAKE ISTANBUL JEWISH [...] (C) Summary: A recent extortion campaign against members of a Jewish retirement home's board of directors has shaken Istanbul's Jewish community. One of the board members, Yasef Yahya, was killed on August 22 at his office. Starting three weeks ago, other members of the board have been contac [...]	2003-10-27 05:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL202	RELIGIOUS MINORITIES APPREHENSIVE OF LATEST [...] (C) Summary: The General Directorate for Foundations recently enacted regulations that were expected to allow community (i.e. non-Muslim religious) foundations to reclaim seized properties. The new regulations are part of the EU-harmonization reforms aimed at enhancing religious minority righ [...]	2003-02-20 07:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL636	ISTANBUL MAYORALTY: UP FOR GRABS? [...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul Mayoralty, often characterized as the second most desirable political prize in the country, has become the focus of a back-room power struggle as players jockey for ground in advance of the April 2004 local elections. Mayor Ali Mufit Gurtuna, an independent since the [...]	2003-05-05 11:03:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TK
03JERUSALEM2771	FATAH LEADER HINTS AT PM ABBAS'S DOWNFALL [...] (C) Summary: Fatah Central Committee member and frequent Arafat ally Sakher Habash, in a conversation with Pol/C in Ramallah 9/3, said he saw only two ways out of the ongoing political crisis in the Palestinian Authority: either PM Abbas makes amends with Arafat and the Fatah leadership, or h [...]	2003-09-04 16:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS
03KABUL1007	SE KHALILZAD'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH FM ABDULLAH [...] (C) Summary: During his April 11 meeting with FM Abdullah, SE Khalilzad addressed both regional and domestic Afghan developments. Khalilzad suggested that the renewed activity of the Taliban and other destabilizing elements in the South might be addressed through a trilateral (U.S.-Afghan-Pak [...]	2003-04-18 04:02:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PTER AF PK
03KABUL1193	UPDATE ON FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL CEMENT PRODUCTION PROJECT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 15. 2. (C) Summary: From April 22 to 29, Texas-based Fidelity International was in Kabul to pursue a $1.8 billion cement deal with the Afghan government. Substantial progress was made, including the granting of an investment license by th [...]	2003-05-08 05:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON ETRD AF PTGOV
03KABUL1560	PROPOSAL TO WORK WITH ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (SBU) The USG and the World Bank are planning to hold the ministerial-level Regional Trade Initiative Conference on the margins of the IMF/WB Annual Meetings in Dubai from September 21-23, 2003. 2. (C) The interagency community is considering a proper venue to conduct a preliminary planning [...]	2003-06-05 13:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL AF PK TU IR
03KATHMANDU1049	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MAY 31-JUNE 6 [...] Amid the controversy sparked by the appointment of a new Prime Minister on June 4 (Ref A),progress in peace talks remains stalled, with no date being set for the third round. A clash between security forces and Maoists on June 3 left one insurgent dead. Two Maoist leaders, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, [...]	2003-06-06 10:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1237	NEPAL: UNHCR BRIEFING ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. In a briefing to the donor community in Nepal on June 30, UNHCR Country Director Abraham Abraham expressed strong concern over the results of the verification of the first camp of Bhutanese refugees. These results, he said, present "serious difficulties" for some refugee familie [...]	2003-07-01 09:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP BH
03KATHMANDU140	NEPAL: HEAD OF ARMED POLICE FORCE ASSASSINATED IN [...] At approximately 7:30 a.m. local time on January 26, two masked gunmen shot and killed Mohan Krishna Shrestha, Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the Armed Police Force (APF),as he was taking a morning walk near his residence. Also killed were Shrestha's wife and bodyguard. Residents in [...]	2003-01-26 08:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1423	NEPAL: MAOISTS REPORTEDLY IN DELHI CONSIDER THE [...] (S) In a series of meetings with Government of Nepal (GoN) negotiators and security officials on July 30, the Ambassador discussed development in the GoN's exchanges with the Maoist leadership over the previous twenty-four hours. The GoN formally responded to the Maoists' recent demands on Ju [...]	2003-07-30 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINS CASC NP
03KATHMANDU1484	INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR PLEDGES TO [...] (S) Summary. According to the Indian Ambassador to Nepal, India's National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra has reaffirmed the Indian Government's (GOI's) policy of synchronizing with the U.S. its tough talking points for Nepal's Maoist leaders. Mishra reportedly also pledged that his Governm [...]	2003-08-05 09:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU15	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 27-JAN 3 [...] The GON said it is receptive to and ready to create an environment for peace talks with the Maoists. Prime Minister Lokendra Chand said the GON will accede to the Maoists' demand for information on imprisoned rebels. Despite the GON's conciliatory gestures, the Maoists have called another tw [...]	2003-01-03 10:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU1524	NEPALI CONGRESS WILL NOT JOIN GOVERNMENT OR PEACE [...] (C) On August 8, the Ambassador met with Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Girija Prasad Koirala, completing a week of meetings with party leaders. Koirala relayed his telephonic discussions with Maoist leaders still in New Delhi, over the past week. The NC will not join the formal Gov [...]	2003-08-11 23:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP GON
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
03KATHMANDU1758	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Parties' protest to continue despite blasts: The five agitating parties will not halt their protests scheduled for the afternoon despite the series of bomb blasts in the Valley Monday morning, a UML leader said Monday. (Nepalnews.com, 9/8) - - UML back on stree [...]	2003-09-09 07:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU180	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 25-31 [...] The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists announced a ceasefire on January 29 (Ref A). The international community widely welcomed the news of a ceasefire. The Maoist-aligned All Nepal National Independent Students Union- Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) said that it will go ahead with their pl [...]	2003-01-31 10:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU1841	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, SEPTEMBER 13- [...] According to local press accounts 68 Maoists, 19 policemen, and 7 Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers died in clashes this week, along with 19 civilians, including a child. 40 security personnel suffered injuries. The Maoists' call for a three-day nationwide strike from September 18-20 closed dow [...]	2003-09-19 07:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1874	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, SEPTEMBER 20- [...] According to local press accounts fifty-three Maoists, nine policemen and two Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers died in clashes this week, along with two civilians. Two other policemen were also assassinated by Maoists. Senior officials from the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) declared that the Maoists [...]	2003-09-26 07:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU1926	NEPAL: MAOISTS ONLY PARTIALLY HONOR PLEDGE TO [...] SUMMARY. MAOISTS ONLY PARTIALLY HONORED THEIR PLEDGE TO "SUSPEND ALL OFFENSIVE ACTIONS" DURING THE OCTOBER 2 - 10 DASAIN HOLIDAY. REPORTS INDICATE THAT MAOISTS INTENTIONALLY TARGETED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS, WHILE CLASHES WITH SECURITY FORCES CONTINUED, ALBEIT SOMEWHAT A [...]	2003-10-07 09:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU1964	NEPAL: MAOIST ACTIVITY OCTOBER 2 - OCTOBER 10 [...] DESPITE THE MAOIST PLEDGE TO HALT ALL OFFENSIVE ACTIONS DURING OCTOBER 2 - 10 FOR THE DASAIN HOLIDAY, THE INSURGENTS CONTINUED TO TARGET NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND ATTACK SECURITY FORCES (REFTEL). ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS ACCOUNTS, 19 MAOISTS, 2 POLICEMEN AND 2 ROYAL NEPAL ARMY (RNA [...]	2003-10-10 08:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL NP
03KATHMANDU2187	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, NOVEMBER 1-7 [...] The local press reported that seventeen security personnel and sixty-six Maoists were killed in clashes this week. Maoists reportedly killed seven civilians, including a fifteen-year-old boy, and abducted ten others. In a statement issued on November 4, the Maoists reacted angrily to the USG [...]	2003-11-07 06:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV 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
03KATHMANDU2309	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: November 18 to 24, [...] U.S. -- Maoist fiat forces Peace Corps out: Thirty American Peace Corps volunteers have been forced to leave the district following an ultimatum by an armed group of Maoists asking them to leave within four days. The volunteers were running a temporary Peace Corps office at the Butwal Tec [...]	2003-11-25 03:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU231	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 1-7 [...] The groundwork for peace talks was laid with the Government of Nepal reportedly sending a formal invitation to the Maoists. The Maoists announced their five-member negotiating team for talks with the GON. Human rights organizations want the peace talks to focus on human rights and creating a [...]	2003-02-07 10:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU25	MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICAN ASSISTANCE TO NEPAL [...] Nepal emerged from its feudal isolation in the 1950s with virtually no modern economic infrastructure and little intellectual capital. Development, while still very uneven, has improved the lives of many Nepalis, whose number has tripled in the past half century. The US Government, as one of [...]	2003-01-06 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU261	NEPAL'S INTERIM GOVERNMENT MOVES REFORM FORWARD [...] In the four months of its existence, Nepal's interim government has begun important reforms to control corruption, decentralize some government services, privatize ailing industries, and improve accountability. Although much remains to be done, including establishing services in conflict-aff [...]	2003-02-12 11:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON NP GON
03KATHMANDU262	NEPAL: MAOIST CEASEFIRE GENERALLY HOLDING; [...] (SBU) The Maoist insurgent leadership seems to be enforcing so far the moratorium on armed violence among its lower-level cadre across the country. There have been no reports of violations of the ceasefire, although extortion of funds from major business houses reportedly continues. Revised [...]	2003-02-12 11:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV CASC NP
03KATHMANDU286	NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEES CRITICIZE REPATRIATION [...] Summary: On February 12, PolOff met with respresentatives of the Bhutan National Democratic Party (BNDP),a political group composed of Bhutanese refugees living in UNHCR-administered camps in Nepal, to discuss the results of the 12th round of ministerial talks on the refugee issue (ref A). W [...]	2003-02-14 09:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID BT NP IN
03KATHMANDU288	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 8-14 [...] No date has been set yet for the start of a formal peace dialogue. Several international organizations are offering help in mediating the process. Maoist leader Prachanda has warned that if the peace talks fail, Nepal would suffer a major catastrophe, while the student wing of the Maoists ha [...]	2003-02-16 03:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU329	USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR NEPAL [...] In CY 02 our Mission engaged with the Government of Nepal (GON),the military, and members of civil society on a variety of fronts to advance the USG human rights agenda. Such programs have addressed needs in areas as diverse as voter education; advocacy in a democracy; trafficking in persons [...]	2003-02-25 11:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID NP
03KATHMANDU351	USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR NEPAL [...] In CY 02 our Mission engaged with the Government of Nepal (GON),the military, and members of civil society on a variety of fronts to advance the USG human rights agenda. Such programs have addressed needs in areas as diverse as voter education; advocacy in a democracy; trafficking in persons [...]	2003-02-27 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID NP
03KATHMANDU358	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 22-28 [...] Narayan Singh Pun, Minister of Physical Planning and Works and government-appointed peace talks coordinator, said the peace process will take time but can be accomplished without the participation of other political parties if necessary. Pun also said he expects to hold talks with the Maoist [...]	2003-02-28 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU365	NEPAL: THIRD ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the third annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political/Economic Officer Sarah Welborne (tel: 977-1-411-179, fax: 977-1-410-723, e-mail: welbornese@state.gov). 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a co [...]	2003-02-28 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NP
03KATHMANDU440	NEPAL: MAOIST STUDENTS LOCK OUT UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU) On March 9 members of the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal National Independent Student Union-Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) padlocked administrative offices at 25 branches of Tribhuvan University. Maoist student leaders threaten that the lock-out will continue until the Government of Nepal (GON) [...]	2003-03-11 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SOCI PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU563	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 22-28 [...] Progress toward peace talks between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents remains stalled during King Gyanendra's two-week visit to India. In the interim, Maoist and GON representatives are accusing one another of failing to create a "conducive atmosphere" for talks, and violat [...]	2003-03-28 09:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU620	NEPAL: MAOIST NEGOTIATING TEAM HOLDS PUBLIC RALLY [...] (U) On April 3, the Maoists held a rally of an estimated 20,000 in a public park in Kathmandu. Near the venue, widows and orphans of Maoist violence called for charges to be brought against the Maoist leadership. The Maoist negotiating team led by Baburam Bhattarai reiterated their demands [...]	2003-04-04 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PTER NP
03KATHMANDU624	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 29-APRIL [...] Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand has said that progress is being achieved peace talks have still not begun between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists since the arrival in Kathmandu a week ago of the Maoist negotiating team. After being underground for seven years, members of [...]	2003-04-04 12:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU707	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 11-18 [...] On April 16 the Government of Nepal (GON) finally announced its six-member team for peace talks with the Maoists (Ref A). Baburam Bhattarai and the Maoist negotiating team met with Narayan Singh Pun, government- appointed peace talks coordinator, for "goodwill" talks on April 13, following th [...]	2003-04-18 09:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU769	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS HOLD FIRST ROUND OF [...] (SBU) On April 27 Government of Nepal (GON) negotiators held the first round of peace talks with their Maoist counterparts in a Kathmandu hotel. During the talks the Maoists presented a set of 24 demands that included a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution; the integration of th [...]	2003-04-28 11:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV NP GON
03KATHMANDU795	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 26-May 2 [...] On April 27 negotiators representing the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists held the first round of exploratory peace talks (Ref A). Amnesty International (AI) published a report on April 23 claiming over a thousand Maoist cadres remain imprisoned. A strike on April 29 called by the [...]	2003-05-02 07:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU853	NEPAL: KILLERS OF TWO MAOIST STUDENTS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Although the Maoist-affiliated student union continues to blame the security forces for the killings of two of its members in April, most human rights groups and mainstream politicians from the area believe that the pair were likely murdered by others in the insurgents' student wing. [...]	2003-05-08 10:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU885	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: MAY 6 - 12, 2003 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS "SECOND ROUND OF PEACE TALKS" -- The government and Maoists made incremental progress in the second round of peace talks (5/9) with the former agreeing to release a few jailed rebels and even limiting the Royal Nepal Army to within five kilometers of their barrack [...]	2003-05-13 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
03KATHMANDU960	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, May 17-23 [...] No date has been set yet for the third round of peace talks. However, the controversy continues around restrictions on the movements of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). Maoist leaders have demanded explanations for the statements made by Ramesh Nath Pandey, Minister for Information and Communicat [...]	2003-05-23 10:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU975	NEPAL'S ANTI-CORRUPTION WATCHDOG INITIATES [...] (SBU) On May 16, the Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) issued summons to prominent current and former politicians and government employees, including former Prime Minister and General Secretary of the Nepali Congress Party Girija Prasad Koirala. On May 19, Koi [...]	2003-05-28 09:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KCRM NP

03KATHMANDU978	NEPAL'S POLITICAL PARTIES' ATTEMPT TO RE-OPEN [...] (U) On May 28, Nepal's political parties marched on the Parliament House in an attempt to reconvene the dissolved House of Representatives for two days of meetings. Each of the five parties participating in the day's protest held seats prior to Parliament's dissolution in 2002, including the [...]	2003-05-28 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC ASEC NP
03KATHMANDU989	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, May 24-30 [...] Representatives from the negotiating teams of the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists have been unusually quiet this week, with no progress reported in setting a date for the third round of talks. Members from both teams reportedly are blaming each other for the stalled negotiations. In [...]	2003-05-30 07:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
03KHARTOUM185	SUDAN'S POSITION ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAS FORMALLY SPELLED OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S VERY GENERALIZED AND NON-CONFRONTATIONAL POSITION ON IRAQ WHICH PUTS KHARTOUM BEHIND THE UNSC RESOLUTION AND THE WORK OF THE INSPECTORS. THE POSITION IS MARKEDLY DIFFERENT FROM VIEWS EXPRESSED BY SUDAN'S FO [...]	2003-03-02 17:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU AL IZ
03KINSHASA3015	WANTED: LEADERSHIP AT DRC'S HELM [...] (C) SUMMARY: AFTER AN INITIAL BURST OF ACTIVITY, THE DRC'S TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT HAS LOST MOMENTUM TOWARDS REUNIFYING THE COUNTRY. PRESIDENT KABILA IN PARTICULAR HAS FAILED TO ENERGIZE HIS CUMBERSOME GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE, BUT PARLIAMENT AND MINISTERS HAVE LIKEWISE FAILED THE LEADERSHIP C [...]	2003-11-28 16:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINS PREL CG
03KUWAIT1105	(C) HOW THE WAR COULD AFFECT KUWAIT POLITICALLY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Reftel examined how a US-led war against Saddam's regime could affect US relations with Kuwait. This message looks at the closely-related topic of the political effects the war could have on Kuwait itself. In both cases, the answer is highly scenario-dependent. [...]	2003-03-26 18:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV SOCI KISL KU
03KUWAIT138	GETTING THEIR HANDS DIRTY; INFLUENTIAL KUWAITI [...] (U) This message contains biographical information. Please see para. 8 for biographical information. 2. (C) Summary. Faced with ineffectual political leadership, some of the large commercial families of Kuwait have stepped into the political fray to derail the rising tide of Islamism here, [...]	2003-01-15 12:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KU IZ
03KUWAIT1931	TFIZ01: DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] The situation in the Kurdish-controlled region of northern Iraq remains calm. The security level above the former "green line" has been declared permissive. CMOC has declared Kirkuk to be permissive and Mosul to be semi-permissive during daylight hours. Confusion as to which political body [...]	2003-05-10 09:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2704	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION AND [...] SUMMARY: Op/ed by Ambassador Jones on the Middle East Roadmap receives fulsome coverage in today's print media, including four Arabic and two English newspapers. Charges of corruption and governmental malfeasance dominate all Arabic dailies over the past week as the country prepares for Jul [...]	2003-06-18 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2993	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 7: NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media report that liberal incumbents and members of Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement were the biggest losers in the July 5 parliamentary elections that resulted in nearly half of all members losing their seats. Most commentators believe that acting Prime Minister She [...]	2003-07-07 16:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT2994	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION SPECIAL, JULY 7: NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media report that liberal incumbents and members of Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement were the biggest losers in the July 5 parliamentary elections that resulted in nearly half of all members losing their seats. Most commentators believe that acting Prime Minister She [...]	2003-07-07 16:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KDMR KU
03KUWAIT3967	GOK OFFICIAL DELEGATION LIST [...] There follows the GOK's official delegation list, received (in Arabic only) August 27 from the Prime Minister's Diwan (Office): BEGIN TEXT: The official delegation accompanying His Highness Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, Prime Minister, visiting the United States of America dur [...]	2003-08-27 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL KU
03KUWAIT4071	LACK OF NAJAF SECURITY THREATENS SHIA SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reacting to the death of Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Hakim, prominent Kuwaiti Shi'is have again (reftels) warned the Embassy that the absence of increased security for Shi,a religious leaders based in the city of Najaf is threatening coalition efforts in Iraq and turning the country' [...]	2003-09-03 13:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL SOCI KU IZ
03KUWAIT4613	(C) SPEAKER KHORAFI PREDICTS INCREMENTAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Assembly Speaker Jassem al-Khorafi told the Ambassador October 6 the Government should be able to muster a majority in the Assembly, but it will only become clear after parliament reconvenes later this month whether the Assembly (elected in July) will be more or less co [...]	2003-10-08 05:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KISL ETRD PINR KU
03KUWAIT4840	TERRORIST FINANCE: OFAC/STATE TEAM MEETS KUWAITI [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and a State Department representative met with Kuwaiti officials 4-5 October to encourage a joint USG-GOK investigation of suspicious charities, discuss the status of frozen Iraqi assets, and inform the GOK of money transfers [...]	2003-10-25 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU
03KUWAIT5235	(U) AMBASSADOR AND POLISH PRIME MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Ambassador met with Polish PM Leszek Miller on November 10, 2003 at Bayan Palace, prior to the Prime Minister,s scheduled visit to Iraq. Discussion centered on coalition efforts in Iraq, including Ambassador Jones,s new responsibilities in Baghdad. The PM exp [...]	2003-11-17 14:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV KU PL
03KUWAIT626	(C) GOK SAYS ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL WAS TOUGH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA MinState Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah told Ambassador February 19 that the February 15-16 Arab League Ministerial in Cairo was very tough on Iraq and will not have given any comfort to Saddam. The Saudi FM in particular stated forcefully that the Europeans and Americans really had [...]	2003-02-19 18:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ KU
03LAGOS1196	THE BIRTH OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA: [...] Nigerian universities, once among the best in Africa, deteriorated badly under 30 years of military rule. Nor was their plight alleviated during the last four years of democratic governance. They remain overcrowded, poorly funded and decrepit. Currently, there are 42 universities: 25 feder [...]	2003-06-12 10:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CMGT CVIS SOCI PGOV EAID ECON EINV
03LAGOS1866	NIGERIA: WARRI: A PAUSE IN THE VIOLENCE? [...] (SBU) There has been no serious violence reported in Warri for almost two weeks, other than what has been described as an inter-factional "skirmish" over the weekend of August 30 in the settlement of Ugbomro lying between Warri and Effurun. Military patrols sent to restore peace found the body [...]	2003-09-05 12:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS EPET PGOV ASEC PHUM NI
03LAGOS2069	Strike Begins Thursday, October 9 [...] Following its emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Ibadan on Saturday, October 4, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) announced a nationwide strike to begin at midnight on Thursday, October 9. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole said the Thursday start date allows labor leaders and [...]	2003-10-06 16:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM NI PGOV PHUM
03LAGOS2078	CHEVRON'S VIEW ON THE DYNAMICS BEHIND THE FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Chevron management some two weeks ago President Obasanjo ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to cancel all outstanding orders for refined petroleum products, thus committing the country to an abrupt course of petroleum market reform and libe [...]	2003-10-08 15:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ELAB ECON NI
03LAGOS2363	OBASANJO SHOULD RESIGN CLAIMS CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil society organizations continue to agitate on the national scene in an attempt to realize public policy and institutional reform, but have yet to produce real movement in that direction. Calls for protest against the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) [...]	2003-11-17 15:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NI XY
03LAGOS2464	CIVIL SOCIETY HOLDS RALLY AGAINST CHOGM AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United Action for Democracy (UAD) held a rally in the Yaba district of Lagos on December 3 to protest President Obasanjo's policies and governance, as well as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) taking place December 5-8 in Abuja. Mobile Police (MOPOL) ar [...]	2003-12-05 18:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI XY NI
03LAGOS25	FULBRIGHT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA [...] SUMMARY: The 3rd annual conference of the Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria (FAAN) was held from November 25-28 at Nsukka, home of the first indigenous Nigerian university. The three-day program with the theme "Globalization and Development In Nigeria" included addresses by the CPAO an [...]	2003-01-06 11:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NI
03LAGOS332	NIGERIA: PETROLEUM INDUSTRY REGULATORY BODY [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-14 13:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV NI
03LAGOS344	NIGERIA: DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES [...] On Saturday, February 15, employees from the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) went on strike to contest unpaid salaries and benefits and protest the GON's refusal to grant DPR autonomy. DPR is the agency that supervises tanker loadings and authorizes movement of crude oil at Nigeria's [...]	2003-02-18 16:14:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV NI
03LAGOS685	PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES: AFRICAN MINISTERS [...] Summary: The first annual African Ministerial Forum on Integrated Transportation (AMFIT) met in Abuja March 9 - 13. Ministers called for better policy coordination and private sector participation to help integrate African countries with the rest of the world. Ambassador Jeter, Deputy Assista [...]	2003-04-02 06:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAIR NI EINV ELNT
03LAGOS85	NIGERIA: BARKING DOWN A DRY WELL - FEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nigeria should endure no economic losses due to the decision of the ICJ awarding the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. Despite speculation of vast crude reserves offshore, several existing oil wells in the waters impacted by the decision appear to be non-producing and there is li [...]	2003-01-12 09:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PBTS ENRG EFIS PGOV NI CM
03MADRID4409	SPAIN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Actions against Al Qaeda Operatives Building on arrests made in 2001 and 2002, Spanish police made additional arrests of Al Qaeda suspects during 2003. In January, police arrested 16 North African (mostly Algerian) nationals in Catalunya suspected of having ties with al Qaeda operatives in [...]	2003-12-11 11:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SP
03MAPUTO1755	MOZAMBIQUE INCSR PART II SUBMISSION - MONEY [...] Per ref A, below is post's submission for 2003-2004 INCSR, Part II: Mozambique is not a regional financial center. Money laundering in Mozambique is related to bank fraud and corruption. Lax oversight and weak banking regulations make Mozambique's financial institutions vulnerable to money la [...]	2003-12-18 11:02:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR PGOV MZ KCOR
03MONTREAL910	Bombardier Aerospace Focuses on Regional Jet [...] This cable contains contributions from Embassy Ottawa. 2. SUMMARY: The flagship of Quebec's aerospace industry, Bombardier Inc., identifies itself as the number three airplane maker after long-haul jet makers Boeing and Airbus. But the company is known in the aerospace business as the leadi [...]	2003-07-11 21:05:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAIR BEXP ETRD PREL CA
03OTTAWA1383	INTERNET PHARMACIES: MANITOBA LEADS THE WAY IN [...] SUMMARY - WITH STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND REGULATOR, MANITOBA HAS BECOME A HUB FOR THE GROWING CROSS-BORDER TRADE IN PHARMACEUTICALS FROM CANADA TO THE U.S. CANADIAN INTERNET PHARMACIES, SOME OF WHICH FILL MORE THAT 1000 PRESCRIPTIONS A DAY, HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN TAKI [...]	2003-05-15 16:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND CA
03OTTAWA1985	CANADA PLEASED WITH GOVERNING COUNCIL LAUNCH [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-14 21:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO IZ UNSC
03OTTAWA2002	2003 CANADIAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CANADA Openness to Foreign Investment General Attitude ---------------- 2. With few exceptions, Canada offers foreign investors full national treatment within the context of a [...]	2003-07-15 20:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KTDB KSPR CA OPIC
03OTTAWA2109	CANADA RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM IRAN OVER [...] (U) Foreign Minister Graham announced on July 23 that Canada is recalling its Ambassador to Iran after Iran proceeded to bury photojournalist Zahra Kazemi rather than return her body to Canada. Kazemi's son in Montreal had called for the body to be returned to Canada, and Graham said that Kaz [...]	2003-07-23 20:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IR CA
03OTTAWA2120	CANADA'S FIRST NATIONS ELECT A NEW GRAND CHIEF; [...] Summary: Canada's Assembly of First Nations (AFN) met for their 24th annual meeting on July 15-17 and elected Phil Fontaine to a three-year term as National Grand Chief. Chief Fontaine, a self-described conciliator, brings a less confrontational style than his predecessor, Matthew Coon Come, [...]	2003-07-24 19:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
03OTTAWA2149	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; NORTH KOREA [...] "Bush can't afford to go it alone" Columnist Carol Goar commented in the liberal Toronto Star (7/25): "On the one hand, there's pride. It would be humiliating for U.S. President George Bush, who dismissed the United Nations as ineffectual and irrelevant just four months ago, to turn to the [...]	2003-07-29 14:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2174	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] "Questions remaining about the war on Iraq" The leading Globe and Mail opined (7/26): "...The months since military victory have been difficult, but hardly disastrous. U.S. soldiers have good reason to be dismayed by extensions of their tours of duty. Indeed, U.S. planning for postwar Iraq w [...]	2003-07-31 16:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2235	MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ; [...] "Stumbling block on road to peace" The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/5): "...Bush has been pressing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to divert the path of the barrier so it consumes less West Bank territory. But Sharon last week dismissed Bush's request to dismantle or move the fence.... [...]	2003-08-07 18:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP
03OTTAWA2260	MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ; NORTH [...] "The liberties taken by Israel's wall" The leading Globe and Mail opined (8/8): "...U.S. opposition to the wall - not the right to build it, but the path it is taking - may have forced Israel to drop a plan to extend it about 30 kilometres into the West Bank to include the large Jewish settl [...]	2003-08-08 19:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2306	MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA; NATO; IRAQ; NORTH [...] "Taylor's odious exit' The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/12): "Charles Taylor has finally been pried from power in Liberia, and that's a relief. It offers hope, however faint, for the 3.3 million people who have endured 14 blood-spattered years under his kleptocratic reign of terror first a [...]	2003-08-12 20:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA327	EU-CANADA TRADE AND INVESTMENT "ENHANCEMENT" [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) Reftel reported Brussels perspectives on plans for an EU-Canada "Trade and Investment Enhancement Agreement," which were announced at the December 19 2002 EU-Canada Summit in Ottawa. Embassy Ottawa ECON staf [...]	2003-02-03 15:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD CA WTRO
03OTTAWA917	CANADA-IRAQ: WHAT NOW? [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador Cellucci's widely reported expression of U.S. disappointment over official Canada's position on Iraq and the military campaign has precipitated a tidal wave of response. While senior Cabinet ministers clearly got the message and want to turn things around in the bi [...]	2003-03-28 22:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PTER CA
03RABAT1086	CASABLANCA ATTACKS: WHO ARE THE SALAFIYAH [...] (C) SUMMARY. COMMENTING ON THE MAY 16 BOMBINGS ON MOROCCAN TELEVISION MAY 18, PM DRISS JETTOU INDIRECTLY CRITICIZED THE LEGAL ISLAMIST JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY (PJD),AS WELL AS THE LEFTIST MOROCCAN HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION (AMDH),FOR THEIR PAST CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT OVER ALLEGE [...]	2003-05-19 17:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KISL MO
03RANGOON1093	FORCED MARCH ON THE BURMESE ROAD TO "DEMOCRACY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Sunday, September 7, SPDC Chairman Than Shwe made new appointments to the five top jobs in the National Convention Convening Commission, the first step in implementing the Burma's "roadmap" to democracy. Significantly, for the first time a member of the ruling military junta, [...]	2003-09-08 09:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
03RANGOON1207	BURMA: ROAD(MAP) RALLIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA),a mass membership organization sponsored by the ruling SPDC, staged massive rallies on September 20 in Rangoon and Mandalay as a show of support for Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt's "Road Map to Democracy." The junta will [...]	2003-09-25 06:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
03RANGOON1264	SECOND NATIONAL CONVENTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: By reviving a second defunct National Convention planning committee, and staffing it with government officials, the Burmese regime is moving nearer to realizing step one of its seven part democracy plan. Participation of ethnic minority, and other opposition groups, is still now [...]	2003-10-03 09:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM BM
03RANGOON1317	NEW MONEY LAUNDERING SANCTIONS COULD BE USEFUL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. (C) For reasons laid out in Ref B, we think it unlikely that the Burmese government will produce adequate money laundering regulations and a draft mutual legal assistance law by the November 3 deadline set by the Financial Ac [...]	2003-10-21 02:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN SNAR KCRM PGOV BM
03RANGOON1429	ANATOMY OF A BURMESE POLITICAL BLOOD BATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Additional information on the May 30 Depeyin attack continues to emerge from victims and eyewitnesses, providing new context and clarity to the regime's true role in the premeditated assault on ASSK and the NLD. On November 4, NLD members smuggled to us video footage of Aung San [...]	2003-11-07 09:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON1477	NATIONAL CONVENTION: READY OR NOT, HERE IT COMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese regime is quietly selecting delegates for a National Convention, the first step in implementing a new constitution, and may convene a body stacked with pro-SPDC delegates as early as January. The NLD says it won't participate absent broader negotiations and Burma's [...]	2003-11-17 10:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD
03RANGOON1595	BURMA FLOATS MONEY LAUNDERING RULES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: As if from thin air, the Burmese government has issued long-awaited regulations to accompany a money laundering law passed in June 2002. Simultaneously, the government launched an investigation into two banks pinpointed by the United States as linked to narcotraffickers. While [...]	2003-12-12 07:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PGOV EFIN BM
03RANGOON1623	BURMA: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Burma is the world's second largest producer of illicit opium and the second largest cultivator of opium poppy. The gap between Burma and the number one producer of illicit opium and number one cultivator of poppy, Afghanistan, increased considerably in 2003. Burma remains the primary sourc [...]	2003-12-22 09:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER BM TAGS
03RANGOON300	ILO PUSHES FOR PROGRESS ON FORCED LABOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 28, ILO Liaison Officer Ms. Perret-Nguyen provided Emboffs with a status report on her efforts to engage the regime on forced labor before the ILO Governing Board meeting on Burma in late March. Ms. Perret-Nguyen has been focusing on getting the regime to accept a p [...]	2003-03-06 06:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PREL BM
03RANGOON355	LABOR MINISTER REJECTS ILO ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) COM Martinez met with Labor Minister Tin Winn on March 18 to encourage greater Burmese cooperation with the ILO on forced labor. Specifically, the COM urged the Minister to accept Rangoon ILO Liaison Officer Ms. Perret-Nguyen's recommendations for a plan of action to be presented at th [...]	2003-03-19 06:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM BM
03RANGOON43	UNDP'S PROGRAM IN BURMA - LINKING BASIC HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: UNDP will be seeking a more flexible mandate for its operations in Burma at the January 21 meeting in New York. The USG should support that request, but should also demand that UNDP and other UN agencies play a more active role in regard to human rights monitoring and protection o [...]	2003-01-10 03:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM BM UNDP NGO
03RANGOON444	FUNDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OPPOSITION [...] Summary: In three separate meetings in recent months, democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) has raised the issue of providing educational opportunity to opposition youth who are denied the right to attend Burmese universities and denied passports to travel abroad for study. She has appea [...]	2003-04-09 09:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EAID BM NGO ASSK
03RANGOON910	BURMA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Table of Contents: Summary Preface: U.S. Investment in Burma Subject to Sanctions Â [...]	2003-07-31 07:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB BM OPIC
03RANGOON951	GOB'S CONCERNS OVER AUGUST 7 SECURITY INCIDENT [...] Post has received information from the Department that uniformed Secret Service arrested 3 Burmese students at the Burmese embassy the morning of August 7 after they tried to use a ladder to remove the Burmese flag and replace it with their own (a Burmese dissident report on the incident said [...]	2003-08-08 12:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV BM
03ROME1658	FAO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 17TH SESSION [...] SUMMARY. THE 17TH SESSION OF THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE (COAG) MET MARCH 31 - APRIL 4, 2003. COAG PROVED ONCE AGAIN TO BE THE MOST POLITICIZED OF FAO'S TECHNICAL COMMITTEES. ONLY ONE AGENDA ITEM RATED CONSENSUS ENDORSEMENT; THE REMAINDER WERE EITHE [...]	2003-04-17 13:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD FAO
03ROME1662	64TH SESSION OF THE FAO COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY [...] SUMMARY: THE SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE U.N. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY PROBLEMS (CCP) MET MARCH 18-22, 2O03 AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME. MOST DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND CAIRNS GROUP MEMBERS SAW THE MEETING AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF D [...]	2003-04-17 15:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD FAO
03ROME1728	FAO/WHO RELEASE OF EXPERT REPORT ON DIET, [...] SUMMARY. THE DIRECTORS GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) AND THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) PRESIDED OVER THE 4/23 RELEASE OF THE WHO/FAO EXPERT CONSULTATION REPORT ON DIET, NUTRITION AND PREVENTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. BOTH DIRECTORS GENERAL EMPHASIZED THAT THE [...]	2003-04-23 14:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD FAO
03ROME1884	ROME GENEVA GROUP MEETING ON FAO FINANCE AND [...] SUMMARY: ROME GENEVA GROUP (GG) MEMBERS ARE DIVIDED ON SUPPORTING ZERO NOMINAL GROWTH OR ZERO REAL GROWTH FOR THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S (FAO) UPCOMING 2004- 2005 BUDGET BUT DO AGREE THAT GOVERNANCE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM: THE ORGANIZATION HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO [...]	2003-05-02 15:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR FAO
03ROME2210	FUNDING REQUEST: FAO TREATY ON GENETIC RESOURCES [...] SUMMARY. THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) SECRETARIAT HAS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED THE EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON THE MATERIAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT FOR THE TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES (THE TREATY) FOR OCTOBER 2003. THE SECRETARIAT HOPES (BUT HAS NO ASSURANCES) THAT DONORS WILL C [...]	2003-05-19 11:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC FAO
03ROME2330	SWEEPING ITALIAN RESEARCH REFORMS SWEEP OUT CNR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TAKEN IN SCHUMPETERIAN TERMS, ITALY IS POORLY POSITIONED AT PRESENT TO GENERATE OR BENEFIT IN EARLY STAGES FROM THE "LONG WAVES" OF RESEARCH, INVENTION, AND INNOVATION WHICH CHARACTERIZE MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL PARADIGM SHIFTS LIKE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT),BIOTE [...]	2003-05-28 08:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL KSCA TBIO TPHY IT
03ROME2582	FAO OECD Group: Term Limits and Bureaus [...] (U) Summary: The OECD group met June 9, 2003 to discuss bureau positions for FAO Council and Conference. The outgoing Chair (New Zealand) asked for views on expanding the mandate of the group beyond allocating bureau positions. Those who spoke (including USDel) did not support expanding the [...]	2003-06-10 11:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR KUNR FAO
03ROME3109	ALITALIA REPLY TO OCPA ISSUES AIR CARRIER [...] On July 8, 2003, Alitalia CEO Francesco Mengozzi sent the Ambassador a copy of a letter to L. Paul Bremer (OCPA). The letter has been faxed to EB/TRA/AN. Post has confirmed with Mr. Mengozzi's office that the same text was sent via email July 8 to biap@orha.centcom.mil. Begin text: To: [...]	2003-07-08 17:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR IZ IT FAA AVIATION
03ROME3360	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: U.S./EU TASK FORCE [...] (U) U.S., Commission and Council officials and representatives of the Italian EU Presidency discussed a wide range of subjects, from the U.S. Passenger Name Record and Container Security Initiatives to Europe's efforts to assist Africa, at the July 18th U.S./EU task force meeting in Rome. Ta [...]	2003-07-23 16:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV MOPS IT EUN
03ROME3368	U.S.-EU TROIKA POLITIAL DIRECTORS - PRODUCTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Jones had broad, frank and productive discussions at the U.S.-EU Troika Political Directors meeting, chaired by Italian MFA POLDIR Giancarlo Aragona in Rome on July 18. Both sides agreed on the need for strengthened and complementary U.S.-EU and EU-NATO security relations un [...]	2003-07-24 09:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT EUN
03ROME4556	FAO: TIME FOR A REASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) serves US national trade, economic development and humanitarian interests in a wide range of important areas relating to food and agriculture, where national or regional action could never be as effective as FAO-led action. If FAO did not [...]	2003-10-03 15:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR ABUD EAID ETRD SENV KUNR FAO
03ROME4744	ALENIA SPAZIO SPACE COOPERATION WITH CHINA [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 7. 2. (S) Ecmin delivered reftel information October 10 to MFA Director General for Economic and Financial Cooperation Giandomenico Magliano, who was accompanied by Diego Ungaro, Director of the MFA's Office of Defense Industry and Sensiti [...]	2003-10-16 17:20:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	CH ETTC IT PARM PREL TSPA EXPORT CONTROLS
03ROME4775	Immigration: Deputy Prime Minister Fini's Bold [...] (SBU) Summary: National Alliance leader Gianfranco Fini's proposal to extend voting rights to legal immigrants has jolted Prime Minister Berlusconi's center-right coalition, set the chattering classes abuzz and intensified intracoalition squabbles. Fini's gambit complicates Berlusconi's polit [...]	2003-10-20 12:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB IT HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME5197	PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES: INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] Summary: Participants in the FAO Commission for Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) Intergovernmental Technical Working Group (ITWG) made progress in setting guidelines for implementing the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic [...]	2003-11-17 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV KIPR AORC FAO
03ROME5205	VATICAN STUDY SEMINAR ON GMO'S SEES MORE HOPE THAN [...] Summary: The Holy See's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace's November 10-11 study seminar -- "GMO's: Threat or Hope" --found more reasons for hope than fear from its detailed examination of biotech foods. The seminar was developed by the pro-biotech President of the Council, Cardinal [...]	2003-11-18 07:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID VT IT FAO
03ROME5217	ITALY: STILL CONSIDERING GHAZNI PRT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE THE TERRORIST BOMBING OF ITALIAN CARABINIERI HEADQUARTERS IN IRAQ, WE BELIEVE ITALY CONTINUES TO GIVE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION TO PROVIDING A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) IN GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN, ALTHOUGH A FINAL DECISION HAS NOT BEEN REACHED. AN MOD-LED TEAM IS I [...]	2003-11-18 14:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
03ROME5227	US Mission/Rome attends WFP-sponsored Regional [...] US Mission/Rome personnel attended (September 9-10, in Dakar, Senegal) a WFP-sponsored Regional Ministerial Conference for the Launch of the "Alliance for Action" on School Feeding, Health and Basic Education for the Sahel. Nine countries of the region pledged their support to the effort. Dele [...]	2003-11-19 10:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR MR WFP UN
03ROME5278	ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY: EU-TURKEY TROIKA READOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON NOVEMBER 13, ITALIAN MFA DIRECTOR FOR AEGEAN ISSUES GIOVANNI RICCIULLI GAVE POLOFF A READOUT OF THE NOVEMBER 11 EU-TURKEY TROIKA. RICCIULLI REPORTED THAT THE MEETINGS HAD A "GOOD ATMOSPHERE" AND THAT TURKEY'S REACTION TO ITS RECENT EU PROGRESS REPORT WAS "CONSTRUCTIVE AND H [...]	2003-11-20 12:01:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TU IT PREL EUN
03ROME5655	REPORT OF THE 32ND FAO CONFERENCE, INCLUDING THE [...] At the November 26 - December 11 meetings of the FAO Conference and FAO Council, member governments debated international anti-hunger, food policy and agricultural trade issues and agreed on a budget and important institutional reforms. 2. In his statement on the State of Food and Agricu [...]	2003-12-19 10:55:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC ETRD EFIS SENV EAID FAO WFP
03ROME5747	RIGHT TO FOOD: REPORT OF SECOND SESSION, [...] (SBU) Summary: The second session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) for the Elaboration of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security met in Rome October 27-29. Delegations gave their initia [...]	2003-12-30 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR FAO
03ROME5749	CIVAIR: GOI ON EASA AND BILATERAL SAFETY AGREEMENT [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. Embassy received Italian diplomatic note 180/7347, dated December 9, 2003. The note, expected as a follow-up to ref B, includes a letter from the Ministry of Transport, addressing ref A concerns over the implications of the new European [...]	2003-12-30 16:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON IT FAA AVIATION
03ROME637	WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 - [...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 4.8 MILLION TONS (MTS),VALUED AT U.S. DOLLARS 2.4 BILLION (NOT INCLUDING ANY IRAQ RESPONSE IN THE EVENT OF CONFLICT). WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE AND NEEDY OPERATIONS, 2003 IS EXPECTED TO PUT CONSIDERABLE STRAIN [...]	2003-02-14 20:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN
03ROME643	WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 - [...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 4.8 MILLION TONS (MTS),VALUED AT U.S. DOLLARS 2.4 BILLION (NOT INCLUDING ANY IRAQ RESPONSE IN THE EVENT OF CONFLICT). WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE AND NEEDY OPERATIONS, 2003 IS EXPECTED TO PUT CONSIDERABLE STRAIN [...]	2003-02-18 09:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN
03ROME702	U.S. MISSION ROME AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IN 2002 [...] SUMMARY: THE U.S. MISSION TO THE UN AGENCIES IN ROME PROVIDES A VERY GOOD PLATFORM FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD TO A DIVERSE AND INFLUENTIAL AUDIENCE FROM DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. A LOOK BACK AT THE MI [...]	2003-02-21 06:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ETRD EAGR EAID UN FAO WFP
03SANAA1091	PL-108-7 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT [...] (U) Below is Post's response to the information requested in ref A. A. Does host government publish national budget in a timely manner? Answer: Yes, with minimum delay. B. Where Subnational levels of government are significant, are their combined fiscal position published. Answer: No, [...]	2003-05-13 13:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD YM EPTED COM
03SANAA2251	YEMEN OFFICIALS: AL-AHMAR AND SALIM SALIH MUHAMMAD [...] (s) Answers are keyed to reftel questions. See reftel b for more information on prominent exiles returning to Yemen. 2. (s) Salim Salih Muhammad: A. (s/nf) Why did President Saleh appoint Muhammad as his special advisor when he was Saleh's former political rival? President Saleh has [...]	2003-09-10 12:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINR YM KPRP DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA2434	SANAA EAC MEETING - SEPTEMBER 28, 2003 [...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on September 28 to consider information provided to the Embassy by the ROYG concerning recent disruption of a local Al-Qaida cell targeting U.S., other Western, and Yemeni objectives. The new information, provided by Interior Minister [...]	2003-09-29 04:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2440	ROYG BRIEFING ON DISRUPTION OF AL-QAIDA CELL IN [...] (C) Summary: On 9/28 Interior Minister Alimi called in Ambassador, with ambassadors of Italy, France, UK and Germany, to brief on ROYG's recent disruption of a Sanaa-based al-Qaida cell targeting U.S., other Western, and Yemeni objectives. Alimi's briefing elaborated on preliminary informatio [...]	2003-09-30 15:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2496	SANAA AMERICAN CORNER PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] Post requests funding to establish American Corner partnerships with six public institutions in Yemen. Institutions include Dhamar University, Hodeidah University, Sana'a University, Aden University, Taiz University and the Sana'a Public Library. John Balian, PAO, is the designated point of [...]	2003-10-14 12:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL YM KSEP OEXC
03SANAA2890	HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER'S INCIDENT AT FRANKFURT [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) Ambassador and Pol/Econ Deputy called on Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswa December 9 to ascertain what happened at Frankfurt Airport that caused her to turn back and cancel her trip to Washington for the National Democra [...]	2003-12-09 15:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA516	SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 18; UPDATE ON MARIB [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 18 to assess threat information in light of the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (ref a) and the Iraq contingency. An uncorroborated source from an accounting firm that wor [...]	2003-03-18 17:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA574	TFIZ01: SANAA EAC MEETINGS MARCH 21 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened two Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meetings on March 21. At 1400, EAC met to assess threat information in light of developments with the Iraq contingency and a developing demonstration. At 1830, EAC met to discuss Embassy response to the vio [...]	2003-03-21 18:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PTER PREL CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA690	YEMEN: ASSISTANCE FOR CIVIL DISORDER MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) I am requesting your support for Civil Disorder Management (CDM) training for Yemen. There are at least three salient considerations: -- Yemeni efforts against Al-Qa'ida elements, especially over the last eight months, have been sustained and increasingly successful. -- Despite Pre [...]	2003-04-09 08:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER YM
03STATE23994	TERRORIST FINANCING - UPDATED NONPAPER ON AL [...] (S) THIS CABLE REPLACES THE EARLIER VERSION OF THE NON- PAPER SENT OUT IN REFTEL. PLEASE DISCARD EARLIER VERSION. CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST CONVEYED BY NSC STAFF, ARE THE FOLLOWING: REFERENCE TO U.S. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF U.S. BRANCH HAS BEEN DELETED AND DELETIO [...]	2003-01-28 02:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER EFIN ECON PREL SA IS JO
03TEGUCIGALPA1041	HONDURAN FISCAL TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY [...] The following are responses, requested in reftel, reporting on the GOH's fiscal transparency and accountability. A. Does host government publish the national budget in a timely manner? Level 3 - Yes, with minimum delay (under one year) B. Where substantial levels of government are sign [...]	2003-05-05 23:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID ELAB PGOV KJUS KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1108	HONDURAN SUPREME COURT RULES IT HAS AUTHORITY TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 7, in a unanimous 15-0 decision, the Honduran Supreme Court declared its authority to interpret the Constitution by ruling on a controversial constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1999. The Court's decision struck down as unconstitutional Article 218(9) which prov [...]	2003-05-12 23:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCRM SNAR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1284	SOFT TARGET VULNERABILITY - TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE [...] Reference (A) Para 6, this mission has had an outreach program in effect with the Amcit private sector since well before 9/11. The program addresses a number of long-standing concerns related to violent crime, corruption and judicial system problems. The number one concern of Americans and Hon [...]	2003-06-05 15:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC KSCA PTER HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1644	58TH UNGA: HONDURAN FM SEEKING APPOINTMENT WITH [...] (SBU) On June 27, PolChief discussed the Government of Honduras' (GOH) participation in the 58th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and U.S. UNGA policy priorities with Honduran Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Anibal Quinones (reftels). Quinones indicated that Honduras looked forward to [...]	2003-07-11 19:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PHUM HO UNGA UN
03TEGUCIGALPA1868	SCENESETTER FOR CJCS GENERAL MYERS' VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearing the half-way point of his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda [...]	2003-08-07 20:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1923	2003 Investment Climate Statement for Honduras [...] Provided below is the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Honduras. Responses are keyed to reftel. ----------------------------------- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. The Honduran government is generally open to foreign investment and welco [...]	2003-08-14 17:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV HO OPIC
03TEGUCIGALPA1931	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearing the half-way point of his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda [...]	2003-08-15 14:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1938	TRUTH SCARIER THAN FICTION: AN ANALYSIS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assault rifles, gang-related, nine victims, 15 to 48 years old, early morning, all family members, murdered. It is August 5 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and the facts of the latest mass murder swirl as you thumb through the local newspapers. You know shock should follow, but it d [...]	2003-08-15 21:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR SNAR ECON ASEC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2062	SUMMARY OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM ASSESSMENT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 28, 2003, the IMF staff submitted to its Board of Directors the results of the Financial System Stability Assessment (FSAP) performed by a joint World Bank-IMF team between October 2002 and February 2003. This cable contains a summary of their findings. In the report, t [...]	2003-08-29 21:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EINV PTER SNAR PGOV HO

03TEGUCIGALPA2154	LEONIDAS ROSA BAUTISTA TO BE NAMED NEW HONDURAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed with PolOff September 5 that President Maduro would be naming Leonidas Rosa Bautista as the new Honduran Foreign Minister. The MFA had originally indicated that Rosa Bautista would be sworn in on September 12, but is it pos [...]	2003-09-10 17:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2250	Big Bang, Motorola Wants Out - Honduras Telecom [...] (U) Summary. Within the next week, President Maduro is expected to make a "Big Bang" announcement on the opening of the telecommunications market to private carriers wishing to enter into joint ventures and begin servicing communities as sub-contractors of Hondutel. Two American companies alr [...]	2003-09-22 19:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV KPRV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2383	ENGLISH SYNOPSIS OF NICARAGUAN ARMS CONTROL PROPOSAL [...] Below is an informal translation of the substantive parts of the Nicaraguan arms control proposal of July 2003, formally titled "The Program to Limit and Control Arms in Central America to Achieve a Reasonable Balance of Forces and Foster Stability, Mutual Confidence, and Transparency"(ref A). [...]	2003-09-04 17:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2467	SCENESETTER FOR SECREATRY POWELL'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearly half way through his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces an uphill battle in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His administration, having never been quite able to muster the polit [...]	2003-10-22 00:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD PTER SNAR PHUM ELAB HO
03TEGUCIGALPA288	SCENESETTER FOR WHA/DAS FISK'S VISIT TO HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, in office for one year, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda since June 2002 as it tries to reconcile its ambitious goal [...]	2003-01-31 16:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD ECON MOPS KJUS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA626	TRANSFORMING CENTRAL AMERICA,S SECURITY PARADIGM: [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Maduro reiterated his personal commitment to regional disarmament and expressed his willingness to move forward on this issue. He also asked for U.S. support, mentioning directly the possible need for a multilateral security guarantee and asked whether the U.S. could pr [...]	2003-03-10 13:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PREL OVIP PGOV SNAR ETRD ECON MOPS KJUS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA697	HONDURAS AND PROSPECTS FOR HARMONIZED ANTI-TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Post concurs with Department recommendation that a regional harmonization of anti-trafficking in persons legislation (ref A) would serve U.S. interests in Honduras and the region. As stated in ref C, Honduras could benefit by an overriding law against TIP that pieced together [...]	2003-03-19 22:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB ASEC PREF KFRD HO
03TEGUCIGALPA698	HONDURAS UNILATERALLY SUPPORTS U.S. ACTION AGAINST [...] (U) President Maduro issued a statement on behalf of the Government of Honduras on March 18 declaring that Honduras supports the U.S. war on terrorism and urging the Government of Iraq to accept the U.S. proposal in order to avoid additional suffering by the Iraqi people. The statement also [...]	2003-03-19 22:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA726	HIGH EXPECTATIONS, DISAPPOINTING RESULTS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: After one year in office, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. Maduro began his administration amid high expectations. While he remains upbeat about his administration's ability to [...]	2003-03-21 22:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD PHUM KJUS CASC ECON HO
03THEHAGUE1390	HOLOCAUST ART RESTITUTION: SEMINAR EXPLORES ROLE [...] Summary and Action Request: The Permanent Court of Arbitration hosted a seminar to explore whether international arbitration is a suitable mechanism for resolving claims involving Nazi-looted art. Legal experts agreed that arbitration could play a useful role and some advocated establishmen [...]	2003-06-02 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KNAR PHUM AORC NL IBPCA
03THEHAGUE1509	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENE-SETTER [...] (SBU) The First Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference, April 28 - May 9, consumed a great deal of Technical Secretariat and national delegation energy, and the last month has been frankly rather quiet. While the annotated EC-33 agenda (faxed to Washington) is long at this point, many [...]	2003-06-12 15:49:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL RS CWC
03THEHAGUE1727	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) In part due to the lack of documents and the slimmed down agenda, the EC-33 Session ended a day earlier than scheduled and left a number of important issues requiring attention at the September EC. Along with the U.S., many delegations highlighted the Technical Secretariat (TS) problem [...]	2003-07-07 13:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC AORC RS CWC
03THEHAGUE1729	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): 14TH SESSION OF [...] (U) The Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters (ABAF) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) held its 14th session in The Hague, from 9-13 June 2003. The primary focus of attention was on the draft programme and budget 2004, which calls for an 8.36 [...]	2003-07-07 13:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE1740	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) In part due to the lack of documents and the slimmed down agenda, the EC-33 Session ended a day earlier than scheduled and left a number of important issues requiring attention at the September EC. Along with the U.S., many delegations highlighted the Technical Secretariat (TS) problem [...]	2003-07-08 11:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC AORC RS CWC
03THEHAGUE1879	NETHERLANDS 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Attached we transmit the text of the 2003 investment climate statement for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with chapter VII in the FY 2003 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has also been transmitted by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA for the attention of Neil Feird and Ann Mc [...]	2003-07-24 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON KTDB EFIN KIDE NL OPIC
03THEHAGUE1942	NETHERLANDS: COUNTRY SNAPSHOT FOR POLITICAL ISLAM [...] (C) To date, only one political group in the Netherlands claims an Islamic political platform (AEL-NL, see A below). There are numerous Islamic based organizations and student groups, most of which are small in number and influence. With the exception of AEL-NL, Islamic organizations are norma [...]	2003-08-01 14:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM NL
03THEHAGUE2072	RESTRAINED DUTCH REACTION TO LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] Summary: Dutch government and party spokesmen are clearly unhappy with the appointment of inexperienced Mirna Godett as the new Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, as well as with the criticism and inflammatory statements directed against the Netherlands by her brother, political stron [...]	2003-08-18 15:04:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NA NL
03THEHAGUE2128	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DUTCH ON GEORGIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) DCM AND POLOFF MADE REFTEL POINTS TO DUTCH MFA OSCE TASK FORCE CHIEF AMB. DAAN EVERTS AND TASK FORCE STAFF IN SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS ON AUGUST 22. AMB. EVERTS TOLD DCM THAT DESPITE BEING "VERY DISAPPOINTED" WITH THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN GEORGIA, THE OSCE WOULD ENGAGE IN THE SELECTION OF TH [...]	2003-08-22 16:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI KDEM GG NL OSCE DU
03THEHAGUE2196	RECENT TIP DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] Summary ----------- Below follows an update of recent developments in the Netherlands re trafficking in persons (TIP). Contents: --New Legislation --Other Parliamentary Activity --Outreach to National TIP Rapporteur's Office --Arrests/Prosecutions --Visitors Raise TIP: A/S Jones; Former [...]	2003-08-29 13:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
03THEHAGUE2205	RECENT TIP DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] Summary ----------- Below follows an update of recent developments in the Netherlands re trafficking in persons (TIP). Contents: --New Legislation --Other Parliamentary Activity --Outreach to National TIP Rapporteur's Office --Arrests/Prosecutions --Visitors Raise TIP: A/S Jones; Former [...]	2003-09-02 11:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
03THEHAGUE2289	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RESPONDING TO [...] (C) As you consider the U.S. response to the ILO's egregious decision regarding former Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Jose Bustani, I want to provide my thoughts, as your eyes and ears on the ground, on the key U.S. interests involved with [...]	2003-09-11 15:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC ILO UN
03THEHAGUE2707	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its primary objectives at the Oct. 20-24 OPCW Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP-8). The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 45% destruction deadline to December 2007 and extended in principle the U.S. 100% destruction deadline. [...]	2003-10-28 10:33:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL RS CWC
03THEHAGUE2750	DUTCH 2004 BUDGET: TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE [...] THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT HAS APPROVED A TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE AIMED AT LIMITING THE 2004 BUDGET DEFICIT TO 2.3 PERCENT OF GDP, WELL UNDER THE THREE PERCENT STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT (SGP) CEILING. ON OCTOBER 1, THE PARLIAMENT APPROVED A CY 2004 BUDGET THAT COMBINES SHARP SPENDING REDUC [...]	2003-10-31 16:21:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV MCAP NL
03THEHAGUE2794	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its primary objectives at the Oct. 20-24 OPCW Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP-8). The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 45% destruction deadline to December 2007 and extended in principle the U.S. 100% destruction deadline. [...]	2003-11-06 07:58:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL RS CWC
03THEHAGUE2874	Biotech Regulations In The Netherlands [...] Summary: In The Netherlands, the laws and regulations affecting the approval, production, importation and labeling of products of agricultural biotechnology are for the most part based on directives and legislation of the European Union. At the moment, the Ministry for Public Health is p [...]	2003-11-17 07:10:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON NL SENV TBIO EUN
03THEHAGUE2922	TRADE MINISTER CALLS IN AMBASSADOR REGARDING U.S. [...] SUMMARY: Trade Minister van Gennip called in the Ambassador on November 18 to voice very serious concerns at the prospect of U.S. steel safeguards remaining in place following the WTO Appellate Body confirmation that these safeguards are WTO-inconsistent. She noted that the Netherlands would [...]	2003-11-20 12:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD NL WTRO EUN
03THEHAGUE2944	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) OPCW Director for Policy Making Organs Sylwin Gizowski addressed the WEOG November 18, responding to the group s invitation to suggest improvements to the work of the Executive Council. Gizowski spoke in a personal capacity, acknowledging that is was not the responsibility of the Technica [...]	2003-11-25 10:30:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2979	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ARTICLE IV/V - [...] (U) There is widespread support for the proposal submitted by the Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters to address the issue of Article IV and V payments. No delegation has spoken out against the ABAF recommendation. Guidance request at para 11 on whether the proposal is accep [...]	2003-11-28 12:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
03USUNNEWYORK727	UN/IRAQ: NO VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION; SUBDUED COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SUBDUED SECURITY COUNCIL MET IN INFORMALS ON MARCH 17 TO RECEIVE WORD THAT THE U.S., UK, AND SPAIN HAD CHOSEN NOT TO BRING THEIR RESOLUTION TO A VOTE, BUT WOULD INSTEAD "RESERVE THEIR RIGHT TO TAKE THEIR OWN STEPS TO SECURE THE DISARMAMENT OF IRAQ." SYG ANNAN AND MOST COUNCIL M [...]	2003-03-17 22:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
03USUNNEWYORK768	UN/IRAQ: COUNCIL CLOSES ONE CHAPTER IN IRAQI DISARMAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A FRANKLY ANTI-CLIMATIC CONCLUSION TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S ROLE IN DEBATING THE DISARMAMENT OF IRAQ, THE COUNCIL HELD AN OPEN SESSION MARCH 19 ATTENDED BY MINISTERS FROM FRANCE, GERMANY, RUSSIA, SYRIA, AND GUINEA. (GUINEAN FM FALL WAS IN NEW YORK TO PRESIDE OVER THE COUNCIL [...]	2003-03-19 23:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
03VATICAN1378	VATICAN CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION TO [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-01 08:55:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TBIO VT UN
03YEREVAN2853	COE SKEPTICAL NEW OMBUDSMAN LAW MEETS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Under substantial pressure from the Council of Europe, the Armenian National Assembly (NA) voted September 9 to create the position of Human Rights Ombudsman to oversee the human rights situat [...]	2003-11-28 12:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AM
03YEREVAN2975	TYCOONS RELOADED: WHO CONTROLS WHAT IN ARMENIA [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) The following is our informal guide to who owns what in Armenia, with the caveat that some of the information is based on rumor and speculation. ----------- MULTI GROUP ----------- 3. (SBU) The Multi Group is h [...]	2003-12-09 09:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AM
03ZAGREB159	SCENESETTER FOR DAS BOGUE AND BRADTKE VISIT TO [...] (C) YOUR VISIT TO ZAGREB WILL TAKE PLACE JUST DAYS AFTER CROATIA'S FIRST ANP REVIEW AT NATO AND IN THE MIDST OF THE GOC'S PROCESS OF RE-DEFINING ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATO'S OTHER CONTINUING ASPIRANTS. BUT NATO IS NOT MUCH IN THE NEWS IN ZAGREB THESE DAYS; FOCUS IS ON RELATIONS WITH ICTY, C [...]	2003-01-22 18:28:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM HR IT NATO
03ZAGREB305	DOES THE OTP HAVE A STRATEGY FOR CROATIA? [...] (C) THOMAS OSORIO, HEAD OF ICTY'S ZAGREB OFFICE, TOLD US THAT OTP SPOKESPERSON FLORENCE HARTMANN'S FEBRUARY 5 STATEMENT CRITICIZING THE GOC FOR FAILING TO APPREHEND ICTY INDICTEE ANTE GOTOVINA AND FOR FAILING TO MEET ICTY INFORMATION REQUESTS REPRESENTS THE OPENING SALVO OF A NEW OTP BID TO PR [...]	2003-02-11 17:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PGOV PREL HR ICTY RV
03ZAGREB393	IRAQ: JUST ANOTHER POLITICAL FOOTBALL FOR CROATIAN [...] (C) A FEBRUARY 18 JOINT SESSION OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEES OF THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT FAILED TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY LINE ON IRAQ. PREDICTABLY, THE FAILURE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IRAQ, BUT WITH THE COALITION'S INCOMPETENCE AND THE OPPOSITION'S OPP [...]	2003-02-21 14:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HR IZ
03ZAGREB914	IMPLEMENTING THE CROATIA EXBS PROGRAM [...] (SBU) POST WELCOMES DEPARTMENT'S DECISION TO LAUNCH AN EXBS PROGRAM IN CROATIA AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THE EXBS PROGRAM "ROAD MAP" (REF A). THE TECHNICAL PROGRAMS AND TRAINING THAT COME WITH THE EXBS PROGRAM GIVE US ADDED LEVERAGE TO FOSTER INCREASED GOC COOPERATION ON REGIONA [...]	2003-04-25 05:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KSTC ETTC PARM PREL HR HRKSTC
03ZAGREB995	GOC LURCHING FORWARD ON IMPLEMENTING MINORITIES LAW [...] (C) IN DECEMBER 2002, THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT PASSED A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00995 01 OF 03 061502Z NEW "CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ON NATIONAL MINORITIES." THAT LAW WAS WIDELY HAILED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS A REASONABLE COMPROMISE AND A STEP FORWAR [...]	2003-05-06 14:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HR IT
04ABUDHABI1000	UAEG OFFICIALS AND PRIVATE SECTOR DISCUSS ANTI- [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (C). 2. (C) Summary and comment. The UAE Central Bank welcomed the visit of the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Bill Fox to the UAE, March 29. The Central Bank Governor pledged [...]	2004-04-05 12:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI1022	PRIMER ON UAEG AGENCY/SPONSORSHIP REGULATIONS [...] Summary: The UAE maintains non-tariff barriers to investment in the form of restrictive agency, sponsorship, and distributorship requirements. In order to do business in the UAE outside one of the free zones, a foreign business in most cases must have a UAE national sponsor, agent or distrib [...]	2004-04-06 12:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO USTR TC
04ABUDHABI1298	UAE CENTRAL BANK ON FATF/CTAG PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) DCM and EconChief met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi on April 11. During that meeting, Al-Suwaidi stated that the UAE continued to be interested in money laundering training opportunities with the USG. He suggested that the UAEG customs authorities could benefit [...]	2004-04-26 09:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM PTER ECON TC
04ABUDHABI1443	SPECIAL REPORT (2): PUBLIC UAE REACTION TO TORTURE OF IRAQI [...] SUMMARY: AS MEDIA REPORTS AND PHOTOS DEPICTING TORTURE OF IRAQI PRISONERS CONTINUE TO GENERATE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL AND PAN-ARAB MEDIA OUTLETS, THE ISSUE HAS ALSO DOMINATED CONVERSATIONS HERE. MISSION CONTACTS TELL US IN PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS THAT SUCH SCENES ARE PUSHING THE U.S. [...]	2004-05-06 07:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI1460	UAE BRIEFED ON NEW US MISSION BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Polchief delivered reftel briefing to UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of GCC Affairs Yusuf Al-Ansari on May 8. Al-Ansari said he would brief the Minister and the Under Secretary. He said the detailed description of the planned U [...]	2004-05-08 13:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT CMGT IZ TC
04ABUDHABI2524	MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH--ABU DHABI RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is little sign of an active political Islamic movement in the UAE. The UAEG promotes the moderate practice of Islam and the vast majority of religious group in the UAE follow a moderate practice of Islam in line with UAEG policy. The Mission is actively engaging Emirati [...]	2004-07-28 13:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OIIP EAID KDEM OPRC PREL PHUM PTER KISL
04ABUDHABI2800	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MUKTADA AL SADER [...] SUMMARY: ON 16 AUGUST UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHEED, WRITING IN ABU DHABI-BASED "AL ITTIHAD" (SEMI-OFFICIAL, CIRC. 65,000) CRITICIZED MUKTADA AL SADER AND THE ARAB MEDIA SUPPORTIN HIM. 2. ". WHOSE BLOOD DOES MUKTADA REALLY WANT TO SACRIFICE? IS IT HIS BLOOD, OR [...]	2004-08-18 11:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI2809	UAE PAPER ON DEPLOYMENT OF GCC FORCES TO IRAQ [...] (C) Special Assistant to Abu Dhabi Deputy Prime Minister and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed, Yousef al-Otaiba, in a courtesy call on the Ambassador, passed to us a paper analyzing the pros and cons of deployment of GCC forces to Iraq, which he said was prepared by the [...]	2004-08-18 14:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL ECON EFIN UN TC
04ABUDHABI3275	TREASURY A/S ZARATE MEETS CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Assistant Secretary Juan Zarate, accompanied by Embassy Bahrain OFAC Attache and Embassy Abu Dhabi EconChief, met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi on September 16. The Governor noted that the Central Bank continued to work with the Emirati secur [...]	2004-09-20 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PTER ECON TC
04ABUDHABI3527	UAE First Lady: Behind-the-Scenes Player [...] (C) Summary: First Lady Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Al Kitbi is a key political player and will likely remain so even after UAE President Sheikh Zayed departs the scene. She has succeeded in promoting her six sons to key positions of power and influence, including her oldest son, Mohammed, who [...]	2004-10-06 14:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PINR PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI3689	MEDIA ASSISTANCE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST: WORKSHOP [...] SUMMARY: An October 4 - 6 Regional Media Assistance workshop in Abu Dhabi, funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and USAID, succeeded in soliciting an abundance of ideas and insights from Middle Eastern media experts. Participants were frank about the need for a more indepe [...]	2004-10-18 11:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KPAO PHUM XF
04ABUDHABI3742	CHILD CAMEL JOCKEY DEATH UNCOVERS MORE CHALLENGES [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-20 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PK PREL TC
04ABUDHABI3832	UAE 9/11 hijacker linked to 1996 rape and murder [...] An appeal of an old murder case reported October 22 in the local press revealed a violent criminal episode in the life of Fayez Al Qadi Banihammad, one of two UAE nationals among the hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 175 in the 9/11 attacks. According to the October 22 Gulf News article [...]	2004-10-26 12:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KCRM TC
04ABUDHABI4188	UAE: Biographies of New Cabinet Members [...] (U) The November 2 cabinet reshuffle merged six ministries into three, created a new ministry, shifted portfolios and elevated seven new people to ministerial rank. As part of our analysis of the new cabinet, we have prepared biographies of its members. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed swore in his n [...]	2004-11-22 13:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON TC
04ABUDHABI4564	2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES [...] The body of this cable is the submission of the 2005 National Trade Estimate for the United Arab Emirates. A word file with tracked changes will be emailed to USTR and NEA. 2. Begin text: TRADE SUMMARY The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Shar [...]	2004-12-15 09:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD TC
04ABUDHABI4566	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The body of this cable is the submission of the narcotics section of the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for the United Arab Emirates. 2. Begin text: I. Summary Although not a narcotics-producing nation, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is believed to be [...]	2004-12-15 09:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR TC
04ABUDHABI4586	ABU DHABI EMIRATE RESTRUCTURING [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, UAE President Khalifa, in his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi, reorganized some local departments in the emirate, pared the membership on the Abu Dhabi Executive Council from 14 to 9 members, and appointed a presidential advisor with the rank of minister. President [...]	2004-12-15 10:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR TC
04ABUDHABI4605	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The body of the cable is the submission of the money laundering and financial crimes section of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for the United Arab Emirates. 2. Begin Text United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE),which remains a largely cash- ba [...]	2004-12-15 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KTFN SNAR EFIN TC
04ABUDHABI684	UAE: 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 15:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
04ABUJA1074	ICPC FEELS US LOOKING OVER ITS SHOULDER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC),charged with investigating and prosecuting government corruption, has had limited success: dozens of cases filed, many against rather senior officials; no convictions to date. Under pressure from [...]	2004-06-17 12:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR EFIN NI
04ABUJA1118	PLATEAU STATE UPDATE: EMERGENCY POWERS APPROVED, [...] On June 1, both houses of the National Assembly approved President Obasanjo's petition to establish emergency powers under Plateau State's State of Emergency (SOE). Included in the petition are sections regarding detention of persons, curfew, processions and meetings, and control of arms and [...]	2004-06-23 07:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV CASC KDEM NI
04ABUJA116	NIGERIA: POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE AND DS/HHS [...] This cable highlights recent dialogue between USAID and other donors intended to develop and implement a new strategy to address the resurgence of wild polio virus transmission in Nigeria. Key elements of the strategy include: (1) A Ministerial-level declaration of commitment to end po [...]	2004-01-22 13:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI NI AID
04ABUJA1181	DEMONSTRATORS ALLEGE IMPROPRIETY BY EDO STATE [...] Summary: A group advocating for Edo State burn victims delivered a letter to the Embassy accusing the Edo State governor of improper handling of burn victim assistance funds. End Summary. 2. On Tuesday morning, June 29, about 50 demonstrators disembarked from a bus and assembled in a tr [...]	2004-07-06 09:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCOR ASEC NI
04ABUJA1185	NIGERIA: STATUS OF POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE [...] It is still anticipated that Kano will begin catch-up immunization programs this summer and rejoin the nationwide schedule when it resumes. It is less clear now, however, what the schedule will be or when it will begin. The Governor has now convened another panel to examine the latest test [...]	2004-07-07 04:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID SOCI NI
04ABUJA1279	YELWA: WITH WOUNDS STILL FRESH, RESIDENTS ARE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 23-25, Poloff traveled to the Middle Belt state of Plateau, visiting Jos and crisis-torn Yelwa-Shendam where over 800 people were killed in a long-drawn communal conflict in May this year. The small town of Yelwa-Shendam was a ghost town with few residents returning. [...]	2004-07-22 05:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC NI
04ABUJA133	NIGERIA: POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE AND DS/HHS [...] This cable highlights recent dialogue between USAID and other donors intended to develop and implement a new strategy to address the resurgence of wild polio virus transmission in Nigeria. Key elements of the strategy include: (1) A Ministerial-level declaration of commitment to end po [...]	2004-01-27 04:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI NI AID
04ABUJA1347	SANCTIONS/DARFUR DEMARCHE DELIVERED; MINDEF ALSO [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of Defense, who was optimistic the President would deliver the requested speech on military accountability, but he had not spoken to the President regarding Nigeria's role in the Darfur peacekeeping mission. The Minister, [...]	2004-08-04 05:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV PHUM NI DARFUR
04ABUJA1573	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: WRAPPING UP ROUND ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The first round of African Union (AU)- mediated discussions on Darfur in Abuja ended September 10 with the parties remaining far apart on fundamental issues and approach to the negotiations. The AU mediators plan to officially adjourn the talks after meeting with President Obas [...]	2004-09-13 11:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAID MARR NI SU DARFUR
04ABUJA1786	KADUNA ON EDGE AS COMMON GRAVE IS EXHUMED: [...] (U) On October 18, Kaduna residents tried to exhume 10 to 19 bodies from a common grave in a Kaduna cemetery. Police had allegedly buried the bodies that morning. Residents of the area believed the bodies were of activists who had been arrested during last week's fuel strike (reftel). The [...]	2004-10-20 12:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL ELAB NI
04ABUJA2146	NIGERIA'S PREPARATIONS FOR ROUND 2 OF THE [...] This is an update of biosafety developments that have occurred in Nigeria since February 2004. According to Nigerian press reporting, biotechnologists, journalists, and other stakeholders met twice for a "brainstorming and public outing [discussion]" of Nigeria's National Biosafety Framework [...]	2004-12-29 08:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAGR EAID TBIO
04ABUJA35	MAKING NIGERIA AN EVIAN TRANSPARENCY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAMS PILOT COUNTRY [...] Post believes Nigeria is an important focus for U.S. and international efforts on corruption and transparency, and should be a pilot country under the Evian Declaration (Ref A). Nigeria's Government has started nine different transparency or anti-corruption programs, several with U.S. and ot [...]	2004-01-09 15:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR ETRD NI
04ABUJA363	NIGERIA: STATUS OF POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE [...] This cable highlights the current situation related to polio eradication in Nigeria. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Nigeria is the largest remaining polio reservoir globally. As recently as mid-2003, transmission was confined to the northern portion of the country in just 8 sta [...]	2004-03-02 03:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI NI AID
04ABUJA393	MOVING AHEAD WITH NIGERIA ON THE EVIAN [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Ngozi and Presidential Advisor Ezekwesili have given Post concrete expression of Nigerian government interest in a G-8 transparency/anti-corruption pilot program in January (Ref B),and reaffirmed that in February to Post and also in their meetings with U/S Larson at Dav [...]	2004-03-08 06:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ETRD NI
04ABUJA572	NIGERIA'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria held its long-postponed (reftel) national round of Local Government Area (LGA) elections March 27. Overwhelmingly, whatever party ruled the state government also won the LGA elections in each state, not surprising as the "State Independent Electoral Commissions" (SIECs [...]	2004-04-02 05:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
04ABUJA582	THE DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS IN NIGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: While security in general is at its lowest point in recent memory, many of the recent wave of killings (septel) are attributable to two political trends, one local and one national. The majority of national politics incidents appear to stem from internal disputes in Obasanjo's [...]	2004-04-05 11:18:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC NI
04ABUJA680	PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INFLUENCE ANALYSIS IN NIGERIA [...] Introduction: Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation with approximately 130 million people. The country has access to a complex array of media, both foreign and domestic, electronic and print, as well as growing use of the Internet. Nigerian public figures and opinion leaders utilize and [...]	2004-04-20 06:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO NI
04ACCRA1543	GHANA ADVANCES ITS BIOSAFETY FRAMEWORK [...] Summary. Ghana is preparing a National Biosafety Framework, in accordance with its responsibilities under the Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety (reftels). On July 14, Ghana's Biotech and Nuclear Agricultural Research Institute (BNARI) hosted a stakeholder workshop to discuss the final componen [...]	2004-07-26 09:53:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SENV ETRD ECON EAGR TBIO GH BIOTECHNOLOGY
04ACCRA1591	ACCRA III: AGREEMENT REACHED ON COTE D'IVOIRE; [...] (SBU) Ivoirien parties reached late-night agreement July 30 to revive the Linas-Marcoussis Accords (LMA). The Agreement sets forth four main components: use of presidential powers to revise eligibility for the presidency; a new DDR timetable; delegation of powers to the prime minister; and re [...]	2004-08-02 11:20:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GH ECOWAS
04ACCRA1837	GHANA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW UPDATE [...] PER REFTEL, POST SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING UPDATE ON GHANA'S AGOA ELIGIBILITY: 2. BEGIN TEXT, TPSC SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGOA IMPLEMENTATION 2004 COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATIONS STATE SUBMISSION Country: GHANA Current AGOA Status: Eligible State recommends continued AGOA eligibility fo [...]	2004-09-13 15:51:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL GH AGOA
04ACCRA2082	IVORIAN PRESIDENTIAL BODYGUARD SEEKS REFUGEE [...] (C) Five Ivorian presidential bodyguards have applied for refugee status in Accra, according to UNHCR sources. The Ivorians reportedly faced threats within Cote d'Ivoire because the refused to participate in human rights abuses. 2. (C) According to UNHCR, the highest ranking applicant f [...]	2004-10-20 19:16:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL GH
04ACCRA2189	GHANA'S TIP LAW: COMMENTS FROM THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL [...] (C) PolChief met on November 3 with Ghana,s Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Papa Owuso-Ankomah, to raise concerns about progress on the draft bill of a trafficking-in-persons (TIP) law. Owuso-Ankomah was familiar with the pending legislation and its status, and said that if the mini [...]	2004-11-05 11:36:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM GH
04ACCRA2350	PRESIDENTIAL BODYGUARD FROM COTE D'IVOIRE ALLEGES [...] (C) Summary: Post is processing a refugee request from a Cote d,Ivoire presidential bodyguard currently in a safe house in Accra. This message relays a rambling statement he made to us on November 12, 2004 detailing an attempted assassination against him by forces under the orders of Ivoria [...]	2004-12-02 07:10:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH IV PGOV PHUM PINR PREF
04ACCRA2366	GHANA IS PREPARED FOR LARGELY FREE AND FAIR [...] (C) The stage is set for a substantially free, fair, and peaceful election on December 7. All political parties have publicly and privately committed themselves to promoting transparent and violence-free elections. Although the Electoral Commission has not managed its budget well, they seem o [...]	2004-12-02 16:47:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GH
04ACCRA2385	GHANA'S ELECTION GENERALLY PEACEFUL, FREE AND FAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ghana's December 7 presidential and parliamentary election was generally peaceful, free and fair, as of 4 pm today. There were isolated incidents of violence and some delays caused by shortages of materials and other procedural glitches. We should have final election results [...]	2004-12-07 17:07:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH PGOV
04ACCRA2390	PRESIDENT KUFUOR AND NPP LEADING IN GHANA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 4:30 pm December 8, with slightly over half the constituency results reported, President Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party is in the lead in Ghana's December 7 election. The CPP presidential candidate has conceded defeat. So far, the NPP has also done well in the parl [...]	2004-12-08 17:51:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH PGOV
04ACCRA2401	KUFUOR AND NPP STILL LEAD IN GHANA'S ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 4:30 pm on December 9, with 185 of 230 constituency results reported, President Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) remains in the lead in Ghana's December 7 election. The NPP has won 114 parliamentary seats. The Electoral Commission is expected to officially declare [...]	2004-12-09 17:18:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GH
04ACCRA2504	2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR GHANA [...] This message responds to reftel request for an update of the National Trade Estimate (NTE) report. The following is Post's input to the 2005 NTE report for Ghana (Note: report also sent via email to USTR and State). TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. trade surplus with Ghana was USD 128 million in [...]	2004-12-17 13:26:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ECON GH
04ACCRA2515	GHANA'S RESPONSE TO CARTEGENA PROTOCOL ON [...] This cable provides an update of the Government of Ghana's (GoG) biosafety activities in 2004 in response to Ref A. Post has electronic copies of the below-referenced Biosafety Bill and Biosafety Guidelines and can forward them to interested parties upon request. 2. In July 2004, the GoG ho [...]	2004-12-20 16:50:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAGR EAID TBIO GH
04ACCRA370	2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSON REPORT - GHANA [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-25 10:33:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
04ACCRA63	SCENESETTER FOR HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY ALLEN: GHANA [...] Your visit to Ghana provides an opportunity to encourage further momentum to Ghana's efforts to build capacity to address basic health concerns on infant, child and maternal mortality and morbidity, and help prevent HIV/AIDS transmission and mitigate its impact on Ghana's population. Ghana's [...]	2004-01-12 18:21:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA PGOV AMGT ECON GH
04ADANA104	DIYARBAKIR'S DEHAP MAYOR BURNS BRIDGES WITH CONDOLENCE VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: After a nine-day security operation and killing of two alleged PKK/Kongra-Gel members reportedly involved in a deadly July 28 attack on a Diyarbakir police station, greater Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir (DEHAP) paid a condolence visit to the family of one of the alleged PKK [...]	2004-08-19 09:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM ASEC TU ADANA
04ADANA110	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 21-23, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 05:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA152	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-02 13:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PREF ECON ETRD TU ADANA
04ADANA169	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 21, 2004 [...] VAKIT / BOLGE / EKSPRES / TURKIYE: AKP Provincial Chairpersons and AKP Chairpersons of Administrative Districts paid a visit to Fevzi Kilic, General Director of CUKOBIRLIK (Cooperative Organization for Agricultural Product Sales in Cukurova),to get information about the activities of CU [...]	2004-12-22 14:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA98	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 17-19, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-20 11:35:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04AMMAN122	SECURITY THREATS TO HUMANITARIAN AID AGENCIES: [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Per reftel, refcoord reviewed UNRWA security issues with Deputy ComGen AbuZayd on January 4. According to AbuZayd, the majority of security threats to UNRWA stem from IDF-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and Gaza. UNRWA workers also face harassment and verbal [...]	2004-01-07 08:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PREF PREL PTER KPAL IS JO UNSC
04AMMAN1451	JORDANIAN ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT KEEPS "MODERATE" [...] (U) The Shura Council of the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, on February 21 reelected current Secretary General Hamzeh Mansour for another two-year tenure. In the IAF's 12-member Executive Committee, the Council replaced only four members w [...]	2004-02-25 16:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KISL KPAL JO
04AMMAN1601	EMBASSY AMMAN'S 2004 TIP REPORT [...] Following is Embassy Amman,s response to the Department,s action request in State 7869. The headings and lettering system are based on this request. --------- CHECKLIST --------- 2. A. Based on the information available to post, Jordan is not a country of origin or transit for trafficked me [...]	2004-03-02 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB JO
04AMMAN2195	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL'S ASSASSINATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-23 14:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN2553	AQABA SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE MAKES STRIDES, BUT [...] (SBU) The three-year-old Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) has made significant progress in promoting Aqaba's tandem appeal as a tourism destination and a well-equipped industrial hub friendly to foreign investors and the environment. ASEZA is based on King Abdullah's vision for [...]	2004-04-01 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID ECON JO KISL KWMN PGOV
04AMMAN2764	GOJ AND MPS BRISTLE AT ALLEGATIONS BY JORDANIAN [...] (C) The Islamic Action Front (IAF) has denounced legislators who voted to approve a recent tax increase, prompting strong reaction from government officials. The GOJ also responded forcefully to allegations that it may have fabricated reports of a recent terrorist threat to the country. The [...]	2004-04-13 07:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL JO
04AMMAN3741	JORDAN-SOLICITING ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 6. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Jordanian Minister of Environment, Alia Bouran, welcomed the opportunity for 1- 2 of her employees to attend the Iraq environment experts workshop. (COMMENT: Post does not believe, however, that Jordan's nas [...]	2004-05-13 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KSCA SENV TSPL IZ JO

04AMMAN3829	ARAB PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS DEBATE FUTURE OF IRAQ, [...] (C) Speakers of seven parliaments in the region held a two-day conference May 12-13 in Amman to discuss the situation in Iraq. Participants called for an end to U.S. occupation, highlighted their support for democratic institutions in Iraq, and advocated a wider UN role in rebuilding the cou [...]	2004-05-17 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ SY JO
04AMMAN4426	STAFFDEL SCHARFEN MEETINGS ON OIL-FOR-FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 21-24 visit to Jordan, Staffdel Scharfen engaged in meetings with officials from the Iraqi government, CPA, Jordanian government, and the United Nations. In these meetings the delegation dealt primarily with issues pertaining to Iraqi trade during the period of UN sanct [...]	2004-06-02 12:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ETTC JO IZ
04AMMAN4667	SCENE SETTER FOR KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO U.S. [...] (C) King Abdullah is very pleased to have been invited to attend the G-8 Summit to discuss reform in Jordan, as well as in the Middle East. The King sees himself as a leader in the region on reform and will attempt to speak for other reform-minded Arabs during his visit. The King, however, [...]	2004-06-08 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ECON KDEM KPAL MASS IZ JO
04AMMAN5918	UNRWA BEGINS CONSULTATIONS ON GOVERNANCE REFORM [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 13. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: As follow-up to its June 7-8 conference in Geneva, UNRWA held informal consultations July 8 in Amman to review governance issues with key stakeholders: current and incoming Advisory Commission chairs Japan [...]	2004-07-15 07:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA
04AMMAN6771	ANTI-NORMALIZERS, ISLAMISTS DEFY GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) The Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) announced a "boycott" of MP Raed Qaqish after he appeared on an Al Hurra television program debating an Israeli official. The GOJ publicly rebuked the JEA and the related Professional Associations Council (PAC),reminding them that the PAC Anti-Norm [...]	2004-08-12 14:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IS JO
04AMMAN7319	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-01 11:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN8045	TREASURY-LED DELEGATION FINDS DEFICIENCIES IN [...] (C)SUMMARY: A visit by a Treasury-led team focused on terrorist financing and anti-money laundering issues, both with respect to broad structural concerns and specific bilateral information requests. Regarding the structural issues, the team found that the Jordanian anti-money laundering (AML [...]	2004-09-27 14:07:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV JO KTRF
04AMMAN8146	UNRWA'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ATTEMPTS TO USE ANNUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Breaking with recent practice, UNRWA's Advisory Commission (AdComm) met in Amman on September 30 in advance of the informal fall meeting of UNRWA major donors and host governments (MDM). Incoming AdComm Chair, Jordan, chose the unusual timing to further its campaign to invigora [...]	2004-10-01 16:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO
04AMMAN8693	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE MIDDLE EAST, ANTI- [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 11:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN8826	DEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPING FORCES TO HAITI: JORDAN [...] (U) Acting PolCouns delivered ref A talking points October 26 to Ashraf Zeitoon, Acting Deputy Director for the Foreign Minister's private office. Zeitoon said he would immediately forward the points to the military attache at the Jordanian UN Mission in New York, as well as to the Jordanian [...]	2004-10-27 07:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MOPS PREL JO
04AMMAN8998	NEW CABINET TEAM ACTIVIST ON GOVERNMENT REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: At the King's instigation, the newly reshuffled cabinet has embarked on a wholesale reform of the way government does business -- adopting what amounts to an MPP for government and ministries, in which mission goals, performance standards, and resource allocation are to be seaml [...]	2004-11-03 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI ECON JO
04AMMAN9891	UNRWA SUCCESSION - UNRWA STAFF AND DONORS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. UNRWA's small cadre of reformist senior managers are resigning themselves to the growing possibility the SYG will extend Peter Hansen's tenure as UNRWA ComGen. They fear that major donors' inability to coalesce around a viable alternative, combined with the fact that [...]	2004-12-14 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA
04ANKARA1233	TURKEY: 2004 ANTI TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Embassy point of contact is David McFarland, who replaces Phil Kaplan following submission of this report. Kaplan (rank: FSO-03) spent approximately 100 hours in prepara [...]	2004-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
04ANKARA1350	TURKISH COMPETITION POLICY - EU ACCESSION REQUIRES [...] (SBU) Summary. According to officials of the Representation of the European Commission to Turkey (EC Representation),over the past six years the Turkish Competition Authority (CA) has made good progress in those few sectors where it has chosen to focus. However, many sectors remain concentr [...]	2004-03-05 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TU ECIN
04ANKARA1422	Southeast Turkish Sunni religious leader on [...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent southeast Turkey Kurdish Sunni religious leader, or sheikh, from the Nakshibendi tarikat made a call on AMCONSUL Adana PO on March 1 and generally reflected a state of malaise in the region. He said that people in the region are wary of AKP and see the party as mo [...]	2004-03-10 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER TU
04ANKARA1675	GOT'S COUNTERPROPOSAL ON CFE INSPECTION PROCEDURES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (U) On March 18, MFA Head of Department for Disarmament Affairs, Bulent Meric delivered the GOT's counter proposal for the CFE host country agreement proposal that was conveyed to the Turks (ref. A). The body of the letter as follows. 3 [...]	2004-03-19 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA215	TURKEY CLAIMS SYRIA AND IRAN SHARE CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Summary: Syria and Iran have expressed concerns to Turkey about the Kurds' ambition for maximum autonomy over a greater territory in Iraq, according to MFA U/S Ziyal. Ankara says it is resisting "ganging up" on the Kurds with Damascus and Tehran, and is urging the Kurds to be reasonable. [...]	2004-01-13 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU IZ SY IR CY
04ANKARA2489	TURKS REORGANIZING MILITARY PROCUREMENT WHILE [...] (U) This report contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (C) Summary: Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar told the Ambassador April 30 that, despite his own efforts to limit the impact of EU-mandated reforms on his organization, he was hopeful [...]	2004-05-04 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PINR TU
04ANKARA2680	BOEING FEELS PRESSURE IN THE TURKISH MARKET [...] (C) Summary: Boeing representatives continue to be concerned over attempts by a senior official of the AKP cabinet to pressure the company into hiring one of his associates as Boeing's representative in Turkey. Boeing is currently competing with EADS-Airbus for the potential sale of 19 narro [...]	2004-05-12 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	BEXP ECON ETRD TU
04ANKARA2695	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-12 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2699	MEETINGS WITH BANK REGULATORY BODY CHAIRMAN,IMF [...] (Sbu) Summary: Bank regulatory board Chairman Bilgin and IMF Deputy ResRep Klingen expressed concerns about a recent court ruling over the failure of Demir and Kent Banks, which could open the door to failed banks owners getting new banking licenses. Bilgin and Central Bank Vice-Governor Basc [...]	2004-05-12 17:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA2770	GOT PREPARING FOR EVENTUAL ICC MEMBERSHIP, [...] (U) Action request -- para 4. 2. (U) Levent Sahinkaya, head of the MFA International Political Organizations Department, told us April 22 that the GOT intends to eventually become a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC). He denied press reports indicating that Turkey will j [...]	2004-05-17 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM TU
04ANKARA3429	MEETING WITH BANK REGULATORY BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (Sbu) Summary: Bank Regulatory Board (BRSA) Chairman Tevfik Bilgin told econcouns June 14 that his priority is preparation for the lifting of the blanket guarantee on deposits July 5, specifically monitoring to ensure there is no flight of deposits from private to state-owned banks. Bilgin rev [...]	2004-06-16 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA3458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3495	REQUEST TO USE INCIRLIK AS CARGO HUB IN SUPPORT OF [...] (S) During discussions with PM A/S Bloomfield's delegation on Global Force Posture review June 17 (septel),Turkish General Staff (TGS) DCHOD GEN Basbug confirmed that he had received a letter from EUCOM's GEN Wald (dated June 16) earlier that day requesting the use of Incirlik Air Base (IAB) [...]	2004-06-21 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA4148	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-07-28 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4332	TURKEY INVESTMENT ISSUES: GOOD NEWS FOR CARGILL, [...] (SBU) In recent months, the Turkish Government has taken several steps to resolve outstanding disputes with U.S. companies and to open its economy to foreign investment. The most notable recent step was the passage of industrial zones legislation that Cargill believes will solve the zoning pr [...]	2004-08-03 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EMIN ECPS BEXP TU
04ANKARA4340	TERRORISTS IN IRAQ MURDER TURKISH HOSTAGE; [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) Turkish MFA confirmed Aug. 2 the murder of a Turkish citizen who had been held hostage in Iraq. In response to this and other recent murders of Turkish truckers in Iraq, a major association of Turkish trucking companies called for [...]	2004-08-03 17:26:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM IZ TU
04ANKARA4451	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-09 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4580	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 1- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 15, 2004 by the Internat [...]	2004-08-16 08:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4995	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-03 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5380	TURKEY DROPS OUT OF NEWPORT PSI EXERCISE; LIMITS [...] (C) MFA Disarmament Department Head Bulent Meric contacted EXBS Advisor on September 20 to inform him that the GOT had decided to not send a delegation to the Newport, Rhode Island PSI exercise next week. Meric explained that after considering the negative US response to Turkey's request to j [...]	2004-09-21 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ETTC TU
04ANKARA5672	DASD BRZEZINSKI'S MEETING WITH TURKISH DEPUTY [...] (S) Summary: DASD Ian Brzezinski held a candid exchange with Turkish MFA Deputy Under-Secretary Baki Ilkin during a September 22 meeting to discuss ways to elevate the level of our bilateral dialogue. Ilkin confirmed Turkey's interest in developing the relationship and understood recent U.S. [...]	2004-10-02 05:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR OVIP PTER MOPS PARM TU
04ANKARA5708	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 15-30, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 27, 200 [...]	2004-10-05 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5717	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-05 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5751	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 1-7, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IN KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TIP TU
04ANKARA5882	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-15 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5952	MASOUD BARZANI IN ANKARA: NOT IN A MOOD TO [...] (C) Summary: KDP leader Masoud Barzani paid his first visit to Ankara in two years Oct. 11-12, during which he met with PM Erdogan and FonMin Gul. According to the Turkish MFA, Barzani was unexpectedly assertive, especially on Kirkuk, which he stated was a Kurdish city, period. Barzani chara [...]	2004-10-20 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR TU IZ
04ANKARA6026	Problems with Banking Law Negotiations [...] (Sbu) Summary: Despite months of extensive consultation with bankers, and an explicit-but now postponed-IMF deadline, a new banking law drafted by Turkish regulators is considered far too restrictive by both bankers and the IMF. Bank regulators and the GOT are working to revise the text, but t [...]	2004-10-22 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA6075	TWO VIEWS ON STATE BANKS [...] (Sbu) Summary: In separate meetings, a World Bank expert and a state-owned bank executive provided contrasting views on state bank privatization issues. The World Bank expert is taking a fresh, somewhat skeptical look at the Bank's privatization strategy, and seemed to share some of the USG c [...]	2004-10-26 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA6256	IS TURKEY CONSIDERING MILITARY INTERVENTION IN [...] (C) Summary: According to Turkish press reports, the Turkish military is drawing up plans to intervene in northern Iraq should the situation in Kirkuk spiral out of control. These same reports claim that the USG has given the green light for such an intervention. TGS leadership has publicly d [...]	2004-11-04 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ
04ANKARA6393	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 1-10, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 10, 2004 by the Jerusalem [...]	2004-11-10 16:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6440	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-18 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6480	TURKEY TELECOM SECTOR: LIBERALIZATION IS HARD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A combination of poor service and high costs for telecom and information technology users impedes foreign investment and hampers Turkey's global competitiveness. While many Turkish officials express commitment and optimism, telecom sector liberalization is proceeding slowly, [...]	2004-11-19 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV TU
04ANKARA6648	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-30 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6672	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-01 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6686	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 10-30, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 30, 2004 by the Interna [...]	2004-12-02 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6688	TIP IN TURKEY: REPORT FROM CLOSED TIP TASK FORCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: NGO participants provided to Emboff accounts of a closed TIP Task Force meeting that highlighted the GOT's internal and sometimes contentious struggle to organize Turkey's government and non-government anti-TIP efforts. The Task Force meeting, the second this calendar year, repor [...]	2004-12-02 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6690	TIP IN TURKEY: TGNA PASSES, PRESIDENT APPROVES IOM [...] (U) Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) Foreign Affairs Committee Advisor Osman Ulukan confirmed press reports that the TGNA, on November 25, 2004, unanimously approved legislation appropriating the 154,000 Swiss Franc equivalent fee for Turkey's membership in the International Office on Mi [...]	2004-12-02 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6843	TIP IN TURKEY: VICTIMS' STORIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: International Organization on Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission Marielle Lindstrom provided para 4 report on a Russian citizen victim admitted to the Istanbul TIP shelter November 13. The victim's story largely repeats other accounts we have heard about typical trafficking schemes [...]	2004-12-09 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6981	TURKEY - IEA AND ENERGY DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Energy Officer raised ref A energy diplomacy issues with Sami Demirbilek, Energy Ministry UnderSecretary and Turkey's International Energy Agency (IEA) Governing Board representative. Demirbilek emphasized the importance Turkey gave to meeting its 90-day strategic stocks obligation to th [...]	2004-12-16 07:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET TU
04ANKARA7003	DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU
04ANKARA7099	DCHOD BASBUG APPRECIATES US HELP IN MOSUL BUT [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Responding to reports of the December 17 attack on a Turkish police convoy in Mosul, Turkish First Army Commander Tolon told journalists on December 19 that this attack, occurring in a place "that is under the control of a count [...]	2004-12-21 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA7210	TURKEY CONSIDERING STEPPING (BACK) UP ITS PSI [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey is preparing to step its participation up in the Proliferation Security Initiative -- participating in events in 2005 in Portugal and Spain, sending experts from Ankara to operational expert meetings even outside of Turkey' [...]	2004-12-29 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA796	MEETINGS WITH BUDGET AND TAX OFFICIALS [...] (Sbu) Summary: Deputy General Manager for Budget Ahmet Kesik described to econoffs the state of play on the 2004 budget, saying there is a TL 7 Quadrillion gap, of which TL 3.7 Quad stems from recent populist measures and 3.3 Quad from lower-than-expected revenues in 2003. Kesik echoed senior [...]	2004-02-10 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04BAGHDAD246	USEB 149: KIRKUK'S ARAB VILLAGES ADJUST TO [...] SUMMARY. The Arab villages west and south of Kirkuk are mostly poor and underdeveloped. Thanks to extensive work by the Coalition Provisional Authority, USAID and U.S. military forces in the area, the USG has developed excellent working relationships with local tribal and political leaders. [...]	2004-07-24 18:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF IZ
04BAGHDAD463	NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DISCUSSES CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Muaffaq al Rubaie, reached at our initiative in the afternoon of August 13, said he was approaching agreement with an envoy of Moqtada al Sadr over a nine point peace plan (para 6 below.) Apparently Rubaie had never been able to meet with Sadr but met several times with his envoy. A ceas [...]	2004-08-13 15:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PREL PGOV IZ
04BAGHDAD697	LOCAL OFFICIALS SHARE VIEWS ON AL-SADR'S FUTURE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Najaf's Governor, the Provincial Council Chair and the Governor's aide all believe Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani's intervention in the Najaf crisis has left al- Sadr significantly weakened politically. They further feel that the agreement al-Sadr signed has strengthened the Iraqi Go [...]	2004-08-27 16:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS PINS IZ
04BOGOTA11217	GOC SEEKS CONTINUED FUNDING FOR ILO COOPERATION [...] (C) On October 28, Vice Minister for Labor Affairs Luz Stella Arango briefed embassies of ILO Governing Body (GB) members on GOC cases before the ILO's Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) scheduled for discussion at the ILO Governing Body meeting in November. She also requested support [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD CO ILO
04BOGOTA11548	ANDEAN SECURITY CONFERENCE COLOMBIA SCENESETTER [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 17:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PTER KJUS CO
04BOGOTA2692	GOC ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN TO HIGHLIGHT LABOR RIGHTS [...] (U) To address the international community's concerns about human rights violations against trade union members, Vice-President Santos briefed ambassadors of member states of the ILO's Governing Body on GOC advances in promoting workers' human rights and tripartite dialogue. In addition to ci [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL CO
04BOGOTA4176	CASTANO'S FATE UNKNOWN [...] (C) Carlos Castano's fate remains unclear after an April 16 armed confrontation between Castano's personnel and unidentified individuals in Antioquia Department. The most often heard scenario is that Castano's brother and fellow paramilitary commander Vicente Castano was behind the attack in [...]	2004-04-23 23:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PINR PGOV PINS PREL SNAR CO AUC
04BOGOTA4475	INSURANCE ISSUES IN FTA NEGOTIATIONS WITH COLOMBIA [...] Following is post's response to REFTEL request for information on Colombia's insurance sector in preparation for FTA negotiations which begin on May 17. 2. Begin Questions and Answers: Q: Has the country engaged in any treaties in which they grant insurance-sector preferences to another [...]	2004-05-03 18:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP ETRD CO FTA
04BOGOTA4951	NEXT STEPS IN PARAMILITARY PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: On May 14, Ambassador and Peace Commissioner Restrepo discussed the paramilitary peace agreement. The paramilitary leaders have a month to concentrate. Restrepo speculated they agreed after almost destroying the talks because: (1) the government had followed a consistent line a [...]	2004-05-17 12:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV PINR PINS SNAR KJUS CO OAS ELN
04BOGOTA5276	THE AUC PEACE PROCESS: AVOIDING ANOTHER CAGUAN [...] (C) In its negotiations with the paramilitaries the Uribe administration has avoided several mistakes the Pastrana administration committed during its fruitless peace process with the FARC. In contrast to talks with the FARC, the Uribe government has used public commentary sparingly and effec [...]	2004-05-24 22:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PTER SNAR KJUS PINS CO OAS AUC
04BOGOTA85	SENIOR FARC LEADER SIMON TRINIDAD IN CUSTODY: GOC [...] (C) On January 2, Ecuadorian authorities arrested Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) commander Ricardo Ovidio Palmera Pineda alias "Simon Trinidad." He is now in Colombia, where he faces over 50 counts of terrorism and other serious crimes. Palmera, who played a ke role in managing [...]	2004-01-06 18:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS MOPS CO FARC
04BOGOTA9686	SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) The following are short capsule overviews of significant political and human rights events in Colombia during the week of September 13. ---------------------- Meta Notables Murdered ---------------------- 2. (U) On September 14, the bullet-riddled bodies of former El Dorado (Meta [...]	2004-09-23 18:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR ECON CO
04BRASILIA1055	BRAZIL'S MUNICIPAL ELECTION PRIMER - PART I [...] This is Part I of a two-part series on Brazil's October municipal elections. This cable describes the structure and implementation of the elections, and Part II examines the various races in play around the country. SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW -------------------- 2. On October 3, Brazilians go [...]	2004-05-03 15:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI ECON BR
04BRASILIA1076	BRAZIL TO GET A NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mauricio Correa, Chief Justice of Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal, will step down May 9 when he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70. This will be a great relief to the Lula administration because Correa has been a frequent and personal critic of President Lula and Chief [...]	2004-05-04 18:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PINR SOCI BR
04BRASILIA1450	BRAZIL'S PRISONS IN STATE OF CRISIS [...] SUMMARY. The three-day rebellion in Benfica Prison in Rio de Janeiro ended May 31, taking place six weeks after the gruesome rebellion in the Urso Branco prison in Brazil's western Rondonia state. The two uprisings were not isolated events, but rather are manifestations of the crisis in Bra [...]	2004-06-14 13:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM BR
04BRASILIA1668	PIRACY CPI CLOSES WITH SERIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS [...] SUMMARY: The Chamber of Deputies' Parliamentary Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy and Tax Evasion released a draft version of its final report on June 8, making recommendations of unprecedented scope for Brazil, including draft legislation, revisions to the penal procedures code and th [...]	2004-07-06 19:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR
04BRASILIA2069	CRITICISM CAUSES BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT TO RETHINK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Lula administration last week proposed a journalism law that created a stir in the Brazilian press. The Journalism Council bill would create a national oversight body with authorities to regulate and discipline the press. It created such controversy --including charges of " [...]	2004-08-17 10:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SCUL ECON BR
04BRASILIA222	BRAZILIAN FEDERAL DEPUTIES DISCUSS PIRACY WITH GAO [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 9. 2. (U) Summary: Members of Brazil's Federal Chamber's Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy briefed visitors from the U.S. General Accounting Office and Emboffs on January 20. Describing the work of the CPI and the extent of the piracy probl [...]	2004-02-02 17:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EIND ECON KCRM PGOV BR IPR
04BRASILIA2684	HERZOG CASE REOPENS WOUNDS FROM BRAZIL'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In 1975, during Brazil's military dictatorship, leftist journalist Vladimir Herzog died under suspicious circumstances in a government facility in Sao Paulo. The regime classified his death as a suicide, but most believed he had been murdered, and Herzog became a case study fo [...]	2004-10-27 13:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PINR BR
04BRASILIA2751	BRAZIL: WAGES REMAIN STAGNANT EVEN WHILE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. In recent months, the macroeconomic picture for Brazil has been especially bright. Growth has been strong, inflation has remained in check, exports have increased sharply, and the trade balance and the current account (both positive) have come in higher than [...]	2004-11-03 11:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BR
04BRASILIA3047	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FTAA AND OTHER ISSUES WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION, ON DECEMBER 9 AMBASSADOR MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE BRAZILIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW OUTSTANDING ISSUES IN THE USG-GOB BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. ALTHOUGH THE MEETING AGENDA INCLUDED POTENTIAL TOPICS SPANNING A VARIETY OF D [...]	2004-12-14 09:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD ETTC MNUC SENV BR FTAA
04BRASILIA3089	DEMARCHE ON BRAZIL GSP/IPR REVIEW [...] (SBU) ON DECEMBER 9, AMBASSADOR AND SPECASST MET WITH AMBASSADOR ANTONIO DE AGUIAR PATRIOTA (THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S CHIEF OF STAFF) TO DELIVER REFTEL DEMARCHE AND TALKING POINTS. THE AMBASSADOR THANKED PATRIOTA FOR RECEIVING HIM FOR THE MEETING ON SHORT NOTICE. HE THEN TOLD PATRIOTA THAT HE [...]	2004-12-17 16:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD BR IPR
04BRASILIA3106	BRAZIL: BOEING EXECUTIVES DISCUSS INVESTMENT, [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS BASED UPON INPUT PROVIDED BY ECON, POL, AND FCS SECTIONS AT AMEMBASSY BRASILIA AND AMCONSULATE SAO PAULO. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. DURING A NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER FCS-ORGANIZED GOLD KEY MISSION, BOEING VICE PRESIDENT THOMAS PICKERING, ACCOMPANIED BY ALEXANDER WATSON [...]	2004-12-20 09:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV BEXP ETRD BR FTAA
04BRASILIA445	BRAZIL - 2004 SPECIAL 301 RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Brazil remain on the Priority Watch List for the 2004 Special 301 Review. Despite several positive developments, including tougher penalties for copyright infractions and increased (but isolated) police action against copyright theft, the Lula administratio [...]	2004-02-27 19:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD KCRM PGOV BR IPR
04BRASILIA528	NEW ENERGY MODEL BILL PASSES SENATE [...] The Brazilian Senate on March 4 approved the new energy model with some changes sought by the energy sector. The most favorable change pertains to the definition of "new energy" and "old energy," a point that determines to which of two energy pools power plants must sell. The bill as passed [...]	2004-03-05 19:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV ECON BR
04BRASILIA701	Latest GoB Testimony on FTAA to Brazilian Congress [...] SUMMARY. On March 23, EconFSN attended a presentation to Brazil's Congress by Ambassador Macedo Soares, the MFA's Undersecretary for South American Affairs and top FTAA negotiator, on the current status of FTAA negotiations. Macedo Soares was speaking at the opening of the Parliamentary Com [...]	2004-03-24 10:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV PREL PGOV BR
04BRASILIA862	FTAA: INITIAL BUENOS AIRES FALLOUT IN BRASILIA [...] (U) Summary. Following the informal FTAA discussions in Buenos Aires March 31-April 1, which ended without agreement (reftel),Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) officials launched an aggressive media campaign to get the word out that U.S. intransigence was to blame for the impasse. Fore [...]	2004-04-08 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BR FTAA
04BRATISLAVA1059	TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] THE FOLLOWING ARE ANSWERS, PER REFTEL, TO THE AUDIT AND REPORTING PROCESS FOR MILITARY EXPENDITURES IN SLOVAKIA BASED ON RESPONSES FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (MOF). 2. HOW ARE MILITARY EXPENDITURES AUDITED? ACCORDING TO SLOVAK LEGISLATION, THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD),AS WELL AS OTHER [...]	2004-11-23 14:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID LO
04BRATISLAVA144	AMBASSADOR URGES HEALTH MINISTER TO IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 29, Ambassador Weiser met with Health Minister Zajac to discuss the new draft regulation on sterilization and overarching reforms in health care, particularly pertaining to the Roma minority. The Ambassador pressed Zajac to incorporate recommendations from internation [...]	2004-02-12 05:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG EIND ETRD LO
04BRATISLAVA197	EU ENLARGEMENT AND WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT [...] The following is post's submission of updated GPA information for Slovakia, per reftel, under Directive 93/37. 2. The procuring entity (contracting authority) is defined in Art. 4, of Act No. 523/2003, as: a) the Slovak Republic represented by a state administration body, a body or an a [...]	2004-02-27 17:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL LO EU WTO
04BRATISLAVA317	SIMKO LOSES LEADERSHIP OF FREE FORUM [...] (SBU) ON MARCH 26, THE FOUNDING CONGRESS OF FREE FORUM (FF, A BREAK-AWAY PARTY FROM PM DZURINDA'S SDKU) TURNED INTO DRAMA WHEN IVAN SIMKO FAILED TO WIN THE CHAIRMANSHIP IN HIS NEW PARTY. INSTEAD, ZUZANA MARTINAKOVA WON BY A SINGLE VOTE (131 VS. SIMKO'S 130). THE VISIBLY SHAKEN SIMKO RELUCTANT [...]	2004-04-01 09:57:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA353	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NBU CHIEF UGOR [...] (C) ON MARCH 23 THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH RECENTLY APPOINTED NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICE (NBU) DIRECTOR AUREL UGOR. THE AMBASSADOR NOTED THE USG'S PLEASURE THAT SOMEONE WHO WAS INDEPENDENT AND APOLITICAL HEADING THE NBU. UGOR THANKED THE AMBASSADOR FOR USG AND NATO SUPPORT. NEW LAW ON CLA [...]	2004-04-07 13:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA360	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP APRIL 8, 2004 [...] THE POLICE CLOSED ITS INVESTIGATION BY DISMISSING AS NONEXISTENT THE "LITTLE GROUP" (SKUPINKA) THAT PM MIKULAS DZURINDA CLAIMED WAS HARMING STATE INTERESTS LAST FALL. THE INVESTIGATION'S CONCLUSION INVITED FURTHER CRITICISM FROM HUNGARIAN COALITION PARTY CHAIR BELA BUGAR, SMER DEPUTY ROBE [...]	2004-04-08 15:13:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA587	COALITION WINS BIG IN EP ELECTIONS AMIDST LOW TURNOUT [...] SUMMARY. SLOVAKIA'S RULING COALITION WON A SURPRISING EIGHT OF FOURTEEN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SEATS. SLOVAKIA HAD THE LOWEST VOTER TURNOUT OF LESS THAN SEVENTEEN PERCENT. WIDESPREAD SKEPTICISM RESULTED IN VOTER APATHY AS MOST SLOVAKIS CONSIDERED THEIR COUNTRY'S INFLUENCE IN THE EP AS MINIMAL. MAN [...]	2004-06-15 15:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV LO
04BRATISLAVA684	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JULY 19, 2004 [...] (SBU) The Slovak military police have prepared a two to three month training plan for about twenty Iraqi policemen at the military academy in Liptovsky Mikulas. MOD Desk Officer for the United States, Jan Hradisky, said the military academy is ready now; they are just awaiting a request from th [...]	2004-07-20 05:47:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MARR LO SW IZ
04BRATISLAVA991	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP OCTOBER 28, 2004 [...] (U) The Pontis Foundation will bring an Iraqi delegation consisting of politicians, NGO workers, and diplomats to Slovakia for a brief introduction to the Slovak government and press. The Bratislava-based International Republican Institute (IRI) and the Pontis Foundation presented their exper [...]	2004-10-29 09:41:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL SMIG LO IZ
04BRUSSELS1134	EU COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICY AFTER MADRID [...] (SBU) The EU is re-examining its role in the war against terrorism following the March 11 attack in Madrid. Many EU efforts to improve its counter-terrorism (CT) effectiveness -- for instance by revising the EU CT Action Plan and creating and streamlining the Clearinghouse -- were in the work [...]	2004-03-17 17:01:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PINR PREL PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1274	TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) Summary. Major topics of discussion at the transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR),held March 10 in Brussels, included: support to peacekeeping and conflict prevention activities, including the EU's proposed Africa Peace Facility and U.S. support to ECOWAS through EUCOM; political [...]	2004-03-25 10:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1448	MIGRATION ISSUES: EU INTERIOR MINISTERS REACH KEY [...] At the March 30 Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council meeting, EU ministers reached political agreement on the so- called "Qualification Directive" that sets out the eligibility criteria for both refugee status and subsidiary protection in the EU and the entitlements of those persons who qual [...]	2004-04-05 06:07:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF CVIS CASC KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1870	EU/CYPRUS: DEVELOPING THE EU'S POST-REFERENDA [...] (C) April 28 COREPER discussion on defining the Green Line for the European Union focused on the extent to which the Green Line is a barrier and to what extent it will be a border. Roughly speaking, our contacts report that the Greek Cypriots would like a barrier without the political charac [...]	2004-04-28 14:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID CY TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2262	USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT JUNE [...] Sensitive but unclassified -- entire text. 2. Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the EU as it absorbs its new members and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU under the Irish Presidency i [...]	2004-05-27 10:28:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2477	EU FAILS TO AGREE ON NEW EUROPOL DIRECTOR [...] EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on June 8 failed to reach the necessary consensus on who will be the Director of EUROPOL as from July 1, 2004. Ministers reached complete agreement on the principle of mutual recognition of confiscation orders. JHA Commissioner Vitorino repor [...]	2004-06-10 06:09:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CASC KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2498	EU HI-REP SOLANA PROPOSES EU INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS [...] (C/NF) Summary: At the EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) June 8 meeting, Council Hi-Rep Javier Solana said he would call on leaders at next week's European Council to extend the scope of the EU Situation Center (SitCen) from external threats to internal threats within the EU. Sola [...]	2004-06-10 13:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2589	SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 25 VISIT OF DHS DEPUTY [...] Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the European Union as it absorbs 10 new member states and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and possibly a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU is in the waning days of the Irish Presidency, an [...]	2004-06-17 13:29:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EU PTER USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2794	EU LEADERS NOMINATE PORTUGUESE PM DURAO [...] EU leaders on June 29 nominated Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso as the next Commission President effective November 1. The leaders also renewed the mandate of Javier Solana as Council SG/CFSP High Rep with a commitment to appoint him as the first EU Foreign Minister once [...]	2004-06-30 11:05:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS

04BRUSSELS2944	EU CONSTRAINED ON NEXT STEPS WITH SERBIA [...] (C) PolOff spoke on July 8 with Stefan Lehne, Solana's key advisor on the Balkans, almost immediately after Lehne's return from Belgrade, where he had attended the Contact Group session with U/S Grossman. Lehne said that in his separate meetings with Serb officials the GoS was focused on the [...]	2004-07-09 15:56:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3813	SUDAN: EU SUPPORTS KEY ELEMENTS OF UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. EU agrees on all main elements of UNSC draft. EU not ready to declare situation genocide, but agree it is "ethnic cleansing." Africa experts believe Pronk Plan is fatally flawed, but believe it is important for international community to stand together. They also worry that it [...]	2004-09-09 14:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SU UNSC USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3821	EU AID/TRADE FOR NORTH CYPRUS STALLS [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Kennedy's Brussels consultations coincided with an important September 2 COREPER meeting in which EU member states were unable to find a way to move the Commission's proposed trade preferences for Northern Cyprus ahead -- leaving the EC's trade/aid package effectively fro [...]	2004-09-09 15:13:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD ZS TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4161	SEPTEMBER 3 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. and the Dutch EU presidency on September 3 conducted semi-annual CODUN consultations in Brussels on UN disarmament issues. Subjects covered included U.S./EU priorities, UNFC, UNDC, CD, FMCT, landmines, CWB, BWC, CCW, CTBT, Libya, Luxembourg,s upcoming EU presidency, a [...]	2004-09-29 10:16:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL UNGA CDG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4536	EUROPOL - FEELING ITS WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. During their recent visits to The Hague, DHS Secretary Ridge and AG Ashcroft announced the assignment of an FBI agent to Europol's reconstituted task force on counter terrorism and a Secret Service agent for counterfeiting. This strengthened U.S. law enforcement liaison sugge [...]	2004-10-21 08:59:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4817	EU ACCESSION NEGOTIATION TIMELINES: THE [...] (SBU) The EU is now preparing for its sixth wave of enlargement with the expected accession of Bulgaria and Romania on 1 January 2007. Croatia and Turkey, and perhaps Macedonia and other Balkan states, are waiting in the queue. The only consistent lesson that can be drawn from looking at the [...]	2004-11-09 14:59:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5128	JHA: MINISTERS REVIEW COUNTER-TERROR [...] The EU Council of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on December 2 agreed on a series of documents relating to the fight against terrorism in preparation for the December 17 European Council. These include a strategy against the financing of terrorism, a report on intelligence [...]	2004-12-06 06:05:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5186	ROMANIAN EU ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS GOING DOWN TO [...] (SBU) The European Commission has recommended against closing the competition chapter of Romania's accession negotiations because of concerns over state subsidies. No American companies are believed to be involved in any of the major cases of concern. The EU might miss its self-imposed deadl [...]	2004-12-08 16:23:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN RO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS87	OUTLOOK FOR THE IRISH EU PRESIDENCY: KEEPING [...] (U) As our engagement with the Irish Presidency picks up momentum with next week's Task Force and Political Directors' meetings in Dublin, it is important to keep in mind the political and institutional changes that will buffet the EU during the next several months. The Irish have a fuller pl [...]	2004-01-09 10:53:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR EFIN ETRD EAID EI EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BUCHAREST3479	ROMANIA: BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON KEY FIGURES IN THE NATIONAL LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. In the wake of President-elect Traian Basescu,s upset victory over PM Adrian Nastase December 12,key members of the center-right National Liberal Party-Democratic Party (PNL-PD) Alliance, which Basescu heads, have moved to the center of Romania,s political stage. While it is too earl [...]	2004-12-20 05:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI ECON PHUM RO
04BUCHAREST3560	ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 15:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RO
04CARACAS1138	EVO, THE ICC, AND THE U.N.: VENEZUELA POLITICAL [...] (U) Leftist Bolivian legislator Evo Morales joined President Hugo Chavez in Caracas March 30 to announce plans to stage international demonstrations to commemorate the events of April 2002, when Chavez was temporarily removed from power and returned in triumph. Members of the Venezuelan human [...]	2004-04-01 22:07:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1139	CHAVEZ TO ILO: FRY MONKEYS! [...] (C) A preliminary report by the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Committee on Freedom of Association determined that Venezuela's December 2002 - February 2003 work stoppage was tantamount to a general strike. The Committee deplored the mass dismissal of more than 18,000 PDVSA workers [...]	2004-04-01 22:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELAB PGOV VE
04CARACAS1154	TORTURE VICTIM DIES OF INJURIES [...] (U) ARMY PERSONNEL OF THE 11TH INFANTRY BATTALION DETAINED JUAN CARLOS ZAMBRANO, HIS COMMON-LAW WIFE, HIS BROTHER AND ANOTHER COMPANION MARCH 6 IN LAGUNILLAS, ZULIA STATE. DURING MARCH 6-9, THEY ALLEGEDLY BEAT AND TORTURED THE MEN AND RAPED ZAMBRANO'S WIFE. ZAMBRANO DIED OF HIS INJURIES ON MA [...]	2004-04-02 20:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1161	GOV REPRESSION'S "FAIR AND REASONABLE" LEGAL FACADE [...] (C) The GOV has been using a range of legal actions, administrative procedures, and illicit activities to punish and harass opponents. Tax investigations, broadcasting private phone conversations, and blacklisting signers of a presidential recall petition from GOV services or employment are a [...]	2004-04-02 21:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL VE
04CARACAS1331	MEDIA AND GOV MAKE HAY OUT OF GENERAL HILL [...] (C) Leading Venezuelan national dailies, "El Universal" and "El Nacional," printed articles April 3 and 4 that distort parts of General James Hill's March 24 and April 1 statements on Venezuela to the U.S. House and Senate Armed Forces Committees. Both newspapers' articles were based on an [...]	2004-04-20 19:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PINR PM PTER VE
04CARACAS1551	LIEUTENANTS DETAINED IN SOLDIER'S DEATH [...] (U) FOUR MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WERE DETAINED APRIL 28 IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARCH 5 DEATH OF THE SOLDIER ROBERT AGUILAR AT SOCUAVO MILITARY BASE IN ZULIA STATE. AGUILAR'S FAMILY CLAIMS HE DROWNED AFTER SUPERIOR OFFICERS PUT HIM IN A TANK OF SEWAGE AS PUNISHMENT. DEFENSE MINISTER GEN. JORG [...]	2004-05-12 15:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1553	LIEUTENANTS DETAINED IN SOLDIER'S DEATH [...] (U) FOUR MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WERE DETAINED APRIL 28 IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARCH 5 DEATH OF THE SOLDIER ROBERT AGUILAR AT SOCUAVO MILITARY BASE IN ZULIA STATE. AGUILAR'S FAMILY CLAIMS HE DROWNED AFTER SUPERIOR OFFICERS PUT HIM IN A TANK OF SEWAGE AS PUNISHMENT. DEFENSE MINISTER GEN. JORG [...]	2004-05-12 15:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS2611	BUSH, CIA, AND THOMAS JEFFERSON "ENEMIES OF [...] With the referendum just a couple of days away, on August 12, President Chavez held a marathon (four- hour-long) press conference for foreign and international press. Chavez took every opportunity to criticize the U.S., its plots against him/Venezuela, and, more importantly, to tell his [...]	2004-08-13 21:27:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV OPRC KIRC VE
04CARACAS2624	CHAVEZ DECLARES REFERENDUM VICTORY - SO DOES [...] (C) Venezuelan National Electoral Council President Francisco Carrasquero announced August 16 that preliminary results showed 58% of voters chose not to revoke President Chavez. Opposition leaders rejected the result, claiming their exit polls showed that 59% voted in favor of revocation. In [...]	2004-08-16 17:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
04CARACAS2811	GOV DENIES LABOR CLAIMS OF EX-OIL WORKERS [...] (C) Venezuela's Minister of Labor rejected on August 31 a petition to reinstate 14,000 ex-workers of Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) fired in the wake of the December 2002 - January 2003 national strike. Minister of Labor Maria Cristina Iglesias ruled the dismissals do not meet the legal defin [...]	2004-09-08 13:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM ENRG VE
04CARACAS292	DAS DESHAZO'S MEETING CHIEF JUSTICE RINCON [...] (C) DURING A JANUARY 22, 2004 MEETING WITH SUPREME COURT (TSJ) CHIEF JUSTICE IVAN RINCON, WHA DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY PETER DESHAZO NOTED THAT THE USG REMAINS VITALLY SIPDIS INTERESTED IN A DEMOCRATIC AND ELECTORAL PROCESS, SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF THE CARTER CENTER AND THE ORGANIZATION O [...]	2004-01-27 19:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE OAS
04CARACAS293	WHA/DAS PETER DESHAZO,S 1/22/04 MEETING WITH [...] (C) During a January 22, 2004 meeting with Supreme Court (TSJ) Chief Justice Ivan Rincon, WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Peter DeShazo noted that the USG remains vitally SIPDIS interested in a democratic and electoral process, supports the efforts of the Carter Center and the Organizatio [...]	2004-01-27 19:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
04CARACAS295	DAS DESHAZO'S MEETING WITH G-5 OPPOSTION LEADERS [...] (C) On January 22, WHA DAS Peter DeShazo gave opposition leaders (4 of 5 of the members of the so-called G-5) a positive assessment of his meetings earlier in the day with officials from the OAS, Carter Center, and UNDP, and of their ability to monitor the signature verification process in the [...]	2004-01-27 20:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE OAS
04CARACAS3173	RUMORS STILL SPINNING ON APURE AMBUSH [...] (C) Summary: The media has continued to report on the killing of a PDVSA engineer and five soldiers in Apure State. The opposition and the Colombian Government continue to fault the government for complicity in border violence. The GOV and its supporters have blamed the United States and [...]	2004-10-14 16:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS VE
04CARACAS329	DAS DESHAZO'S MEETING WITH CHIEF JUSTICE RINCON [...] (C) During a January 22, 2004 meeting with Supreme Court (TSJ) Chief Justice Ivan Rincon, WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Peter DeShazo noted that the USG remains vitally SIPDIS interested in a democratic and electoral process, supports the efforts of the Carter Center and the Organization o [...]	2004-01-29 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE OAS
04CARACAS3340	CHALK ONE FOR CHAVEZ IN ANZOATEGUI [...] (C) Candidates are battling against voter apathy for gubernatorial, mayoral, and state legislative positions in the oil-rich Anzoategui State, currently controlled by the opposition. The administration's candidate, National Assembly deputy Tarek William Saab, is close to President Hugo Chav [...]	2004-10-28 19:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS3745	UPDATE ON ANDERSON INVESTIGATION [...] (U) Police investigating the assassination of Venezuelan prosecutor Danilo Anderson have killed two suspects, while a judge has ordered three former police officers (two brothers and their cousin),detained on charges of murder. Lawyers and family members allege that the three were tortured [...]	2004-12-06 15:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER KJUS VE
04CARACAS3748	AFTERSHOCKS OF VENEZUELAN PROSECUTOR'S KILLING [...] (U) At President Hugo Chavez's order, following the killing of prosecutor Danilo Anderson, Venezuela's National Defense Council November 23, began to define a GOV anti-terrorism strategy. Measures will include tighter border and communications security, and bodyguards for GOV officials. Th [...]	2004-12-06 18:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV KJUS VE
04CARACAS3929	MEETING WITH TUPAMAROS WORKING IN CARACAS [...] (C) Alberto "Chino" Carias, a member of the urban guerrilla group Tupamaros (now a political party) and now a public security official for the Caracas metropolitan district, discussed with poloff December 21 the re-structuring the Metropolitan Police and the December 8 street vendor riot in do [...]	2004-12-23 14:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS527	CNE DIRECTOR MEJIAS INVOLVED IN NATIONAL GUARD [...] (C) An alleged attack on a National Assembly (AN) Deputy Edgar (Democratic Action) Zambrano and National Electoral Council (CNE) Director Sobella Mejias (pro-opposition) by National Guard (GN) troops as the two dined on February 7 created a political firestorm. At issue is whether GN Gen. Mar [...]	2004-02-12 15:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS535	VENEZUELA POLITICAL UPDATE: 2/12/2004 [...] CNE: -- (C) OAS observers told poloff on February 11 that the National Electoral Council (CNE) will re-submit the remainder of the signature forms for the presidential recall referendum to a verification using their stricter criteria. This move will certainly slow the verification process a [...]	2004-02-13 12:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
04CHENNAI1394	VEERAPPAN'S DEATH PUTS DHARMAPURI'S FUTURE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A seventeen-year manhunt ended with the shooting death of K.M. Veerappan, the famed forest brigand of Dharmapuri. The shootout was the culmination of months of planning by the Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) and the police Special Task Force (STF). The operation showcased the [...]	2004-11-09 08:50:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PINR PHUM IN
04COLOMBO104	MEDIA PLAY: President Kumaratunga claims right to [...] Summary. President Kumaratunga's 1/13 address to the nation on government-owned Independent Television News (ITN) in which she claimed the right to serve until 2006 sparked a firestorm of contradictory headlines in the Sri Lankan media. Government-owned (and Kumaratunga- controlled) English [...]	2004-01-21 08:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE
04COLOMBO1071	SRI LANKA POLITICAL UPDATE: GSL LOOKING FOR [...] (C) This update reviews the following political developments in Sri Lanka: -- The government remains in pursuit of an elusive majority in Parliament -- Continued reports of tension and violence in the east -- The UNP increases the volume of verbal attacks against the government -- T [...]	2004-06-24 06:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1145	MEDIA PLAY: Coverage of suicide bombing by alleged Tamil [...] (U) SUMMARY. Per Reftel, on July 7, a suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber detonated a bomb inside a police station in the heart of downtown Colombo, near the Prime Minister's office, U.S. Embassy and British High Commission. The suspected targ of the suicide bombe [...]	2004-07-09 05:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER PHUM OIIP PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1171	GSL ECONOMIC PLAN HEAVY ON PROMISES, SHORT ON [...] (C) Summary: Following the Central Bank's first quarter review of the Sri Lankan economy, which indicated strong GDP growth and posited a generally sound economic situation, the UPFA Government released its "Economic Policy Framework." The plan clearly notes the GSL,s focus on the agricultura [...]	2004-07-14 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR EAID CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1219	PEACE PROCESS TIDBITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An LTTE official requested and received a meeting with the GSL on July 20. Meanwhile, when Parliament reconvened, TNA MPs broached the ISGA as a basis for talks. The discussion was postponed. Violent episodes between LTTE cadre loyal to the Wanni and those loyal to breakaway e [...]	2004-07-22 09:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO1243	PUBLIC BATTLE FOR THE HEARTS OF TAMILS [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga apologized for the July 1983 riots in which hundreds of Tamils were killed, but tempered her apology with a call for the LTTE to apologize for its actions as well. An LTTE political official commented that Kumaratunga's public apology was driven by "poli [...]	2004-07-27 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1309	In meetings with PDAS Camp, interlocutors show [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 29-30 visit to Sri Lanka, State Department PDAS for South Asia Donald Camp met with interlocutors throughout the government and political arena. The government reiterated its commitment to talks and was clearly thinking about how to get back to the table. Comment [...]	2004-08-09 08:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1337	Maldivian reform in peril after August 12-13 [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the evening of August 12, Maldivians began massing outside police headquarters on the capital island of Male', demanding the release of several political prisoners. The crowd continued to grow until the police moved in with tear gas on the afternoon of August 13 to end the d [...]	2004-08-16 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CASC MV
04COLOMBO1385	SRI LANKA: TWO VIEWS OF THE EAST - TRINCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The diversity of the humanitarian and security situation in the east is shown by differences between Trincomalee and Ampara. In Trinco, the humanitarian situation is gradually improving and the area is generally peaceful. Meanwhile, at the other end of the east, Ampara is tens [...]	2004-08-20 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1390	SRI LANKA: SUMMERTIME SURGE IN LTTE ASSASSINATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past six weeks, suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) assassins have killed 29 political opponents, supporters of LTTE dissident leader Karuna, and putative government informants, primarily in the northeastern district of Batticaloa. The six-week tally p [...]	2004-08-20 09:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1400	MALDIVIAN SPECIAL ENVOY REQUESTS MEETING WITH USG [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see Para Four. 2. (C) On August 23, Mission received a diplomatic note dated August 22 from the Maldivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ref A). In the note, the MFA conveys that Dr. Mohamed Latheef, Maldivian Ambassador to the United States and Maldivi [...]	2004-08-23 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1413	COLOMBO PLAN: MISSION QUESTIONS ON PROPOSED [...] (C) Mission has received reftel proposed constitutional amendment for the Colombo Plan and requests the Department to clarify language in the proposal: -- The organization's Consultative Committee, which meets biennially, is the highest decision making body. In the approximately 24 months [...]	2004-08-24 11:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR AORC CE
04COLOMBO1456	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMB. COFER [...] (C) Your visit comes at an important juncture in the 30-month-old ceasefire between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). A recent surge in assassinations by the LTTE, coupled with the lack of progress toward resumed negotiations, have raised conc [...]	2004-09-01 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC CE MV ECONOMICS LTTE
04COLOMBO147	President-PM joint committee meets after [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a month's hiatus, the joint committee formed by the President and the Prime Minister recommenced meetings on January 23. Contacts report that the meeting did not result in a breakthrough on control of the Defense Ministry, the key issue dividing the two sides. Contacts ag [...]	2004-01-26 11:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR CE
04COLOMBO1470	MALDIVES: GAYOOM TRIES FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maldivian President Gayoom shuffled members of his Cabinet September 1 as he divested himself of two long-held ministerial portfolios: defense and finance. As planned, the police also separated from the National Security Service on September 1, becoming a "civilian force." Sev [...]	2004-09-03 06:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
04COLOMBO150	In January 23 Tokyo followup meeting, Donors [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, Japanese Special Envoy Yasushi Akashi hosted a second followup meeting to the June 2003 Tokyo donors conference. The first session of the meeting was attended by Colombo-based diplomats and local heads of multilateral organizations (WB, IMF, UN). Representatives [...]	2004-01-26 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PTER CE NO JA EU LTTE
04COLOMBO1686	MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT LIFTS EMERGENCY FOLLOWING [...] (C) In an October 6-7 visit to Maldives, Ambassador urged the President, Attorney General and Cabinet Ministers to relax the State of Emergency, continue the process of democratic reform, and improve conditions for detainees, including restoring the right to legal counsel. He emphasized that [...]	2004-10-08 08:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1737	MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT READYING CHARGES AGAINST [...] (C) The Government of the Republic of Maldives has filed charges against three individuals who had been detained after the civil unrest of August 12-13; more charges, including some against Members of the Special Majlis, are expected to be filed soon. All of the remaining 43 detainees are e [...]	2004-10-20 12:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1832	MALDIVES: REMAINING PRISON DETAINEES STAGE HUNGER [...] (C) Summary: Eighteen of the 20-odd Maldivian detainees still in prison since the events of August 12-13 have reportedly gone on a hunger strike. The likely cause is the almost three month continuing detention, without charges, while most of the other detainees have been released or transfer [...]	2004-11-08 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1896	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT THREATENS RETURN TO DEATH [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) announced that President Chandrika Kumaratunga has decided to reactivate the death penalty following the November 19 assassinations of a High Court judge and his bodyguard in Colombo. The killings were likely prompted by the judge's involvement [...]	2004-11-22 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SNAR PHUM ASEC CE
04COLOMBO191	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 016 (02/03/04) [...] (C) FYI. Ambassador Lunstead met Feb. 3 with Minh Pham (Amcit -- strictly protect),the head of the UNDP in the Maldives and a long-standing Mission contact. The wide-ranging discussion touched on a number of issues, including the newly created Human Rights Commission (as mentioned in Colomb [...]	2004-02-03 11:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO1978	2005 National Trade Estimate report for Sri [...] The U.S. trade deficit with Sri Lanka was $1.7 billion in 2003, an increase of $14 million from 2002. U.S. goods exports in 2003 were $155 million, down 10 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Sri Lanka were $1.8 billion, down 0.2 percent. Sri Lanka is currently th [...]	2004-12-10 09:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO441	Humanitarian demining: USG program continues [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A major State Department-sponsored humanitarian demining training initiative has been making major strides in Sri Lanka. Run by the RONCO Corporation, the program has trained over two hundred [...]	2004-03-11 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV EAID KHDP CE LTTE
04COLOMBO572	Sri Lanka braces for tight, tense election [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lankans are getting ready to go to the polls on April 2 to vote for a new Parliament. At this point, it still seems to be anyone's race to win: the Prime Minister's UNP appears to be making a late charge against the President's UPFA, but it is not clear which side has the o [...]	2004-04-01 10:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PHUM ASEC CE
04COLOMBO607	Tensions continue to percolate between LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions continue to percolate between the main LTTE organization and rebel eastern commander Karuna. The Tigers recently warned Karuna that they plan to "get rid" of him. In the meantime, there are continuing reports of LTTE hit squads roaming the east and of LTTE and Karuna [...]	2004-04-07 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PINR PHUM MOPS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO61	FY-2004 S/RP "WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, [...] POST NOMINATES MR. RAJINDRA DE S. ARIYABANDU, DIRECTOR, POLICY AND PLANNING, WATER RESOURCES SECRETARIAT FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. POST SIPDIS CONFIRMS THAT THIS NOMINATION HAS "FULL COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL." 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT [...]	2004-01-13 07:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO622	EMBASSY COLOMBO ACTIONS TO DATE REGARDING THREAT [...] (SBU) At approximately 2330 hours on the evening of 9 April, RSO Colombo received a telephone call from Legatt New Delhi regarding an alleged Tamil Tiger threat to "try kill the U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka." This threat had apparently been sent via email by an unknown person in Jaffna, Sri L [...]	2004-04-12 02:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CE PTER
04COLOMBO669	Sri Lanka update: Parliament set to reopen [...] (C) In this update message, Mission reviews the following political developments in Sri Lanka: -- Parliament is set to reopen on April 22, with the selection of a Speaker one of the first tasks; -- Tensions continue between the President's party and its extremist coalition partner; -- [...]	2004-04-17 08:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE
04COLOMBO834	FY 05 IV PROGRAM: MALDIVIAN NOMINEE FOR MRP [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-20 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO842	Maldives: A/S Rocca's visit shows reform has [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Christina B. Rocca visited Maldives, May 16-17. Highlights of the visit included meetings with President Gayoom, FM Fathulla Jameel, Defense Minister Adam, Human Rights Commissioner Mujthaba, and UNDP Resident Representati [...]	2004-05-20 10:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV MOPS MV
04COLOMBO927	Still No GSL Economic Policy Framework, but Some [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent visits by the IMF, ADB and Millennium Challenge Corporation have inspired a flurry of economic policy activity on the part of the Sri Lankan Government. It did not pull an economic plan together prior to the visits, although a Senior Advisor to the President has indicat [...]	2004-06-07 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID CE USTR ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO983	In meeting with Ambassador, President [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 11 meeting with the Ambassador, President Kumaratunga expressed her appreciation for the Co-Chairs' support for the peace process and indicated her desire and difficulties in getting the Tigers back to peace negotiations. Her flexibility on the substance of the propos [...]	2004-06-14 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE LTTE
04DJIBOUTI1356	RPP CONGRESS OFFICIALLY NOMINATES GUELLEH FOR [...] (U) The RPP (People's Rally for Progress),the ruling party in the Djiboutian Government, held its annual Central Committee Congress October 6 and 7. The two-day event consisted of an ordinary session of the central committee, a body of 250 members gathered from around the country, and a sec [...]	2004-10-25 02:54:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON DJ
04DJIBOUTI1543	PRESIDENT GUELLEH ON SOMALIA, ETHIOPIA-ERITREA, SUDAN [...] (C) In a meeting with President Ismail Omar Guelleh December 2 on other matters (reviewed septels),Ambassador also sought Guelleh's views on regional Horn of Africa developments. Topics covered included the new Ethiopian five-point peace proposal, Eritrean isolation and meddling in Darfur, Li [...]	2004-12-03 07:27:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS DJ SO ET ER
04DJIBOUTI335	DJIBOUTI SPECTACLE AT PELTIER HOSPITAL [...] (U) Djibouti's Minister of Health, Mohamed Ali Kamil, along with French Ambassador Phillipe Selz, inaugurated on March 7 a new wing at Djibouti's public hospital, Peltier. The French financed surgical wing also has UN HIV/AIDS blood testing equipment and an imaging scanner donated by Djibouti' [...]	2004-03-09 14:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PM EAID PINR KHIV AFIN DJ
04DJIBOUTI340	INVESTMENT IN DJIBOUTI DOMINATED BY ARAB WORLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: President's Advisor on Investment, Fahmi Ahmed Al-Hag, says Djiboutians favor Arab development funds over western funds because of the simplicity of their financing procedures. Al-Hag detailed the current investments to Djibouti from the Arab world. He twice commented that both [...]	2004-03-09 14:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PREL EAID ENRG EWWT SENV SOCI ABLD SA KU DJ TC
04DJIBOUTI442	DJIBOUTI: INFLUENCE ANALYSIS [...] (U) The following text was compiled in report form per reftel. Begin text: DJIBOUTI Djibouti,s population is estimated at 600,000 inhabitants from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Somalis make up the majority, followed by the Afars and a minority of Arabs. The population has ethnic, cultur [...]	2004-03-25 13:39:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP DJ
04DJIBOUTI451	JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION IS [...] (C) Minister of Justice, Ismail Ibrahim Houmed, told Ambassador that he intends to take a more active role in human rights promotion in Djibouti than the Ministry had previously. The occasion for Houmed's declaration was the Ambassador's courtesy call on him March 4 at Ministry of Justice off [...]	2004-03-28 12:33:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM SCUL PINR DJ
04DJIBOUTI585	DJIBOUTI ACCUSES FRENCH OF TRYING TO DESTABILIZE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In reaction to an April 16 French program broadcast on TF1 and Radio France International regarding new developments in the Borrel case, the Djiboutian government issued a statement 17 April accusing France of attempting to destabilize the government of Djibouti. The statement [...]	2004-04-19 13:36:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PROP PINS DJ
04DJIBOUTI587	DCHA/OFDA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE ON DJIBOUTI FLOODS [...] (U) This is a USAID/DCHA/OFDA reporting cable, which provides analysis on the humanitarian situation in Djibouti, following OFDA Regional Advisor's April 15-18 assessment on the impact of last week's flash floods. 2. (U) In light of unusually heavy rains, resulting flooding and the inabilit [...]	2004-04-19 14:14:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV SENV DJ
04DUBLIN867	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO IRELAND [...] (C) Summary: Irish President Mary McAleese and Prime Minister Bertie Ahern are looking forward to welcoming the President to Dromoland Castle in the west of Ireland for the U.S.-EU Summit June 26. Ahern can be justly proud of his management of the EU Presidency to date, including his lead [...]	2004-06-08 16:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ETRD EAIR MASS MARR CASC CVIS EUN
04FRANKFURT10394	Council Agrees on Cross-Border Merger Directive: [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Council's agreement on the proposed directive on cross-border mergers concludes a nearly 20-year process. The directive is to facilitate cross-border mergers of companies with share capital, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises that opt not to establis [...]	2004-12-10 13:17:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
04FRANKFURT3169	Commission proposes directive on auditor regulation [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission has proposed a directive to clarify the duties of statutory auditors in the European Union and to set out clear principles to ensure their objectivity and independence. The proposal mirrors much of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and reflects close consultation [...]	2004-04-16 08:29:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
04GUATEMALA1320	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #4-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- TIP: GOG Enforcement Efforts Gaining Traction -- TIP: Police Corruption Investigation -- TIP: First Conviction Lightly Fined -- TIP: Legis [...]	2004-05-27 21:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM
04GUATEMALA1604	ATTACK AGAINST KAREN FISCHER REPORTED [...] (U) On June 23, major daily "Prensa Libre" reported that Karen Fischer, former Special Prosecutor against Corruption and private plaintiff in the 1993 murder of "El Grafico" publisher Jorge Carpio Nicolle, was the target of an attempted assault June 19. EconCouns contacted Fischer, who report [...]	2004-06-29 20:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA162	GUATEMALA & CAFTA ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC SUBMISSION [...] Embassy learned from GOG that its preference is to have SIECA (Secretaria de la Integracion Economica Centroamericana) (a SICA body, as is the CCAD) enforce the environmental chapter because its members include ONLY the Central Americans. An office of trade and environment within SIECA (NAFT [...]	2004-01-23 18:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD GT
04GUATEMALA305	FOREIGN MINISTER BRIZ DESCRIBES AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (C) EconCouns and an AID delegation called on Foreign Minister Briz Feb. 6 to discuss integration. Briz confirmed that a customs union, beginning with El Salvador, was a top priority of President Berger. He noted that El Salvador and Guatemala already had harmonized 96% of their external t [...]	2004-02-10 00:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD PGOV GT
04HALIFAX256	HALIFAX PORT SECURITY CONTNUES TO TIGHTEN [...] (U) While Ottawa has yet to follow through on its May 7 pledge of federal funding for Canadian Marine Facility Security, the Port of Halifax has ambitiously pressed forward with a series of new security measures using its own funding. These measures place the Port in the forefront of Canadia [...]	2004-11-15 20:32:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ASEC ETRD PINS PTER CA
04HALIFAX258	HALIFAX PORT SECURITY CONTNUES TO TIGHTEN [...] (U) While Ottawa has yet to follow through on its May 7 pledge of federal funding for Canadian Marine Facility Security, the Port of Halifax has ambitiously pressed forward with a series of new security measures using its own funding. These measures place the Port in the forefront of Canadia [...]	2004-11-16 18:09:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ASEC ETRD PINS PTER CA
04HANOI158	VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The eleventh Vietnam Consultative Group of Donors (CG) meeting took place in Hanoi December 1-3, 2003. 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 emphasized th [...]	2004-01-16 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM HIV AIDS ETMIN SOE
04HANOI2908	VIETNAM: PRIME MINISTER KHAI'S SPEECH TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On October 25, the Ambassador attended Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's address at the opening of the Sixth Session of the National Assembly's Eleventh Legislature. The PM's lengthy speech focused largely on economic issues, outlining socio-economic targets for the u [...]	2004-10-27 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV VM WTO DPOL
04HANOI2921	VIETNAM ISSUES NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION ON TIP [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam has come up with the long-awaited national action plan on trafficking in persons. The plan focuses on the 2004-2010 period and addresses the major elements of prevention, prosecution and protection. It identifies the deficiencies in the current approach and the challenge [...]	2004-10-29 01:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI3218	DAS DUGAN MEETS WITH PARTY, PRACTITIONERS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During November 23 meetings in Hanoi, a Communist Party official told DRL DAS Elizabeth Dugan that the Party upholds freedom of religion in Vietnam and stressed that the country's thriving religious life is proof of this. However, the official said that Protestantism has been v [...]	2004-11-30 07:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI3331	VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The Twelfth Vietnam Consultative Group (CG) Meeting took place December 1-2, 2004 in Hanoi. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Klaus Rohland co-chaired the meeting. A wide range of Vietnamese Government officials and repr [...]	2004-12-17 07:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM KKIV AFLU HIV AIDS SOE WTO
04HANOI3332	VIETNAM: SUGGESTED REVISIONS FOR 2005 NTE [...] This cable transmits post's suggested revisions to the text of the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report for Vietnam. As instructed reftel, text was sent via email attachment separately to USTR. 2. Begin text of draft NTE report: VIETNAM TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. trade deficit with Viet [...]	2004-12-17 09:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIS VM BTA IPROP SOE FINREF
04HANOI335	VIETNAM'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam's banking sector is presently characterized by a few dominant state-owned commercial banks (SOCBs),a number of comparatively small joint stock banks (JSBs),and some foreign banks. In recent years, the GVN has undertaken a number of reforms, with the goals of ensuring [...]	2004-02-09 01:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID ETRD VM BTA FINREF SOE
04HANOI3352	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES SECURITY LAW, BLASTS PM ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Assembly (NA) ended its autumn session on December 4 after passing six new laws, including two on publishing and national security. The contents of the National Security law have not been released, but they reportedly seek to rein in the military's intelligence se [...]	2004-12-20 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MARR VM DPOL
04HANOI3356	2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM
04HANOI336	DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN VIETNAM'S LABOR [...] SUMMARY: With approximately 340,000 Vietnamese currently working overseas, Vietnam looks to labor exports as a means to expand opportunities for its growing labor force while generating foreign exchange. In order to address the challenges created by the increase in labor exports, Vietnam inc [...]	2004-02-09 01:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON VM KTIP TIP LABOR
04HANOI51	Listening to the views of "the people" [...] (U) Summary. The GVN has set up a comprehensive system of offices to receive public complaints, including direct contact with local officials on a regular basis. It appears that these offices mostly give guidance on where to go for more specific resolution of problems rather than actually [...]	2004-01-08 10:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI VM DPOL
04HANOI513	VIETNAM: EMBASSY INPUT FOR 2004 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Embassy recommends continued placement of Vietnam on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2004 as enforcement of IPR in Vietnam remains weak and IPR violations are rampant. We do not believe elevation to the Priority Watch List is warranted, however, as: -- Vietnam continued to make some [...]	2004-02-23 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON VM IPROP BTA
04HANOI636	VIETNAM: CONGRESSMAN COLLINS MEETS MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary: On February 27, Congressman Mac Collins (R- GA) met with Vietnam's Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen to discuss bilateral trade relations. Collins emphasized that bilateral cooperation on trade is closely linked to cooperation in other areas such as MIA issues. Tuyen emphasize [...]	2004-03-02 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ETRD ECON PREL KPOW VM BTA LABOR WTO DPOL
04HANOI652	INPUT FOR 2004 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in reftel A follows, following the requested checklist format. 2. OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Characterization of trafficking in Vietnam: Vietnam is a country of origin for trafficked, women, and children, but the [...]	2004-03-04 03:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI886	ICT REFORM: WILL REALITY MATCH ENCOURAGING WORDS? [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador David Gross, Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (CIP),came to Hanoi February 27 for discussions on Vietnam's telecom and ICT market. He met a Vice Minister of Posts and Telematics (MPT),a Vice President of Vietnam's state-owned telephone [...]	2004-03-29 06:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EINV VM IPROP WTO
04HANOI898	VIETNAM: STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reform of the state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector is one of the primary pillars of Vietnam's reform efforts and ongoing transition to a market economy. Relying on a four-pronged strategy that includes increasing competition, hardening budget constraints, divesting "non- strateg [...]	2004-03-30 08:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID VM SOE
04HANOI998	LETTERS FROM FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY [...] (U) During the January visit of Senator Brownback, Father Nguyen Van Ly provided his staff with copies of letters -- written while in prison, in Vietnamese -- that he had written to Parliamentary audiences in Europe and the U.S. and to the Catholic hierarchy in Vietnam. (Reftel provides tr [...]	2004-04-09 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HARARE1157	STAFFDEL VISIT ILLUMINATES ELECTION REFORMS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Staffdel comprised of Majority Professional Staffperson Joan Condon and Democratic Party Professional Staffperson Pearl-Alice Marsh of the House International Relations Committee and USAID Congressional Liaison Susan Williams met with a host of interlocutors during a June 29-Ju [...]	2004-07-15 05:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI VIP

04HARARE1313	ZIMBABWE AND THE SADC ELECTION AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A proliferation of meetings relating to election standards in the run-up to next month's scheduled SADC summit in part reflects Zimbabwean and regional efforts to lower domestic and international tensions associated with Zimbabwe's political crisis. Central to the effort are draf [...]	2004-07-30 10:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
04HARARE1335	REGIONAL ELECTION CONFERENCE CHALLENGES GOZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an NGO-sponsored conference on regional electoral reforms, senior ruling party officials sounded familiar election-related themes to a critical audience of domestic and regional parliamentarians, regional election commissioners and administrators, and NGO representatives. They [...]	2004-08-06 08:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
04HARARE1620	MANAGING A BUSINESS IN MUGABE'S SHADOW [...] (SBU) Seven prominent business leaders we recently assembled want the international community to provide Zimbabwe with balance-of-payments support. However, they differ in assessments of the country's progress at reforming its economy and attracting foreign investment. 2. (SBU) The Ambassa [...]	2004-09-28 07:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1664	600 White Farms Still Hanging On [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: The GOZ has been issuing an increasing number of acquisition notices to the small number of remaining white farmers, but has not taken over many new farms, according to Doug Taylor-Freeme, president of the mostly-white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU). He believes around 600 [...]	2004-10-06 10:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1703	ZIMBABWE LABOR: IF YOU PRICK US, DO WE NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: In wide-ranging discussions with EconOff, Zimbabwe Confederation of Trade Unions (ZCTU) affiliates described the toil required to fight for members' living wages. While workers and employers agree on the macro problem (the GOZ),disputes remain over wages and working conditions. [...]	2004-10-13 13:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID EINV ECON PGOV ZI ZCTU
04HARARE1770	GOZ Deports COSATU Delegates [...] (SBU) Local Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) officials have confirmed press reports that the GOZ deported thirteen visiting delegates from the Congress of South African Trade Unions this afternoon. ZCTU Vice President Lucia Matibenga said Zimbabwean immigration officials broke up a mee [...]	2004-10-26 14:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON ETRD PHUM ZI
04HARARE1783	ZCTU Weighs Options After COSATU's Expulsion [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) officials have not decided whether or how to protest the GOZ's deportation of a Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) delegation from Zimbabwe. ZCTU Vice President Lucia Matibenga told us her labor body is waiting to see whether COSATU in [...]	2004-10-28 13:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON ETRD PHUM ZI ZCTU
04HARARE1842	MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL ON PARTY TRAVEL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Movement for Democratic Change Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on November 4 updated poloff SIPDIS on the developing itinerary of opposition party leaders, including regional travel and a planned trip by him and Party President Morgan Tsvangirai to the United States in mid-No [...]	2004-11-08 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE1860	GOZ Seizes 4 White Farms this Week [...] (SBU) Summary: Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) officials tell us the GOZ recently accelerated its acquisition of mostly-white commercial farms under fast- track land reform, causing four CFU members to lose their farms per week at present. However, the CFU officials note in that in the last th [...]	2004-11-10 14:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1969	Vic Falls Tourism Up - Slightly [...] (SBU) Summary: After striking rock bottom in 2003, Victoria Falls tourism activity has picked up marginally this year. Still, hospitality sector business at Zimbabwe's leading tourist destination is probably off two-thirds from 1997, forcing operators to find innovative ways to break even. I [...]	2004-12-06 11:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE2003	NGO AND ELECTORAL COMMISSION BILLS PASS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following President Mugabe,s state of the nation address on December 9 (septel),Parliament met in an unusual and unexpected extended session and passed two controversial bills: the NGO Bill and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Bill. The bills still await the signature o [...]	2004-12-13 11:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
04HARARE2062	MDC DEFERS BOYCOTT DECISION, PARTY CONGRESS [...] (U) In a circular distributed to the diplomatic community on December 20, the MDC announced that it would defer until January a decision on whether to participate in the parliamentary elections scheduled for March. The missive reported that the party would continue to canvass its membership [...]	2004-12-21 08:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
04HARARE220	NCA MARCH VIOLENTLY SUPPRESSED; LEADER BEATEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police on February 4 quickly and violently dispersed an early afternoon demonstration organized by the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) in support of a new constitution. According to a local human rights lawyer, police arrested 118 protesters and beat up about 50. At l [...]	2004-02-05 11:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI ZI
04HARARE302	INDEPENDENT MEDIA UNDER THREAT - ANZ HEARING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court has postponed a hearing on The Daily News's (TDN) consolidated appeal, and the paper remains unpublished. Tension between management and journalists resulting from GOZ pressure on ANZ also may be hindering the paper's ability to publish. The GOZ has expanded [...]	2004-02-20 10:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINR ZI
04HARARE535	Getting AGOA on Zimbabwe's Radar [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent attempts to arouse local interest in the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) have met with mixed, but mostly positive, results. Post- sponsored AGOA workshops in Harare and Bulawayo drew seventy local firms, five Industry/Trade Ministry officials and the Managing Di [...]	2004-03-29 12:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ELAB PGOV ZI
04HARARE553	VIOLENT RULING PARTY VICTORY SETS TONE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a demoralizing blow to the opposition, ZANU-PF took an MDC stronghold in the March 27 - 28 by-election in the urban high-density constituency of Zengeza. The government press reported that Minister Elliott Manyika, rumored to be involved in the shooting of an MDC youth (Ref),[...]	2004-03-30 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF
04HARARE564	IMF Advocates Devaluation [...] Summary: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Southern Africa Chief Doris Ross has called on the GOZ to devalue, spend less and restart tripartite discussions. She also predicted the IMF Board of Governors would neither restore privileges nor expel Zimbabwe from the lending body as a result of t [...]	2004-04-01 12:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE765	MDC MP JOB SIKHALA DENIES SPLINTER PARTY PLOT -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 4, maverick MDC MP Job Sikhala denied rumors that he planned to create a splinter party with other high-level MDC officials. Whether or not that rumor is true, Sikhala and MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai currently appear to be at odds -- yet another example of internal conf [...]	2004-05-07 09:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SF ZI MDC
04HARARE849	Can Black and White Farmers Join Forces? [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwe's mostly white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) and mostly black Indigenous Commercial Farmers Union (ICFU) have been holding informal discussions that could - one day - lead to a merger. Although there is much on both sides that might sidetrack this process, it could pr [...]	2004-05-19 14:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE988	GOZ SHUTS DOWN ANOTHER NEWSPAPER, COMMENCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Media and Information Commission (MIC) on June 10 cancelled the registration of The Tribune newspaper (owned by a ruling party MP),purportedly over violations of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). The GOZ on June 9 commenced its prosecution of [...]	2004-06-14 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PHUM EINV ZI
04HELSINKI1137	GYMNICH MEETING: FINLAND SAYS EU "FAIRLY [...] (C) Summary: In an August 27 meeting with the chief of the MFA's EU coordination unit, we reviewed the agenda for the September 3-4 Gymnich meeting. We were told that the EU is leaning toward a financial contribution to support a UN protection force in Iraq -- and that Finland would consider [...]	2004-09-02 14:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FI IZ CH TU IR SU ZL XF EUN
04HOCHIMINHCITY1491	ETHNIC MINORITY ISSUES IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLAND DAK [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak appears to be following Hanoi's directives to improve the economic and educational status of ethnic minorities. Discrimination and a plantation economy have left the ethnic minorities poor and disenfranchised. Provincial officials clai [...]	2004-11-30 10:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV PREF KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY201	COCA-COLA PEACEFULLY RESOLVES LABOR DISPUTE WITH GVN [...] A recent labor dispute over the termination of Coca-Cola's direct-hire guardforce deteriorated into a two-day stand-off when more than half of the guards refused to relinquish their posts. Coca-Cola, which had previously cleared the terms of the lay-off and related severance package with the l [...]	2004-02-27 10:40:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	VM ELAB ECON LABOR
04HOCHIMINHCITY303	CLAIMS OF CHURCH CLOSURES AND BEATINGS IN CENTRAL [...] (U) Summary: Protestant sources reported that while the overall religious situation in the Central Highlands was still showing signs of improvement, as evidenced by six new ordinations, additional cases of house church closures, destruction of church properties, and arrests and beatings of tho [...]	2004-03-18 09:21:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREF PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
04HOCHIMINHCITY374	A KINDERGARTEN FOR CAN GIO: THE U.S. NAVY CONNECTS WITH [...] (SBU) On March 14, 2004, Consul General participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open a kindergarten built with the assistance of the U.S. Navy and funding from a U.S. NGO. Ground was first broken on this project back in November 2003, during a port call to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) by the U [...]	2004-04-07 03:48:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV SOCI PREL VM
04ISTANBUL381	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH APPOINTS NON-TURKS TO CHURCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an attempt to ensure the viability of his institution in the face of the declining Orthodox community in Turkey, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, first among equals in the Orthodox world, appointed six non-Turkish citizen metropolitans to the church's Holy Synod. The twel [...]	2004-03-11 12:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ISTANBUL474	TURKEY'S JEWISH COMMUNITY: FRIGHT BUT NOT FLIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two synagogue bombings and a recent attack on a Masonic lodge (which attackers reportedly believed was filled with Jews) have thoroughly unnerved Turkey's Jewish community. Synagogue services are now more centralized and sparsely attended, and youth and cultural groups have suspe [...]	2004-03-26 07:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER TU
04JAKARTA8872	THE TASKS AHEAD FOR YUDHOYONO [...] (C) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's projected win in the September 20 presidential runoff marks a resounding victory for Indonesian democracy. The challenger defeated a President who had forged an alliance with Indonesia's oldest and largest political parties, while credible reports indicated the [...]	2004-09-21 11:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL ID
04JERUSALEM171	HOW HAMAS IS WORKING TO REPLACE THE PA AND THE PLO [...] (C) Summary: A range of Palestinian thinkers and activists are reporting that Hamas is moving with unprecedented boldness to establish itself as an alternative leadership to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and PLO. Hamas leaders are publicly arguing that stalled roadmap implementation, the w [...]	2004-01-20 05:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KPAL KWBG IS
04KATHMANDU1024	NEPAL: DEUBA DUBBED PRIME MINISTER; CONGRESS' [...] (C) At about 11:00 a.m. local time on June 2, King Gyanendra appointed two-time Prime Minister and President of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Sher Bahadur Deuba as Prime Minister. He is expected to be sworn in on June 3. According to Palace sources, Deuba's nomination has the critical sup [...]	2004-06-02 08:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
04KATHMANDU1231	NEPAL: FOUR PARTIES AGREE ON BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30 three political parties joined Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's Nepali Congress (Democratic) in endorsing a statement of objectives for Deuba's government. The parties' hard-won agreement on the 43-point program opens the door for the formation of a coalition g [...]	2004-07-01 07:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
04KATHMANDU1269	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 29 TO JULY [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- PM forms 31-member cabinet: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expanded his three-member cabinet to 31-member cabinet by inducting 28 ministers from four political parties and civic society on Monday. (Major reports, 7/6) -- Cabinet faces: The cabinet has 19 cabin [...]	2004-07-08 03:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1288	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Moriarty made his first official call on Foreign Secretary Madhu Acharya on July 8. Acharya stated that the UN offer to mediate with the Maoists was appreciated, but third-party mediation from any quarters would not be accepted for the time being. Meanwhile, India's [...]	2004-07-09 07:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM IN BH NP UN
04KATHMANDU1300	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 2-JULY 9, [...] Maoists assassinated the Mayor of Pokhara, reportedly in retaliation for the deaths of six rebels and for failing to abandon his post. The four political parties who have declined joining Deuba's cabinet reportedly have entered into talks with Maoist leaders. A senior member of the Maoist C [...]	2004-07-12 07:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU1319	NEPAL: DEPARTING INDIAN AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Moriarty on July 13, outgoing Indian Ambassador to Nepal (and future Indian Foreign Secretary) Shyam Satan stressed that a negotiated settlement with the Maoists resulting in multiparty democracy could only be achieved if there were political unity bet [...]	2004-07-14 09:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS PINR PREF BH PK NP
04KATHMANDU1407	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 17-23, 2004 [...] Government of Nepal (GON) officials said they would not compromise on "monarchy and multi-party democracy," while the Prime Minister warned the Maoists that his "elasticity has a limit." Maoist Chairman Prachanda issued a scathing rebuke, declaring that his party was ready to move forward w [...]	2004-07-23 08:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	NOTAG
04KATHMANDU141	NEPAL: ARMY ACTIONS TAKEN TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED [...] (SBU) Summary: Since its inception in July 2002, the Human Rights cell of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has accepted 17 cases of alleged human rights violations for further investigation. Of the 17 cases, 8 involved allegations of extra-judicial killing; 3 involved allegations of use of exces [...]	2004-01-22 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER NP
04KATHMANDU1443	NEPAL: ADHIKARI PLANS NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE ALL ELSE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Adhikari told the Ambassador on July 26 that negotiations with the Maoists must be the government's priority. Believing the Maoists ready to meet, Adhikari defended his budget by stating that a strong military and administration were req [...]	2004-07-27 08:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR BT NP GON
04KATHMANDU1493	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY 27 TO [...] NEPAL - U.S. -- U.S. assistance for Nepal's flood victims: "The U.S. Ambassador to Nepal James F. Moriarty handed over a cheque of U.S.$ 50,000 to Karin Hakensson-Furga, representative of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to assist the government of Nepal to respond to the [...]	2004-08-03 02:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1545	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 31-AUGUST [...] Government of Nepal (GON) officials will not announce a unilateral ceasefire, arguing such a move would come only after "meaningful" and "result-oriented" peace talks. Special Envoy to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Tamrat Samuel, arrived in Nepal for meetings with government and political [...]	2004-08-06 06:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU1552	NEPAL: CPN-UML GEN SEC MADHAV NEPAL ON POSSIBLE [...] (S) During their first meeting on August 5, Madhav Kumar Nepal, CPN-UML General Secretary, sought the Ambassador's approval of secret exploratory peace talks in a third country. The UML leader wants the King and parties to present a unified front to the Maoists and determine Maoist intentio [...]	2004-08-06 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS MARR NP
04KATHMANDU1561	MEDIA REACTION: Nepal insurgency [...] "On deaf ears" Editorial in the centrist "Kathmandu Post" (E/D, 8/6): "Voices raised against gruesome Maoist brutalities have fallen on deaf ears. The Maoist high command that is prompt in responding to anything concerning their ideology and general activities take refuge to their undergr [...]	2004-08-10 01:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1583	LANDMARK DECISION FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN NEPAL [...] SUMMARY: In a victory for women's rights, the Supreme Court of Nepal declared null and void a law which had required women to return inherited property to their parent's family after marriage. Two committees, one in the process of being formed, have been ordered by the court to review the Mu [...]	2004-08-12 06:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PGOV NP
04KATHMANDU1605	NEPAL: PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE DELIVERED TO PRIME [...] (U) On August 13, the Ambassador delivered by hand the President's message of congratulations to the Prime Minister. Upon its receipt, Prime Minister Deuba exclaimed how he had always been an admirer of the President. The Prime Minister noted that the President was making difficult decisio [...]	2004-08-13 07:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP
04KATHMANDU1670	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 14- [...] The Maoists have imposed a virtual blockade of roads leading to and from the Kathmandu Valley since August 18. Traffic remains very light on the roads, no incidents have been reported and no Maoists have been spotted. Tourism- related organizations have raised serious concern over the Maoist [...]	2004-08-20 11:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU1672	MAOIST ATROCITIES ESCALATE, JUNE 5-PRESENT [...] Since the formation of Sher Bahadur Deuba's coalition government, Maoist atrocities have intensified. Every day brings new reports of Maoist killings, maimings, or threats of brutality. Most recently, the insurgents chased the former Mayor of Gularia Municipality from a funeral procession, [...]	2004-08-20 12:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
04KATHMANDU1705	NSC OFFICIAL ON THE MAOIST INSURGENCY, ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Maoist overall objective is the creation of a single-party "People's Republic" in Nepal, according to Major General Kul Bahadur Khadka, co-coordinator of Nepal's National Security Council. Khadka told the Ambassador on August 24 that the Maoist leadership would be willing to achieve [...]	2004-08-25 11:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS PGOV NP IN
04KATHMANDU1758	NEPAL: INFO MINISTER MOHSIN ON THE PEACE PROCESS, [...] (C) Minister of Information and Communication Mohammad Mohsin outlined for the Ambassador on August 31 the structure of the newly-announced Peace Secretariat. Mohsin hoped the new body would help prepare the government for any eventual peace process with the Maoists, as well as build trust be [...]	2004-09-02 09:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KMDR PINS NP GON
04KATHMANDU310	NEPAL: UN OFFICIAL SEES LITTLE IMMEDIATE HOPE FOR [...] (C) In a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Tamrat Samuel, Assistant to the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the UN, said that the UN stands ready to assist in mediation efforts between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists if asked by both sides, but indicated that [...]	2004-02-17 05:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP PHUM UN
04KATHMANDU326	NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL PLEDGES CLOSER [...] (C/NF) In a February 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Gianni Magazzeni, Geographic Teams leader from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),acknowledged that a UN-proposed hman rights accord will likely face resistance from the Government of Nepal (GON) unless the UN [...]	2004-02-20 09:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV NP UN
04KATHMANDU379	NEPAL: FOURTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the fourth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political Officer Crystal Kaplan (tel: 977-1-441-1179, fax: 977-1-441-0723, e-mail: kaplanct2@state.gov). 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a country o [...]	2004-03-01 09:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NP
04KATHMANDU456	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 5-12, [...] Maoists reportedly attempted again to attack the headquarters of the eastern district of Bhojpur, the scene of last week's deadly assault by the rebels (Ref A). A joint security team launched military offensives in the far- west. Ten security personnel were killed and thirty-nine injured in [...]	2004-03-12 05:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU500	NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE [...] (C) The Maoist insurgency poses special challenges for the Government of Nepal's (GON) efforts to improve its human rights performance. At the same time, our ability to make objective, fact-based assessments of the GON's performance is hindered by a number of complicating factors, including t [...]	2004-03-19 08:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS PGOV NP
04KATHMANDU567	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 20-26, [...] A deadly attack on March 20 topped a week of violence in Nepal in which at least 187 Maoists, 35 security personnel and 50 civilians lost their lives. The UN Secretary General appealed for an end to the violence, and reiterated the UN's offer to help in finding a solution. The Prime Minister [...]	2004-03-26 06:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU591	NEPALI PRIME MINISTER VOWS BETTER IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26 Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa issued a reaffirmation of the Government of Nepal's (GON) commitment to constitutional and international human rights standards. Among the numerous obligations the Prime Minister says the GON commits to fulfil are the right to h [...]	2004-03-31 08:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL NP
04KATHMANDU817	NEPAL: ARMY HUMAN RIGHTS CELL AGREES TO REOPEN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 15 letter signed by the Chief of Army Staff, the Royal Nepal Army's (RNA) initial response to Embassy inquiries on the alleged extrajudicial killings of two teenaged girls and the alleged abduction of a third girl (Ref A) asserted that all three were shot while tryi [...]	2004-04-29 07:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV MOPS NP
04KATHMANDU957	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MAY 15-21, [...] Almost 150 local government officials throughout Nepal resigned reportedly due to Maoist threats. Fourteen security personnel were killed and fifteen injured in separate clashes. Thirty-six Maoists were also reported killed. Maoists reportedly killed eight civilians, and abducted over 1000 [...]	2004-05-21 07:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KINSHASA1311	RCD TO FIRE EIGHT DISSIDENT PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eight RCD parliamentarians, citing numerous government failings including tolerance of ethnic hatred, declared they will not participate in parliament. A senior RCD official in Goma sympathized, saying "most people" in the Kivus agree with their views. A top RCD official in Kin [...]	2004-07-15 08:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1535	NKUNDA STALEMATE ENTERS THIRD MONTH [...] (C) Summary: As of August 13, despite several weeks of low-level skirmishes, the FARDC had not launched a large-scale offensive against rebel commander Laurent Nkunda. Much of the FARDC command structure, including N. Kivu military commander General Obedi, descended on Bukavu August 10 for co [...]	2004-08-13 14:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV CASC CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1573	UPDATED CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Summary. The GDRC has made nominal efforts to comply with international calls for child labor reform. The resulting legislation provides a proper framework to fight the worst forms of child labor. However, a lack of financing, personnel, transparency, and government follow-through has left [...]	2004-08-23 05:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EIND ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI CG
04KINSHASA1669	ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 28 THROUGH SEPT 3 [...] Summary. Prices are stable with the exception of food items, which registered a 7 percent increase. Exchange rates remain stable. Adastra Minerals is seeking to become a major metals producer in the region. Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) and Gecamines are in advanced negotiations for a jo [...]	2004-09-03 14:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD CG
04KINSHASA1750	NORTH KIVU FREE-FOR-ALL [...] (C) Summary. There may be a total of 10,000 Interahamwe/FDLR elements spread out between Beni and Bukavu, but it is unclear whether the FARDC is working with them. There has been serious, sustained fighting in southern North Kivu between Mai Mai and former ANC (military wing of the RCD/G) tro [...]	2004-09-17 13:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CASC CG
04KINSHASA1802	ECONOMIC REPORT - SEPT 18 THROUGH SEPT 24 [...] Summary. Prices are stable, with no inflation reported. Exchange rates continued to rise, with parallel markets trading at FC 400-420 per USD. The Australian firm, Anvil Mining, is seeking joint venture opportunities in the DRC. Banro Corporation plans to begin its gold exploration operati [...]	2004-09-27 12:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ECPS EFIN ELAB ELTN EMIN EPET CG
04KINSHASA1839	RCD: SOME STILL SEARCHING FOR REASONS TO ABANDON [...] (C) Summary: Bizima Karaha, one of the RCD-G's most well-known extremists, told Ambassador September 23 that the transition has failed, implying that another mechanism should be found. Ambassador reiterated strongly our message that the transition, while flawed, remains the sole available v [...]	2004-10-04 06:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CG
04KINSHASA1926	USAID visit to Bukavu, Kalehe and Kindu [...] (U) OFDA Rep Jay Nash and Acting USAID Mission Director Nicholas Jenks were in Bukavu on September 7 and 8, and in Kindu on September 9. Interlocutors in Bukavu told USAID reps that the population was happy to be finally out from under RCD/G and Tutsi control after six years, but worried that [...]	2004-10-16 13:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG
04KINSHASA1976	KIMBERLEY PROCESS VISIT TO DRC PROVIDES [...] (SBU) Summary. At the request of the DRC government, a Kimberley Process review team visited the DRC in October. Although the GDRC has made some progress, it is not in full compliance with Kimberley Process regulations. There are still serious holes in the DRC's Kimberley Process system, and a [...]	2004-10-22 15:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA2014	PRESIDENT KABILA'S TRIUMPHAL VISIT TO KISANGANI [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of residents warmly greeted President Kabila during his long-anticpated first visit to formerly-rebel-held territory since becoming President in 2001. His October 16-18 trip to Kisangani was widely seen as a tangible sign of the country's reunification and the kick-off [...]	2004-10-29 16:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CG
04KINSHASA2047	THE CONGOLESE TRANSITION CURRENT AND FUTURE, AND [...] (C) Summary: There has been major progress in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past few years, ending years of open warfare involving eight national armies and numerous domestic armed groups. Peace accords have yielded the formal withdrawal of foreign troops, a domestic transiti [...]	2004-11-05 16:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2138	TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGET/MILITARY SPENDING [...] Summary. This message is in response to reftel and answers are keyed to those questions. The GDRC is a post- conflict transitional government composed of all parties to the Global and Inclusive Accord signed in Sun City in 2002. The focus of the government is to finish the transition with e [...]	2004-11-23 15:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID CG
04KINSHASA2166	CONGOLESE MILITARY PREPARING CONTINGENCY PLANS TO [...] (C) PolCouns met November 24, and spoke telephonically November 25, with Air Force Commander John Numbi. Numbi said November 24 that in a meeting at the Presidency it had been decided that the army would immediately redeploy three battalions of Congolese troops (about 1,500 men) to the DRC-R [...]	2004-11-26 15:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2183	KABILA NOV 29: OTHER TRANSITION SUJBECTS [...] (C) President Kabila met November 29 with the Ambassadors from UNSC Perm 5 countries, Belgium, South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria, plus UN SRSG Bill Swing primarily to discuss the situation in eastern DRC, as reported ref A. After the discussion, Kabila also noted current debates regarding de [...]	2004-11-30 13:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL KCOR CG
04KUWAIT130	(S) COALITION FUEL SUPPLIES FROM KUWAIT OK FOR TWO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S) At the instruction of Kuwaiti Foreign Minister, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah, who was in Yemen, MFA U/S Khaled Salman Al Jarallah called Charge January 11, 2004, to reply to Charge's January 10 demarche (reftel A) [...]	2004-01-12 09:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU
04KUWAIT1500	(S) DNSA TOWNSEND PRESSES GOK TO DO MORE AGAINST [...] (S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: DNSA Townsend met with the Prime Minister May 4, delivered the President's letter to the Amir, and pressed for more aggressive action against extremists. The PM instructed his security services to cooperate strongly with the U.S., but was clearly focused on ma [...]	2004-05-12 10:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MARR ASEC IZ SY SA IR KU
04KUWAIT2800	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT AUGUST 24-25: HUMAN RIGHTS, IRAQ, TERRORISM [...] SUMMARY: The long-awaited recognition by the government Kuwait of an NGO dedicated to human rights became a lightning rod for comments both for and against. Many commentators condemned the violent incursion of Coalition forces into Najaf, and others continued to discuss extremist ideologies a [...]	2004-08-25 14:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT3063	IAMB RECEIVES KPMG UPDATE ON DFI AUDIT, EXPRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) on Iraq met in Kuwait on 7-8 September to receive a briefing from KPMG on the status of the second stage of the external audit work on the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI). In its press release after the meeting, the IAMB n [...]	2004-09-11 11:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ UN KW
04KUWAIT3771	AMIR'S SON ALLEGES CONSPIRACY TO OUST HIS FATHER [...] (S) Summary and Comment: An Al-Sabah ruling family member and son of the Amir recently asked PolChief to join him on a walk through his garden during which he railed against the Prime Minister, accusing him of manipulating his power and position to force the Amir and Crown Prince out of off [...]	2004-11-03 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU PINR
04KUWAIT481	(U) KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy convened the first meeting of Kuwait's counterterrorism action group (CTAG) under US leadership; the French, Japanese, British, Russian, Italian, German, Canadian, Swiss and Spanish embassies participated. Only the US and British have specific anti-terrorism programs i [...]	2004-02-12 05:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER ASEC EFIN ETTC PREL KU
04LAGOS1093	NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 21 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Econet and Vodacom Sign Five-Year Management Deal -- SAA Accepts Memorandum of Understanding -- New Money Laundering Law Signed --------------------------------------------- ---- Econet and Vodacom Sign Five-Year Management Deal ------------------------------- [...]	2004-05-21 16:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EAIR EINV EFIN ECON NI
04LAGOS1201	MEASURABLE SUCCESS IN NIGERIAN HIV/AIDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassadors Tobias and Campbell and USAID Country Director Liberi met with Nigerian Minister of Health Lambo on June 4 to discuss coordination between the GON national HIV/AIDS strategy and USG objectives under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Reflecting [...]	2004-06-09 15:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI ECON ELAB NI
04LAGOS1205	AH, THE "O'S" - A VISIT TO OGUN, OYO, OSUN, AND [...] Summary. This is the second of a four-part report on PolOffs' visit to four of the five former Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) States, that were taken by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2003 and 2004 federal, state and local elections. (Part 1 at reftel) After one year under new a [...]	2004-06-10 14:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
04LAGOS124	NIGERIAN STYLE DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW IN [...] (U) Anarchy reigns in the government of Anambra State. Since the challenged gubernatorial election in April 2003, the state has countenanced the July abduction of Governor Chris Ngige (reftel B),a state coup attempt, and the Governor's questioned resignation. Everyone has accused everyone e [...]	2004-01-21 10:32:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI
04LAGOS1268	FINDINGS OF THE 2003 DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH [...] Summary. The findings below on women's health and their social status are from the executive summary of the 2003 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. The nutritional status of Nigerian women falls within the internationally accepted normal range. The total fertility rate is 5.7 children, hig [...]	2004-06-22 05:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI ECON PGOV NI
04LAGOS1535	UPDATE ON HELICOPTER MISHAP INVOLVING AMCIT [...] (SBU) Pan African Airways has notified us that last night one body was retrieved from the helicopter that apparently went down yesterday. The contact believes the person was a Nigerian employee of Transocean, Inc. While retrieving the body, the search team thought they spotted two other bodies [...]	2004-07-28 05:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC EPET PGOV NI
04LAGOS2530	NIGERIAN ECONOMY A MIXED STORY; TIFA DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Private sector and Nigerian economists and American businessmen with interests in Nigeria told the visiting U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Nigeria Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks that the Nigerian economy remains a mixed story. President Obasanjo's vaunted ec [...]	2004-12-17 12:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV NI
04LAGOS260	ANAMBRA UPDATE - JANUARY 30, 2004 [...] (U) The crisis of the Governor vs. the "godfather" continues to grind on in Anambra State. There have been accusations that the GON, namely President Olusegun Obasanjo, is doing nothing to bring peace and order to Anambra, and, in fact, may be the main force stirring up trouble for Governor [...]	2004-01-30 15:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
04LAGOS321	NIGERIA: PDP OFFICIAL MURDERED [...] (U) On February 6, unknown assailants killed Chief Amino-Sari Dikibo, National Vice Chairman of the South-South Zone of the People's Democratic Party (PDP),as he was traveling to attend a Conference of South-South Governors in Asaba, Delta State. Dikibo, who had a police escort and driver, [...]	2004-02-11 12:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINS PINR NI
04LAGOS469	CROSS RIVER AND AKWA IBOM: WAITING PEACEFULLY FOR [...] (U) Summary. On a recent familiarization visit to the southeastern States of Cross River and Akwa Ibom, PolOffs found officials with many plans for economic development in the region. All are targeting agriculture and tourism as a way to diversify and lessen dependence on income from oil. Pr [...]	2004-03-03 13:19:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN EINV ECON PINR NI
04LAGOS568	NIGERIA: POLITICAL MURDERS OR MURDERED POLITICIANS? [...] (U) The spate of high profile attacks and killings of prominent Nigerian politicians and public figures has again caused many to question the strength, and even the future, of democratic governance in Nigeria. In the last three weeks, at least ten prominent Nigerians have been brutally attac [...]	2004-03-16 05:38:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PTER NI
04LAGOS637	NIGERIA: SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - MARCH 2004 [...] (U) Continuing its losing ways, the Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) lost another challenge to the April 2003 elections that gave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) five of the six southwestern gubernatorial offices AD had held since 1999. 2. (U) Immediately after the elections, the AD had [...]	2004-03-24 14:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
04LAGOS75	EXXON AND CHROME FIRST TO BID ON JDZ BLOCKS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The development of natural resources in the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) took another step forward after a joint regulatory body gave ExxonMobil the go-ahead to exercise preferential rights in the Zone. An American-Nigerian company will have a simi [...]	2004-01-14 16:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV PGOV PINR PREL NI
04LAGOS82	EXXON AND CHROME FIRST TO BID ON JDZ BLOCKS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The development of natural resources in the Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) took another step forward after a joint regulatory body gave ExxonMobil the go-ahead to exercise preferential rights in the Zone. An American- Nigerian company will have a sim [...]	2004-01-15 09:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV PGOV PINR PREL NI
04LILONGWE214	FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED IN DEATH OF PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) A March 2 autopsy report revealed that Kalonga Stambuli, Chief Executive Officer of President Muluzi's Trade and Investment Company, was poisoned and strangled on December 29, 2003. In the weeks following Stambuli's death, "The Dispatch" weekly newspaper printed a series of excerpts fro [...]	2004-03-17 13:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PINR KDEM MI
04LILONGWE820	MEDIA REPORT: STATE-RUN MEDIA FREEDOM [...] SUMMARY: A new era is dawning for the state media in Malawi. The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) and Television Malawi (TVM) have increased their coverage of different political perspectives after newly-elected government officials openly encouraged the two media houses to present opp [...]	2004-08-23 08:11:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM MI
04LJUBLJANA85	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN JAMES L. JONES, SACEUR [...] (SBU) While you will be wearing your NATO hat during your 11-12 February visit to Slovenia, you may wish to emphasize the following shared U.S. and NATO priorities during your discussions with Slovenian officials: -- Slovenia's bilateral and NATO commitment to bring defense spending to 2% o [...]	2004-01-13 10:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV PINR SI NATO
04MADRID2133	SPAIN: TELECOM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY [...] This cable summarizes selected developments in the Spain's telecommunications and information technology sectors. In this issue: -- New Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce responsible for telecom issues (para 2) -- Spain,s public television under review (para 3) -- New government [...]	2004-06-07 15:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINV EINT ETRD SP
04MADRID2762	SPAIN UNVEILS NATIONAL KYOTO PLAN [...] SUMMARY: In an eleventh hour move to avoid EU penalties, Spain's Ministries of Environment and Industry unveiled the provisional National Allocation Plan (NAP) on 7 July. The NAP is the GOS attempt to bring domestic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in line with the first tranche of the Kyoto [...]	2004-07-20 13:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET SP
04MADRID2871	FINANCE MINISTER SOLBES CLEANS UP BOOKS [...] SUMMARY: Finance Minister Pedro Solbes announced July 16 his intention to add EUR 6.14 billion (USD 7.4 billion),or 0.78% of GDP, of non-performing government investments to the 2004 budget. This is predicted to give Spain its first budget deficit (at 1.2% of GDP),since 1999. These liabil [...]	2004-07-28 07:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SP
04MADRID2967	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF LATE JULY 2004, THE SEVENTH BODY FOUND IN THE APARTMENT IN LEGANES, A SUBURB IN THE OUSKIRTS OF MADRI [...]	2004-08-04 12:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID4073	GOS ARRESTS SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS [...] (C) Summary. Spanish National Police arrested eight Maghrebi residents of Spain on charges of planning to bomb Spain's High Court, which takes the lead in GOS terrorism investigations. The detentions were based in part on USG information provided through Legatt channels. According to news r [...]	2004-10-19 15:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC SP
04MADRID4431	SPAIN WILL LIKELY SUPPORT U.S. METHYL BROMIDE [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-19 12:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC EAGR ETRD PREL SP

04MADRID4793	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 14:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM SP EFIN

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