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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
00HANOI2080	INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR ILO PROJECTS [...] No summary [...]	2000-09-19 05:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID ETRD VM LABOR

00HANOI2777	BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE FIRST LADY'S FORUM: PROFOUND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE "TWO VIETNAMS" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) THE DRAMA BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE FIRST LADY'S WOMEN'S FORUM REVEALS A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE INSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN AND MEN IN VIETNAM TODAY. OVER LUNCH BEFORE THE EVENT, IN CANDID DISC [...]	2000-12-26 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN PREL PHUM SOCI ELAB PINR VM DPOL
00TASHKENT4223	KARIMOV URGES CLOSER COOPERATION WITH U.S., COMMITS TO FRANK AIRING OF DIFFERENCES [...] (c) summary: on November 1, the ambassador presented credentials to president Karimov. This was followed by a spirited discussion of about one hour during which Karimov argued for deeper cooperation with the u.s., charged Russia with maneuvering to restore hegemony in central Asia, and outlined the [...]	2000-11-02 11:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER RU AF UZ
00THEHAGUE1796	ANTI-TRAFFICKING WORKSHOP IN KIEV [...] WE WERE INFORMED BY THE DUTCH FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY TODAY THAT MR. H.F. VAN DRUNEN OF THE DUTCH EMBASSY IN UKRAINE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE ANTI- TRAFFICKING WORKSHOP ON JUNE 21-23. THE MFA NOTED THAT NO OTHER DUTCH OFFICIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE APPROPRIATE PERSONS WILL BE A [...]	2000-06-16 13:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM ELAB PHUM KWMN NL CGEN OSCE
01ABUJA2115	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DICUSSES THE WCAR, [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. This message summarizes their discussion on the WCAR, trafficking in persons, and HIV/AIDS. ==== WCAR ==== 2. (C) Mohammed stated that h [...]	2001-08-28 09:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN NI WCAR
01ABUJA2303	ECOWAS RAISING FUNDS FOR DRUG CONTROL [...] Ambassador Jeter recently received a letter from ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate inviting him to an October 13 dinner at the NICON Hilton Hotel to raise funds for the "ECODRUG" fund (ECOWAS Fund for Financing Drug Control Activities in West Africa). THe letter, which asks for confi [...]	2001-09-17 07:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR 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
01ABUJA2856	AGOA ELIGIBILTY REVIEW FOR NIGERIA [...] Post has reviewed all documents relating to AGOA eligibility for Nigeria including reftels C, D and E, the 2000 Human Rights Report, this year,s report on trafficking in women and children, and the first draft of the 2001 Human Rights Report. 2. The following is an update of the informati [...]	2001-11-09 17:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL NI
01ABUJA3162	NIGERIA: ESF PROPOSALS FOR FY 2002 [...] The following is Embassy Abuja's ESF funding proposals for FY 2002 FY 2002 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUNDS U.S. Mission Nigeria Proposals Program Overview Nigeria has significant strategic value to the United States. The world's eighth largest oil producer, Nigeria ranks as the fifth la [...]	2001-12-11 16:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL NI
01ABUJA3219	ECOWAS: KOUYATE TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 7 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, ECOWAS Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate provided a tour d'horizon of sub-regional issues, including Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the upcoming ECOWAS Summit. While noting recent hiccups on disarmament, Kouyate was optimistic about [...]	2001-12-14 15:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS NI ECOWAS
01ABUJA3222	NIGERIA: REGIONAL TIP CONFERENCE A SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Abuja hosted a Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Conference which brought together representatives from nine USG missions in West and Central Africa and four funding agencies/bureaus in Washington to forge an anti- trafficking strategy for the region and coordinate future programs [...]	2001-12-14 17:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN NI XX ECOWAS
01DAKAR2990	PRESIDENT WADE SEIZES OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (U) ON AUGUST 28, SENEGALESE AUTHORITIES REFUSED PERMISSION TO APPROXIMATELY 100 YOUNG WOMEN TO BOARD A LIBYAN CHARTERED AIRCRAFT, WHICH APPARENTLY LANDED WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION, AND WHICH WAS ALLEGEDLY TAKING THE WOMEN TO LIBYA TO PARTICIPATE IN A CULTURAL EVENT CELEBRATING THE THIRTY-S [...]	2001-09-07 16:28:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SG
01STATE192153	AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS [...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM HAS BEEN CLEARED BY M/P (SEP). 2. (S) POSTS SHOULD DRAW FROM POINTS BELOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS REGARDING U.S. VIEWS ON THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN IS FLUID. WITH EVENTS MOVING RAPIDLY, WE ASK POSTS TO REFRAIN FROM MAKING UNEQU [...]	2001-11-03 06:47:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL AF PTER
01VATICAN3137	ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECT FUNDING REQUEST [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: POST SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING CONSIDERATION. WE RECEIVED THIS PROPOSAL FROM CARITAS BRINDISI, THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE VATICAN'S MAJOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT NGO. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 031 [...]	2001-06-12 11:28:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM AL VT VTPREL
01VATICAN3507	THE VATICAN-- THE SUPRANATIONAL POWER [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 03507 01 OF 04 031719Z BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION --------------------------- 2. (U) THIS CABLE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNED PRESIDENTIAL MEETING WITH THE POPE. IT UPDAT [...]	2001-07-03 12:03:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS EG CH ID VT VTPREL
01VATICAN4202	VATICAN VIWS ON WCAR [...] (U) CARDINAL ROGER ETCHEGARAY, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE AND MEMBER OF THE U.N.'S "EMINENT PERSONS" GROUP OF ADVISORS, SAID THE WCAR MUST BE AWARE OF THE MODERN MANIFESTATIONS OF INEQUALITY. FOLLOWING THE ROUND TABLE TALKS AT THE GENEVA OFFICES OF THE U [...]	2001-08-09 12:52:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL SOCI VT
02ABUJA1140	NIGERIA PARTICIPATION AT VATICAN TIP CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Abuja appreciates the inclusion of Nigerian representation at the May 15-16 conference on Trafficking in Persons (TIP),co-sponsored by the Vatican Secretariat and Embassy Vatican. President Obasanjo's Special Assistant on Human Trafficking and Child Labor, Mr. Mike Mku, would be the [...]	2002-04-11 08:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM NI VT
02ABUJA1214	NIGERIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2002 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON [...] Overview: Nigeria is yet to generate any significant new export activity under AGOA. Main reasons for this lack of progress appear to be Nigeria's unfavorable exchange rate and investment climate. Moreover, the Government of Nigeria and USG have been unable to finalize the visa regime that w [...]	2002-04-17 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ELAB EINV PHUM PREL NI AGOA
02ABUJA1327	NIGERIA: A LOOK AT THE EDO STATE TIP PROBLEM [...] No summary [...]	2002-04-29 16:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN NI IT
02ABUJA1465	NIGERIA: OBASANJO TO HOST INTERNATIONAL TIP SUMMIT [...] In a May 7 meeting, Mike Mku, the President's Special Assistant on Human Trafficking and Child Labor confirmed August 1-4 as the dates for the Government of Nigeria's "International Summit" on Trafficking in Persons. Mku gave RNLEO a copy of President Obasanjo's April 5 letter inviting Presid [...]	2002-05-14 13:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM NI
02ABUJA1809	WEST AFRICAN TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS STRATEGY [...] This final draft regional strategy to address Trafficking in Persons in West Africa is presented to Department's African Affairs Bureau for endorsement. This strategy was reflects a consensus among nine embassies and several Washington agencies and bureaus (DRL, G/TIP, USAID/WID) represented a [...]	2002-06-18 16:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN NI TO GH BF IV XX GN
02ABUJA1865	MFA LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON TIP CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-21 16:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN OTRA NI
02ABUJA2803	NIGERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] In response to Ref A, the following is an update of the information provided previously in Nigeria's AGOA eligibility (Ref B.) PROGRESS TOWARD A MARKET ECONOMY --------------------------------------------- --------- Item 4.1.1A: The GON continues to make incremental progress toward es [...]	2002-10-07 16:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV NI AGOA
02ABUJA358	NIGERIA: ITALY PROVIDES ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) On January 10, the Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Giovanni Germano, presided over a ceremony to mark the formal delivery of USD 2.5 million worth of equipment to the Nigerian Police Force and Immigration Service for the fight against Trafficking in Persons. In the last year, Italy, the la [...]	2002-02-04 12:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EAID PHUM PGOV IT 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
02ABUJA496	PROFILE OF A NIGERIAN SEX TRAFFICKING RING [...] No summary [...]	2002-02-14 10:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF NI GN
02ABUJA724	ECONOMICS AND TRADE LEAD PLACEMENTS IN FIRST [...] PAS Abuja and Lagos had 35 placements/coverages in Nigerian media the first two weeks of February, continuing a recent trend toward more placements and more diversification by subject matter. The war on terror was not the leading category for a change. Economics and trade took the honors, th [...]	2002-03-06 13:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP NI OPRC
02ABUJA857	NIGERIA: 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. PARA 23 -- OVERVIEW ------------------- A AND B. IS THE COUNTRY A COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, TRANSIT OR DESTINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKED MEN, WOM [...]	2002-03-15 13:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM NI
02AMMAN3958	Travel Restrictions for Palestinians Crossing [...] Tales of West Bank Palestinians stuck at the Jericho border crossing have been prominent in conversations throughout Jordan in recent weeks. Rumors and anecdotal reports of thousands stranded - some for over a week - waiting either for Israel to lift the curfew so they can return to their vi [...]	2002-07-18 09:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
02ANKARA8569	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: BETTER, BUT STILL BACKWARD AS [...] (C) Summary: The GOT is expected to complete the phased lifting of the state of emergency November 30 by allowing the regime to expire in the last two southeastern provinces where it continues -- Diyarbakir and Sirnak. While the regime's demise is welcome, five longstanding problems will cont [...]	2002-11-22 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
02ANKARA8696	GOT MOVES ON TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS INITIATIVES [...] (C) Summary. MFA Deputy DirGen for Consular Affairs Topcuoglu told us 11/26 the GOT has established an inter-agency task force to address trafficking-in-persons (TIP) in Turkey. The group's first priority is to establish and adopt the GOT's National Action Plan on TIP. The plan, currently i [...]	2002-11-27 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KWMN KCRM PHUM TU TIP IN TURKEY
02ANKARA9074	AMBASSADOR'S DEC. 17 MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (U) Summary: In a December 17 meeting with new GOT Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador discussed anti-torture efforts; police exchange programs; child abduction cases; trafficking in persons; and the problems faced by Amcits Victor and Kristy Bedoian in their efforts to operate a hotel in Van P [...]	2002-12-20 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC PHUM SNAR EINV TU
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
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
02HANOI1124	JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER AFFIRMS COOPERATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. PRIME MINISTER JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI AFFIRMED JAPAN'S SUPPORT FOR BILATERAL COOPERATION IN SECURITY AS PART OF AN ENHANCED JAPAN-ASEAN RELATIONSHIP AND OFFERED NON-MILITARY COOPERATION ON COUNTERTERRORISM DURING AN APRIL 27-28 VISIT TO HANOI. PRIME MINISTER PHAN VAN KHAI ASKED F [...]	2002-05-06 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON PGOV JA VM CTERR
02HANOI2598	ORGANIZING THE MASSES: WOMEN AND YOUTH [...] (U) SUMMARY. VIETNAMESE "MASS ORGANIZATIONS" FOR WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY CHANGING THEIR FOCUS AWAY FROM BEING ONE-WAY COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA TOOLS TO BECOMING MORE DYNAMIC INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 025 [...]	2002-10-28 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS SOCI VM TIP
02HANOI2738	GVN PRESIDENT REAFFIRMS STRONG RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. GVN OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG'S OCTOBER 28-31 STATE VISIT TO FRANCE AS "SUCCESSFUL," MUCH ALONG THE LINES AS EMBASSY PARIS' EXCELLENT WRAP-UP (REF A). ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS HERE, FRANCE WOULD LIKE TO SEE VIETNAM "BE MORE FORCEFUL IN ITS REFORMS." OTHE [...]	2002-11-13 07:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID PHUM PTER FR VM CONS
02KATHMANDU2168	U.S. GOVERNMENT ANTI-TRAFFICKING STRATEGY FOR [...] Post hereby submits its anti-trafficking strategy as requested reftel. This document provides information on both ongoing and proposed programs and some results to date. 2. Background of Situation Nepal is a source country for trafficking of children and women mainly to India. Inter [...]	2002-11-15 10:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM SMIG PREL ELAB EAID KSEP ASEC KPAO SNAR NP
02KATHMANDU2307	NEPAL: CHILDREN IN CONFLICT [...] Summary: Continued Maoist violence in Nepal has taken a severe toll on the country's children, both physically and mentally. More than 100 have been killed during the course of the "People's War," and an estimated 1500 orphans and 15,000 displaced children face an uncertain future. Death or [...]	2002-12-05 08:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM SOCI PGOV NP
02KATHMANDU2326	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, NOV 30-DEC 06 [...] (U) Summary: This week in Nepal, armed assailants attacked a Joint Secretary at a public event in Kathmandu; the army blamed political appointees for poor intelligence capabilities; Maoists destroyed three Village Development Committee buildings in Gulmi district, leaving only seven intact; a [...]	2002-12-06 11:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM CASC PGOV IN NP
02KATHMANDU371	FY 02-03 SA BUREAU ESF FOR REGIONAL INITIATIVES [...] Regional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia, based at Embassy Kathmandu, would like to propose several projects for FY 02 and FY 03 funding via South Asia Bureau regional Economic Support Funds (ESF). While all of the proposals have an environmental dimension, they are cross- cutting, m [...]	2002-02-15 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PGOV IN PK NP BD AF REO
02KATHMANDU537	NEPAL: SECOND ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Post's submission for the second annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. The report addresses all of reftel's questions, but in prose form. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political/Economic Officer G.A. Donovan (telephone: 977- 1-411-179; fax 977-1-410-723). [...]	2002-03-14 10:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD NP KWNM
02RANGOON1291	BURMESE GOVERNMENT REPORTS TO THE USG ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB is prepared to act on human trafficking, but has not put together programs that will fully treat the problem. In a report presented to the Embassy in August, the GOB acknowledges the problem facing Burma and lays out the legislative, enforcement, training, and preventi [...]	2002-10-04 08:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG BM
02RANGOON1378	SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR PINHEIRO BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON VISIT [...] (C) Summary: At an October 28 briefing, UN Special Rapporteur Pinheiro told diplomats in Rangoon that during his 12-day visit to Burma he strongly encouraged the SPDC to address continuing human rights abuses. He also encouraged the international community to implement programs that will pro [...]	2002-10-28 09:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM
02RANGOON1609	2002 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-16 09:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BM
02ROME1393	ALBANIAN PM MAJKO'S MEETING WITH PM BERLUSCONI: [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 12, ALBANIAN AMBASSADOR TO ITALY PELLUMB XHUFI GAVE POLITICAL MINISTER-COUNSELOR TOM COUNTRYMAN AND POLOFF JIM DONEGAN A READOUT ON ALBANIAN PRIME MINISTER PANDELI MAJKO'S MARCH 6 MEETING IN ROME WITH PM BERLUSCONI. ACCORDING TO XHUFI, THE MEETINGS FOCUSED ON TWO ISSU [...]	2002-03-19 11:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AL ENRG IT PHUM PREF PREL
02ROME2624	PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR U.S. SPEAKERS WIDNEY [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: PA ROME BROUGHT TWO U.S. SPEAKERS KATHRYN MCMAHON, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND TRAINING, COALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY & TRAFFICKING (CAST),AND WIDNEY BROWN, ADVOCACY DIRECTOR FOR THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS DIVISION, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, TO A CONFERENCE ENTITLED "21ST CENTURY SL [...]	2002-05-30 16:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PRC
02ROME4208	WFP ACTIONS TO PREVENT SEXUAL ABUSE AND [...] WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) IS ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNICEF-OCHA TASK FORCE ON PROTECTION FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN HUMANITARIAN CRISES, AS AGREED TO BY THE UN INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE (IASC) ON JUNE 20. A WFP-INTERNAL ACTION PLAN HAS BEEN FINALIZED [...]	2002-08-29 10:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF AORC EU EAGR WFP UN
02ROME5595	IMMIGRATION: EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN INTERIOR [...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2.(U) INTERIOR MINISTERS FOR THE "ADRIATIC-IONIAN" REGION ANNOUNCED A NEW ACTION PLAN TO COMBAT CLANDESTINE IMMIGRATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING AT THE END OF A ONE-DAY MINISTERIAL IN LECCE NOVEMBER 13. THE ACTION PLAN WAS SIGNED BY MINISTERS FROM ITALY, ALBANIA [...]	2002-11-18 14:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SMIG ELAB PGOV IT
02TEGUCIGALPA1927	ANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN HONDURAS [...] This cable responds to the action requested in Reftel. 2. SUMMARY: Over the course of the last three years, there has been considerable activity in the battle against corruption in Honduras, in which the government of Honduras (GOH),civil society and the private sector have been involv [...]	2002-07-02 15:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KCRM KSEP PGOV EAID HO
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
02TEGUCIGALPA2916	CHILD LABOR IN HONDURAS: INFORMATION FOR THE TRADE [...] Summary. Over the past several months, Labor Attache and other EmbOffs have spoken with government officials, private sector, labor unions, non-governmental organizations, and child advocates regarding the situation of child labor in Honduras. The Embassy has been active in promoting an agend [...]	2002-10-18 23:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI HO USAID
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
02TEGUCIGALPA3435	ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) PROJECT [...] Post welcomes the opportunity to submit anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) project proposals. After discussing reftel among the Political, Public Affairs, and Consular Sections, as well as INS and USAID, Post proposes two Honduras-specific program recommendations. Embassy is also collaborating [...]	2002-12-24 15:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM SMIG PREL ELAB EAID KPAO KWMN HO
02VATICAN2146	BIWEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT APRIL 1-15. [...] (C) THIS CABLE REPORTS ON EMBASSY VATICAN'S ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 1-15, 2002. IT IS INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE, BUT NOT EXHAUSTIVELY REPORT, OUR ACTIVITIES DURING THE MONTH. COVERED IN THIS CABLE ARE: -- AMBASSADOR DELIVERS GLOBALIZATION SPEECH -- AMBASSADOR/FM TAURAN ON MEPP -- PR [...]	2002-05-03 14:00:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN EAGR VT VTPREL
02VATICAN2238	BIWEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR APRIL 16-30, 2002 [...] (C) THIS CABLE REPORTS ON EMBASSY VATICAN'S ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 16-30, 2002. IT IS INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE, BUT NOT EXHAUSTIVELY REPORT, OUR ACTIVITIES DURING THE PERIOD. COVERED IN THIS CABLE ARE: -- AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENTIAL PRE-ADVANCE -- AMBASSADOR/FM TAURAN ON VEN [...]	2002-05-08 14:18:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN EAID VT EAGER VTPREL
02VATICAN3633	WORKING WITH THE HOLY SEE IN INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE HOLY SEE ACTIVELY SEEKS TO INFLUENCE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03633 01 OF 03 231457Z THE POLICIES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS AND PARTICIPATES INTENSELY IN THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THESE TO PROMOTE ITS OWN AGENDA, PARTICU [...]	2002-07-23 14:56:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AORC VT UN VTPREL
02VATICAN579	VATICAN AGENCY TO LAUNCH LENTEN MEDIA APPEAL FOR [...] (C) FIDES, A VATICAN NEWS AGENCY, IS SET TO LAUNCH A LENTEN APPEAL NEXT WEEK FOR THE FREEDOM OF MISSING OR DETAINED UNDERGROUND CATHOLIC CLERGY. FATHER BERNARDO CERVELLERA, FIDES DIRECTOR AND CHINA SPECIALIST, PROVIDED AMBASSADOR AN ADVANCE LIST OF MORE THAN 30 NAMES IN ORDER TO FOREWARN THE [...]	2002-02-06 10:32:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PHUM PINR TW VT
02VATICAN784	BIWEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT JANUARY 14-25, 2002 [...] (C) THIS CABLE REPORTS ON EMBASSY VATICAN'S BIWEEKLY ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 14, 2002. IT IS INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE, BUT NOT EXHAUSTIVELY REPORT, OUR ACTIVITIES DURING THE PREVIOUS TWO WEEKS. COVERED IN THIS CABLE ARE: -- AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY WITH [...]	2002-02-15 13:47:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN VT
03ABUDHABI1091	UAE: USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] This cable has been coordinated with Congen Dubai. 2. We offer the following comments in response to reftel request for a summary of Post's actions in 2002 to encourage respect for human rights in the United Arab Emirates. 3. Since its independence in 1971, the United Arab Emirates h [...]	2003-03-05 14:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KEM KSEP TC
03ABUDHABI1414	UAE: 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is Poloff Marlene M. Menard, office: + 971 (0)2 4436691 ext. 2502, fax: + 971 (0)2 4434771; unclass email: menardmm2@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent about 30 hours writing the report. One FS-04 officer [...]	2003-03-24 13:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
03ABUDHABI5380	UAE: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-23 11:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN TC
03ABUJA159	NIGERIA: 2002 INCSR SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-27 08:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM NI
03ABUJA1916	NEW RESOLVE TO FIGHT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: A sudden surge in Nigerian law enforcement efforts against child trafficking has drawn greater attention to the magnitude of this problem in the region while also reflecting improved political will to crack down on trafficking crimes in general. End Summary. Rescue, Repat [...]	2003-11-04 14:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN NI
03ABUJA382	USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY IN NIGERIA [...] With the unprecedented 2001 level of communal violence and impending 2003 elections at all levels, in 2002 the U.S. Mission operated several programs addressing the institutional and legal shortcomings that lead to abuse of human rights in Nigeria. 2. USAID implemented a wide range of pro [...]	2003-02-21 14:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB 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
03ABUJA680	NIGERIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2003 PRESIDENT'S [...] The following paragraphs provide information on Nigeria for use in the President's 2003 report to Congress on AGOA, as requested in Reftel, in the following areas: --AGOA Trade and Investment --Progress Toward a Market-Based Economy --Political Pluralism and The Rule of Law --Poverty Reducti [...]	2003-04-14 16:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV ELAB PHUM PREL NI AGOA
03ABUJA720	NIGERIA: POLICY CONSIDERATIONS IN THE [...] (C) Summary. The April 19 election will test the tensile strength of Nigerian democracy and its supporting institutions. While many will play important roles in this national drama, the primary antagonists are President Obasanjo and Muhammed Buhari. Not only is this election a litmus test of [...]	2003-04-18 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM EFIN ECON PINS PTER PHUM PGOV NI
03ACCRA437	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - GHANA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following is AmEmb Accra's response to the tasker requesting information for the second annual Trafficking in Persons Report. In summary, Ghana has problems with both domestic and international human trafficking. The GOG and local NGOs have so far combined efforts to focus o [...]	2003-03-03 15:14:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
03ADANA108	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 15, 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. Milli Gazete/Bolge [...]	2003-04-15 14:03:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA232	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 03, 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: The In [...]	2003-09-04 14:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA265	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 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. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET (Cukurov [...]	2003-10-10 18:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA3	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 4-5, 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 09:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA56	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 26, 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 ------------------------- [...]	2003-02-28 13:08:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA88	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 27, 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 Radikal: The US applied [...]	2003-03-28 08:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03AMMAN1357	ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: JORDAN [...] Per reftel, Post's information for the 2002 anti-trafficking in persons report is contained in paras below. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. Until 6/1/2003, embassy poc on trafficking issues is PolOff Gregory D. LoGerfo. Subsequent to 6/1/2003 poc will be PolOff James Fellows. [...]	2003-03-06 14:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF JO
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
03ANKARA286	TURKEY: 2002 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-13 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL SNAR TU
03ANKARA3409	AMBASSADOR RAISES SECURITY, TIP, CHILD ABDUCTION [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador discussed possible terrorist threats against the American community and the GOT's efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP). Ambassador also sought the Minister's assistance in a U.S. child abduction case. Aksu pro [...]	2003-05-23 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC PHUM TU
03ANKARA3843	TURKS VIEW TIER III TIP RATING AS UNFAIR, [...] Summary: GOT officials said they are "disappointed" by Turkey's Tier III ranking in the 2003 TIP Report. They claimed the report ignores TIP-related reforms adopted by the GOT over the past year, and argued that the ranking was not based on fair, objective analysis. The press focused on the [...]	2003-06-13 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
03ANKARA3858	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-15 04:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4552	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FONMIN GUL'S JULY 24 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: F.M. Gul comes to Washington as we try to pull Turkey into a more fully helpful role in Iraq. The last year has shaken the confidence of the Turkish public, politicians, and military in the strength of the relationship with the U.S., just as it has shaken our confidence in the T [...]	2003-07-21 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA5159	GOT ACTIONS SINCE MARCH TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN [...] Summary: Emboffs met August 12-13 with MFA officials and contacted the director of the Ankara office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to discuss actions taken by the GOT to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) subsequent to March 30, the end of the period covered in the 200 [...]	2003-08-13 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA5464	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON FONMIN GUL: FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: FonMin Gul said Aug. 27 the GOT wants a democratic, stable Iraq able to govern itself; GOT will move cautiously toward a decision on possible troop contribution to stabilization force; U.S. response to Turkey's concerns on PKK/Kadek remains a key point for Ankara. Reaffirming U.S. [...]	2003-08-28 10:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU IZ
03ANKARA5584	AMBASSADOR, INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS PKK, IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: In a September 2 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Aksu called on the U.S. to take action against the PKK/KADEK in northern Iraq and offered training for Iraqi police. The Ambassador said the USG and GOT will soon discuss an approach to the PKK/KADEK pro [...]	2003-09-05 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC PHUM IZ TU
03ANKARA6688	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP, OTHER WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 22 introductory meeting, the Ambassador told State Minister Guldal Aksit (responsible for women's affairs) that Turkey could serve as a model on women's rights for the Middle East. He urged Turkey to implement recent initiatives to combat trafficking in persons (T [...]	2003-10-24 11:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
03ANKARA7229	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH JUSTICE MINISTER CICEK'S [...] (C) Summary: Justice Minister Cicek's visit to Washington allows us to raise high-profile global issues with one of the Turkish cabinet's most influential and outspoken figures. Our priorities for his visit should be: 1) to urge continued GOT progress on EU-related human rights reform, and und [...]	2003-11-20 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EFIN IZ TU
03ANKARA7492	BLACK SEA STATES TO CREATE NETWORK TO COMBAT AIDS [...] Action Request -- See para 7. 2. Summary: The Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC),in cooperation with UN agencies, wants to establish a regional network to address the growing risk of an AIDS outbreak in the Black Sea region. The concept has been endorsed by BSEC Foreign Ministers; [...]	2003-12-05 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN KHIV SENV SOCI TU
03ANKARA7769	2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-19 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR TU
03ANKARA7850	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-22 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03BRUSSELS2375	EUROPOL - U.S. COOPERATION [...] Summary. The mission of Europol (the European Police Office) has steadily expanded from its initial focus on fighting drugs to encompass all serious crimes, including terrorism, illicit migration, trafficking in persons, child pornography, money-laundering and counterfeiting of the Euro. W [...]	2003-05-06 15:20:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AINF KCRM KJUS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS3243	CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2003 [...] This cable contains an action request. See para. 9. 2. Summary. In a productive June 9-10 meeting in Athens, the members of the Central Dublin Group reviewed regional reports from Central Asia (Italy),Eastern Europe (Germany),Southwest Asia (UK) and Southeast Asia and China (Australia). [...]	2003-06-23 16:13:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03COLOMBO1343	GSL interdicts human smuggling attempts, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, the GSL has interdicted several large-scale human smuggling attempts. Those netted in the raids (over 800 people) have overwhemingly been third country nationals, mostly from India and Pakistan. This is a departure from an earlier trend involving mainly loca [...]	2003-08-01 06:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PHUM PTER CVIS KFRD CE PK
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
03COLOMBO1725	2003 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-03 06:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ELAB KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL
03COLOMBO1837	Interior Ministry officials request more [...] (C) The Ambassador met October 20 with Interior Minister Amaratunga and Interior Secretary Junaid. Amaratunga underscored his appreciation for U.S.- sponsored police training programs and requested further assistance. Junaid discussed the GSL's efforts to curb human trafficking. Turning bri [...]	2003-10-23 10:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM CVIS SMIG CE
03COLOMBO198	SRI LANKA: NEED FOR EDA CUTTER [...] (U) Classified by DCM W. Lewis Amselem, Reasons 1.5 (b, d) 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY TEAM STRONGLY SUPPORTS PROVISION OF A 210' EDA CUTTER TO THE SL NAVY. 3. (SBU) AS EXTENSIVE EMBASSY REPORTING HAS DISCUSSED, THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, MILITARY AND SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IN SRI LANKA HAS UNDE [...]	2003-02-05 07:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS PGOV PTER PINS CE
03COLOMBO282	USG promotion of human rights in Sri Lanka [...] Per Reftel, Mission's response to the request for information on how we are promoting human rights in Sri Lanka follows: 2. PEACE PROCESS: The ongoing peace process has had more of a direct and dramatic impact on improving the human rights situation in Sri Lanka than any other factor du [...]	2003-02-19 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM
03COLOMBO744	MEDIA PLAY -- EMBASSY COLOMBO EMPLOYEES INDICTED [...] On 5/2 Colombo's Administrative Officer and her husband, who had been employed by the mission as a Consular Associate, were indicted on visa fraud and alien smuggling charges. PD issued a press release regarding the indictments, noting that they were the result of an 11- month investigation. [...]	2003-05-05 09:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE

03FRANKFURT2405	VERDICT IN FRANKFURT TERRORISM TRIAL - WHAT WE [...] (U) Background and summary: This cable is a wrap up of the Frankfurt terrorism trial. It is based on observations by U.S. officials at the trial, but is not to be taken as a verbatim transcript of the proceedings. When the written verdict is published, post will provide it to Department. 2 [...]	2003-03-20 11:51:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PGOV AG GM
03FRANKFURT5937	"RUSSIAN-GERMANS": IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The immigration and integration of ethnic Germans and their families from the former Soviet Union (Aussiedler) is a major social problem in Germany. Newcomers' lack of German language skills makes them unemployable and drug-related crimes and ghettoization are endemic among Aus [...]	2003-07-21 13:50:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG SOCI PGOV PREF PHUM GM
03GUATEMALA102	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MILITARY-TO-MIILTARY [...] (C) Summary: During an introductory call on MOD Robin Moran, the Ambassador restated USG policy in dealing with the Guatemalan military and reviewed the benchmarks for possibly establishing normal military-to-military relations. The Ambassador said that the military needs to improve its human [...]	2003-01-14 22:16:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINR MASS PGOV SNAR PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA1815	BILATERAL TIP WORKING GROUP FORMED [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to RefTel, on July 7, the Ambassador and visiting G/TIP Program Officer Greg Holliday met with an inter-governmental group including the Minister of Government, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vice Minister of Labor, Secretary of Social Welfare, a Supreme Court m [...]	2003-07-15 22:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM SMIG PREL ASEC KSEP KFRD CA CVIS 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
03GUATEMALA2094	Vital Voices Meets With Guatemalan Women [...] (U) Summary: Vital Voices Global Partnership held a two-day Women's Leadership Retreat in Guatemala City in July. Present at the conference were approximately 40 women leaders from diverse backgrounds. The Ambassador hosted a reception in honor of the group attended by more than 100 women [...]	2003-08-18 14:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GT WHA PDA
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
03GUATEMALA2288	VIOLENT CRIME: GROWING THREAT TO GUATEMALAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalans have become numbed by the daily press reports of violent crime, and an increasing number identify the lack of public security as the nation's number one problem. The emergence of gangs ("maras") has taken the violence even to the remote rural areas of the country, an [...]	2003-09-04 22:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KDEM ASEC PINR PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2753	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #7-2003 [...] (SBU) Summary: Following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons. Topics include: -- Political Parties Respect Labor Rights (para #2) -- Fired Maquila Workers Reinstated (3) -- GOG GSP Submission Incomplete (4) -- Changes Likel [...]	2003-10-28 22:14:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV SMIG KCRM PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2787	ELECTION SNAPSHOT #4: CONCERNS IN THE INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: EmbOffs visited the indigenous highland areas of Quetzaltenango and San Jose Poaquil to continue to meet with local and international election monitoring organizations and test the pulse of the electorate outside the capital. Our unscientific polling suggests widespread frust [...]	2003-10-31 15:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR GT
03GUATEMALA2956	CAPITALIZING ON POLITICAL CHANGE IN GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary: The assumption of power on January 14, 2004 of a new government more aligned with USG interests offers an opportunity to advance our priority goals in Guatemala by engaging creatively up front on our shared interests in free trade, human rights, strengthening democracy and counter [...]	2003-11-18 23:01:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID PHUM MASS ETRD SNAR GT
03GUATEMALA605	ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT--GUATEMALA [...] (U) The following are responses to questions in Ref A. Additional information on Embassy projects and strategies to combat trafficking can be found in Ref B. 2. (SBU) Country Overview: A. Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international trafficked men, wome [...]	2003-03-07 13:17:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB 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
03GUATEMALA781	RE-CERTIFICATION BENCHMARKS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: As requested in Ref A, the Ambassador discussed counter-narcotics re-certification benchmarks in detail with President Portillo on March 22. The Ambassador gave Portillo a copy of the diplomatic note on benchmarks (full text para 10),rebuffed a request for material assistance [...]	2003-03-25 21:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV GT
03GUATEMALA884	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Hamilton met with Minister of Government Jose Adolfo Reyes Calderon March 31 to express concern about a recent case involving torture by security forces in an anti-narcotics raid in Zacapa. The Ambassador also raised the murder of an American citizen on March 28, thr [...]	2003-04-03 16:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC SNAR PHUM GT
03HANOI1549	NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2003 [...] (U) In response to ref a request, post is providing responses keyed to 2003 certification demarche points (ref b) as follow: 2. (U) Implementation of the counternarcotics Master Plan for 2001-2005: --This is an ongoing activity that continues to make slow but steady progress. The Un [...]	2003-06-20 06:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC
03HANOI1671	An Giang: TIP Problem Depends on Point of View [...] (U) Summary: An Giang local government and mass organization officials do not agree on the seriousness of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in their province. Women's Union and the Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (DOLISA) officials portray a fairly serious problem while loc [...]	2003-07-02 07:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN SNAR PGOV SOCI VM CNARC TIP
03HANOI2778	VIETNAM'S IMPROVING LABOR CONDITIONS [...] SUMMARY: In the past year and a half since the inaugural labor dialogue (see ref A),Vietnam has seen significant changes in labor conditions. Improved employment opportunities due to a significant increase in trade with the United States, amendments to the Labor Code, the growing role of th [...]	2003-10-30 09:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID ECON ETRD VM LABOR
03HANOI3232	VIETNAM TIP: THE TAIWAN MARRIAGE PHENOMENON [...] Summary: Taiwan has become the export destination of choice for Vietnamese brides. 73,000 women - 95 percent of Vietnamese marrying foreigners - have married Taiwanese men since the phenomenon began to take off in 1995. Demand is growing, driven by (1) the desire of lower-middle class Taiwa [...]	2003-12-15 02:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM VM TW OMIG TIP
03HANOI3350	2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY -- REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-29 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CNARC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM
03HANOI388	VIETNAM: USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] (U) Ambassador and other Embassy and Consulate General officers demarched and spoke with GVN authorities at the national, provincial, and local levels numerous times throughout the year on various human rights issues including religious freedom as well as the status of persons of concern det [...]	2003-02-19 03:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP XG VM HUMANR ETMIN TIP
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
03HANOI554	UNODC CONCERN OVER VIETNAM FUNDING [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 8. 2. (U) UNODC country representative Dr. Doris Buddenberg contacted poloff on March 6 to express concern over Department's decision to reprogram USD 740,000 originally intended to fund UNODC's law enforcement project "Interdiction and Seiz [...]	2003-03-07 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL EAID VM CNARC
03HANOI669	VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA: LOOKING FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam and Cambodia have a complex relationship with a volatile history, but both sides now appear to focus on the future. Cross border smuggling of drugs and other goods as well as human trafficking have emerged as significant problems. Vietnam reportedly does not view the [...]	2003-03-19 02:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR SOCI PHUM ETRD ECON EAID CB VM ETMIN CNARC ASEAN TIP
03HOCHIMINHCITY450	KON TUM: STILL STRUGGLING..... AND GOING NOWHERE FAST [...] (SBU) Returning to Kon Tum for the first time in a year, the Consul General found little changed in the poorest and least developed of the four Central Highlands provinces. While poverty continues to be the biggest story in Kon Tum, local officials seemed hopeful that construction of new hig [...]	2003-05-20 13:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM PREL SOCI ETRD EINV VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE LABOR
03ISTANBUL508	SUB-GOVERNORS SURVEY SECURITY AND POLITICS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent meetings, several of Istanbul's kaymakams (sub-governors) were surprisingly open in describing the challenges they face in overseeing proper functioning of the security apparatus. Pointing to a massive rural-urban migration to Istanbul over the past several decades as a [...]	2003-04-11 13:05:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV TU
03KATHMANDU1194	NEPALI TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 75 YEARS' [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-26 23:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA NP
03KATHMANDU1308	NEPAL: TIBETAN REFUGEES AND U.S. INTERESTS - [...] (SBU) Embassy understands that a group of nine congressmen who sent a letter on June 19 to the Prime Minister of Nepal is now poised to introduce punitive legislation against Nepal if the government does not satisfy their ultimatum regarding the status of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. The Embassy [...]	2003-07-11 08:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PREL NP
03KATHMANDU1614	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: AUGUST [...] PEACE TALKS -- Dr. Bhattarai for no less than constituent assembly: The Maoists warned (8/24) the government that the ongoing talks would cease automatically if the latter declined to come up with its revised agenda by Tuesday and accept the Maoist condition for unconditional constituent [...]	2003-08-26 05:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
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
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
03KUWAIT3623	(C) SHAYKH SABAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This message is intended to assist preparations for Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah's visit to Washington, where he is due to meet with President Bush on September 10. We recommend that he be invited to meet (separately) with the Secretaries of State [...]	2003-08-07 11:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PTER EFIN EAID KDEM PHUM PINR KU OVIP
03KUWAIT4433	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION AUGUST 18-24 [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-24 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT4661	(C) AMBASSADOR TALKS HUMAN RIGHTS WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador used his October 8 introductory call on the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor to make him aware of the annual Human Rights Report (HRR) and Trafficking In Persons Report (TIPR). Minister Feisal al-Hajji personally arranged for a poc in his Ministry for us to f [...]	2003-10-13 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ETTC ELAB PHUM PINR KU
03KUWAIT5163	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH FIRST [...] (C) As one of a series of meetings with senior GOK officials prior to his departure for temporary duty in Iraq, Ambassador met with First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah November 10. The Ambassador congratulated Sheikh Nawaf on being officially named [...]	2003-11-12 07:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KU
03KUWAIT5185	KUWAIT SEEKS FUNDING FOR TWO POTENTIAL TIP [...] The GOK is taking positive steps to improve the TIP situation in Kuwait. However, some GOK officials and other local groups lack awareness of TIP issues and the capacity to implement needed legal, institutional, and other changes to increase protections for trafficking victims. The TIP issue [...]	2003-11-12 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KU
03LAGOS2045	THE SEX TRADE TO THE US AND EUROPE: MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF met with Gerrit Van Hemert, Deputy Head of Mission for the Netherlands Consulate General in Lagos on 17 September to discuss patterns of trafficking of women for the sex trade to Europe. Van Hemert, who has studied the subject for three years, laid out a pattern of traffick [...]	2003-10-02 10:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG SOCI SNAR CVIS NI
03MAPUTO1007	AMBASSADOR'S END-OF-TOUR REPORT [...] (U) Summary. Bilateral political and economic relations between the U.S. and Mozambique have improved and deepened. At a political level, bilateral cooperation is excellent, with Washington acknowledging the impressive transition to democracy and the GRM willing to cooperate with the U.S., for [...]	2003-07-21 08:58:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EINV MZ HIV AIDS PEPFAR
03NASSAU577	BAHAMAS - THRID ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] The Bahamas, although rife with alien and drug smuggling, has no indications of being a country of origin, transit, or destination for international trafficking in men, women, or children. Post discussed this issue with governmental sources including the Foreign Ministry, The Department of [...]	2003-03-17 21:52:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BF
03OTTAWA577	CANADA - 2002 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 21:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CA
03PHNOMPENH1990	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CAMBODIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador briefed Foreign Minister Hor Namhong December 1 on his recent meetings in Washington and California. The Ambassador addressed concerns the Foreign Minister had expressed about the activities of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters, explaining that the case remained ope [...]	2003-12-02 02:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CB
03RANGOON1463	KACHIN STATE: AN UNEASY "PEACE" [...] (C) Summary: An Embassy trip to Burma's Kachin State secured additional support for our WWII remains recovery operations, but also revealed that the Government's ten-year old cease-fire agreement with the region's former insurgents masks deep suspicion of the SPDC and an active desire for self [...]	2003-11-17 00:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM 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
03RANGOON258	MUSLIM REPRESSION AND RESENTMENT NEAR BURMA'S [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime's repression of the mostly Muslim population of northern Rakhine State, located along the border with Bangladesh, is breeding resentment and poverty. DCM visited the area in mid-February as part of a trip to the region organized by UNHCR for diplomats. UNHCR [...]	2003-02-27 08:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREF KISL BM UNHCR
03RANGOON309	BURMA: THIRD ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) The following report responds to the checklist provided in reftel requesting information on trafficking in persons activities in Burma. The report will also be forwarded to EAP/BCLTV in Word format. Begin Report: Overview of Country's Activities - A. Burma is a country of origin [...]	2003-03-07 07:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG BM
03RANGOON31	END GAME IN BURMA'S ETHNIC WARS [...] (C) Summary: Burma has basically won its ethnic wars. While some small-scale operations continue, the situation now is nothing like it was in the late 1980s. Then, 20 separate insurgent groups could put more than 60,000 troops in the field in Burma. Now, the five or six groups that remain ac [...]	2003-01-08 10:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SNAR PHUM PREL MOPS BM
03RANGOON657	UNFPA'S BURMA SCORECARD IS GOOD, SO FAR [...] (SBU) Summary: UNFPA, into the second year of its four-year "special program" in Burma, is encouraged by its successes. To help ensure further progress, though, the agency's Rangoon office hopes that a chronic shortage of contraceptives will be remedied in short order. The agency plans to ex [...]	2003-06-05 10:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAID SOCI BM UNFPA NGO
03RANGOON949	NEW BURMA SANCTIONS EQUAL NEW BURMA REFUGEES? [...] (SBU) Summary: The new U.S. sanctions on Burma will have a negative impact on the economy as a whole, and the garment sector in particular. NGOs believe that the unemployment caused by the sharp decline of the garment industry will lead to an increase of trafficking in persons and attempted e [...]	2003-08-08 10:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREF PHUM PGOV BM NGO
03ROME3200	CODEL HYDE DISCUSSIONS ON ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini and Members of the Italian Parliament told CODEL Hyde that improving the transatlantic relationship was a priority for the Italian EU Presidency. Fini said that the GOI recognizes and appreciates the sacrifices America has made to preserv [...]	2003-07-14 12:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EU 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
03ROME3388	EUR A/S JONES DISCUSSIONS WITH PM DIP ADVISOR [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-25 11:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU IT EUN
03ROME4133	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: A SLOW START ON AN [...] (C) Summary. The Italian Government unveiled an ambitious work program for its EU Presidency on July 1. Nine weeks into its Presidency, however, progress in most areas has been slow. Given the extended August break and the December holidays, Italy has, in effect, just over three months to c [...]	2003-09-10 17:42:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PGOV ECON PREL IT EUN
03ROME4158	Ambassador Tony P. Hall in Albania meets regional [...] US Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Tony Hall, visited Albania from August 22-26, 2003. He came at the invitation of Members of the Albanian Parliament and the European regional office of the World Food Program. He participated in the first "Balkan Gathering" with Alb [...]	2003-09-11 14:02:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR AL EU WFP UN
03ROME5665	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY HAS UNEVEN SUCCESS BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Against the backdrop of EU members' continuing divisions over Iraq, Italy's EU Presidency managed to further U.S. interests in fighting terrorism and in keeping the EU's defense and security policy in accord with NATO and the Berlin-Plus agreement - in line with Italy's Presidency [...]	2003-12-19 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IT EUN
03SANAA2142	YEMEN: IAEA DRAFT RESOLUTION AND YEMEN-DEPT ENERGY [...] (u) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (c) Dr. Moustafa Bahran, Chairman of the Yemen National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC),requests U.S. assistance in delivering Yemen's draft resolution for the September 2003 IAEA General Assembly to appropriate USG officials. Bahran sp [...]	2003-08-26 09:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	TRGY TPHY PTER AORC YM IAEA COUNTER TERRORISM ENERGY
03SANTODOMINGO4415	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR [...] The GODR is making progress in implementing its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Updated information for 2003 Trade and Development Act (TDA) reporting purposes follows. BEGIN ANSWERS TO REFTEL QUESTIONS. A) Whether the country has adequate laws and r [...]	2003-08-22 21:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI
03SANTODOMINGO4679	PRESIDENT OF DOMINICAN LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER ALFREDO [...] (SBU) On August 27 newly elected activist Chamber of Deputies President Alfredo Pacheco told Charge d,Affaires and Poloffs he sets a priority on reforming the Penal and Civil Codes. He emphasized ongoing collaboration with new Senate President Jesus Vasquez to develop a joint legislative agend [...]	2003-09-03 20:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR DR
03SANTODOMINGO4763	GODR LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST COMMERCIAL SEXUAL [...] On August 27 the GODR launched a hard-hitting campaign against commercial sexual exploitation of minors. Billboards in beach areas will bear the message, "In the Dominican Republic, we protect our treasures. Our beaches, mountains, monuments and our most precious treasure: our children." The [...]	2003-09-08 13:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS DR
03SANTODOMINGO4990	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ESCALATES EFFORTS AGAINST CHILD [...] (U) On September 9 the Dominican Republic became the second country in Latin America to launch a US Department of Labor-funded Time Bound Program as part of an ongoing effort to eradicate the worst forms of child labor. The launch comes on the heels of an aggressive national campaign, recentl [...]	2003-09-16 19:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB DR
03SANTODOMINGO6166	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANTI-TIP ACTIVITIES SINCE [...] (U) Since passing a comprehensive law against trafficking in persons (TIP) and alien smuggling in August, the GODR has taken steps to prevent trafficking, protect victims and prosecute offenders. New legislation provided impetus for action by government officials, civil society and internatio [...]	2003-10-31 14:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6580	CAFTA LABOR TEAM VISITS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (U) Summary. On November 5-7 an inter-agency team discussed labor issues with the Dominican Republic in advance of free trade negotiations. In meetings with the Minister of Labor, leaders in Congress, civil society, employer federations and emboffs, team leader Assistant USTR Clatanoff stress [...]	2003-11-15 20:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM DR
03SANTODOMINGO6952	WORKPLAN FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - HOW THE UNITED [...] (SBU) At your request in response to my thoughts reftel, I am providing to you in this message my suggestions for a calendar-based plan for U.S. Government actions to exert a positive influence on the economic and political situation in the Dominican Republic. I was heartened by Washington's [...]	2003-12-02 23:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EFIN PHUM MARR DR
03SANTODOMINGO7194	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN [...] (U) DRL PDAS Ambassador Michael Kozak and DRL Office of Multilateral Affairs Deputy Director Lynn Sicade visited the Dominican Republic November 20-22 to build support for the UN Commission on Human Rights, in which the GODR will participate starting next year. Meetings with local governmenta [...]	2003-12-10 17:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL OVIP DR
03SANTODOMINGO7304	ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA ADDRESSES DOMINICAN [...] Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Roger Noriega addressed a joint meeting of the Dominican Congress on December 10 in the Senate chamber. He urged congressional representatives to act quickly on a 2004 budget and he laid out U.S. views on the pending [...]	2003-12-12 21:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OVIP PREL PHUM MARR DR
03STATE34981	REVISED GUIDANCE REGARDING LEAHY AMENDMENTS AND [...] THIS TASKER HAS BEEN CLEARED BY HR/RMA/CSEP FOR SEP POSTS. THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE - SEE PARAGRAPHS 8-13 FOR DETAILS. SUMMARY. 2. (A) THIS CABLE REPRESENTS A REVISION OF PREVIOUS GUIDANCE (REFS A AND B) CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE AND DEFENSE STATUTORY PROVISIONS RELAT [...]	2003-02-06 18:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR
03TEGUCIGALPA1276	INL FY 2002 LAW ENFORCEMENT LETTER OF AGREEMENT AND [...] This is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. Action request for INL: Paragraph three has the proposed text of the INL FY 2002 Law Enforcement Letter of Agreement scheduled to be signed June 11, 2003 by the Ambassador and Honduran Minister of Public Security Oscar Arturo Alvarez. Post r [...]	2003-06-04 21:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID PREL KCRM AFIN AMGT HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1712	MEDIA REACTION ON DRUG TRAFFICKING, JULY 17, 2003 [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 7/17 entitled "National security and narco trafficking". "Drug trafficking and organized crime which have recently established criminal networks in Honduras, closely related to criminal bands in Colombia, have evidenced that the Hond [...]	2003-07-18 22:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
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
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
03TEGUCIGALPA2025	CHILD LABOR IN HONDURAS: INFORMATION FOR THE TRADE [...] Summary. Over the past several months, Labor Attache and other EmbOffs have spoken with government officials, private sector, labor unions, non-governmental organizations, and child advocates regarding the situation of child labor in Honduras. The Embassy has been active in promoting an agend [...]	2003-08-27 14:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID PGOV 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
03TEGUCIGALPA2530	FY 2004 EIPC NOMINATION FOR HONDURAS [...] Per reftel, Embassy Tegucigalpa hereby submits its FY 2004 Enhanced International Peacekeeping Capabilities (EIPC) initiative request. 2. SUMMARY: Honduras is fresh and fertile ground for a new peacekeeping program. As a member of the Coalition of the Willing, Honduras has deployed 370 tr [...]	2003-10-29 17:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KSPR MARR MCAP MOPS PINS 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
03TEGUCIGALPA532	ANTI-CORRUPTION IN HONDURAS--IS RICARDO MADURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Ricardo Maduro enters the second year of his single four-year term in office, the looming question in his professed effort to transform Honduras, economy, judicial system and political environment is whether or not he is prepared to seek concrete results in his battl [...]	2003-02-26 19:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PGOV SNAR ECON PHUM KCRM OVIP HO
03THEHAGUE1837	ICC: PROSECUTOR FOCUSES ON CONGO, DISCLAIMS ANY [...] (U) Summary: On July 16, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC),Luis Moreno-Ocampo, held a press conference in The Hague to discuss information his office has received from around the world about possible areas for ICC inquiry. During the ICC's first year, the Office [...]	2003-07-18 13:37:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KAWC KJUS ICTY KICC
03THEHAGUE1847	OSCE: A/S JONES' MEETINGS IN THE HAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-22 10:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	GG KCRM MD NL PREL UP OSCE
03THEHAGUE1855	A/S JONES' HAGUE VISIT: TRAFFICKING, TERRORISM, [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-22 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB KCRM KHIV KWMN PHUM PTER SMIG SNAR
03THEHAGUE1865	A/S JONES VISIT TO THE HAGUE: MIDDLE EAST AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-23 12:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD IZ NL PREL NATO
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
03THEHAGUE2560	OSCE: DUTCH PLANS FOR MAASTRICHT [...] Summary: In a meeting with visiting Dept. OSCE Coordinator Doug Wake, Dutch OSCE CiO Personal Representative Daan Everts stressed that the GoNL is looking ahead to a successful OSCE Ministerial December 1-2. To add to GoNL efforts throughout 2003, the Dutch are pushing hard for the Secretar [...]	2003-10-06 14:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM NL OSCE
03VATICAN1033	TAIWAN AT THE HOLY SEE: CLINGING TO ITS LAST [...] (U) SUMMARY: WHILE TAIWAN IS WELL AWARE THAT THE HOLY SEE WILL SHIFT ITS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS TO BEIJING AS SOON AS IT CAN; TAIPEI CONTINUES TO USE ITS LAST EMBASSY IN EUROPE TO PRESENT ITSELF AS A MATURE DEMOCRATIC STATE THAT PLAYS A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF DEMOCRACY AND HU [...]	2003-03-13 05:17:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PREL TW VT
03VATICAN283	PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS - WORKING WITH VATICAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES [...] (U) THE HOLY SEE, CATHOLIC DIOCESES WORLDWIDE, AFFILIATED NGO'S AND CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS ORDERS ARE SIGNIFICANT, IF OFTEN OVERLOOKED, PLAYERS IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF EFFORTS. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS IN EFFECT THE WORLD'S LARGEST INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: SO [...]	2003-01-24 10:03:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF PGOV EAGR EAID ECON SMIG TBIO VT
03VATICAN3387	ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES JULY 17 VATICAN MEETINGS [...] (C) VATICAN ACTING FM MONSIGNOR PIETRO PAROLIN TOLD A/S BETH JONES JULY 17 THAT THE HOLY SEE WAS FIRMLY BEHIND THE ROAD MAP, AND HAD APPEALED TO ISRAELI FM SHALOM TO REFRAIN FROM RETALIATION. A/S JONES URGED THE HOLY SEE TO HELP STRENGTHEN ABU MAZEN'S POSITION. THE HOLY SEE REITERATED ITS CO [...]	2003-07-25 11:02:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON TU VT XA RS
03VATICAN4289	SANT EGIDIO CONFERENCE PROMOTES IRAQ, RELIGIOUS [...] (U) At Vatican-sanctioned NGO Sant'Egidio's annual conference on peace and interreligious dialogue September 7-9 in Aachen, Germany, religious and civic leaders from around the world discussed and debated global and regional issues in which religious groups are involved and could be part of a [...]	2003-09-22 12:17:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREL VT
03YEREVAN1214	GOAM WELCOMES MOVE TO TIER II ON TIP REPORT [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) POLOFFS DELIVERED COPIES OF THE 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT TO MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DESK OFFICER AND ACTING INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HEAD (MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR),KARINE SOUDJIAN, JUNE 12 PER INSTRUCTIONS IN [...]	2003-06-13 15:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV AM KTIP
03ZAGREB1399	CROATIA REACTION: 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) We were called in to the Foreign Ministry on June 13 to discuss the recently released 2003 Trafficking in Persons report. Dubravka Simonovic, Head of the Human Rights section in the Department for UN and Human Rights, asked for an explanation of why Croatia was placed as a tier 2 country [...]	2003-06-18 13:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL HR
03ZAGREB213	IMPLEMENTATION OF USAID POLICIES AND PROGRAMS ON [...] SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, USAID/CROATIA IS CURRENTLY FUNDING TWO ACTIVITIES FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) AND ONE FOR HIV/AIDS AND PLANS TO FUND TWO ADDITIONAL HIV/AIDS ACTIVITIES IN MID-MARCH. ALL PROGRAMS AND PUBLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE CONTRACTS APPROPRIATELY REFLECT USG P [...]	2003-01-30 13:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI HR
03ZAGREB2173	CROATIA SUPPORTS PSI [...] On September 18, at a meeting with representatives of embassies of all eleven PSI states, Croatia's Foreign Ministry made an informal declaration of support for PSI principles, but asked questions about the legal framework for PSI and about plans for PSI infrastructure (ref a). After receipt [...]	2003-10-07 15:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS HR NATO
03ZAGREB523	"ADRIATIC 3" FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING, DUBROVNIK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ALBANIAN, CROATIAN AND MACEDONIAN FOREIGN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00523 01 OF 02 111302Z MINISTERS MET BRIEFLY IN DUBROVNIK MARCH 7 TO CONFIRM THE "ADRIATIC CHARTER" DRAFT TEXT (ALREADY WITH DEPARTMENT),ISSUE A DECLARATION AND GIVE THE I [...]	2003-03-11 12:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HR AL MK IZ NATO
03ZAGREB836	ANOTHER PROBLEM SOLVED? -- CROATIA FLOATS NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOC INITIATED A COMMENT AND DISCUSSION PERIOD FOR A DRAFT NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR ROMA IN MARCH, AND WOULD LIKE TO FINALIZE THE PLAN BY THE FALL. NGOS TELL US THE DRAFT PLAN IS A WELCOME EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE SEVERE OBSTACLES FACED BY THE ROMA IN CROATIA, BUT FALLS SHORT ON TH [...]	2003-04-15 15:47:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM HR
04ABUDHABI1809	UAE TO REBUT ICFTU CAMEL JOCKEY REPORT AT ILO GENEVA [...] SUMMARY: During this week's ILO 92nd Session in Geneva, the UAE Minister of Labor and Social Affairs will rebut allegations that the UAE is not doing enough to curb the employment of underage foreign boys as camel jockeys. The UAEG will use the forum to highlight the UAE's progress over the ye [...]	2004-06-02 06:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC
04ABUDHABI1832	UAE: ABU DHABI POLICE COLLEGE HOSTS ANTI-TIP [...] SUMMARY. The Abu Dhabi Police Officers' Training Institute, in coordination with the Police Research Center and the Office of the U/S of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),held a training symposium entitled "Combating Human Trafficking" May 24-25. Thirteen law enforcement specialists from severa [...]	2004-06-02 13:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI2034	UAE - REACTIONS TO TIP REPORT [...] (C) Summary: UAE Government officials have responded relatively positively to the annual Trafficking in Persons report despite the fact that the UAE was dropped from Tier 1 to Tier 2. The prevailing sentiment has been that the demotion - a year after the UAE's unprecedented jump from Tier 3 t [...]	2004-06-21 14:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM PREF TC
04ABUDHABI2514	ABU DHABI POLOFF TO PARTICIPATE IN SEPTEMBER [...] Abu Dhabi Human Rights Reporting Officer Susan Raddant looks forward to participating in the first DRL Human Rights Officers Conference September 28-29 in Washington, D.C. Our Political Section has already notified DRL of Poloff's attendance via email, and suggested ideas for additional issue [...]	2004-07-28 10:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI3209	TIP CASES SHOW UAE STILL CHALLENGED [...] (U) This is an action request for G/TIP and NEA/ARPI country desk, please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A number of recent trafficking cases in the UAE point to the continuing challenges in the TIP arena here. There is a growing difference in views between Dubai police and public prosec [...]	2004-09-16 06:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TC IN NP RP
04ABUDHABI3742	CHILD CAMEL JOCKEY DEATH UNCOVERS MORE CHALLENGES [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-20 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PK PREL TC
04ABUDHABI3925	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL THOMAS TO THE UAE [...] (U) Chairman Thomas: On behalf of Ambassador Sison, I would like to welcome you and your delegation to the UAE. Your visit comes during a dynamic period in the U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship. I understand that you have been briefed on the UAE, so I just wanted to highlight some issues for y [...]	2004-11-01 13:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TC

04ABUDHABI3937	TOP ABU DHABI LEADERSHIP DECREES USE OF CHILD CAMEL JOCKEYS WILL STOP [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 07:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI4332	ABU DHABI POLICE COLLEGE HOSTS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary: The Abu Dhabi Police Officers, Training Institute, in coordination with the Police Research and Studies Center and the Ministry of Interior (MOI),held a training symposium entitled &Police and Human Rights8 November 27-28. Seven speakers from different branches of the MOI, Interpol, [...]	2004-11-30 12:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PREL SA TC
04ABUDHABI4418	UAE OPENS FIRST CAMEL JOCKEY SHELTER AND REHABILITATION CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UAEG, in cooperation with the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust Association (a Pakistani NGO),opened the region,s first shelter and rehabilitation center for rescued child camel jockeys on December 2 near Abu Dhabi. Sixteen boys are already housed in the shelter, which can hold up [...]	2004-12-06 13:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BG PHUM PK PREL TC
04ABUDHABI4467	UAE: U.S.-EU DIALOGUE [...] The U.S. and EU embassies in Abu Dhabi held a dialogue on reform in the Middle East December 8. At the request of the EU Ambassadors, the meeting was held at the DCM level. Fourteen EU missions sent representatives. (Note: This session followed a September 28 COM-level U.S.-EU meeting on the [...]	2004-12-08 13:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KDEM PGOV PREL 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
04ABUDHABI4660	G/TIP DISCUSSIONS IN UAE ON CAMEL JOCKEYS: UAEG [...] (C) Summary: G/TIP NEA/SA Reports Officer Feleke Assefa visited the UAE December 10-13 to follow up allegations raised in the October 19 Home Box Office (HBO) program about the UAE,s continuing use of underage foreign boys as camel jockeys, despite a 2002 ban on the practice. Assefa met with [...]	2004-12-20 12:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL 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
04ABUDHABI721	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS' VISIT TO THE UAE, [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your March 21 visit for the second U.S.-UAE Bilateral Strategic Partnership meeting. Your Emirati interlocutors also are eager to see you. We have requested meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Mi [...]	2004-03-14 13:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON AF IR IS IZ TC
04ABUDHABI814	TRIP READOUT - G/TIP VISIT TO UAE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From February 11 to 15, G/TIP Senior Coordinator for Reports Mark Taylor and NEA/RA Desk Officer Nahide Bayrasli visited the UAE to update information for the 2004 Trafficking in Persons Report. The meetings were very informative, and the team stated on several occasions that [...]	2004-03-22 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUJA1440	ANTI-TRAFFICKING AGENCY ARRESTS AND DISPLAYS TWO [...] Summary. At a press conference on August 10, Nigeria's anti-trafficking agency announced the arrests of two "juju men" (practitioners of fetish magic). The two juju men were used to facilitate prostitution and trafficking by scaring victims to silence. The following week, the agency announ [...]	2004-08-20 11:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG ELAB PHUM KWMN PGOV NI HUMANRIGHTS
04ABUJA167	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: NIGERIA [...] The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the 2003-4 edition of the Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record. Begin text. Nigeria held multiparty general elections in 2003, the second since the end of military rule in 1998, returning President Obasanjo to another four- [...]	2004-02-03 14:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM NI
04ACCRA1417	FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING: SOME SUCCESS, BUT [...] The scope of the problem of child trafficking in Ghana is difficult to ascertain due to a lack of concise data and an accurate census of impacted areas. NGOs close to the issue estimate the number of children working in hazardous conditions, particularly in the Volta River fishing villages, as [...]	2004-07-07 13:41:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KWMN PHUM SMIG
04ACCRA1720	GHANA: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] This cable responds to the action in reftel to provide information on child labor for mandatory DOL reporting requirements. The information is presented in question/answer format based on the questions asked in reftel. 2. Post's responses are as follows: a) Does the country have adequate [...]	2004-08-24 08:16:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM EIND ETRD SOCI GH AID
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
04ACCRA2146	USG'S ROLE IN URGING GHANA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Legislation prohibiting human trafficking in Ghana has been waiting in the wings for almost three years. In post's continued efforts to encourage passage of this legislation, we do not feel the delay reflects a lack of political will to fight human trafficking. Rather, it reflects bureau [...]	2004-11-01 09:06:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM 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
04ADANA132	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY OCTOBER 01, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 01, 2004. 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/SABA [...]	2004-10-04 06:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA136	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, OCTOBER 6, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 06, 2004. 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. ZAMAN: In Adana, poli [...]	2004-10-06 13:32:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA141	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,OCTOBER 15, 2004 PART II [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 14:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ 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
04AMMAN7344	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS POSTED TO EMBASSY AMMAN [...] Per reftel A, this message confirms that the relevant English language texts of the human rights reports have been posted to the U.S. Embassy Amman website. The locally prepared Arabic translation of the 2003 Human Rights Report for Jordan will be posted to the website as soon as recent damage [...]	2004-09-02 09:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO JO
04AMMAN842	JORDAN: HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY IN 2003/4 [...] Post is providing the following report on actions taken by the USG in Jordan during 2003 and January 2004. This information is keyed to the requirements of reftel para 6. 2. Begin text: A) Jordan has a history of restrictions on freedom of speech, press, assembly, and association, a weak [...]	2004-02-04 11:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM JO
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
04ANKARA127	CHARGE DISCUSSES ANTI-TIP EFFORTS WITH MFA [...] (U) Summary: Charge and Poloff met January 6 with MFA Deputy U/S Ertay and MFA Deputy DG Topcuoglu to discuss GOT efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and the upcoming State Department TIP Report. Topcuoglu said neither the GOT nor its NGO partner have been able to secure funding to [...]	2004-01-08 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA1595	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: PROGRESS IN TURKEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: G/TIP officer and Emboff met with government and non-government organizations in Ankara and Trabzon February 23-24 to explore Turkey's progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP). An MFA official anti-TIP noted progress in training programs, provision of humanitarian visa [...]	2004-03-17 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2007	MFA MAKES CASE FOR ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) In separate April 5 discussions with Turkish MP Egemen Bagis and MFA Director General of Consular Affairs Murat Ersavci, the Ambassador raised concerns about the GOT's silence on specific anti-trafficking efforts. The Ambassador engaged Bagis and Ersavci on repeated requests for inform [...]	2004-04-06 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2076	Trafficking in Persons: HRDF Reports Recent [...] To establish a network among non-governmental organizations in Turkey and regional countries affected by human trafficking; 2. To provide training for government officers to refresh and consolidate on the recent amendments of Turkish Penal Code an [...]	2004-04-09 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2138	Trafficking in Persons: IOM Reports Recent [...] (U) SUMMARY: In April 9 discussions with Emboff, IOM Chief of Mission Regina Boucault cited 1) ongoing anti-TIP training for Turkish law enforcement officials, and 2) implementation of a victim referral agreement between the Ministry of Interior and Turkey's leading TIP NGO as continuing evide [...]	2004-04-13 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2152	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 13 meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman, visiting USDOJ Civil Rights Division Chief Al Moskowitz discussed USG efforts to combat trafficking in the United States, noting success in USG methods for 1) identifying victims, 2) disti [...]	2004-04-14 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2189	AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM, TIP, AMCIT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with Justice Minister Cicek, the Ambassador praised GOT human rights reforms and encouraged further progress in the run-up to the December EU Summit. He recommended the Embassy and GOT establish a regular exchange of information on trafficking in persons (T [...]	2004-04-15 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EINV KCRM KWMN JO TU
04ANKARA2198	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION [...] (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 local FSN tr [...]	2004-04-16 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2345	EXBS: DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TRAINING AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EXPERTS FROM DOE/NNSA AND DOE LABS HELD NUCLEAR EXPORT-RELATED CONSULTATIONS AND TRAINING IN TURKEY THE WEEK OF MARCH 15, 2004. THE USG TEAM PRESENTED A 2-DAY NUCLEAR-RELATED COMMODITY IDENTIFICATION TRAINING (CIT) SEMINAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 24 REPRESENTATIVES OF TURKISH GOVERN [...]	2004-04-26 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA3048	TIP: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, MAY 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about GOT anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in national and international news media. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish unless otherwise noted) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-06-02 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA340	INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU ON ANTI-TERROR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In Jan. 16 meeting with Interior Minister Aksu, Ambassador highlighted USG interest in strengthening counter terrorism cooperation and intelligence sharing with the GOT. Aksu asserted CT relations with Syria are improving, committed to instituting passenger and baggage checks to [...]	2004-01-20 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY TU
04ANKARA3673	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JUNE 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about Turkey- specific anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press clips. Text of any articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation, unless otherwise noted. 2 [...]	2004-06-29 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3675	TIP IN TURKEY: JOINT OPERATION RESULTS IN ARRESTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish National Police (TNP) officials confirmed press reports (reftel) that a joint anti-TIP Turkish-Romanian Police operation (Mirage 2004) netted an international trafficking ring and freed seven Romanian TIP victims ages 17 to 20. TNP Foreigners, Borders and Asylum Department [...]	2004-06-29 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3724	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 11:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4141	TIP IN TURKEY: UPDATED MFA COUNTRY REPORT ON HUMAN [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following Human Smuggling Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report is available on-line at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http:/ [...]	2004-07-28 07:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4147	TIP IN TURKEY: UPDATED MFA COUNTRY REPORT ON [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report is available on-line at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http://www.mfa.gov [...]	2004-07-28 09:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
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
04ANKARA42	1/6/04 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The following are recent developments related to trafficking in persons (TIP) in Turkey: ----------------- IOM Pilot Program ----------------- 2. (U) The Ankara office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has drafted a proposal for a USD 1.2 million pilot projec [...]	2004-01-06 09:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM KFRD PREF PREL PGOV TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4267	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-30 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4273	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 16-31, 2004 [...] (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 not published in English is provided through unofficial local FSN translation or otherwise noted sources. 2. (U) Published July 28, 20 [...]	2004-08-02 08:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
04ANKARA4284	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, JULY 24-26, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 24-26, 2004. 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. Ulkede Ozgur Gundem, [...]	2004-08-02 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4317	TIP IN TURKEY: GOT APPROACHES EGYPTIAN EMBASSY FOR [...] (C) In a July 27 meeting with Emboff, Embassy of Egypt Second Secretary Ahmed El Sayed confirmed Turkish anti-TIP officials approached Egyptian Ambassador Ahamad Fathallah to propose a formal law enforcement and intelligence cooperation agreement between security officials from both government [...]	2004-08-03 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EG KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4448	TIP IN TURKEY: POLICE GUIDEBOOK ON TIP [...] (U) In an August 5 meeting at the Turkish Security Directorate, Foreigners Department Assistant Director Murat Oz provided para 2 text of the Turkish Security Directorate's anti-TIP guidebook. Oz told Emboff that the guidebook was published by the Security Directorate and dis [...]	2004-08-09 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4502	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH-AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In November 2003, an Australian Coast Guard patrol intercepted an Indonesian smuggling vessel carrying 14 Turkish citizens. By July 2004, Australian Federal Police (AFP) agents had traced the human smuggling network organizers to Turkey, where smugglers and witnesses were engage [...]	2004-08-11 08:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4526	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-11 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4544	TIP IN TURKEY: VISITING ARMENIAN DELEGATION TRIES [...] Summary: Visiting Armenian TIP-NGO Hope and Help and IOM Armenia Program Officer have briefed us on meetings with reps from Turkish NGOs, Armenian religious and media organizations, and Georgia's diplomatic mission in Turkey. Hope and Help rep described her meetings as "the first steps" in est [...]	2004-08-12 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU AM TIP IN TURKEY
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
04ANKARA4808	TIP IN TURKEY: ANTI-TIP NGO HRDF BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. In August meetings with Emboff, Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) Board Chairman Turgut Tokus outlined past and present progress to bring HRDF's TIP victims shelter on-line. He characterized support from the GOT, particularly the MOI and the MFA, as excellent and than [...]	2004-08-25 08:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5002	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 15- [...] (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 26, 2004 by Minsk Belaru [...]	2004-09-03 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5205	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 1-15, [...] (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 10, 2004 by Turkish l [...]	2004-09-15 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5596	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-29 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR 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
04ANKARA5750	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, September 2004 [...] (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 28, 2004 by the Anato [...]	2004-10-07 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
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
04ANKARA5789	TIP IN TURKEY: NEW PENAL CODE REVISIONS STIFFEN [...] (U) On October 11, 2004, Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer signed into law revisions to the Turkish Penal Code (TPC) which, among other measures, prescribe harsher penalties for human trafficking. Penalties range from eight to twelve years of imprisonment (up from five to ten years in ear [...]	2004-10-12 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5860	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 7-14, 2004 [...] (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 October 14, 2004 by the Anatoli [...]	2004-10-15 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5968	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO MOLDOVA [...] SUMMARY. Turkish Ambassador to Moldova Fatma Topcuoglu delivered the following speech at a 2-day conference on human trafficking in Chisinau, Moldova. END SUMMARY. 2. BEGIN TRANSCRIPT OF PREPARED REMARKS: SPEECH DELIVERED BY H.E. FATMA FIRAT TOPCUOGLU AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKE [...]	2004-10-20 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6072	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING EFFORTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to G/TIP inquires about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following October 2004 TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report will be published on-line at the MFA website at http://www.mf [...]	2004-10-26 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6150	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 14-31, 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 October 31, 2004 by [...]	2004-11-01 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6309	TIP IN TURKEY: ISTANBUL SHELTER REPORTS SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Anti-TIP NGOs International Office for Migration (IOM) and Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) reported the first successful repatriation this week of 3 Ukrainian trafficking victims through the Istanbul Human Trafficking Shelter. The event simultaneously highlighted m [...]	2004-11-08 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6366	TIP IN TURKEY: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
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
04ANKARA663	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY, 2003-4 [...] (U) In response to reftel, the following is Mission's contribution to the 2003-4 edition of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record." 2. (U) Turkey is a constitutional republic with a multiparty parliamentary system and a president with limited powers elected by the single [...]	2004-02-05 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP TU
04ANKARA6649	GOT Concerns on Some Aspects of CSI [...] (SBU) At briefings on the Container Security Initiative by visiting Immigration, Customs and Enforcement Attache, Turkish officials reaffirmed their interest in the program, but expressed sensitivities about stationing U.S. personnel in Turkish customs areas and said a bilateral agreement woul [...]	2004-12-01 07:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA 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
04ANKARA6687	TIP IN TURKEY: MFA REPORTS INTERIM PROGRESS [...] The National Task Force on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, established in October 2002, held its 7th meeting on November 3, 2004, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Mr. Murat Ersavci, the D.G. of Consular and Social Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The representatives participa [...]	2004-12-02 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU
04ANKARA6691	TIP IN TURKEY: EMERGENCY HOTLINE OPERATIONAL [...] (U) On December 2, 2004, Turk Telekom connected Turkey's first toll-free hotline (90-0800-211-6065) for victims of human trafficking. Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) staff will initially field calls from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday until Russian- and Turkish-la [...]	2004-12-02 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6692	TIP IN TURKEY: SHELTERED VICTIM LEADS POLICE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Characterizing the events that led to the arrest of at least one human trafficking network member in Corum, Turkey as a "real success story for the shelter," Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) Executive Director Demet Gural told Emboff that an Azeri victim resident at t [...]	2004-12-02 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6801	TIP IN TURKEY: JANDARMA REQUESTS TECH ASSISTANCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A November 23-27 International Office on Migration (IOM) TIP workshop in Adana, Turkey highlighted the Jandarma's struggling but developing ground-level ability to investigate and prosecute trafficking crimes. According to IOM trainers (para 4) and TIP-NGO victim counselors (re [...]	2004-12-07 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	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
04ANKARA6865	TIP: GOT PUSHING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTOCOLS [...] (U) During a visit to Ankara led by US Embassy Chisinau in November (septel),a Moldovan anti-TIP government delegation heard high-handed criticism from Turkish interlocutors about Moldova's failure to respond to a GOT-proposed anti-TIP protocol (para 3). The draft protocol, according to MFA D [...]	2004-12-10 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6938	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, DECEMBER 1-14, 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 December 12, 2004 by [...]	2004-12-14 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA7044	DEC. 12 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) In policy discussions with the Turkish General Staff during the Dec. 12 meeting of the Caucasus Working Group, DASD James MacDougall urged Turkey to consider how we might change our approach to the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The TGS representatives believed the Minsk Group had failed [...]	2004-12-20 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS
04ANKARA7067	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (C) You arrive at a time when Turkey, having secured a 2005 start date for EU accession negotiations, will have begun to wake up warily to the enormous challenges entailed by harmonization. You arrive as well in a Turkey where much of the public, fed massive, continuing disinformation by an a [...]	2004-12-20 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ ECON TU
04ANKARA7190	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-29 05:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA792	MEETING OF THE COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP IN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, on Jan. 29 DCM convened a meeting of the Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) to discuss anti-terrorism programs in Turkey. Reps from all G-8 countries and from Australia, Spain and Switzerland attended. A representative from the EU Commission could not attend but [...]	2004-02-10 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA959	PRESSING TURKISH MFA ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Jan. 27 Polcouns and Poloff paid introductory call Haldun Otman, newly-appointed MFA Deputy Director General of Consular Affairs, to press the GOT to follow through on recent efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Polcouns noted that the USG last year upgraded Turkey from Tier III [...]	2004-02-19 10:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PREL KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
04BOGOTA10484	SUCRE DEPARTMENT: STRUGGLING WITH SECURITY AND [...] (C) During a visit to Sincelejo, capital of Sucre Department, Embassy officials observed that security is improving only slowly in this traditionally violent area, where the Uribe administration briefly gave the police and military state-of-emergency powers in 2002. The notorious Montes de Ma [...]	2004-10-12 14:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM ASEC PINR SNAR CO
04BOGOTA1067	MAJOR COLOMBIAN PRINT MEDIA TRENDS FALL 2003 [...] This report on Colombian media covers the period September - November 2003. In this time frame, major Colombian print media (dailies El Tiempo, El Nuevo Siglo, La Republica, and Portafolio, and weeklies El Espectador, Semana, and Cambio) published 88 editorials, op-eds, and other signed commen [...]	2004-02-03 13:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
04BOGOTA1092	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] This is in response to reftel request. ---------------------------- Human Rights Strategy Report ---------------------------- 2. Although Colombia is a democracy, a major internal armed conflict financed by drug trafficking and other criminal activities has created an environment in whic [...]	2004-02-03 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP EAID CO
04BOGOTA11205	RESTREPO OUTLINES AUC DEMOBILIZATION PROCESS TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo presented the government's demobilization plan for the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) to the diplomatic corps. Seven AUC groups will demobilize between November 3 and December 18 and the GOC continues to insist [...]	2004-11-02 14:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER SNAR PHUM KJUS CO AUC
04BOGOTA11339	THE UN'S FUTURE IN COLOMBIA \ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with UN special advisor on \ Colombia James LeMoyne at the latter's request on October 28 \ and 30. LeMoyne said that the EU would release a new policy \ paper on Colombia in January 2005 which would lead to an more \ engaged approach. On demobilization, LeMoyne repor [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CO
04BOGOTA11548	ANDEAN SECURITY CONFERENCE COLOMBIA SCENESETTER [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 17:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PTER KJUS CO
04BOGOTA12829	DAS SHAPIRO AND PDAS FARRAR MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...] (U) December 15, 2004, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Presidential Palace, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- WHA DAS Charles Shapiro INL PDAS Jonathan Farrar Ambassador William B. Wood David Henifin, WHA/AND Deputy Director Al Matano, INL/LP Deputy Director Craig Conway, POL (notetaker) C [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PTER PHUM CO VE BR UN
04BOGOTA12846	DAS SHAPIRO AND PDAS FARRAR MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...] (U) December 15, 2004, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Presidential Palace, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- WHA DAS Charles Shapiro INL PDAS Jonathan Farrar Ambassador William B. Wood David Henifin, WHA/AND Deputy Director Al Matano, INL/LP Deputy Director Craig Conway, POL (notetaker) C [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PTER PHUM CO VE BR UN
04BOGOTA12984	DAS SHAPIRO AND DAS FARRAR MEET WITH DEFENSE [...] (U) December 16, 2004, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Ministry of Defense, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- INL DAS Jonathan Farrar WHA DAS Charles Shapiro Ambassador William B. Wood Al Matano, INL/LP Deputy Director David Henifin, Deputy Director for WHA/AND Jeff DeLaurentis, POLCOUNS Phyl [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR ASEC PINR PREL CO
04BOGOTA13087	GOC PRESENTS HUMAN RIGHTS STATUS REPORT TO G-24 [...] (SBU) On December 15, President Uribe, Vice President Santos and several other GOC officials presented a human rights status report to the G-24 Ambassadors and NGO representatives in preparation for the London Declaration follow-up conference in Cartagena on February 3-4, 2005. The proceeding [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER EAID CO
04BOGOTA144	CODEL FRIST'S MEETINGS IN BOGOTA [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 5, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist met separately with Minister of Defense Jorge Alberto Uribe Echavarria, Minister of Foreign Relations Carolina Barco, and Vice Minister of Trade Claudia Maria Uribe. Senator Frist also had the opportunity to discuss the upcoming fr [...]	2004-01-07 23:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD KSUM PHUM PINR PREL PTER CO CODEL
04BOGOTA153	SENATOR FRIST'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Ambassador Wood met with President Uribe in Cartagena on January 4. Uribe made a pitch for additional helicopters and more efficient delivery of spare parts and inquired about the possibility of A-10 Warthogs for the counternarcotics fight. [...]	2004-01-08 17:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER SNAR ECON CO EC MX PGOV
04BOGOTA1703	PLAN COLOMBIA PHASE II [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. THE GOC HAS PRESENTED EMBASSY WITH A FINAL DRAFT OF ITS PLAN COLOMBIA PHASE II, 2006-10, DOCUMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY PRESIDENT URIBE AND HIS CABINET. GOC AND EMBASSY SOLICIT WASHINGTON AGENCY POLICY REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE DOCUMENT. PLEA [...]	2004-02-18 20:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CO PGOV
04BOGOTA1704	APPREHENSION IN URABA FOR AUC DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: On January 29, a USAID contracting team tasked to analyze the GOC's demobilization plans for the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC),USAID personnel, and poloff visited Apartado, in the Uraba region of Antioquia Department. The GOC expects to implement an AUC demobiliza [...]	2004-02-18 20:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR SNAR CO AUC
04BOGOTA2198	GOC HARD LINE ON DEMOBILIZATION MAKES [...] (C) The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia's (AUC) Centauros Bloc -- which is heavily invested in drug trafficking and involved in a struggle with a rival paramilitary bloc over control of territory and narcotics interests -- publicly announced it will not demobilize without firm GOC secur [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS SNAR CO
04BOGOTA2199	COLOMBIA - ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Kiersten Stiansen, phone number (571) 383-2122, fax number (571) 315-2163. Approximate amount of time spent to prepare this report: 30 hours. -------- Overview -------- 2. Colombia is a significant source of tr [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO
04BOGOTA3096	INL A/S Charles Visit to Colombia [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The March 12-15 visit to Colombia by INL A/S Robert Charles combined field visits to NAS-supported counter- narcotics and law enforcement programs and briefings and meetings hosted by key GOC leaders. In his conv [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PTER PREL XM
04BOGOTA3872	A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF COLOMBIA'S SECURITY SITUATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-16 21:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ASEC SNAR PTER CO
04BOGOTA4214	COLOMBIA'S DEBATE OVER MASS DETENTIONS [...] (C) Some human rights NGOs oppose the GOC's policy of large-scale detentions. The GOC, however, insists that such detentions are consistent with legal norms and points out that between 60 and 70 percent of persons arrested in such operations remain in custody based on judicially-sanctioned or [...]	2004-04-26 16:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ELAB PROP MOPS CO
04BOGOTA4448	U/S GROSSMAN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) On April 29, U/S Grossman and SOUTHCOM Commander met President Uribe, Minister of Defense Uribe, and the acting Foreign Minister. Ambassador also attended. U/S Grossman underscored continuing U.S. support for consolidation of Plan Colombia and for Plan Patriota. He expressed support for [...]	2004-04-30 20:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER PREL PHUM SNAR PINS CO

04BOGOTA4633	SECURITY FORCES PLEDGE TO INVESTIGATE MISHAPS AND [...] (C) Over the past month, the security forces have committed serious errors, including friendly fire events, accidental civilian killings, and incidents involving possible drug-related corruption. Once incident in particular has exacerbated already tense police-military relations. The GOC has [...]	2004-05-06 19:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PINR ASEC CO
04BOGOTA5077	GOC INITIATES INTERAGENCY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Three months ago the GOC, with SOUTHCOM assistance, established the Coordination Center for Integrated Action (CCAI). The Center is directed by presidential adviser and International Assistance Coordinator Luis Alfonso Hoyos and is staffed by more than ten ministries and agencies. It will [...]	2004-05-18 15:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER PREL PINS CO
04BOGOTA9311	ILO STUDY: REMOVING POLITICS FROM LABOR RELATIONS [...] (C) The relationship between labor violence and political activity is widely accepted by labor leaders and academics in Colombia. For many trade unionists, unions act as surrogate political parties and avenues for political activity. Because illegal armed groups perceive trade unionists, part [...]	2004-09-14 21:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD PTER CO ILO
04BOGOTA9676	VIOLENCE IN CALI ON THE RISE [...] (C) In mid September, Emboffs discussed security issues with local officials in Cali, capital of Valle del Cauca Department. Despite an overall improvement in most security indicators, the murder rate in the department has increased substantially this year. A combination of several factors h [...]	2004-09-23 15:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID MOPS PINR SNAR CO PHUM PREL
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
04BRASILIA1018	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL POL-MIL [...] (C) Summary: Mission warmly welcomes your visit to Brazil. Much is changing in Brazil. Under President Lula there has been renewed focus on social issues and structural reform; economic performance, meanwhile, has been mixed. Urban crime poses an increasing threat to public security. The m [...]	2004-04-28 15:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA2129	AMBASSADOR SICHAN SIV'S BRASILIA MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Brazilian Foreign Ministry officials assured Ambassador Siv that Brazil will wholeheartedly back the USG TIP agenda item at the 59th UNGA, but sounded more ambivalent on the four other U.S. UNGA initiatives (Ref C). To Ambassador Siv's suggestion that UNHCR has become a group mingling " [...]	2004-08-24 19:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC SOCI BR UNGA UN
04BRASILIA2781	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S TRIP TO [...] (C) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Manaus. Your arrival comes on the heels of a major shakeup in Brazil's Ministry of Defense. The resignation of Minister Jose Viegas and his replacement on November 8 by Vice President Jose Alencar is intended to repair a r [...]	2004-11-08 20:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA623	BRAZIL: CJCS MEETING WITH INSTITUTIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazil's senior security and intelligence official, Institutional Security Minister Jorge Felix, told visiting CJCS Myers on 10 March in Brasilia that narcotrafficking poses a grave threat to Brazilian national security. The threat is manifest in international arms-for-drugs traf [...]	2004-03-16 12:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	BR MARR MCAP MOPS PINR PREL PTER SNAR POL MIL
04BRATISLAVA1138	SLOVAKIA: NARCOTICS REPORT PART I [...] SLOVAKIA LIES AT THE CROSSROADS OF TWO MAJOR DRUG TRANSIT ROUTES, THE TRADITIONAL EAST-WEST ROUTES FROM UKRAINE AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE HISTORIC "BALKAN ROUTE," WHICH RUNS FROM SOUTHWEST ASIA TO TURKEY AND ON TO GERMANY, FRANCE, AND OTHER WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. THE GOS IS A PAR [...]	2004-12-21 11:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM LO
04BRATISLAVA1154	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP DECEMBER 23, 2004 [...] (C) Michaela Blanarova, Assistant to HZDS Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Viliam Veteska and HZDS Foreign Policy Advisor, told emboffs December 16 that Veteska is considering proposing an increase in the number of Slovak deminers in Iraq. She did not have any further details a [...]	2004-12-23 14:01:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM 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
04BRATISLAVA51	TRAFFICKING VICTIM TELLS HER STORY [...] Summary: A Slovak woman came to Embassy Bratislava to provide details on her ordeal of being a victim of human trafficking and how she used fraudulent documents to enter and remain in the U.S. between 1998 and 2003. Conoff and poloff initially interviewed the subject on December 29, 2003. RSO [...]	2004-01-16 06:07:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PGOV KJUS LO
04BRATISLAVA700	Slovakia's Priorities for the UNGA [...] SUMMARY. Slovakia will follow the EU position at the UNGA on all US priorities except cloning. Slovakia expects to win the region's 2006/2007 non-permanent Security Council seat as no other state in the region has voiced its candidacy. END SUMMARY. Slovakia on U.S. Priorities ----------- [...]	2004-07-23 05:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AORC LO UNGA UN
04BRUSSELS1911	EU AGREES ON ASYLUM PROCEDURES DIRECTIVE [...] The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on April 29 reached political agreement on a draft Directive imposing minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status. Coupled with the formal adoption of the Asylum Qualification Directive on the same day, t [...]	2004-05-03 13:40:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL CMGT CVIS SMIG KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2180	EU-UKRAINE: CONDITIONING ENHANCED TIES ON [...] (C) Summary. After a delay due to internal EU friction, the EU hopes to complete negotiation on an "Action Plan" for Ukraine in time for the July EU-Ukraine summit. The plan will list political and economic reforms that Ukraine will undertake, in return for reciprocal EU steps to bring Ukra [...]	2004-05-19 13:46:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UP EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2196	EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: KEY RETURNING MEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the campaign now in full swing, almost all of the party lists for the June 10-13 European elections have been released in the 25 EU member states. This message describes some of the influential members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who, based on their party-list rankin [...]	2004-05-24 13:32:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2437	EU CONTRIBUTION TO "SOCIAL BENEFITS OF [...] The EU Commission recently tabled a series of recommendations presented as its contribution to securing the social benefits of globalization. On the internal (EU) front, the Commission advocates full implementation of the Lisbon strategy to maintain Europe's competitiveness, calling for heav [...]	2004-06-07 14:08:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ELAB ILO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3059	US-EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS LOOK AT UPCOMING ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. US-EU Political Director consultations in Brussels on July 13 discussed a broad agenda including summit follow-up, and compared notes on Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Central Asia. EUR A/S Jones told the EU now is not the time to lift its arms embargo on China, and urged the EU, [...]	2004-07-19 07:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS ETRD MASS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3190	EU ON UNGA PRIORITIES, ATTENDEES [...] (C) Summary: EU officials welcomed early consultation on UNGA priorities and highlighted shared interest in combating human trafficking and reducing the number of Middle East resolutions -- although they underscored several times that this would be best achieved by resolving the underlying r [...]	2004-07-27 11:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC KSEP OVIP OTRA UN UNGA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4181	THE STABILITY PACT: PRESSING REFORM THROUGH [...] (SBU) With South Eastern Europe facing a decisive year in 2005, the Stability Pact (SP) continues to generate pressure for further political and economic reforms in the region and to draw the region closer to European and Euro-Atlantic integration. The Pact is complementing its ongoing efforts [...]	2004-09-30 08:50:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4619	NEW EU PROGRAM FOR FREEDOM, SECURITY AND [...] EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on October 25 reached broad agreement on a new multi- annual program for strengthening freedom, security and justice in the EU for the next five years. The prevention and repression of terrorism will be a key element of the plan, which provides [...]	2004-10-26 14:01:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SMIG PREF CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BUENOSAIRES2228	WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR 2004 UPDATE [...] In 2002, the Ministry of Labor estimated that 7.1 percent of children ages 5 to 14 were working in Argentina. Such statistics have not been updated to reflect the severity and consequences of the 2001 economic crisis. According to the Minister of Health, there are more children than adults [...]	2004-08-04 13:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI KOCI KWMN ELAB AR
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
04CARACAS2027	NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS HELD IN PRISON KILLINGS [...] (U) The Bolivar state appeals court June 7 ordered four National Guardsmen be detained pending trial for murder. The four are suspected of executing seven prisoners and wounding 200 in the Vista Hermosa prison November 10, 2003. A lower court had set the four free March 9, 2004. The case is be [...]	2004-06-18 20:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS2059	TIP REPORT: GOV REACTS INDIGNANTLY [...] (U) NUMEROUS GOV OFFICIALS RESPONDED WITH INDIGNATION AND CONDEMNATION TOWARD THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, WHICH LISTED VENEZUELA AS A TIER 3 COUNTRY. THE FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCUSED THE U.S. OF SERIOUS TRAFFICKING AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF ITS OWN. GOV A [...]	2004-06-22 20:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2147	TITLE III LIBERTAD ACT WAIVER: VENEZUELA [...] (C) VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ IS PERHAPS THE CLOSEST INTERNATIONAL ALLY OF FIDEL CASTRO. THE TWO NATIONS' TRADE RELATIONSHIP IS BASED ON VENEZUELA'S CONCESSIONARY PETROLEUM EXPORTS TO CUBA. THE GOV HAS NOT TAKEN ANY STEPS OF WHICH POST IS AWARE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS TO ADVANCE DEMOCR [...]	2004-07-01 21:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETTC KDEM VE
04CARACAS3025	MFA RESPONDS TO TIP DEMARCHE [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche regarding trafficking in persons, September 21, Venezuelan MFA officials insisted that the TIP report had not accurately assessed Venezuela's anti-trafficking initiatives under its treaty obligations with the United Nations. PolOff reiterated USG reasoning be [...]	2004-09-24 18:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN VE
04CARACAS3124	GOV EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIPS [...] (C) Venezuela's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) chairs a 22-person interdepartmental working group that meets approximately once a month to coordinate efforts to combat trafficking in persons. Representatives from the MFA and the Ministry of Interior and Justice (MIJ) told Poloff on Septemb [...]	2004-10-05 18:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN VE
04CARACAS3373	AMBASSADOR'S TRAVEL TO MARACAIBO [...] (C) The Ambassador visited Maracaibo, Zulia State, October 26-27, to meet with U.S. organizations, local leaders, and the press. He called on Governor Manuel Rosales, Maracaibo Mayor Giancarlo DiMartino, and San Francisco Mayor Saady Bijani. The Ambassador attended a lunch with business lead [...]	2004-11-01 12:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS425	HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR VENEZUELA [...] Venezuela continued to be embroiled in a political crisis over the government of President Hugo Chavez, who was elected in July 2000 in generally free and fair elections. The democratic environment suffered from deteriorating rule of law and weakened institutions that were increasingly subord [...]	2004-02-09 14:56:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL VE
04COLOMBO174	USG promotion of Human Rights in Sri Lanka [...] Mission's response to Reftel request for information on the promotion of human rights in Sri Lanka follows: 2. PEACE PROCESS: The ongoing peace process in Sri Lanka has more of a direct and dramatic impact on improving the human rights situation in Sri Lanka than any other factor. The U [...]	2004-01-29 11:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KIRF CE
04COLOMBO2002	TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT LTTE ACTIVITIES [...] Summary and Action Request (C): The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is engaging in numerous fundraising activities worldwide, from both "legitimate" sources and organized crime activities. As much as $200 million of funds raised from their organized crime and "legitimate" fundraisi [...]	2004-12-16 09:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN CVIS KCRM PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO817	FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL
04DUBLIN1286	IRISH REACTION TO U.S. UNGA INITIATIVES [...] On August 31, Post delivered ref A talking points on U.S. initiatives for the 59th UN General Assembly to John Deady and Julian Clare, Director and First Secretary, respectively, of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) UN Section. ---------------- Economic Freedom ---------------- 2 [...]	2004-09-01 10:44:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC UNGA UN
04FRANKFURT6697	TIP: Rheinland-Pfalz Pioneers Innovative Concept to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) has developed a victim-oriented approach to combating human trafficking that offers police protection, NGO (non- governmental organization) counseling, and immigration advice for trafficked women. The initiative supports women willing to [...]	2004-08-05 08:41:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SOCI SMIG GM
04GUATEMALA1081	BERGER'S FIRST 100 DAYS: HONEYMOON ENDING? [...] (SBU) Summary: President Oscar Berger,s government is off to a strong start and retains strong public approval. Berger and his team have effectively conveyed new energy and direction, launching significant initiatives to reduce and modernize the military and to open borders to freer intra-reg [...]	2004-05-04 14:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MOPS GT
04GUATEMALA1106	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #3-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- Labor: 100 Days in Labor (paras 1-2) -- Labor: Apparel Sector Plans Mediation Center (3) -- Labor: Uncertainty at NB Maquila (4) -- Labor: [...]	2004-05-05 20:16:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA1124	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #3-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- Labor: 100 Days in Labor (paras 1-2) -- Labor: Apparel Sector Plans Mediation Center (3) -- Labor: Uncertainty at NB Maquila (4) -- Labor: [...]	2004-05-07 00:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA1573	TIP BILATERAL MINISTERIAL MEETING RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and Embassy anti-TIP team met with the Government of Guatemala inter-institutional group to combat TIP on June 22 to formally present the 2004 TIP report and urge continued progress combating TIP. The GOG's reaction to the release of the 2004 Trafficking in Per [...]	2004-06-25 13:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA2114	STAFFDEL SHANK'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA [...] Sensitive But Unclassified - entire text. 2. Summary: Staffdel Shank,s three-day visit to Guatemala gave the Congressional visitors an updated picture of the Guatemalan reality, through meetings with key GOG and private sector interlocutors. The GOG representatives emphasized the Berger [...]	2004-08-20 16:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID GT KCOR KCRM MARR PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR
04GUATEMALA2192	STAFFDEL SIMON [...] (U) Summary: Jennifer Simon, Professional Staff to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Guatemala from August 21-25. During her visit, Simon met with a broad range of GOG and NGO contacts, including Vice President Eduardo Stein, MFA Vice-Minister Marta Altolaguirre, Human Rights [...]	2004-08-27 17:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR MARR KJUS ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA223	SCENE SETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 3-5 VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Guatemala comes as President Berger and his team are anxious to demonstrate publicly that bilateral relations have improved and that we have a shared agenda on trade and investment, fighting domestic corruption and transnational crime, and the 1996 Peace Accords. As he did w [...]	2004-01-29 21:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP PGOV SNAR EAID ETRD PHUM MASS KTIA GT
04GUATEMALA252	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS: U.S. EFFORTS IN GUATEMALA [...] Summary: Following is the Embassy response to Reftel request. End Summary. Overview of Human Rights and Democracy Environment and U.S. Strategy for Improving It --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. Guatemala held free and fair elections in November and December of 2 [...]	2004-02-03 15:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KCRM PREL PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA258	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 4-6 NODEL VISIT OF [...] Summary: Your visit, only three weeks after Oscar Berger assumed the presidency, will draw fresh attention to the emotional issue of international adoptions in Guatemala. Your Guatemalan interlocutors will also be anxious to discuss unrelated issues such as the rapidly evolving trade relatio [...]	2004-02-03 21:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL OVIP PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA508	GUATEMALA ANTI-TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Government of Guatemala took office on January 14, 2004, is giving TIP priority attention, and is building on initial progress by the outgoing government. The Ambassador and Embassy TIP Working Group met with the GOG Inter-Institutional Group to Combat TIP on February [...]	2004-03-01 22:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA798	GUATEMALA: SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Berger Government has recently taken significant steps to combat trafficking in persons. During President Fox's recent visit to Guatemala, Guatemalan authorities signed an MOU on anti-TIP cooperation with Mexico. The GOG will deposit its articles of ratification of the U [...]	2004-03-31 22:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA89	VISIT OF GOV. BUSH FOR BERGER INAUGURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Jeb Bush headed the White House Delegation to the inauguration of Guatemalan President Oscar Berger, January 13-14, 2004, and met privately with both outgoing President Portillo and incoming President Berger. In the meeting with Berger, Governor Bush pledged continued U [...]	2004-01-15 22:46:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EAID GT
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
04HANOI1676	GVN REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR ACTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GVN is seeking USG support to deny consultative status to two NGOs at the upcoming ECOSOC session in New York. The GVN considers the Free Vietnam Alliance and the Transnational Radical Party to be terrorist organizations with the aim of either forcibly overthrowing the GVN [...]	2004-06-10 10:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER VM UN ECOSOC ETMIN CTERR
04HANOI1724	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN VIETNAM'S TIP EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam continues to take more direct steps to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),in part with assistance from the international community. New and ongoing strategies include: the creation of anti-trafficking police units in local provinces; a large-scale media and education c [...]	2004-06-17 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI2107	ENCOURAGING TIP PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: To provoke the changes necessary to graduate Vietnam off the TIP Watch List, the USG should encourage greater protection of workers while staying out of the sensitive debate over the character and desirability of the labor export sector in Vietnam. We should push hard on areas [...]	2004-07-29 09:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP
04HANOI2205	DEATH SENTENCE CASE OF JOHN NHU HUNG NGUYEN [...] (U) Summary. AmCit John Nguyen has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking. Post believes that this penalty is disproportionate to his crime, and given the state of Vietnam's judicial system, requests clearance on talking points supporting Mr. Nguyen's request for leniency. End Summary [...]	2004-08-10 08:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL VM CNARC
04HANOI2435	Ambassador's August 31 Farewell Call on DPM Vu [...] (SBU) Summary: During his August 31 farewell call on Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, the Ambassador underlined the importance of bilateral strategic dialogue and urged Vietnam to strengthen law enforcement and related cooperation, take positive steps in the areas of human rights and religious [...]	2004-09-03 08:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD VM HUMANR RELFREE WTO CNARC
04HANOI2499	TIP IN VIETNAM: DISTRACTION FROM THE REAL ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) used a recent meeting with Emboffs and a visiting G/TIP officer to complain about the decision to resurrect a five year-old labor trafficking case in the 2004 TIP report. MOLISA challenged some of the fact [...]	2004-09-13 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP LABOR
04HANOI2518	VIETNAM'S JUSTICE SECTOR: CLIMATE AND LANDSCAPE [...] (U) This message incorporates the report of the ICITAP/OPDAT team that visited Hanoi July 19-23 2004 in advance of planned DOJ counternarcotics training activities. 2. (U) Summary: DOJ is ready to implement the training programs supported with INCLE funds and listed in the U.S.- Vietnam Cou [...]	2004-09-15 00:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC
04HANOI2595	Ambassador's September 16 Meeting with Assistant [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met for the first time September 16 with Assistant Foreign Minister (and Americas Department Director General) Nguyen Duc Hung. Following a brief discussion of VFM Phung's upcoming U.S. visit and Vietnam's efforts to reach out to members of Congress, the issue o [...]	2004-09-16 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HANOI2888	VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOLISA MINISTER HANG [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Madame Nguyen Thi Hang expressed hope that the Department of Labor would continue and expand its projects in Vietnam and gratitude for the selection of Vietnam as a President [...]	2004-10-25 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ECON VM HIV AIDS LABOR TIP
04HANOI291	SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-03 06:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM VM ETMIN HUMANR LABOR RELFREE TIP
04HANOI3021	UPDATE ON LABOR EXPORT IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) officials and Vietnamese press reports, increasing labor exports from Vietnam have created new demands for services and protections for overseas workers. While not yet complete, the process of turn [...]	2004-11-09 09:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR
04HANOI330	TIP IN VIETNAM: VISIT OF G/TIP PROGRAM OFFICER [...] Summary: G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Gregory Holliday's meetings in Vietnam were productive and reflected the hard work and effort Vietnam is putting into the fight against trafficking in persons. He heard about the GVN's increasing attention to trafficking and about recent changes to how [...]	2004-02-06 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM ELAB CB CH MY RP VM OMIG TIP LABOR
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
04HANOI3417	VIETNAM ENGAGES THIRD COUNTRIES ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has been actively engaging third countries in formal exchanges on human rights issues, including hosting the annual Canada-China-Norway human rights forum, carrying out a bilateral discussion on the death penalty with EU countries and conducting the bi-annual EU-Vietnam [...]	2004-12-29 04:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EU VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI535	YOUNGER GVN OFFICIALS ON NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent seminar on Vietnam's national security, younger generation officials from a range of GVN agencies and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) variously commented that: China and the U.S. both represent serious, but completely different threats for Vietnam's future [...]	2004-02-25 06:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PTER SNAR BM KN IZ VM CTERR ASEAN CVR DPRK CNARC
04HANOI638	A PRISON FOR THE WORST OFFENDERS [...] (U) Summary. At what was described as only one of two prisons nationwide for serious male criminal offenders, conditions were basic, clean, and orderly. Prisoners must work without pay on prison farms, which produce most of the prison food. Almost 40 pct of the prisoners were convicted on [...]	2004-03-03 05:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINS PGOV SNAR SOCI VM CNARC CTERR HUMANR
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
04HARARE187	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Since its disputed victory in Zimbabwe's 2002 parliamentary and presidential elections, the ruling ZANU-PF party has pursued a concerted campaign to shrink individual liberties and democratic space in this constitutional republic. The government's human rights record remained poor, altho [...]	2004-02-02 15:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP ZI
04HARARE1878	INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL WATCHLIST [...] (SBU) The GOZ is collaborating with Interpol's Subregional Bureau for Southern Africa on a Regional Working Meeting on Trafficking in Human Beings scheduled to take place in Harare November 29-30. Sources at the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) indicated that they would share with us material o [...]	2004-11-15 15:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL ZI TIP
04HARARE1913	GOZ SEEKING THAW WITH USG? [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mugabe's congratulatory message to President Bush on his re-election (ref A) is the latest among several indications that the GOZ is prepared to seek some degree of rapprochement with the USG. Exchanges with senior Reserve Bank officials, a businessman well-connected wi [...]	2004-11-23 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO ZI
04HARARE1970	HARARE UPDATE ON INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOZ and Interpol's Subregional Bureau for Southern Africa jointly held a Regional Working Meeting on Trafficking in Human Beings in Harare on November 29-30. The Embassy sent observers to the meeting, at which officials articulated GOZ interest in developing anti-TIP legislat [...]	2004-12-06 12:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN ZI TIP
04HARARE638	HIV/AIDS, ECONOMY EXACTING TOLL ON CHILDREN [...] (SBU) Almost one-tenth of Zimbabwe,s population consists of AIDS orphans-having lost one or both parents to the disease. Most try to carry on living as they had before, although some do take to the streets of the major cities to hustle for a living and/or turn to commercial sex work to make e [...]	2004-04-14 13:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KHIV ZI HIV AIDS
04HELSINKI1420	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Helsinki, coming just days after the U.S. election, will be an excellent opportunity to review our bilateral and multilateral agenda with Finnish leaders, and to stress the value of our close relationship with Finland and Europe. Finnish President Halonen has sent a telegram [...]	2004-11-04 17:35:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PTER IZ AF RS CH FI EUN
04HELSINKI1472	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BETH JONES' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During her November 8 meeting in Helsinki with Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, Assistant Secretary Jones said that the Administration was already talking about reinvigorating the transatlantic relationship, and said that one of the purposes of her trip was to ask Finland's views a [...]	2004-11-17 14:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC EU PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TU FI
04HOCHIMINHCITY1494	DRL DAS DUGAN IN HCMC: HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGION, WOMEN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Religious leaders and human rights dissidents told DRL DAS Dugan that despite strict GVN controls, they have seen improvement in human rights and religious freedom. They welcomed continued pressure on Vietnam but cautioned against sanctions. Recognized religious groups planned [...]	2004-12-01 04:19:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF PREF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY153	CIRFDEL SURVEYS RELIGION IN VIETNAM: MEETINGS IN HANOI [...] (SBU) Local religious leaders offered up fewer specific complaints of violent or coercive acts of religious oppression and called for greater activism during meetings with a delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in January. While some government offici [...]	2004-02-13 11:13:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV OTRA KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04ISTANBUL1062	TURKEY'S FIRST TIP VICTIM SHELTER: SECRETARY [...] Summary: Secretary Powell and FM Gul witnessed the signing of a protocol that will lead to the opening of Turkey's first shelter for trafficking in persons victims later this month. The signing ceremony, which attracted significant attention and publicity, publicly committed the Turkish gov [...]	2004-07-09 07:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
04ISTANBUL136	ISTANBUL ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORT UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met January 14 with Human Resource Development Foundation (HRDF) Executive Director Demet Gural in Istanbul to get an update on TIP programs and efforts to put together a shelter for trafficked women. To date, the GoT has offered no funding for a separate shelter for tr [...]	2004-01-22 10:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM TU
04KATHMANDU1201	STATE DEPT. 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 07:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB EAID SMIG ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD CASC NP SA PPD
04KATHMANDU1290	NEPAL: CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT [...] Nepal's Maoist insurgency, which began in 1996, has tragically victimized the children of Nepal. The frequent school bandhs (school closings),have disrupted the lives of students, parents and teachers and the scheduling of required exams, damaged the educational system and delayed the advan [...]	2004-07-09 07:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PHUM PTER MOPS PGOV NP
04KATHMANDU212	NEPAL: USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] Debilitated by a vicious eight-year Maoist insurgency, Nepal continues to face significant challenges in institutionalizing and enforcing respect for human rights and in strengthening its fledgling democratic institutions. An eight-month ceasefire (from January 29-August 27, 2003) and three [...]	2004-02-04 06:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV EAID KDEM NP
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
04KATHMANDU488	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT ACTION PLAN ON WOMEN POSITIVE, [...] Summary. On March 8, the Government of Nepal unveiled its National Plan on Women designed to bring Nepal into compliance with the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The plan mandates the government to amend discriminatory laws and regulat [...]	2004-03-18 08:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PGOV PHUM NP
04KATHMANDU654	THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT IN NEPAL FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] Summary. Existing legislation governing human trafficking in Nepal provides severe punishments for traffickers and their associates and shifts the burden of proof, in many cases, to the accused rather than the victim. Draft legislation that would address victim rights and protections expired [...]	2004-04-09 02:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN PREF ELAB NP
04KATHMANDU682	NEPAL: CODEL DREIER MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER THAPA [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Foreign Minister Dr. Bekh Bahadur Thapa on April 9, Codel Dreier discussed the ongoing Maoist insurgency, the need for political reconciliation between the Palace and the political parties, human rights and efforts to improve the socio-economic status of women. Thapa [...]	2004-04-09 08:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN NP
04KINSHASA1580	MEDIA PLACEMENT, AUGUST 7-14, 2004 [...] The August 7th edition of the pro-opposition "Le Satellite" carried on page 8 the article entitled "U.S. Congress Terms Situation In Darfur `Genocide'- Senate, House Pass Concurrent Resolutions On Darfur". The article was credited to the "Office of International Information Program of the Depa [...]	2004-08-23 14:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC KPAO CG
04KUWAIT180	NEA A/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH FM, JANUARY 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA Assistant Secretary Burns met with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on the evening of 14 January 2003. In a wide-ranging discussion, the Minister expressed great satisfaction about developments in Iraq but insisted that any final decisions must wa [...]	2004-01-18 11:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD ECON KU IZ FR SY YM
04KUWAIT2272	Kuwait Investment Climate Statement [...] Kuwait - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement a) This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Kuwait. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Department of Comme [...]	2004-07-21 06:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB KU OPIC
04KUWAIT346	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-28 15:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KWMN KDEM KU
04LAGOS110	NIGERIA: UNHCR COUNTRY REP GIVES OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF met with Eusebe Hounsokou, UNHCR Country Representative to Nigeria, on January 7 and discussed concerns about potential violent uprising of Nigerians living on the Bakassi Peninsula, the possible repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon to their homes in Taraba St [...]	2004-01-18 11:46:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PINS SMIG KOCI NI CM
04LAGOS1417	INVITATION TO REGIONAL LABOR RIGHTS TRAINING [...] Post nominates Political/Labor Specialist Gbenga Amusan for Labor Rights Training on September 23-24, 2004, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr. Amusan has worked as the Political/Labor Specialist for the Consulate (formerly the Embassy) in Lagos for eleven years. Prior to working with the Em [...]	2004-07-14 09:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB
04LAGOS2301	TIP: NIGERIA INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] When Post made its submission last March for the 2004 TIP Report, the GON had just created the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP). With a staff of over 150 now in place, the fledgling agency has demonstrated its commitment to combatin [...]	2004-11-16 14:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI
04LAGOS2394	TIP: COURT DELIVERS FIRST CONVICTION UNDER [...] Summary. The High Court in Benin City delivered the first conviction under the 2003 Human Trafficking Prohibition Law last week. Sarah Okoya was found guilty of attempting to procure persons for prostitution, attempting to organize foreign travel for prostitution, and deceitfully inducing pe [...]	2004-11-29 10:26:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI
04LILONGWE1022	TIP: NEW MALAWI GOVERNMENT WORKING TO ADDRESS ROOT [...] (U) Charge and poloff paid an introductory call on Malawi's Minister of Gender, Child Welfare, and Community Services, Joyce Banda on October 28. Charge used the opportunity to follow up on the previously raised issue of trafficking in persons (TIP) (reftel A),a topic Banda was eager to dis [...]	2004-10-29 10:16:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN MI HIV AIDS
04LILONGWE199	MALAWI 2003 TIP REPORT [...] SUMMARY. Based on a review of GOM practices, interviews with civil society groups, GOM officials, and press accounts, Malawi should not be designated as a country of origin, transit, or destination of the most severe forms of international trafficking in significant numbers of men, women, or [...]	2004-03-10 15:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MI
04LILONGWE267	IOM'S VISIT TO MALAWI: CONCERNS ABOUT TIP AND THE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is seeking to open a permanent office in Malawi. According to visiting IOM representatives, international human trafficking from Malawi and Mozambique via the Nacala corridor is the IOM's "most pressing (trafficking in persons) c [...]	2004-03-30 09:37:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF ELTN KCRM MI
04LILONGWE710	EMBOFFS PRESENT G/TIP REPORT TO NEW GOM MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY. Charge and Poloff paid an introductory call ON Malawi's newly appointed Minister of Gender, Child Welfare, and Community Services, Joyce Banda. The minister was unfamiliar with the issue of human trafficking and Malawi's G/TIP Tier Two - Watch List status, and agreed the issue s [...]	2004-07-29 07:04:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM PINR MI
04LILONGWE723	GOM TAKES ISSUE WITH MALAWI'S TIP RANKING [...] (SBU) Minister of Foreign Affairs George Chaponda told the Charge on July 28 that the GOM is "very concerned" about Malawi's ranking as a Tier Two - Watch List country in the Department's 2004 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Chaponda said the ranking "did not reflect the situation on the [...]	2004-08-02 08:01:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM MI UNGA
04LILONGWE734	TIP OPEN FOR DISCUSSION IN MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. On July 29, post hosted a Human Rights Symposium focused on trafficking in persons (TIP). In attendance were numerous GOM officials, including Minister of Gender, Child Welfare, and Community Services Joyce Banda. The keynote address was presented by Supreme Court Justice Anastazia [...]	2004-08-04 13:39:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL MI
04LILONGWE868	GOM DISSATISFIED WITH TIP REPORT [...] In a Note Verbale dated August 20, the GOM has once again expressed its dissatisfaction with its Tier 2 - Watch List ranking. As reported in reftel A, the GOM takes issue with the content of the 2004 TIP report and maintains it has taken necessary steps to combat TIP in the country. 2. Te [...]	2004-09-08 14:05:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV SMIG 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

04LJUBLJANA976	SLOVENIA IN THE BIG LEAGUES NOW: DAS CONLEY HELPS [...] SUMMARY: (U) The visit of DAS Heather Conley to Ljubljana October 20-21 was well timed to take advantage of the momentum created by the arrival of a new U.S.ambassador. Her meetings at the MFA, MOD and with a small group of influential private citizens have helped us to galvanize and re-focu [...]	2004-10-25 11:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SI OSCE
04MADRID4093	PRESS REPORTS PROGRESS IN BREAKING UP TRAFFICKING [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 10:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SP
04MANAMA1113	MFA BRIEFS ON 2003 TIP ACTION PLAN STATUS [...] On July 10, Chairman of the Interministerial Committee on Anti-TIP activities, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa briefed P/E Chief and PolOff on the status of the remaining items from the GOB 2003 Action Plan. - VICTIM ABUSE SHELT [...]	2004-07-14 06:36:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM BA
04MANAMA1409	USUN AMBASSADOR SIV VISIT - 59TH UNGA [...] (C) On September 7, US Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and Coordinator of the US delegation to the UN General Assembly Sichan Siv met with GOB officials and parliamentarians to discuss the United States' five UN General Assembly priorities (Reftel). ----------- [...]	2004-09-13 14:57:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PGOV BA ECOSOC UNGA
04MANAMA1425	GOB ENGAGED IN ANTI-TRAFFICKING MEASURES; WELCOMES [...] (C) G/TIP Senior Reports Officer Feleke Assefa visited Bahrain August 20-24 to meet with GOB officials and demarche them on G/TIP's Bahrain-specific Action Plan (Ref A). In response to the demarche, GOB officials outlined what measures they have implemented to combat trafficking and their pl [...]	2004-09-15 12:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB BA
04MANAMA1503	GOB SHUTS DOWN HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER [...] (C) On September 28 at 22:30, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) sent a press release to Bahraini newspapers announcing the closure and dissolution of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) for "actions that contravened the Law of Societies and the Center's own charter." T [...]	2004-09-29 16:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV ASEC KMPI KCRM BA
04MANAMA339	ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT: [...] (SBU) Post submits this report having received GOB,s final report on anti-TIP activities for March 2003-2004. The following is Post,s response to reftel questions. 2. (U) Embassy Manama's input for the March 2004 Trafficking in Persons report follows. Responses are keyed to reftel questio [...]	2004-03-11 11:17:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BA
04MANAMA529	SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S VISIT [...] (C) Mr. Armitage: We are delighted you are coming to Bahrain, and the Bahraini Government is as well. King Hamad has met Generals Abizaid and Myers during the past two weeks, but as political issues move to the fore in Iraq the King had hoped a senior State Department official would come he [...]	2004-04-14 13:19:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM BA
04MANAMA838	AMBASSADOR QUESTIONS GOB THREATS TO SHUT DOWN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-02 14:22:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA ELAB KCRM KMPI PHUM
04MANAMA940	TIP REPORT NARRATIVE AND DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] POL/ECON Chief delivered ref a country narrative and talking points regarding the 2004 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretar Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa on June 15, 2004. Shaikh Abdul Aziz, who chairs the GOB interministerial T [...]	2004-06-17 09:47:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KFRD KMPI KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BA
04MAPUTO1366	MOZAMBIQUE: UPDATED CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Please handle accordingly. Not for internet distribution. Summary -------- 2. (SBU) Mozambique is party to the ILO convention against the worst forms of child labor. The Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) has a regulatory framework in place to monitor and prosecute infractions [...]	2004-10-13 16:25:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID PHUM SOCI ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1430	DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND INTERIM REPORT [...] SUMMARY: This cable represents the interim report for FY03 for the Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) in Mozambique. It contains information on the financial status of all projects from FY03 including the amount of money granted, spent, and the balance, as well as an update on the final di [...]	2004-10-29 08:11:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MZ DHRF
04MAPUTO168	Mozambique: Supporting Human Rights and Democracy [...] Mozambique's constitutional government, headed by President Joaquim Chissano, held its second general multiparty elections in 1999. President Chissano was elected in generally free and fair elections. Chissano and the leadership of FRELIMO, which have ruled the country since independence in 19 [...]	2004-02-05 11:02:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP MZ DHRF
04MAPUTO173	DHRF SOLICITATION FOR FY2004 [...] Post appreciates receiving FY2003 DHRF funding in the amount of $70,000. These funds are critical to raising awareness of human rights concerns and supporting civil society play a more active role in Mozambique's democratic consolidation. A status report for FY2002/2003 funds will be sent sept [...]	2004-02-09 05:41:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PHUM PGOV ECON MZ DHRF
04MAPUTO284	2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW. A- Mozambique is a country of origin for internationally trafficked women and children. Trafficking is also believed to occur within the country. There are no reliable numbers available on the extent of the problem. Poverty, a history of child migration, cultural/religious prac [...]	2004-03-02 14:53:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG MZ
04MAPUTO464	ALLEGATIONS AND ACCUSATIONS IN NAMPULA: UNCOVERING [...] Summary: Allegations of trafficking in human organs and children in the northern provincial capital of Nampula have riveted the public's attention for the past several months and received wide-spread press coverage. In the middle of the firestorm is a foreign couple accused of trafficking in o [...]	2004-04-02 09:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KCRM MZ
04MAPUTO513	SOLICITATION FOR ANTI-TIP BILATERAL PROPOSAL FOR [...] Overview of request: Post is requesting bilateral G/TIP funding in the amount of $250,900 for a technical assistance program to develop critically needed national anti-trafficking legislation in Mozambique. This project will be implemented through the International Organization for Migration ( [...]	2004-04-13 13:50:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN ASEC SMIG PHUM ELAB MZ DHRF
04MAPUTO597	MOZAMBIQUE - INL FY 06/07 WORKPLAN [...] Embassy Maputo requests continued INL funding for FY 06/07 to build on ongoing projects to further develop the Attorney General's Anti-Corruption Unit and the Mozambican Police Sciences Academy, and further requests additional funds for assistance to Mozambican Immigration and Customs to impro [...]	2004-04-30 10:17:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM ABUD SNAR KCOR KPAO EFIN EAID ASEC MZ
04MAPUTO635	DHRF STATUS REPORT [...] Name of Grantee: AMICUMO DHRF Grant Number: HR02-656-01 Amount Obligated: $8,000 Unliquidated Balance: $8,000 Status: Activity has not begun. The proforma invoices that were collected do not respect completely the agreement taken. Post is considering de-obligating funds. 2. Name of Grante [...]	2004-05-11 13:25:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV MZ DHRF
04MAPUTO975	MOZAMBIQUE RESPONSE TO U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE [...] (SBU) Econ/poloff delivered reftel demarche in a meeting with Farouk Faquira, Chief of the United Nations Department, Office of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, July 20. Faquira appreciated the presentation of U.S. initiatives prior to the opening of the 59th UN [...]	2004-07-21 13:39:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM MZ UNGA
04NASSAU1072	OPBAT SETS STAGE FOR $200 MILLION DRUG BUST [...] Operation Bahamas and Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) provided vital intelligence and assets to USG drug enforcement authorities that led to six arrests and the seizure of 820 kilos of cocaine. 2. On May 25, 2004 OPBAT personnel received human intelligence of two go-fast boats attempting to compl [...]	2004-05-27 19:49:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR BF OPBAT
04NASSAU2369	MIXED MIGRATION FLOWS: IOM/UNHCR CONFERENCE IN [...] The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) co-hosted the second annual regional seminar in Nassau, The Bahamas on November 8-12, 2004. Entitled "Contingency Planning for Mixed Migratory Flows in the Caribbean: Effective Pr [...]	2004-12-16 15:40:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA SMIG PHUM CU HA BF
04NASSAU413	TIPS REPORT - FOURTH ANNUAL - BAHAMAS [...] (SBU) There is no currently-available indication of trafficking in persons in, from, or through The Bahamas. Although migrant smuggling and drug trafficking are serious problems for The Bahamas, no evidence is available to show that men, women, or children are being forced by coercion or frau [...]	2004-03-01 14:43:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BF
04PANAMA148	PANAMA NGO CONCERNED ABOUT CHINESE DEBT BONDAGE [...] (SBU) In a January 8 meeting to discuss trafficking in persons (TIP) and related issues with PolOff and political assistant, acting director of Casa Esperanza, Ramon Aleman Arias said Chinese migrant debt bondage and unregulated child labor are problems in Panama. (NOTE: Casa Esperanza is a l [...]	2004-01-23 18:10:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL POL SPECIALIST
04PANAMA2153	PANAMA CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TRADE DEVELOPMENT [...] Has the GOP developed a list of occupations considered to be the worst forms of child labor? -------------------------------------------- - In 2002, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) fully funded a $1 million program with the International Labor Organization/International Programme on [...]	2004-08-24 11:47:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA2553	PANAMA'S NEW ADMINISTRATION SCORES RECORD COCAINE [...] (C) Panamanian Public Forces and Embassy Officers contributed to record detainee transfers and cocaine captures in recent weeks, as part of on-going counter-drug Operation Panama Express task force operations. On September 21, Panama National Maritime Service (SMN) marines, Panamanian Publi [...]	2004-10-15 20:27:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM KTIA PGOV PREL PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA2589	PANAMA INVESTIGATORS, PROSECUTORS PUSH TIP AGENDA [...] (SBU) Despite the continued absence of funding for the anti-TIP law enacted in March 2004 (see Reftel A) and a recent change in administration, Panama's Judicial Police (PTJ) and prosecutors have continued to push the TIP agenda. They have publicized the anti-TIP law, created a specialized se [...]	2004-10-19 21:11:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SMIG PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA2923	PANAMA SEEKS SOLUTIONS TO ARMS-FOR-DRUGS TRADE [...] (C) Since the seizure of the "Otterloo" in 2001, a ship carrying about 3,000 weapons from Nicaragua through Panama to the AUC in Colombia, the Colombian armed groups (FARC and AUC) appear to be relying increasingly on smaller arms-for-drugs purchases, instead of purchasing large amounts of w [...]	2004-12-03 21:08:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SNAR PGOV PREL PARM PM NI CO CR LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA2937	PANAMA, THE G4 AND "PLAN PUEBLA" [...] (C) Mexican President Vicente Fox publicly endorsed Panama's inclusion in the G3 (Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico) during his November 2-3 visit to Panama. According to MFA Advisor Nils Castro and International Organizations Director Javier Bonagas, the GOP's primary interest in joining the G [...]	2004-12-06 21:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG PM CO VZ LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA3038	OVERVIEW OF PANAMANIAN EFFORTS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of reports from Embassy Panama's newly formed Illicit Finance Task Force (IFTF). The interagency IFTF was initiated in September 2004 to monitor terrorist financing and the laundering of narcotics and other criminal proceeds. The task force includes member [...]	2004-12-22 19:30:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER SNAR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA399	FOCUSING PANAMA'S EFFORT TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) The January 18-21 G/TIP visit to Panama helped refine Embassy and GOP anti-TIP efforts approach to strategies (Ref A). The Embassy will push the GOP to focus its anti-TIP improvements on public awareness campaigns, victims assistance, and increased training. In the short term, legisla [...]	2004-02-19 12:54:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SMIG PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA548	PANAMA'S INPUT FOR FOURTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) While Embassy Panama believes that trafficking in persons (TIP) is a problem in Panama, it is still relatively small and manageable. Embassy has worked closely with the Government of Panama (GOP) to discover more about the extent of the problem in Panama and to encourage the GOP to wor [...]	2004-03-05 16:08:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PARAMARIBO104	US HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR SURINAME [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-05 19:39:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP
04PARAMARIBO8	SURINAME FAVORS A MEANINGFUL DECLARATION AT THE [...] (C) Surinamese Foreign Minister Levens told the Ambassador January 5 that Suriname supports the US vision for a meaningful declaration at the Monterey Special Summit of the Americas, which Surinamese President Venetiaan will attend. In addition to firm commitments with firm time frames, Leve [...]	2004-01-06 11:35:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM MARR AMGT NS OAS
04PARIS9130	FRANCE AND SOUTHERN AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first of several messages reviewing France's relations with Africa. The southern African region currently attracts less French attention than any other region of Africa. With no francophone countries, and only one country currently engaged in conflict (Angola, at muc [...]	2004-12-27 14:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AO BC LT MI MZ WA SF WZ ZA ZI ZU XA FR
04PRETORIA3889	TRANSLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT AND POSTING ON [...] Embassy posted the South Africa section of the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2003, the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2003, the report on Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2003-2004, and the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report - June 2004 [...]	2004-08-27 09:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL
04QUITO2198	ECUADOR MOVING FORWARD ON COMBATING TIP [...] Summary. A State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) delegation visited Ecuador from July 30 to August 4. Their agenda included a series of meetings with high-level GOE officials (the Ministers of Government and Labor),a congresswoman, different units of the police, the MFA, and severa [...]	2004-08-06 12:27:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV EC
04QUITO2362	AMB. SIV PROMOTES UNGA AGENDA [...] Summary: During a visit to Quito on August 21-22, U.S. Representative to ECOSOC Ambassador Sichan Siv raised UNGA demarche points (Ref A) and other multilateral issues with Amb. Fernando Flores Macias, DirGen for Multilateral Affairs. Ambassador Siv also expressed disappointment with Ecuador [...]	2004-08-26 12:39:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC EC UNGA UN
04QUITO2447	ECUADOR CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD ON TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Summary. Ecuador continues to push ahead in its fight against trafficking in persons (TIP). The Embassy TIP working group met on September 1 to review GOE and USG efforts to combat TIP since the August 18th Presidential decree (Reftel). Raids on brothels continued, and the GOE is giving [...]	2004-09-08 16:30:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO3132	INFORMATION FOR MEANINGFUL LABOR RIGHTS REPORT [...] Summary: This cable provides information on labor conditions in Ecuador as requested for the Meaningful Labor Rights Report, and is keyed to questions included in RefTel. End Summary. Administration of Labor Law --------------------------- 2. The Ministry of Labor and Human Resources [...]	2004-12-01 14:57:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV EC
04RANGOON1132	GOB TALKS THE TALK ON GETTING TOUGH WITH HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: According to senior GOB police officials, Burma has undertaken a plethora of activities in recent months to combat trafficking of persons. We see ample evidence that the GOB continues to demonstrate a growing political will to combat trafficking and to improve cooperation with U [...]	2004-09-01 11:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG BM
04RANGOON1357	BURMA TO HOST MAJOR REGIONAL TIPS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Burmese Government, with support from the United Nations, is preparing to host a three-day regional conference on trafficking in persons, October 27-29. This is a safe issue for the generals. It provides an easy platform on which to interact with their neighbors and to impr [...]	2004-10-19 00:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PGOV BM
04RANGOON1422	MAINLAND SE ASIA AND CHINA PLEDGE TIP COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against Trafficking (COMMIT) moved forward in Rangoon, October 27-29. All of the participating governments seemed to find a comfortable confluence of political, strategic, and operational elements in the MOU they signed and the sup [...]	2004-11-04 05:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV EAID BM
04RANGOON150	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-03 10:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV BM
04RANGOON237	UPDATE ON A MON STATE OF MIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Emboff and FSN met Feb 14 with a high-level New Mon State Party (NMSP) delegation visiting Rangoon to meet with the PM and to attend the 57th Union Day activities -- including the State Banquet hosted by Than Shwe. The NMSP, one of the major cease-fire groups, discussed a wide a [...]	2004-02-23 09:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ELAB PHUM BM
04RANGOON310	BURMA: FOURTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following report responds to the checklist provided in reftel requesting information on trafficking in persons activities in Burma from March 2003 to March 2004. The report will also be forwarded by e-mail to EAP/BCLTV in MS Word format. END SUMMARY. BEGIN REPORT Ove [...]	2004-03-08 10:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BM
04RANGOON317	BURMA DENIES NUCLEAR OR MISSILE LINKS WITH NORTH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Khin Maung Win told the CDA, a.i. March 9 that Burma "has no links whatever with North Korea regarding nuclear technology or missile technology," and has no intentions of buying missiles or missile technology from North Korea. He allowed that Burma had pu [...]	2004-03-09 10:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PREL KNNP SNAR BM KN ARF
04RANGOON644	BURMA'S FORESTRY MINISTER TAKES A MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In the COM's first meeting with Burma's Forestry Minister we were able to finally get the GOB's official line on wildlife trafficking and illegal timbering, and clarify an outstanding rumor regarding the punishment of a Ministry official for illegal contact with the Embassy. Tho [...]	2004-05-21 07:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PGOV EAGR PHUM BM
04RANGOON882	SENIOR GOB OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TIP AND DRUG ISSUES, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Home Affairs Colonel Tin Hlaing says that while the SPDC gives "regular" consideration to releasing ASSK, the GOB will not repeat a 1995 "mistake" of freeing the NLD leader that led to the collapse of the National Convention. The Minister, while cordial, criticized o [...]	2004-07-13 09:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR BM NLD
04ROME1274	INFLUENCE ANALYSIS: ITALY [...] Italy has the kind of wide-open media environment characteristic of most modern democracies. As in other countries, most Italians get their news and information from television news programs. There are seven main broadcast evening news programs, with two prime-time newscasts - one public (RA [...]	2004-03-31 14:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP IT
04ROME2243	SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] In an abbreviated Board session (one and a half days),the Executive Board approved country programs for Sierra Leone and Madagascar, a budget increase for WFP's development efforts in Uganda, and protracted relief and recovery operations for Myanmar (Returnees and vulnerable groups in norther [...]	2004-06-10 15:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
04ROME3061	US AND ITALY MOVE AHEAD ON G-8 INTERNATIONAL [...] A State/DOD delegation, led by Acting DAS for Regional Security (PM) Elena Kim-Mitchell, visited Rome and Vicenza on July 19-21 to discuss the U.S.-Italian joint initiative for a G-8 sponsored Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). The delegation met with the MFA and Carabi [...]	2004-08-09 12:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT
04ROME3135	ITALIAN REACTION TO U.S. INITIATIVES FOR 59TH UN [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 11:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON IT KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA UN
04ROME4376	FRENCH DEFMIN AT ROME'S NATO DEFENSE COLLEGE - [...] (SBU) French Minister of Defense Michele Alliot Marie addressed the NATO Defense College in Rome November 12. She urged concerted efforts on both sides of the Atlantic to narrow the transatlantic gap, citing the urgency of our common challenges and the importance of tackling them together. A [...]	2004-11-16 14:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR IT NATO EUN
04ROME709	MISSION ITALY INPUT FOR 2004 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary: Mission Italy recommends that Italy remain on the 301 watch list. Overall frequency of copyright piracy has remained essentially stable since 2000, when Italy's copyright law was enacted. Nonetheless, total losses due to piracy are mounting, and Italy's piracy and counterfeiting ra [...]	2004-02-25 16:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD IT
04ROME8	US MISSION/ROME 2003 SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS - AS [...] (SBU) Kim: Thanks for the opportunity to lay out our past year's accomplishments. In short, it was an extraordinary year where our Mission, like many other IO posts, found ourselves in the middle of some of the most difficult challenges on our country's foreign policy agenda. In 2003 US Missio [...]	2004-01-02 14:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF
04ROME896	WFP BOARD APPROVES CAMBODIA PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26),approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Cambodia. The project 10305.0, entitled Assisting People in Crisis, is for thirty months (July 2004- December 2006),and covers 2,491,710 beneficiaries. Total cost to [...]	2004-03-08 13:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR
04SANAA1475	TIP: MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSES ROYG [...] (U) Summary: DCM called on Minister of Human Rights Amat Alim al-Suswa 6/14 to deliver country narrative and talking points in reftel on the release of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The Minister detailed further actions taken by the ROYG to combat TIP, including the formation of an [...]	2004-06-16 11:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM ELAB ASEC KFRD PHUM SMIG YM TRAFFICKING PERSONS HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA1730	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE [...] On 7/18, Pol/Econ Chief met with Dr. Ahmed Alwan Mulhi, Deputy Director of the Department of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to deliver talking points on U.S. initiatives for the 59th UNGA. Mulhi agreed that Yemen is generally supportive of promoting econo [...]	2004-07-19 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL ECON PHUM AORC YM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC REFORM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA2015	YEMEN CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TDA REPORT [...] Summary. In Yemen, children augment family and household incomes as street vendors and workers in family businesses or on the family farm. Slavery, child prostitution and trafficking are not major issues in Yemen. Some donors express concern that child trafficking may be on the rise. Govern [...]	2004-08-21 13:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI YM HUMAN RIGHTS TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA505	MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS OUTLINES PRIORITIES; HRR [...] (c) Summary: Ambassador presented to the Minister of Human Rights on 3/1 the 2003 U.S Annual Report on Human Rights Practices on Yemen in Arabic. Already familiar with the report, the Minister said that her Ministry welcomed the report's findings. Overall, the Minister described it as provi [...]	2004-03-07 12:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV YM HUMAN RIGHTS TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA506	FM QIRBI ON ARAB LEAGUE, GREATER MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on ROYG Foreign Minister 3/7 to discuss developments with Arab League reform and the Greater Middle East Initiative upon the FM's return from the Cairo AL ministerial. Qirbi highlighted the drafting of a charter committing the Arab League to political and econo [...]	2004-03-07 12:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA611	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT -- YEMEN [...] (SBU) Following is Post's response to ref A questions. -------- Overview -------- 2. (SBU) Ref A para 18 (Overview of a Country's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons) A. Yemen may be a country of origin, transit and destination for internationally trafficked persons. [...]	2004-03-16 14:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD YM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA855	HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ON THE HRR, TIP, AMNESTY [...] (c) Summary: On 4/10, Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief met with Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswah at her request to discuss the ROYG's response to the 2003 Human Rights Report (HRR),additional ROYG actions to quantify and combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP),the Amnesty Internatio [...]	2004-04-13 09:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG ASEC ELAB KWMN KFRD PGOV YM KRIC HUMAN RIGHTS TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANTODOMINGO1174	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON DOMINICAN PRESIDENT MEJIA [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Hipolito Mejia heard out the Ambassador's request for the country to sponsor the Cuba resolution at the March session of the UNHCR but declined to make any commitment. Mejia said in the course of changes to be announced on national day he will remove several [...]	2004-02-24 22:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO148	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL [...] Text of Dominican Republic draft 2002-2003 INCSR follows. Part One: Drugs and Chemical Control I. Summary The Dominican Republic (DR) is a major transit country for South American drugs, mostly cocaine and heroin, moving to the United States and Europe. The Government of the Dominican [...]	2004-01-08 22:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO150	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER EVALUATION [...] On December 23 NAS Director and emboffs visited the drop-in center for victims of domestic violence in Bani to gauge its progess since inception in 2001. Center director Bibiana Nunez continues to run the center with limited resources but appears motivated to sustain the center's needed prese [...]	2004-01-09 12:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1685	CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY DOMINICAN [...] Summary. International Women's Day was celebrated in various fora in the Dominican Republic. On March 8 President Mejia, accompanied by the First Lady, the Vice President and the Secretary for Women, presided over an elaborate ceremony at the National Palace to present 24 women with merit awa [...]	2004-03-12 21:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KSEP OPDC PREL PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO2294	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #36: THE PLD PLATFORM, IN [...] (SBU) Following is no. 36 in our series on the Dominican elections. Dominican Elections #36: The PLD Platform, in Brief Leonel Fernandez's Partido de Liberacion Dominicana is the only one of three parties to have produced a formal election platform. The full text in Spanish is available [...]	2004-04-13 21:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO2580	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #42: PLD PROMISES TO THE USG [...] (SBU) Following is number 42 in our series on the Dominican elections. PLD Promises to the USG In mid-March PLD campaign manager Danilo Medina led a four-person PLD delegation to Washington, where they met with NSC personnel and asked for an appointment at the Department of State. Sin [...]	2004-04-28 13:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3548	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD, 2004 [...] Following is the narcotics certification report card 2004 for the Dominican Republic, requested Ref A (the 2003 report card is in Ref B). 2. The United States Government (USG) worked with the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR) to continue progress on establishing a regular and pred [...]	2004-06-17 21:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO3626	DOMINICAN TRANSITION # 3: SIDES ENGAGE ON IMF AND [...] (U) This is cable no. 3 in our series on the transition to a new administration in the Dominican Republic. SIDES ENGAGE ON IMF AND TAX REFORM ----------------------------------------- Fiscal reform, necessarily the hot topic ----------------------------------------- As the power outage [...]	2004-06-22 10:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5779	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY VINCHO CASTILLO - STILL KICKING [...] (C) "Those who love me, love me a lot. Those who hate me, hate me a lot," declared Marino Vinicio Castillo (Vincho) when questioned by a reporter in 2000 about his reputation for controversy. It was a good self-characterization then and remains true today. Vincho, a well known attorney wh [...]	2004-10-21 11:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EFIN KJUS PGOV DR CASTILLO VINICIO MARINO
04SANTODOMINGO594	DOMINICAN ILLEGALS: USDOJ AND USCG ACTION REQUEST [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This interagency message presents the unified views of cognizant agencies at Embassy Santo Domingo on the current surge of illegal migrant travel from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. Present efforts by Dominican and American officials are inadequate to cou [...]	2004-01-30 10:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SMIG KJUS EWWT DR
04SANTODOMINGO6198	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] The following interim trafficking in persons (TIP) assessment (paras 2-7) addresses the questions in paragraph 6L of reftel. 2. The Government of the Dominican Republic has made progress in addressing TIP, particularly in the development of a comprehensive anti-TIP strategy and in increased [...]	2004-11-16 14:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6213	DOMINICAN POLITICS #8: FERNANDEZ, THE RIO GROUP [...] (C) Summary. When the Rio Group summit of November 4 got to the agenda item on Haiti, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez asked for hemispheric help in re-instilling democracy in that &narco-state,8 but he put a big front wrong in advocating the inclusion in the process of former president [...]	2004-11-16 20:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ENRG HA PGOV PREL
04SANTODOMINGO790	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] The following is the Embassy response to reftel. Human Rights Record in the DR and the US Strategy --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. President Hipolito Mejia of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) took office in August 2000 after a generally free and fair election. [...]	2004-02-06 21:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL
04SANTODOMINGO863	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: UN'S INSTRAW GETS NEW DIRECTOR [...] Dr. Carmen Moreno, the recently arrived new director of the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW),briefed local diplomats on her plan to revitalize the UN entity, at a breakfast hosted by the Spanish ambassador February 3. Moreno, former Mexi [...]	2004-02-10 19:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN DR MX
04TAIPEI3667	BEIJING ACCELERATING GLOBAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan officials say Beijing is effectively leveraging its growing international clout to orchestrate a global campaign to isolate Taipei. Officials assert that Beijing's recent efforts have become increasingly coordinated, organized, and creative. Taiwan MOFA officials maintai [...]	2004-11-17 07:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TW
04TEGUCIGALPA1339	Honduras TIP Update: EmbOffs Meet with Attorney [...] Summary: EmbOffs met recently with the Honduran Attorney General and the Supreme Court President to emphasize the critical nature of successful prosecutions as part of an overall GOH strategy to combat trafficking in persons. Honduras has also been active in recent months on a number of traff [...]	2004-06-10 22:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG KWMN ELAB PGOV PREL KJUS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1384	MEDIA REACTION ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT, [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on June 18 entitled "Trafficking in Persons." "Trafficking in persons is a source of innumerable violations to human rights, a profitable activity for organized crime, and even a means to spread AIDS and other sexually transmitted dise [...]	2004-06-18 17:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1411	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY'S JUNE 28 - 30 VISIT [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Shelby to Honduras June 29-30. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, two-and-a-half years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. However, there have [...]	2004-06-22 22:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV PHUM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2049	EVALUATION OF U.S. SPEAKER ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MARIA JOSE T. FLETCHER, TRACKER NO. 21830 [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-14 15:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OEXC PHUM SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2816	HONDURAS: 2004-2005 INCSR PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING [...] Post provides its submission for the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part II, Money Laundering And Financial Crimes. Introduction and General Questions Two years after passing a new law against money laundering, the government of Honduras has made conside [...]	2004-12-21 12:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTFN KJUS ECON PGOV PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA315	Honduras: Supporting Human Rights and Democracy [...] The following is Post's submission for the "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2003-4" for Honduras. 2. Begin Text Honduras' constitutional government is headed by President Ricardo Maduro, elected in November 2001 in elections that domestic and international observe [...]	2004-02-11 20:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG EAID KDEM KJUS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA344	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SAUERBREY'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of Ambassador Sauerbrey to Honduras February 19-20. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, half way through his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces difficult task leading a highly indebted poor country with numerous challenges. Bilateral [...]	2004-02-13 23:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SNAR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA382	Honduras TIP Update: GOH Active in Preventing and [...] Summary: Honduras has been active in recent months on a number of trafficking in persons (TIP) fronts. This cable provides an update on these efforts. End Summary. TIP Seminars - Prevention and Eradication of TIP --------------------------------------------- --- 2. The Embassy brought [...]	2004-02-20 20:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG KWMN ELAB PGOV PREL KJUS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA467	ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE: MADURO INVITES TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) Summary: In a February 25 private briefing with international donors, the Transparency International (TI) delegation, led by TI Vice Chair of the Board of Directors Rosa Ines Ospina from Colombia, acknowledged positive anti- corruption efforts by President Ricardo Maduro's administration [...]	2004-02-27 23:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM ECON EFIN PHUM PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA734	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BALLENGER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CODEL Cass Ballenger (R-NC, Chairman, House International Relations, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee) to Honduras April 12-13. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, a little over half way through his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces [...]	2004-03-29 22:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SNAR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA858	CODEL BALLENGER DISCUSSES CUBA, IRAQ, CAFTA, [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 12, CODEL Ballenger met with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro. Issues discussed at the meeting included Cuba, Iraq, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA),narcotrafficking, and humanitarian/development assistance. Representative Ballenger expressed U.S. [...]	2004-04-14 22:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP ETRD SNAR PGOV PHUM EAGR CU HO
04TEGUCIGALPA945	PUBLIC AFFAIRS INFLUENCE ANALYSIS FOR HONDURAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Honduras is a small country of approximately 6.7 million people, 72 percent of them living on less than two dollars a day and almost 50 percent under the age of 18. A small, core group of related and associated economic and political elites (see my attached comment)1, exercise [...]	2004-04-26 18:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OIIP PREL KPAO ECON PGOV SMIG HO
04TEGUCIGALPA960	PUBLIC AFFAIRS INFLUENCE ANALYSIS FOR HONDURAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Honduras is a small country of approximately 6.7 million people, 72 percent of them living on less than two dollars a day and almost 50 percent under the age of 18. A small, core group of related and associated economic and political elites1, exercise effective control of busin [...]	2004-04-27 19:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OIIP PREL KPAO ECON PGOV SMIG HO
04TELAVIV1389	New Mayor of Dimona Eager to Assist Embassy's [...] (SBU) Summary: ACS Chief, ARSO, Conspec and RSO investigator met with newly-elected Mayor of Dimona, Meir Cohen on March 2, 2004 to discuss the Embassy's ongoing investigation into criminal activity by the Hebrew Israelite Community (HIC). Also present at the meeting was ex-Deputy Mayor, Alber [...]	2004-03-05 14:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC KFRD IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV1568	COMBATING RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM; USG-GOI DISCUSS [...] (C) U.S. and Israeli delegations discussed efforts to combat radiological terrorism during February 24-25 talks held in Israel. The parties reviewed existing institutional structures and technologies as well as strategy and approaches for research, development, testing and evaluation. Also [...]	2004-03-12 10:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER TSPL PARM IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAEL RELATIONS
04THEHAGUE1370	FY-2005 Embassy The Hague International [...] On April 22, 2004, the International Visitor Program Selection Committee nominated the following slate of IVP candidates for the FY-2005. As per refcable, we are nominating 11 primary candidates. The remaining candidates are nominated as alternates. We request that The Hague will again be offe [...]	2004-06-03 16:58:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1712	ENGAGEMENT WITH DUTCH ON TIP [...] SUMMARY: During a June 29 working level meeting to discuss Dutch movement on TIP following G/TIP Director Miller's June 7 visit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Justice (MinJus) officials promised Embassy representatives close cooperation bilaterally and within the EU on Traf [...]	2004-07-08 14:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE174	RECENT TIP DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (U) Below follows an update of recent developments in the Netherlands re trafficking in persons (TIP). Contents: Legislation: --New TIP Bill Submitted to Lower House (Paras 2-4) Protection: --Parliament Discusses National TIP Report (5-10) --Dutch Government Sets Up Shelter in Angola (11- [...]	2004-01-26 14:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE1775	JULY 7 U.S.-EU JHA CONSULTATIONS - CATS & SCIFA [...] SUMMARY: U.S.-EU consultations on a broad range of JHA issues were held in The Hague on July 7. The Article 36 Committee (CATS for cooperation in police and judicial matters) met in the morning and the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA) met in the afternoon. St [...]	2004-07-15 14:57:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER CVIS SNAR SMIG KFRD CPAS PREL EUN
04THEHAGUE1791	UNGA 59: DUTCH CAUTION ON CLONING, DEMOCRACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: IO DAS Lagon shared Reftel A points with Karel van Kesteren, Director of UN affairs at the MFA, on July 12. Poloff follow up on July 14 to get additional reactions and to receive a review of th EU's own paper (reported septel). 2. (C) The Dutch would support a ban on reprodu [...]	2004-07-16 12:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL UNGA UN
04THEHAGUE1799	UNGA 59: DUTCH CAUTION ON CLONING, DEMOCRACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: IO DAS Lagon shared Reftel A points with Karel van Kesteren, Director of UN affairs at the MFA, on July 12. Poloff followed up on July 14 to get additional reactions and to receive a review of the EU's own paper (reported septel). 2. (C) The Dutch would support a ban on rep [...]	2004-07-16 15:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL UNGA UN

04THEHAGUE1804	EMBASSY THE HAGUE CONTACTS FOR THE NETHERLANDS EU [...] THE NETHERLANDS ASSUMED THE SIX-MONTH ROTATING EU PRESIDENCY BEGINNING JULY 1. PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY AT EMBASSY THE HAGUE FOR COORDINATING EMBASSY ACTIVITIES AND LOGISTICAL ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO THE PRESIDENCY LIES WITH THE MISSION'S EU COORDINATION UNIT, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE D [...]	2004-07-16 16:04:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM ECON NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1817	UNGA 59: DUTCH CAUTION ON CLONING, DEMOCRACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: IO DAS Lagon shared Reftel A points with Karel van Kesteren, Director of UN affairs at the MFA, on July 12. Poloff followed up on July 14 to get additional reactions and to receive a review of the EU's own paper (reported septel). 2. (C) The Dutch would support a ban on rep [...]	2004-07-20 05:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL UNGA UN
04THEHAGUE1895	STATUS OF DUTCH EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP - "WE WANT TO [...] The evidence of the past seven weeks indicates that the Dutch will be good to their word in G/TIP Ambassador Miller's June 7 meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Bot and Justice Minister Donner (reftel D). First, that they will work towards "concrete, measurable targets" in combating traffic [...]	2004-07-27 14:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN NL
04THEHAGUE2143	TRANSLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS AND [...] Embassy The Hague has regularly posted the Human Rights, Religious Freedom and Trafficking in Persons reports on the embassy web site and alerted key contacts to their existence. We have not, however, translated the reports into Dutch given the extraordinarily high proficiency in English. [...]	2004-08-27 10:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM NL
04THEHAGUE2277	SUMMARY OF NATIONAL RAPPORTEUR'S THIRD TIP REPORT [...] Summary/Comment: On June 20, Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons (NRM) Dien Korvinus presented the third TIP report to Justice Minister Donner. The 302-page report mainly covers the year 2002 and contains information about laws and regulations, victims, assistance, administrat [...]	2004-09-08 15:55:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE2741	DUTCH MID-TERM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] SUMMARY: This is the interim accounting of Dutch efforts to combat human trafficking following the catalyst of G/TIP Ambassador Miller's June 7 presentation of suggested USG benchmarks to Dutch officials. In response to Ambassador Miller's challenge to Foreign Minister Bot and Justice Ministe [...]	2004-10-25 15:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN NL
04THEHAGUE4	2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] The Netherlands continues to be a significant transit point for drugs entering Europe (especially cocaine),an important producer and exporter of synthetic drugs (particularly Ecstasy and amphetamines),and an important consumer of most illicit drugs. U.S. law enforcement information indicates [...]	2004-01-02 14:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE521	ANNUAL REPORT ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - THE NETHERLANDS [...] Part one summarizes progress achieved during the year (Reftel B) and Part two is the fourth annual report on anti- trafficking in persons (TIP) for the Netherlands. The report follows the format outlined in reftel. Preparation time is about 200 hours (FSN - 110; FS-02 - 80; FS-02 - 10 hours) [...]	2004-03-02 06:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
04VATICAN101	POPE'S VISION IN LINE WITH U.S. GOALS IN IRAQ, [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-13 07:01:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM VT
04VATICAN1164	VATICAN OPEN TO TURKEY'S EU BID [...] (C) HOLY SEE COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR TURKEY JAN PAWLOWSKI REAFFIRMED MARCH 5 THE VATICAN'S OPENNESS TO TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP, DESPITE THE IMPRESSION OF OPPOSITION GENERATED BY THE HOLY SEE'S CONTINUED EFFORTS TO INTERJECT A REFERENCE TO EUROPE'S CHRISTIAN ROOTS IN THE EU CONSTITUTION. NEVERTHELES [...]	2004-03-23 17:26:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PHUM PREL SOCI TU VT
04VATICAN2518	TIP CONFERENCE ENERGIZES, EDUCATES ON FAITH-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-30 04:38:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SMIG SOCI VT
04VATICAN2817	VATICAN TRAFFICKING DVC PRODUCES BIG RESULTS [...] A June 30 Trafficking in Persons Digital Video Conference (DVC) linked key Holy See contacts and media with G/TIP's Ambassador John Miller. In conjunction with Embassy Rome, Embassy Vatican brought together three key elements in the fight against human trafficking: Vatican officials and rel [...]	2004-07-21 04:53:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SMIG VT
04VATICAN3213	HOLY SEE BACKS U.S. UNGA PRIORITIES [...] (C) Holy See Acting Foreign Minister equivalent Parolin told Charge August 18 that the Holy See was on the same page with the U.S. on most UNGA initiatives. On cloning, Charge emphasized the Holy See's potential to influence Catholic countries to support a ban on human cloning. Parolin emphasized t [...]	2004-08-20 06:19:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ECON KDEM PHUM PREL VT UNGA
04VATICAN3810	MOVING THE VATICAN ON BIOTECHNOLOGY: EMBASSY [...] (U) To build support within the Holy See and overcome opposition within the Catholic Church, Embassy brought together scientists, ethicists, and developing nation farmers to address a one-day conference on the moral imperative of using biotechnology to feed the world's hungry. Scientists from [...]	2004-10-01 15:20:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TBIO EAGR EAID SOCI VT
04VATICAN3970	INVITATIONAL TRAVEL REQUEST [...] SUMMARY: Post requests approval of invitational travel for Ambassador Nicholson to speak at a Trafficking in Persons conference in Miami, and then to travel to Washington, DC to receive an award from the North American College. END SUMMARY. 2. Ambassador has been invited to speak at a Nove [...]	2004-10-15 04:36:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT VT
04VATICAN5	POPE: MIGRATION ISSUES CRUCIAL TO CULTURE OF PEACE [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-02 12:59:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PREF SMIG VT
04VATICAN733	HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION TRAINING PROGRAM UP [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-26 16:36:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM VT
04VILNIUS1566	LITHUANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post submits the annual terrorism report for Lithuania. Embassy's update on Lithuania for the Department's 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report (reftel) is in paras 2-4. 2. (SBU) Lithuania has been fully supportive of the war against terrorism. Lithuania is implementing the Nation [...]	2004-12-27 14:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO LH
04WELLINGTON563	NEW ZEALAND TIP REPORT: LESSONS LEARNED [...] (SBU/NF) Following the turbulent June 14 release of the 2004 TIP report, which named New Zealand for the first time (ref a),Embassy Wellington would like to add its strong support to the recommendations contained in Embassy Singapore's recent excellent cable (ref b). While the GNZ is hyperse [...]	2004-07-02 05:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL ELAB AMGT NZ TIP
04YEREVAN1339	MFA INITIAL RESPONSE TO 2004 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) We delivered TIP report language and accompanying fact sheet and press release information to Special Advisor Salpi Ghazarian and Human Rights Desk Officer Karine Soudjian June 14 per reftel instructions. Both reported th [...]	2004-06-14 12:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID AM
04YEREVAN1344	ARMENIA: 2004 - 2005 ANTI-TRAFFICKING STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While the formation of the Government's Interagency Commission to Address Issues related to Human Trafficking was encouraging, lack of a Commission Head for several months last year significantly slowed down the Government's response to TIP. As reported reftel, the Commission [...]	2004-06-15 12:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM ELAB KWMN SMIG PGOV PREL UZ AM
04YEREVAN1639	59TH UNGA -- ARMENIA'S MOSTLY FAVORABLE RESPONSE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on USG initiatives at the 59th UNGA to MFA International Organizations Acting Division Chief Artak Apitonian July 20. Apitonian predicted that the GOAM would supp [...]	2004-07-23 12:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC UNGA UN
04YEREVAN1678	PARTY PRIMER: TOP ARMENIAN POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) With 64 registered political parties (as of July 30, 2004) voters in Armenia suffer no lack of choice. The following parties are represented within the National Assembly (NA): the Republican [...]	2004-07-30 08:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AM
04YEREVAN1837	LETTER FROM THE MFA ON ARMENIA'S CANDIDACY [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ----------------------- TEXT OF LETTER FROM MFA ----------------------- 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs transmitted the following letter to the Embassy. The English- language text of the letter follows. Begin Text: [...]	2004-08-18 13:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AM UN
04YEREVAN314	MEETING WITH ARMENIAN DEPUTY FONMIN ON TIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Tatoul Margarian, who oversees the GOAM Interagency Commission to Address Issues Related to Human Trafficking (TIP Commission),to discuss concerns that the GOAM has been slow to take visible, concrete steps to combat trafficking in persons [...]	2004-02-06 12:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM ELAB KWMN SMIG PGOV PREL UZ AM
04YEREVAN505	GOAM CALLS ON USG TO RECONSIDER FY 2005 FMF [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Ruben Shugarian demarched DCM February 26 regarding expected differences in FY 2005 military assistance levels for Azerbaijan and Armenia. Shugarian delivered an eleven- point non-paper that called on t [...]	2004-02-27 12:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR PARM AJ AM
04YEREVAN562	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN ARMENIA: THE VIEW FROM [...] (C) Through an Advisor to the Minister of Justice, we have obtained a copy of a report on trafficking in perons (TIP) in Armenia prepared by the Office of the Procurator General. The detail and scope of the report's findings, along with recent Embassy demarches on Armenia's shaky Tier II sta [...]	2004-03-09 09:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AM KCRM PHUM PINR SMIG SNAR
04YEREVAN587	KURDISH ACTIVITIES IN ARMENIA [...] (S) There is an Armenian-Kurdish friendship society in downtown Yerevan with a sign posted on the door identifying it as such. The "Friendship Society's" main goals in Armenia appear to be to promote Kurdish culture, organize holidays, demonstrations, and campaigns for better treatment of and/ [...]	2004-03-11 03:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PINR AM TU
04YEREVAN813	INL PROGRAM SUCCESSES [...] Several recently implemented INL-funded programs are already reaping benefits. This cable details highlights of program progress. ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROGRAMS +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++ OSCE Anti-TIP Legislative Strengthening Program +++++++++++++++++++++++ [...]	2004-04-05 12:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KSEP KCRM PHUM AM
04YEREVAN867	LOA AMENDMENT NO.2 AUTHORIZATION REQUEST [...] This is an Action Request for INL/AAE. 2. Post presents the final version of Amendment No. 2 to the Letter of Agreement on Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement Assistance between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Republic of Armenia in para 3 and requests the [...]	2004-04-12 13:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN KJUS KCRM AM
04ZAGREB1527	CROATIA: UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR [...] This cable responds to reftel questions on Croatia's efforts to prevent the worst forms of child labor. 2. Croatia has taken solid steps to counter the worst forms of child labor, enacting legislation proscribing the problem and ensuring the implementation and enforcement of existing legisl [...]	2004-08-27 15:05:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI HR
04ZAGREB208	CROATIA HEARS US ON TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) On January 30, the Ambassador reviewed with Jadranka Kosor, Deputy Prime Minister, Croatia's record on trafficking in persons (TIP). Kosor acknowledged that Croatia will need to address the issue better, but otherwise offered little in substance other than to declare that she will be our [...]	2004-02-04 08:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV HR
04ZAGREB2171	HIV/AIDS IN CROATIA: LOW PREVALENCE AND LOW [...] Croatia's few registered cases of HIV/AIDS and low knowledge about the disease and how it spreads translate into an HIV/AIDS strategy focused on prevention and education. Stigmatization continues be an obstacle, as alarmist press accounts beat out a small cadre of dedicated health professiona [...]	2004-12-22 07:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV PHUM PGOV HR
04ZAGREB409	UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (C) On March 2 Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky visited Croatia and met with President Stjepan Mesic, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, and Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul. The Under Secretary discussed Croatia's participation in the Community of Democracies, the UN Commis [...]	2004-03-10 13:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF KDEM HR NATO
04ZAGREB766	THE SANADER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST SEMESTER -- OFF TO [...] (C) PM Ivo Sanader's furious, almost frantic, pace for his first 100 days in office has produced positive results. Most of his government's energy has been focused on foreign policy, where Sanader and his closest associates had to work quickly to convince the skeptics of the "new HDZ" who are [...]	2004-04-28 14:45:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR
05ABUDHABI1091	UAE: 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Embassy TIP points of contact are PolOff Susan Raddant and PolChief Joel Maybury, office: 971-2-414-2444, fax: 971-2-414-2639; email: raddantsk@state.gov, mayburyjf@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent approximately 40 hours preparing for and writing the repor [...]	2005-03-08 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TC
05ABUDHABI1167	UAE ANNOUNCES CAMEL JOCKEY LAW IN EFFECT BY MARCH [...] (C) Summary: After weeks of lobbying by the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and de facto Foreign Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) issued a statement March 13 announcing that a law will be on the books by April 16, 2005 banning jockeys under age 16 from participating in camel [...]	2005-03-14 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ELAB PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI1274	UAEG OFFICIALS: "WE WILL SOLVE THE CAMEL JOCKEY [...] (C) Summary: Senior UAEG officials have publicly and privately committed to ending the problem of underage camel jockeys. In response to reftel demarche, they have told Charge that their priority is to identify, rescue and repatriate the children, and not drive the problem underground. To [...]	2005-03-21 11:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI TC
05ABUDHABI1712	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON U.S. - UAE BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 16, Ambassador called on long-time presidential advisor Mohammed Habroush Al-Suwaidi to review our bilateral agenda (FTA, MLAT, and Camel Jockey Trafficking). On FTA, Al-Suwaidi opined that there was no reason the process would not move ahead. The concerns of some busin [...]	2005-04-17 11:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET PHUM ELAB ETRD SA TC
05ABUDHABI2143	RESPONDING TO CROWN PRINCE'S LETTER ON CAMEL [...] (C) Summary: The UAE has taken several positive actions since March 31 to address Trafficking in Persons related to child camel jockeys. These achievements generally track with those noted in Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed's (MbZ) April 28 letter to the Secretary, Deputy Sec [...]	2005-05-11 12:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI2495	UAE LEADERS COMMITTED TO TIP PLAN FOLLOW THROUGH [...] (C) Summary. The UAE leadership has reacted calmly to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Tier 3 designation and action plan. UAE leaders designated Presidential Affairs Minister Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed to oversee the plan's implementation and have asked two specific questions about the action [...]	2005-06-06 04:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI2781	SCENESETTER FOR PDAS CHENEY'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: We look forward to welcoming you to Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The UAE leadership will be very interested in hearing your perspectives on the latest developments in Iraq and on the Mideast peace process, as well as listening to your views on reform in the region. We have requested mee [...]	2005-06-20 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV KMPI PTER ETRD PHUM MASS IZ AF TC
05ABUDHABI2833	UAE PROGRESS ON TIP ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: Since receiving the TIP report and mini-action plan from us on June 1, the UAE Government has made steady progress in addressing the suggested steps in the plan. Ministry of Interior police continue to identify and rescue underage camel jockeys. Government social workers working [...]	2005-06-22 11:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI2945	PDAS CHENEY MEETS WITH UAE PRESIDENT KHALIFA [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting June 26 with NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney, UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan offered his assessment of the situation in Iraq, commented on the Iranian elections and discussed Syria's involvement in the region, reform in the UAE, and effo [...]	2005-07-01 09:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMPI KPAL PHUM IZ IR SY WE GZ TC
05ABUDHABI2947	PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES REFORM, TIP AND TRADE [...] (C) Summary: During NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney's visit to the UAE June 26-27, she had an SIPDIS opportunity to speak to different audiences about political reform, trafficking in persons, and economic issues. Cheney emphasized that to fully empower its citizens, the UAE [...]	2005-07-01 09:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD KMPI PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI3074	TIP ACTION UPDATE: LABOR [...] (C) Summary: The UAE Ministry of Labor has taken a number of proactive steps since June 1 in response to the TIP Mini-Action Plan (reftel) that requires the UAE to establish shelters for trafficking victims, articulate how the UAEG will extend formal protection to domestic workers and other l [...]	2005-07-12 10:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM ETRD PREL TC
05ABUDHABI3194	UAE PROGRESS ON TIP ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: With two weeks to go before the end of the 60-day TIP action plan, the UAE continues to make progress in addressing the suggested steps in the action plan (ref C). The following is a review of progress made to date on the mini-action plan, keyed to the six points provided by G/TIP. [...]	2005-07-19 09:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI3297	UAE TIP ACTION PLAN UPDATE: PROSECUTIONS [...] Summary: With one week to go before the end of the 60-day TIP action plan assessment period, the UAE continues to make progress in addressing the suggested steps in the action plan (ref A). The UAEG has provided data on 19 investigations and prosecutions of persons of different nationalities [...]	2005-07-27 10:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB ETRD KJAN TC
05ABUDHABI3437	REPORT OF MORE TIP PROSECUTIONS, CAMEL JOCKEY [...] Summary: UAEG progress on addressing the human trafficking problem has continued right through the August 2 60-day TIP action plan assessment period deadline (ref A). At the request of the Consul General, the Dubai Justice Department provided information on three new sex trafficking prosecuti [...]	2005-08-08 07:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM KJAN TC
05ABUDHABI353	USTR VISIT REINFORCES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant United States Trade Representative for Labor William Clatanoff met with representatives from the Ministries of Interior, Labor, and Foreign Affairs on January 17-19 to discuss a number of labor issues related to upcoming free trade negotiations. One subject Clatanoff [...]	2005-01-24 09:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI4175	UAE LABOR: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Labor laws and practices in the United Arab Emirates are in a state of flux; the young Minister of Labor, Dr. Ali Al Ka'abi, is a technocrat appointed in the November 2004 Cabinet reshuffle for his energetic plans for reform rather than for family connections. In the [...]	2005-10-03 14:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL ETRD KDEM PINR PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI4737	TIP: INTERIM ASSESMENT FOR NEA SPECIAL [...] (U) Summary: Since being placed on the Tier 2 Special Watch List, the UAEG has made steady progress in addressing the problem of trafficking, especially with regard to women in the sex trade and children in the camel racing industry. The answers in paragraphs 2-5 below are keyed to the four qu [...]	2005-11-21 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG AE
05ABUDHABI4979	RIGHTS ACTIVIST ALLEGES CAMEL JOCKEYS TRAIN AT [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney alleges that underage camel jockeys continue to train after dark in several camel racetracks in at least three of the country's seven emirates. Burney, who plans to be in Washington to meet with G/TIP later this month, told us that he [...]	2005-12-12 04:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PREL PK AE
05ABUDHABI5021	UAE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM - ADDENDUM [...] (U) This is the UAE Mission's classified addendum to the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report transmitted to the Department on December 12 (ref A). Subject headings are keyed to the headings in the unclassified report, and information contained in each paragraph is strictly supplemental to the corres [...]	2005-12-13 11:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC AE
05ABUDHABI5171	UAE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM ADDENDUM -- [...] (U) This is the UAE Mission's classified addendum to the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report transmitted to the Department on December 12 (ref B). (Note: This message is being re-sent with corrected paragraph classifications. End note.) Subject headings are keyed to the headings in the unclassified [...]	2005-12-21 14:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER ASEC AE
05ABUDHABI5241	UAE PENAL CODE AMENDED TO REFLECT SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: On December 24, the Emirates News Agency, the Ministry of Information's official website, announced that President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan had issued Federal Law No. 34 for 2005 amending a range of Articles in the Federal Penal Code. The Khaleej Times quotes Mohammed b [...]	2005-12-28 14:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KTFN AE
05ABUDHABI833	G/TIP VISIT TO UAE INFORMATIVE BUT DISAPPOINTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. G/TIP Senior Coordinator for Reports Mark Taylor visited the UAE February 5-8 to update information for the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report. High ranking UAEG officials assured him of their ongoing commitment to combating all forms of human trafficking. (Note: On February 1 [...]	2005-02-22 12:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUJA1132	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP, JUNE 2005 [...] This cable is a roundup of various incidents that impacted human rights in Nigeria, organized by section of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or are updates of previously reported items. --------------------------------------------- -- [...]	2005-06-24 13:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KIRF ELAB NI HUMANRIGHTS
05ABUJA1900	NIGERIA AGOA SUBMISSION AND RECOOMENDATION [...] (U) Country: Nigeria Current AGOA Status: Eligible 2. (U) Country Background Summary: Estimated population of 140 million. 2004 GNI was $55.9 billion; 2004 GNI per capita was $390. (World Bank 8/2005 Data) Nigeria completed civilian-run national and state elections in 2003 that were m [...]	2005-10-05 07:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PHUM NI AGOA
05ABUJA70	IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI PASSES UP U.S.- [...] Summary. On a state visit to Nigeria, Iranian President Khatami passed up an opportunity to bash the U.S. in public remarks. Instead, in responding to a journalist's leading question during his press conference with Nigeria's Foreign Minister, Khatami condemned Saddam Hussein and the Taliba [...]	2005-01-18 09:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IR NI
05ACCRA1051	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT KUFUOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, pro-American country in a region marked by conflict and authoritarian rule. It has one of the best human rights records in Africa and has made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons. President John Kufuor is five months into his secon [...]	2005-05-27 16:34:00	Embassy Accra	SECRET	EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB GH KWMN PGOV PREL PTER MAS
05ACCRA1644	GOG APPROVES ANTI-TRAFFICKING BILL [...] Summary: With the July 28 passage of an anti-human trafficking law, the GOG is striving to overcome its downgrade to Tier 2 in our annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report and regain its reputation as a regional leader on human rights. This legislation marks the culmination of a protracted [...]	2005-08-16 10:35:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GH
05ACCRA1679	THE U.S. - GHANA RELATIONSHIP: THE AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-Ghana relationship is strong and broad-based. In this message, I offer my parting thoughts on how the relationship has changed during my nearly three-year tenure as Ambassador, and identify some of the main challenges ahead. I leave very optimistic about Ghana. The Go [...]	2005-08-22 07:34:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON GH
05ACCRA1969	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN GHANA [...] (S) Summary: There is little political or religious extremism in Ghana. The Mission has an active Muslim outreach program and the USG spends about $12 million in programs annually directed largely at Ghana's 20 percent Muslim population. Other Mission activities help promote tolerance, incl [...]	2005-09-27 13:17:00	Embassy Accra	SECRET	EAIR GH KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL PTER
05ACCRA2036	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER [...] (C) Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, and pro-American country. It has one of the best human rights records in Africa and has made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons. President John Kufuor is nine months into his second term, which has been marked by intra-party tensi [...]	2005-10-04 18:05:00	Embassy Accra	SECRET	EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB KWMN PGOV PREL PTER GH MAS
05ACCRA2150	GHANA: DEMOCRACY BUILDING SUCCESSES [...] Summary: In response to reftel A, post offers the following lessons from its efforts to strengthen Ghana's thirteen-year-old democracy. These lessons focus on our efforts to enhance the USG's credibility with political parties and human rights organizations, build capacity of local governments [...]	2005-10-20 16:07:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI GH KDEM PGOV PHUM
05ACCRA2267	GHANA'S AGOA ELIGIBILITY: POST'S SUBMISSION [...] Mission's submission regarding Ghana's continuing eligibility for the African Growth and Opportunity Act(AGOA) is formatted at requested in ref a. Submission was originally transmitted in ref. b. 2. Begin eligibility paper: TPSC SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGOA IMPLEMENTATION 2005 COUNTRY ELIGIBI [...]	2005-11-04 13:17:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AGAO ETRD ECON XA GH
05ACCRA2316	GHANA'S INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSSES NARCOTICS, [...] (U) Summary: On November 2, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Interior Papa Owusu Ankomah. The Minister emphasized Ghana's increasing role as a transit point for narcotics and pressed for further narcotics enforcement assistance. He also acknowledged Ghana's poor prison c [...]	2005-11-11 16:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL GH
05ACCRA2554	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 09:49:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR GH
05ACCRA364	MEETING WITH GHANA'S NEW MINISTER OF WOMEN AND [...] (U) Summary: On February 16, A/DCM and PolChief paid a courtesy call on Alima Mahama, Ghana's new Minister of Women and Children Affairs, to inform her about USG interest in passage of a trafficking in persons law. She said the ministry had recently submitted its comments on the draft TIP [...]	2005-02-17 16:58:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB GH KWMN PHUM PREL SOCI
05ACCRA432	GHANA 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT (PART ONE [...] (SBU) This is the first of post's two-cable response to reftel which requests information for the fifth annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Ghana has problems with both domestic and international human trafficking. The GOG, international and local NGOs have combined efforts to focus on comba [...]	2005-02-28 17:44:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
05ACCRA433	GHANA 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT (PART TWO [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-28 18:49:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
05ACCRA626	KEEP GHANA ON TIER 1 [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Ghana, at the very highest levels, has conveyed to us its intent to pass anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) legislation. The bill has been delayed because of bureaucratic problems, the national election, and the demands of forming a new government. However, we [...]	2005-03-31 11:52:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KWMN PHUM PREL
05ACCRA791	AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF JUSTICE: [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 20, Ambassador and PolChief met with Ghana's new Minister of Justice and Attorney General Ayikoi Otoo and his new Deputy Minister to discuss extradition matters, pending legislation and several human rights cases. The Ambassador formally asked about the status of th [...]	2005-04-26 18:04:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN GH KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SNAR
05ADANA105	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 13, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-16 05:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA119	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 02, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / BOLGE: The heavy rainfall in two days in Ceyhan district of Adana damaged the wheat crop which would be harvested soon. This situation aggravated the hardships endured by producers who had been complaining about the low prices offered for for their produce. [...]	2005-06-03 12:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADDISABABA3997	ETHIOPIA: DAS YAMAMOTO TALKS DEMOCRACY, SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Visiting DAS Don Yamamoto told Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda the GOE had to move faster to strengthen key democratic institutions and to release imprisoned CUD opposition leaders. He and Amb. Huddleston highlighted increasing concern about Ethiopian human rights and democracy a [...]	2005-12-01 13:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ET ELEC
05ALMATY1856	USOSCE AMBASSADOR MINIKES' MEETINGS WITH ASTANA [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 26, U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Minikes, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway, met separately with Deputy Speaker of the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) Dyachenko, Chairman of the Central Elections Commission Zhumabekov, and Minister of Justice Baliyeva. Ambassador Min [...]	2005-05-16 01:48:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1938	KAZAKHSTANI MFA "DISAPPOINTED" WITH CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 19, Charge briefed Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Volkov on the Department's decision to request a national security interest waiver of Section 578's requirement (Foreign Operations) that Kazakhstan demonstrate significant progress on human rights in order to continue f [...]	2005-05-20 12:28:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3419	KAZAKHSTAN: CHARGE DELIVERS TIP BENCHMARKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 8, Charge delivered reftel trafficking in persons benchmarks to Serik Nugmanov, Vice Minister of Justice, and Aisha Aitkalieva, Head of the International Law Department at the Ministry of Justice. The Charge discussed the history of bilateral cooperation on TIP issu [...]	2005-09-23 12:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3431	KAZAKHSTAN: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (S) Summary: Efforts to insure stability by supporting political reform and countering terrorism are at the top of the bilateral U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship, as reflected in the first two performance goal's of the Kazakhstan MPP. Post engages in a continuous dialogue with all levels of the [...]	2005-09-26 08:46:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY406	GOK INTERAGENCY TIP WORKING GROUP SHOWCASES WORK ON [...] (U) On January 13, the GOK interagency TIP working group met in Astana to discuss GOK progress in meeting TIP National Plan goals. Minister of Justice Olnasyn Zhumabekov chaired the highly publicized meeting, which included a broad range of participation from the GOK, IOM, OSCE, NGOs and Ast [...]	2005-02-03 07:57:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG IO KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY409	2004-05 SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE [...] (SBU) The following is the draft summary of U.S. strategy and efforts to combat human rights abuses and bolster democracy in Kazakhstan for 2004-05. BEGIN DRAFT STRATEGY TEXT: In Kazakhstan, the United States forcefully advocated support of human rights and democracy, emphasizing that bi [...]	2005-02-03 23:54:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV ELAB KPAO KSEP KZ POLITICAL
05AMMAN5847	AMMAN NOMINATION FOR 2005 WORKER RIGHTS TRAINING [...] Post nominates political officer Jonathan Peccia for the September 21-22 labor diplomacy and worker rights training seminar in Cairo, Egypt (reftel). 2. Information requested reftel follows: Name: Jonathan Peccia Title: Political Officer, Third Secretary Name of Supervisor: Eric Carl [...]	2005-07-21 13:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AMGT ELAB OTRA JO
05AMMAN627	JORDAN: HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY 2004-2005 [...] Post is providing the following report as requested in reftel. ------------------------------- Human Rights Strategy 2004-2005 ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Jordan's respect for human rights remained satisfactory during the year. A human rights commission establis [...]	2005-01-25 09:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KDEM PGOV PREL JO
05ANKARA1097	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A, supplementing responses submitted previously in Reftels B, C, D, and E. Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane. Lane (rank: FS-05) spent approximately 20 hours in prepara [...]	2005-03-02 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1472	TIP IN TURKEY: MFA ALLOCATES "157" HOTLINE NUMBER [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news article about TIP in Turkey. 2. (U) Published Thursday, March 10 by the semi-official Anatolian News Agency; http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/: TITLE: Foreign Ministry Allocate [...]	2005-03-15 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1550	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: GOVERNOR REJECTS CLAIMS OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-17 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1552	CARLIN TALKS TIP TACTICS WITH JUDICIAL OFFICIALS; [...] (U) IIP Speaker Barbara Carlin, Resident Legal Attache in Skopje, Macedonia, brought her expertise on prosecution of human trafficking cases to Turkey to support a Ministry of Justice conference for 50 judges and prosecutors on February 9. The conference, organized by the International Orga [...]	2005-03-17 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG TU OIIP TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1776	TIP in Turkey: Developments in regional law [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's Mobile Training Team is training law enforcement authorities in the Balkans, Caucasus, and Central Asia on measures to counter human smuggling and trafficking in persons. The foreign ministers of Turkey and Georgia recently signed a protocol on cooperation in anti- traff [...]	2005-03-28 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1777	TIP IN TURKEY: Interior Ministry reports details on [...] (U) During a March 3 meeting with Mehmet Terzioglu, the Interior Ministry's Head of the Department for Foreigners, Borders, and Asylum, we requested information on the following trafficking in persons cases appearing recently in the Turkish media. The response received is provided b [...]	2005-03-28 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1802	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-29 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1832	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-30 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1878	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 16-28, [...] (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 Sunday, February 27 by Cumhuriyet [...]	2005-04-01 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1888	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] The delay will give the Government time to consider changes in the face of domestic and international criticism from press and human rights groups. Revisions to the penal code demanded by the European Union aim to bring Turkey's criminal justice system into line with recent political reforms [...]	2005-04-01 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2031	TURKEY SUPPORTS US OBSERVER STATUS TO BSEC [...] (U) In conjunction with the visit of EUR/ACE Special Advisor John Markey to the Istanbul headquarters of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) organization, Econoff met with MFA BSEC desk officer Ali Sain Akin April 6 to discuss the U.S. application for observer status and Turkey's object [...]	2005-04-07 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD TU PREL
05ANKARA2060	TURKISH MFA OFFICIAL: "NATO INVOLVEMENT IN THE [...] (C) Turkey shares with us the goal of eventual NATO involvement in the Black Sea, an MFA official told us April 7. At BLACKSEAFOR's March 31 senior officials meeting, the members agreed on a common threat assessment and agreed that it would be beneficial to build some ties with outside states [...]	2005-04-08 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG UP RO BU NATO
05ANKARA2076	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan comes to Washington with the GOT continuing to talk about a strategic partnership but with bilateral relations troubled by an absence of clarity on Turkish direction and intent. Ruling AKP officials publicly deny any bilateral problems or blame them on U. [...]	2005-04-11 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR PHUM TU
05ANKARA2094	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 1-15, [...] (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 in the weekly journal Temp [...]	2005-04-12 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2192	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16- [...] (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 on Monday, March 21 by Mil [...]	2005-04-18 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY

05ANKARA2242	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15, [...] (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 on Friday, April 1 by Hurr [...]	2005-04-20 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2314	TURKS PREPARING FOR PKK SPRING OFFENSIVE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 17. Summary ------- 2. (S) The GOT appears to be convinced that the PKK is going to carry out its first "spring offensive" in southeast Turkey since 1999. Press and intel reporting indicate the Turks have moved two commando brigades towar [...]	2005-04-22 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MOPS PREF TU IZ IR SY
05ANKARA2491	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 15- [...] (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 on Wednesday, April 20 in [...]	2005-05-02 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2527	TURKEY REQUESTS INFORMATION ON USG FUEL DELIVERIES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy received a diplomatic note May 3 requesting information on U.S. purchases of refined products in Turkey for delivery to Iraq during the period May 2003 through April 2005. Para 4 contains text of diplomatic note. The informat [...]	2005-05-03 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EPET ETRD IZ PREL TU
05ANKARA2671	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-09 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2782	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 1-15, [...] (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 in Hurriyet on Tuesday, Ma [...]	2005-05-16 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3055	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 15-31, [...] (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 in Radikal on Monday, May [...]	2005-06-01 07:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3104	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-02 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3186	GOT AND IOM LAUNCH INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING [...] Summary: The IOM and the GOT, with funding from the U.S., launched a first major multi-country prevention campaign to combat human trafficking across Turkey, Ukraine and Moldova. The campaign includes a toll-free "157" helpline, multi-national multi-media advertising, and passport inserts. [...]	2005-06-08 04:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3194	CODEL SHELBY FOCUSES ON TERROR FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In its meetings in Turkey, Codel Shelby advanced the bilateral terrorism finance agenda, securing Turkish Ministers' agreement to sending U.S. terror finance experts to work with their Turkish counterparts. Minister of Finance Unakitan confirmed that the new law restructuring t [...]	2005-06-08 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PREL OVIP TU IZ
05ANKARA331	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, JAN 1-15, [...] (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 January 14 by Iran Mania News (FBI [...]	2005-01-19 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3490	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by The Messenger, Georgia's Englis [...]	2005-06-20 06:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3833	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 16-30, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Saturday, June 18: [...]	2005-07-01 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA411	TURKEY: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY, [...] In response to reftel, the following is Mission's contribution to the 2004-5 edition of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record." 2. Turkey is a constitutional republic with a multiparty parliamentary system and a president with limited powers elected by the single-chamber p [...]	2005-01-26 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA4149	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Friday, July 1: [...]	2005-07-18 10:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA423	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-26 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KTFN PTER TU
05ANKARA4316	TRABZON'S COMLEKCI DISTRICT, THE BLACK SEA'S [...] (C) Summary: A June 27 New York Times article by Craig Smith on prostitution in Turkey gives an account of the prostitution situation in the Comlekci District of Trabzon. Prostitution is indeed rampant in Trabzon, as witnessed by PolOffs. What is not clear, however, is if trafficking is equa [...]	2005-07-27 09:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA4481	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 16-31, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Sunday, July 17: [...]	2005-08-02 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA4621	TURKEY'S 157 TIP HELPLINE: IT SAVES LIVES [...] Summary: The USG's financing of a trafficking prevention campaign, put into effect by the International Office for Migration (IOM) working closely with the GOT, has demonstrated outstanding results from reclaimed lives to governmental cooperation. Twenty-four victims of trafficking have bee [...]	2005-08-08 10:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4794	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 31- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Vatan on Sunday, July 31: [...]	2005-08-16 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5140	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 16- 31, 2005 [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...]	2005-09-02 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5342	TURKS PUT ON POOR SHOW AT ISTANBUL TIP CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a prime opportunity to provide valuable input in the August 25-27 TIP conference, the Turkish MFA, academia, and gendarmerie representatives dropped the ball. From not understanding the difference between smuggling and trafficking, to shamelessly touting Turkey's libera [...]	2005-09-14 11:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA5506	US MISSION TURKEY: RESPONSIBILITY AND [...] THE U.S. MISSION IN TURKEY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN EUROPE. WITH OVER 1200 EMPLOYEES LOCATED IN FOUR SEPARATE CITIES (ANKARA, ISTANBUL, ADANA, AND IZMIR),THE MISSION IS COMPRISED OF OVER 20 AGENCIES ENGAGED ACROSS THE FULL RANGE OF USG POLICY PRIORITIES. TURKEY IS A COUNTRY OF GREAT STRATEG [...]	2005-09-22 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT
05ANKARA5540	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-24 01:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5621	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, August 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Thursday, September [...]	2005-09-27 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA589	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 4 of 4 (septel). Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------------ A. (U) The GOT issued 26 humanitarian visas to allow victims [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA590	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PREVENTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 4 (septel). Prevention ---------- A. (SBU) Turkish MFA Illegal Migration Department Head Iskender Okyay stated that the two hundred sixty-two TIP [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA591	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 4 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane, who replaces David McFarland following the submission of this report. McFarland (rank: FS-04) spent [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA592	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROSECUTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 4 (septel). Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Chapter 1, Article 80 of the Turkish [...]	2005-02-02 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5948	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, September [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Bu Gun on Saturday, September [...]	2005-10-03 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA6182	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-12 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6303	ANKARA'S NEW TIP SHELTER -- MUNICIPALITY SETS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Ankara Trafficking in Persons (TIP) shelter, second in Turkey after Istanbul, will start accepting victims of trafficking (VOTs) by the end of October. The Ankara Municipality has delivered a first-rate shelter, totally renovated and furnished, and has offered to pay [...]	2005-10-18 09:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6318	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Guardian Unlimited on Saturday [...]	2005-10-19 11:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6554	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Monday, October 17 [...]	2005-11-02 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6634	PUSHING FOR PROGRESS AGAINST PKK NETWORKS IN [...] (C) Summary: Now that the Turks have given us their initial response to our list of PKK support groups in Europe, we should move quickly to the next phase of our strategy. We recommend that Washington send an interagency team to Ankara as soon as possible so that we can begin the process of c [...]	2005-11-09 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER EFIN PGOV TU PKK
05ANKARA6754	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, November 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Milliyet and also reported by [...]	2005-11-16 11:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6846	NOV. 8 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) During Nov. 8 Caucasus Working Group discussions, the U.S. and Turkey shared assessments of the strategic situation in the Caucasus and Central Asia. The U.S. side briefed on the Caspian Guard program, and urged the Turks to participate in the upgrade of Nasosnaya Airbase in Azerbaijan, t [...]	2005-11-21 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS
05ANKARA6954	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-25 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7216	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7239	TURKEY 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) Turkey is a major transit route for Southwest Asian opiates to Europe, and serves as a base for major narcotics traffickers and brokers. Turkish law enforcement organizations focus their efforts on stemming the traffic of drugs and intercepting precursor chemicals. Turkish law enforcement [...]	2005-12-09 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR TU
05ANKARA7241	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 05:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7255	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, November 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published in the November 8th edition of Ye [...]	2005-12-12 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA7394	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, December 1- [...] 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 Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Thursd [...]	2005-12-16 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA7560	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON TURKISH INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's first call on Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu December 22 focused on joint efforts against the PKK, particularly in Europe. The Ambassador emphasized the importance of assembling legal evidence against the PKK that European prosecutors could use to build cour [...]	2005-12-23 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ASEC CASC PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA7592	NOV. 9-10 HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the first High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting with Turkey in two years, the US side emphasized recent concrete US actions to assist Turkey in its efforts against the PKK terrorist organization and underscored the need for Turkey to publicly recognize the US role. The Turks [...]	2005-12-27 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL PARM TU US IZ AF
05ANKARA900	TIP IN TURKEY: IOM TRAINS EAST EUROPEAN, RUSSIAN [...] (U) On February 4, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) conducted a seminar on trafficking in persons (TIP) for embassy officials from Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. Representatives from the embassies of Romania, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekista [...]	2005-02-16 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA902	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 1-10, [...] (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 Wednesday, February 9 by M [...]	2005-02-17 07:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA903	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 11-15, [...] (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 Sunday, February 13 by the [...]	2005-02-17 07:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ASUNCION1063	PARAGUAY: READOUT OF THE FIRST LADIES CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: From July 13-15, Paraguay hosted representatives from 20 countries at technical meetings in preparation of the 13th Western Hemisphere First Ladies Conference. The conference will be held September 28-30 in Asuncion. Delegates debated the Draft Declaration centered around the co [...]	2005-08-23 15:41:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWMN PA
05ASUNCION1121	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 28 [...] (U) Summary -- Smells Like Drugs -- Thousands Receive Medical Care -- Paraguay Interested in FTA - Someday ----------------- Smells Like Drugs ----------------- 2. (U) On August 26, the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) Canine Unit detected and seized 7.3 kilogra [...]	2005-09-02 18:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM ETRD PA
05ASUNCION1300	PARAGUAY DEMOCRACY BUILDING: SUCCESS STORIES AND [...] In support of the Secretary's emphasis on transformational diplomacy and the request of FSI's Leadership and Management School, the following is a short list of success stories and best practices, submitted AMEmbassy Asuncion. ----------------- Municipal Finance ----------------- 2. USA [...]	2005-10-17 21:14:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI KDEM PA EAID
05ASUNCION1355	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, OCT. 23 - [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-01 11:39:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON PA
05ASUNCION1413	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, NOV.06 - [...] (U) Summary: -- SENAD Dismantles Drug Band -- Russia Plans to Open an Embassy in Paraguay -- 35 Percent of Street Children are Victims of Sexual Exploitation -------------------------- SENAD Dismantles Drug Band -------------------------- 2. (U) On 11/08, SENAD agents dismantled a drug [...]	2005-11-15 17:04:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM SOCI KOCI SNAR PA
05ASUNCION1457	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, NOV. 20 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Just Can't Sniff Enough -- Impeachment Talk -- TIP Conviction Upheld -- Truth, Justice and the Stroessner Era ----------------------- Just Can't Sniff Enough ----------------------- 2. (U) On 11/20, Agents from the National Antinarcotics Secretariat (SENAD),with the a [...]	2005-11-28 21:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SMIG PA
05ASUNCION1466	PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 18:07:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ODIP PGOV APER KPAO SMIG PA
05ASUNCION148	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JANUARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: ---------------- -- Political Angel to Cubas Kidnapping Arrests -- Resignation Drama at Immigration -- Taiwan Seeking to Further Trade and Business Ties -- Court Rules in Favor of Continuing Extradition of Drug Trafficker ----------------------------------------- Political An [...]	2005-01-28 13:47:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON PINR SNAR PA
05ASUNCION1515	PARAGUAY: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Paraguay is a principal money laundering center, involving both the banking and non-banking financial sectors. The multi-billion dollar contraband re-export trade that occurs largely on the border shared with Argentina and Brazil facilitates much of the money laundering in Paraguay. Paraguay i [...]	2005-12-16 13:44:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM SNAR PTER EFIN PA
05ASUNCION649	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 7-13 [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- Human rights agenda takes center stage this week -- Justice Rienzi re-appointment saga continues -- NDF and Rachid pursue increased trade with Arab countries -- SENAD agents capture narco-pilot wanted in Brazil Human rights agenda takes center stage this week [...]	2005-05-16 12:56:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ETRD SNAR KCRM PA VE
05ASUNCION839	PARAGUAY: CERTIFICATION REPORT [...] Below find Post's submission on host government cooperation on counternarcotics efforts based on the benchmarks identified in reftel B. Counternarcotics ---------------- 2. The USG asked the GOP to keep pressure on major drug trafficking organizations by arresting and prosecuting their [...]	2005-06-30 14:11:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR KCRM PA
05ATHENS1268	MOLYVIATIS FOLLOWS UP ON TIP ISSUES IN GREECE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 9 meeting with Ambassador (following a May 5 Interministerial Council on TIP --the result of Molyviatis's April 29 telcon with U/S Burns),Molyviatis undertook to speed up agreement with Albania on a child repatriation protocol, to provide more comprehensive trafficking [...]	2005-05-09 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN GR TIP
05ATHENS1611	NGOS LOOK FOR MORE COOPERATION ON TIP, GOG ADMITS [...] THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During May 23-25 meetings with visiting Foreign Affairs Officer for Southeastern Europe, Suzanne Yountchi, officials from the Ministries of Health (MOH),Justice (MOJ),Public Order (MPO),Foreign Aff [...]	2005-06-10 13:22:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM GR TIP
05ATHENS2545	ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS IN GREECE (C-CN5-00417) [...] (C) In response to ref, post provides the following information on organized crime groups in Greece (keyed to ref questions): A. Are there organized crime groups present in the host country that originated in the following countries: Russia, Ukraine, Italy, the Balkans (Albania, Serbia, [...]	2005-09-28 12:46:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR GR INTERNAL
05ATHENS2635	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF HHS ACF A/S DR. WADE HORN [...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the October 8-12 visit of Dr. Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, HHS to Greece. Your visit will provide an excellent opportunity not only to showcase U.S.-Greece relations, but to reiterate our strong commitment to [...]	2005-10-06 14:42:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHUM TBIO EI GR HRIGHTS
05ATHENS2664	DEP FONMIN STYLIANIDES: WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Stylianides met with the Ambassador October 7 to discuss bilateral cooperation in the field of energy and international assistance. Stylianides noted he had recently returned from a trip to Russia, where he had urged the inclusion of U.S. companies in la [...]	2005-10-11 16:25:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL GR
05ATHENS2802	HHS ASSISTANT SECRETARY ADVANCES AGENDA ON TIP AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Dr. Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, shared domestic U.S. policy and his compelling experiences on trafficking in persons, welfare issues, pension reform, and refugee integration during his October 9-11 [...]	2005-10-27 09:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB PREL PREF GR TIP
05ATHENS3159	GOG COMMITS TO PROVIDE $600,000 TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During his December 5 visit to Athens, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia Thomas Mefford obtained the GoG's commitment to provide $600,000 in funding for a multilateral anti-trafficking program in Albania. This was the culmination of almost two years o [...]	2005-12-14 07:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL AL GR BALKANS
05ATHENS589	GREECE PART 1: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the Fifth TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to requests under "Overview" and "Prevention." -------- Overview -------- A. Greece is a destination countr [...]	2005-03-01 17:22:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GR TIP
05BANGKOK1321	THAILAND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS/LABOR DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary. Senior Royal Thai police (RTP),accompanied by a post NGO anti-trafficking partner, traveled to Malaysia to enhance cooperation in countering the increasing cross-border trafficking of women and children. A low-ranking Thai policeman was convicted for trafficking a 14-year old g [...]	2005-02-23 03:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TH TIP
05BANGKOK1527	THAILAND: INITIAL MEDIA COVERAGE, GOVERNMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Local Thai media on March 2 headlined their stories on the 2004 Human Rights Report (HRR) with variations on the theme, "US government slams Thailand's human rights performance," with special attention to incidents in the South. PM Thaksin has not commented on the HRR. Offici [...]	2005-03-02 13:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPAO TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK1573	THAI MFA PERMSEC SUMMONS THE AMBASSADOR OVER 2004 [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry (MFA) Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn told the Ambassador March 2 that the 2004 Human Right Report (HRR) on Thailand presented government actions (at Khru Se mosque and Tak Bai) in the deep South in a misleading light by failing to place them in the c [...]	2005-03-03 10:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK1924	THAILAND: CHILD MARRIAGE [...] (U) The legal age of marriage for men and women in Thailand is 18. Persons under 18 may be legally married with the consent of both parents or a single surviving parent or legal guardian. In some cases, the Court can approve a legal underage marriage. This is usually granted when requested by [...]	2005-03-16 09:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK2575	THAILAND: ARF ISM DISCUSSES DOCUMENT SECURITY AND [...] (U) Summary: Thailand and Canada co-chaired the third ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime April 6-8 in Bangkok, which focused on intelligence and information sharing, document security and integrity, and police and law enforcem [...]	2005-04-11 08:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL PTER TH ARF
05BANGKOK2751	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: STAFFDEL [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Woo for April 27, 2005. 2. (U) No hotel reservations have been made as Staffdel is not staying overnight. No per diem will be prepared. 3. (U) Embassy point of contact is: Michael D. Sweeney. Work phone: (66-2) 205-4 [...]	2005-04-22 03:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP OTRA TH
05BANGKOK5791	PM THAKSIN'S TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: PM Thaksin Shinawatra's September 19 meeting with the President presents an opportunity to underscore our deep and warm relations with Thailand and to build upon that relationship to strengthen our links to the rest of Southeast Asia. Thaksin is the strongest Prime Minister in Th [...]	2005-09-09 04:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR OVIP TH
05BANGKOK628	LOST IN THAILAND'S TSUNAMI: BURMESE MIGRANT WORKERS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Royal Thai government (RTG) has earned international plaudits for its responsiveness to western tourists and Thais affected by the tsunami. Roughly 30,000 Burmese migrants, employed in construction, fisheries, and hotels in three devastated provinces, remain marginalized i [...]	2005-01-25 03:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KWMN PHUM PREL PREF TH
05BANGKOK6441	NEW THAI POLICE ANTI-TIP UNIT TAKES ON FIRST [...] (U) Summary: The commander of Thailand's new anti- trafficking unit met with G and G/TIP officials on September 29 to outline future Thai government plans to combat human trafficking. Police General Camronwit Toopgrajank also recounted details of recent trafficking cases since the creation of [...]	2005-10-12 01:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN KCRM ELAB PHUM SOCI TH
05BANGKOK6909	BANGKOK FY06 REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HUB WORKPLAN [...] Summary: In FY06, the Regional Environmental Office (REO) based in Bangkok will continue its broad range of activities in 25 countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Three priority topics, however, will likely dominate the attention of this hub - avian influenza, efforts to combat illegal [...]	2005-11-04 01:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON TBIO TPHY TH
05BANGKOK7030	U.S.-THAI STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7 and 8, following up on the President's and Prime Minister Thaksin's commitment, senior U.S. officials met with Thai counterparts to inaugurate a bilateral dialogue on strategic and security issues. The U.S. side was lead by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eri [...]	2005-11-10 07:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS PTER PREL KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7458	THAILAND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: Recent activities have focused on child trafficking and child sex tourism in Thailand. A child sex tourism seminar was held in Bangkok under the auspices of the USG-supported Bali Process, with DHS/ICE representing the USG and providing a case study. The NGO IJM reports progres [...]	2005-12-02 08:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KWMN PREF PREL SMIG PHUM EAID TH
05BANGKOK7802	ASEAN WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT NETWORK LAUNCH: AN [...] (U) Summary: On December 1, representatives from nine of the ten ASEAN countries and the ASEAN Secretariat approved the launch of the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN),a regional law enforcement network to combat illegal wildlife trafficking in Southeast Asia. The launch provid [...]	2005-12-22 08:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL KCRM XC TH
05BOGOTA10336	NGOS SHARE CONCERNS OVER JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW AND [...] (SBU) On October 20, representatives from five leading human rights NGOs met with WHA/AND Director Philip French to provide their assessments of human rights conditions in Colombia. Three NGOs expressed concern over paramilitary demobilizations and the implementation of the Justice and Peace [...]	2005-11-02 19:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KJUS CO
05BOGOTA10392	VICE PRESIDENT ON "POST-CONFLICT"; PROMINENT [...] (C) Vice president Francisco Santos said at a restorative justice conference November 2 that Colombia's paramilitary demobilization process was a "post-conflict situation" requiring deft management if Colombia was to avoid "the problems of Central America or the Southern Cone" on crime and hu [...]	2005-11-04 15:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CO FARC AUC
05BOGOTA1070	SCENESETTER FOR CARTAGENA DONORS CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Embassy Bogota welcomes the U.S. Delegation, led by USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios, to Cartagena for the Feb. 2-4 follow-up conference to the London Declaration of July 2003 on international support for Colombia. This is a GOC-hosted meeting for the 24 London Declaration signatories p [...]	2005-02-01 22:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM CO
05BOGOTA1079	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] This is in response to reftel request. ---------------------------- Human Rights Strategy Report ---------------------------- 2. Although Colombia is a democracy, it has been ravaged by an internal armed conflict financed by drug trafficking and other criminal activities for over 40 year [...]	2005-02-02 15:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP EAID CO
05BOGOTA10893	GOC REQUESTS U.S. FUNDING OF ILO-SPONSORED [...] (U) The GOC has requested that the U.S. help finance the ILO's Special Program for Colombia, outlined in reftel. The Embassy supports the program and recommends funding at least three of the four projects because they assist in the demobilization and reinsertion process, address major concer [...]	2005-11-22 15:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM CO ILO
05BOGOTA10967	AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA INFORMATION - COLOMBIA [...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy provides the following responses regarding avian and pandemic influenza preparedness in Colombia. -------------------------- PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -------------------------- 2. (SBU) DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE A PREPAREDNESS PLAN/STRATEGY FOR PREV [...]	2005-11-25 16:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL CO
05BOGOTA11256	G/TIP REPORTS OFFICER REVIEWS COLOMBIA'S EFFORTS [...] On November 6-7 G/TIP Reports Officer Linda Brown and Poloff conducted meetings with the GOC, international organizations and NGOs regarding trafficking in persons from and through Colombia. Colombia continues to prevent trafficking through programs with heavy involvement of NGOs, internation [...]	2005-12-05 16:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ELAB CVIS CO
05BOGOTA11459	GUARANTORS BRIEF AMBASSADOR ON GOC-ELN TALKS IN [...] (C) The five "Casa de Paz" initiative guarantors told the Ambassador December 9 they are moderately optimistic about the upcoming GOC-ELN talks in Cuba but have no false illusions. The ELN pushed for December talks when the guarantors would have preferred to wait until late January to prepar [...]	2005-12-12 17:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO ELN
05BOGOTA11461	GUARANTORS BRIEF AMBASSADOR ON GOC-ELN TALKS IN [...] (C) The five "Casa de Paz" initiative guarantors told the Ambassador December 9 they are moderately optimistic about the upcoming GOC-ELN talks in Cuba but have no false illusions. The ELN pushed for December talks when the guarantors would have preferred to wait until late January to prepar [...]	2005-12-12 17:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO ELN
05BOGOTA11743	SFRC STAFFER MEACHAM DISCUSSES DRUGS, [...] (C) SFRC staffer Carl Meacham discussed GOC counternarcotics efforts, paramilitary demobilization, extradition, and Venezuela with senior GOC figures during his December 11-14 visit to Bogota. (Meacham's meeting with President Alvaro Uribe is reported reftel.) Inspector General Edgardo Maya [...]	2005-12-19 19:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KCRM CO
05BOGOTA11959	MINI-DUBLIN GROUP MEETING HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 14, 2005, representatives from various European countries and the U.S. met to review the Group's annual report on Colombia and to solicit additional information from member countries. The report's main point is that eradication and interdiction numbers for Colombia [...]	2005-12-28 21:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL CO EC
05BOGOTA1306	URIBE OPENS CARTAGENA COORDINATION AND [...] Summary: On February 3 in Cartagena, President Uribe addressed representatives of 28 nations and multilateral organizations (still termed the G-24) at the day-long International Coordination and Cooperation Conference for Colombia. Uribe stated that Colombia is not in conflict, but rather a [...]	2005-02-09 21:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PTER KJUS CO
05BOGOTA2266	COLOMBIA'S FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Kiersten Stiansen, phone number (571) 383-2122, fax number (571) 315-2163. Officer spent 55 hours preparing report. 2. (U) Responses are keyed to questions as noted in paragraphs 18-21 of reftel. --------- [...]	2005-03-09 13:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
05BOGOTA2555	EMBASSY BRIEFS GOC ON USG EFFORTS ON TRAFFICKING [...] On March 11, Consul General, Fraud Unit Chief, and Political Officer briefed Government of Colombia (GOC) officials and representatives from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on U.S. efforts to combat trafficking in persons. This was the fourth briefing IOM has organized betw [...]	2005-03-17 17:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KJUS KFRD CO
05BOGOTA2649	CONGRESS PASSES 29 ARTICLES IN DEMOBILIZATION LAW [...] (C) Before pausing for holy week, Congress passed 29 out of 67 articles in the draft Law for Justice and Peace. Disagreement over controversial issues, including confession, alleged extradition loopholes, and reduction of jail sentences for all prisoners remain unresolved. The GOC will propos [...]	2005-03-22 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PINR PREL PHUM CO
05BOGOTA3217	SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF [...] (C) With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. A nation-wide, multi-phased offensive by the security forces has re-taken key territory from the FARC. The peace process with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia [...]	2005-04-07 17:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER KJUS PHUM CO
05BOGOTA3422	ZAPATERO VISIT AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR URIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's March 31 visit to Bogota, as well as his participation in a March 29 four-party summit in Venezuela, produced positive results diplomatically for the GOC. Zapatero pledged support on the critical issues of terrorism and trade and [...]	2005-04-13 14:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR CO
05BOGOTA3695	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BURTON'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Post welcomes CODEL Burton's visit to Colombia. With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. A nation-wide, multi-phased offensive by the security forces has re-taken key territory from the FARC. The peace proce [...]	2005-04-19 18:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO CODEL
05BOGOTA4050	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR [...] (C) The GOC and embassy welcome Under Secretary Feith's visit with enthusiasm. The Bilateral Working Group (BWG) will hold defense policy discussions on policy, modernization, and narcoterrorism. Colombia faces a four front war -- narcos, FARC, ELN, paramilitaries -- and a growing concern ab [...]	2005-04-28 21:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC PTER PHUM ECON CO
05BOGOTA4141	CODEL BURTON MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER AND NAVY [...] (C) CODEL Burton was briefed by Defense Minister Jorge Uribe and Naval Operations Commander Vice Admiral Guillermo Barrera on April 23. Uribe said President Uribe's Democratic Security Strategy was designed to combat drug trafficking and terrorism and provided statistics on growing amounts of [...]	2005-05-02 15:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SNAR PHUM CO OVIP

05BOGOTA4342	FY 2007 COUNTER NARCOTICS AND ANTICRIME ASSISTANCE BUDGET - (REVISED COPY - SEE USAID SECTION - PROMOTE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS) [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 21:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD CO PREL SNAR MASS
05BOGOTA4541	PEACE COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES AUC DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) On May 10, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo discussed with the Ambassador his plans to adopt a divide and conquer strategy to demobilize the rest of the AUC. He explained that the GOC would push for two key points in the Justice and Peace law being considered in Congress: (1) that [...]	2005-05-13 21:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR CO AUC
05BOGOTA4570	GENERAL CRADDOCK MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) On May 11, President Alvaro Uribe discussed counterdrug strategy, guerrilla attacks in southern Colombia, the AUC peace process, and recent arrests of U.S. military personnel with SOUTHCOM Commander General Bantz Craddock. Uribe expressed concern that if the GOC did not significantly reduc [...]	2005-05-16 18:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PHUM KJUS SNAR CO
05BOGOTA5305	DEMOBILIZATION LAW: ARTICLE 61 AND 64 PASS [...] (SBU) On June 1, the Senate Second Committee and the House Third Committee approved re-inserting articles 61 and 64 into the text of the Justice and Peace Law, which could be debated in the full Congress as early as June 9. Article 61 allows all prisoners to be eligible to reduce their sentenc [...]	2005-06-02 21:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KJUS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA5497	PRESIDENT URIBE AND COLOMBIA FACE UNCHARTERED [...] (C) For the first time in Colombian history, the sitting President is a potential candidate for re-election. The political landscape is new for the President, the Congress and the public. The script is being written as they go and the disquiet has been evident everywhere. Over the last few [...]	2005-06-08 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO
05BOGOTA5501	SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes the visit of Attorney General Gonzales. The Colombian government is on our side on fighting terrorism, narcotics trafficking, and money laundering. The visit comes at an important time for our law enforcement and judicial efforts in Colombia. Embassy Bogota has t [...]	2005-06-08 21:37:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCRM KJUS OVIP SNAR CO
05BOGOTA5566	CODEL DAVIS: TERRORISM, DRUGS, FTA IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) Summary. Representative Tom Davis (R-VA),Chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, led a Congressional delegation to Colombia June 1 to June 3. Other Government Reform Committee members included Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI),Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD),and Rep. Carolyn Mal [...]	2005-06-10 13:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD OREP SNAR CO
05BOGOTA6208	MASS GRAVE EXHUMATION UNCOVERS GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On June 22, the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner hosted an international delegation visit to Sucre Department. The group visited mass gravesites in San Onofre, met with victims' families and NGOs in Sincelejo, and spoke with local government and military officials about human rights c [...]	2005-06-29 23:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PTER PGOV SNAR CO AUC
05BOGOTA6622	COLOMBIA: MAJORS LIST CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Though Colombia remains a major illicit drug producing and trafficking country, the GOC is an unwavering ally in the fight against narcotics production and distribution. Colombia has been an enthusiastic partner in the development of innovative approaches to narcotics interdic [...]	2005-07-14 18:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA6847	GOC EXPLAINS JUSTICE AND PEACE TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (U) On July 15, Foreign Minister Carolina Barco, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, and Vice Justice Minister Mario Iguaran presented the Law for Justice and Peace to the diplomatic corps. Iguaran reviewed the law in detail and tried to dispel accusations that it did not encourage full [...]	2005-07-21 21:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PREL PTER PHUM CO
05BOGOTA7360	U/S BURNS DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (U) July 26, 2005, 6:30-7:30 pm, Ambassador's Residence, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- R. Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counselor Cynthia Echeverria, P Special Assistant Brian Walch, POL, notetaker Lui [...]	2005-08-04 16:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA7415	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH PEACE COMMISSIONER RESTREPO [...] (U) July 27, 2005, 7:00 - 8:30 am, Ambassador's residence, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- R. Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counselor Cynthia Echeverria, P Special Assistant Sarah LaGier, notetaker Luis Gu [...]	2005-08-05 13:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR CO
05BOGOTA8051	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLEMAN'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes CODEL Coleman's visit to Colombia. With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. A nation-wide, multi-phased offensive by the security forces has re-taken key territory from the Revolutionar [...]	2005-08-25 22:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CO
05BOGOTA8409	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the September 9-11 visit of CODEL Davis to Colombia. With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. Drug eradication and interdiction are at record levels. A nation-wide, multi-phased offens [...]	2005-09-07 18:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR ASEC PTER CO CODEL
05BOGOTA8410	DRAFT EU REPORT RECOMMENDS SUPPORT FOR THE J&P LAW [...] (C) A draft EU Bogota Heads of Mission report prepared for the Committee of the Council for Latin America (COLAT) meeting in early September recommended that the EU support the GOC in its implementation of the Justice and Peace law. The draft report recommends specific areas of cooperation, an [...]	2005-09-07 18:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR CO
05BOGOTA8702	COLOMBIA'S CANDIDATE FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE [...] Post received on September 12 dip note DPM/CAI No. 49215 dated September 6 requesting U.S. support for Pastor Elias Murillo Martinez's candidacy for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) as well as Murillo's CV (dip note and CV faxed to WHA/AND). Elections will be [...]	2005-09-15 18:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL PHUM CO
05BRASILIA119	BRAZIL INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 [...] This cable transmits Mission Brazil's submission of the 2005 Investment Climate Statement. Introduction - Openness to Foreign Investment --------------------------------------------- 2. Openness to Foreign Investment. Brazil knows that achieving sustained, rapid growth depends on for [...]	2005-01-12 14:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB BR OPIC USTR
05BRASILIA229	BRAZIL: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-25 17:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL BA TIP
05BRATISLAVA251	PARLIAMENT LEADER HRUSOVSKY'S APRIL VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April visit of a Slovak parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Pavol Hrusovsky will be a useful opportunity to press our agenda on Iraq, minority rights, religious registration, and while coordinating on areas where we already agree like trafficking and Cuba. Hrusovsky [...]	2005-03-25 18:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR LO
05BRATISLAVA360	SLOVAKIA PICKS UP MOMENTUM ON TIP ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Slovak government recently completed a needs assessment analyzing current trafficking activities and invited poloffs to discuss the findings. In a May 5 meeting, Jana Kviecinska, the Director General of the Human Rights and Minorities Section at the Office of the Government, [...]	2005-05-09 14:48:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN LO
05BRATISLAVA425	GENERAL PROSECUTOR PROVIDES BACKGROUND DETAILS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Prosecutor of the Slovak Republic Dobroslav Trnka provided post with nearly four pages of further background information detailing the Slovak Republic's prosecution of human traffickers. While the information includes a different number of prosecuted individuals than [...]	2005-06-03 07:47:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN LO
05BRATISLAVA45	PARLIAMENT LEADER PRINCIPLED ON CUBA, TIP [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Pavol Hrusovsky told Charge d'Affaires January 20 he would continue to make support for Cuban dissidents one of his personal priorities, and was discussing with Vaclav Havel nominating three dissidents for the Nobel Peace Prize. He discussed the difficulties [...]	2005-01-27 06:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU CU LO
05BRATISLAVA668	(U) ORGANIZED CRIME IN SLOVAKIA (C-CN5-00417) [...] (U) In response to reftel inquiry regarding organized crime in Slovakia, post provides the following response: A. (U) ARE THERE ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS PRESENT IN THE HOST COUNTRY THAT ORIGINATED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: RUSSIA, UKRAINE, ITALY, THE BALKANS (ALBANIA, SERBIA, BOSNIA),JA [...]	2005-08-18 12:57:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR SOCI LO
05BRATISLAVA903	SLOVAKIA SUBMISSION FOR TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Below, please find responses to the post-specific questions raised reftel outlining the progress the Government of Slovakia has made in the following areas: A. CREATING A NATIONAL COORDINATING EXPERT WORKING GROUP AND APPOINTING A NATIONAL COORDINATOR: The Slovak Republic appoint [...]	2005-11-10 14:58:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN SMIG PREL LO
05BRUSSELS1226	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes, EU officials said: --in light of growing Russian intransigence on democracy issues, the EU is preparing a strategy on how to respond to the Russian challenge in OSCE; --Russia is blocking democracy promotion in the Counc [...]	2005-03-24 07:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1239	MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION: EU [...] (U) At a two-day public hearing at the European Parliament, policymakers and experts exchanged ideas on harnessing international migration to help bolster European economies and populations. Their overarching call was for a legal and transparent immigration program, at the European level, whi [...]	2005-03-24 14:28:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SMIG PHUM KWMN EAID ELAB OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2739	CONNECTING THE EU TO ITS CITIZENS: MISSION [...] As the EU enters a "period of reflection" on its future, Commission Vice-President Margot Wallstrm, charged with communication strategy, will soon gain wider public exposure. She intends to press the Commission's case for the EU to draft a so-called "Plan D" - where D stands for dialogue, de [...]	2005-07-19 15:41:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL PROP EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1063	BLACK SEA CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ROMANIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. An April 20 conference on strategic opportunities in the Black Sea region permitted Romanian President Basescu to highlight his view that democratic stability, security, and prosperity in the region depended on Euro-Atlantic cooperation. He also emphasized that Romanian strategi [...]	2005-04-29 13:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL PINR PINS ENRG SENV ECON TU GG RS UP UK RO NATO
05BUCHAREST1256	INL ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY NANCY POWELL - MAY [...] International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Acting Assistant Secretary Nancy Powell traveled to Bucharest May 10-11 for meetings at the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Center and to discuss INL regional and bilateral programs and issues with key Romanian officia [...]	2005-05-27 10:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM KJUS KCRM SNAR RO SECI
05BUCHAREST872	ROMANIA SET TO SIGN EU ACCESSION TREATY [...] (SBU) Summary: Romania will sign its EU accession treaty April 25. Full EU membership is slated for 2007, barring significant backsliding in key areas such as judicial reform and the fight against corruption. While EU accession remains at the top of Romania's foreign policy agenda and enjoys [...]	2005-04-07 12:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI RO
05BUENOSAIRES159	CODEL DODD VISIT TO ARGENTINA [...] Summary: (C) During their 24-hour visit to Argentina January 12-13, CODEL Dodd, accompanied by Ambassador Gutierrez, held informative and wide-ranging discussions with President Nestor Kirchner, Minister of Interior Anibal Fernandez, Deputy Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, and Central Bank [...]	2005-01-21 18:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM AR
05BUENOSAIRES190	ARGENTINA: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] The Government of Argentina (GOA) generally respected the human rights of its citizens; however, there were instances of killings and brutality by police and prison officials. There were prosecutions and convictions of police and prison officials but impunity remained a serious problem, as did [...]	2005-01-27 20:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AR
05BUENOSAIRES68	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Gutierrez and the Embassy Buenos Aires country team warmly welcome CODEL Dodd to Argentina January 12-13. During your stay in Argentina you will have the opportunity to speak with senior Argentine officials and experts on a range of political, economic and counternar [...]	2005-01-10 15:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SNAR AR
05CAIRO5000	EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-03 10:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC KPAO EG
05CANBERRA386	AUSTRALIA'S FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia remains a destination country for Southeast Asian women trafficked for prostitution. Many of these women travel to Australia voluntarily to work in both legal and illegal brothels but can be deceived or coerced into debt bondage or sexual servitude. The Government [...]	2005-03-02 01:18:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB PREF KFRD ASEC AS
05CARACAS202	PROJECT PROPOSALS: VENEZUELAN NGO TAKES ON TIPS [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Embassy is submitting a proposal by the NGO FUNDACEM for funding consideration. The proposal includes research to understand Venezuela's trafficking problem culminating in a published report, developing training and public awareness materials, workshops with gover [...]	2005-01-24 19:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN ELAB EAID VE
05CARACAS220	VENEZUELA CONTENT FOR "SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (U) This cable contains post's proposed draft for the country narrative for the 2004 "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record" report. 2. (U) Begin text: In 1998 Venezuelans elected Hugo Chavez president. Since then, the political situation has become highly polarized as [...]	2005-01-25 12:27:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL VE
05CARACAS624	VENEZUELA'S FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Per reftel A instructions, the following is post's input for the fifth annual anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Political officer Carolina Hidea is the point of contact. Telephone: 58-212-907-8493; Fax: 58-212-907-8033; Email: hideac@state.gov. Hours spent compiling the report: [...]	2005-02-28 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF
05CARACAS651	AMBASSADOR VISITS BOLIVAR STATE [...] (U) The Ambassador,s visit to the state of Bolivar on February 16 and 17, included meetings with the Mayor of Ciudad Bolivar, Director General of Ciudad Guyana, a local Chavista university, local press, various business leaders, American citizens in the area, as well as visits to USAID-support [...]	2005-03-03 14:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PINR VE PIR
05CARACAS742	VENEZUELA: VP'S SON SOUNDS US OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jose Vicente Rangel Jr., mayor of Caracas' Sucre district and son of Venezuelan Vice President Rangel, met with DCM March 11 primarily to discuss bilateral relations. Rangel declined to support President Chavez' claims that the USG sought to kill him, but otherwise defended the [...]	2005-03-11 20:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV US
05CARACAS951	CIUDAD GUAYANA SUMMIT: QUADRIPARTITE LOVE FEST [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hosted the Presidents of Brazil, Colombia, and Spain March 29 in a summit concerning national security, poverty reduction, democracy, and regional integration. Chavez interspersed his remarks at the follow-on press conference with some anti-US invective. [...]	2005-04-04 13:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VE
05CHIANGMAI166	MONK'S MURDER SEEN AS ATTEMPT TO SILENCE ACTIVISM [...] (SBU) Summary. The murder of an activist Buddhist monk June 17 in Fang district, Chiang Mai was politically motivated, according to local groups, although police suggest personal conflicts as the cause. Police investigations have so far produced no suspects, despite an initial series of news sto [...]	2005-07-01 08:47:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TH
05CHIANGMAI245	LARGE SHAN POPULATION LIVES IN LEGAL LIMBO [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 09:03:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM PGOV TH SNAR
05COLOMBO1878	MALDIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HERALDS BEGINNING OF [...] (C) Maldivian Foreign Minister Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister Aminath Didi and Maldivian High Commissioner Dr. Mohamed Asim, called on the Ambassador in Colombo October 31 to offer the Government of Maldives' (GORM) side of recent events in the country, including th [...]	2005-10-31 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO193	UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Per Reftel, Mission submits the draft report on Supporting Human Rights and Democracy in Sri Lanka. Begin text. Sri Lanka is a longstanding democratic republic with an active multiparty system. For more than 20 years, Sri Lanka has struggled with an internal war between the Sri Lankan go [...]	2005-01-25 10:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL CE
05COLOMBO454	SRI LANKA: THE FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission's submission for the fifth annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Andrea Tomaszewicz, telephone +94.11.2.448.007 x2425, fax +94.11.2.471.092. Paragraph 18: Sri Lanka [...]	2005-03-02 04:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE
05COLOMBO65	SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] As of January 7, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis killed 30,718 people in Sri Lanka. On January 7, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and USAID SIPDIS Administrator Andrew Natsios, along with the U.S. Ambassador and USAID/Colombo Health [...]	2005-01-10 08:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO67	TXFO01: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES SITREP NO. 9, [...] (U) Consular efforts: As previously reported, the number of American citizens killed as a result of the tsunami stands at eight, with one additional AmCit missing and presumed dead. Conoffs have reduced the number of welfare and whereabouts cases: 15 AmCits remain unaccounted for in Sri La [...]	2005-01-10 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR EAID CASC PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO70	TXFO01: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES SITREP NO. 9, [...] (U) Consular efforts: As previously reported, the number of American citizens killed as a result of the tsunami stands at eight, with one additional AmCit missing and presumed dead. Conoffs have reduced the number of welfare and whereabouts cases: 15 AmCits remain unaccounted for in Sri La [...]	2005-01-11 01:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR EAID CASC PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO82	SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] As of January 10, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,725 people in Sri Lanka. The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted an assessment trip in Galle and concluded that water supply is not a critical need, but sa [...]	2005-01-11 11:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE MV
05DARESSALAAM108	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] Per reftel A, the Tanzania submission for the Supporting Human Rights and Democracy Report is below. 2. The United Republic of Tanzania is a multiparty state, although it is dominated by the long-ruling CCM party. Benjamin Mkapa is the President; his term will end in October, 2005. Zanziba [...]	2005-01-20 04:16:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PREF PGOV PREL TZ
05DARESSALAAM428	REQUEST FOR RETENTION OF ONE-TIME FILL POLITICAL [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Dar es Salaam requests that the FO-04 POL T/JORP (#14050000, vice Peterson) position be retained. The loss of this position will severely impede post's ability to achieve critical counter terrorism, democracy and governance, humanitarian assistance, and other MPP goals, and [...]	2005-02-25 07:43:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT TZ
05DHAKA102	NARCOTICS ABUSE IN BANGLADESH ON THE RISE [...] (U) Summary: The number of Bangladeshi drug addicts is rising. While the media often focus on small-time dealers and destitute addicts, staff and a recovering addict at one NGO claim abuse is growing fastest among the relatively affluent, including college females. End Summary. 2. (U) The [...]	2005-01-09 08:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV BG
05DHAKA1096	Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-14 04:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1399	ROHINGYAN LINKS TO EXTREMIST GROUPS AND PATTERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A human rights activist briefed poloff about Rohingyan refugee connections to Islamic extremist groups and Rohingyan patterns of human smuggling. END SUMMARY 2. (SBU) Poloff recently met with Chris Lewa, a Belgian who works for Forum Asia in Bangkok and who has worked on Roh [...]	2005-03-24 09:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV BG PTER PINR GTIP
05DHAKA228	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY REPORT 04-05 [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-19 07:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	BG PHUM
05DHAKA248	GTIP INCLE PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Dhaka is pleased to propose the following project: Title: CAPACITY BUILDING OF DISTRICT POLICE ANTI-TRAFFICKING MONITORING CELLS TO MANAGE AN EFFECTIVE DATABASE AND COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING Potential Partner: IOM Project Duration: 2 years Objectives ---------- Increase the [...]	2005-01-19 10:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	BG PHUM KCRM
05DHAKA279	GTIP ESF PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-24 08:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM BG
05DHAKA2880	SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH [...] (C) As the most senior State official to visit Bangladesh since Secretary Powell in 2003, you will be warmly received by Bangladeshis and the BDG. Dynamic but chaotic, Bangladesh defies easy generalizations about its nature or future. Nevertheless, most trends are negative. Politics: The Ar [...]	2005-06-20 10:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PTER PHUM PREL BG
05DHAKA3073	AMBASSADOR PAYS FAREWELL CALL ON PM [...] (C) On June 30, Ambassador Thomas paid his farewell call on PM Khaleda Zia. He was accompanied by EconOff as notetaker. The Ambassador thanked the PM for her continued cooperation with USG efforts and for her willingness to meet with USG visitors to Dhaka, most recently U/S Burns. He conveye [...]	2005-06-30 08:14:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BG
05DHAKA330	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) We welcome your visit as an excellent opportunity to advance our bilateral economic agenda and specifically the importance of telecommunications for economic growth, modernization, and diversification. The last senior USG economic official to visit Bangladesh was A/USTR Ashley Wills, wh [...]	2005-01-25 11:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ETTC PGOV BG
05DHAKA4189	RAB ANNIVERSARY ANALYSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The controversial Rapid Action Battalion has developed into a popular fixture in the BDG's otherwise lowly-regarded law enforcement architecture, thanks mostly to its perceived crime-busting prowess built on its 117 "cross-fire," or extrajudicial, killings of criminal suspects. [...]	2005-08-23 08:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BG
05DHAKA4291	BANGLADESH: CHILD LABOR UPDATE 2005 [...] Following is an update and review of the child labor report pegged to questions posed in reftel. a) Bangladesh has not promulgated new laws or regulations on minimum age/s for employment since ratification of ILO Convention 182. In June 2003, the government listed 11 occupations as the wors [...]	2005-08-30 10:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV BG USAID
05DHAKA5650	BANGLADESHI EFFORTS TO BRING JMB BOMBERS TO JUSTICE [...] (S) Summary. A disorganized, inter-agency BDG effort continues to scramble to catch JMB bombers and prevent future attacks, but investigators have failed to arrest seven senior JMB leaders or learn how the bomb attacks were organized, financed, and coordinated. The BDG remains receptive to US [...]	2005-11-21 11:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PTER KISL ASEC PGOV BG
05DHAKA997	Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on [...] U.S. Human Rights Report on Bangladesh ----------------------------------------- "Calling somebody a thief by his master for the crime he committed for him" An editorial page article in independent Bangla "Prothom Alo" by columnist Farhad Mazhar opines (3/7): The U.S. Human Rights Report ha [...]	2005-03-07 09:05:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DJIBOUTI240	DJIBOUTI - 2005 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Djibouti is reportedly a country of transit and a country of destination for internationally trafficked persons. There is no evidence to suggest that Djibouti is a country of origin. The trafficking problem in Djibouti is vague and undocumented. Post would like to emphasize that [...]	2005-03-07 03:08:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DJ SO ET
05DJIBOUTI989	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DJIBOUTI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (c) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ragsdale and DCM Ball called September 29 on Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. Topics raised by the Ambassador included President Guelleh's trip to UNGA and Baltimore; Djibouti's national debt; renewable energy, including geothermal; strikes at the Port [...]	2005-10-04 14:27:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ECON ETRD DJ
05DOHA1790	DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR QATAR - QUARTERLY [...] (C) This is a quarterly update on Embassy Doha's democratic reform action plan under the Middle East Partnership Initiative. This update addresses activities in three areas: strengthening the rule of law, developing open political competition, and developing civic education. Rule of Law --- [...]	2005-10-27 13:35:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI ECON PHUM QA
05DOHA1836	QATAR: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Post is submitting the following update on Qatar's efforts to address weaknesses identified in the 2005 TIP Report for inclusion in the Interim Assessment Report. 2. (U) The GOQ has begun implementing the broad recommendations contained in the anti-trafficking national action plan. The [...]	2005-11-14 10:27:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL QA
05DOHA881	DEMOCRATIC REFORM MEPI STRATEGY FOR QATAR [...] Post has developed a three-pronged approach to advance the GOQ's democratic reform agenda. Our planning revolves around Qatar's first national legislative elections, expected to take place in 2006. Post sees the following as primary objectives of the MEPI partnership: promoting open political [...]	2005-05-17 04:22:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KMPI KDEM XF QA
05DUBLIN1196	ORGANIZED CRIME IN IRELAND (C-CN5-00417) [...] (C) Summary. It is unlikely that there is large scale involvement of non-nationals in organized crime activities in the Republic of Ireland. According to the EU's 2004 Organized Crime Report, Ireland is unique in that its organized criminal elements are comprised almost entirely of Irish na [...]	2005-09-27 16:11:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PTER
05DUBLIN276	IRELAND - 2005 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Once a poor nation characterized by large scale emigration, Ireland is now economically prosperous and an attractive destination for thousands of asylum and job-seekers. The unprecedented flow of people into Ireland has prompted the Government to address issues relating to bo [...]	2005-03-04 17:47:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
05FRANKFURT3004	Baden-Wuerttemberg NGOs Target TIP Demand Reduction [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Baden-Wuerttemberg NGO Women's Information Center (Fraueninformationszentrum) and Protestant charity Diakonisches Werk (DW) have pioneered a new TIP (trafficking in persons) secular outreach program centered on reducing demand for trafficking victims forced to work as prosti [...]	2005-04-15 14:56:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PGOV KWMN SMIG GM
05FRANKFURT6687	NGO Initiatives to Reduce Demand for Trafficked Persons [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lutheran Church and other NGOs in southwestern Germany report progress in increasing Germans' awareness of the issue of trafficking in persons (TIP),particularly among potential clients of prostitutes. There are indications that more men are contacting police and NGOs to repor [...]	2005-09-02 11:18:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN SMIG PGOV GM
05GABORONE1454	BOTSWANA ANNUAL AGOA ELIGIBILITY UPDATE [...] Post recommends renewal of Botswana's AGOA eligibility status based on its continued compliance with the stipulated criteria. As described below, during the year, Botswana took steps to strengthen its private sector, improve its capacity to combat the financing of terrorism, and prevent child [...]	2005-10-07 14:26:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON BC AGOA
05GABORONE273	BOTSWANA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: At this time, post believes Botswana is not a country of origin, transit or destination for a significant number of human trafficking victims. This is partly because the Government of Botswana regards trafficking as a serious threat and has taken measures to prevent it from em [...]	2005-02-24 13:29:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BC TIP
05GENEVA2489	UNHCR EXCOM #6: BILATERALS COVER RESETTLEMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: In bilateral meetings with delegations from Romania, Canada, Sweden and Australia on the margins of the October 3-7 meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),the US Delegation discussed modalities for increasing capaci [...]	2005-10-14 11:27:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL SMIG RO AS CA SW UNHCR
05GENEVA2654	COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. An October 10 meeting in Geneva marked the end of the decade-long CIS Conference Process, originally created to address problems of refugees and displaced persons -- as well as statelessness -- arising out of the break up of the Soviet Union. Although a final conference statemen [...]	2005-11-01 13:56:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM SMIG XG CIS
05GENEVA2714	IOM SUB-COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FINANCE [...] (U) Summary: Member states approved most agenda item presented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) during the 94th Session of the Sub-committee on Budget and Finance (SCBF) November 1. However, three issues -- IOM's overhead rate policy, its Program and Budget for 2006, and [...]	2005-11-08 07:56:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF IOM
05GEORGETOWN1195	INTERIM REPORT: GUYANA IMPROVES VICTIM ASSISTANCE, [...] Summary. A series of nation-wide educational seminars, new legislation to raise Guyana's age of consent, new resources for trafficking shelters, new partnerships to research trafficking in persons (TIP),and charges filed against human traffickers highlight Guyana's recent efforts to combat [...]	2005-11-15 12:39:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG SOCI PGOV KCRM KWMN GY
05GEORGETOWN1349	TEIXEIRA STRUGGLING TO CONTROL HOME AFFAIRS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Charge, Deputy Consul, and PolOff met with Minister of Home Affairs Gail Teixeira on December 23. Teixeira had requested a Consular briefing on trends in fake Guyanese civil documents detected by the Consular Section. Teixeira also described problems with control of the visa proce [...]	2005-12-28 23:20:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	PGOV PREL SNAR SMIG KFRD KCOR KCRM GY
05GUATEMALA1191	GUATEMALA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON MILITARY ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: Worried about continuing problems with public security, Guatemala has formalized arrangements for police-military cooperation by forming a dedicated unit for this purpose that has a combined police-military staff and leadership. The GOG has explicitly named gangs, organized cri [...]	2005-05-12 13:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCRM MOPS SNAR MCAP KJUS ASEC EAID GT
05GUATEMALA152	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Guatemala held open and transparent elections in November and December of 2003. There have been major advances in human rights since the end of the civil conflict and signing of the Peace Accords in 1996, and the Government generally respects the rights of its citizens. Impunity for offenses [...]	2005-01-20 21:25:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB MASS EAID KPAO KJUS KDEM SNAR HURI GTREFTEL
05GUATEMALA1897	LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (9) [...] (SBU) Late June and early July saw a spate of media reports of GOG interest in merging the Defense and Government (Interior) Ministries. According to media and GOG sources, Minister of Government Vielmann generated the proposal, presumably as part of his continuing efforts to get control of [...]	2005-08-05 15:01:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC MASS PHUM EAID KJUS GT
05GUATEMALA218	GUATEMALA: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-31 13:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE KTDB EFIN ECON GT USTR OPIC
05GUATEMALA2466	GUATEMALAN LEGAL REFORM: CREATION OF A CIVILIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress approved a law creating a civilian intelligence agency, including an initially controversial provision to permit wiretapping in restricted circumstances. Inclusion of the wiretapping provision in the bill augurs well for passage of what the Embassy has [...]	2005-10-27 21:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS KCRM PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PHUM GT
05GUATEMALA2653	CONTRABAND, CUSTOMS REFORM AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY [...] (C) Contraband poses an ongoing threat to Guatemala's economic development, undermining growth in the formal sector and diminishing the government's ability to collect taxes. The potential nexus with organized crime, human and drug smuggling, along with the incentive to corrupt and undermine [...]	2005-11-22 22:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN BEXP ETTC KCOR KCRM KIPR PGOV PM PINR ASEC SNAR GT
05GUATEMALA2684	PROPOSAL FOR REBUILDING LIVELIHOODS IN STAN- [...] SUMMARY. Post requests State and USAID support for a two-year program "Rebuilding Rural Livelihoods in Western Highlands" to respond to U.S. national interests and assist the GOG in the recovery and reconstruction from damages caused by Hurricane Stan. This program responds directly to impo [...]	2005-11-29 17:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREF MOPS GT
05GUATEMALA376	GANG VIOLENCE THREATENS GUATEMALAN SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With the implementation of hardline policies against gangs in neighboring Honduras and El Salvador (reftels),Guatemala is searching for ways to combat its own gang problem. The GOG blames the gangs for the continued upswing in homicides, which have increased each year for th [...]	2005-02-15 12:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR SNAR KCRM PGOV PHUM PARM PTER SMIG MASS ASEC EAID KCOR KFRD GT
05GUATEMALA545	GUATEMALA 2004 TIP REPORT [...] Summary: The Government of Guatemala (GOG) achieved remarkable success in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) during the reporting period, particularly in the development of new legal instruments to criminalize TIP activities. We note that Guatemala has achieved or made signif [...]	2005-03-01 22:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KCOR EAID KPAO GT
05GUATEMALA806	BERGER ON CAFTA ISSUES CUBA OAS SECGEN ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: At lunch March 30, Berger took on board the Ambassador,s arguments that he needs to do something about the lack of effective labor inspection (in the context of the U.S. CAFTA debate) and that he needs to answer the mail from U.S. organizations protesting alleged repression of pea [...]	2005-03-30 23:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SNAR CU GT OAS
05HANOI1394	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT [...] (C) Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's visit to the United States will be the first by a Vietnamese Prime Minister since 1975, and will take place in the tenth anniversary year of the normalization of bilateral relations. This historic occasion will give us the opportunity to highlight a growing [...]	2005-06-13 06:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF PREF ETRD VM PROV
05HANOI1416	The Ambassador's June 13 Meeting with the Prime [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met June 13 with Prime Minister Phan Van Khai to discuss the latter's upcoming trip to the United States and a number of pending issues, including Vietnam's WTO accession bid. The Prime Minister expressed his commitment to using his visit to construct the framework for fu [...]	2005-06-14 09:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR MARR OVIP ETRD VM WTO HIV AIDS AFLU HUMANR RELFREE CNARC
05HANOI2031	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WTO, APEC CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met August 8 with a senior official in the Prime Minister's office and used the occasion to highlight key points relating to Vietnam's WTO accession, the proposed joint U.S.-Vietnam APEC conference on export controls, human rights and religious freedom and the on [...]	2005-08-09 10:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PGOV PHUM PREF VM WTRO APEC WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI207	VIETNAM: FY2005 NON LAW ENFORCEMENT TIP PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Mission's Anti- Trafficking Working Group has identified two project proposals for activities aimed at empowering women and combating trafficking in women and children in and from Vietnam that are especially deserving of funding. Nine project proposals were sub [...]	2005-01-24 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG EAID KCRM KFRD VM TIP
05HANOI214	VIETNAM: FY2005 LAW ENFORCEMENT TIP PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Post received one project in response to reftel Request for Proposal. The proposal came from UNODC in Vietnam, and is Phase 2 of the existing USG-funded UNODC anti-trafficking project. Phase 1 of the UNODC project has been an exceptional success: a recent internal audit by UNODC ranked [...]	2005-01-25 09:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG EAID KCRM KFRD VM TIP
05HANOI223	VIETNAM'S PRIME MINISTER CHAIRS NATIONAL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 31, 2004 in Ho Chi Minh City, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai chaired a National Conference on HIV/AIDS, the first such meeting he had ever attended. Co-chairing the conference were Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem and the Ministers of Health, Labor and Public S [...]	2005-01-26 09:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OSCI VM HIV AIDS
05HANOI2515	EAP DAS Eric John's Meeting with Assistant Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, the Ambassador and EAP/MLS Director Scot Marciel discussed bilateral relations and regional cooperation with Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung on September 27. After praising the momentum and goodwill that the Vietnamese Prime [...]	2005-09-29 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP AMGT ABLD VM HUMANR RELFREE TIP APEC ASEAN WTO
05HANOI2517	EAP DAS Eric John's Meeting with Deputy Prime [...] (SBU) Summary: During EAP DAS Eric John's September 27 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, the Deputy Prime Minister urged the United States to conclude at an early date its bilateral WTO negotiations with Vietnam for both economic and political reasons. DPM Khoan also pressed the U [...]	2005-09-29 10:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINR KIRF PGOV ETRD VM APEC ASEAN WTO RELFREE HUMANR
05HANOI2546	EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John's Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John discussed bilateral relations and regional cooperation with Foreign Minister Nguyen Zy Nien on September 27. After emphasizing the value of senior-level visits and exchanges and asking DAS John to help encourage more of them, FM Nien re [...]	2005-09-30 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV AMGT ABLD VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR HIV AIDS AFLU APEC TIP

05HANOI2760	RECENT GVN SUCCESSES IN COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Vietnam, grimly aware of its humiliating status as a source country for trafficking in persons, continues to make a strong effort to combat the crime and has racked up an impressive number of trafficking prosecutions and convictions. Security officials have identifie [...]	2005-10-20 09:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PINS CH CB VM TIP CVR
05HANOI3099	VIETNAM: COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Local G-8 Counter Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) Ambassadors were briefed by the Head of the Counterterrorism Department of the Ministry of Public Security, and later met privately with representatives from Australia, the European Commission and the United Nations Office on Drug [...]	2005-11-23 07:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SNAR VM CTERR
05HANOI312	NSC Senior Director Michael Green's Meetings with [...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Asia Michael Green and Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung met for 90 minutes February 4, again at dinner the same night, and then for 30 minutes on February 5 to discuss regional issues, a religious freedom work plan and Prime Minister Phan Van K [...]	2005-02-07 11:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF OTRA OVIP ETRD BM VM ASEAN HUMANR RELFREE
05HANOI3256	Codel Chris Smith Discusses Human Rights, TIP with [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Congressman (and vice-Chairman of the House International Relations Committee) Christopher Smith (R-NJ) met with two of Vietnam's most seasoned America experts, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and National Assemblywoman Madame Ton Nhu Thi Ninh in separate meetings. C [...]	2005-12-13 03:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP VM TIP HUMANR RELFREE APEC ASEAN
05HANOI509	INPUT FOR 2005 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in ref A, paragraphs 18-21 follows, following the alphabetical 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 [...]	2005-03-02 06:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG CVR TIP
05HANOI841	VIETNAM HOSTS SIX-COUNTRY TIP MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The ambitious three-day Senior Officials Meeting 3 (SOM 3) of the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) was held in Hanoi March 29-31. The purpose of the meeting was to translate the MOU signed at the previous COMMIT meeting in Rango [...]	2005-04-11 05:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG VM OMIG APEC TIP
05HARARE147	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Zimbabwe Report for the 2004-2005 edition of Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record, is found in paragraphs 2 through 14. Due to the sensitive nature of U.S. assistance in Zimbabwe, few specific activities were included. Additional material, which is not [...]	2005-01-27 12:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ZI HURI
05HARARE339	ZIMBABWE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2004 - [...] Overview of a Country's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons: ----------- -- A. There continued to be anecdotal reports that Zimbabwe was a country of origin and transit for trafficked persons, but there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that there is a sustained, organized ef [...]	2005-03-01 16:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF EAID ZI TIP
05HELSINKI1113	FINLAND: MY THOUGHTS AS I DEPART POST [...] (SBU) Summary: Finland's 2006 second-term EU Presidency offers the opportunity to strengthen trans- Atlantic ties and advance key U.S. interests. The U.S. and Finland share a broad agenda, including promoting democracy, crisis management and peacekeeping, trafficking-in-persons, and security [...]	2005-10-18 13:40:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI FI EU
05HELSINKI1139	EVERY FINN'S PRESIDENT: WHY TARJA HALONEN REMAINS [...] (SBU) Social Democratic President Tarja Halonen remains enormously popular in Finland, and polls consistently predict that she will easily win a second term in January's election. Halonen's left-wing base remains rock solid and her appeal across party lines is the object of great envy. Finlan [...]	2005-10-26 11:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FI
05HELSINKI1277	FINLAND MOVES TO IMPLEMENT NATIONAL ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Summary: Finland is in the process of implementing its new National Action Plan. Each ministry and agency has created an internal implementation strategy. An interagency working group will monitor and report results. Police and prosecutors are investigating several cases, but suffer f [...]	2005-12-12 11:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG SOCI FI
05HELSINKI1325	FINLAND: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) This report is keyed to the relevant sections in reftel. Embassy poc for the drugs and chemical diversion control portion of the INCSR is Poloff David Allen Schlaefer (SchlaeferDA2@state.gov). Embassy poc for the financial crimes portion of the INCSR is Econoff Mika Cleverley (Cleverle [...]	2005-12-30 11:08:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SMIG SOCI PREL FI
05HELSINKI273	FINLAND: 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS UPDATE [...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...]	2005-03-04 16:15:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI
05HELSINKI274	CORRECTED COPY - SEE PARAGRAPH 2 -- FINLAND: 2005 [...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...]	2005-03-07 10:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI
05HELSINKI353	POSSIBLE GEORGIAN TRAFFICKING CONNECTION WORRIES [...] Summary: -------- (U) Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Frontier Guards announced on March 7 that they believed as many as 1,500 Georgian women may have been trafficked through Finland to destinations scattered throughout western Europe from 2002-2004. According to t [...]	2005-03-24 08:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG SOCI FI
05HELSINKI407	FINLAND: UPDATE ON TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS; FINLAND [...] (U) This supplemental report provides additional information about trafficking and Finland, in particular Finland's newly released National Action Plan, which centers on victim assistance. The 66-page plan was released on March 31. An English language translation of the entire plan is expec [...]	2005-04-07 15:03:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG SOCI FI
05HELSINKI589	FINLAND: EMBASSY PARTICIPATES IN ORTHODOX CHURCH [...] (U) Poloff David Schlaefer spoke at a conference on trafficking-in-persons organized by the Finnish Orthodox Church on April 11 in Joensuu, Finland. The Finnish Orthodox Church and Evangelical Lutheran Church are both recognized as official state churches by the GoF. Although only around 2% [...]	2005-05-26 07:49:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG SOCI FI
05HELSINKI590	U/S BROWN'S MEETING WITH FINLAND'S INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Under Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Brown and U.S. Ambassador to Finland Earle I.Mack met with Finland's Interior Minister, Kari Rajamaki, on April 26 in Helsinki. Rajamaki told them that Finland was just beginning its preparations for its fall 2006 EU Presidency; [...]	2005-05-26 07:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PTER KCRM KWMN FI EUN NATO EU
05HELSINKI75	OFFICIAL-INFORMAL [...] (C) Beth, I would like to ask for your support and assistance in requesting that the President meet bilaterally with Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen on February 22 on the margins of the U.S.-EU meeting in Brussels. 2. (C) To the best of our knowledge, the two leaders have never met -- [...]	2005-01-14 16:42:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT
05HOCHIMINHCITY11	DELTA FACES DIFFICULTIES ON THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting the Mekong Delta, the Ambassador found that considerable investment in infrastructure, education and government reform are needed to set conditions for rapid economic growth. The long, porous border with Cambodia is a challenge for local officials, who are struggling t [...]	2005-01-06 08:44:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM VM KCRM SMIG SNAR LABOR HIV AIDS TIP CNARC
05HOCHIMINHCITY1277	VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN SMITH TO HUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Chris Smith met with provincial government officials, GVN-backed religious leaders, and prominent dissidents in Hue on December 3. The exchange with Hue government was pointed; provincial officials largely stiff-armed the Congressman's calls for more comprehensive [...]	2005-12-13 08:22:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PHUM OVIP VM RELFREE HUMANR
05HOCHIMINHCITY1309	PORTRAIT OF AN ALIEN SMUGGLER [...] Reftel outlined a recent incident in which Amcit Tim Thai was caught while apparently attempting to smuggle aliens with photo-subbed Canadian passports through Uzbekistan. The story of Mr. Thai's life over the past 25 years illustrates the challenges facing our consular sections as we strive t [...]	2005-12-21 09:59:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CASC SMIG VM TIP
05HOCHIMINHCITY162	DEVELOPMENT AND BORDER ISSUES IN THE NORTHERN MEKONG [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent visit by the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) to the Mekong Delta provinces of Dong Thap and Vinh Long revealed that, like much of the rest of the Mekong Delta, these provinces rely heavily on agri- and aquaculture to fuel their economic growth. Plentiful harvests of rice [...]	2005-02-16 13:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM EAGR SNAR VM
05HOCHIMINHCITY328	TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN VIETNAM - HCMC CONSULATES GENERAL [...] (SBU) Key Ho Chi Minh City consulates met March 23 for the second quarterly, informal discussion of transnational crime issues. Australia National Police rep has organized this group in an effort to foster law enforcement cooperation between key countries and Vietnam. Participation includes co [...]	2005-03-30 01:39:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREL KCRM SNAR PTER EFIN AS VM CNARC TIP
05HOCHIMINHCITY894	AMBASSADOR'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a mid-August visit to Vietnam's central coastal provinces of Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam and Danang, the Ambassador told provincial leaders that continued reform and privatization were essential for strong economic growth. The Ambassador also focused on MIA issues and lo [...]	2005-08-24 10:12:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KIRF PREL SOCI KHIV SNAR PHUM VM
05ISTANBUL2111	BSEC: ROMANIAN CHAIRMANSHIP'S VISION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Executive Manager Stefana Greavu and Project Coordinator Konstantinos Zaimis reviewed possible areas of cooperation with the U.S. in separate meetings with us on December 8. Greavu outlined Romania's priorities for its Chairmanship-in-offic [...]	2005-12-14 09:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD TU PREL
05ISTANBUL329	MUNICIPALITY TO FUND ISTANBUL TIP SHELTER, BUT [...] Summary and comment: In recent Istanbul meetings on trafficking in persons (TIP),G/TIP officer Jennifer Donnelly discussed the upcoming TIP report and Turkey's Tier 2 watch list placement with Istanbul prosecutors, municipal and governorate officials and the leading Turkish NGO on TIP issues. [...]	2005-02-28 14:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TU BO MD PHUM KCRM PGOV KJUS TIP IN TURKEY
05ISTANBUL38	ISTANBUL POLICE ON TIP AND MURDER OF BELARUSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 27, poloff met with Osman Kaplan, Deputy Director of the Foreigners Unit of the Istanbul Police Department, to follow up on trafficking in persons issues raised during the visit of a Moldavan anti-TIP government delegation (ref B) and the murder of a Belarusian woman [...]	2005-01-11 07:37:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TU BO MD KCRM PGOV KJUS
05KABUL5024	REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT FOR WASHINGTON REVIEW [...] (SBU) This cable includes the full text of the December 11 revised Afghanistan Compact and three Annexes for Washington review. This final revision reflects the bulk of consensus recommendations reached at a series of December 2- 5 PrepCom meetings held on the margins of the Kabul Regional Ec [...]	2005-12-13 02:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF
05KABUL5256	REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT [...] (SBU) The GoA pushed back strongly against Washington's undercutting the reciprocal balance of the Afghanistan Compact but accepted most of our other points. In a December 24 meeting, Senior Economic Advisor to the President Naderi and UNAMA Deputy SRSG Haq reviewed with Ambassador the lates [...]	2005-12-27 12:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF
05KATHMANDU1203	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 1 TO 6, 2005 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS Go to court; not street: Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Tulsi Giri on Sunday suggested that the political parties and lawyers should ask for justice at the Supreme Court rather than take to the streets. On Sunday Giri said that rule of law couldn't be establish [...]	2005-06-06 12:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
05KATHMANDU2185	NEPAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CITES IMPROVEMENTS, [...] (C) In a public session to review the activities of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) since March, NHRC Chairman N.B. Khatri and Acting Secretary Kedar Prasad Poudyal informed members of the diplomatic and donor community, including the Ambassador, that both Maoists and security forc [...]	2005-10-05 11:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2649	SUPREME COURT: PASSPORTS TO WOMEN WITHOUT [...] (U) On November 28, in a landmark decision, the Supreme Court directed the government to issue passports to women under 35 years of age, without requiring consent of their guardians. Two female petitioners challenged the Cabinet decision of 1995, which barred government authorities from issui [...]	2005-11-30 09:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN PGOV NP
05KATHMANDU2699	ANTI-TERRORISM ORDINANCE CHANGED [...] (U) The government changed legal procedures relating to anti-terrorism legislation when it most recently renewed the Terrorist and Disruptive Ordinance (TADO) 2005 for six months. The Courts will now hear all anti-terrorist cases in-camera. Under existing law, cases relating to "vulnerable g [...]	2005-12-05 10:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV KCRM NP
05KATHMANDU2871	LITTLE PROGRESS ON REFUGEE ISSUES [...] (C) Despite calls in a variety of meetings from December 12-15 by the Ambassador, DCM and visiting PRM/ANE Deputy Director Larry Bartlett for His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to issue travel documents and exit permits to Tibetan and Bhutanese refugees, HMGN continued to withhold issuanc [...]	2005-12-20 09:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL NP
05KINGSTON1041	UPDATE ON ANTI-TIP EFFORTS IN JAMAICA [...] This cable provides an update on GOJ anti-TIP efforts since Post's initial input (ref A) for the 2004-2005 anti-TIP report. Post will continue to report any substantive developments in advance of the April 30 submission deadline. --------------------------------------------- Senior Official [...]	2005-04-15 13:17:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TIP
05KINGSTON1444	GOJ OFFERS MIXED RESPONSE ON TIP, CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (SBU) On May 31 and June 2, emboffs met with GOJ officials to discuss the imminent release, on June 3, of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The different meetings yielded varying responses. On May 31, Charge met with National Security Minister Peter Phillips at the Minister's req [...]	2005-06-06 19:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1447	NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any recent measures taken by the GOJ to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Post has no evidence that the GOJ has substantially changed its policies or actions toward Cuba in the six months since the submission of our last assessment in [...]	2005-06-06 20:50:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC ETRD CU JM TIP
05KINGSTON1531	OFFICE OF PRIME MINISTER DRIVING JAMAICA'S [...] (U) Since the June 3 release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report (Ref A),the GOJ has not engaged Post on the issue, nor has there been any official reaction to the Tier 3 Action Plan delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on June 2. However, follow [...]	2005-06-17 18:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1534	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAY 7 - JUNE 16, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- TIP: GOJ Responding to Threat of Sanctions -- Foreign Carriers Yield After Call Blocking Crisis -- Mayor of Spanish Town Resigns Following Arrest -- Seaga Offers Advice on his 75th Birthday -- Crime Statistics - Count Them Yourself -- Tax Laws to Fight Crime -- Prime [...]	2005-06-17 19:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB CASC TIP
05KINGSTON1784	DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS VISIT KINGSTON TO EVALUATE [...] (U) On July 14 and 15, G/TIP Reports Officer Rachel Owen and WHA/PPC Senior Labor Advisor Michael Puccetti visited Kingston to assess what actions the GOJ had taken to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in the 60-day grace period following the June 1 publication of the 2005 TIP Report (Ref A) [...]	2005-07-21 20:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON1904	ASSESSMENT OF RECENT GOJ ACTION ON TIP [...] The GOJ has responded energetically to the June 3 publication of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, in which Jamaica was downgraded to Tier 3 (Ref A). Coordinated from the highest levels by the Office of the Prime Minister and various other Cabinet-level officials, a National TIP Ta [...]	2005-08-10 13:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON2059	GOJ LAUNCHES TIP PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN [...] Summary: The GOJ on August 30 launched a yearlong public awareness campaign to educate its citizens about the dangers of trafficking in persons (TIP). In a move that appears to indicate the GOJ's determination to make sustained efforts against trafficking, the Cabinet Office organized a publi [...]	2005-09-01 16:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP
05KINGSTON211	COMBATING TIP IN JAMAICA: PROSECUTION AND [...] Per reftel request, the following text constitutes Post's INCLE-funded anti-trafficking in persons project proposal to G/TIP for funding considering from FY 2005 appropriations. This is a joint proposal with Kingston USAID Mission. Please contact Post (see para 23) for clarification and furth [...]	2005-01-24 21:21:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM KCRM KWMN PHUM ASEC ELAB EAID SMIG TIP
05KINGSTON228	COMBATING TIP IN JAMAICA: AWARENESS AND EDUCATION [...] Per Ref A request, the following text constitutes Post's ESF-funded anti-trafficking in persons proposal to G/TIP for funding consideration from FY 2005 appropriations (Ref B includes Post's INCLE-funded anti-TIP proposal). This is a joint proposal with Kingston USAID Mission. Please contact [...]	2005-01-27 15:17:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM ASEC ELAB EAID KWMN KCRM KDEM PHUM SMIG TIP
05KINGSTON237	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN JAMAICA [...] Per reftel request, the following text constitutes Post's 2004-2005 report on supporting human rights and democracy in Jamaica. 2. Jamaica has a mixed human rights record, with serious problems in some areas. The government is faced with high rates of crime, violence, and drug traffickin [...]	2005-01-28 12:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL
05KINGSTON2618	NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any recent measures taken by the GOJ to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Post has no evidence that the GOJ has substantially changed its policies or actions toward Cuba in the six months since the submission of our last assessment in [...]	2005-11-30 20:06:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC PREL JM
05KINGSTON576	ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: JAMAICA [...] This cable serves as Jamaica's contribution to the fifth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. ------------------------------- Overview Of Anti-Tip Activities ------------------------------- 2. Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international traffi [...]	2005-03-02 16:38:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
05KINSHASA1033	CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES AND TIP [...] The following demarches were delivered on June 16, 2005, by the Ambassador and Econ/Cons Officer to Ambassador Gregoire Kaya, Interim Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. Release of the 2005 TIP Report (REF A) - Ambassador conveyed to Kaya that the 2005 TIP Report [...]	2005-06-23 10:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS KVPR KPAO EAGR ETRD TBIO PARM MNUC KNNP KUNR PGOV AORC CF UNESCO KSCI UNSC
05KINSHASA12	CONGO/B: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ANNUAL REPORT [...] FY 2000: DHRF Number Amt Obligated Unliq. Balance none 2. FY 2001: DHRF Number Amt Obligate Unliq. Balance DHR-01-679-001 $21,000 $6667.19 Grantee: OBSERVATOIRE CONGOLAIS DES DROITS DE L'HOMME Description: Education and dissemina [...]	2005-01-03 09:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AMGT CF
05KINSHASA1249	CONGO/B: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND INTERIM [...] FY 2000: DHRF Number Amt Obligated Unliq. Balance none 2. FY 2001: DHRF Number Amt Obligate Unliq. Balance DHR-01-679-001 $21,000 $ 161.57 Grantee: OBSERVATOIRE CONGOLAIS DES DROITS DE L'HOMME Description: Education and dissemina [...]	2005-08-01 10:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AMGT CF
05KINSHASA1297	CONGO/B: Nomination of Econ/Cons Bakken for 2005 [...] Post would like to nominate Economics and Consular Officer Chelsea MH Bakken to attend the 2005 Worker Rights Training Seminar in Cairo. Econ/Cons Bakken is the reporting officer for all labor, economic, commercial, environmental, democracy and human rights, trafficking in persons, military, [...]	2005-08-11 06:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM CF
05KINSHASA151	CONGO/B: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] In response to Reftel, Embassy Brazzaville provides the following narrative report as per instructions in Paragraph 17. BEGIN TEXT: The Republic of Congo (also called Congo-Brazzaville) is not considered a major drug producer, exporter or transit country. As far as we are able to determi [...]	2005-01-28 08:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR KTFN EFIN CF
05KINSHASA170	DR Congo: Supporting Human Rights and [...] (U) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) emerged in 2002 from a war that claimed more than three million lives. With the assistance of the international community, the former government, rebel groups, civil society, and the political opposition formed a transitional government in 2003. [...]	2005-02-01 14:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KDEM PGOV PREL CG
05KINSHASA198	CONGO/B: UPDATED 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Embassy Brazzaville submits the following updated Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to the questions in Ref A and C with very little change from Ref B. Republic of Congo (Congo/B) Overview of activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Congo/B is not belie [...]	2005-02-04 14:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CF
05KINSHASA243	CONGO/B: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] As requested in Reftel, here is the 2004-5 report on Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record for the Republic of Congo (Congo/Brazzaville). 2. BEGIN TEXT: The Republic of Congo is ruled by a government in which most of the decision-making authority is vested directly in th [...]	2005-02-11 11:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP CF HURI
05KINSHASA352	DEM. REP. OF CONGO 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa provides the following information in accordance with instructions in reftel. Responses are keyed to reftel's numbered paragraphs (18-21). Begin responses: OVERVIEW OF COUNTRY'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (para 18): A. The DRC is not generall [...]	2005-03-01 16:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN EAID SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CG
05KINSHASA88	CONGO/B: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Sensitive but unclassified - entire text. 2. Embassy Brazzaville submits the following Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to the questions in Ref A. Republic of Congo (Congo/B) Overview of activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Congo/B is not be [...]	2005-01-20 05:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CF
05KUWAIT113	KUWAIT 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, included below is the full text of Embassy Kuwait's 2005 Investment Climate Statement. 2. ---------------------------- INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ---------------------------- OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The Council of Ministers approv [...]	2005-01-09 07:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KTDB KU OPIC USTR
05KUWAIT1729	FOREIGN MINISTER: GOK SERIOUS ABOUT COMBATING TIP [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador demarched Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on Department concerns regarding Kuwait's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) status (reftel). While highlighting a strong U.S. desire to work with the GOK, the Ambassador raised specific concerns a [...]	2005-04-27 14:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL KU
05KUWAIT1732	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: COLUMNISTS CALL FOR [...] Summary and comment: In the wake of an April 24 rampage by hundreds of Bangladeshi laborers who ransacked their Embassy to protest chronic nonpayment of wages (septel),both Liberal and Islamist columnists have called such nonpayment a national disgrace and urged their countrymen to do better [...]	2005-04-27 15:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL KISL PHUM PINR KU
05KUWAIT1976	BACKGROUND ON KEY ISSUES FOR THE WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah will arrive in Washington May 17, in advance of an anticipated July visit by the Prime Minister. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed's visit follows his participation in the Arab-South America Summit held in Brazil, and planned [...]	2005-05-12 10:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV MARR ECON EAID CVIS IZ KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2551	FM REPORTS ON GCC GOODWILL TOUR, SAYS GOK OPPOSES [...] (C) Summary: During a June 8 meeting, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed told the Ambassador he had been asked to visit Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE to calm the waters between these GCC states and identify areas for cooperation with fellow GCC member Saudi Arabia. He reported progr [...]	2005-06-08 16:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EPET PBTS PGOV KU KGCC
05KUWAIT257	KUWAIT'S 2004 SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] Per reftel, following is Kuwait's submission for the 2004 report on supporting human rights and democracy. The Embassy point of contact is Richard Michaels. 2. Begin text: Kuwait is a constitutional, hereditary emirate. The Constitution provides for an elected National Assembly; however, it [...]	2005-01-17 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM ELAB PGOV PREL ECON KU HURI
05KUWAIT2618	KUWAIT: TIP ACTION PLAN REVIEWED WITH THREE SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: Post has delivered TIP action plan to three senior Kuwaiti officials, including a Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister and the President of the National Security Bureau, who both stressed that the GOK views trafficking and other human rights as serious issues. In addition, two Ku [...]	2005-06-13 08:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KU
05KUWAIT2869	GOK OBJECTS TO TIP "COMPARISON" TO OTHER GULF [...] (C) Summary and comment: During her June 25 visit to Kuwait, NEA PDAS Cheney emphasized the need to make progress in dealing with the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue. Three senior officials voiced GOK disappointment with the 2005 report. The new Minister of Planning, the Foreign Minister [...]	2005-06-27 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN KCRM KU
05KUWAIT2902	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN [...] Summary: The Department of State Trafficking in Persons report and widespread media coverage of a subsequent Embassy-sponsored DVC on the issue with Ambassador John Miller (reftel) has moved some Kuwaiti commentators to acknowledge human rights abuses, but rarely do they concede that such abus [...]	2005-06-28 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO KISL KCRM PGOV KDEM KU
05KUWAIT2931	PDAS CHENEY IN KUWAIT: WOMEN'S POLITICAL RIGHTS, [...] (C) During her June 25 visit to Kuwait, NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney congratulated Kuwait's first female minister, Dr. Ma'souma Al-Mubarak, on her appointment and discussed with her the political reforms and education needed to help Kuwaiti women enter the political arena [...]	2005-06-30 19:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KU
05KUWAIT3219	TIP UPDATE: RECENT GOK ACTIONS TO PROTECT FOREIGN [...] The GOK continues to address foreign labor exploitation problems following the release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. An inter-ministerial committee, referred to as the "Four-Member Committee," established mid- June to oversee expatriate worker affairs (ref B) met July 19 t [...]	2005-07-20 13:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KU
05KUWAIT3221	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER SPEAKS OUT ON WOMEN, [...] SUMMARY: Speaker of the National Assembly Jassem Al- Khorafi discussed women's political rights, human rights, Kuwait's democratic development and political parties in a July 19 interview with Abu Dhabi TV widely covered the next day in all local media. Al-Khorafi clarified a series of recent [...]	2005-07-20 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KISL PREL PHUM KMPI KWMN KU
05KUWAIT3412	TIP UPDATE: GOK BRIEFS VISITORS ON ACTIONS TO [...] (U) Summary: G/TIP Ambassador John Miller and Reports Officer Feleke Assefa visited Kuwait July 26-27 to assess GOK progress to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) since the June 3 release of the 2005 TIP Report, which ranked Kuwait at Tier 3. The 60-day grace period for Kuwait to demonstrate [...]	2005-08-02 08:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KU
05KUWAIT3769	INTERIOR MINISTER RESTATES KUWAIT'S COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) During an August 20 meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Shaykh Nawaf Al-Sabah, the Ambassador emphasized the need for the Government of Kuwait to maintain momentum on recent efforts to improve the working conditions of expatriate laborers and combat traf [...]	2005-08-23 11:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM SOCI ECON KU
05KUWAIT3775	PM URGES ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN, SYRIA; CALLS FOR [...] (S) Summary: During Ambassador's 30-minute conversation with Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Sief Palace August 23, the PM urged the U.S. to heed his advice and engage Iran and Syria. He provided updates on GOK progress in counterterrorism and human traffickin [...]	2005-08-23 14:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KU
05KUWAIT3835	KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: GOK TAKING [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador chaired on August 22 the monthly meeting of post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG). He reviewed his August 20 discussions with senior representatives of the GOK on the need to maintain a sharp focus on CT and recommendations that the arrests of wanted in [...]	2005-08-28 04:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV MARR PBTS EFIN ASEC CVIS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4031	TIP UPDATE: MINISTER SAYS GOK WILL "MAXIMIZE [...] (C) The Ambassador met Kuwaiti Minister of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) Faisal Al-Hajji on September 12 that Kuwait to discuss Trafficking in Persons (TIP). He commended Kuwait for the progress made to date, but said even more should be done to address legal protection for expatriate wo [...]	2005-09-13 12:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KCRM KU
05KUWAIT4742	INTERIOR AND PLANNING MINISTERS CONFIRM GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: During separate meetings on November 12, the Ambassador pressed Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf Al-Sabah and Planning Minister Dr. Masouma Al-Mubarak to step up GOK efforts to combat human trafficking and improve the working conditions of Kuwait's large expatriate work force. [...]	2005-11-13 08:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM KCRM KU
05KUWAIT4795	MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, HUMAN [...] Kuwaiti Arabic-language press responded unfavorably to the November 9 roundtable discussion the Ambassador held on the topic of trafficking in persons, with the exception of one Kuwait University political science professor, who thanked the Ambassador in Al-Seyassah. Al-Rai Al-Aam dedicated a [...]	2005-11-17 08:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
05KUWAIT5069	FREEDOM AGENDA: USING INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] PolChief participated December 10 in a program organized by the American Universal School in celebration of International Human Rights Day. Addressing an audience of approximately 100 students aged 15-16, and drawing from reftel, she emphasized the U.S. commitment to promoting and safeguardi [...]	2005-12-10 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI SCUL KIRF KDEM KPAO PINR KU
05LAGOS1128	NIGERIA: ADDITIONAL PROJECT FOR EMBASSY SMALL [...] This is an action request. See para 5. 2. After supplying project descriptions to the Senior Policy Operating Group (SPOG) per reftel, Mission's Small Project Funds Committee received a proposal from an NGO in Edo State. Because Edo State is widely considered the country's highest volume t [...]	2005-07-14 11:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NI
05LAGOS1361	NIGERIA: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] As per ref B, para 5, Post met with Ministry of Labor, ILO, UNICEF, law enforcement and immigration, as well as NGO representatives to update the mandatory child labor report. The following paragraphs are updates keyed to the topics listed in ref B, para 7. Post has provided a separate respons [...]	2005-08-31 11:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NI
05LAGOS1401	SOUTHERN NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE MAY TO AUG [...] (U) This is a roundup of various recent incidents representative of the human rights situation in southern Nigeria. This summary is organized according to the sections of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or they are updates of previousl [...]	2005-09-08 11:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KIRF NI PGOV PHUM PREL
05LAGOS1891	TIP: TIER 2 ACTION PLAN FOR NIGERIA DELIVERED [...] In response to action request (reftel),Post explained to GON areas of specific concern to Nigeria from the 2005 TIP report, why GON efforts did not meet minimum standards, and how to improve results in the future. On November 18, G/TIP lead for Nigeria, Veronica Zeitlin, and POLOFF Eshel Mur [...]	2005-12-15 09:46:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG NI
05LAGOS419	RECENT TIP CASES SHOW NIGERIA'S PROGRESS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In late February, state government officials in Lagos closed an "orphanage" run by a supposed church minister that was fronting for child trafficking and other illicit practices. On March 5, police in Lagos intercepted a truck carrying more than 60 children from Niger State. T [...]	2005-03-16 12:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI
05LAGOS661	SOUTHERN NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE, APRIL [...] This cable is a roundup of various recent incidents that reflect the human rights situation in southern Nigeria. This summary is organized by section of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or are updates of previously reported items. - [...]	2005-05-04 14:55:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF ELAB NI
05LILONGWE187	2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. Human trafficking was a new issue for the GOM in 2004. With the advent of increased awareness and a new government with a new approach to governance, the GOM has made significant efforts to understand and address TIP. The GOM has implemented a multi-year strategy to protect vulner [...]	2005-03-02 07:33:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF MI
05LILONGWE888	MALAWI SENTENCES CHILD TRAFFICKERS TO SEVEN [...] (U) SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 24, A MALAWIAN COURT SENTENCED THREE MEN TO SEVEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT WITH HARD LABOR FOR KIDNAPPING. ALTHOUGH MALAWI HAS YET TO ADOPT SPECIFIC TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION, THERE IS GROWING AWARENESS OF THE ISSUE AMONG THE COUNTRY'S LEADERS AND CIVIL SOCIETY. THE SENTENC [...]	2005-10-11 11:50:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL ZA MI
05LIMA1246	OPIUM STRATEGY PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) The Mission strategy to combat opium production and trafficking in Peru was laid out in REF A in January. Since then, Embassy agencies including the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Military Assistance Group (MAAG) have been aggressively [...]	2005-03-14 21:05:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EAID PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA1409	FUTURE OF OUR CN PROGRAMS AND OBJECTIVES IN PERU [...] (SBU) Summary: As reported reftels, our Mission counter- drug strategy in the short term will be focused on holding the line against expansion of coca and opium cultivation and drawing the noose around no-go coca source zones through eradication and alternative development. The advent in mid [...]	2005-03-23 21:41:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EAID PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA2074	BOWEN DECISION CAUSES OUTRAGE, THREATENS PRESS [...] (U) Judge Alfredo Catacora of the 11th Criminal Court of Lima on 5/4 convicted British journalist Sally Bowen, her co-author Jane Holligan, and their publisher of criminal defamation for quoting in their book "The Imperfect Spy" an imprisoned narcotrafficker's assertion that narco-kingpin Fer [...]	2005-05-06 15:41:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL PE
05LIMA2600	VISIT OF STAFFDEL WALKER TO PERU [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) During a busy two-day visit, Staffdel Walker raised pending U.S. company commercial disputes, trafficking of narcotics and persons, and the benefits of an U.S.-Andean Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in discussions with Members of Congress, high-ranking government officials, and pri [...]	2005-06-10 14:49:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON SNAR EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PE
05LIMA3337	TOLEDO'S STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH [...] A confident President Alejandro Toledo delivered his annual State of the Nation speech on 7/28, in which he touted his administration's economic, political and social successes; emphasized that these accomplishments were achieved in conjunction with the Congress, political parties and the pop [...]	2005-08-03 21:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM PE
05LIMA3474	Peru: Human Rights Update [...] The following report provides a mid-year update on the Human Rights situation in Peru. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather to identify emerging trends and highlight key issues. Peru's human rights situation, in terms of the GOP's respect for the human rights of citizens, continu [...]	2005-08-11 20:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA3643	Peru: TIP Update [...] The following report traces GOP actions against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and TIP-related events in Peru for the first half of 2005. The GOP continues to move against TIP. Nonetheless, as Peru advances from an initial strong start against human trafficking, the hard work of building inst [...]	2005-08-22 19:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA4179	EMBASSY AND EVANGELICALS: BREAKING NEW GROUND [...] (U) This is the third in a three-part series on Peru,s Evangelical Christians. Reftels described the history and contemporary political strategy of this key emerging group. This cable discusses Embassy outreach. -------- Summary: -------- 2. (U) Peru,s rapidly-growing population of [...]	2005-09-26 20:15:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PHUM PGOV PE
05LIMA4394	LATIN AMERICA MISSING PERSONS (LAMP) NETWORK [...] (C) The authors of the Peruvian website for Missing Persons, www.peruanosdesaparecidos.com, are now establishing a series of similar and interlinked web pages for missing persons in other countries called the Latin American Network for Missing Persons (LAMP). The system has already helped s [...]	2005-10-12 20:58:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PE
05LIMA478	CHINESE VICE PRESIDENT ZENG QINGHONG'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong, accompanied by a delegation of 124 persons, paid an official visit to Peru on January 26 to 28. The visit here was the second leg of a five-nation sojourn within Latin America and the Caribbean, which also includes Mexico, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobag [...]	2005-01-28 18:07:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ECON PE CH
05LIMA4797	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH [...] Post warmly welcomes Congressman Smith's visit to Peru and greatly appreciates his interest in both trafficking in persons (TIP) and women's and children's health issues. Over the last two years, the Peruvian Government has awakened to the TIP problem and has taken serious steps to combat it. [...]	2005-11-09 19:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PE
05LIMA5061	FORMER INTERIOR MINISTER ROSPIGLIOSI WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former Interior Minister Fernando Rospigliosi and ex-Director of National Defense Ruben Vargas, in an 11/18 lunch with Poloffs, expressed concern over prospects that ultranationalist Ollanta Humala is establishing himself as a political force to be reckoned with. They had few [...]	2005-11-29 17:14:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ASEC PE
05LIMA5086	PERU AND CUBLA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING [...] (U) The following is Post's response to reftel A. No Political Support for Cuba ----------------------------- 2. (U) The Peruvian Government maintains formal relations with the Cuban Government, but the two countries have modest diplomatic contacts and bilateral trade. The last visit [...]	2005-11-30 18:24:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL PE
05LIMA5087	PERU AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING [...] (U) The following is Post's response to reftel A. No Political Support for Cuba ----------------------------- 2. (U) The Peruvian Government maintains formal relations with the Cuban Government, but the two countries have modest diplomatic contacts and bilateral trade. The last visit [...]	2005-11-30 18:28:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL PE

05LIMA5336	PERU: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] The following is Post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. Peru remained a strong supporter of U.S. counterterrorism efforts in 2005. Peru has consistently supported the Global War on Terrorism, has actively participated in the United Nations and OAS Inter-American Committee A [...]	2005-12-16 22:22:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM SNAR PE
05LIMA992	Mexican Summary of Meeting on Mexican HR Initiative [...] (SBU) Post transmits verbatim text received from the Peruvian Foreign Affairs Ministry of a summary, prepared by the Mexican Foreign Ministry, of the GRULAC working meeting in Mexico regarding Mexico's proposal to develop an informal mechanism for cooperation among GRULAC countries on human r [...]	2005-03-02 17:31:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CU MX PE UNHCR
05LJUBLJANA118	SLOVENIA: COM AND NEW LABOR MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 16 February courtesy call, new Labor Minister Janez Drobnic told COM that combatting unemployment is his top priority, with a focus on introducing programs to help the disabled, the elderly, and first-time job-seekers. Drobnic also listed improving MoL's IT base as a key [...]	2005-02-18 11:15:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB PINR PHUM SI
05LJUBLJANA216	ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, [...] SUMMARY. EUCOM provided three options on ACSA and we have contacted the Slovenes for their preference on how to proceed. The Combined Training and Education Plan was submitted to EUCOM; highlights are below. New FMF cases to purchase spares for Slovenia's HMMWVs were signed this month; the [...]	2005-04-04 09:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SI
05LJUBLJANA247	GOVT. OF SLOVENIA FINDS RESOURCES TO KEEP TIP NGO [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-13 07:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SI
05LJUBLJANA549	SLOVENIA: UNHCR COUNTRY DIRECTOR MEETS WITH COM [...] (U) Summary: On July 21, UNHCR Director for Slovenia Greg Garras met with COM to discuss the state of Slovenian asylum policy at the end of his three and a half year tenure. Garras lamented that Slovenia,s asylum policies have continued to regress under the current center-right government - a [...]	2005-08-03 08:37:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF SI
05LJUBLJANA847	TIP: GOVT. OF SLOVENIA PAYS NGO FOR WORK AND PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: After nearly 12 months of promises, and regular and persistent inquiries from the Embassy, the GOS has finally committed to paying the anti-trafficking NGO Kljuc for the shelter and other services it has provided to trafficking victims in 2005. For 2006, the GOS plans to issu [...]	2005-12-13 07:50:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SI
05MADRID3677	IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT OVERSHADOWED BY CUBAN ISSUES CONTROVERSY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 12:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PREL SP VE
05MANAGUA2140	NICARAGUA UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] This cable is submitted in response to reftel A request for information on Government of Nicaragua child labor practices for compliance with Trade and Development Act provisions. Because post submitted reports in response to similar DOL tasking cables in 2003 and 2004 (reftels B and C),and b [...]	2005-07-26 19:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NU
05MANAMA1403	COMBATING EXTREMISM: BAHRAIN ACTIVE PARTNER IN [...] (S) The United States and Bahrain are close partners in combating extremism and promoting tolerance and moderation inside the Kingdom. King Hamad is a recognized regional leader for his political and economic reforms and advancement of women's rights. He is fully committed to the global war [...]	2005-09-29 08:51:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KPAO PTER EAID PHUM KMPI BA
05MANAMA165	NEW MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador met with the second woman in Bahrain's reshuffled cabinet, Minister of Social Affairs Dr. Fatima Al Belooshi, on February 1. Al Belooshi, formerly the Dean of Education at the University of Bahrain, was sworn into office January 15 (reftel). The Ambassador congratulated Al [...]	2005-02-05 11:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM OEXC KWMN BA
05MANAMA169	BAHRAIN'S SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] (U) In 2002, Bahrain became a monarchy and adopted a constitution which reinstated a legislative body. The upper house of parliament (Shura Council) is appointed by the King, and the lower house (Council of Representatives) is elected by the people. All men and women citizens age 21 and abov [...]	2005-02-05 15:43:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA339	BAHRAIN: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Embassy Manama's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that in January 2005, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) was divided into two separate ministries, the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Social Affairs. As the Ministry of [...]	2005-03-08 13:39:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BA
05MANAMA89	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF LABOR AL ALAWI [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Dr. Majid bin Mohsin Al Alawi January 12, just two days before the cabinet shuffle that split the ministry into two separate ministries. The Minister emphasized the importance of the Crown Prince's labor reform initiative and i [...]	2005-01-18 14:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELAB PHUM KDEM BA
05MANAMA901	ARREST: FOLLOW-UP IN CASE OF QADRI, MOHAMMAD AFZAL [...] This is an action request, please see para 8. On June 21, Conoffs visited Mohammad Afzal QADRI in the security office at the Bahrain International Airport. SUBJ was arrested on June 9 after switching boarding cards with Pakistani national Hamid MEHMOOD (see reftel). SUBJ was taken to court [...]	2005-06-26 14:27:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	BA CASC QADRI MOHAMMAD AFZAL
05MANILA1506	LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The nexus of law enforcement corruption in the Philippines lies in four key areas: 1) bribery in recruitment and extortion in training; 2) ineffectual and politically manipulated Internal Affairs; 3) financial mismanagement; and, 4) procurement and resource mismanagement. PNP [...]	2005-04-01 06:19:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KCRM KCOR KJUS ASEC RP
05MANILA1815	NEW TIP-RELATED ARRESTS AND PROSECUTION [...] (U) Summary. Four new TIP criminal cases are in the works, following a raid on a suspected brothel in what the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) described as a new series of TIP-related raids. The DoJ has issued unequivocal instructions to prosecutors to give "preferential attention" [...]	2005-04-21 02:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM RP
05MANILA1909	PROPOSED MOU FOR THE "MAPP" [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (U) Noting that the Philippine National Police (PNP) -- at the instigation of Philippine Ambassador to Washington Del Rosario -- was now interested in pursuing a "Management Assessment of the Philippine Police" with the USG that would parall [...]	2005-04-27 08:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM SOCI KCOR PTER PGOV PINS ASEC RP
05MANILA2294	TIP: GRP WORKS TO STRENGTHEN PROSECUTIONS AS [...] (U) Summary: A committee of the Philippine Supreme Court is reportedly about to issue a new rule that would prohibit judges from dismissing cases based on a minor's unwillingness to testify. The rule aims to address the problem of victims recanting their testimony after being threatened or b [...]	2005-05-19 05:03:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN RP
05MANILA2757	TIP: PHILIPPINE REACTION TO THE RELEASE OF THE [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Local reaction to the Philippine narrative of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report has been mixed, though basically positive. The media response -- aided by Mission's extensive outreach [...]	2005-06-16 06:28:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWMN ELAB PHUM RP
05MANILA3061	ARROYO CELEBRATES JULY 4TH, BUT SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Summary: President Arroyo attended Mission's July 4 celebration and also hosted an anti-trafficking event at Malacanang attended by Charge on July 2. At the July 4 event, Charge publicly hailed close U.S.-Philippine ties and underscored the importance of strengthening democratic institu [...]	2005-07-05 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL ECON PINR KPAO RP
05MANILA3415	2005 SOUTHEAST ASIA REPORTING OFFICERS CONFERENCE, [...] Embassy Manila will host the 2005 Southeast Asia Reporting Officers Conference (SEAROC),October 13-14. Most of the event will take place at Mission's historic chancery. Please send a front-channel cable confirming attendance, security level of participant(s),and flight details as soon as p [...]	2005-07-26 07:51:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON OTRA XB RP
05MANILA4810	PHILIPPINES: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message is in response to the action request contained in "Democracy Promotion Strategies for EAP Focus Countries" (ref a). Responses are keyed to specific informational requests contained in ref a, p [...]	2005-10-10 09:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PINS ECON KDEM RP
05MANILA4831	MISSION PRESSES GRP FOR EXPEDITIOUS PROGRESS ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Mission recently held several meetings with high-level GRP officials working to combat human trafficking to discuss problem areas identified in the 2004 TIP Report. We stressed the seriousness [...]	2005-10-11 08:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM ECON SMIG RP
05MANILA4984	TIP: USG-FUNDED TRAINING AIMS TO ASSIST HUMAN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: GRP prosecutors and NGO lawyers continue to make limited headway in prosecuting traffickers under anti-trafficking laws. The slow pace of progress is due in part to inadequate training of loca [...]	2005-10-23 07:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM ECON RP
05MANILA5261	CALL ON PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with President Arroyo on November 7, USAID Assistant Administrator for the Asia Near East Bureau (AA/ANE) James R. Kunder and US Embassy Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Paul W. Jones highlighted how the USG's development assistance program carried out by USAID supports Phi [...]	2005-11-08 05:47:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KMCA EFIN EINV PREL PHUM RP
05MANILA5326	PHILIPPINES/TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this message provides information on the Philippines for the Interim Assessment on the Special Watch List countries due in Congress no later than February 1. The Philippine Department of Justice (DoJ) has trebled the number of prosecutors at the national [...]	2005-11-14 09:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN KCRM RP JA
05MANILA5331	EAP DAS JOHN'S NOVEMBER 11 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS John and Charge met November 11 with President Arroyo. Arroyo underscored her government's support for Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) and continued counterterrorism cooperation. She expressed interest in the U.S. and the GRP agreeing to a Free Trade Agreement (FTA),sa [...]	2005-11-15 02:07:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR PTER PHUM ETRD RP BM UNSC
05MANILA5357	EAP DAS JOHN LEADS NOVEMBER 11 BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS John and Charge held extensive discussions on bilateral issues with DFA A/S for American Affairs Abadilla and Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Del Rosario on November 11. DAS John underscored that the primary purpose of his visit to the Philippines was to focus on subst [...]	2005-11-16 03:53:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ECON EAID RP UNSC APEC
05MANILA5688	PRESIDENT ARROYO APPOINTS NEW OMBUDSMAN TO LEAD [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo has named her Chief Legal Counsel, Maria Merceditas "Mercy" Gutierrez, as the new Ombudsman for the Philippines. Gutierrez, a 1995 participant in the State Department's Intern [...]	2005-12-06 08:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KWMN ECON EAID PINR RP
05MANILA5710	TIP: TWO DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO LIFE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On December 5, a regional court in Zamboanga City, Mindanao, sentenced two members of a trafficking syndicate to life imprisonment for recruiting a victim and selling her to a brothel in Malaysia [...]	2005-12-07 09:02:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP MY
05MANILA5781	G/TIP AMBASSADOR MILLER'S DECEMBER 3-6 VISIT: [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: G/TIP Director Ambassador John Miller visited the Philippines December 3-6 to evaluate GRP progress in addressing serious problems that resulted in its Tier Two Watch List rating in 2004 and 2005 [...]	2005-12-12 08:14:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP MY JP
05MANILA5927	PHILIPPINES 2005 INSCR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] (U) The following text is the proposed International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering, for the Philippines for 2005- 2006. Post used the questions in reftel as the basis for collecting information and assessing the current situation for the [...]	2005-12-22 04:08:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER SNAR KCRM KSEP RP
05MANILA5950	PHILIPPINES: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Post's 2005 narrative update of the Philippine portion of the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report is provided below. The information is keyed to specific reftel requests. 2. (U) Summary. The Philippines, one of the earliest supporters in the global coalition against terrorism, [...]	2005-12-23 07:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC MOPS RP
05MANILA6039	TIP: TWO MORE TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO LIFE [...] (U) Summary: On December 27, a court in Metro Manila sentenced a husband and wife to life imprisonment for peddling victims -- including some minors -- into sexual servitude. A top GRP prosecutor (and former IVP grantee) spearheaded the government's legal team that netted the convictions. [...]	2005-12-29 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP
05MANILA655	MEETING WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador on February 9, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo reiterated the GRP's commitment to combating trafficking-in-persons while working with Japan on implementation of new regulations on entertainers, confirmed that the de-listing as a terrorist organizat [...]	2005-02-10 08:44:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWMN PHUM PTER BM IZ SU JA RP
05MANILA971	PHILIPPINES: FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission,s fifth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows below. The report covers the period from March 2004 through March 2005. Point of contact (POC) is Political Officer David C. Maness, ManessDC@State.Gov, (632) 528-6300 x5165, fax (632) 523-1195. Rank of TIP action offic [...]	2005-03-01 08:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB RP
05MAPUTO1030	MOZAMBIQUE: AUGUST 9-12 VISIT BY G/TIP AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-18 13:21:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KCRM PHUM SMIG MZ KWNM
05MAPUTO114	ESF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] Overview of Request: Post is requesting ESF funding through G/TIP in the amount of $177,728 for a research and capacity building program. This project will have two key components: a) strengthening civil society efforts to combat trafficking in persons and b) identifying trafficking patterns i [...]	2005-01-24 15:24:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID KDEM KWMN ASEC KCRM SMIG MZ ESF
05MAPUTO165	2005 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND BUDGET REQUEST [...] Post appreciates receiving FY2004 DHRF funding in the amount of $76,000, an increase from $70,000 in FY2003. These funds have enabled the Embassy to engage a broader range of Mozambican civil society in our efforts to help consolidate democratization and improve human rights performance. For F [...]	2005-02-07 15:10:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL EAID DHRF
05MAPUTO170	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] Summary: Mozambique has made progress in strengthening its democratic institutions, but the country remains vulnerable to corruption and human rights safeguards are weak. In December 2004 Mozambique held its third general (presidential and legislative) election, as President Joaquim Chissano, [...]	2005-02-07 15:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL MZ DHRF
05MAPUTO230	NOMINATION FOR POLITICAL LES/FSNS TRAINING [...] Personal information for nominee: a) Name: Naimo Vasco ANTONIO b) Grade 9 c) Began service with DOS: March 1999 d) English language ability: fluent written/spoken e) Pervious Training in US: Political Training for FSNS, May 15-28, 2000 f) Supervisor at post: Cynthia Brown, Econ/Pol Officer, [...]	2005-02-18 09:10:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI AFSN MZ PGOV
05MAPUTO725	MOZAMBIQUE: ENHANCING COOPERATION WITH BRAZIL IN [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Brazil has played a more active role in Mozambique since President Lula da Silva took office in January 2003. Brazilian assistance in Mozambique focuses on technical support and training, primarily in the h [...]	2005-06-10 13:36:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL BR MZ
05MASERU400	LESOTHO LACKS RESOURCES TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] SUMMARY. Human Trafficking in Lesotho is not as high profile as it is in other countries and the problem appears to be relatively small in comparison to the situation in some other countries in the region. There is a concern among some Basotho, however, particularly those who work with women [...]	2005-08-03 16:25:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM LT
05MINSK1040	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 31, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Parliamentarians Extremely Critical of USG Response to Hurricane Katrina On September 1, Chairman of the Commission for [...]	2005-09-02 14:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1090	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 7, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Belarusian Trafficker Extradited from Spain On September 2, Spanish police arrested and extradited a Belarusian woman suspected of involvement in an inte [...]	2005-09-12 10:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1129	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 14, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. Opposition Congress Secures Location, But Wants More Following Lukashenko's instruction to Minsk city officials to assist the opposition 10+ coalition [...]	2005-09-16 12:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1262	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 13, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. New Life Church Fined Again On October 7, a Minsk court fined New Life Church administrator Vasily Yurevich BYR 4,350,000 [USD 2,000] for organizing ill [...]	2005-10-14 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1384	Belarusian TV Accuses U.S. Diplomats of Revolutionary [...] (U) Summary: Belarus' national television channel aired exposes on November 4 and 13 accusing U.S. intelligence agencies of using NGOs and the human rights/democracy campaign as covers for spreading revolutions around the world. The hosts of the two programs proposed that Emboffs were partic [...]	2005-11-15 11:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1524	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. --------- Elections --------- 2. "Ambassador's Residence is Opposition's Meetinghouse" - State TV On December 17, Post held its annual children's holiday party for U.S. Embassy staff at Ambassad [...]	2005-12-21 10:53:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK757	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 6, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Restricted Political Parties On June 29, the Belarusian Parliament amended a law further restricting political parties by [...]	2005-07-13 05:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK939	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 03, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Statkevich Begins Sentence On July 29, opposition politician Nikolai Statkevich arrived in Baranovichi to serve his two-year restricted freedom sentence [...]	2005-08-12 05:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MUSCAT313	2005 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: OMAN [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to relevant sections of reftel paras 18-21. ----------------- PARA 18: OVERVIEW ----------------- A. Oman is not a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women or children. ------------------- PARA 19: [...]	2005-02-23 11:13:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MU
05MUSCAT591	OMAN SURVEY BY TIP ACTIVIST COMES UP EMPTY [...] (SBU) Regional human rights and anti-trafficking activist Ansar Burney made a short-notice visit to Oman April 8-9 in a quest to locate suspected trafficked Pakistani child camel jockeys he believes are missing from camps in the UAE. In his first visit with Embassy personnel, Burney accompanie [...]	2005-04-11 03:46:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB ETRD KOCI SOCI PREL MU
05MUSCAT887	2005 TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO OMAN [...] (SBU) Given the Thursday-Friday local weekend (ref B),A/DCM conveyed the 2005 Trafficking in Persons report on Oman (ref A) to Humaid al-Maani, Political Advisor to the MFA Under Secretary, during a pre-arranged June 1 meeting to discuss Oman's critique of our Human Rights Report. Based on a [...]	2005-06-01 13:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG MU
05NAIROBI5180	KENYA: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This is post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. The first section updates the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism section on Kenya. The second section provides supplemental information. Proposed Text for Patterns of Global Terrorism Report ------------------------------- [...]	2005-12-20 01:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MARR EFIN KE
05NDJAMENA1077	ERODING PRESS FREEDOMS IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Press freedoms continue to erode in Chad. Of particular concern is the recent arrest of three journalists from the independent press. Two are now free, but remain under threat of further prosecution, while a third is still in custody. Independent media, including newspapers [...]	2005-07-09 09:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OIIP KPAO PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA140	SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] The Government's human rights record remains poor. Security forces committed extrajudicial killings and continued to intimidate the public. The judiciary remained subject to executive interference. Violence and societal discrimination against women were common. The independent press occasi [...]	2005-01-28 14:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1500	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW FOR CHAD [...] Post recommends that Chad continue to be deemed compliant with AGOA eligibility requirements. The government continues to support the Revenue Management Process, and is taking measures to improve the human rights situation, reform the military, and curb corruption. The country also continues [...]	2005-10-05 11:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL ELAB PHUM CD AGOA USTR
05NEWDELHI1554	US-INDIA PEACEKEEPING JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (C) Summary: At the fourth US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on February 14, IO PDAS Swigert underscored US concerns about sexual exploitation committed within UN peacekeeping ranks and asked India, a main troop contributor, to play a leading role to ensure that the problem is deal [...]	2005-03-01 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO XA IN
05NEWDELHI2116	DEPUTY SECRETARY OF LABOR LAW'S INDIA VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary of Labor Steven J. Law's February 21-27 visit to India to review progress on the DOL- sponsored INDUS Child Labor effort and other DOL-sponsored projects was well received by GOI officials, project managers, and participants. The highest-ranking Labor Departme [...]	2005-03-21 08:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ECON KCRM KWMN EAID IN US
05NEWDELHI2932	A TROUBLED BJP TURNS TO THE RIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Facing multiple crises, including electoral lethargy, growing ideological divides and an uncertain leadership succession, the BJP is drifting further to the right in an attempt to rouse its Hindutva base. The imminent departure of former PM Vajpayee and Party President Advani ha [...]	2005-04-19 11:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI3933	THE UPA SCORES BETTER THAN AVERAGE AFTER ONE YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The UPA government completed one year in office on May 22. Although the Left parties and the BJP predictably criticized its performance, commentary has been generally positive, reflecting widespread respect for Manmohan Singh's performance. Despite some initial weaknesses (such [...]	2005-05-27 05:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PARM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN
05NEWDELHI5402	FOREIGN LABOR TRENDS REPORT: INDIA, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-14 06:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM ECON ETRD PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI7767	SECOND ANNUAL SOUTH ASIA POLITICAL REPORTING [...] (U) Summary: The September 29 South Asia Political Reporting Officers' Conference in New Delhi brought together almost 50 officers and FSNs from Indian consulates, South Asian countries, the broader region and Washington to discuss recent developments. Participants discussed the July 18 Indo [...]	2005-10-05 13:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER BD PK NP IN
05NEWDELHI8266	INDIA'S SHAME: LINGERING BIGOTRY AFFLICTS 200 [...] (SBU) Summary: India,s 200 million Hindu and Christian Dalits (formerly &untouchables8) constitute approximately 21-25% of the population. Dalit leaders argue, and our Human Rights Report agrees, that Dalits are subject to sporadic cases of human rights abuses, including rape, trafficking, an [...]	2005-10-25 09:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR ECON ELAB KDEM KIRF SCUL IN
05NEWDELHI8397	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SNOW'S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, I want to warmly welcome you to India, a vibrant, diverse, multi-ethnic, multifaceted democracy -- much like our own in important respects -- that is emerging as an economic powerhouse and has growing global ambitions. Your visit will help set the stage for President Bush's [...]	2005-10-28 13:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON BEXP PGOV PREL IN US
05NEWDELHI9088	TIP TIDBITS - CHILD LABOR, FEMALE FETICIDE, CHILD [...] (U) The following describes a variety of news reports and GOI actions on child labor, female feticide and child marriage that we have been following over the past few weeks. LARGEST RAID IN DELHI HISTORY ---------------------------- 2. (U) On November 21, "The Hindu" reported in their mo [...]	2005-12-02 05:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SOCI OTRA PREL SMIG BG
05NEWDELHI9204	BHUTAN: LARGELY LACKING WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) In response to Reftel, post spoke to Bhutanese Ministry of Labor, Education, Employment and Works and Human Settlement officials and NGOs to answer questions posed in paragraph seven. We assess that while 45,000 children may at times work, the worst forms of child labor are largely absent [...]	2005-12-06 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV KCRM ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BT
05OTTAWA1384	CANADA: MISSION PERSPECTIVE ON SPP SECURITY GOALS [...] SUMMARY: Mission Canada appreciates the opportunity to comment on the interagency effort under way to identify a coherent and forward looking security road map for North America. We must continue to search for security weaknesses and identify areas where our three countries can strengthen ou [...]	2005-05-06 20:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CA ECON ETRD MX PGOV PREL EWWT SMIG SNAR SOCI
05OTTAWA1459	CANADA: ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES' MAY 18 VISIT [...] (SBU) As you prepare for your first meeting with Canada's Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan and Minister of Justice Irwin Cotler, I want to extend my welcome and offer the Embassy's continuing support for the range of issues, initiatives, and processes that form the core of the Department o [...]	2005-05-13 18:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM CA
05OTTAWA1540	CANADA'S BORDER CAUCUS PREPARING TO COMMENT ON [...] (U) On May 18, 2005, Emboffs met with Conservative Member of Parliament Russ Hiebert, chief organizer of Canada's multiparty Border Caucus, whose 37 members are from ridings (districts) adjacent to the U.S. border. Parliament's Border Caucus was formed in 2004 and had its inaugural meeting in [...]	2005-05-24 15:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL CA
05OTTAWA1579	FY 2006 IVLP MRP on International Crime Issues - [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-27 11:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV
05OTTAWA1580	FY 2006 IVLP MRP on International Crime Issues - [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-27 11:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL CA IV
05OTTAWA2331	CANADA: MARIJUANA DECRIMINALIZATION BILL LOSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The marijuana decriminalization bill (C-17),which began the Parliamentary term as the potential next big issue on the Liberal agenda, appears to have lost steam. Opinion on C-17 is split between activists who suggest it does not go far enough, and prohibitionists who say it go [...]	2005-08-02 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI
05OTTAWA2446	U.S.-CANADIAN COOPERATION IN STOPPING GUN [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: A spate of gang-related killings in Toronto has left Ontario Premier McGuinty and Toronto Mayor David Miller under pressure to act. McGuinty shifted the focus from the internal problems with gangs in Toronto to the notion that many of the guns used in the killings originated [...]	2005-08-12 22:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS PTER SNAR CA
05OTTAWA3400	US-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 26 in Ottawa, NEA DAS Gordon Gray and a U.S. delegation exchanged views with EU Troika officials on developments in Iran and countries in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Tri-lateral consultations with the EU and Canada on Iran are reported reftel. END SUMMARY. [...]	2005-11-15 20:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR IZ
05OTTAWA3698	CANADA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Unclassified entire text. GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. The Government of Canada remained steadfast in 2005 in partnering with the United States and other like-minded states to support the international fight against terror. With a 5,200 mile undefended border, Canada is one [...]	2005-12-16 21:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CA KCRM KHLS PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KPAO
05OTTAWA642	CANADA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR 2004-2005 [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Canada's submission for the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report. Answers are keyed to numbered paragraphs in reftel. Embassy POC is Poloff Mark Baron, telephone (613) 688-5339, fax (613) 688-3098. Estimated number of hours spent researching and drafting this r [...]	2005-03-01 19:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CA
05OTTAWA800	TAKING STOCK OF U.S.-CANADIAN RELATIONS -- AN END [...] My core message as I depart Ottawa is that our relationship with Canada has changed fundamentally in the last four years, and we as a government need to catch up with this new reality. Canada is the front line of our efforts to protect the U.S. homeland. There is no priority in the hemisphe [...]	2005-03-17 15:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON OPRC PREL CA
05PANAMA1042	PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BURTON [...] Embassy warmly welcomes Representative Dan Burton (R- IN),House International Relations Committee (HIRC),Western Hemisphere Chairman, who will lead a delegation to Panama during June 4-6, 2005. Embassy also welcomes the following participants of the congressional delegation: Members: Re [...]	2005-05-09 22:35:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OVIP PM
05PANAMA1947	PANAMA EVANGELICALS SEEKING POLITICAL POWER [...] (SBU) Two Panamanian Evangelical ministers plan to form a political party (Partido Teologia) in 2007 with the goal of electing a president and legislators in 2009. If nerve and energy were the only prerequisites for political success, these admitted political novices would surely win some e [...]	2005-09-23 22:55:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA2025	INTERAGENCY TEAM DISCUSSES SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Panamanian President Torrijos and his principal national security advisors met with a visiting USG interagency delegation September 29 and agreed to pursue enhanced information sharing, improve border security cooperation, and develop a mechanism for closer bilateral security coo [...]	2005-10-07 16:19:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PINR PINS MARR PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2038	PANAMA: UNHCR - AID EFFORTS UPSTAGING GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) UNHCR's unwavering support of refugee rights and its aid to Colombian civil-war refugees has given it great status and respect in Puerto Obaldia, a Caribbean town 200 miles from Panama's capital on the coastal border of Colombia. However, the distance from Panama City seems much great [...]	2005-10-11 20:02:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PM
05PANAMA2263	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER,S VISIT TO PANAMA: FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: FBI Director Robert Mueller visited Panama October 27 ) 28 as part of his five day, five nation visit to Latin America. During his brief stay he met with President Martin Torrijos and senior GOP national security officials, Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez and her senior st [...]	2005-11-18 14:27:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PINS PM LEGATT
05PANAMA338	PANAMA RESPONSE TO TIP PROTECTION (ESF) PROPOSAL [...] (U) Embassy is pleased to submit three anti-TIP bilateral project proposals (including two from the same government ministry),chosen from five submissions. Since the passage of the GOP's groundbreaking anti-TIP law in March 2004, the GOP has worked hard with its limited resources to promot [...]	2005-02-15 20:49:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB EAID KWMN KCRM KDEM PHUM SMIG PM
05PANAMA390	PANAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL CONVOKES ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS COMMISSION [...] (SBU) In a big move forward for Panama's anti-TIP efforts, on February 15 Panama's new attorney general Ana Matilde Gomez convoked the anti-TIP commission (CONAPREDES) as contemplated by Panama's March 2004 anti-TIP law (see reftel A). The new commission institutionalizes anti-TIP policy co [...]	2005-02-18 22:39:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG ELAB PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA555	PANAMA'S INPUT FOR FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Embassy Panama believes that trafficking in persons (TIP) is a relatively small and manageable problem, involving around 200-500 victims. In 2004, Embassy worked closely with the Government of Panama (GOP) to discover the true extent of TIP in Panama and to strengthen the anti-TIP leg [...]	2005-03-14 14:37:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA608	PANAMA TACKLES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (C) Armed with Panama's tough March 2004 anti-TIP law, Darien province Prosecutor Arnesia Janeth Torrero recently arrested indigenous National Police (PNP) officers for their alleged commercial sexual exploitation of indigenous minor girls in the remote Darien province. In January, Torrero finis [...]	2005-03-16 22:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA959	PANAMA ARRESTS EIGHT DARIEN POLICE IN TIP [...] (C) In a vital advance of Panama's anti-TIP agenda, in late March Anti-corruption Prosecutor Maribel Cornejo detained eight National Police (PNP) officers and one private citizen on charges of rape, commercial sexual exploitation, and corruption of minors in Darien Province. The alleged victims [...]	2005-04-28 21:15:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PARIS1398	FRANCE SUBMISSION FOR 2005 TIP REPORT [...] (U) France is a destination country for trafficked persons, mainly women trafficked for prostitution from Eastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, and to a lesser extent Albania) and Africa (Nigera, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon). France's national Central Office for the Repression of Trafficking in Pe [...]	2005-03-03 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR RO
05PARIS3896	2005 TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED - FRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-06 12:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG FR
05PARIS3923	FRANCE: SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (C) Summary and comment: France adheres to the EU's Common Position on Cuba, and the GOF monitors the human rights situation in Cuba closely. MFA officials have consistently stressed that they share both the U.S. assessment of the human rights situation and the U.S. goal of supporting peacef [...]	2005-06-06 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC ETRD FR CU
05PARIS5084	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS IN LONDON [...] NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS IN LONDON 2. SECRETARY RICE IN AFRICA AND ISRAEL 3. REVALUATION OF CHINESE CURRENCY (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: HEADLINES ARE DOMINATED BY THE ATTEMPTED TERRORIST ATTACKS IN LONDON YESTERDAY. "ANXIETY AFTER THE ATTACKS" LEADS RIGHT-OF- CENTER LE FIGARO UNDERSCORIN [...]	2005-07-22 10:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7871	RECOMMENDATION OF WAIVER FOR FRANCE OF LIBERTAD [...] (C) Summary and comment: France adheres to the EU's Common Position on Cuba, and the GoF monitors the human rights situation in Cuba closely. MFA officials have consistently stressed that they share both the U.S. assessment of the human rights situation and the U.S. goal of supporting peacef [...]	2005-11-18 14:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC FR CU
05PORTAUPRINCE1087	CONGRESSMAN DELAHUNT DISCUSSES HAITI POLICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary: During his April 15-16 visit to Port-au-Prince, Representative William Delahunt (D-MA) met with CIVPOL Commissioner Dave Beer and Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General Leon Charles to discuss the nature of violence in Haiti and the threat insecurity poses for the election [...]	2005-04-20 11:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PORTAUPRINCE542	HAITI: SUBMISSION FOR FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] The following responses are Post's responses to questions raised in reftel. 2. Overview of Haiti's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Trafficking in persons in Haiti mainly involved the internal movement of children from the countryside into urban areas for domestic labor [...]	2005-03-02 20:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF HA
05PORTAUPRINCE871	HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE POISED TO TACKLE REBEL [...] (C) Summary: Following another attack against his officers on March 27, Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Leon Charles told Ambassador on March 29 that the HNP was preparing to undertake three significant operations in the coming days to root out violent gang leaders and their [...]	2005-03-30 17:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
05PRAGUE854	2005 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CZECHS [...] Poloff delivered the demarche regarding the release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report on Monday, June 6, 2005, to First Deputy Interior Minister Miroslav Koudelny and to Dr. Pavel Rotyka, Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Justice. Minister Koudelny, who is the Czech Republic's Nation [...]	2005-06-06 12:29:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG EZ
05PRETORIA423	SOUTH AFRICA: MONEY LAUNDERING AND CASINOS [...] (U) Summary. Although the gambling industry comprises a small portion of its GDP, South Africa has a relatively large gambling industry in global terms. South Africa operates an advanced system of casino regulation over its 32 casinos. The National Gambling Board conducts continual inspection [...]	2005-01-31 15:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EFIN SOCI SF

05PRETORIA4548	INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa has identified the trafficking problem, is taking real steps, and is having results. The National Assembly has passed the Children's Bill, and the government continues to push the "Anti-Trafficking" and "Sexual Offenses" bills through the legislative process. Pro [...]	2005-11-15 10:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID PREL KCRM KJUS KWMN SF

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