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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 04ABUJA984 |
OBASANJO ASKS FOR PEPFAR COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Global AIDS Coordinator Randall Tobias met with Nigerian President Obasanjo and key members of the Nigerian HIV/AIDS community and public health sector. Pres. Obasanjo acknowledged that the US retains control of funding but urged coordination during the implementation of PEPF [...] |
2004-06-04 15:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID KHIV NI TBIO AID |
| 04ACCRA2172 |
FY04 SCP: "JUDICIAL REFORM AND [...] Summary: Five members of Ghana's judiciary, headed by the Supreme Court Chief Justice, participated in a three-week funded single country International Visitor Leadership program under the theme "Judicial Reform and Ethics". Participant line-up was: Justice George Kingsley Acquah, Chief Just [...] |
2004-11-04 09:24:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP OEXC SCUL PGOV GH |
| 04HARARE1496 |
WHERE "SAVE" GOES, WILDLIFE WILL FOLLOW [...] (SBU) Summary: After a decade of rescuing endangered species, Save Valley Conservancy, the largest private wildlife reserve in Africa, may now be facing its own extinction. Land reform has encroached upon the country,s vast wildlife lands, including those of the Conservancy. GOZ,s decisions on [...] |
2004-09-02 06:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EINV ECON PGOV EAID ZI |
| 04HARARE2051 |
SAVE VALLEY: STRUGGLING TO HOLD ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Hammond Ranch, an American-owned property in a southeastern Zimbabwe nature conservancy, remains threatened by the continuing encroachment of settlers encouraged by GOZ land reform policies. The conservancy still hopes to reach an agreement with the settlers that will save one [...] |
2004-12-17 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID ECON PGOV ZI |
| 04HARARE655 |
Land Reform Threatens Wildlife [...] (SBU) Summary: After a decade of rescuing endangered species, Save (pronounced SA-vay) Valley now weighs its own extinction. Robert Mugabe's land redistribution has gradually spilled into this conservancy, Africa's largest private wildlife reserve. The conservancy would be an important compo [...] |
2004-04-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
| 04HARARE683 |
CONSERVING CONSERVANCIES IN ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-22 06:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI |
| 04HARARE801 |
AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN MEETING WITH MINISTER JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 10, 2004, Ambassador Sullivan met with John Nkomo, Minister of Special Affairs in the President,s Office (Lands, Land Reform, and Resettlement). The Ambassador raised the status of the Government of Zimbabwe,s (GOZ) land reform program with respect to conservancies, t [...] |
2004-05-13 13:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV US ZI |
| 04MADRID1159 |
FAS FY 2004 GA/MPCC MIDYEAR REVIEW [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-06 12:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO5501 |
SECTION 102(G) PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION: INSTRAW [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy obtained from the UN Institute for Training and Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) a list of 385 NGOs that have some link with INSTRAW, from being on a mailing list to, in a few cases, collaborating in research or training projects. 2. (SBU) Embassy has carefully rev [...] |
2004-10-04 21:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM SOCI KWMN DR |
| 05DHAKA3482 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HAMMOND, PHILLIP [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes John Hammond and Phillip Assis on their July 22 to July 30, 2005 visit and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa in their passports prior to arrival in Bangladesh (see Paragraph 3.D. and 3.E. below). The purpose of trave [...] |
2005-07-21 05:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA BG |
| 05MADRID568 |
MEETING WITH SPAIN'S MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ELENA [...] Robert Manzanares, Charge d'Affaires; Stephen Hammond, Agriculture Counselor, and Carl Schonander, Economic Officer, met on February 10 with Spain's Minister of Agriculture Elena Espinosa; Secretary General for Agriculture and Food, Fernando Moraleda, and Director General for Agriculture Angel [...] |
2005-02-11 16:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SP USTR |
| 05PARIS7863 |
USUNESCO: UNESCO RESPONSE TO SECTION 102 [...] There are 335 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) maintaining official relations with UNESCO. 5 NGOs have entered into official relations with UNESCO. 2 NGOs have ended official relations with UNESCO since last year's review. Mission notified IO/SHA Sylvia Hammond by fax and e-mail. 2. [...] |
2005-11-18 12:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC SOCI PHUM |
| 05TORONTO2967 |
Ontario Experts Discuss Environmental Politics and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In preparation for the upcoming COP-11 meeting in Montreal, Ambassador Wilkins participated in a November 14 PA-organized meeting at the University of Toronto with leaders of environmental NGOs and academics concerned with environmental issues. Among the topics discussed were t [...] |
2005-11-17 15:54:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV KPAO PREL CA |
| 06KINGSTON542 |
AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 15 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) On March 15, the Ambassador called on a visibly weary Portia Simpson Miller (PSM), at Jamaica House. Minister of Commerce, Science, Technology, and Energy Phillip Paulwell and former Foreign Trade Minister Tony Hylton were also present. In their first formal meeting since the latter's tr [...] |
2006-03-17 20:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PINR JM |
| 06LIMA176 |
EMBASSY LIMA AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES [...] Summary: (SBU) Embassy Lima's EAC approved tripwires and Embassy responses prepared by its Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG). Post has taken or has in process the Department's recommended immediate preparedness measures. The AIWG has agreed that efficient and sustained human-to- human tra [...] |
2006-01-17 12:40:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR TBIO PE |
| 06LIMA247 |
TRIPWIRE CONTACTS - LIMA [...] (SBU) Embassy Lima has access to the CLASSNET software application for Tripwires and confirms its continuing participation in the Tripwire program. Previous reporters have departed post. 2. (SBU) The two American Citizen employees who currently will be responsible for inputting tripwire dat [...] |
2006-01-23 11:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC AMED KFLO CONS TBIO PE |
| 06LISBON2202 |
PORTUGAL'S OCT/2006 TRADE COMPLIANCE AND [...] As a member of the European Union (EU), Portugal is obligated to follow all EU directives regulating trade. As such, many of the trade issues in Portugal are similar to those in other EU member states. For 2006, issues particular to Portugal involve waste management. END SUMMARY. COMPLIANCE [...] |
2006-10-03 15:43:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PO |
| 06PHNOMPENH2138 |
DRUG PRECURSORS AND DEFORESTATION IN CAMBODIA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In addition to being home to a multitude of endangered and threatened flora and fauna, the Cardamom Mountains in southwestern Cambodia also contain aromatic trees being harvested and processed illegally to produce high quality sassafras oil, a substance used to produce methamp [...] |
2006-12-05 04:39:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR ESTH PGOV CB VN |
| 07AITTAIPEI2140 |
MEDIA REACTION: THE U.S. AND TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 18-19 on Typhoon Wipha, which hit Taiwan Tuesday; on the island's UN referendum and the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly, which is set to convene in New York today; and on an American citizen who was arrest [...] |
2007-09-19 22:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW |
| 07BUCHAREST1209 |
ROMANIA ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Romania is on board with most of the U.S. agenda for the Third Committee, but cautions that there are some developing EU positions on some of the thematic resolutions which may require greater USG flexibility, including on the resolutions on Religious Tolerance/Defamation of Re [...] |
2007-10-24 11:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN RO |
| 07BUENOSAIRES2094 |
ARGENTINA LIKELY TO SUPPORT USG ON NO-ACTION [...] (C) In response to Embassy demarches that relayed points in reftel A, Argentina's Acting Director for International Organizations Manuel Fernandez Salorio told poloff that the GOA will likely support the USG on no-action motions and country-specific resolutions at the United Nations Third Com [...] |
2007-10-24 16:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES913 |
AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Early May 11, I contacted Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan to raise reftel points. Garcia Moritan emphatically stated that Argentina would not vote for Belarus for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). He asked that convey to U/S Burns that he is personally involved in the [...] |
2007-05-11 12:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 07COTONOU830 |
BENIN: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] On October 22, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Randall Romo Oguidan, the Assistant to the Director of the Americas Bureau at the GOB'S Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Jonas Djebou, the Deputy Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed to Post that [...] |
2007-10-24 12:41:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM AORC UN |
| 07DARESSALAAM1451 |
TANZANIA POSITIONS: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE, UNGA [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered demarches to Noel Kaganda, Office of UN Affairs in the Multilateral and Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. While Kaganda was unable to confirm how the Government of Tanzania (GOT) will vote on all the UNGA Third Committee r [...] |
2007-10-31 14:02:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN TZ |
| 07HARARE1130 |
ZIMBABWE HUNTING SUPPORTS REGIME INSIDERS AND [...] (C) Summary. Despite a 50 percent decline in receipts since 2004, the $17.5 million a year safari hunting business remains an important source of foreign currency in Zimbabwe. At least 12 regime insiders on the U.S. financial sanctions list reportedly have interests in the industry. Hunting [...] |
2007-12-19 12:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SENV ZI |
| 07JAKARTA2958 |
UNGA -- URGING GOI SUPPORT ON THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY -- Pol/C met Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts, October 22, reviewing U.S. views on key UNGA Third Committee issues. Pol/C also reviewed the recent Troika discussions re Kosovo. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) THIRD COMMITTEE: Pol/C met with Ramadansyah Hasan of DEPLU's Di [...] |
2007-10-23 04:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA ID KV PHUM |
| 07KINGSTON1680 |
JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] Per reftel (C), Charge' delivered demarche, and provided copies of country-specific background, to the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, on November 16. 2. At midday on November 19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Tr [...] |
2007-11-19 19:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA JM XL |
| 07LAPAZ3053 |
BOLIVIA ON UN 3RD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) DCM contacted Bolivian Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez on November 19 regarding reftel. Fernandez mentioned that Bolivia would take different positions on each of the four human rights resolutions before the UN Third Commission. Only in the case of Burma is Bolivia prepared to fully [...] |
2007-11-20 12:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN BL |
| 07MADRID835 |
SPAIN ON BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-04 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC SP |
| 07MADRID897 |
SPAIN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION [...] (C) DCM raised with Spanish MFA PolCouns Rafael Dezcallar May 10 the USG's strong desire for Spain's support in countering the Belarus candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council and its active efforts in favor of the candidacies of Slovenia and Bosnia. DCM underscored that the requ [...] |
2007-05-11 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC SP |
| 07MASERU368 |
MASERU APPEALS FOR ADDITIONAL SSH AND DHRF FUNDING [...] SUMMARY: As AF/EPS and AF/RSA consider the best ways to distribute end of year Special Self Help (SSH) and Democracy and Human Rights (DHRF) funding, Embassy Maseru's Special Projects office respectfully requests that these offices consider U.S. Mission Maseru as a highly productive and engag [...] |
2007-06-26 13:27:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM KDEM LT |
| 07MASERU586 |
LESOTHO SUPPORTS RAPE RESOLUTION, AMBIVALENT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26, Poloff delivered reftel demarches on UN resolutions concerning rape, the Cuba embargo, and the human rights situation in Iran, Burma, Belarus, and North Korea to Lesotho's Deputy Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs Thabang Lekhela. Mr. Lekhela was strongly supp [...] |
2007-10-26 12:32:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN UNGA ETRD IR LT |
| 07NIAMEY1181 |
NIGER: MIST SPORTS CARAVAN SCORES BIG AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The 16-day Military Information Support Team (MIST) sports caravan/tolerance campaign, lauded by local authorities for its timeliness, reiterated last year's theme "One Family, One Niger." Insecurity in the northern region of Agadez prevented the Nigerien junior girls and junio [...] |
2007-09-12 15:34:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PROP PREL SCUL NGO |
| 07NICOSIA874 |
ROC CUSTOMS REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE RE SUSPECT [...] (SBU) On October 24, the Chief of the Anti-Smuggling Enforcement Team (ASET), Republic of Cyprus (ROC) Customs, requested Embassy Nicosia's assistance regarding a suspect cargo shipment in the port of Limassol. On October 25, Econ Chief, PolOff, visiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( [...] |
2007-10-30 15:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CY EI ETTC KOMC |
| 07OSLO1053 |
NORWAY RESPONDS TO THIRD COMMITTEE POINTS, SEEKS [...] (C) On October 22 we delivered reftel points to MFA Human Rights and Democracy Issue Deputy Director General Tormod Endresen. Endresen pledged that Norway will oppose no action motions and strongly supported the full debate of human rights issues raised in the Third Committee. Although Nor [...] |
2007-10-23 05:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL KTIA UN NO |
| 07PARAMARIBO599 |
SURINAME MAY ABSTAIN ON UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 19 Post delivered the message per reftel to Government of Suriname (GOS) Ambassador to the United Nations Henry McDonald, GOS Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Jane Aarland-Nanhu, and GOS MFA Acting Head of International Organizations Rosita Hubar [...] |
2007-11-19 19:56:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO603 |
SURINAME TO SUPPORT UNGA BURMA RESOLUTION, [...] (U) Government of Suriname (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs official Ambassador Robby D. Ramlakhan, the point-man for this year's UNGA 3rd Committee slate, told Ambassador Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes on November 21 that Suriname will break precedent and support the human rights resolution [...] |
2007-11-21 19:47:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN BM NS BO IR KN |
| 07PARIS4420 |
DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' MEETINGS WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary. On October 24-25 in Paris, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and Embassy staff advanced U.S. positions regarding thematic and country-specific resolutions proposed for the upcoming UN Third Committee with DAS-equivalent for Human Rights, Humanitarian and Social Affairs Jacques Pellet, [...] |
2007-11-06 08:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN FR |
| 07PORTOFSPAIN1139 |
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO WILL ABSTAIN ON THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-16 18:12:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL UNGA TD |
| 07PRAGUE1165 |
CZECHS SUPPORTIVE OF US AND EU PRIORITIES FOR UNGA [...] (SBU) Summary: Czech Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy, Gabriela Dlouha, who will travel to New York November 12 to assume the lead of the Czech delegation negotiations on UNGA Third Committee issues, welcomed the US perspective on these resolutions and indicated that the GOCR wil [...] |
2007-10-22 15:00:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EZ KTIA PHUM PREL UN UNHCR |
| 07RIYADH2138 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche on October 23, 2007 to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). There is no response from the SAG to date regardign a meeting request. Post will follow-up with a meeting with an appropriate official from the MFA and provide results via separate cable. F [...] |
2007-10-24 11:50:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN |
| 07RIYADH2304 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-19 12:14:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN PHUM SA |
| 07ROME2241 |
UN THIRD COMMITTEE: ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF USG [...] (C) Poloff met October 22 with MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini to discuss USG priorities in the UN Third Committee as outlined reftel. 2. (C) Carpini said the EU position on "no-action" motions remained unchanged, and Italy supported open debate in the UN as a matter of p [...] |
2007-10-24 17:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN KTIA IT |
| 07SANSALVADOR2150 |
EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UNGA THIRD [...] (U) Summary: On October 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to solicit support for U.S. priority resolutions in the UN General Assembly,s Third Committee to Gustavo Argueta, MFA Specialist in Charge of the United Nations. Argueta said El Salvador will review the country specific resolutions [...] |
2007-10-24 22:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN |
| 07SOFIA1258 |
UN THIRD COMMITTEE: BULGARIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of the Department for UN and Global Issues, Kamen Velichkov on October 22. He said he could not confirm final positions, but anticipated that the GOB would support the Belarus resolution, the elections resolution, [...] |
2007-10-24 11:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN |
| 07TOKYO4970 |
JAPAN'S STRATEGY FOR THE THRID COMMITTEE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche October 21 and followed up October 22 with MOFA Human Rights Division Pricipal Deputy Director Takako Ito. Ito gave the following outline of Japan's strateg [...] |
2007-10-24 08:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN KTIA JA |
| 08BAGHDAD290 |
Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - January 29 [...] SUMMARY: At this week's regularly held Provision of Services Committee meeting, the committee met for 2.5 hours to discuss issues ranging from trash collection privatization and re-opening previously closed streets to electrical supply for pumping stations and service problems in specific qadas [...] |
2008-01-31 15:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ REL UK |
| 08BAGHDAD968 |
RUBAIE ON CURRENT SECURITY AND POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a March 28 call on National Security Advisor Mowafuq Rubaie, the Ambassador discussed the current security situation in Baghdad, Basrah, and the southern provinces, all of which were the scenes of intensified conflict with criminal elements associated with Moqtada al-Sadr [...] |
2008-03-29 13:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PREL PTER EG IR IZ JO SA SY |
| 08BUENOSAIRES249 |
ARGENTINA: NGO PARTICIPATION IN UNHRC REVIEW MIXED [...] (SBU) Per Ref A instructions, poloff contacted two leading human rights organizations (HROs) in Argentina, Poder Ciudadano, (Citizen Power) and the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS), to see if they participated in the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review for Argentina. [...] |
2008-02-28 09:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL AR |
| 08COPENHAGEN288 |
YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) John, I'm looking forward to seeing you in Greenland at the end of the month. As OES prepares your substantive participation in the conference, I wanted to continue our conversation from Crawford and offer a few additional thoughts on Greenland and its importance to U.S. interests. 2 [...] |
2008-05-16 05:34:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV DA |
| 08COPENHAGEN321 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PARTICIPATION AT ARCTIC OCEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte led the U.S. delegation to the Arctic Ocean Conference hosted by the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland Home Rule Government in Ilulissat, Greenland May 27-29. In closed discussions during the conference and at a concluding press conference, all part [...] |
2008-06-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV OVIP PBTS PHSA KGHG ENRG ETRD |
| 08COPENHAGEN335 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PARTICIPATION AT ARCTIC OCEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte led the U.S. delegation to the Arctic Ocean Conference hosted by the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland Home Rule Government in Ilulissat, Greenland May 27-29. In closed discussions during the conference and at a concluding press conference, all part [...] |
2008-06-11 11:13:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV OVIP PBTS PHSA KGHG ENRG ETRD |
| 08COPENHAGEN339 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH GREENLANDIC [...] (C) Summary: In a respectful but serious bilateral meeting following the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Greenland Home Rule (GHR) Premier Hans Enoksen expressed concern to Deputy Secretary Negroponte about the U.S. listing of the polar bear as a threatened species. The Gre [...] |
2008-06-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV KGHG DA |
| 08COPENHAGEN38 |
DANISH DOCUMENTARY REVIVES CALLS FOR INQUIRY ON [...] (C) Summary: A documentary aired January 30 on Danish state television alleges that civilian aircraft operated by the CIA have routinely transited Danish airspace in support of renditions. The film has provoked strong reaction from the Danish opposition and officials in Greenland, where the f [...] |
2008-01-31 13:12:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER DA |
| 08GUATEMALA170 |
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [...] Per reftel, post contacted local human rights NGOs and civil society organizations to inform them of the UN Human Rights Council's upcoming Universal Periodic Review of Guatemala's human rights record (May 5-16) and to encourage their participation in the process. 2. The following organizat [...] |
2008-02-19 21:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS UNSC GT |
| 08JAKARTA405 |
HUMAN RIGHTS -- CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATES IN UN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia--one of the first members of the UN Human Rights Council--will be among the first tranche of countries to undergo a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by that body. Indonesian civil society coalitions have submitted information on human rights to the UN Human Rights Coun [...] |
2008-02-28 11:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ID |
| 08LISBON207 |
PORTUGAL USES EU PRESIDENCY TO PUSH BIOTECH [...] (C) Led by Minister of Agriculture Jaime Silva, Portugal visibly strengthened its public support for biotech issues during its July-December 2007 EU Presidency. Minister Silva's public leadership on biotech went beyond favorable voting to include outspoken support of the European Food Safety [...] |
2008-01-24 16:14:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD TBIO PO EUN |
| 08LISBON353 |
DEMARCHE ON EU REGULATORY COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 12 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-13 07:41:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD PO TBIO EUN |
| 08MADRID639 |
CODEL PETERSON DISCUSSES U.S., SPANISH BIOFUELS [...] (U) Summary. In meetings with GOS and private sector officials during its May 31-June 3 visit to Spain, CODEL Peterson discussed the recent farm bill,s biofuels provisions and the Spanish biofuels industry. The delegation also visited Abengoa's cellulosic ethanol plant in Salamanca on June 1 [...] |
2008-06-06 15:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR BEXP OREP ENRG KGHG SP |
| 08MANILA506 |
PHILIPPINES: NGO PARTICIPATION IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Per reftel request, Mission surveyed its primary human rights NGO and civil society contacts about the upcoming Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council and informed them about the process for the review. Post learned that two of the local NGOs surveyed -- KARAPATAN and Task F [...] |
2008-02-28 09:44:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL RP |
| 08NAIROBI2057 |
Somaliland: Revised Travel Request for US Mission Officers - [...] (S) This is a revised country clearance request for travel to Hargeisa, Somaliland (Ref A and B). Per Ref C, the Department approved the travel for August 7. Post requests clearance for US Mission officers to travel to Hargeisa, Somaliland on September 9. The travel and security plan remain a [...] |
2008-09-03 12:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO |
| 08OTTAWA626 |
REGIONAL COMMAND - SOUTH MEETING, APRIL 28, OTTAWA [...] (U) Summary: On April 28 in Ottawa, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) hosted a DAS-level officials' meeting for countries contributing to NATO-ISAF Regional Command - South (RC-S). NATO and United Nations Peace Keeping Operations (UNPKO) representatives als [...] |
2008-05-07 15:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA |
| 08SEOUL474 |
NGO CONTACTS UNAWARE OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [...] (U) Embassy contacts in Korea's NGO community were unaware of the UN Human Rights Council's new Universal Periodic Review special mechanism, and, consequently, did not submit input to the review. As noted in reftel, the deadline for Korean NGOs to participate has passed. VERSHBOW [...] |
2008-03-11 07:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL IO DRL KS UN |
| 08STATE13331 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST: SUPPORT FOR THE MANDATE OF THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The seventh regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) (March 3-28, 2008) will continue addressing the role of country specific mandates in the HRC. Since the elimination of the special mandates on Cuba and [...] |
2008-02-08 15:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC CG |
| 08TOKYO723 |
COUNTERTERRORISM TRILATERAL BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Government officials from Australia, Japan, and the United States met in Tokyo on February 26 for the Counterterrorism Trilateral Border, Transport, and Maritime Security Sub-Group meeting. The meeting was chaired by Paul Fujimura, Director for Asia-Pacific, Department of Homeland [...] |
2008-03-18 08:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KHLS PTER PGOV PREL AS ID MY RP JA |
| 09BRASILIA330 |
GOLD MINING POSES HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS IN GUYANA [...] SUMMARY Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has seen exponential growth in the South American countries of the Guyana Shield (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil) since the early 1980's, owing to dramatic gold price increases and limited government presence in the remote i [...] |
2009-03-17 19:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EMIN EAID TBIO SOCI BR XR |
| 09COPENHAGEN404 |
AMBASSADOR VISITS GREENLAND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see paragraph 15. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Official Greenland warmly welcomed Ambassador Fulton on her first visit to the capital Nuuk, August 20-22, and the GOD sent a senior delegation to accompany her to Thule Air Base September 7-9. Greenla [...] |
2009-09-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MARR SENV SCUL DA GL |
| 09HARARE444 |
ZANU-PF GOVERNOR FORCING HIMSELF ON AMCIT-OWNED CONSERVANCY [...] (SBU) After years of successfully avoiding land invasions, Zimbabwe's private conservancies now face the threat of forced "indigenous partnerships" that--if carried out--will likely deter further investment and derail significant conservation gains. Under the Wildlife-Based Land Reform Policy [...] |
2009-05-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC SENV PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CASC ZI |
| 09KAMPALA491 |
FOOD SECURITY ASSISTANCE: AN APPEAL FROM THE [...] Summary: In order to maximize the development impact of taxpayer-funded foreign assistance, the U.S. Mission in Uganda strives to ensure that all U.S. Government (USG) assistance programs are well coordinated internally, as well as with the Government of Uganda (GOU) and other development par [...] |
2009-05-14 04:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON PREL UG |
| 09LONDON2357 |
CONSERVATIVES ANNOUNCE PLANS TO CONFRONT "CLEAR AND PRESENT [...] (U) Summary: Conservative plans to cut the UK's spiraling budget deficit were the focus of the recent Tory Party conference. Party leader David Cameron acknowledged painful cutbacks in public spending would be necessary to confront what Philip Hammond, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, [...] |
2009-10-16 14:54:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV UK |
| 09LONDON261 |
CAMERON SHUFFLES CONSERVATIVE'S FRONT-BENCH, [...] (C/NF) Summary. Conservative Leader David Cameron shook up his party with a shadow cabinet reshuffle on January 19. Cameron wanted to strengthen his front-bench team and sharpen its attacks on the Labour Government, as well address a Labour argument that still has traction with UK voters -- th [...] |
2009-01-29 12:45:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EU UK |
| 09LUSAKA694 |
GRZ DRAWS A LINE UNDER ROW WITH DIPLOATS... IN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Zambian Foreign Minister Kabinga Pande told Charge October 7 that the media tempest surrounding diplomats and their roles and responsibilities (ref D) was sparked by some (unnamed) diplomats speaking out against the Government of Zambia (GRZ) rather than using [...] |
2009-10-07 16:05:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR |
| 09MATAMOROS18 |
PUSHING THE TOURIST ECONOMY IN NORTHERN MEXICO: IS IT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-23 16:30:00 | Consulate Matamoros | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON ELAB MX PGOV |
| 09SANTIAGO840 |
Sept. 8 Santiago Media Report [...] The rain caused three mudslides in the area of Farellones near Santiago. A woman died and her 2-year old remains missing (All dailies, 9/7). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Starting tomorrow, the capital of the Second Region, Calama, will be the center of the Des [...] |
2009-09-08 21:29:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI |
| 10LILONGWE21 |
MALAWI: GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] Summary: One of the poorest countries in the world and highly vulnerable to food shortages, Malawi is an appropriate target for the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative. The Mission plan is based on three pillars (assistance, direct diplomacy, and public diplomacy), and will engage all U [...] |
2010-01-08 14:32:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV MI |
| 10STATE6305 |
ACTION REQUEST: ROUND 56 - HOST NATION [...] (S) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR EMBASSY BERLIN. POST IS REQUESTED TO UNDERTAKE HOST NATION CONSULTATIONS AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL REGARDING RETURN OF THE SITES IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 2 BELOW AND FOR THE ASSOCIATED FORCE STRUCTURE ACTIONS OUTLINED IN REF B. ADDITIONAL DETAILS ARE IN REF A [...] |
2010-01-21 23:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MARR NATO PREL GM |